Margaret McLEANAge: 74 years1847–1921
- Name
- Margaret McLEAN
- Given names
- Margaret
- Surname
- McLEAN
 Birth | about 1847 45 43 Note: Margaret was born in Inverness and moved to Windygates. She may have been a governess with a wealthy family to have travelled to Windygates, where she met and married William Brown. She was known for speaking well and often this indicate that she grew up speaking Gaelic (as often those who learnt to speak English later in life spoke it very well), or she was well educated. She would often return to Inverness for holidays, taking one of her grandchildren with her. |
 Birth of a brother | Keith Stewart Mckenzie McLEAN 10 July 1848 (Age 18 months) |
 Residence | 30 March 1851 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John MacLEAN 1852 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Margaret PATERSON 1852 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a father | Finlay McLEAN 1 April 1857 (Age 10 years) Cause: Typhus Fever- 5 weeks |
 Marriage | William Brown — View this family 6 January 1868 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Catherine Brown 11 April 1870 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Margaret Brown 27 February 1872 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James Paul Brown 27 March 1874 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | William Brown about 1875 (Age 28 years) Note: William was an adventurer and a goldminer. He was not a well educated man but well-travelled and bemoaned the fact that he knew more than the geologists. |
| Birth of a son #5 | Finlay Brown 13 September 1876 (Age 29 years) Note: He inherited and built up the piggery, farm, land, buildings and dairy business from his father |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Jane MacLean Brown 27 March 1881 (Age 34 years) |
| Residence | 2 April 1881 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a mother | Catherine FRASER 5 October 1882 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Alexandrina Brown about 1884 (Age 37 years) |
| Residence | 5 April 1891 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Alexandrina Brown 24 November 1893 (Age 46 years) Note: Burial: East Weymss Cemetery, Weymss |
| Marriage of a child | James Paul Brown — Margaret Robertson McDONALD — View this family 16 December 1898 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Finlay Brown — Margaret Lambett CLARK — View this family 12 September 1902 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Brown 23 December 1916 (Age 69 years) |
 Death | 13 March 1921 (Age 74 years) Note: Burial: 13 Mar 1921 East Weymss Cemetery, Weymss |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Finlay McLEAN Birth: 23 June 1801 53 40 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: 1 April 1857 — 9 Celt Street, Inverness |
| mother |
Catherine FRASER Birth: 15 May 1803 — Glen Conventh, Kiltarlity, Ross & Cromarty Death: 5 October 1882 — Inverness Poor House |
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Marriage: about 1823 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire |
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16 years elder sister |
Mary McLEAN Birth: 11 January 1839 37 35 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: |
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-10 years elder brother |
Donald McLEAN Birth: 17 April 1829 27 25 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: |
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-2 years elder brother |
Allan McLEAN Birth: 18 December 1826 25 23 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: |
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-2 years elder brother |
John McLEAN Birth: 1 September 1824 23 21 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: |
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24 years younger brother |
Keith Stewart Mckenzie McLEAN Birth: 10 July 1848 47 45 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: |
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-12 years elder sister |
Jane McLEAN Birth: 23 June 1836 35 33 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: |
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-5 years elder brother |
Alexander McLEAN Birth: 19 August 1831 30 28 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: |
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14 years elder sister |
Catherine McLEAN Birth: 25 July 1845 44 42 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: |
| brother |
Finlay McLEAN Death: |
| elder brother |
James McLEAN Birth: about 1834 32 30 Death: |
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8 years elder brother |
William McLEAN Birth: about 1841 39 37 Death: |
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7 years herself |
Margaret McLEAN Birth: about 1847 45 43 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: 13 March 1921 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife |
| brother |
Neil McLEAN Death: |
| Family with William Brown |
| husband |
William Brown Birth: about 1843 — Methiil, East Wemyss, Fife Death: 23 December 1916 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife |
| herself |
Margaret McLEAN Birth: about 1847 45 43 — Inverness, Inverness-Shire Death: 13 March 1921 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife |
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Marriage: 6 January 1868 — Methil, East Wemyss, Fife |
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2 years daughter |
Catherine Brown Birth: 11 April 1870 27 23 — East Wemyss, Fife Death: |
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23 months daughter |
Margaret Brown Birth: 27 February 1872 29 25 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife Death: |
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2 years son |
James Paul Brown Birth: 27 March 1874 31 27 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife Death: 1944 — Pukemiro, Huntly, New Zealand |
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21 months son |
William Brown Birth: about 1875 32 28 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife Death: New Zealand |
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20 months son |
Finlay Brown Birth: 13 September 1876 33 29 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife Death: 29 June 1959 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife |
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5 years daughter |
Jane MacLean Brown Birth: 27 March 1881 38 34 — Carlow Place, Leven, Scoonie, Fife Death: about 1959 — New Zealand |
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4 years daughter |
Alexandrina Brown Birth: about 1884 41 37 — Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife Death: 24 November 1893 — Methil, East Wemyss, Fife |
| Birth | Margaret was born in Inverness and moved to Windygates. She may have been a governess with a wealthy family to have travelled to Windygates, where she met and married William Brown. She was known for speaking well and often this indicate that she grew up speaking Gaelic (as often those who learnt to speak English later in life spoke it very well), or she was well educated. She would often return to Inverness for holidays, taking one of her grandchildren with her. |
| Marriage | Source: 1868 marriages in the County of Wemyfs in the County of Fife No. 7
In 1868 on the 6th day of January at Methill, Wemyfs
Signed William Brown, Coalminer (batchelor), Age 24, Methilhill Wemyfs,
Father James Brown Coalminer,
Mother Catherine Brown M.S. Laing
Signed M McLean Treasurer Servant (Spinster), Age 22, Leven,
Father Finlay McLean Printer / Treasurer,
Mother Catherine McLean M.S. Fraser
Sign John Morrison - Minister,
Witness 1 John W Thomsen,
Witness 2 James Brown
Registered 1868 January 8th at Buckhaven Registrar Thomas Eilene |
| Death | Burial: 13 Mar 1921 East Weymss Cemetery, Weymss |