John Fullerton Cleland (1821 - 1901)

Born 8 Jul 1821 in Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1901 at age 80 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Biography

John Fullerton Cleland was born in Edinburgh in 1821 to William Lennox Cleland and Henrietta Erskine Fullerton.^[1][2]

He married Elizabeth Glen in Northumberland in 1845.^[3]

John died in 1901.^[4] His Obituary is reproduced below:

OBITUARY.

Mr. John Fullerton Cleland died on Nov. 29, at the residence of his son, Mr. E. E. Cleland, East-terrace, Adelaide. Mr. Cle-land, who was a colonist of 49 years, was born in Edinburgh in 1821. He was the son of Mr. William Lennox Cleland, bar-rister, who was drowned at the age of 32, and he was placed under the guardianship of Sir John Stuart, Vice-Chancellor. After leaving school he entered the service of the East India Company as a midshipman upon the Reliance. When Mr. Cleland finally left that ship she proceeded on a voyage, and was never heard of again. He afterwards entered the service of the London and Counties Bank. Subsequently he studied theology at Oxford, and having married Miss Elizabeth Glen, daughter of Dr. George Glen, of London, and sister of Mr. George Gien, S.M., of Mount Gambier, he proceeded to China as a missionary. After remaining at Hongkong and Canton for some years he returned to England on ac-count of ill-health. The deceased gentleman came to South Australia in 1852, and occu-pied the position of Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for many years. The members of his family surviv-ing him are his sister, Lady Davenport, and six sons— Dr. Cleland, of Parkside, co- lonial surgeon, Messrs. G. F. Cleland, of Adelaide, wine merchant, E. D. Cleland, of Coolgardie, mine manager, C. A. Cle-land, of Adelaide, surveyor, A. F. Cleland, of Queensland, railway engineer, and E. E. Cleland, of Adelaide, solicitor.

He is buried at the Walkerville Wesleyan Cemetery, Walkerville, South Australia and from The Register of Saturday 30 November 1901 we see:

THE Friends of the late Mr. JOHN FULLAR-TON CLELAND are informed that his FUNERAL will Leave the Residence of his Son (Mr. E. E. Cleland), East terrace, THIS DAY at 3 p.m., for the Walkerville Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQC6-T4C : 10 February 2018), John Fullerton Cleland, 08 Jul 1821; citing SAINT CUTHBERTS, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,762.
2. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR7-4ZB : 10 February 2018), John Fullerton Cleland, 08 Jul 1821; citing Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, reference 2:18LX5LV, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,762.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVFV-ZYT : 10 February 2018), John Fullerton Cleland and Elizabeth Glen, 09 Dec 1845; citing Norham,Northumberland,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 252,568.
4. ↑ Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Sat 7 Dec 1901, Page 36, OBITUARY. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87813742

• Wikipedia

• Cleland, John Burton. The Ancient Family of Cleland (London, 1905), page 49 - 50

• Family Notices from The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) of Saturday 30 November 1901, Page 4. first accessed 10th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/210533944?

• Family Notices from The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) of Saturday 30 November 1901, Page 2. first accessed 10th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55668571?

• OBITUARY. from Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) of Saturday 7 December 1901, Page 36. first accessed 10th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87813742?

• John Fullarton CLELAND from the Town of Walkerville's Cemeteries Search. first accessed 10th of November, 2019 at: http://www.walkerville.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1283&c=10608

• Inscription 15991709 - John Fullerton Cleland from the Australian Cemeteries Index online at: https://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=15991709 first accessed 10th of November, 2019.

• BillionGraves.com - Grave record for John Fullerton Cleland (Died: 29 Nov 1901), BillionGraves Record 32752876 Walkerville, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. first viewed 10th of November, 2019 at: https://billiongraves.com/grave/John-Fullerton-Cleland/32752876

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144628019/john-fullerton-cleland : accessed 10 November 2019), memorial page for John Fullerton Cleland (1821–29 Nov 1901), Find A Grave Memorial no. 144628019, citing Walkerville Wesleyan Cemetery, Walkerville, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by Susanna Parrish (contributor 46929622).

• Wylie, Alexander Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese (American Presbyterian Mission Press, Shanghai, China, 1867), page 155