Cleric, editor, civil servant.
Born in Brock Township, Ontario on 1 January 1870, son of Neil Alexander McLean (1812-1890) and Janet Gillis (1840-1890), he was educated at the Woodstock College where he won gold medals for public speaking in his graduation year.
Ordained as a minister, he came to Winnipeg in 1907 and preached there for eight years. He was editor of The Western Outlook (1910-1915), Superintendent of Baptist Missions (1911-1915), Secretary of Social Service (1915-1916), and Editor of the Statesman for several years. In 1916, he organized a temperance campaign. As of 1925, was the Chief License Inspector for the Manitoba Temperance Act.
He was married twice, first on 24 Septembre 1903 to nurse Martha Washington Redfern (1873-1916) at Toronto, Ontario with whom he had two sons: Neil Redfern Maclean (c1907-?) and John Tenbroeke Maclean (1910-1968). In 1918, he married Nan MacQueen (c1882-?). The family lived at 336 St. John’s Avenue in Winnipeg (c1925). His recreations included golf, motoring, and gardening. He had a summer home at Matlock on Lake Winnipeg.
He died in 1942 at Manilla, Ontario and was buried in the Scotch Cemetery at Brock, Ontario.
Birth registration [John Maclean], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Martha Washington Maclean], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Mrs. J. N. M'Lean is dead at home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 April 1916, page 9.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Obituary [John Tenbroeke Maclean], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1968, page 34.
Rev. John Neil MacLean, FamilySearch.
Rev. John Neil MacLean, BillionGraves.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 May 2024
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