JAMES MACLEAN (DUNCAN3, DONALD2, ALEXANDER1) was born June 03, 1873 in Glen Urquhart, Balnain, Inverness, Scotland, and died June 29, 1939 in Halifax, N.S. - 67 years of age.. He married FLORENCE MAUDE SPEARS October 11, 1911 in Glace Bay, N.S., daughter of JAMES SPEARS and JANE LIVINGSTONE.Notes for JAMES MACLEAN:
As shown in Might's 1936 Halifax - Dartmouth City Directory -
Jas MacLean, mgr. Furnishers (N.S.) Ltd. - residence - 22 1/2 Bloomfield.OBITUARY:
City wide regret was occasioned by the death of James MacLean, 67 which occured suddenly last evening at the family home, 8 Edinburgh Street. Mr. MacLean was born at Inverness-shire, Scotland, son of the late Duncan and Catherine MacLean, both of Inverness-shire, Scotland. James immigrated to Canada from Inverness-shire Scotland in 1896. James worked in the shipping department of Moirs, Confectioners in Halifax from 1915 to 1921, he was top salesman in Nova Scotia for Fuller Brush Co., in 1926 and manager of Halifax Furnishers, Ltd. until his retirement a few months ago. Although not in robust health for some time, his death was entirely unexpected, and comes as a great shock to his many friends. Mr. MacLean was a member of the Knox Presbyterian Church and took an active interest in its affairs. Surviving are his wife, two sons, John and Chester, both of Halifax, and three daughters (Mrs. C. Roache), Dorothea and Mary, also of Halifax. The funeral will take place from Knox Presbyterian Church, Agricola Street, at 4 p.m. Rev. F.R. Meredith will conduct the service, Rev. W. R. Seeley will be the assistant. Interment will be at Camp Hill Cemetery.Children of JAMES MACLEAN and FLORENCE SPEARS are:
i. CATHERINE JANE5 MACLEAN, b. May 28, 1911, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; d. November 18, 1992, Riverview, N.B. - 81 years of age.; m. CLIFFORD THOMAS ROACHE. Catherine was adopted by Florence and James McLean on October 7th, 1913, at the tender age of 2 years. Her paternal mother, Mary S.........., gave her to the Salvation Army Maternity Hospital & Children's Home in Halifax.
ii. MARY ELLEN MACLEAN, b. September 10, 1914, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia; d. June 24, 1991, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 76 years of age.; m. FRANK EDWARD KEDDY, June 03, 1942, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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