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Hector McLean

Hector McLean

Born
1775-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1853-07-06 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to /Born in Canada

I am seeking information on my ancestor, Hector McLean, born in County Antrim (possibly in Darragh, Finway Parish) in about 1775. He married Catherine McCoole (born about 1776). Some of their children were born in County Antrim: John (1802), Cornelius (1809), Mary (1815), Thomas (1816). There were also other children (Elizabeth, Susan, Anne), but I do not know if they were born in Ireland or not. The family left for Canada in either 1828 or 1829. I cannot find any records for any of them on rootsireland.ie.

On ancestry.com I found a passenger list for a Hector McLean, wife Catherine, and daughter Mary, to Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1828. I know that the family was in Gore, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as Mary McLean married Patrick O'Connor there in 1839, with Hector and Catherine (McCoole) McLean named as Mary's parents (ancestry.com). From there some of the family came to Wisconsin. I have found a Hector McLean (1775-1853) buried in Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin. Cornelius McLean is also buried here (1809-1879). I found a Catherine McLean (1776-1849) buried in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (where some of her children lived for a time). Her tombstone says "wife of Hector." Other children are buried in Brown County, Wisconsin (ancestry.com and findagrave.com and bayareagenealogicalsociety).

Mary McLean and Patrick O'Connor's daughter, Bertha (1842-1902), married my great grandfather, Thomas Dillon (1844-1917) in 1868. They lived in De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, on a farm, and then in Wauceda, Wisconsin, then in Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, where both are buried along with their children. 

I realize that any records prior to 1800 are scanty. I am just hoping that there might be something out there. The family were all Roman Catholics.

Susan Dillon Murphy

Associated communities

Antrim

County Antrim, or Aontroim in Irish, is located on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.  It has beautiful rugged landscape and is home to the World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway.  Our county town is Antrim town and we have a population of approximately 618,108.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Benvarden, Coleraine, 2015

    Location: Antrim

    36 Benvarden Road, Dervock, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 6NN

  • 11 Crocus St

    Location: Antrim

    11 Crocus St, Belfast Ireland

  • Carrick-a-Rede Bridge

    Location: Antrim

    Co. Antrim

  • Armoy

    Location: Antrim

Timeline events in this community

  • 1850s

    George McFall

    <p>Occupation</p>

    1857-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)

    <p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>

    1840-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1820s

    McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891

    <p>Devout Irish-Catholic Ship Captain, Master Mariner and Pub/Tavern Inn/Hotel Owner Richard McSherry of Killough and Ardglass areas of Eastern County Down (husband of Mary Adair, presumably also from somewhere in County Down), both later moving to Belfast (15 Corporation Square, 20 Gamble Street, 58/60 Tomb Street, and 35/39 Dock Street) all in the Old Sailortown neighborhood) of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland. </p>

    1825-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00