Asahel Walker McLellan

1868 - 1943  (74 years)

• Documents

  McLellanville This is a reprint of an article originally published between 1890 and 1895 describing the McLellan shipyards run by the McLellans on the south bank of the Mississippi in New Orleans. Pictured are William H.P. McLellan (d. 1895) and two of his sons, Alden and Orris. "Azeal" in the body of the article must mean "Asahel," the other living brother. This is taken from "Old Algiers" by Richard Remy Dixon, page 57.

  
  

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  McLellan siblings These three panels include the families of four brothers, sons of Alden Miller McLellan. Their sister, Annie Cooper, has a plaque on the ground in front of them.

  
  

• Name	Asahel Walker McLellan  [1]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	10 Aug 1868	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 11, born in Louisiana; father born in Maine, mother in Louisiana
  Census	1900	New Orleans, Louisiana
  aged 32 (born Aug. 1867); born in Louisiana; father born in Maine, mother in Louisiana; "president ___ mills"
  Obituary	Obit., Times-Picayune, 27 Apr. 1943, page 2. This is an article entitled "A.W. M'Lellan Taken by Death. Cotton Manufacturer Expires at Age of 74." Obit., Times-Picayune, 27 Apr. 1943, p2: MCLELLAN - On Monday afternoon, April 26, 1943, at 12:05 o'clock , Asahel Walker McLellan, in his 75th year, husband of Helen Degrange, father of Mrs. Gus Pitard of Baltimore, Md., and Alden McLellan III of Meridian, Miss.; brother of Mrs. Theodore McGinnis of New York city; Charles and Alden McLellan Jr., son of the late Sarah Jane Cooper and Alden McLelland. Funeral will take place on Tuesday monring, April 27, 1943, at 12 o'clock noon, from the residence, 22 Audubon Place. Interment Private.
  Died	26 Apr 1943	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Buried	27 Apr 1943	Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana
  Notes	His name was pronounced, and sometimes mis-spelled as, "Azale." His father and Joseph H. DeGrange (his wife's father) were on the Beauregard Monument Commission together, and, no doubt, the CSA veterans connection was how he and his wife met. He was clearly an early adopter of transportation technology. He had a car by 1907, which was also the year he learned how to fly an airplane. He had two boats, named after his children. He owned the Alden (about 25-30') from about 1909 to 1923, when, in Autumn of 1923, he bought a 78' boat, the Spikes (one of his daughter Helen's nicknames), which he owned until 1941. He was president of Alden Mills, which created things like hosiery, in New Orleans. About 1905, the family moved from 3426 Coliseum Street to 22 Audobon Place in New Orleans. His daughter Helen, has memories him sitting on the front porch at their new house, enclosed behind a lattice with wisteria, eating his breakfast in the mornings. He could apparently be a very outspoken or wilfull man. He was an aviator, interested in flying from the early days of flight; there's an article in the Picayune about this. Audobon Place was the first gated community in the United States, and very wealthy. Their house there was built in the 1890s; Weenie (Asahel's wife, Helen) lived there until her death in 1962, after which it was sold. from ancestry.com--some sources: McLellan, Asahel Walker 1868-1943 Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 1: January, 1946-July, 1949. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1949. (BioIn 1) The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 33. New York: James T. White & Co., 1947. Use the Index to locate biographies.(NatCAB 33) Who Was Who in America. A companion biographical reference work to Who's Who in America. Volume 2, 1943-1950. Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1963. (WhAm 2)
  Person ID	I50	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Alden Miller McLellan           b. 28 Jan 1836, Warren, Knox Co., Maine           d. 26 Aug 1920, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane Cooper           b. 2 Oct 1844, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 18 Oct 1911, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 67 years)
  Married	11 Apr 1867
  Family ID	F33	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Helen Pauline "Weenie" Degrange           b. 11 May 1872, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 19 May 1962  (Age 90 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1896	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Children	+ 1. Alden McLellan, III           b. 6 Apr 1897, New Orleans, Louisiana           d. Mar 1986, Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi  (Age 88 years) + 2. Helen Degrange McLellan           b. 19 Aug 1906, 3426 Coliseum St., New Orleans, Louisiana           d. 18 May 1999, Gladwyne, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 92 years)   3. Unknown McLellan           d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2006
  Family ID	F32	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 10 Aug 1868 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1880 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Married - 3 Jun 1896 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Census - 1900 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Died - 26 Apr 1943 - New Orleans, Louisiana  Buried - 27 Apr 1943 - Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  "Asahel Walker McLellan". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?tng_extras=1&personID=I50&tree=1sttree (accessed March 30, 2020).