David McLean^[1]

1846 - 1938  (91 years)

• Name	David McLean
  Born	23 Nov 1846	Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	401AC566B0538047AA25380C3AF2FFCB5830
  Died	27 Mar 1938	Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I32439	Clan MacLean Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2003

  
  

  Father	Robert McLean,   b. Jun 1802, Whitefield, Dull, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 13 Jun 1883, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Isabella "Bell" Campbell,   b. 12 Dec 1808, Dull, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 30 Dec 1893, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Married	12 Feb 1831	Dull, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F11503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Scott,   b. 27 Oct 1851, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ,   d. 28 Nov 1926, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States  (Age 75 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1874	Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States
  Children	+ 1. Jessie Agnes McLean,   b. 25 Apr 1875, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States ,   d. 17 Jul 1959, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States  (Age 84 years)   2. Grace Henderson McLean,   b. 28 Aug 1876, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States ,   d. 1923  (Age 46 years) + 3. Alexander Scott McLean,   b. 26 Feb 1883, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States ,   d. 4 Dec 1913, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States  (Age 30 years)   4. Ellen Scott McLean,   b. 4 Jul 1884, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States ,   d. 8 Feb 1975, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States  (Age 90 years) + 5. Charles Stuart McLean,   b. 26 Nov 1886, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, United States ,   d. 28 Feb 1961  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F11502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: David was one of 6 brothers and one sister who emmigrated from Aberfeldy, Scotland to CT just after the American Civil War. David was a carpenter and merchant in Aberfeldy. BIOGRAPHY: He was also in the Gordon Highlanders or Cameron Highlanders. Between the ages of 10 and 14, he (and brothers?) went to India as buglers. Queen Victoria received them at Edinburgh castle when they returned. BIOGRAPHY: David, Robert, and John McLean, comparative new arrivals from Scotland immediately following the Civil War, established a residence in CT. Robert was a draper or dry goods man. David and John were skilled carpenters living in Hartford, CT. Both were working on the new State capitol building which was completed for use in 1879. BIOGRAPHY: About this same time the great damaging Danbury flood, the breaking of first the upper and then the lower Kohanza Reservoirs, took place on 31 Jan 1865. David, John and Robert went to Danbury to see first hand the destruction caused by the flood waters. About 1868 the brothers decided to move to Danbury. Robert and Alexander founded the McLean Brothers Department Store which opened in April, 1869 (Grand opening advertisment in Danbury paper) and David and John joined them. Four brothers were too many; Robert and Alexander went to York, PA and started another store. About 1911, David and John had a disagreement and the brothers split. John started his own store, John McLean's a few doors away. David's son, Stuart, joined David's store by 1912. BIOGRAPHY: David was a Mason (32nd degree), a director of the Danbury National Bank, and a member of the First Congregational Church. !BIRTH: Birth date provided as an extract of an entry in an old Parochial Register of births and baptisms, Parish of Logierait, County of Perth by the General Register Office, New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] Submitter: Briggs, Jeffrey.