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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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 1874 - 1941 (67 years)
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| Name |
Beatrice Mary STURGEON [1] |
| Born |
10 Feb 1874 |
Strathalbyn SA  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Biography Notes |
Beatrice Mary Sturgeon, born 10/2/1874 at Strathalbyn, S.A.
MARRIAGE: to Thomas Warner (b. 15/B/1864, at Willunga, S.A. son of Joseph and Elizabeth Warner), at the residence of her father, George Henry Sturgeon, Kaniva, Vic, by licence and according to the rites of the Bible Christian Church, the Rev. Richard Down officiating. The witnesses were Richard Jones and Elizabeth Jane Wamer. The bride was aged 19 and the bridegroom 28, the wedding photo was taken at Stawell.
HlSTORY: They farmed at Lawloit until 1912 when they moved to a property at Winiam. It was in the old house there (photo supplied) that her mother, Christina, died in 1930. A more modern one was built to replace it.
Thomas Warner was the eldest of 11 children, who came with their parents from Willunga, S.A. to Lawloit, Vic. in 1883, and in his 20th year at this time. A lot of the work in clearing the land fell to him. He also selected land for himself in the Lawloit district, so was regarded as one of the earliest pioneers there. The Winiam property was originally called "Dow Well", then as the family homestead, "Fairview" and finally as "Belvedere" when the new house was built.
Beatrice, the writer of the account of her parents and early days at Lawloit, was according her grand-daughter, very hard working, a great lover of gardening - making the large one which surrounded the new house at Winiam. One moming she was picking vegetables for the Winiam Show, and began dropping silver beet she was picking. This was the onset of a massive stroke, from which she died 2 hours later. Until then her health had been excellent. She was a good business woman, helping a lot in that pan of the farm and ensuring that all her family of 3 sons and 3 daughters were well educated.
DEATH: Beatrice Warner on 14/5/1941, aged 67 years, at Winiam, Vic.
interred at Nhill, Vic.
Her husband, Thomas Warner, is remembered as a frail little man in his 70's. He always had plenty of advice for his sons on how to run the farm, which was worked by his sons Harvey and Leslie.
DEATH: of Thomas Warner on 19/5/1948, aged 83 years, at the Nhill Hospital. interred at Nhill. [1] |
| Died |
14 May 1941 |
Winiam Vic [1] |
- At some time livng in Nhil, Victoria
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| Buried |
Nhill Vic [1] |
| Person ID |
I-2980 |
Christina and Donald McLean | John McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
24 Dec 2016 |
| Father |
George Harvey STURGEON, b. 10 May 1846, Pakenham, Suffolk UK , d. 26 Feb 1928, Adelaide SA (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Christina MCLEAN, b. 28 Jul 1848, Milang SA , d. 30 Oct 1930, Nhill Vic (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
17 Jul 1872 |
Angas Plains SA [2, 3] |
- WEDDING: Adelaide Observer, 20th July 1872, p2
Sturgeon-McLean - On the 17th July at Angas Plains (in the residence of bride's father) by the Rev F Slaney Poole B - George Harvey Sturgeon of Strathalbyn, son of the late Charles Sturgeon - to Christina McLean of Angas Plains, daughter of John McLean.
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| Children of marriage |
Page 283 of the BRB has "Charles Buscombe Sturgeon - born 25/2/1881 at Gladstone, S.A. Named for his grandfather Sturgeon (Charles) and the maiden name of his grandmother Elizabeth Sturgeon (nee Buscombe) both of whom are buried at Strathalbyn. The Warner family has no knowledge of Charles whatsoever. There is no death recorded in SA so he must have been about 2 when the family left Gladstone and died in Victoria." He died in 1956 in Norwood (reg 837/438) and buried in North Brighton.
However, CHARLES WAS NOT IN THIS FAMILY - ie his parents were not George Harvey Sturgeon and Christina McLean. In fact, his parents were Davis Sturgeon and Elizabeth Buscumb. He was born on 25th Feb 1881, but in New Glenelg (not Gladstone). This was registration 256/1 as per SA Genealogical Society. |
| Family ID |
F-976 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Thomas WARNER, b. 15 Aug 1864, Willunga SA , d. 19 May 1948, Nhill Vic (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
1893 |
Victoria [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Beryl Salome WARNER, b. 17 Dec 1893, Lawloit Vic , d. 17 Oct 1963 (Age 69 years) [] |
| | 2. Joseph (Harvey) WARNER, b. 15 Jun 1895, Lawloit Vic , d. 25 Jan 1975, Nhill Vic (Age 79 years) [] |
| | 3. Sylvia Mary WARNER, b. 29 May 1897, Lawloit Vic , d. 13 Sep 1976, Nhill Vic (Age 79 years) |
| | 4. Percy Oliver WARNER, b. 19 Jul 1899, Lawloit Vic , d. 30 Aug 1980 (Age 81 years) |
| | 5. Elsie WARNER, b. 10 Mar 1903, Lawloit Vic , d. 14 Nov 1989 (Age 86 years) |
| | 6. Leslie Herbert WARNER, b. 16 Jan 1906, Kaniva Vic , d. Ballarat Victoria [] |
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| Last Modified |
3 Jan 2021 09:55:36 |
| Family ID |
F-978 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S-3] 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-75] http://www.genealogysa.org.au requires login, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=32, 29 Jul 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean.
MARRIED: 1872 92/120 groom:STURGEON,George Harvey bride:MACLEAN,Christina at (Angas Plains) Strathalbyn SA
- [S-57] FS Ian Barnes (WAGS Member) Emaild Nov 2017, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=32, 29 Jul 2017 Ian Barnes WA (family member of this p.
states marriage date:17 Jul 1872 as per Joseph Phillips (family) birthday book.
- [S-57] FS Ian Barnes (WAGS Member) Emaild Nov 2017, Email on 1st Jan 2021.
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