The Early History of the McLarans of Dalby

  • Search the site
    • Executive Summary
    • Contact & Recommended Reading
  • OVERVIEW
    • Introduction
    • Family Names
    • Family Trees of the Moreton Bay Immigrants
    • Scottish Roots
    • Clan McLaren
    • Cambridgeshire Roots
    • Oral History
    • Ancestors' Graves
  • McLeoran Family 1800
    • 1792 Census
    • McVicar Family >
      • John McMillan MacNeill >
        • The Forbes Mackay Family
        • Alistair Forbes Mackay
        • MacNeill Compt Book
    • Family tree 1700 - 1800
  • Jean McLeoran's Family
    • Isabella McLeure
    • Ann Mackay >
      • Margaret Jones Mackay (Burns) >
        • Alister Colville
      • Catherine Burns
  • Archibald McLeoran's Family
    • Donald McLeoran
    • Mary McLeoran
    • Isabella McLeoran
    • Malcolm McLeoran
    • Edward McLeoran
  • Malcolm McLaran Jnr's Family
    • Malcolm McLaran >
      • The America
      • World War 1 Soldiers
    • Jane McLaran
    • Archibald McLeoran b. 1822
    • John McMillan McLeoran
    • Malcolm McLeoran the Younger
    • Catherine McLaren >
      • James Milford
      • Walter Goodman Jnr
    • Donald McLaran - 1833 - 1879 >
      • 1857 Dalby Town Allotment Sales
      • Deaths on the Condamine
      • Paths cross on the Condamine
      • 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 >
      • The Tartha Graves
    • Death of Amos Slight
    • Edwin Gransden
  • The Eversden Family
    • Lewis James Eversden >
      • The Flying Cloud
      • 1864 The Arrival of the Eversdens >
        • Laura Eversden
        • 1864 Rain event
      • Eversden at Tartha
      • Southport & Cambridge House >
        • Hammerchewer Visits Cambridge House
      • Clara Eversden - pre marriage
    • Lewis and Jane Eversden
  • 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
  • Search the site
    • Executive Summary
    • Contact & Recommended Reading
  • OVERVIEW
    • Introduction
    • Family Names
    • Family Trees of the Moreton Bay Immigrants
    • Scottish Roots
    • Clan McLaren
    • Cambridgeshire Roots
    • Oral History
    • Ancestors' Graves
  • McLeoran Family 1800
    • 1792 Census
    • McVicar Family >
      • John McMillan MacNeill >
        • The Forbes Mackay Family
        • Alistair Forbes Mackay
        • MacNeill Compt Book
    • Family tree 1700 - 1800
  • Jean McLeoran's Family
    • Isabella McLeure
    • Ann Mackay >
      • Margaret Jones Mackay (Burns) >
        • Alister Colville
      • Catherine Burns
  • Archibald McLeoran's Family
    • Donald McLeoran
    • Mary McLeoran
    • Isabella McLeoran
    • Malcolm McLeoran
    • Edward McLeoran
  • Malcolm McLaran Jnr's Family
    • Malcolm McLaran >
      • The America
      • World War 1 Soldiers
    • Jane McLaran
    • Archibald McLeoran b. 1822
    • John McMillan McLeoran
    • Malcolm McLeoran the Younger
    • Catherine McLaren >
      • James Milford
      • Walter Goodman Jnr
    • Donald McLaran - 1833 - 1879 >
      • 1857 Dalby Town Allotment Sales
      • Deaths on the Condamine
      • Paths cross on the Condamine
      • 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 >
      • The Tartha Graves
    • Death of Amos Slight
    • Edwin Gransden
  • The Eversden Family
    • Lewis James Eversden >
      • The Flying Cloud
      • 1864 The Arrival of the Eversdens >
        • Laura Eversden
        • 1864 Rain event
      • Eversden at Tartha
      • Southport & Cambridge House >
        • Hammerchewer Visits Cambridge House
      • Clara Eversden - pre marriage
    • Lewis and Jane Eversden
  • 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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The America under full sail.

An overview of the main characters in the story of the McLarans of Dalby

The main protagonists in the Queensland McLeoran / McLaran 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.

Scope of Website
mclaransofdalby.com chiefly tells the history of the McLaren/an family in Queensland between 1851 and approximately 1900 in detail and some relevant events prior to emigration. The website also covers McLeoran / 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 shovel 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
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 Southend and McLeoran family history.

Mar 2023
mclaransofdalby.com has been instrumental in connecting long lost (60 years!) first cousins. This achievement makes the website worthwhile.

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

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