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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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 1868 - 1938 (69 years)
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| Name |
John James Frazer MCLEAN [1] |
| Nickname |
Jack |
| Born |
1 Aug 1868 |
Strathalbyn SA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography Notes |
- Unmarried. Moved to Westem Australia during the gold rush of the 1890s. There is a photocopy of a photograph of him taken in middle age, amongst the McLean collection and also a print of the picture of his grave at Merredin, W.A.
DEATH: at hospital, Merredin on 23/2/1938 aged 69 years.
HISTORY: Frazer, also called John or Jack corresponded with his sister Mrs Keough & her family at Strathalbyn.
A post card from Stanley Keough survives: "Dear Uncle Jack - I received your pretty card and like it very much. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - with love from Stanley." The card is undated but a 12 shows in the faint post mark, indicating 1912.
A West Australian relative has written the following without giving her name:
"John (Frazer) is remembered by his visits to his sister's (Elizabeth Ann Johnston) family. He searched for gold during the gold rush, settling in Merredin district where he worked as a farm hand until his death.
On one of his visits to his family he gave Clover & Heather celluloid dolls. These were then passed down to their own daughters. My parents were transferred to Merredin when I was twelve and I knew that John was buried in the old Merredin cemetery so I enquired at the shire about his grave but as it had no headstone didn't feel that I had found it.
As I worked at the Merredin Hospital before my marriage (as a clerk), l had the opportunity to check the records of both John & my grandmother who had both died there. I was surprised to that they had both died in exactly the same room, some ten years apart. Last year I returned to Merredin and found his unmarked grave and have placed a ceramic tile that I had painted for him."PL
lncidently the Stanley Keough post card is addressed to Mr J. F. McLean, Lance Wood Line, W.A. where he must have been working in 1912.
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| Occupation |
c1930 |
Merredin WA [1] |
| Farm hand |
| Occupation |
c1930 |
Merredin WA [1] |
| Gold digger |
| Died |
23 Feb 1938 |
Merredin WA emailed merredin shire10.03.2021 [1, 4] |
- DEATH MERREDIN DISTRICT HOSPITAL WA
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| Buried |
Merredin WA [1] |
| Person ID |
I-5575 |
Christina and Donald McLean | Ewen (Hugh the younger) McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
10 Mar 2021 |
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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-24] https://findmypast.com.au, findmypast.com.au, 23 Feb 2021 Researcher Lorna McLean.
John James Frazer Last name McLean Birth date 01 Aug 1868 Strathalbyn State South Australia Father's first name(s) Hugh McLean Mother Margaret Tannerhill
Additional information is on the certificate but not recorded in this index Registration number 66/141 Record set South Australia Births 1842-1928 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Civil Births
- [S-54] FM Pat Long-nee Loder - evidence pending, Interview Lorna McLean, c2015.
Offered family memories (FM) of "Jack"
- [S-24] https://findmypast.com.au, findmypast.com.au, 23 Feb 2021 Researcher Lorna McLean.
Western Australia Death Index First name(s) John J F Last name McLean
Death year 1938 State Western Australia Place Northam Registration number 164 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials Collections from Australasia
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