John Dalziel McLean

Brief Life History of John Dalziel

When John Dalziel McLean was born on 21 April 1860, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John William McLean, was 35 and his mother, Marion Geddes Lindsay, was 34. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died about 1960, at the age of 101.

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Family Time Line

John William McLean
1825–1863
Marion Geddes Lindsay
1825–1878
Mclean
1846–1863
James McLean
1848–1864
Elizabeth Geddes McLean
1850–1917
Robert McLean
1852–1875
Joseph Booth McLean
1855–1876
Nephi Lindsay McLean
1857–1942
John Dalziel McLean
1860–1960
William Lindsay McLean
1862–1902
Baby McLean
1864–1865
Williams Lindsay Camp
1866–1926

Sources (6)

  • John Mclean in household of John Mclean, "Scotland Census, 1861"
  • John Dalziel McLean, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
  • John Mcshane in household of William Camp, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Eáin, ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) John’. Compare Irish McAloon and McGlone .

History: This is the name of a major Scottish clan traditionally associated with the island of Mull, which claims descent from Gille Eáin na Tuaidh (‘Gillean of the Battleaxe’), who lived in the 13th century.

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

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