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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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 1899 - 1960 (61 years)
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| Name |
Lindsay Donald MCLEAN [1] |
| Born |
18 Apr 1899 |
Beulah Vic  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography Notes |
18 Apr 1899 |
Beulah Vic |
| 10th child of the 12 of Charles (Soward) McLean and Maria (nee Kruger) of Kongorong, S.A. |
| Biography Notes |
22 Jun 1906 |
Millicent SA [1] |
Married-Mary Janet (NB Error of committee) Chant (b.22/6/1906) called "Madie".
After their marriage Lindsay worked on a wheat properly out from Murray Bridge and then share farmed for 2 years at Brinkley in the same area. Lindsay won a cup for his wheat crop at this time. They had good seasons and in 1928 bought a new A Model Ford car. |
| Residence |
1929 |
Brinkley SA |
When the depression struck in 1929 they had to leave Brinkley and couldn't get other work and ended up losing everything as the depression deepened. They retumed to Kongorong and lived with Lindsay's parents for a time and eventually Lindsay got work with one of the Government schemes of the day.
They moved to Mount Schank about 1935 and then to Allendale East about 1940. In 1943 they moved to German Creek (Kongorong) and worked for Jim Chant, Madie's father. In 1946 the property was divided among the family and Lindsay and Madie took over a portion of the eastern end ol the property and continued to work part of it till Lindsay died in 1960.
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| Occupation |
1953 |
Louden Hill SA |
| In 1953 they bought the property known as "Louden Hill" in the OB. Flat district. This was a dairy farm and Bruce, one of their sons, started the "Louden Hill" Holstein Freisian Stud there. The property was sold about 1963. |
| Died |
10 Sep 1960 |
Mt Gambier SA [1, 2] |
| Buried |
Mt Gambier SA |
| Person ID |
I-4884 |
Christina and Donald McLean | Archibald McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
16 May 2020 |
| Father |
Charles Soward MCLEAN, Justice of Peace, b. 2 Mar 1859, Strathalbyn SA , d. 4 Apr 1951, Mt Gambier SA (Age 92 years) |
| Relationship |
-1467 |
| Mother |
Maria Elizabeth KRUGER, b. 29 Jun 1864, Linlithgow Vic , d. 18 Apr 1945, Kongorong SA (Age 80 years) |
| Relationship |
-1467 |
| Married |
28 Feb 1884 |
Murtoa Vic [2, 3] |
- St George's Lutheran Church, Murtoa, Vic
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| Family ID |
F-1467 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Jane/t (Madie) CHANT, b. 22 Jun 1906, Tantanoola SA , d. 1 Sep 1969, Murray Bridge SA (Age 63 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. VL M |
| | 2. Laurence Elliot MCLEAN, b. 28 Jul 1928, d. 15 Jul 2017 (Age 88 years) [] |
| | 3. Donald James MCLEAN, b. 2 Aug 1930, Kongorong SA , d. 2 Feb 1950, Newcastle NSW (Age 19 years) [] |
| | 4. Brian Maxwell MCLEAN, b. 29 Jul 1932, d. 23 Dec 1949 (Age 17 years) |
| | 5. Robert Bruce MCLEAN, b. 1 Feb 1935, d. 8 Sep 1980 (Age 45 years) [] |
| | 6. EJ M |
| | 7. JG M |
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| Last Modified |
10 Dec 2013 23:28:00 |
| Family ID |
F-1596 |
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-148] FS Dianne Facey - ID 4624 - evidence pending , Worksheet 26 on 3rd March 2018 - inputted by Don Gordon on 8th March 2018.
Details provided by Dianne are held in the records of the C&D McLean Committee. These records are accessible via 'Contact us' on the homepage and will eventually be available at the Strathalbyn NTSA.
- [S-60] http://graememoad.com/Family/WC182/WC182_227.HTM, 5 Dec 2016.
Offers a marriage date and location which were blank.
Researcher Lorna McLean 05.12.2016
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