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Your connection with Scotland in the 1700s, and with pioneers in South Australia in the late 1800s
Jessie & Alexander GORDON - family tree & stories
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 1871 - 1956 (85 years)
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| Name |
James MCLACHLAN |
| Born |
9 Mar 1871 |
Alma, SA, Australia  |
- It might have been 12th March 1870 - according to the biography by Margaret Stevens in the Dictionary of the Australian Senate.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
Education : Winham College |
| General event |
Biography notes :
* Was a farmer at Dalkey, also store keeper, agent and engaged in the auctioneering business.
* Was District Clerk in Owen for 18 years from 1896 to 1914. (p 11 Alma-Dalkey 1875-1975
* In 1918 he was elected to parliament - Member of the House of Assembly for Wooroola was a Nationalist. This was the seat his father held 16 years before. (E8,1 and p 11 Alma-Dalkey 1875-1975). He held this seat for 11 years (to 1929). (ref : p 186, 'The History of Churches of Christ in South Australia, 1846 to 1959', by H R Taylor)
* In 1934 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a United Australian Party Senator for South Australia. He held the seat for 12 years, until he retired in 1946 (by which time he was a member of the Liberal Party). (ref : Wikipedia)
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| Notes for biography |
James was educated at Winham College before becoming a farmer at Dalkey.
He work as a storekeeper and agent.
He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly as the Nationalist member for Wooroora in 1918, serving until 1930.
In 1935, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a United Australia Party Senator for South Australia. He held the seat until his retirement in 1947 (by which time he was a member of the Liberal Party). |
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Occupations :
* James was a farmer at Dalkey, also store keeper, agent and engaged in the auctioneering business.
* He was District Clerk in Owen for 18 years from 1896 to 1914. (p 11 Alma-Dalkey 1875-1975
* The parliament from 1918
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| Died |
1 Dec 1956 |
| Person ID |
I351 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2018 |
| Father |
James MCLACHLAN, b. 16 Jul 1842, Snaib (or Snebe or Shebe), Parish of Avondale near Strathhaven, Lanarkshire, UK , d. 5 Oct 1904, Dalkey (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine MCCOLL, b. 1842, d. 18 Jun 1871 (Age 29 years) |
| Married |
9 Dec 1862 or 1st Feb 1862 |
Dunlop, Scotland, UK |
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| Family ID |
F117 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ellen Louisa JURY, b. 1869 |
| Married |
22 Aug 1894 |
Magill |
- James Jury's residence in Magill
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| Wedding |
Wedding : Ellen was 25 years old and James was 24 years at the time of their wedding at Ellen?s father?s residence, Magill |
| Children |
| | 1. James Gordon MCLACHLAN, b. 10 Sep 1896, Magill |
| | 2. Catherine MCLACHLAN, b. 11 Jul 1900, Magill |
| | 3. Roy MCLACHLAN, b. 24 Dec 1901, Maylands (in WA??) |
| | 4. Jean Annie MCLACHLAN, b. 23 Aug 1904, Balaklava, SA, Australia |
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| Last Modified |
29 Apr 2018 |
| Family ID |
F383 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | James (jnr) McLachlan
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 | Sunday school teachers at a picnic about 1905 - including David Finlayson and someone named McLachlan.
* This might have been with the Owen Church of Christ.
* The caption with this photo was "Amongst the teachers are: Mr A Rodgers, Mr D Mclachlan, Pastor Finlayson, Mrs J Laurie, Mr S Grant, Mr W Rodger and Mrs Pitman".
* It is most likely that Pastor' Finlayson was David Finlayson because he was a key figure in church activities. He was 60 years old in 1905. Or it could have been one of his three sons who were in their late 20s at that time.
* Who was 'Mr D Mclachlan'? Could it have been James McLachlan who also very active in this church - but he died in 1904. James had an older brother, Duncan, but we have no indications he migrated from Scotland to South Australia. Or could it have been James's only son by the same name? James jnr would have been 34 years old and was the Distict Clerk in Owen in 1905.
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