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I am trying to find my father in laws family and his dad is called Donald Mclean and born in 1939. His grandfather was Alex Mclean born around 1920 in birkenhead who had a brother called Donald who died in the war. Their mother we believe was called Mary Heron and their father Kenneth Mclean.
Hope someone can help
Kind regards
Dave

Hi there Dave - have you looked in Search Trees top of this page to see if there are any connections on this site?

Kenneth McClean married Mary A Heron July-Sept 1925 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - Registration county (inferred): Northumberland
Volume Number: 10b
Page Number: 309

Are you hoping to go backwards Dave?

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Name: Mary A Heron
Spouse Surname: Mclean
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1925
Registration district: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Registration county (inferred): Northumberland
Volume Number: 10b
Page Number: 309
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Kenneth Mclean Heron Oct-Nov-Dec 1925 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Northumberland

Could his name have been Angus not Alex ?

Births Dec 1919
McLean Angus - Heron - Birkenhead 8a See D/34

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Births Sep 1922
McLean Donald - Heron - Birkenhead 8a See J35

Thankyou for the info so far, i have tried searching trees but not found much as still not 100% on Mary's date of birth. I'm hoping to work backwards yes, but it isn't easy due to my wifes grandad Donald being adopted and being called Donald Crosbie. Alex could of been called Angus and his middle name be Alex.

Right - I'm trying to get my head around this. Does this make any sense?

Those 2 births that Michael found are both re registered in Dec 1934 and July 1935 as stated.

This is the most likely birth for Donald Mclean born 1939 -

Donald Mclean birth -
Mother's Maiden Surname: Jackson
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1939
Registration district: Birkenhead
Registration county: Cheshire
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 977 (click to see

In July - Sept 1933 there is a marriage for Florence Jackson to EITHER a Heron or Mclean -

Florence Jackson
Spouse Surname: Heron Or Mclean
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1933
Registration district: Birkenhead
Registration county (inferred): Cheshire
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 1594

The same marriage is listed under both Alexander Mclean AND Alexander M Heron - both to Florence Jackson.

I have to go for lunch now but will be interested to see everyones thoughts.

Chris

Re-registered ?
I wonder why ?

I think the births were reregistered as Mary Heron didn't marry the father of her children until 1925.

Could this be the birth for the Alexander McLean or Heron who married Florence??


Births Sep 1912 (>99%)
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Heron Alexander McL Heron Birkenhead 8a 976

There seem to be a few births registered in Birkenhead with surname Heron mmn Heron and the middle initial McL


Births Dec 1910 (>99%)
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HERON John McL Birkenhead 8a 487


Births Dec 1914 (>99%)
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HERON Charles McL Heron Birkenhead 8a 905


Births Mar 1916 (>99%)
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Heron Ver[d_][u_]n McL Heron Birkenhead 8a 920


Births Mar 1918 (99%)
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Heron Teresa McL Heron Birkenhead 8a 697


Births Dec 1919 (>99%)
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Heron Angus M Heron Birkenhead 8a 976


Births Sep 1922 (>99%)
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Heron Donald M Heron Birkenhead 8a 873

I think you will find David that the parents of those Heron children are from this marriage -

Annie Heron to Angus Mclean
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1934
Registration district: Birkenhead
Registration county (inferred): Cheshire
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 1758

Judging by the results of a free search I did on1911.

That marriage of Mary Heron to Kenneth Mclean wasn't in an expected area anyway.

These looks like Angus and Annie McLean's death records -

Angus Mclean
Death Registration Month/Year: 1941
Age at death (estimated): 68
Registration district: Birkenhead
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 8a
Page: 1449

Annie Mclean
Death Registration Month/Year: 1942
Age at death (estimated): 64
Registration district: Birkenhead
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 8a
Page: 756

Hi,

Could someone please try and make sense of this, i'm getting a bit confused as to who's who now. Donald Mclean born in 1939 is my starting point and as far as we know Alex Mclean was his father and Alex's brother was another Donald Mclean both born around 1920.

Regards

Dave

It is a bit confusing Dave, mainly because the Mclean/Heron children appear to have been born when their parents (Annie Heron and Angus Mclean were living together but before they married in Birkenhead in July-Sept 1934 (see post above). They were registered in the name of Heron but after the marriage 2 of them at least appear to have been re registered as Mclean.

It’s my guess that either or both Annie and Angus had been married before and still married to other people, so couldn’t marry until the other spouse/spouses had died. Judging by the 1911 census with Annie Heron (32) born Renfrewshire, Maud Heron (20 months) born Dumbartonshire, John Heron (6 months) born Birkenhead and Angus Mclean (38) born Argyleshire – I would assume that any previous marriages took place in Scotland, so you would need credits on http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ to find out.

I believe that Annie and Angus went on to have several more children before the marriage as listed by rootgatherer (above). Including Births - Sep 1922 - Heron Donald M (Mothers maiden name Heron) Birkenhead 8a 873 (the brother who died in the war) and Sep 1912 - Heron Alexander McL (Mothers maiden name Heron) Birkenhead 8a 976, the father of Donald born 1939.

Alexander would appear to have married Florence Jackson in July-Sept 1933 and the marriage is listed twice, under Alexander Heron AND Alexander Mclean. They then went on to have Donald in 1939. All these details are listed above.

I suspect that the marriage you had found previously between a Mary A Heron and a Kenneth Mclean was a coincidence. Of course you need certificates to prove all this.

If this is the right family, I wonder why Donald was adopted out and when? That would be the next thing to try and solve I think. Did they die or were they divorced etc?

Christine,

So Alexander was actually born in 1912 because we've had that he was born in 1920 which is what Donald told us. It all does sound right what your saying and my wife found out that Florence is a possibility of Donalds mother. Donald mother died about a year after he was born. Not sure of her age or anything though so i would assume it wasn't long after that he was adopted because he grew up thinking Alex was his uncle so i think he was adopted by someone else in the family who married a Crosbie and i think it was Annie Maud Mclean.

Regards

Dave

If this is the right family, and I strongly suspect it is, then Alexander would have been too young to marry in 1933 if he had been born in 1920 as you thought. So yes, I believe he was born in 1912.

I wonder if this is her death ? Florence Mclean
Death Registration Month/Year: 1940
Age at death (estimated): 31
Registration district: Liverpool South
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 140
This makes her born about 1909. You would need the Alexander and Florence marriage to find out her fathers name before you could find a birth for her. There are far too many Florence Jackson births to hazzard a guess.



DO you know any reason why Alexander might have died in Northamptonshire? As this death fits -

Alexander Mclean
Birth Date: 7 Jun 1912
Death Registration Month/Year: May 1989
Age at death (estimated): 76
Registration district: Corby
Inferred County: Northamptonshire
Volume: 7
Page: 2091

I have PM'd you some possible siblings of Donald (1939) as they could easily still be alive.

Christine

Florence death does look right so it sounds like her and my wife has her as being born around 1908.
My wife said that they have Alex's father as being Hugh Mclean.

Regards

Dave

Do you know where they got the Hugh from Dave?

Not sure where they got it from, i haven't seen what they done but my wife said that they have done the tree back to 1800s so can't say anything till i've seen what they have done.
Regards
Dave