Ancestors of Donald MacLean

Donald MacLean
(Cal 1853-)

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Born: Cal 1853, Poolewe, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom ² ³

Another name for Donald was McLean.

General Notes:

Sheila Fairbairn remembers visiting an Uncle Donald in Edinburgh with her father in the 1930s when her mother, Annabella Bathgate (nee MacLean), was ill. She thought that that uncle was her maternal grandfather's brother.

She recollects hearing that that Uncle Donald was at sea during World War I. However, that would be when he was over 61 - which would be old even for the merchant navy. Apparently he also worked on the trams in Edinburgh. He and his wife had one son who died accidentally at work in his late teens or early twenties. ⁵

Noted events in his life were:

• Home address, 4 Apr 1881, Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom. ¹ 6 Ormiscaig

• Employment, 4 Apr 1881, Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom. ¹ Fisherman

• Home address, 6 Apr 1891, Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom. ⁴ 8 Ormiscaig

• Employment, 6 Apr 1891, Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom. ⁴ Fisherman, employed 'on own account'.

• Language(s), 6 Apr 1891. ⁴ Gaelic and English

Sources

1 General Register Office for Scotland, Census (Scotland), Census 1881 Film 203409 66/1-6-8. Cit. Date: 11 Jul 2002

2 Ibid, Census 1881 Film 203409 66/1-6-8. Cit. Date: 11 Jul 2002 Calculated from age (28) as at 4/4/1881.

3 Ibid, Census 1891 66/1-6-6. Cit. Date: 11 Jul 2002 Cit. ID: C1891_066_01_006_0_2_006.tif Age as at 6/4/1891 was 36 which would make year of birth 1855.

4 Ibid, Census 1891 66/1-6-6. Cit. Date: 11 Jul 2002 Cit. ID: C1891_066_01_006_0_2_006.tif

5 Interview with Sheila MacLean Fairbairn, (Interviewed by Martin MacLean Fairbairn (her son) at various times.) Cit. Date: 28 Jul 2002

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