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Thanx to Lilly for getting me going on this thread :D ive just found out that she is my cousin twice removed

i'm looking for relatives of the Mclean family from Accrington...relatives of Angus, Leslie, Edith, Archie, Anne, Jim and Flora

Archie was my grandad who lived in church (dill hall lane area) most of his life
Archie died 21 years ago and was married to Sheila(my gran) they had two daughters, Colleen and Maralynne (Maralynne was my mother) sadly she died 16 years ago aged 46


if anyone knows the whereabouts of any of my family please let me know :D


thanx

shaz xx

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Edith's last name is Bartram and Anne's last name is Spriggs, so if anyone knows Anne Spriggs or Edith Bartram could they please let me know



thanx

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Found this on 192.com

2002 2003 EDITH BARTRAM 1 KINGFISHER COURT OSWALDTWISTLE ACCRINGTON BB5 3BS

2005 2006 EDITH BARTRAM 16 ST. ANDREWS COURT OSWALDTWISTLE ACCRINGTON BB5 3LW

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i think the second is where Edith is now, we knew where she lived just didnt know what number it was, thankyou every so much Jeff, it is much appreciated, karma sent

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there is a sam mclean and his wife in ozzy if thats any help. they have two sons i think one is called stevei

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three are a lot of Mcleans about, i think there are a couple of different families, if Steve is related to any of the Mcleans in the first post then he'll be related to me and Lilly somehow ;) thanx for that Steveo

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I don't know a Steve but, like you said Flashy, there are a few about. :)

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i knew a melanie mclean who went to the same primary school as i did (st nicholas's) and she was from a different mclean family

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Good look flashy and St Nicholas`s was a very good school. Had good times there :):) Good Luck!

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Hello Flashy,

I'm from the same branch of the McLeans that you are talking about. My Great-grandad was Archies brother (or is that uncle?, depends on that timeline). However if you have any questions I've got quite a bit of info that I've managed to trace......

Ian McLean

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ooo excellent, what was your great grandad called? if he was your great grandad that would make me and lilly your cousins ish lol

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He was called Jim. His son was also called Jim and also lived on Dill Hall lane....

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hold on so your grandad is jim mclean?

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He certainly was...... passed away in 1993 he was probably your grandads cousin.

Ian

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my grandad has a brother called jim, lives in accrington somewhere, jim is my great uncle and also lillys great uncle

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Thanks a lot nephew!

So this means I'm related to flashy, even if it is only by marriage,

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i refuse to believe that without proof less, infact i dont want to believe it

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What's going on here? :confused:

Our Jim's not dead.

How are we related to Less? :confused:

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I think what we need here is the family tree......

It'll make it clearer... :-)

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That's right Less.....

By the way he's my uncle....... by blood!

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You're right there. Who are your parents?

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i was thinking the same lilly, uncle jim is definately alive

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Leslie was my Grandad. :D

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Archie had brothers called jim, Leslie and one called Angus 3 sisters, Edith, Anne and Flora..


lilly i edited ya daft sod, i remembered now go back and edit ;) lol

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Edited now lol......but there was no brother called Francis. :)

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oh right now ****** off lol ;)

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I still want to know how we are related to Less. :eek:

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i think ian is less's nephew, we arent related by blood i hope

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My Dad is Jim McLean and my Mum is Joan Westwood, Less's sister.

Jim McLean (my Dad) is the son of Jim McLean, son of Jim McLean son of Archie McLean (Born 1846) who settled in Accrington around 1890. The progenitor of us i.e. the father of Archie, Angus, Jim, Hugh, Flora etc who are our respective Grandparents and Great Grandparents.

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I get it now, thanks for that. :)

Nice to 'meet' you.

It's a small world.

Not being picky but......there's no Hugh. :)

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who is Hugh? ive never heard of a Hugh

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sooooooo, my mum, lillys dad and ians dad where all cousins...i think

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Our Great uncle Jim isn't dead.

I can't work out who Ian is talking about who died in 1993. :confused:

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well less said that ians grandad jim is dead, oh i dunno, this is very confusing, and where does Hugh come into this?

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So far as I remember Ians Grandad Jim Mclean, the father of Jim Mclean who is the father of Ian Mclean.
Just to add to the confusion Ian's full name is James Ian Mclean so he is also a Jim AND His initials are:-

J.I.M.

:D

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I feel quite dizzy with all this now lol. Please clarify this for us, Less.

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pmsfl i still dont get it, our uncle jim is still alive

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what was ians grandma called? jims wife? this should sort out the confusion

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It is strangly confusing after all, Jim Mclean isn't a name you hear of very often, is it?
:rolleyes:

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well it bloody is now

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I was just going to say that myself, Flashy. :)

If we are talking about our Great Uncle Jim who was married to Frances then he is certainly alive.

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As a matter of fact I can't tell you because we always called Jims Dad Mr. Mclean and his mum Mrs. Mclean 'cos we were young and back then it was a sign of respect, (or you'd get a clip around the earhole).
:p

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Fair enough.... I had to call people Mr and Mrs too. I thought you might have known their names though, even of you wouldn't have dreamt of using them.

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ians buggered off now so we'll never know...less ring him up and ask him lol

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I just didn't mention Hugh but htere certainly was one.....

I'll post the full genealogy if you like.....

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I probably did back then and I've been trying to kick start my brain cell into action, but no joy so far.

Your lucky I could remember Jims dads first name!

erm, what was it again? I'm sure it was on the tip of my tongue a minute ago, Hugh, erm Francis, no it's gone I'll get it before the nights out.

P.S. Jims dad (Mr. Mclean) always lived up Dill Hall, just up from the traffic lights on the right hand side if that helps.

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so what was your gran called then?


i reckon your onto the wrong Mclean family

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Please do. :)

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i know who your on about, that was Melanie Mcleans family who used to live on Dill Hall Lane, i dont think they are related to us though

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Jim's wife (My Grandma) was called Eva McLean (nee Seed)

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definately not our Mcleans then, i didnt think so

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I think you're onto the wrong family, Ian.

I don't think you're related to me and Flashy.

There's no Eva McLean (nee Seed) in our family.

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I think so.... There aren't that many McLeans in Accrington and if we sit down and work out the relationships I'll bet you find we probably are related. give me a mo'

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there are more Mcleans than you think, like i said, i went to school with a girl called Melanie Mclean and she used to live on manor gardens just up from the lights ...on the right of Dill Hall Lane and she wasnt related in any way to us

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Archie McLean b. 1843

Archie McLean b 1873
Mary McLean b. 1876
Kate McLean b. 1880
Hugh McLean b. 1882
James McLean b. 1883
Angus McLean b. 1885

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I'll bet she was...

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Can you give us any names from 1900 onwards?

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lol my grandad (archie)was born in 1915 so it definately aint him

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I've only traced my side of the family but I'll see what I can find. Give me some names from your side as they might ring some bells

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See Flashy's first post of this thread for names.

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Possibly Flashy.... He would probably be my Grandads Cousin jim was also born in 1915

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go to the first post in this thread, its all there

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flashy's first post is wot put me on to the subject

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Well, the names are all on there.

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lol they are the names we have

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The fact that DillHall lLane is mentioned and the names tie up leads me to think that there is a tie in....

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lol lilly stop posting at the same time as me, we are writing the same thing ;)

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Two separate McLean families in the Dill Hall area is a coincidence, that's all.

I know another McLean family in Ossy, no relation to me. There's more of them about than you would first think.

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pmsfl, ive already said that...oh i'm going to bed, let me know if you come to any conclusions ;)

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Nooope.

I'll bet it's not co-incidence...... I've been tracing the family tree for about ten years and believe me I've been up a few blind alleys and can smell a trail when when it's there!!

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In 1901 there was only one McLean family in Accrington. Most of us will be related. At some point.

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I can feel a headache coming on with all this now. I'm off up the wooden hill too.

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No problem. It's a subject that can really hurt the old noggin' once you start looking at family relationships things can get confusing.... What's needed is for you to work out who your relations are are when they were born Then you can start tying events together.... so far I've traced back to 1781. If you can tie into my genealogy then there's at lot of work already been done!

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well me and lilly know who we are related to lol

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Have a look at the photo of a 1955 St Andrews school class. There is a McLean on it. I vaguely recall a Barbara Mclean and I think she lived up Dill Hall.

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i dont know a Barbara Mclean
i think there is a Barbara in Ians family

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Hello Bob, She would be my Aunt in 1955 she would have been around 14 or 15 years old I think.

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Flashy/Lily,

As far as I know all of the McLeans originating from Accrington/Church/Ossy area in the last 30 years all descend from the same family - Archie and Mary, who came to Accrington from Paisley (Glasgow) via Tottenham (London). If you want any information on them, let me know and I'll let you have what I've got.

Ian

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How did you know there was a Barbara on my side? I didn't memtion her.....

:-)

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Less told me the other night:)

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I'm sorry Ian, I tried not to break, I kept quiet for at least five minutes, but once she has you on MSN........ even you would have grassed on your own mother not just your Auntie!
:D

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Not to worry.... I just picked up on the fact that Flashy seemed to have an inside track as she came out with something I knew I hadn't mentioned.... nowt gets past me you know!

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carry on you and you'll be getting a thick ear :rolleyes:

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went to school with aaron mclean, same age as me flashy, and lived up baxenden, dont know if your related just thought i should mention

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I do know the answer to this one, Flashy. :D

Aaron is our Great Uncle Jim's grandson (young Jim's son)

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ooo i didnt know that lol fank woo lilly ;) another second cousin then

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oh and another, one of the teacher at our school was called mrs mclean (through marrige) dont know her 1st name,and i think she lived in the springhill area in a big house

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moorhead jack?

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no, peelpark

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ah ok, i havent a clue about that skoo

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Sorry, I don't know who you are talking about without knowing her first name.

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i really dont know her 1st name, i think she was originally from burnley but i cant say for sure, it was 17 yrs ago, if i find out more i will let you know

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yeah i know this thread is REALLY old but....if she was originally from Burnley i doubt she'd be one of us lot, just thought i'd resurrect it to see if any new members knew any of the family :D

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know this thread has gone down the McLean side but I lived next to an Edith Bartram in Havelock St Ossy 30 years ago she had a son Fred

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I lived near to a bloke called Patel he had a daughter called Fatima, but the nearest to being a relative of the Mcleans he had was that Ian used to go into his newsagents just to peruse the top shelf.
:hidewall:

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lol

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Just picked up on this kikine, Edith and her husband lived on Kingfisher close or Heron Way in Ossy for quite a few years, their son Fred is a mate of mine, he lives up Willows Lane, but I heard only last week that he might be going to live in Cyprus

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Thanks Jaysay. Less seems to think I have a sense of humour when only trying to help, although did make me laugh. We have mutual friends, knew Fred and Sybil quite well and they were up Willows lane before I left. Just thought this was part of the Bartrams at the beginning of the thread which it obviously was.

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Denise Mclean was a teacher at Peel Park, lives next to Checco's Gt Harwood, her hubby is scottish ,she calls him Hammy but not sure of his christian name at all.