The Early History of the McLarans of Dalby

  • Website progress
    • Executive Summary
    • Contact & Recommended Reading
  • OVERVIEW
    • Introduction
    • Family Names
    • Family Trees of the Immigrants
    • Scottish Roots
    • Clan McLaren
    • Cambridgeshire Roots
    • Oral History
    • Ancestors' Graves
  • McLeoran Family 1800
  • Jean McLeoran's Family
    • Isabella McLeure
    • Ann Mackay >
      • Margaret Mackay (Burns)
      • Catherine Burns
  • Malcolm McLaran Jnr's Family
    • Malcolm McLaran >
      • The America
      • World War 1 Soldiers
    • Jane McLaran
    • John McMillan McLeoran
    • Catherine McLaren >
      • James Milford
      • Walter Goodman Jnr
    • Donald McLaran - 1833 - 1879 >
      • 1857 Dalby Town Allotment Sales
      • McLaran v Wuth
      • Frogmore
      • Kilkevan & Cockatoo Point
      • Why Squatters don't marry
      • Bronzewing
      • 1874 Police Assault cases
      • Donald McLaran's Lost Watch
    • Duncan McLaran
    • Margaret McLaren >
      • Denis Sullivan
      • Ellen (Helen) Sullivan
      • Margaret Sullivan
      • Agnes Sullivan
      • Daniel James McLaren
      • The Sullivans in court
    • Alexander McLaren >
      • Alexander's selections
  • The Dockrill Family
    • William Dockrill
    • Martha Goss
    • Tartha
    • Death of Amos Slight
    • Edwin Gransden
  • The Eversden Family
    • Lewis James Eversden >
      • Laura Eversden
      • Clara Eversden - pre marriage
      • The Flying Cloud
    • Lewis and Jane Eversden >
      • Cambridge House
      • Hammerchewer Visits Cambridge House
  • The Brown Family
    • Thomas Huntley Brown >
      • Death of Thomas Huntley Brown
    • Jane Rider 1837 - 1880 >
      • Thomas Ross Brown
      • Isabella Brown
      • John Brown
      • James Brown
      • Susan Brown
      • William Joseph Brown >
        • McCowan Scandal
  • 1879 - 1956 Donald McLaran's Family
    • Haran
    • The McLaran Cordial Factory
    • 1900 McLennan - McLaran Wedding
    • Kupunn
    • 1912 Death of Donald McLaran
    • Post Kupunn to 1956
    • 1956 Death of Clara Eversden
    • Malcolm Lewis McLaran
  • Queensland History
    • Ipswich History
    • Ludwig Riethmuller
    • Post 1956
    • Dalby History
    • IMAGE UPLOAD PAGE
  • Website progress
    • Executive Summary
    • Contact & Recommended Reading
  • OVERVIEW
    • Introduction
    • Family Names
    • Family Trees of the Immigrants
    • Scottish Roots
    • Clan McLaren
    • Cambridgeshire Roots
    • Oral History
    • Ancestors' Graves
  • McLeoran Family 1800
  • Jean McLeoran's Family
    • Isabella McLeure
    • Ann Mackay >
      • Margaret Mackay (Burns)
      • Catherine Burns
  • Malcolm McLaran Jnr's Family
    • Malcolm McLaran >
      • The America
      • World War 1 Soldiers
    • Jane McLaran
    • John McMillan McLeoran
    • Catherine McLaren >
      • James Milford
      • Walter Goodman Jnr
    • Donald McLaran - 1833 - 1879 >
      • 1857 Dalby Town Allotment Sales
      • McLaran v Wuth
      • Frogmore
      • Kilkevan & Cockatoo Point
      • Why Squatters don't marry
      • Bronzewing
      • 1874 Police Assault cases
      • Donald McLaran's Lost Watch
    • Duncan McLaran
    • Margaret McLaren >
      • Denis Sullivan
      • Ellen (Helen) Sullivan
      • Margaret Sullivan
      • Agnes Sullivan
      • Daniel James McLaren
      • The Sullivans in court
    • Alexander McLaren >
      • Alexander's selections
  • The Dockrill Family
    • William Dockrill
    • Martha Goss
    • Tartha
    • Death of Amos Slight
    • Edwin Gransden
  • The Eversden Family
    • Lewis James Eversden >
      • Laura Eversden
      • Clara Eversden - pre marriage
      • The Flying Cloud
    • Lewis and Jane Eversden >
      • Cambridge House
      • Hammerchewer Visits Cambridge House
  • The Brown Family
    • Thomas Huntley Brown >
      • Death of Thomas Huntley Brown
    • Jane Rider 1837 - 1880 >
      • Thomas Ross Brown
      • Isabella Brown
      • John Brown
      • James Brown
      • Susan Brown
      • William Joseph Brown >
        • McCowan Scandal
  • 1879 - 1956 Donald McLaran's Family
    • Haran
    • The McLaran Cordial Factory
    • 1900 McLennan - McLaran Wedding
    • Kupunn
    • 1912 Death of Donald McLaran
    • Post Kupunn to 1956
    • 1956 Death of Clara Eversden
    • Malcolm Lewis McLaran
  • Queensland History
    • Ipswich History
    • Ludwig Riethmuller
    • Post 1956
    • Dalby History
    • IMAGE UPLOAD PAGE
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Map of the southern tip of Argyllshire.

Malcolm McLaran's (Malcolm McLeoran Jnr) Family


Malcolm McLaran* and his family emigrated from Southend in Argyllshire, Scotland to Moreton Bay in 1853 aboard the immigrant ship, America.

Malcolm was accompanied by his (second) wife and his 5 youngest children. All were born in the Southend or Campbeltown parishes in Argyllshire. 

The website has pages for:
  • Malcolm himself
  • his second wife, Jane McShenoig
  • eldest son John McMillan McLeoran
  • elder daughter, Catherine
  • Donald McLaran prior to marriage 
  • Donald McLaran and family post marriage
  • Duncan McLaren
  • second daughter, Margaret
  • Malcolm & Jane's son, Alexander McLaren

Of the many hundreds of Malcolm McLaran's descendants alive today, sadly fewer than a handful, all members of Donald's family, bear the McLaran surname.  

*Various spellings of the surname "McLaran" are used (hopefully consistently) throughout this website. Please refer to family names.

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Malcolm McLaran's children with his two wives.

The fate of sons John & Malcolm McLeoran is yet to be determined. Duncan McLaren (described as Malcolm's 5th son in the Dalby Herald - see below) had no issue.  Records do not attribute any children to Alexander but this website will suggest otherwise.
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The 1879 Dalby Herald death notice for Malcolm's son, Duncan McLaren.
It is also possible that Malcolm had 2 or 3 other sons who emigrated to USA or Canada or remained in Scotland.

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Google Earth: The home of the McLaran Family: from left, Feolan/Feorline, Carskiey/Carskey Estate and Southend.

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Google Streetview: Feolan/Feorline Farm near Southend, home of Malcolm McLaran and family mid 1820s to 1840s.

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Google Streetview: Entry to Carskiey/Carskey Farm between Feolan and Southend.

Questions and (possible) Answers:
Q1.    Did Malcolm or any of the McLeoran family ever live in Balquhidder?
​A1.    Evidence suggests they did not. It is unlikely that any of the family or even Malcolm's parents visited the ancestral home of Clan McLaren. Refer Scottish Roots page.

Q2.    Did any family members have Irish roots?
A2.    A
ccording to the 1841 census, Malcolm McLaran's first wife, Margaret McQuilkan, was born in Ireland. 


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