Matilda McClenachan

1812 - 1881  (68 years)

• Name	Matilda McClenachan
  Born	06 Dec 1812
  Gender	Female
  Died	04 Feb 1881
  Person ID	I23410	Jerry Milo Johnson
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	George Blair McClenachan,   b. 29 Dec 1769,   d. 1833  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Mary Morris,   b. 1775,   d. 1849  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F8352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The word Olinda means the beautiful and the term was borrowed from a place near Pernambuco which he had visited when he was in Brazil on business in early youth The property now belongs to the William L McDowell estate Blair McClenachan's two daughters Matilda and Ann were early owners of the estate and built the house of stone plastered M and A is marked in the outer wall Mrs Mary Penn Gaskill wife of Thomas Penn Gaskill was a sister of these ladies and she lived on the place opposite now owned by the Hopper family Blair McClenachan is mentioned in Watson's Annals of Philadelphia