Civil servant.
Born at Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia on 16 November 1859, son of Scottish immigrants Allan and Margaret MacLean, he attended Pictou Academy then, at the age of 22 he went to Manitoba by way of Boston, Massachusetts, intending to join his brothers Lauchlin and William at Poplar Point. Instead, he took a job as a clerk in a general store at Gladstone. There, for a time, he operated a hardware business in partnership with others until 1900 when he was elected county court clerk. He was appointed police magistrate at Gladstone in 1910.
On 30 October 1901, he married Christaena MacLennan (1880-1948) of Ontario and they had three daughters: Margaret Isabel MacLean (1902-1973, wife of Frederic D. Saunderson), Annie Hectorine MacLean (1907-?), and Justina Winonah MacLean (1911-?). He was a member of the IOOF.
He died at Winnipeg on 19 August 1949 and was buried in the Gladstone Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Margaret Isabelle MacLean, Annie H MacLean, Winona Justina MacLean], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary [Christine MacLennan], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 June 1948, page 23.
Death registration [Donald Allan Maclean], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Masonic rites for D. A. MacLean,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 August 1949, page 8.
Margaret I MacLean Saunderson, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 May 2024
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