Hector Alexander McLEAN b. c.1835, North America, son of Norman McLEAN and Mary DIXON was married in 1872 in Victoria, Australia to Mary Ann HUMPHRIES, b. 1848, Gloucestershire, England, daughter of Charles HUMPHRIES & Caroline SAMPSON.

Hector McLEAN was the Inn Keeper of the Sandford Hotel in the 1870s and he died at Casterton in 1897. His widow Mary Ann died at Casterton in 1930 and both are buried in the Sandford Cemetery.

Hector Alexander McLEAN & Mary Ann HUMPHRIES had the following known family:

  1. Caroline Florence McLEAN b. 1872, Sandford, S-W Victoria, d. 1951, Casterton, S-W Victoria.
  2. Norman Daniel McLEAN b. 1874, Sandford, S-W Victoria, d. 1956, Casterton, S-W Victoria m. ...?...
  3. May Kaye Sampson McLEAN b. 1876, Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. 1932, Casterton, S-W Victoria.
  4. Marion Edith McLEAN b. 1878, Casterton, S-W Victoria, nurse of Casterton, d. 1962, Casterton, S-W Victoria.
  5. Hector Alexander McLEAN b. 1882, Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. 1931, Casterton, S-W Victoria, m. Elsie Jane LAWRENCE 1883-1978
  6. Margaret Ethel McLEAN b. 1886, Casterton, S-W Victoria, nurse of Casterton, d. 1954, Casterton, S-W Victoria.
  7. Jane Maud McLEAN b. 1886, Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. 1953, Melbourne, Victoria, m. James Symenton ANDERSON 1887-1944, b Creswick, Victoria; WW1 service with 23rd Battalion, AIF; d. Caulfield, Melbourne.