William Dawson Milne, was born in Clatt, Aberdeenshire, and was 15 years old when he arrived in New Zealand. In 1881, William aged 30 married Iso(a)bella McCulloch/Deans (1860–1949). Isabella's mother, Williamena 'Minnie' Dean, was hung in 1895 at the Invercargill goal for the murder of an infant in her care. Minnie Dean was the first and only woman to be hung in New Zealand. This story I will visit at a later date. No record however of Isabella birth has ever been found and she may have been adopted along with her sister Ellen Ann.
(m.1881/2242) |
MARRIAGE., Southland Times, Issue 4135, 30 September 1881
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William and Isabella had 10 children the first arriving in 1886.
John Henry was born in 1883 and married Christina Scott at the age of 40 in 1923. John died in 1968. (b.1883/9355 )(m.1923/7549)(d.1968/27067)
James William was born in 1884. At the age of 34 James was killed on the 31st August 1918 while fighting "in France somewhere" WWI Serial No. 27718.
(b.1884/19088)(d.1918/84005)
Four of William and Isabella's sons served in the First World War (1914-1918) Alexander, Robert, John and James.
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| DEATHS., Mataura Ensign, 11 September 1918 |
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| PERSONAL ITEMS., Mataura Ensign, 5 December 1917 |
Thomas was born in 1886 and married Sarah Ann Patterson (1885–1945). Thomas died in 1955.
(b.1886/18518)(m.1911/3801)(d.1955/25966)
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| WEDDING AT WAIMUMU., Mataura Ensign, 6 May 1911 |
Robert was born 1888 died in 1962 aged 74 and buried in the Gore cemetery. WWI Serial No. 27100. (b.1888/6255)(d.1962/41096)
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| WAR HONOURS, Southland Times, Issue 17931, 7 November 1918 |
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| Alexander, Robert (Bob), John and James Milne. |
James and Alexander did not return.
Nellie Williamena was born in 1890 and married Robert Vivian Knibbs (1887–1969) in 1913 aged 23 years. Nellie died in 1967 aged 77 and is buried in the Gore cemetery.
(b.1890/12402)(m.1913/8319)(d.1967/46461) |
| PERSONAL ITEMS., Mataura Ensign, 3 January 1914 |
Annie Ford was born in 1892 and died at the age of 86 in 1978. Annie is buried with her parents in the Gore cemetery. (b.1892/14729)(d.1978/26233?)
Alexander was born in 1895. Alex never returned from WWI killed in action in France at the young age of 22 in 1917. (b.1895/13993)(d.1918/59064). Death not registered until 1918?
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| FOR THE EMPIRE., Mataura Ensign, 25 August 1917 |
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| THE ROLL OF HONOUR, Southland Times, Issue 17761, 12 September 1917 |
In 1895 their William is living in Waimumu and is chairman of the Waimumu School Committee.
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| WAIMUMU., Mataura Ensign, Volume 17, Issue 17, 26 April 1895 |
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| WAIMUMU., Southland Times, Issue 10147, 26 April 1889 |
William and Isabella's eighth child,
Mary Christina was born in 1899 and married Walter John Reynolds in 1923.
Mary Christina was born in 1899 and married Walter John Reynolds in 1923.
(b.1899/15094)(m.1923/7573)(d.1976/27086)
Margaret Isabel followed and was born in Mataura in 1902. I have found no record of marriage. Margaret died in 1987 and is buried at the Gore cemetery alongside her parents.
(b.1902/12030)(d.1987/37149)
Their youngest William Dawson was born in 1905 (his mother, Isobella would have been 45 years old). In 1930, aged 25 William married Gareta Margaret Jane (Rita) Stewart. William died in 1983 and is buried at the Gore cemetery.
(b.1905/18241)(m.1930/9870)(d.1983/28898)
In 1910 William and Isabella leave Waimumu for Gore and to live in Nelson Street, East Gore.
(b.1905/18241)(m.1930/9870)(d.1983/28898)
In 1910 William and Isabella leave Waimumu for Gore and to live in Nelson Street, East Gore.
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| VALEDICTORY AT WAIMUMU., Mataura Ensign, 2 December 1910 |
William died on 18 Jan 1935 age 84. Isabella survived her husband by 14 years dying in 1949 age 89. Both are buried at the Gore cemetery with two of their daughters Annie Ford 84 years and Margaret Isabel 'Madge' Milne 84 years.
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| OBITUARY MR W.D. MILNE, Otago Daily Times, Issue 22632, 25 July 1935 |
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