James McLean

1837 - 1907  (70 years)

• Name	James McLean
  Born	8 Sep 1837	Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK
  Christened	26 Mar 1838	Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Sep 1907	Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand
  	Cause: Gastric Carsnoma asthemia.
  	Headstone: James MCLEAN died 16 Sep 1907 age 71 years also his wife Georgina died 13 Apr 1884 age 33 years. Erected by their family
  Siblings	9 siblings
  1. Margaret McLean,   b. 18 Sep 1816, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  2. Mary McLean,   b. 15 Nov 1818, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 4 Jun 1891, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   m. Hugh McLean (1846)
  3. John McLean,   b. 2 Apr 1821, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 8 Nov 1897, Benmore, Southland, New Zealand ,   m. Isabella McLachlan (1847)
  4. Sarah McLean,   b. 2 Apr 1823, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. Yes, date unknown,   m. Robert Hamilton (1857)
  5. Duncan McLean,   b. 1 Mar 1825, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  6. Hugh McLean,   b. 7 Mar 1827, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 15 Apr 1884, Bunguluke, Victoria, Australia ,   m. Alexandrina McKinnon (1867)
  7. Archibald McLean,   b. 2 Oct 1829, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 5 Aug 1915, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia ,   m. Elizabeth Pearce
  8. Donald McLean,   b. 31 Dec 1831, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 1841, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK
  9. Alexander McLean,   b. 24 Mar 1835, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 11 Nov 1912, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand ,   m. Agnes Mitchell (1859)
  Ancestors
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Donald McLean   (Great Grandfather)  Sarah McKellar,   b. 8 Feb 1796, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 22 Nov 1876, Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK  (Age 80 years)  (Mother)
  Notes	James McLean went to Switzars. He took the Dome accom.house,later Dvidson's, and assisted settlers by6 boat in the 'old man flood' of 1874.Then,with Robert Hutton, he went saw milling in Waikaia Bush, and purchased the first threshing plant in the district.It was in this period that his wife died & he lost four fingers of his right hand in a mill. He had terrific power in that thumb; he could even twist wire with it.In 1887 he leased a block of Mt.Nicholas land & cleared it of rabbits.There he built a large hut & brought his 3 daus. from Waikaia via Kingston, on the P.S. Antrim, to the Half Way Bay wharf which serves Birchgrove. He brought 500 ewes. His merino wool sold for 6p. a pound.captain Howell had Birchgrove Station but he was eaten out by rabbits. James bought it at auction In 1895 Burchgrove carried 4,000 merinos & 100 head of cattle. The wool brought 8p. a pound & fat whethers sold for 15 shillings each.Birchgrove was burnt down.He had by this time boughtMcAlister's Flat & he built awooden house,sheds & quarters at the Half Way bay. After being at Birchgrove for a number of years he sold it to his 2 sons Alex. & Angus. Then he & an older son , Jim, took up Greenvale run 7 miles past Waikaia , part of the Orama estate.He bought 3,000 sheep & with his 2 sons drove them over Dansy's Pass,through Wedderburn,Ida Valley, Roxburgh, and the sheep swam the Pomahaka River. At Greenvale he built a homestead and a wool & shearing shed & erected fences. He had up to 9,000 sheep. Here he lived with 2 of his daus.. In 190/1 wool was 1shilling a pound. Later the Routeburn Station ,Kinlock was taken up by James & his son Duncan was put in as manager.For a while Greenvale & birchgrove were worked as 1 property.
  Person ID	I3515	Clark
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2010

  
  

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

  
  

  Wife	Georgina McIntosh,   b. 1850, Portree, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland, UK ,   d. 13 Apr 1884, Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 34 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1868	Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand
  Children	+ 1. Duncan Angus McLean,   b. 22 Jan 1870, Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 26 Dec 1945, Kumara, Westland, New Zealand  (Age 75 years) ▻ Emily Bull  m. 24 Aug 1893;   Hannah Bird Forsyth  m. 1909 + 2. James Archibald McLean,   b. 1872, New Zealand ,   d. 1925, New Zealand  (Age 53 years) ▻ Isabella Margaret Thurnbull  m. 14 Sep 1898   3. Euphemia Isabella McLean,   b. 1874, New Zealand ,   d. 1951  (Age 77 years) ▻ John Milnan  m. 11 Oct 1900 + 4. Georgina Sarah McLean,   b. 27 Dec 1875, New Zealand ,   d. 1960, New Zealand  (Age 84 years) ▻ Donald Matheson Cameron  m. 1904   5. John McLean,   b. 12 Apr 1877, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Angus William McLean,   b. 3 Jul 1879, New Zealand ,   d. 1949, New Zealand  (Age 69 years) ▻ Catherine Luckie  m. 1906 + 7. Alexander Hugh McLean,   b. 1 Mar 1882, New Zealand ,   d. 1959, New Zealand  (Age 76 years) ▻ Olcia Olsen  m. 1907
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart