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Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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 1814 - 1876 (~ 62 years)
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| Name |
Ewen (Hugh the elder) MCLEAN [1] |
- The BRB (p8) states "As can be seen from this list there are two Ewens but no Hughs yet both are the children of Donald and Christina, (nee McPhee). It would seem that to Donald, the name Ewen and Hugh were the same, as in his Will of 1846 he refers to his son-in-law Ewen McDonald as Hugh McDonald of Finniss."
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| Nickname |
Hugh the elder |
| Born |
00 Jan 1814 |
Blaich Scotland  [1, 2] |
- Hugh himself wrote in his own Gaelic bible - "I, Hugh McLean, was born on February 20, 1814". However, it appears he was baptized on January 10, 1814. At least one of these dates is not correct - so it needs to be checked out. Indeed, we need to check on the birth dates of Mary (1813) and Ewen (1814) because their births are too close if they have the same mother. Maybe some confusion arises if baptisms are arranged many months after the actual birth.
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| Christened |
27 Jan 1814 |
Blaich Scotland [1, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography Notes |
Kilmallie Scotland [1] |
Baptism record is clear enough as to date and parents, but Hugh himself wrote in his own family Gaelic bible - "l, Hugh McLean, was born on February 20, 1814". So someone has blundered. Known as "Hugh the Elder" to distinguish him from his youngest brother, also Hugh and who was 22 years his junior.
The elder Hugh was listed on the passenger list of the "Navarino" as "Ewen" McLean, shepherd, aged 23 years (in 1837) and this has led to descendants being convinced that Hugh and Ewen were two different persons, and that Hugh McLean who emigrated by the "Tomatin" in 1840 was also a son of Donald and Christina. However, the Kilmallie baptisms and Donald's will of 1846 prove that Hugh and Ewen were one and the same. He came to Strathalbyn in 1841 with the family, although his name does not appear on the census of that year. Those who were not present at the farm that day were omitted.
MARRIAGE: to British migrant, Christina (Christy) Black (b. 1831) on 15/5/1849, at the Church of Scotland, Hindley Street, Adelaide. The Rev. Robert Haining officiated. The witnesses were Hugh's brother-in-law, Adam Abercrombie, of Hindley Street, who had married Hugh's eldest sister, Mary McLean, in 1840 (her 1st husband) and Donald McTadgen and Duncan McKinnon. Hugh gave his age as 32. He was actually 35. Christy was 18, and unable to sign her name, so made her mark "X" on the marriage certificate.
HISTORY: Although then illiterate, Christy, by determination and to help her children, eventually mastered reading and writing. She seems to have done a little practice in Hugh's Bible. Her life must have been very dif There is some dispute as to whether she was English, lrish or Scottish. At the time she arrived there were many lrish girls who had been thankful to escape the potato famine, and took advantage of free passage to South Australia to be servants in the 1845-1849 period. Most soon married, and like Christy found a rough new land which had to be cleared, and a dwelling of some kind erected. Usually at this was two rooms of pise. It has not been possible to trace her ship as steerage passengers were not always individually named.
Her first home was on leased land at Lake Alexandrina near Milang. Occupational licences ended in August, 1851, after which, Hugh's father Donald McLean, and elder brother, Allan, purchased largely of the newly surveyed land beyond Strathalbyn at Angas Plains, to Milang and the Lakes. After this Hugh must have leased from them, as although Donald referred to land "belonging to Hugh the Elder" when he disinherited him by a codicil to his Will, he must have meant occupied by him.
The aborigines were still a trouble to the settlers, but generous hearted Christy (and this is an Irish characteristic) often said "poor people, we have taken their land", and freely shared her provisions with them - as one son told his children!
Her eldest child (Hughie) survived, but Christy appears to have lost two infants before John Archibald arrived in 1853, as Hugh wrote in his Gaelic Bible - "Two births between him (Hughie) and his brother". As they were not named or registered one must presume that they were premature or still births.
Hugh did not do well. The dreaded cattle disease "pleuro" (probably T.B.) struck his herd, and his farm "Coewey", near Milang failed. When his father, Donald, died in 1855 he found himself disinherited. The reason was not stated.
In the original Will of 1846, Donald bequeathed to Hugh, allotment 11, of 32 feet frontage to Hindley Street, Adelaide, of his city acre, No. 57. The codicil "D" dated 2/10/1855 a week before Donald died and signed by him, revoked this town acre share and directed that "the land in the Hundred of Bremer belonging to Hugh the Elder" was to be sold and the proceeds shared amongst all the other children of Donald and Christina. Not even a child of Hugh was to bene The sections were those numbered 2819, 2814,2813 and half section 2818. This was the land at the mouth of the River Bremer, which had been purchased by Donald and his son, Allan, in the mistaken belief that a port would be built there. The Bremer empties into Lake Alexandrina, hence Lake Plains is the name of the district.
FROM THE ADELAIDE "REGISTER" OF 30/11/1853.
"Hugh McLean was indicted for stealing a mare, valued at £6O/-/- ($120) the property of Gottfried Lubasch, at Mount Barker. Messrs. Parker and Fisher defended the prisoner, who pleaded not guilty.
The Crown Solicitor stated the case, from which it appeared that a black mare, the property of the prosecutor, which had been branded with a small L on the shoulder, had been turned out on the run of Mr Christian Jaensch, two and a half years ago. It was not seen again until about 8 weeks ago, when it was found on Hindmarsh Island, the property of Dr (John) Rankine, where the prisoner had permission to depasture horses. It then exhibited a different brand from that described by the prosecutor, being a triangle over, and altering the appearance of the "L" if that mark had ever been there. MrJaensch however was positive as to the identity of the mare, having known it from a foal. It was considered on the run the property of the prisoner, and a triangle was his brand.
A colt running with the mare was branded with Dr Rankine's brand for the prisoner, the brand being placed on the shoulder, the doctor's cattle being invariably branded on the neck. It was stated that the colt was branded in that manner to oblige the prisoner, and still keep it distinct from Dr Rankine's stock.
A great number of witnesses were examined, and there was a considerable amount of contradiction as to what the brand really was on the mare. Some said it was a triangle over an L, others an inverted A and others again, that it approached in appearance to a Y. In addition to the evidence of possession, it was stated by Mr J.B. Shepherdson, Clerk of the Bench, Mount Barker, that when asking for a copy of the depositions after the first examination, the prisoner declared that the mare was his property, that he had bred her, and would at the next examination, produce her mother. He made a statement equally as positive, but in different terms to Police-Corporal Searcy of the same place.
Several witnesses were called to character, including Dr Cotter; Mr J Munro, Grenfell Street, and Mr Rogers of Tusmore, all of whom gave the highest testimonials to the prisoner for honesty and general good conduct. Mr Fisher, made a long and earnest speech for the defense, denying that the mare had ever been branded by the prisoner, or that it had been traced to his possession, He also dwelt long, and forcibly on the respectability of the prisoner's family and his own admitted good character.
His Honour, the Judge, in the course of his charge asked the Jury if they were satisfied that the mare they had seen outside the Court, had once been the property of the prosecutor, which had been lost by, or stolen from him.
The next question he would ask them was were they satis it had been found in the possession of the prisoner. It was admitted that the animal was found on Dr Rankine's run, and as it was not there as that gentleman's property, on whose account was it there? With regard to the con readings of the brand, he (His Honour) hoped that there were among the Jury, persons sufficiently acquainted with such matters - to assist in forming a correct judgment on that dif point. The Prosecutor suggested that as his brand was a small L another brand was placed over or rather surrounding it. To meet that it was attempted to be shown, that the brand be what it might, was not McLean's brand.
He (His Honor) thought it was not likely a man would select his father's brand to dis the marks on an animal that might be claimed from him. Then the evidence of the prosecution did not rest on the brand alone; the prosecutor and others swore to the mare from means of identi apart and independently of the brand. Next came the question as to the possession of the mare by the prisoner. He had permission to run horses on Hindmarsh Island, and it was known there as his property, and was claimed and treated as such by the prisoner.
Whatever other contradictions arose he (His Honor) thought that point was fully established by Dr Rankine, whose evidence could be safely relied on, and he distinctly stated that the colt was branded for the prisoner, and the colt belonged to the mare. It was true that it did not appear that the prisoner directly requested that the colt should be branded for him, and it was for the Jury to consider whether such a request could come from any other person. The prosecution also relied upon the statements made voluntarily by the prisoner at Mount Barker. In that respect the evidence of Mr Shepherdson, a most respectable man, was worthy of all credit, as in fact was the statement of the police of also.
They would, however, take into consideration whether those statements were such rash declarations as men sometimes make, in the hope of escaping from custody or averting a prosecution; or was it a deliberate statement of facts which he hoped and intended to prove? If they put the latter and more obvious construction on the words, they must observe that although he had a second opportunity at Mount Barker, and again there that day, yet no attempt was made to prove an honest possession of the mare! Then, as to stealing, it was not necessary that a person should be seen taking the property.
Were that the case very few robberies could be detected; in fact, ninety nine cases out of a hundred would go unpunished! Were they (the Jury) satis that the mare had been the property of the prosecutor, and lost by him? Had the mare been running, and her colt been branded as the property of the prisoner, on Dr Rankine's run? And had the prisoner afterwards stated that the mare was his property, and had been bred by him? If they considered these points, and had any doubt on the matter, they were bound to take into consideration the very excellent character hitherto enjoyed by the prisoner.
The Jury returned a verdict of "Guilty", but recommended the prisoner to mercy on the grounds of his previous good character. His Honor directed that the prisoner be removed, with a view that he might consider duly the recommendation of the Jury with the merits of the case."
Hugh McLean was given a sentence of 18 months, in which he was most unfortunate. The Judge was apparently sympathetic, but the Jury was not. No doubt Hugh found the mare, which had wandered far from home, and not knowing to whom it belonged, put it in with his own.
PETITION: for release to his Excellency Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, the Govemor. Received by him 28/8/1854.
J.H. Fisher for Hugh McLean.
The petition was signed by all the well known men of the Strathalbyn district, and by some further a such as Osmond Gilles (Glen Osmond), Allan McFarlane of Wellington Lodge - locals were George Knight, Francis Grote, (Dr) John Rankine, J.P. William Rankine, John Carruthers, Alexander Hay (Victor Harbor), William Bacon Smith, Edward Stirling, John Paterson, William Coleman, William Bowman (Finniss), James Dawson, John Cheriton, Ben Wylie, Roderick McKenzie, Samuel Stephens and many more.
The Humble Petition of Hugh McLean late of Strathalbyn in the said Province of South Australia, at present Prisoner in Her Majesty's Goal, Adelaide.
SHEWETH: that your Petitioner was in the month of November, 1853, tried for, and found guilty of the offence of horse stealing a horse, the property of Gottfried Lubasch at Mount Barker, and was sentenced by the Court to be imprisoned in Her Majesty's Gaol for a period of 18 calendar months, and that your Petitioner has been confined in such gaol from the time of the said trial.
That the Jury upon the said trial in returning their Verdict recommended your Petitioner to mercy on the proof of his previous good character which had been testified by various witnesses.
That your Petitioner together with his Father and a numerous family have been Colonists of this Province for many years - And - until the event which gave him to the charge against your Petitioner, nothing has occurred to stain, or injuriously affect the character of your Petitioner or any of his family.
That the evidence in the case was of a greatly con nature but the jury doubtless considered that it prepredicated against your Petitioner.
That your Petitioner takes the liberty of annexing an account of the said trial from the Register newspaper of the 30th day of November last.
That your Petitioner has a young family depending upon him for support and his gather is now upward of eighty years old and is suffering much in health from the position of your Petitioner.
That the said Gottfried Lubasch the prosecutor of your Petitioner feeling that so far as he is concerned the ends of Justice have been satis by the present imprisonment of your Petitioner is willing and desirous that if it should so please your Excellency, your Petitioner should be restored to liberty and to his family.
Release:
6/9/1854 - Sir, I have the honour to inform you that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to rescind the remainder of the sentence of Hugh McLean, late of Strathalbyn, now a prisoner in H.M. Gaol and you are accordingly authorized to release the said Hugh McLean, forthwith.
I have, etc. B.J. (Sheriff)
A similar letter was signed by J.H. Fisher, Esquire, (later Sir James Hurtle Fisher, President of the Legislative Council - lawyer and Resident Commissioner).
Hugh returned to his farm at Lake Alexandrina, near Milang.
The Adelaide "Register" of 17/8/1855 - On June 4th Mrs Hugh McLean, of "Coeway" Lake Alexandrina, of a daughter. This was Esther Sibley who died in infancy in 1857, and may have been the infant McLean buried at the then newly opened cemetery (in 1856) at Strathalbyn.
The McLeans had objected strongly to a cemetery so close to the back of the family home "Auchanada's" (shown in the Royal S.A. Almanac and General Directory in error in 1855 as "Achnadale", Strathalbyn farm of Donald McLean). A later newspaper reported that soon after the opening they had buried one of their own there. They had accepted the inevitable.
Esther Sibley was in all probability the maiden name of Christy's mother, as the old Scottish custom was to name the first daughter after her maternal grandmother, and usually the second son was called after his maternal grandfather. Therefore it is possible that Christy's father was John Black.
No more is known of Hugh and Christy except for the record of births in his Gaelic Bible until the Diaries of Ewen McDonald, his brother-in-law until 1864/1865.
Ewen McDonald wrote:-
8/8/1864 - saw Hugh McLean at Milang.
17/8/1864 - paid Hugh McLean £7/-l- ($14) for 3 cows.
30/1/1865 » Hugh McLean "fethched" back the read (red) cow.
13/9/1865 - Hugh took his cattle to Lake Albeit Peninsula.
This last mention sounds like the beginning of Hugh's move to Meningie on the far side of the lake from near Milang. It also shows that for at least 10 years after his father's death in 1855 Hugh occupied the Lake Plains sections.
Hugh's ill-fortune seems to have gradually undermined his health.
DEATH: Hugh McLean, the elder, died at his Meningie farm house in his 63rd year on 28/5/1876.
He was taken to Strathalbyn for burial, Div. 1/82 - part of the family plot. Whether he was conveyed over the water to Milang thence to Strathalbyn, or by the then rough track around the lakes, is not known. There was no published obituary in the "Southern Argus", only a brief notice of his death.
Christy was by then aged 45 years, the photograph of her in widow's weeds with black streamers falling from her bonnet, which is at the Strathalbyn Museum collection shows her face to be still round and unlined. The picture together with one of her four daughters was kindly donated by Mrs Glad Gardner, of Meningie (formerly Hughes and a descendant). Christy lost sons in 1869, 1882 and 1888. Eldest son, Hughie, of whom she was particularly proud had gone to Kingston, in the south east of the State at least by 1874, and he was then an exemplary young man.
There are some reminiscences extant of a great grandson, which include that Hugh the elder was defrauded by a Strathalbyn lawyer, who was traced to the W.A. goldfields, apprehended there and goaled for 7 years. However, as both the Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie mines did not commence to operate until 1893, long after Hugh's death in 1876, this statement cannot be correct.
When Hugh died Christy joined son, Hughie, at Kingston until 1888. In that year she went back to the Meningie district to live with her daughter, Mrs Hughes, at Albert Hill. She was known to her grandchildren as "Grandmalac".
DEATH: of Christy McLean, aged 75 years in February, 1907, at Albert Hill. She was buried at the Meningie Cemetery, and there is a headstone on her grave. |
| Biography Notes |
Father's Will - see Donald McLean's profile for details in Donald's Will in which Hugh the elder was named as a beneficiary, but was then later disinherited. He got nothing. |
| Biography Notes |
For inheritance of part of 57 Hindley St - see E51 in Small Print. |
| Biography Notes |
00 Oct 1855 |
Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT |
Extensive,evidence,persuasive narrative in SMALL PRINT MENU on HOME PAGE MENU
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| Biography Notes |
3 Aug 1875 |
Adelaide SA [4] |
| A person named Hugh McLean was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital on 3rd Aug 1875 - he was a labourer from Strathalbyn, aged 63 years. This age would have indicated a birth around 1812 whereas Hugh the Elder was clearly born in 1814. Hugh the younger at this date in time would have only been 39yoa. However, we accept that this is 'our' Hugh, in which case this hospital admission was 10 months before he died. |
| Died |
28 May 1876 |
Meningie SA [5, 6, 7] |
| Buried |
30 May 1876 |
Strathalbyn SA |
| Person ID |
I-4 |
Christina and Donald McLean | Ewen (Hugh the elder) McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
6 Feb 2022 |
| Father |
Donald b1779 MCLEAN, b. 26 Sep 1779, Blaich Scotland , d. 11 Oct 1855, Strathalbyn SA (Age 76 years) |
| Relationship |
-1 |
| Mother |
Christina b1787 MCPHEE, b. 28 Apr 1787, Crieff Scotland , d. 9 Apr 1869, Strathalbyn SA (Age 81 years) |
| Relationship |
-1 |
| Married |
- Assumed handfasted or/&...12months and one day as was the practise....see https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2016/11/handfasting-in-scotland.html
Summary cc
Handfasting rituals, especially in Scotland, has long been surrounded by mythical images of couples binding their hands and even drawing blood to form a trial marriage that would last one year, after which, the couple could in mutual consent, stay together or part. The real ritual.... There was no need for witnesses (ONLY STRENGTHENED the proof) or the consent of the parents. There was no need for a priest. .... Two people could exchange vows and that was enough. There was no need for banns or a mass to bless the marriage, just two people consenting. It wasn?t even necessary to have sexual intercourse, the marriage was binding. This legal position was made from about 1200 onwards with the support and direction of the Church.
In Scotland there was a third type of marriage called ?marriage by habit and repute.? This was a marriage established when a couple lived together as if married and presented themselves to society as married; a kind of common law marriage. .....
Like elsewhere, in Scotland, divorce wasn?t possible. A couple were married for life...It wasn?t until the Scottish Reformation in 1560 that divorce and remarriage became possible.
The common process for a marriage in the late medieval time up until the Reformation included a betrothal, a proclamation of the banns and consent in the present tense.... Though the Church and the law recognized clandestine marriages (marriages made without witnesses and the usual Church presence) they did everything they could to discourage them. ...With the Reformation many Protestant.....In 1563 the Roman Catholic Church ...... Since Scotland became a Protestant country in 1560.... So both Scottish civil law and the Church essentially kept what made a marriage unchanged. ...The only changes were to permit divorce and remarriage and a reduction in the degrees of consanguity.....By the 18th century,....the civil law continued to support it and that remained unchanged until 1940.
Though the civil law essentially remained the same the cultural customs surrounding marriage did change over the 4 centuries between the Scottish Reformation and 1940. Handfasting fell away about the late 17th century or.....?
In the late 18th century a kind of a myth arose around handfasting,.....and it continued on until the 20th century and eventually became incorporated in the neo-Pagan rituals still practiced today.
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| Children of marriage |
* OPRs: We have found birth records (OPRs) for all the 12 children, except for Margaret.
* Naming: There were Ann X 2, Mary X 2 & Hugh (Ewen) X 2. The first Mary & first Ann died as infants whereas the Hughs survived to adulthood and are diffentiated by being referred to as 'the elder' or 'the younger'.
* Mother: The mother is variously recorded as Christian X 5, Christn, Christy, Catharine X 2, Mary, and Effie (or Essie). The records with Catherine, Mary & Effie are probably original clerical errors and we are confident that they are 'our' family because the birth place is specified as Duisky in each of these cases - and the father was Donald of course.
* Place: All the births were in the parish of Kilmallie. The first 4 births are specified as Blaich and all the later births were at Duisky.
1. Allan McLean - baptism 12th Feb 1811 in Blaich - Son to Donald McLean in Blaich & Christian McPhee in Blaich
2. Mary McLean - baptised 24th Jan 1813 in Blaich - Baptism on 24th Jan 1813 - McLean, Mary daughter of Donald & Christn McPhee - Blaich
3. Ewen McLean - baptized 27th January 1814 - Son of Don'd & Christian McPhee, Blaich
4. John McLean - born 1st Feb 1816, baptized 2nd Feb 1816 - Son of Donald, Blaich & Christian McPhie his spouse
5. Mary McLean - baptized on 5th Apr 1818 in Duisky - Baptism of daughter to Donald MacLean Duisgy and Catharine MacPhee
6. Anne McLean - baptized 18th Feb 1820 - Daughter to Donald MacLean Duisky and Catharine MacPhee
7. Archibald McLean - baptised 4th March 1821 - Son to Donald MacLean in Duisgi and Effie (or Essie?) MacPhee
8. Ann MacLean - born 6th April 1823 in Duisky - Daughter to Donald MacLean Duisky & Mary McPhee his wife
9. Rachel McLean - born 13th Feb 1825 in Duisky - 1825 Baptisms - Feb 13 - Rachel dau to Donald McLean in Duisky & Christian McPhee, born 6th
10. Margaret - probably born in 1827 in Duisky. No OPR has been found - this is surprising because she is the only one of 12 siblings whose birth was apparently not registered.
11. Jane (Jeane) McLean - born 18th April 1830, baptized 16th May 1830 in Kilmallie - 1830 Baptisms May 16th, Jeane daughter to Donald McLean tenant in Duskey Ardgour & Christion McPhee, born the 18th April last
12. Ewen McLean - born 26th May 1836 in Duisky - Ewen son of Donald McLean & Christy McPhee in Duisky
* (This note was by Don Gordon on 12th April 2019.) |
| Children of marriage |
In addition to the 12 children accepted as 'our' family, some researchers have proposed 4 others:-
* RICHARD: This name appears on some 'Navarino' passenger lists [research: Which ones?], but this might not be based on the authentic record. There are no other indications of this Richard in colonial records (eg marriage, children, death, or Trove etc). However there is a Richard listed with the family in the 1841 census for Strathalbyn (BRB p13) but this is considered to be a clerical error (check this) as it should have been Rachel. He is not mentioned in Donald's will.
* ELIZABETH: This name appears on some 'Navarino' passenger lists [Barry Leadbeater & Dianne Cummings) but this might not be based on the authentic record - it might have been added later. It is stated that she was born in 1835 or 1836, and died in 1907. There are no other indications of this Elizabeth in colonial records. (eg marriage, children, death, or Trove etc). In fact there might be confusion with Elizabeth DIXON who was the second wife John McLean - she was born in England in 1835, migrated in 1858, married John in 1874, and so was known as Elizabeth McLean when she died in Strathalbyn in 1907. Donald's Will makes no mention of anyone called Elizabeth.
* HUGH: BRB p8 "The persistent inclusion of a Donald and a Hugh McLean who arrived in 1840 by ship 'Tomatin' must be an error. The listed children are the same 10 who were listed on the ship when their emigrating parents, and all appear in the father's Will. These two may have been nephews. If they were of an earlier marriage of Donald, he had three sons named Hugh which is carrying things a bit far as to names! There is a family story that 'two sons were sent to Venezuela to look for farming possibilities' referring of course to the Donald and Hugh on the 'Tomatin' of 1840. Then not discovering anything suitable followed on to SA. Nothing further is known of them although two of the same name were at Naracoorte in the South East quite early, and the names of the families were the same as those of the Donald McLeans. They were not mentioned in Donald McLean's Will." And the BRB p544 has, in 1864 "Hugh McLean of the ship 'Tomatin' of 1840 and his wife Elizabeth (nee Scott) were staying at 'Ardgour Cottage' in Strathalbyn with Hugh the Younger and Margaret. According to a 'Register' newspaper of Adelaide a little daughter of Elizabeth and this particular Hugh McLean, died at 'Ardgour Cottage' on 23/7/1864. She was named Mary and was aged 2 years & 2 months. This has caused some confusion concerning the deaths of the two infants. The Hugh of the 'Tomatin' must certainly have been kin to the Strathalbyn McLeans, but certainly not a third son of Donald & Christina, named Hugh".
* DONALD: See the quote for Hugh, above (BRB p8).
(This note was by Don Gordon on 30th July 2018). |
| Family ID |
F-1 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Christina BLACK, b. 1831, Iona Scotland , d. 13 Feb 1907, Albert Hill SA (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
15 May 1849 |
Adelaide SA [8, 9] |
- MARRIED AT Church of Scotland, Hindley St, Adelaide SA
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| Children of marriage |
Christina and Hugh had 10 children from 1850 to 1869. |
| Marriage/Wedding |
Christina and married Hugh McLean just six months after she arrived in the colony.
She was 18 yrs and he was 35 yrs.
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| Children |
| | 1. Hughie MCLEAN, b. 21 Mar 1850, Tailem Bend SA , d. 28 May 1913, Parrakie SA (Age 63 years) [] |
| | 2. John Archibald b.1853 MCLEAN, b. 13 Sep 1853, Lake Plains SA , d. 18 May 1888, Wilpena SA (Age 34 years) [] |
| | 3. Esther Sibley MCLEAN, b. 4 Aug 1855, Coewey Alexandrina SA , d. 15 May 1857, Milang SA (Age 1 years) [] |
| | 4. Donald ('The Rover') MCLEAN, b. 8 Mar 1857, Milang SA , d. 31 May 1932, Narrabeen NSW (Age 75 years) [] |
| | 5. Christina MCLEAN, b. 17 Apr 1859, Alexandrina SA , d. 27 May 1944, Strathalbyn SA (Age 85 years) [] |
| | 6. Isabell (Bell) MCLEAN, b. 15 Aug 1862, Alexandrina SA , d. 14 Aug 1947 (Age 84 years) [] |
| | 7. Alice Maude Mary MCLEAN, b. 14 Jun 1864, Alexandrina SA , d. 1 Apr 1940, Port Pirie SA (Age 75 years) [] |
| | 8. Jane Ann (Jeanie) MCLEAN, b. 24 Sep 1865, Alexandrina SA , d. 29 Jan 1961, Meningie SA (Age 95 years) [] |
| | 9. Allan MCLEAN, b. 24 Oct 1867, Meningie SA , d. 29 Dec 1869, Strathalbyn SA (Age 2 years) [] |
| | 10. Jeff Jeffreys MCLEAN, b. 9 Aug 1869, Meningie SA , d. 10 Oct 1882, Adelaide SA (Age 13 years) [] |
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| Last Modified |
15 Jun 2020 13:15:19 |
| Family ID |
F-764 |
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-121] Family Search.org -------C & D McLean, http://www.familysearch.org, 05.02.2022 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
Cite This Record
"Scotland Births and Baptisms,1564-1950",database,FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYHY-4ZY : 11 February 2020), Christian McPhee in entry for Rachel McLean, 1825.
- [S-87] BDM Scotlands People requires own login , https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/3751349?image=190 (Reliability: 1), 10 Feb 2017 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
BAPTISM 27 Feb 1814 Ewen son of Donald and Christian McPhee Blaich Scotland.Accurate printout of page 10 corrected to page 11 by Kirk
NOTE; register actually reads BLAICH however transcription states KILMALLIE (District registery centre) (in fact there was also a hamlet of same name on opposite side of the Loch Eil (some 20-30 miles apart) though Kilmallie was Christinas birthplace and Allans (first son)
- [S-41] https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/content/admission-registers, 28 Mar 2019 Researcher Lorna McLean.
Assume until further advice that this is in fact Hugh Mclean
- [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. .
No detail offered to explain Meningie death as against headstone in Strathalbyn SA and details on family search state BURIAL as Strathalbyn. No other source (found) states death at Meningie SA approx 100km difference. This report added 5 Feb 2018 by Researcher Lorna Mclean in relation to family search citation conflict with this source.
- [S-121] Family Search.org -------C & D McLean, https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22ewen%20hugh%22~%20%2Bsurname%3Amclean~%20%2Bbirth_place%3A%22KILMALLIE%20ARGYLL%20SCOTLAND%22~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1812-1814~%20%2Bdeath_place%3A%22miningie%20south%20australia%22~%20%2Bdeath_year%3A1876-1876~&collection_id=2221801, 5 Feb 2018 Researcher Lorna McLean.
Citing this Record
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-23N4 : 15 December 2015), Ewen Hugh McLean, 1876; Burial, Strathalbyn, , South Australia, Australia, Strathalbyn Cemetery; citing record ID 144057657, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
One must note that the above record states Hugh's burial at Strathalbyn SA and an image is available.
- [S-10] Headstone detail transcription, headstone detail image, 5 Feb 2018 Researcher Lorna McLean.
States death at Meningie SA on this small plaque placed in Strathalbyn Cemetery SA
- [S-11] Birth record attached to this profile.
- [S-59] Family History Group SA-COLONISTS, Barry Leadbetter, 4.
MCLEAN Hugh, Christina BLACK married 1849-05-15 at Adelaide, aged 32=Hugh b 1817, and Christina at 18=b1831
confirmed by the said website of Barry Leadbetter found by researcher Lorna McLean 05/12/2016
I have NOT altered Hughs birthdate from 1814 to 1817 BECAUSE of the citation on his birth stating his baptism year/date 1814 in some detail; - confirmed by the said website of Barry Leadbetter found by researcher Lorna McLean 05/12/2016
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