Lavinia Schell1

#482, (c 1860 - 1894)
FatherNathaniel Schell1 (1830 - )
MotherHelen (-?-)1 (c 1835 - b 1898)
Extended Family
ChartsAngus McKinnon & Mary McFadyen's children & grandchildren
Angus McKinnon & Mary McFadyen - 5 generations of descendants
Hector McLean & Mary McGillivray's children & grandchildren
Hector McLean & Mary McGillivray - 5 generations of descendants
Lavinia Schell McLean
c1860 - 1894

Children of Lavinia Schell and Duncan McLean

Life Events

BirthLavinia Schell was born circa 1860 in Saugeen Twp, Bruce County, Ontario.1
 
Item In 1871, Lavinia Schell was not enumerated with her parents in the census.2 
(Witness) Marriage Lavinia Schell witnessed the marriage of John Ducker and Edith Schell on 21 Sep 1877 in North Bruce, Bruce County, Ontario.3 
MarriageLavinia married Duncan McLean, son of John McLean and Flora McKinnon, on 8 Dec 1880 in Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario.
Information from registration: Duncan McLean, 27, residence Bruce Tp, born Vaughan Ontario, bachelor, Farmer, s/o John & Flora McLean, Presbyterian; Lavinia Shell, 20, residence North Bruce, born Saugeen Tp, spinster, d/o Nathaniel & Helen Shell, United Brethren.
The witnesses were Duncan's brother and Lavinia's sister, Angus McLean and Sarah Shell both of Bruce Township.1 
1881 CensusDuncan and Lovina [sic] appeared on the 1881 Census of Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario. Duncan was 28, and a labourer. Lovina was 20 years old. They were both born in Ontario, Canada Presbyterian, of Scotch origin, and married. No one else was in the household.4 
ImmigrationLavinia immigrated with her husband and children to the United States in 1890.5 
Photograph6
Duncan and Lavinia McLean with their children
Lottie (1891), Duncan (1884), John Nathaniel (1886)
North Dakota
DeathLavinia died in Oct 1894 in North Dakota during childbirth.6 
Last Edited19 Jul 2016

Citations

  1. Ontario Marriage Registration. McLean/Schell, #001304-80.
  2. Pat Smyth & Eileen Jackson, 1871 Census, Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario (Ontario Genealogical Society: Bruce & Grey Branch, 1995), div 1, #212.
  3. Webpage The Ontario Vital Statistics Project (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/part9x86.htm), volunteer site run by Mary Crandall.
  4. 1881 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Bruce North (177), a-2, page 14.
  5. 1900 Federal Census for United States, North Dakota, Bottineau County, Township 164, Roll T623_1226, Page 3A. Image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  6. E-mails from Scott McLean to J Kolthammer, beginning June 2010.
  7. Province of Manitoba online indexes to Vital Records. John Nathaniel McLean, #1886-1474251.