Manchester, England; Heywood & Hotspur S-W Victoria, Australia
Edmund Lee McKEAND b. 1826 Manchester, England, son of Edmund Lee McKEAND 1796-1858 and Charlotte POTTER 1800-1866, was married 19 Apr 1848 in Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire, England to Hannah WHITWORTH b. c1819, daughter of Nicholas WHITWORTH and Sarah BARRATT.
Edmund Lee McKEAND was a store-keeper and inn-keeper at Heywood, S-W Victoria in the 1850s.
Edmund Lee McKEAND 1796-1858, father of Edmund Lee McKEAND was a squatter on "Sinclair" Station, Drumborg, nearr Heywood, in 1849.
Edmund Lee McKEAND & Hannah WHITWORTH had the following children:
- Alfred Milner McKEAND b. 1850, Melbourne, Vic, d. 1915, m. Mary Theresa PARKER 1849-1935;
- Nicholas Whitworth McKEAND b. 1852, Portland, Vic;
- Benjamin Barrett McKEAND b. 1854, Vic, d. 1932, m. Laura Mary WARRIN;
- William Whitworth McKEAND b. 1857, Heywood, Vic, d. 1898, m. Hannah PORTER ~1856-1924;
- Robert Whitworth McKEAND b. 1857, Heywood, Vic, d. 1932, m. Gwenlliam Louisa EVANS 1869-1952;
- Sarah McKEAND b. 1861, Heywood, Vic, d. 1951, m. Archibald HARDIE 1857-1902
NOTE: Ben and William McKEAND were pupils at Hotspur School in 1863.
Edmund McKEAND died in 1861 and Hannah married again in 1864 to Charles BADNALL.
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