Sarah Jane (Hughes) McLean (bef. 1814 - 1871)

Born before 24 Apr 1814 in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland

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Died 28 Aug 1871 after age 57 in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Sarah Jane HUGHES. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Born BEF 24 APR 1814. Dungannon, Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ^{[8][9][10][11]}

Died 12 Yurong St: “Malignant disease of the bowel”. 28 AUG 1871. Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ^{[12][13][14][15]}

Buried Rookwood Cemetery. 30 AUG 1871. Sydney, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.8833. Longitude: E151.2167. ^[16][17][18]

DNA Possible DNA Link - from home to ancestors in Tyrone, Nth Ireland to sandyallard26.

Residence 12 Yurong Street. 1869 Sydney, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.8833. Longitude: E151.2167. ^[19] 12 Yurong Street. 1870 Sydney, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.8833. Longitude: E151.2167. ^[20]

Occupation: Maid. ^[21]

Baptism: Donaghhenry. 24 APR 1814. Dungannon, Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ^[22]

Event: Age: 27. Arrival 16 AUG 1841. Sydney, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.8833. Longitude: E151.2167. ^[23] 21 MAY 2008 22:12:57 GMT+10. _UPD

Immigration: On board the "Orestes". 14 MAY 1841. Sydney, New South Wales. Map: Latitude: S33.8833. Longitude: E151.2167. ^[24]

Marriage Husband Andrew McLean. Wife Sarah Jane Hughes. Child: Andrew McLean. Child: John Charles McLean. Child: Mary Ann McLean. Child: Sarah Jane McLean. Child: Thomas McLean. Child: William George McLean. Child: Harriet McLean. Marriage Brackaville. 4 DEC 1840. Dungannon, Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ^[25]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S15 Source Citation: State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1335 birth date: Bef. 24 Apr 1814 birth place: Dungannon, Tyrone, Ireland Name: Sarah Jane Hughes Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nswassisted&h=53316&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
2. ↑ Source: #S16 death date: 28 Aug 1871 death place: Wooloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia Name: Sarah Jane Hughes Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausdeathindex&h=3422001&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
3. ↑ Source: #S15 State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1335
4. ↑ Source: #S56 Mary Ann died on 24 September 1918 at her residence, 28 Johnston Street, Annandale, aged 71 years from diabetes mellitus. She was buried in the Church of England section of Rookwood Cemetery on 25 September 1918. Her parents were Andrew McClean, engineer, and Sarah Jane Hughes. Her death certificate states that three male children were deceased, namely Edmund, Frank, and Harry (NSW Registrar General’s Office, 11598/1918, Sydney Morning Herald, Death notices, 25 September 1918, page 10)
5. ↑ Source: #S3
6. ↑ Source: #S82
7. ↑ Source: #S66
8. ↑ Source: #S15 Source Citation: State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1335 birth date: Bef. 24 Apr 1814 birth place: Dungannon, Tyrone, Ireland Name: Sarah Jane Hughes Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nswassisted&h=53316&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
9. ↑ Source: #S15 State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1335
10. ↑ Source: #S56 Sarah Jane Hughes baptism on 24 April 1814 is recorded in the Donaghhenry parish registers, the daughter of George and Sarah Hughes (6). The surname of Sarah is not given, but its more than likely Hardy as stated on her daughter’s NSW death certificate (16) and supported by one of the witnesses to Andrew and Sarah’s marriage, Charles Hardy. George and Sarah’ marriage was not found, and they had at least another six children, all recorded in the Donaghhenry parish register with of “Stewartstown” being recorded in the last four (7). Margaret Hughes, baptised 24 May 1812 George Hughes, baptised 11 August 1816 Elizabeth Hughes, baptised 24 January 1819 - mother named Anne Arabella, born 21 February, baptised 23 February 1823 Mary, born 23 June baptised 25 June 1825 Thomas, born 10 June, baptised 14 June 1829 What of George’s occupation? We know the family lived in Stewartstown, a small market town within the parish of Donaghhenry, with the manufacture of linen being its main activity. An entry in the Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory 1858-59, for Stewartstown, lists George Hughes, shoemaker (6). This is confirmed by information on Sarah Jane’s 1871 death certificate (16). The burial registers for Donaghhenry parish reveal that Sarah Hughes, aged 55, was buried on 7 December 1837 (7). If this is George’s wife then it indicates the possibility that they married some years before the birth of Margaret above, and that there may be more children. The burial registers also include George Hughes, aged 42 years, of Stewartstown, who was buried on 5 March 1860, possibly the son of George and Sarah. There was no entry for George senior, although there are gaps in the register.
11. ↑ Source: #S66
12. ↑ Source: #S6 Death: MCCLEAN SARAH J GEORGE DIED SYDNEY SYDNEY 967/1871
13. ↑ Source: #S16 death date: 28 Aug 1871 death place: Wooloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia Name: Sarah Jane Hughes Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausdeathindex&h=3422001&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
14. ↑ Source: #S177 Rookwood headstone Sacred to the memory of Andrew McClean who departed this life Dec 27th 1853, aged 36 years Leaving a wife and six children to lament their loss, also Andrew, infant son of the above died Feb 11th 1853, aged 7 months, also Thomas, son of the above died April 10th 1861, aged 10 years and 2 months
15. ↑ Source: #S66
16. ↑ Source: #S56 In discussing family history with my grandma Rubly Lane (1882-1978 nee Russell) in the early 1970s, she recalled that her grandfather McClean had drowned in Sydney Harbour many years before she was born. It took me some months to find the following as at the time there were no BDM indexes available to the public, or access to old newspapers online. The Sydney Morning Herald of 28 December 1852 (12) reported :- Death by Drowning - A man named Andrew Maclean, who has been for many years carpenter on the Steam Company’s Wharf, was drowned yesterday by the upsetting of a boat alongside the Tamar in Botany Bay. Maclean was a respectable, steady man, highly valued by his employers, and has left a widow and six young children. Andrew was buried on 31 December 1852 by Charles C Kemp, minister of the Church of England Parish of Camperdown, aged 36 years, living at Woolloomooloo (13). Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, has been tidied up and many of the headstones have been placed against a high stone wall on the boundary, including the following (14) :- Sacred to the memory of Andrew McClean who departed this life Dec 27th 1853, aged 36 years Leaving a wife and six children to lament their loss, also Andrew, infant son of the above died Feb 11th 1853, aged 7 months, also Thomas, son of the above died April 10th 1861, aged 10 years and 2 months What a sad time for Sarah and her remaining four young children. It must have been difficult for her to carry on. They continued living in Yurong Street, Woolloomooloo. It seems that Sarah operated a grocery shop as the Sands and Kenny’s Directory of 1858/59, listed Sarah McLean, 12 Yurong Street, as a grocer (15). Sarah died on 28 August 1871 at her home, 12 Yurong Street, Woolloomooloo, details on her death certificate reveal (16) aged 53 years died from “malignant disease of the bowel” buried at Haslem’s Creek (Rookwood Cemetery) on 30 August 1871 informant, her son William George McClean of 12 Yurong Street father George Hughes, shoemaker mother - Hardy born in Ireland 30 years in New South Wales married in Ireland, aged 20, to Andrew McClean children 2 males and 2 females living, 2 males and 1 female deceased Her headstone can be seen in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney (17), and the inscription reads :- In memory of Sarah Jane McClean, native of Stewartstown, Co Tyrone, Ireland, died 28 August 1871, aged 53 years William George McClean, died 31 May 1882, aged 38 years Caroline Dodd, died 27 December 1882, aged 51 years John Charles beloved husband of Mary Ann McClean, died 26 August 1923, aged 73 years. It would seem that the three children who died before Sarah included Harriet. Her death does not come up in a search of the NSW BDM Index online. The index reveals that William George died in 1882 in Parramatta, John Charles died in 1923 in Sydney, Sarah Jane (Warren) died at Corowa in 1931, and Mary Ann (Russell) died in Sydney in 1918. Caroline Dodd was John Charles’ mother-in-law.
17. ↑ Source: #S177 Rookwood headstone Sacred to the memory of Andrew McClean who departed this life Dec 27th 1853, aged 36 years Leaving a wife and six children to lament their loss, also Andrew, infant son of the above died Feb 11th 1853, aged 7 months, also Thomas, son of the above died April 10th 1861, aged 10 years and 2 months
18. ↑ Source: #S66
19. ↑ Source: #S82
20. ↑ Source: #S3
21. ↑ Source: #S56 I wonder how Sarah and Andrew met in the years just before they married in 1840. It would seem Sarah was a town girl while Andrew was probably raised on a farm some kilometres away. Perhaps Andrew’s father decided Andrew would not inherit the farm and sent him to Stewartstown to learn a trade (he was later a carpenter in Sydney), and while in Stewartstown he met Sarah at the local church. It would seem that Sarah, age 25 years, and Andrew, age 23 years, had already decided to emigrate to Sydney, for surely it would have taken more than a month to plan, obtain approval to be bounty immigrants, obtain tickets, and travel to Liverpool. Having married on 4 December, and just 33 days later, they departed Liverpool for Sydney on board the Orestes. What did their parents think of this? They sailed via Cape of Good Hope, arriving Sydney on 14 May 1841. On board were 280 bounty immigrants (8). Bounty immigrants were free immigrants whose passage was paid by the colonial administration to the ship’s owners for the safe arrival of their passengers. Because the scheme assisted healthy young couples and single persons, each applicant had to submit certain information. The following was recorded for Sarah and Andrew. Name Andrew McLean Sarah Jane McLean (wife) Occupation Carpenter Maid Religion Protestant Protestant Age 21 years 21 years Read & Write Yes Yes Native Place Dungannon, Co Tyrone Donagheady, Co Tyrone Father Rody McLean George Hughes Occupation Farmer Shoemaker
22. ↑ Source: #S56 Sarah Jane Hughes baptism on 24 April 1814 is recorded in the Donaghhenry parish registers, the daughter of George and Sarah Hughes (6). The surname of Sarah is not given, but its more than likely Hardy as stated on her daughter’s NSW death certificate (16) and supported by one of the witnesses to Andrew and Sarah’s marriage, Charles Hardy. George and Sarah’ marriage was not found, and they had at least another six children, all recorded in the Donaghhenry parish register with of “Stewartstown” being recorded in the last four (7). Margaret Hughes, baptised 24 May 1812 George Hughes, baptised 11 August 1816 Elizabeth Hughes, baptised 24 January 1819 - mother named Anne Arabella, born 21 February, baptised 23 February 1823 Mary, born 23 June baptised 25 June 1825 Thomas, born 10 June, baptised 14 June 1829 What of George’s occupation? We know the family lived in Stewartstown, a small market town within the parish of Donaghhenry, with the manufacture of linen being its main activity. An entry in the Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory 1858-59, for Stewartstown, lists George Hughes, shoemaker (6). This is confirmed by information on Sarah Jane’s 1871 death certificate (16). The burial registers for Donaghhenry parish reveal that Sarah Hughes, aged 55, was buried on 7 December 1837 (7). If this is George’s wife then it indicates the possibility that they married some years before the birth of Margaret above, and that there may be more children. The burial registers also include George Hughes, aged 42 years, of Stewartstown, who was buried on 5 March 1860, possibly the son of George and Sarah. There was no entry for George senior, although there are gaps in the register.
23. ↑ Source: #S15 State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1335
24. ↑ Source: #S56 Andrew and Sarah McLEAN A search similar to the PARKERs. Sarah’s death certificate states the couple arrived in 1841. A search of the bounty ships for that year revealed their arrival in Sydney on the Orestes on 14 May 1841.
25. ↑ Source: #S56 I wonder how Sarah and Andrew met in the years just before they married in 1840. It would seem Sarah was a town girl while Andrew was probably raised on a farm some kilometres away. Perhaps Andrew’s father decided Andrew would not inherit the farm and sent him to Stewartstown to learn a trade (he was later a carpenter in Sydney), and while in Stewartstown he met Sarah at the local church. It would seem that Sarah, age 25 years, and Andrew, age 23 years, had already decided to emigrate to Sydney, for surely it would have taken more than a month to plan, obtain approval to be bounty immigrants, obtain tickets, and travel to Liverpool. Having married on 4 December, and just 33 days later, they departed Liverpool for Sydney on board the Orestes. What did their parents think of this? They sailed via Cape of Good Hope, arriving Sydney on 14 May 1841. On board were 280 bounty immigrants (8). Bounty immigrants were free immigrants whose passage was paid by the colonial administration to the ship’s owners for the safe arrival of their passengers. Because the scheme assisted healthy young couples and single persons, each applicant had to submit certain information. The following was recorded for Sarah and Andrew. Name Andrew McLean Sarah Jane McLean (wife) Occupation Carpenter Maid Religion Protestant Protestant Age 21 years 21 years Read & Write Yes Yes Native Place Dungannon, Co Tyrone Donagheady, Co Tyrone Father Rody McLean George Hughes Occupation Farmer Shoemaker

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