Allan and Jane McClean Scotland > PA
Where in Scotland were Jane and Allan McLean, McClean, McClain born?
What route did they follow to Schuylkill county, PA?
Were they married in Canada or the US?
What happened to the rest of their 14 children?
JEANETTE JENNIE JANE possibly MCKELVEY ? / MCKELVIE ? was born October 29, 1829 in Scotland and died Nov. 8, 1905, aged 76Y,10D.She married ALLEN MCCLAIN.He was born April 19, 1817 in Scotland and died Aug. 10, 1899, aged 82Y, 3M, 21D both buried Seybert's (Seiberts) Cemetery Williamstown, Dauphin Co.PA.
More About ALLEN MCCLAIN:
Census: 1850 and 1860, PA, Schuylkill co. Cass twp, 1870 Mahanoy twp. Schuylkill co. 1880, Williamstown, Dauphin co., PA,
1900: Jane McLean, head, (alone)on census: Williamstown, Dauphin, PA, age 70, b. Oct. 1829 had 14 children, only 1 living. (This would be Isabella). Immigrated 1833, age 4.Jeanette, Jane may have had a sister, Mary McKelvey who was born in 1840 in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, Canada.
Children of JEANETTE MCKELVIE and ALLEN MCCLAIN are:
i.JOHN3 MCCLAIN, b. 1843.unable to find in 1870. May have been one of the John McClains in the Civil War from Schuylkill,county. Mother, Jeanette was age 14.
ii.GRACE MCCLAIN, b. 1844.
iii.MAEE MCCLAIN, b. 1845, PA; d. Missing from 1860 census age 15.
iv.MARGARET MCCLAIN, b. 1846.
v.JENET MCCLAIN, b. 1847.
vi.ISABELLA MCCLEAN, b. 09 May 1854, Forestville, Schuylkill co.,Pennsylvania; d. 21 Feb 1914, Orchard Mesa, Colorado; m. GEORGE R. HILL, 06 Jul 1873, Hazleton, Luzerne co.,Pennsylvania; b. 31 Jan 1849, Port Carbon, Schuylkill co.Pennsylvania; d. 12 Dec 1918, Orchard Mesa,Colorado.
vii.ANDREW MCCLAIN, b. 1857, PA; d. Missing from 1870 census age 13.
viii.JANE MCCLAIN, b. 1858, PA; d. Missing from 1870 census age 12.
ix.?Elizabeth McClain, b. b: 10 Nov 1870 in Dauphin County, Pa c: 30 Apr 1871 in Zion Luthern Church, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pa.
This only accounts for 9 of the 14 children. The others must have been born and died between census years. I have been unable to find out any information pertaining to the deaths and burials of the the other children, but believe they probably occurred in Schuylkill county.Jane was only 14 when oldest, son John was born in 1843.