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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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 1858 - 1948 (89 years)
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| Name |
William (Bill) Prescott HORNBY [1] |
- Maybe Patterson rather than Prescott (check this).
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| Born |
17 Dec 1858 |
Adelaide SA  [1] |
- born; Registration of birth upon arrival in SA
Born Ship 'Mary Elizabeth', born 14 days after departure from England for SA
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| Gender |
Male |
| Biography Notes |
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| Biography Notes |
OBITUARY: Mr William Prescott Hornby who died on May 4 at Red Hill, was one of the pioneers of Port Broughton. Mr Hornby was the eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs W P Hornby, of Glasgow and Alberton. He was born at sea on December 27th 1858. As a young man he went to work for Mr. Collins at Collinsfield. There he met and married Rachel McLean daughter of the late Allan McLean (one of the brothers who were the first to grow wheat in South Australia) in 1881. When Port Broughton was opened for settlement Mr Hornby took up land and farmed it until a few years ago There were four sons and seven daughters of the marriage 45 grandchildren and 34 great-grand-children. A widow, three sons and five daughters survive.
(Adelaide Advertiser, 7th June 1948, p5)
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| Residence |
Bill worked for some years on northern sheep stations and was then in Collinsfield, then owned by Collins and later Coffeys. At that time, he and Rachel lived nearby. (BRB p101) |
| Died |
4 May 1948 |
Redhill SA [1] |
| Buried |
Port Broughton SA [1] |
| Person ID |
I-1676 |
Christina and Donald McLean | Allan McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
2 Jun 2019 |
| Family |
Rachel MCLEAN, b. 21 Mar 1863, Strathalbyn SA , d. 6 Aug 1949, Port Pirie SA (Age 86 years) |
| Married |
19 Apr 1881 |
Redhill SA [3] |
- Marriage at PM Parsonage in Redhill.
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| Note |
* They met when Bill was working at the hotel in Collinsfield.
* Maybe because of Bill's lack of schooling, the marriage was against the wishes of Allan and Catherine. There was a break with the whole family except with Mary. (BRB p101) |
| Children |
| | 1. Allan William HORNBY, b. 1882, Port Broughton SA , d. 10 Dec 1970 (Age 88 years) |
| | 2. Albert John (Jack or Linc) HORNBY, b. 2 Feb 1885, Port Broughton SA , d. 26 Oct 1977, Port Broughton SA (Age 92 years) [] |
| | 3. Arthur James HORNBY, b. 13 Feb 1887, Port Broughton SA , d. 1943 (Age 55 years) [] |
| | 4. Rachel Catherine Beatrice (Beattie) HORNBY, b. 4 Aug 1889, Port Broughton SA , d. 15 Aug 1975 (Age 86 years) [] |
| | 5. Isabella Winniefred HORNBY, b. 3 Aug 1892, Port Broughton SA , d. 1941 (Age 48 years) [] |
| | 6. Ethel Mabel HORNBY, b. 5 Oct 1894, Port Broughton SA , d. 27 Sep 1969 (Age 74 years) |
| | 7. Winifred (Winnie) HORNBY, b. 7 Mar 1896, Port Broughton SA , d. 1927 (Age 30 years) [] |
| | 8. Doris (Ivy) HORNBY, b. 28 Feb 1899, Port Broughton SA , d. 19 Jul 1978 (Age 79 years) [] |
| | 9. Pretoria (May) HORNBY, b. 12 Jul 1900, Port Broughton SA , d. 1992 (Age 91 years) [] |
| | 10. Margaret (Maggie) Guinn HORNBY, b. 11 Aug 1904, Port Broughton SA , d. 9 Apr 1982 (Age 77 years) [] |
| | 11. Gordon Frederick George HORNBY, b. 19 Apr 1906, Port Broughton SA , d. 19 Jul 1981 (Age 75 years) |
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| Last Modified |
22 Apr 2019 12:21:09 |
| Family ID |
F-550 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S-3] FS BRB - 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995, The BRB has a good index for each individual. Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. .
- [S-113] NEWSPAPER TROVE Adelaide Advertiser SA, 7th June 1848, page 5.
- [S-8] PUBLICATION Dawson book in Goolwa Library, Yvonne Heath of Morphettville, (Heath of Morphettville), C0461991941 - Goolwa.
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