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John McLean

Male 1821 - 1897  (76 years)


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  • Name John McLean 
    Born 2 Apr 1821  Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Nov 1897  Benmore, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 8 Nov 1897  Winton, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cemetery records: John MCLEAN buried 8 Nov 1897. Mrs John MCLEAN buried 11 May 1905. Esther Ann Margaret MCLEOD died age 53 years buried 25 Jul 1927. John McLaughlan MCLEAN died age 87 years buried 17 Oct 1955
    Siblings 9 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Donald McLean   (Great Grandfather) 
    Sarah McKellar,   b. 8 Feb 1796, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1876, Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I3266  Clark
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2010 

    Father Duncan McLean,   b. 11 Apr 1793, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1837, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Sarah McKellar,   b. 8 Feb 1796, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1876, Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Isabella McLachlan,   b. 22 Sep 1821, Rothesay, Isle Of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1905, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 9 Dec 1847  Kingarth, Isle Of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage also registered 6 Dec 1847 in Kingarth!

      1861 Census.
      28 Bullwood,Dunoon
      McLean,John. Head. 40y. Shepherd. b. Colintraive.
      McLean,Isabella. Wife. 39y. b. Bute.
      McLean, Mary. dau. 12y.b. Bute.
      McLean, Sarah. dau. 9y. b.Bute.
      McLean, Duncan. son. 7y. b. Bute.
      Mclean, Isabella. dau. 5y.b. Bute.
      McLean, Margaret. dau. 3y. b.Inverchaolin.
      McLean, Janet. dau. 2y. b.Bute.
      McLean, John. son. 4m. b. Dunoon.
      Campbell, Peter. boarder. 3m. b. Dunoon.


      Family emigrated to New Zealand on the Sir William Eyre leaving Glasgow on1st. Dec. 1862, arriving at Bluff in April 1863.
      John McLean,Isabella,Mary, Sarah, Duncan, Isabella, Margaret, Janet, John.
      James McLean.(brother of John)
      John aged 2y. died on 9th Jan. of measles---. during the journey.Another son named Hugh was born on board.His birth was registered in S. Africa.
      They had a very unfortunate voyage which lasted 164days,& then journeyed overland for 4 days to get to Hugh's "Run" at Benmore.
    Children 
     1. Mary McLean,   b. 25 Sep 1848, Rothesay, Isle Of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1896, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    William Doull;   Henry Duncan  m. 1867
    +2. Sarah McLean,   b. 31 May 1850, North Bute, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1904, Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
    Archibald Baxter  m. 1872
    +3. Duncan McLean,   b. 24 Jun 1852, Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1918, Balfour, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Janet McKenzie  m. 1874
    +4. Isabella McLean,   b. 1856, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1930, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    John Johnston  m. 1878
    +5. Margaret McLean,   b. 11 Apr 1856, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1943, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    William Harrington  m. 1877
    +6. Janet McLean,   b. 26 Jul 1859, North Bute, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1927, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Francis John Mangan  m. 1875
     7. John McLean,   b. Dec 1860, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1863, At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    +8. Hugh Francis McLean,   b. 9 Mar 1863, At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1934, Dannevirke, Tararua, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Ellen Caroline Honeyfield  m. 1884;   Mary Adelaide Alice Morley  m. 1899
    +9. John Mclaughlan McLean,   b. 1867, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1955, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2010 
    Family ID F909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart