Researching the family tree of Charles Rawden Maclean, known as "John Ross," born 17 August 1815, Fraserburgh - died 13 August 1880 at sea on RMS Larne. Charles Rawden Maclean’s mother was Charlotte Walker, born 1779 in Oxfordshire, England. Her gravestone stands in St Clement’s Cemetery, Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland. The words are in the St Clement’s M.I. booklet from the Highland Family History Society.  On her death certificate (d.1862) her father is described as "Peter Walker, teacher, Oxford College, England." I wonder if somewhere in Oxford University there still exists a record for Peter Walker? He was married to Rebecca Wool(l)mer. The family tree, with seven generations, is in the "Charles Rawden Maclean" file in the Fraser Library.
His father Francis, who joined the Royal Navy aged 12, lies in a known but re-used grave in St Peter’s Cemetery, Aberdeen. His sister Charlotte has a gravestone in Nellfield Cemetery, Aberdeen, Scotland. His sister Rebecca is recorded but unmarked in St Peter’s Cemetery, Aberdeen. His sister Isabella is recorded on her mother’s Dingwall gravestone, as is brother Alexander who died in mid-Atlantic, captain of the Thames. Brothers Henry and Francis and his daughter (in St Lucia?) are still to be found.
Eleanor Oltean is related to Charles Rawden Maclean. (gggdau. of sister Charlotte.)
Sarah Maclean Drake was not related.
(Not proved to be a relation, Rawdon McLean (1785 -1863)( born Berwick.) served first as a First Class Volunteer and then as a Midshipman for three years (1798-1801) under Lieutenant (from 1797) Francis McLean (father of Charles) on the Terpsichore and Atlas. ( Comparing their Service Records held at the National Archives, Kew.) Rawdon was injured at the battle of Trafalgar (1805), became a Captain and after a long career ended his days in Dublin.) The Old Parish Record (below) for the baptism in 1817 in Fraserburgh reads "Charles Rawdon M cLean born Aug t 17 th 1815."  The baptisms and births of his three sisters and three brothers are also recorded individually on the same page. Click here to return to the "John Ross" display. |
