Gillian Maclaine

Gillian Maclaine (1798-1840) ɗan kasuwa ne na Scotland a farkon ƙarni na 19 kuma mai kasada wanda ya kafa kamfanin Maclaine Watson .

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An haife shi a Tsibirin Mull a ranar 17 ga Yuni 1798, ɗan Alan Maclaine na Scallasdale da matarsa, Marjory Gregorson . Kakansa, John Gregorson, ne ya ilimantar da shi a Ardtornish, Landan ya tura shi Oban a cikin 1810. Ya yi karatun fasaha a Jami'ar Glasgow (ba tare da kammala karatunsa ba), sannan a cikin 1816 ya tafi London don ya zama ɗan kasuwa a matsayin mai sayar da kayayyaki.

A watan Mayu na shekara ta 1820 ya isa Java sannan ya zauna a Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta ta zamani). A shekara ta 1827 ya kafa, tare da Edward Watson, kamfanin kasuwanci na Maclaine Watson, ciniki a cikin kayan auduga, kofi da opium (sa'an nan ana ɗaukar su a matsayin kasuwanci na halal). Memorial to Gillian Maclaine, Warriston Cemetery

Ya koma Burtaniya saboda rashin lafiya a 1830. Watanni goma sha takwas bayan haka ya sake tafiya zuwa Java. Jirgin ya yi tafiya ta hanyar Rotterdam inda wata mace ta tashi wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya zama matarsa. A karo na biyu a Java, kamfaninsa ya fadada sosai, gami da gidaje a Singapore.Memorial to Gillian Maclaine, Warriston Cemetery

A ranar 17 ga Maris 1840 ya shiga jirgin "Regina" tare da matarsa da yawancin iyalinta. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan jirgin ya tashi, guguwa ta auku yayin da jirgin ya shiga cikin Straits of Sunda. Ba a sake ganin jirgin ba kuma ya ɓace tare da dukkan ma'aikata da fasinjoji a ranar 18/19 Maris 1840.

An gina wani abin tunawa don tunawa da shi a cikin 1842 a Kabari na Warriston a arewacin Edinburgh, ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan tunawa na farko a cikin makabartar. Haɗin da ke tsakanin Edinburgh ba a bayyane yake ba.

Abin tunawa kuma yana tunawa da Cpt Murdoch Maclaine, wanda aka kashe a Yaƙin Maida a 1806, da kuma Manjo John Maclaine፡ wanda aka kashe A Yaƙin Waterloo a 1815. Wadannan maza su ne 'ya'yan Marie da Gillian Maclaine, kawun Maclaine.

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