Daughter of Robert Rodger Strang. Arrived with parents aboard 'Bengal Merchant' in 1840. Wife of Sir Donald McLean. Strang met McLean in Wellington in 1848 and they were engaged the following year. Their courtship was conducted largely by correspondence as McLean's work took him away from Wellington for long periods. They were married on 28 Aug 1851 and Susan McLean died in childbirth on 7 Nov 1852.
McLean, Susan Douglas, 1828-1852
Strang, Susan Douglas, 1828-1852
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Album
Date: 1851
From: McLean family : Papers
By: McLean, Susan Douglas, 1828-1852
Reference: MS-1361
Description: Three weeks after her marriage she copied three pages of poems on love and marriage into her album Susan Strang married Donald McLean on 28 Aug 1851 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (4 pages). Physical Description: Ms (23 cm; ¼ dec. maroon roan, black composition sides, with colour picture inset under glass on front cover) Inserted is a Chinese rice-paper painting
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Personal inward correspondence - O-P
Date: [1840s-1870s]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0989
Description: Includes letters written to Miss Susan Strang from members of the Outhwaite family Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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New Zealand research material
Date: 2006-2012
From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11395-01
Description: Family history research on Mclean family in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, photocopies, and photo
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Memorials - Surnames Sto-Sty
From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others
Reference: MS-Papers-2260-074
Description: Surnames on headstones: Stowe; Stormont; Stoddart; Stockbridge; Stokes; Stock; Strang; McLean; Strange-More; Strike; Stuart; Stutfield; Styles, Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Letters to Mrs Strang and Susan McLean (Strang)
Date: 1826-1874, [n d]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0998
Description: Includes letters to Mrs Strang from June Young of Glasgow & Richmond, 1841 & 1845; Donald McLean to his wife Susan, nd; to Mrs Strang from cousin Elizabeth Lund (later Lupton), 1840s; to Susan from her father Robert, Sep 1851, includes table setting for wedding breakfast; Robert Strang to wife Susan, 1826-1833; cousin Maria Collins to Susan and Robert Strang, 1850-1852; niece Maria Collins of Edinburgh to Robert Strang, 1868-1874; cousin P S Reid to Susan, 1841; Mary Campbell of Glasgow to Mrs Strang, 1841; Clara Maria Martin of Nelson to Susan, 1849; J M Shepperd of Auckland to Miss Strang, nd; E A Hargreaves to Susan, nd; from J Reid, 1843; R & G Hart on the occasion of Susan's marriage; Jane Sharp to Miss Strang, nd; to Susan from Fanny, 29 Aug ?; to Susan from Ellen, May 1851; to Mrs Strang from cousin Susan Collins of Kelvindale, 1850; to Susan McLean from E Shand of Otago, Oct 1851; to Susan McLean from Marion Park of Wanganui, Nov ?; to Susan McLean from L R Outhwaite of Auckland, Mar 1852; to Susan McLean from Skinner of Auckland, Apr 1852; to Susan McLean from Mrs McKenzie of Taita (midwife), Sep 1852; to Susan McLean from Helen A Wilson of New Plymouth, 11 Nov 1852; to Robert Strang from Aamodt of Wanganui, 1871; various knitting/crochet patterns Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Papers relating to Donald McLean's affairs
Date: 1852-1873
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1002B
Description: Papers mainly re land in Wanganui, Woodville and the Hawkes Bay. Includes a letter from Strang to Donald re Susan McLean, Nov 1852, written from Lyttelton Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)
Date: [ca 1851], 1852
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0828
Description: The letters from Donald are written from Porirua Barracks, Otaki, Rangitikei, Waikanae, Wanganui and Taranaki. Susan's letters are addressed from Dalmuir Hill (her parent's home) and Wellington Terrace. Many letters are undated and were written prior to their marriage in Aug 1851. Includes correspondence between Susan McLean and her mother Susan Strang (2 letters, undated); one letter from Helen Anne Wilson to Mrs McLean, 30 August 1852 Susan McLean died shortly after the birth of a son, Douglas on 8 November 1852. During most of her pregnancy Donald was absent from Wellington, returning in Sep 1852 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Outward drafts and fragments
Date: [ca 1840s-1876]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0728A
Description: Names of identifiable correspondents entered in Name Field. Papers also include letter to Susan Strang [?]; List of books headed `Mechanics Institute'; List of Maori who signed deed of conveyance; Richmond letter; letter re Basil [Taylor?]; List of people sent invitations to ball at Police Barracks [New Plymouth]; letter re capture of Te Kooti; list of politicians and where they resided when in Wellington (undated); memo relating to Ngati Maru & Ngati Paoa. Language - Includes some letters in Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Susan Douglas McLean
Date: [ca 1850]
By: Vandyke & Brown (Firm)
Reference: 1/2-011076-F
Description: Photograph of a drawing depicting Susan McLean aged circa 20 years. Artist and date of drawing unknown. Location of original also unknown. Photograph taken by Van Dyke & Brown. Inscriptions: beneath image - Vandyke & Brown Photographers 31 Bold St 34 Castle St 87 Lord St Liverpool Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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The grave of Susan D McLean and the Strang family, plot 131.P, Sydney Street Cemetery.
Date: [Between 1965 and 1969]
From: Shotter, P J E :Negatives and albums (with index) of graves in the Bolton Street and Sydney Street cemeteries, Wellington
Reference: 35mm-25546-10-F
Description: The grave of Susan and Robert Strang and their daugher Susan McLean at plot 131.P, Sydney Street Cemetery. It was photographed in the late 1960s by the City Sexton, P J E Shotter, prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway. An original print from this negative is at PA1-o-049, page 51. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual frame on 35mm strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative
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Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)
Date: 1851
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0827
Description: Letters between Donald McLean and Susan. Donald's letters written from Hawke's Bay, Rangitikei, Taita and Wairapapa. Susan's letters from Dalmuir Hill, Wellington (the home of her parents (Robert and Susannah Strang). Susan Strang married Donald McLean in August 1851 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward and outward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)
Date: 1849-1850, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0826
Description: Mainly letters between Susan Strang and her future husband Donald McLean. Includes a letter from her mother Susannah Strang to McLean, 1849; letter from E Shand to Susan Strang, written from Portobello, 1850 in which she gives her impressions of Dunedin Susan Strang married Donald McLean in August 1851 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Diary
Date: 28 Aug-11 Sep 1851
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-1208
Description: A personal diary in which McLean describes his marriage to Susan Strang,his wedding day, and his happiness and contentment afterwards. The wedding was in Wellington and the the next two weeks were spent honeymooning at Taita. In between his pleased comments about his new wife ('She is a very good pet') he records some of the official correspondence he continued to occupy himself with. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph
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Inward letters - Surnames, Stokes
Date: 1852-1876, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0590
Description: Correspondents: Undated letter from Ellen Stokes to Susan McLean (1 letter); Robert Stokes, Wellington & Kaikoura (16 letters) Quantity: 1 folder(s).