| Picture No: | 6183 |
| Courtesy of: | Roddie Macpherson |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Graveyard | Fodderty |
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William & Ann (McKenzie) McLennan & family.
In memory/of/WILLIAM McLENNAN/farmer/Station Cottage/Achterneed who died/on the 6th January 1873/aged 78 years/also/ANN McKENZIE/his wife who died at/Timaru House/Strathpeffer/21st April 1886/aged 85 years/also/his son THOMAS/who died in Melbourne/on the 7th January 1854/aged 22 years/also JOHN McLENNAN/who died at Featherston, New Zealand on 31st Oct. 1885/aged 49 years/also/GRACE McLENNAN/who died at Timaru House/Strathpeffer/on the 20th January 1910/also/DONALD McLENNAN/died at Timaru House, Strathpeffer/on the 18th June 1919/aged 80 years/also his wife/JANE MACDONALD/who died on the 26th July 1927/aged 87 years/also their grand-daughter/MARGARET K. PURDIE/died 7th September 1952/aged 51 years.
This stone is erected by his son/DONALD/of Timaru New Zealand/also daughter of the above/JOAN PURDIE/died 24th August 1954 aged 76 years.
Also/DONALD McLENNAN/born 22nd Nov. 1838/died at Timaru House, Strathpeffer/18th June 1919/also/THOMAS McLENNAN farmer,Auchterneed/who died on the 23rd October 1819/aged 54 years/also his wife/GRACE McLENNAN/who died on the 23rd November 1820/aged 56 years/Also his daughter/CATHRIN/who died on 6th February 1820/aged 21 years/also his son ALEXANDER McLENNAN/who died on the 16th July 1844/aged 25 years/and his son KENNETH McLENNAN/mason, Heights of Inchvannie/who died on the 12th January 1847 aged 40 years.
Picture Added on 05 April 2009.
Comments
Added by Ross Andrews on 21 June 2015.
My name is Ray McLennan, and I have been spending the past year researching my fathers family history. Like you, the oldest record I and my excellent researcher have found is Thomas (b 1765)and Grace. I have been meaning to track down Alexanders records and family, so you may be able to save me the trouble. I have over 1000 persons in the tree up to now.
Added by Ray McLennan b 12.04.1950 (Kaitaia, New Zealand) on 18 November 2015.
If it hasn't reached you my email address is ross.andrews.art@gmail.com
I'll also invite you to my ancestry.com page so you can copy across Alexander's details.
Cheers, Ross
Added by Ross Andrews on 19 November 2015.
Many years later I found the bit about Catherine is on the leg part of the table stone on the front left in the photo.
Added by Chris McLennan on 06 April 2018.
Is it possible to find a memorial or headstone to a Isabella Cameron (widow) died 6th July 1858 at Heights of Inchvanie. Believe her husband was Alexander Cameron. Certificate says.. buried at Fodderty Burial Ground. Her parents Kenneth Cameron and Isabella Chisholm. Maybe nothing has survived from then. No problem if you can't find her. What a beautiful place Scotland is. You can almost feel the ancestors are still there, watching. Thanks. Kind regards.
Added by Jeanette Egan on 30 June 2023.
It is as follows:Also/DONALD McLENNAN/born 22nd Nov. 1838/died at Timaru House, Strathpeffer/18th June 1919/also/THOMAS McLENNAN farmer, Auchterneed/who died on the 23rd October 1819/aged 54 years/also his wife/GRACE McLENNAN/who died on the 23rd November 1820/aged 56 years/Also his daughter/CATHRIN/who died on 6th February 1820/aged 21 years/also his son ALEXANDER McLENNAN/who died on the 16th July 1844/aged 25 years/and his son KENNETH McLENNAN/mason, Heights of Inchvannie/who died on the 12th January 1847 aged 40 years.
Away from my main reason here... I amazes me how Donald McLennan/MacLennan remembered all these dates for his loved ones to put on this Obelisk. He must have written it down somewhere in a book before hand or and received letters from his relatives to mention when they died. All the same...he put it all together no matter how tedious it was. Every last letter every name and date. Maybe with every last breath he chiseled all their names. Neither rain, hail or snow was going to stop him chiseling. Maybe it took him out in the end.
He was a great man to undertake such a mega huge task. By the way....you need a very tall ladder to climb to find and read every letter and every name... to record it down, what Donald McLennan had written. How did he manage to do that as well. Just maybe it was his last tribute to his family and ancestors, so their names are never forgotten for all time. Yes, there for all to see for all time for future McLennan descendants. What wonderful way to record ancestors...where paper falls to pieces..stone is there forever.
Kind regards
Jeanette Egan
Added by Jeanette Egan on 07 August 2023.
You have helped me find my third great grandfather Thomas McLennan, farmer of Achterneed, b abt 1765 and his wife Grace, b abt 1799.
I am descended through their son Kenneth, mason of the Heights of Inchvannie, b abt 1807, and his wife Belle Cameron - and their son Alexander McLennan who settled in Australia and had many children in the mountains west of Sydney. I would be delighted to hear more about Thomas and Grace and their family from other researchers. Best regards, Ross Andrews, Queanbeyan (near Canberra, Australia).
Added by Ross Andrews on 20 June 2015.