Lillian May MCLAUGHLIN

Brief Life History of Lillian May

When Lillian May MCLAUGHLIN was born in 1886, in Greater Taree, New South Wales, Australia, her father, Martin MCLAUGHLIN, was 40 and her mother, Catherine MCCANN, was 43. She married Clarence Stanley Bignell in 1908, in Taree, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 7 April 1945, in her hometown, at the age of 59, and was buried in Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Clarence Stanley Bignell
1878–1964
Lillian May MCLAUGHLIN
1886–1945
Marriage: 1908
Clarence Lewis Oliver Bignell
1909–1968
Robert Stanley Bignell
1911–1969
Lillian Bignell
1913–1976
Kate L Bignell
1915–
Ina May Bignell
1917–1972

Sources (2)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Lillian May MCLAUGHLIN - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Lillian May MCLAUGHLIN
  • Lillian May McLaughlin Bignell, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1892

Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

1901

First Federal election.

1911

Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Siobhan, Aileen, Caitlin, Keane, Liam, Padric, Aine, Ciaran, Conan, Conley.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lochlainn ‘son of the Norseman’, from the personal name Lochlann ‘stranger, Norseman’, from a term denoting Scandinavia (possibly ‘land of lakes/fjords’). This was a ruling family in Ulster. See also Laughlin and compare the Scottish form McLachlan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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