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MCLEAN, Rachel
Abt 1841 - 1871 (30 years) Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.
1843 - 1912 (68 years)-
Name MCLEAN, Rachel Birth Abt 1841 Nova Scotia, Canada 
Gender Female Death 1871 Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada Person ID I6629 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family HOLBORN, William, b. 9 Apr 1843, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 18 Mar 1912, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years) Marriage Between 1865 and 1866 Ontario, Canada Family ID F2360 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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RACHEL HOLBEN/HOLBEIN née McCLEAN
From the 1871 census of the Village of Kincardine, Bruce County South, Ontario, Canada:
*William HOLBEN (sic), aged 27, born in England, religion Baptist, origin English, brickmaker, married;
Rachel HOLBEN, aged 30, born in Nova Scotia, religion Baptist, origin Scotch, married;
Martha Ann HOLBEN, aged 5, born in Ontario, religion Baptist, British;
Archibald HOLBEN, aged 4, born in Ontario, religion Baptist, British;
William HOLBEN, aged 2, born in Ontario, religion Baptist, British;
Mary HOLBEN, aged 1, born in Ontario, religion Baptist, British.
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NOTES & QUERIES:
In 1871 their eldest child Martha Ann was five years old indicating that her parents married in 1865 or 1866.
In 1871 a 27 year old Angus McLEAN, born Nova Scotia, brickmaker, was living two doors away, possibly Rachel's brother.
Information from Maer Maid:
I was searching through pages for something, and found your Rootsweb pages on the above couple. You have a notation that there is a 27 year old Angus McLEAN living two doors down from William and Rachel, who may be Rachel's brother. He is. Anguggus is my second great grandfather. Rachel's siblings: Catherine (married Angus McCALLUM of Kincardine), Murdoch (married Mary Kester SHEWFELT of Kincardine; moved to Manitoba), Angus (married Sarah Ann BATTEN in Kincardine, died 1874; Sarah then married James BEATON), Christine (married Adam MILLAR in Kincardine), John, and William.
On the 1871 census page where William and Rachel are listed you will see Martha MERRY who is William's mother. She married her next-door neighbour, William WICKHAM. Richard, William's son, was witness to Murdoch and Mary Kester's marriage. A litttle further down you will see the LEWIS family. It was the Emily of that family who William married after Rachel died. William had bad luck with wives... William and Rachel had one more child - possibly the twin of Mary. Margaret is in the death schedules for the 1871 census as having died in August at age 1. She died of whooping cough. It's possible that Rachael died from this illness, as she died before Jan 1872 (When William married Emily). The family was baptist, so records are few and far between. Rachel's parents were Archibald and Mary.