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 Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837



Eliza Ann b1851 MCLEAN

Eliza Ann b1851 MCLEAN

Female 1851 - 1911  (60 years)

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  • Name Eliza Ann b1851 MCLEAN  [1
    Born 25 Mar 1851  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • born 'Meadow Bank' Strathalbyn SA
    Gender Female 
    Biography Notes Two Elizas and two brothers: Thomas Haldane is the much older brother of Robert who married Eliza Ann McLean who is the niece of Eliza Willock McLean. Catherine Dawson, who married Allan McLean was the sister of one Eliza (Dawson) and the mother of the other Eliza (McLean).
     
    Residence 1880's  Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    At the time of the marriage Robert was of "Union Grove", Gawler, but they farmed "Kilkerran", Mt Templeton, S.A. 12 miles from Balaklava and north of Adelaide into the 1880s. They moved to Dover St. Maylands, close to the city where their youngest child to survive (another Eliza) was born in 1883. They were next at Vaughans Mansions in Hackney SA.(Still standing 1996 as Romilly House, North Terrace) and Robert died at this address in 1888.

    To provide for her still young family Eliza Ann boarded medical students from nearby Royal Adelaide Hospital Once again they moved house, to Fountain Villa in Pirie Street, Adelaide which in later years was demolished to make way for the Blood Bank.  
    Buried 29 Dec 1911  Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide SA
    Died 28 Nov 1911  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • Or born 28th December 1911 as per Dawson book in the Goolwa library.
    Person ID I-773  Christina and Donald McLean | Allan McLean's descendants
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2020 

    Father Allan b.1811 Snr MCLEAN,   b. 12 Feb 1811, Blaich Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1890, Plympton SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship -2 
    Mother Catherine DAWSON,   b. 1825, Tehran Persia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1892, Hackney SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship -2 
    Married 29 Feb 1844  Mt Barker SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F-2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert HALDANE,   b. 13 Aug 1838, Hackney SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1888, Hackney SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 20 Aug 1873  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • MARRIAGE PLACE: Meadowbank, Res of Allan MacLean Strathalbyn SA (genealogysa.com)
    Divorced 20 Dec 1886  [6
    • Filed for the Dissolution of marriage - petition 628 on 20th December 1886
    Note At the time of their marriage, Eliza was 22 yrs old and Robert was 34 years. 
    Children 
     1. Stillborn HALDANE,   b. 9 Jun 1874, Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1874, Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  []
     2. Janet McCredie HALDANE,   b. 16 Feb 1876, Mt Templeton SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1930, Dowerin WA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)  []
     3. Percy James HALDANE,   b. 4 Feb 1878, Meadowbank SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1923, Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)  []
    +4. Alan Robert HALDANE,   b. 4 May 1880, Mt Templeton SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1954, Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  []
     5. Catherine Dawson McLean HALDANE,   b. 23 Jun 1882, Mt Templeton SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1882, Mt Templeton SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  []
     6. Eliza HALDANE,   b. 29 Oct 1883, Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1972, Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  []
     7. Arabella Stuart HALDANE,   b. 6 Apr 1886, Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1886, Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  []
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2019 13:08:58 
    Family ID F-254  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    0046 - Percy Haldane, Eliza Ann Haldane (nee McLean), Janet Henning (nee Haldane), uncle Jimmy McLean & Allan Haldane.jpg
    0046 - Percy Haldane, Eliza Ann Haldane (nee McLean), Janet Henning (nee Haldane), uncle Jimmy McLean & Allan Haldane.jpg
    0047 - Eliza Poole (nee Haldane), Eliza Ann Haldane (nee McLean), Janet Henning (nee Haldane) - from BRB p139.jpg
    0047 - Eliza Poole (nee Haldane), Eliza Ann Haldane (nee McLean), Janet Henning (nee Haldane) - from BRB p139.jpg
    0048 - Eliza Poole (nee Haldane), Tom Poole & Eliza Ann (nee McLean), & Jim Poole.jpg
    0048 - Eliza Poole (nee Haldane), Tom Poole & Eliza Ann (nee McLean), & Jim Poole.jpg

    STORIES
    5012 - Elisa Ann McLean & Robert Haldane
    5012 - Elisa Ann McLean & Robert Haldane
    Allan's descendants - biography as published in the BRB in 1995.

  • Sources 
    1. [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. .

    2. [S-59] Family History Group SA-COLONISTS, Barry Leadbetter, 3.
      MCLEAN Allan, Catherine DAWSON, parents of child born 1851-03-25 named Eliza Ann at Strathalbyn SA matches the uncited information. Assume correct.


      and confirmed by the said website of Barry Leadbetter found by researcher Lorna McLean 05/12/2016

    3. [S-7] CEMETERY AustralianCemeteries Index, https://austcemindex.com/?family_name=haldane&state=SA, 22 Apr 2019 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      Haldane Eliza Ann d.29 Dec 1911 West Terrace SA Road 1 Nth

    4. [S-8] PUBLICATION Dawson book in Goolwa Library, Yvonne Heath of Morphettville, (Heath of Morphettville), C0461991941 - Goolwa.

    5. [S-59] Family History Group SA-COLONISTS, Barry Leadbetter, 16 Jan 2017 Research: Lorna McLean.
      Married Allan McLean and Catherine Dawson at "Wheatsheaf Inn, Mt Barker SA aged 33, 19yoa on 29 Feb 1844". Ref: 7/34

    6. [S-33] PUBLICATION "Their Name Liveth" by John Mathews, p65.