Percival Stewart McLean1

#853, (1887 - 1957)
FatherAngus McLean2 (1856 - 1927)
MotherEllen McKay2 (c 1865 - 1941)
RelationshipsGreat-grandson of Hector McLean
Great-grandson of Angus McKinnon
Extended Family
ChartsAngus McKinnon & Mary McFadyen - 5 generations of descendants
Hector McLean & Mary McGillivray - 5 generations of descendants

Life Events

BirthPercival Stewart McLean was born on 16 Oct 1887 in Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario.
Information from the certificate: "Charles Stewart McLean", son of Angus McLean & Ellen McKay, informant Angus McLean Clerk Port Elgin, registered 16 Nov 1887.2 
(with Parents) 1891 CensusPercy S McLean appeared on the 1891 Census of Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario with his parents. He was 3, born in Ontario, parents born in Ontario, and religion Presbyterian.3 
(with Parents) 1901 CensusPercy appeared on the 1901 Census of Paisley Village, Bruce County, Ontario with his parents. He was 13, born 4 October 1887 in Ontario, and attended school 10 months.4 
(with Parents) 1911 CensusPercy appeared on the 1911 Census of Toronto, Ontario with his parents. He was 23, born October 1888 in Ontario, and was a clerk with North American Assurance, earning $720.5 
CEFHe volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 4 Apr 1916 at Toronto, Ontario. The attestation papers included the following information: present address 77 Mavety St, Toronto, born 16 Oct 1887 in Port Elgin Ontario, single, actuary, next-of-kin mother Ellen McLean of 77 Mavety Street.
Description on enlistment: age 28 years 5 months, 5' 5 3/4", expanded chest 35 3/4", fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, Mole R side, small scar back of neck, Presbyterian.6
Percy Stewart McLean
CEF attestation papers
(front of form)
Percy Stewart McLean
CEF attestation papers
(back of form)
DirectoryHe was listed in the 1917 Toronto directory as McLean, Percy S, clk North Am Life Assce Co, l 77 Mavety (on active service) [this was his father's address].7 
(with Parents) 1921 CensusPercy appeared on the 1921 Census of Toronto, Ontario with his parents. He was 33 years old, single, born in Ontario, and worked in insurance, earning $4000 the previous year [this is high].8 
(Mentioned) ObituaryHe was mentioned in Ellen McLean's 1941 obituary as son Percy.9 
DeathPercival died on 16 Oct 1957.10
 
ObituaryHis obituary was published in 1959 in the Transactions of Society of Actuaries.

1887 ... Percy Stewart McLean ... 1957

One of our senior members, Percy Stewart McLean, died suddenly on his seventieth birthday, October 16, 1957.

Mr. McLean was born in Bruce County, Ontario, and received his early education in Port Elgin and Owen Sound. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1909 with first-class honors in mathematics and immediately entered the service of the North American Life. This service was interrupted by the First World War, during which he served with distinction in the Canadian Field Artillery. Before he returned to Canada he qualifed as an Associate of the Institute of Actuaries in 1919. In 1924 he became a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of America.

When the T. Eaton Life Assurance Company was created in 1920, Mr. McLean was appointed Manager of that company. In 1922 he joined the staff of the Canada Life Assurance Company in the Group Division. He was appointed Assistant Actuary in 1924 and in 1925 was attached to the British Isles Division of the Company where he served as Branch Actuary until shortly before his retirement in 1950 and made a valuable contribution to the development and success of the Company's operations overseas. Following his retirement, he acted as tutor in mathematics at the University of Toronto School of Practical Science and also assisted on a part-time basis in the establishment in Canada of the Holland Life Insurance Society.

Mr. McLean had many talents and interests as a mathematician, an actuary and a highly accomplished musician. Combined with these, he had a quality of friendship that endeared him to all those with whom he came in contact. This applied to the ladies as well and the surprising part of it is that he never married.

It is regrettable that only the older members of the Society had the privilege of close acquaintance with one who combined the qualities of a capable mathematician and actuary with those of a charming cultured gentleman.

His brother Jack, now living in Calgary, who also served in the Canada Life for a number of years, is the only survivor of his family.10
 
Last Edited30 Aug 2014

Citations

  1. Letter from Pat Fleming, Ontario, to J Kolthammer, dated 1997, "Family tree entitled 'Descendants of Angus McLean', April 1997."
  2. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Charles Stewart McLean, #002372-87.
  3. 1891 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Bruce North (52), Port Elgin Village (i), page 19.
  4. 1901 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Bruce N (49), Paisley (h-2), page 1, line 31.
  5. 1911 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. York South, West Toronto Ward 7 (39), page 8, line 43.
  6. Canadian Expeditionary Force Attestation Papers & Enlistment Forms. Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020110_e.html), online images, Percy Stewart McLean, Regimental Number 337846.
  7. The Toronto City Directory, 1917. Digitized copy available on the Internet Archive.
  8. 1921 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, York West, SD 62, Page 11.
  9. Obituary of Ellen McLean in The Toronto Star, 14 May 1941 (online, digitized).
  10. Obituary of Percy Stewart McLean in Transactions of Society of Actuaries, Vol 10 No 26 Pg 145, 1958. Pdf copy viewed online.