Brief Life History of Hector
When Hector MacLean was born on 20 October 1843, in Cornaigbeg, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Hector MacLean, was 31 and his mother, Catharine MacLean, was 26. He married Christina McFadyen about 1870, in Osprey Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Burpee, Burpee and Mills, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada in 1881. He died on 14 December 1913, in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
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- Hector McLean, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Hector Maclean, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Hector Mclean, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1847 · The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland is established.
The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed in 1847. For most of its existence the United Presbyterian Church was the third largest Presbyterian Church in Scotland and flourished in Scotland for 53 years. After being reunited with the Church of Scotland in 1929, it continues to bring relief to the local communities.
1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1867
In 1840, the government bought extra land from the First Nations and laid out the settlement of Orillia. The population in 1846 was about 200. The settlement had a church, a post office, four stores, three taverns, a tannery, two blacksmiths, four shoemakers, a tailor, and two furniture makers. A grist mill could be found about a mile away. In 1869, the population was 1200. Construction of the Monck Road began in 1866 and was completed in 1873. A 100-mile stretch allowed for travel to Bancroft, Ontario where other roads could be found for travel to Ottawa. Transportation links with Toronto and Georgian Bay stimulated Orillia's development as a commercial centre and summer resort.[10] The village of Orillia was incorporated in 1867 (sharing the same birth year as Canada). By 1875, the population was 2,000 and Orillia became a town with a mayor, reeve, deputy reeve, and nine councillors. Orillia was designated a city in 1969.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: see McLean .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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