His brothers
were; ii Robert bapt
21/6/1826 Drumachose, Londonberry, Ireland - mar: Jane
Ferguson 24 Feb 1848 iii
John bapt 14/7/1831 Drumachose, Londonberry, Ireland v Samuel bapt
12/5/1836 Drumachose, Londonberry,
Ireland Thomas mar: Mary Jane Gordon Bell on 19 Jan 1894. She
was b: 1872, and d: 18 Nov 1918. Thomas McClelland (single) aged 20 yrs, laborer Nationality Down, Ireland, arrived 24 Dec 1884 in the ship Arawa at the port of Wellington then to Canterbury
7 Sep 1889 - Land Board: Section
7, Block x111 45 acres South Rangitata was let in perpetual lease to T W
McClelland 17
Oct 1916 - Mr T McClelland of Winchester, received word that his
son, Private W. T McClelland had been wounded. Private McClelland left
with the Third Reinforcements, with his brother Samuel, who has been
wounded twice. Both lads were well known competitors in cycling road
races at Temuka. Children
of Thomas and Mary Bell were: 1. Margaret Sibella McClelland (b: 6 Aug 1894 -she d. 5
Oct 1944; bur: on 7 October 1944 at Sydenham ChCh) In 1920 she mar: John Robert
Bradshaw (b: on 18 September 1888 at
Dunrobin, Otago, son of John Robert Bradshaw and Annie Elizabeth Wells;
d; 17 Sept 1955 at ChCh; bur: Sydenham Cem.) They lived at
127 Clarence Street, Christchurch 2. William Thomas McClelland (b: 19
Feb 1896; Occ: Farm Worker, Hilton; WW1 6/1651 - NZ Army; Click here for his Service record: d: 14 Aug 1918 Bapaume,
France CWGC) 3. Samuel
McClelland (b: 1 Oct 1897; Occ: Letter carrier GPO, Wellington; WW1 6/1650
- NZ Army; click here for his Service record; he d: 30 May 1918
Bapaume, France CWGC ) 4. Christopher Gordon McClelland (b: 6 Aug 1899 Temuka;
d: 9 Nov 1963 Rawhiti House, Geraldine) 5 Winifred Jane McClelland (b
19 Oct 1910, d: 1962) mar: Adam Douglas Wallace (b: 21 Nov 1904; d: 2001)
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