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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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 1892 - 1945 (52 years)
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| Name |
Alen MCLEAN [1] |
| Born |
6 Aug 1892 |
Meadows SA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography Notes |
- Was born on 6/8/1892, believed at his maternal grandmother's (Mrs Potter) farm at Meadows, S.A.
His daughter Mary Benton has a photograph of Alen and his mother and one of J.S.D. and also has the latter's silver Christening mug engraved with his name.
Alen was educated at Meadows, possibly at the Knotts Hill School for which his Aunt Anne's (nee Beaber) husband George Oakley donated the land.
Alen received a small King James Bible from the Knott's Hill Methodist Sunday School in November 1902 and another award on 15/2/1903.
From Meadows he went to Adelaide to drive horse drawn trams but left this to go north, gold mining, then to Port Pirie to work at Forgan's Foundry. His interests when 'young were cricket, football and cycle racing. Port Pirie was to remain his place of residence. He did not marry until the age of 41.
Marriage: at the Catholic Church Spalding, SA. to Margaret Cecilia Browne.
Deaths:
Alen in his 52nd year on 26/7/1945 at Port Pirie.
Margaret Cecilia McLean on 25/8/1985 at Burra, S.A.
Both interred at Pt Pirie.
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| Died |
26 Jul 1945 |
Port Pirie SA [1] |
| Buried |
Port Pirie SA [1] |
| Person ID |
I-2294 |
Christina and Donald McLean | Allan McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2019 |
| Father |
John Stuart Duncan MCLEAN, b. 12 Jul 1865, Strathalbyn SA , d. 7 Nov 1926 (Age 61 years) |
| Relationship |
-750 |
| Mother |
Susannah Mary BEABER, b. 8 Nov 1867, Willaston SA , d. 2 Mar 1939 (Age 71 years) |
| Relationship |
-750 |
| Married |
30 Aug 1887 |
Adelaide SA [2] |
- St John's Anglican Church, Adelaide
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| Divorced |
- There is a mystery that has so far failed to be untangled, as both Susannah Mary and J.S.D. remarried during the lifetime of each other. Divorce was difficult to obtain last century and quite rare yet there must have been one as they both married again.
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| Family ID |
F-750 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S-3] PUBLICATION BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, 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-8] PUBLICATION Dawson book in Goolwa Library, Yvonne Heath of Morphettville, (Heath of Morphettville), C0461991941 - Goolwa.
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