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John MCLEAN, son of James MCLEAN and Janet LIVINGSTON, was born on 31 Aug 1840 in Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland. GROS 479/00 010*. John was baptised on 13 Sep 1840 in Falkirk Stirling Scotland.⁸ GROS 479/00 010*. John was an Iron moulder.⁹ He was Presbyterian. He married Clementina HOWAT on 12 Jun 1862 in Dalkeith. GROS 683/ 00 0024. John died on 2 Apr 1899 in 31 Weston St., Balmain South.¹⁰ Heart disease 1899/4647. John was buried in Presbyterian cemetery, Waverley.^{11 12} 1899/4647.

John McLean was born in 1840 in Falkirk to James McLean and Janet Livingston. He married Clementina Howat in 1862 in Dalkeith and together they had 10 children born in Dalkeith before they emigrated to Australia in 1885. The first house built by the mcLeans was "Dalkeith", in Gladesville, Sydney.

On the 1851 census, age 10, he was listed as an apprentice moulder. This was not an unusual age to be working. "A century earlier the boys often started much younger. In 1842 the Children

Employment Commission (East Scotland) included a number of local boys in its report and here is an example:

John Sutherland, 14 years old, moulder at Carron Iron Works:

“Father brought me to the foundry when I was eight years of age; was first at the dressing, am now at the moulding and bound to the company for 12 years; am turned over to father for 5 years. I do not dislike the work; we have enough of it, both brother and I start together at 5, and sometimes 6, in the morning and lay by at 5 and 6 at night, whiles later. Get porridge

brought in the morning at 8 oclock; am not long eating it, as work will not admit; dines at 1, on tatoes and herring, or kail; does not rest long, perhaps 20 minutes or so.” [Reads badly and very deficient; says he goes to night school at times.]"

Falkirk was an iron moulding town and the saying "Iron made Falkirk and Falkirk made iron" is told in an article in the Falkirk Herald in 2018. "It all started, of course, with the arrival of Carron Iron Works in 1759 but, as Brian Watters reminded us at the official opening last Saturday, the company made more than cast iron." "It produced a succession of men who learned not only the skills of patternmaking and moulding but how to source raw materials, find and train skilled workers, locate markets and service them at a profit. "

On the 1881 census (4/4/1881) the family (not yet including Clementina Jnr.) were living in Thorburns Buildings, Buccleuch St., Dalkeith. Dalkeith was a small town about 10km from Edinburgh.

The family (all excepting Janet, now married to James Haldane) emigrated as assisted immigrants on the ship -"Chimborazo"- 5/7/ 1885 from Plymouth.

Film 2143 Assisted Immigrants Sydney 1838-1896

SS -Chimborazo-

Family:

Immigration Board's Records - Film 2496

General Assisted Families

Amount paid to Agent-General for passage

John McLean £4

Clementina £2

others £1

Relations in Colony : Daughter & s Katoomba

Name Age Calling Native Place Religion Read or write

General assisted singlemen

N0. 5872

McLean

James 22 labourer

John 17 ditto

General assisted singlewomen

No. 5873

McLean Marion 21 domestic £2

Annie 15 ditto £2

Hannah 12 scholar £1

McLean

John 40 Labourer Stirling Presby Yes

Clementina 40 Ayr ditto ditto

Catherine 10 school Midlothian ditto ditto

Thomas 7 ditto ditto ditto ditto

Swinton 5 ditto ditto No

Clementina 3 ditto ditto ditto

Single women

Marion 21 domestic Edinburgh Presby Yes

Annie 15 - ditto ditto ditto

Hannah 12 - ditto ditto ditto

Single men

James 22 - Midlothian Presby Yes

John 17 - ditto ditto ditto

Departure Plymouth 19.5.85

Arrival Sydney 5.7.85

47 days

1 birth

7 deaths

John McLean is buried at Waverley cemetery with wife and daughter Clementina H(owat?)^{2,9,10,13,14,15,16,17}

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Clementina HOWAT, daughter of Thomas HOWAT and Ann HOGG, was born in 1841 in Catrine, Scotland.^{12 13} Although headstone says -Catherine-. Clementina was a Domestic servant. She died in 1909 in Balmain south. 1909/563. Clementina was buried on 17 Jan 1909 in Waverley, Sydney.^{11 12}

Clementina was born to Thomas Howat and Ann Hogg in Catrine in 1841. The family was listed at Sorn in 1851 census, but were in West Dalkeith, after the death of her mother by the 1861 census. John McLean was listed in the same house in 1861. After marriage to him in 1862 the census of 1871 lists the family in Lothian Road, Dalkeith with 5 children aged from 8 to 1. By the 1881 census they were living in Buccleuch Street Edinburgh with 9 children from 18 to 1, 4 of whom were working working. Clementina emigrated with her family to Australia in 1885, after producing 10 children.

In the 1901 census they were listed at 31 Weston Rd., Balmain, with another 1 male, 1 female in the house.

She died in 1909 and was buried in Waverley cemetery^{13,18,19,20,21}.

John MCLEAN and Clementina HOWAT had the following children:

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James MCLEAN, son of John MCLEAN and Elizabeth CAMPBELL, was born on 7 Aug 1812 in Falkirk Stirling Scotland. IGI. James was baptised on 16 Aug 1812 in Falkirk Stirling Scotland. IGI. James was a Shoemaker (journeyman).²⁸ He married Janet LIVINGSTON on 1 Jan 1838 in Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland. GROS 479/00 012*, Extract of entries in Old Parish Register, Parish of Falkirk, County of Stirling. Register of proclamations of banns and marriages. Dated 1.1.1838. Extract 27.9.04. James died on 14 Jul 1891 in Cuckburn St. Falkirk.²⁸ senile decay. James married Janet TURNBULL.

James McLean was born in Falkirk in 1812 to John McLean and Elizabeth Campbell. He married Janet Livingston in 1838 in Falkirk and they produced 4 children, all born in Falkirk. The 1841 census shows James, Janet, Catherine and John living at Back Raw, Falkirk.

By the 1851 census the family have moved to Vicars Lane, Dalkeith. :James McLean, 38, Head, shoemaker; Janet, wife, 35; Catherine, daughter, 12, at home; John, son, 10, apprentice moulder;and Janet, daughter, 2. All born Falkirk, Stirlingshire. There is no sign of son James, age 8 in the 1851 census.

It seems that James re-married to Janet Turnbull between 1851 and 1861. The 1861 census shows James back in Falkirk at Roberts Wynd with wife Janet who was born in London. Also in the house were daughter Janet, 12 daughter Elizabeth age 9, daughter Ann age 4 months.

In the 1871 census the address is 82 High Street Falkirk with wife Janet and daughter Ann aged 10.

By the 1881 census James is in Falkirk at 64 High Street living with daughter Ann, servant, age 20, and a 4 month old illegitimate grand-daughter Janet Hendry. Interestingly the next-door family was a McGilchrist family, father a shoemaker. James McLean's grand-daughter married a McGilchrist but no firm connection can be made so far.

James died in 1891, aged 78 in Falkirk, closely followed by Janet in Dalkeith^13,29.

Janet TURNBULL,²⁸ daughter of John TURNBULL ( - ) and Harriet UNKNOWN ( - ), was born in 1815 in London, England.^{28 18 21} calculated from deat cert. Janet died on 23 Dec 1879 in 64 High St., Dalkeith.^{28 28} stomach cancer.

The 1861 census finds them, less John who was living with the Howat's in Catrine, at Roberts Wynd, Falkirk. James McLean, Head, 48, shoemaker; Janet McLean, 45, wife; Janet McLean, daughter, 12; Elizabeth McLean, daughter, 9; and Ann McLean,

daughter, 4 months. All are born at Falkirk, except wife Janet, listed as born in London(no record on IGI)

By 1871 census at High St. Falkirk, with James, 58, shoemaker; wife Janet Turnbull, 55, born London;and Ann daughter, 10, scholar.

Perhaps the first Mrs. McLean, Janet died and John remarried to Janet Turnbull between the 1851 and 1861 censuses. This would explain the age discrepancy between Catherine, born 1838, and Janet, born 1849. However no GROS record of death 1855-61.

And OPR deaths prior to 1855 not yet on website. IGI has a record of birth of a Janet Turnbull in 1815, but no marriages 1851-61, and no deaths for Janet McLean in that period.Also no Statutory marriages 1855-61.Nor OPR marriages 1851-55.However

there is a Stat. Reg. death for Janet McLean/Turnbull in 1879. This indicates a marrige to James McLean and she died at their residence.

The 1881 census lists James at 64 High St. Falkirk, widowed, 68, shoemaker; Ann McLean, Daughter, unmarried, 20, general servant; and Janet Hendry, illegitimate granddaughter, 4 months, of Falkirk.

James not mentioned 1891 census

Death reg. has a James Lyon, son-in-law, as informant.

Death reg. confirms James's 2 marriages^{8,18,21,28,30,31}.

Janet TURNBULL and James MCLEAN had the following children:

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Thomas HOWAT was born in 1799 in Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland. 613/00 014/00 010 from 1851 census. Thomas was a Master Shoemaker, Leather cutter.³² He married Ann HOGG on 26 Nov 1827 in Sorn, Ayr, Scotland. IGI,GROS 613/00 0004. Extract from OPR, Parish of Sorn, County of Ayr. Register of proclamations of banns and marriages dated 26.11.1827. Extracted 27.9.04.

Thomas Howat was born in Catrine,Ayrshire, Scotland in 1799. He married Ann Hogg, born 1801 in Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland. They produced 6 children in Scotland.

Thomas was listed under boot and shoemakers, Mill Square in Pigot's Ayrshire Directory 1837 - 'Catrine in Sorn, and Mauchline.' And at the 1841 census the family were living at Mill Square, Sorn with baby Clementine.

By the 1851 census Ann must have died as at the 1851 census at 29 Mill Square, Sorn, we find Thomas,widower, age 52, Master shoemaker, born Catrine, Ayrshire. In the house was daughter Marion, unmarried, 26, powerloom cotton weaver; Archibald, son, unmarried, 18, under power loom tenter; George, son, 15, cotton spreader; and Clementina, daughter, scholar. All born Catrine.

Inthe Ayrshire directory 1851-2 Thomas was listed as a shoemaker in Mill Square, Catrine.

By the 1861 census the family was living at Alisons Court, West Dalkeith. Fourteen people at that address. Listed as Thomas, widower, age 62, shoemaker; Marion Howat, daughter, unmarried, 34, Housekeeper; George, son, unmarried, 26, iron moulder; and Clementina, daughter, unmarried, 20, Housekeeper. All born Catrine. Also living in house was John McLean, unmarried, 20, iron moulder, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire. He obviously was to marry Clementina in the next year.

There are various Howats and Hoggs buried in Sorn churchyard, none however has yet been linked to this family.^{13,18,32,33,34}

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John MCLEAN,²⁸ son of Charles MCLEAN and Christian MCFARLANE, was born in 1769 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.³⁵ IGI tentative. John was baptised on 7 May 1769 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.³⁵ He was baptised on 7 May 1769 in Govan.³⁵ He was a weaver, gardener. He married Elizabeth CAMPBELL on 28 Oct 1792 in Glasgow.⁸ GROS, IGI Tentative because only marriage of these 2 names found. Also GROS - OPR644 001 0270 0131 Glasgow.

John McLean was born in 1767 in Glasgow. He married Elizabeth Campbell in 1792 in Glasgow and together they produced 9 children, all born in Falkirk. John was of the Parish of Falkirk at the marriage, according to the Banns and Marriages register. He was described as a gardener at his marriage.

The information regarding his trade comes from son James's death reg., and GROS marriage details.