Jennie West was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 6 September 1866, the daughter of George Richard West, a music shop proprietor, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Newman, a music teacher who ran a private school in Moray…
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Thomas George Macarthy was born in London, England, probably in 1833 or 1834, the son of Thomas Bernard Macarthy, a florist, and his wife, Ann Elizabeth Grout. Nothing is known about his early life. In the 1850s he went…
Early life Alan Graham MacDiarmid, New Zealand’s third Nobel Laureate, was born in Masterton on 14 April 1927, the youngest of five children of Archibald Campbell MacDiarmid and his wife, Ruby Noel Willis Graham. Alan…
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Jim Macdonald, known to his navy colleagues as ‘Mac’, was the most decorated New Zealand naval officer of the Second World War and went on to become a successful city engineer in Wellington. Of medium height with dark…
George Ranald Macdonald, the son of Gertrude Gould and her husband, Ranald Macintosh Macdonald, was born at St Albans, Christchurch, on 4 October 1891. His maternal grandfather, George Gould, had been a leading merchant…
Sadie Murn was born in Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, on 3 July 1886. She was subsequently registered as Sarah, but always known as Sadie. Her parents were Sarah Jane Stuart and her husband, John Murn, a miner.…
Thomas Macdonald, later known as Thomas Kennedy Macdonald and familiarly as 'Kennedy Mac', was born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, on 6 April 1847, the son of Scottish parents Thomas Rhine Macdonald, a flax-dresser, and…
Thomas Lachlan Macdonald was born in Invercargill on 14 December 1898, the son of Thomas Forsaith Macdonald, a farmer, and his wife, Margaret Ann Matheson. Tom took great pride in his Scottish descent: one of his great-…
Duncan Macfarlane was born on 15 January 1827 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He was the son of John Macfarlane, a carpenter, and his wife, Margaret McLauchlan. Nothing is known of his early life, although it is…
Edith Mary Durrieu was born at Torquay, Devonshire, England, on 20 May 1871. She was the daughter of Marianne Feltham and her husband, Louis Adolphus Durrieu, an accountant. Edith travelled to New Zealand with her…
Robert Mafeking Haynes was born in Christchurch on 17 May 1900, the son of Emma Rose King Haynes. His mother married Hugh Macfarlane, a labourer, in 1904, and Bob took his stepfather's family name. He was, however,…
Duncan MacGregor was born at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, on 14 December 1843, the son of Isabella MacGregor and her husband, James MacGregor, a mason. Educated first at Breadalbane Academy, where he trained as a…
James MacGregor was born on 6 January 1829 in Callander, in the Gaelic-speaking area of Perthshire, Scotland. He and his twin brother were the last of 10 children born to Duncan MacGregor, a builder, and his wife, Helen…
John MacGregor was born, probably in 1849 or 1850, at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of James MacGregor, a stonemason, and his wife, Isabella MacGregor. After receiving his primary education at the Breadalbane…
Duncan MacIntyre was an important figure in the National Party governments that held power for all but three of the 24 years between 1960 and 1984, serving as a cabinet minister for 15 years and as deputy prime minister…
Matthew Joseph Mack was born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 3 March 1867, the son of Barbara Wilkinson and her husband, Thomas Mack, who farmed in the Ohariu Valley. About two years later the family moved to Auckland,…
Alexander Mackay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, probably on 11 May 1833. His father was Alexander Mackay, a lawyer; his mother's name is unknown. At the age of five he left Scotland to attend school at Southsea, in…
Catherine Julia Bilston was born at Merino, in western Victoria, Australia, on 12 November 1864. Later known as Katrine, she was the fifth of the nine children of Ellen Augustine McElligott and her husband, George Yarra…
Charles Ewing Mackay (later known as Charles Evan Mackay) was born in Nelson, New Zealand, on 29 June 1875, the son of Joseph Mackay and his wife, Jessie Wilkie. Joseph taught mathematics at Nelson College, and from…
Elizabeth Ormiston was born in Scotland, probably in Sutherland between 1842 and 1847, the daughter of Mary McKenzie and Walter Ormiston, a shepherd. She married Robert Mackay, a shepherd, at Dalharald, Strathnaver,…