Sarah McLean was born on 26 OCT 1879. She married James Keenan.
My father-in-law, Alexander McLean (1908-1990), often spoke fondly of visits to Bonny Braes, a picturesque farm perched high on the steep slopes to the north of Cairnryan. It was worked by his Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jimmy.
Sarah and Jimmy had two sons –
James McLean Keenan born 11 July 1903, Sandhead. Married Agnes Brown.
John Keenan born 9 July 1906, Sandmill.
After their marriage Jimmy became a Ploughman in Stoneykirk Parish, where his sons were born. In 1911 the family was at Dalminnoch, Inch Parish. They moved to Glasgow for a spell – but Sarah pined for the country and they subsequently returned to Wigtownshire to Bonny Braes.
While they were in Glasgow, my wife’s grand-father, Alexander McLean (1884-1967) – then 17 – lodged with his sister, Sarah It was in Glasgow that Alexander met his future wife, Georgina Torrance.