The America under full sail.
This website recounts the early history of the McLarans of Dalby
The main protagonists in the story emigrated between 1852 and 1864 on four ships:
1852 Argyll
William Dockrill (21) single, born 1830, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
1853 The America
Malcolm McLaran (54) born 1800, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Jane McLaran nee McShenoig (48) his wife, born 1804, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Catherine McLaren (22) born 1831, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Donald McLaran (20) born 1833, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Duncan McLaren (17) born 1836, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Margaret McLaren (15) born 1838, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Alexander McLaren (4) born 1849, Campbeltown Parish, Argyll, Scotland
1854 General Hewitt
Jane Rider (16) single, born 1837, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Captain Thomas Huntley Brown (39) born 1815, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland
1864 Flying Cloud
Lewis James Eversden (29) born 1835, Foxton, Cambridgeshire,
Clara Sophia Eversden (7) born 1856, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Laura Eversden (5) born 1859, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Note: Links currently available are italicised and underlined.
1852 Argyll
William Dockrill (21) single, born 1830, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
1853 The America
Malcolm McLaran (54) born 1800, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Jane McLaran nee McShenoig (48) his wife, born 1804, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Catherine McLaren (22) born 1831, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Donald McLaran (20) born 1833, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Duncan McLaren (17) born 1836, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Margaret McLaren (15) born 1838, Southend Parish, Argyll, Scotland
Alexander McLaren (4) born 1849, Campbeltown Parish, Argyll, Scotland
1854 General Hewitt
Jane Rider (16) single, born 1837, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Captain Thomas Huntley Brown (39) born 1815, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland
1864 Flying Cloud
Lewis James Eversden (29) born 1835, Foxton, Cambridgeshire,
Clara Sophia Eversden (7) born 1856, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Laura Eversden (5) born 1859, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Note: Links currently available are italicised and underlined.
Scope of Website
mclaransofdalby.com chiefly tells the history of the McLaren/an family in Australia between 1851 and approximately 1900 in detail and some relevant events prior to emigration. The website also covers McLaran history in Scotland in the late 17th, the 18th and the early 19th centuries - see below.
After 1900, only significant events will be covered because of the rapid expansion of the families in the 20th century.
The story will cover:
It is a riveting tale. I hope you enjoy it and that I have delivered the justice it deserves.
mclaransofdalby.com chiefly tells the history of the McLaren/an family in Australia between 1851 and approximately 1900 in detail and some relevant events prior to emigration. The website also covers McLaran history in Scotland in the late 17th, the 18th and the early 19th centuries - see below.
After 1900, only significant events will be covered because of the rapid expansion of the families in the 20th century.
The story will cover:
- the discovery of the early McLeoran (Mclaren) and McVicar history in Southend;
- the sagas of the voyages of the America and the Flying Cloud;
- the tragic deaths of Jane, Margaret, Duncan and Alexander McLaren;
- Margaret's mysterious missing son, Daniel James McLaren ... or was it Hurley?
- the unknown father of Ellen Sullivan's first child .... was it Alexander McLaren?
- the story of Tartha from 1860 to 1899;
- the unions of the McLaran and Eversden families and the Rider and Eversden families;
- a young lad who called himself William Joseph Eversden;
- the 2015 return to Frogmore and the discovery of (possibly) Donald (or Malcolm) McLaran's spade and other relics;
- the story of the McLeoran descendants in North Dakota USA;
- the history of the McLeoran descendants in Victoria.
It is a riveting tale. I hope you enjoy it and that I have delivered the justice it deserves.
May 2022 Breaking News
mclaransofdalby.com has been reworked to include this year's discoveries:
The families of the three McLeoran siblings have never before been linked in a published document. The American and Victorian families are extensive and it is hoped that in due course McLeoran descendants worldwide become aware of their shared McLeoran family history.
mclaransofdalby.com has been reworked to include this year's discoveries:
- extension of the direct line of the McLaran family tree back to the late 1600s;
- widening of the family tree to include the 2 siblings of Malcom McLaran 1800 - 1884;
- the family of Malcolm's sister, Jean McLeoran 1796 - 1869, and their emigration to North Dakota in 1890;
- the family of Malcolm's brother, Archibald McLeoran 1807 - 1884, and their emigration to Victoria, Australia.
The families of the three McLeoran siblings have never before been linked in a published document. The American and Victorian families are extensive and it is hoped that in due course McLeoran descendants worldwide become aware of their shared McLeoran family history.
Secondary family names (in Queensland) :
- Ahrens
- Conquest
- Connell
- Coss
- Dale
- Dittman
- Glover
- Goss
- Gransden
- Goodman
- Hurley
- Ivett
- Kennedy
- McShenoig
- McQuilkan
- Milford
- Roche
- Slight
- Sullivan
- Twine
- Winklemann
- Wormwell