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Archibald McKeich
Abt 1851 - 1940 (89 years)-
Name Archibald McKeich Born Abt 1851 Scotland, UK - No birth record found
Gender Male Occupation butcher Died 1940 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Siblings 6 siblings Patriarch & Matriarch Alexander McKeich, b. Abt 1755, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
Mary Betts, b. 2 Oct 1831, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK , d. 10 Feb 1868, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (Age 36 years) (Mother)Notes - The NZSG Index on CD, records that "McKeich A." left Melbourne on the "Ringarooma" on 13 November 1875 bound for Bluff. He arrived at Bluff on 17 November 1875.
A. McKeich (presumably Archibald) was single, a miner, aged 29 and born in Scotland. This is the first indication that Archibald was born in Scotland. There is no record of this birth in the IGI Files
The truth is that he married Emily Gordon on 12 November 1875 the day before the sailing and was 24 years of age. Emily was pregnant with their first child, Mary, who was born on 14 April 1876 in Invercargill.
Archibald's date of birth has not been verified although 1851 seems likely since his father, James, left Scotland on 16 September 1850. Mary, James's wife, did not leave for Australia until late 1854 or early 1855 and the second son, Robert, was born at Fiery Creek, Victoria, on 5 September 1855
No record of Mary's sailing can be found.
Person ID I5460 Clark Last Modified 23 Oct 2013
Father James McKeich, b. 11 Nov 1815, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK , d. 14 Jan 1864, Yanakie, Victoria, Australia (Age 48 years) Mother Mary Betts, b. 2 Oct 1831, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK , d. 10 Feb 1868, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (Age 36 years) Family ID F1485 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife Emily Gordon, b. 1855, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , d. 15 Jan 1931, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 76 years) Married 12 Nov 1875 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - All entries for 1922 - 1925 and 1928 electoral roll living at 2 Josephine Street, Caversham
37386, Mckeich, Archibald, Butcher
37388, Mckeich, Emily, Married
37389, Mckeich, Olive Rose, Spinster
All entries for 1931 1935 and 1938 electoral roll living at 2 Josephine Street, Caversham
37386, Mckeich, Archibald, Butcher
37389, Mckeich, Olive Rose, Spinster
Children + 1. Mary McKeich, b. 14 Apr 1876, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 17 Jul 1952, New Zealand (Age 76 years) ▻ James Sinclair Bain m. 27 Jan 19042. Ernest Walter McKeich, b. 22 Feb 1878, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand , d. Nov 1948, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 70 years) + 3. Archibald Gordon McKeich, b. 1879, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand , d. 17 Mar 1946, Lawrence, Central, Otago, New Zealand (Age 67 years) ▻ May Beatrice Wheeler m. 18 Jun 1914+ 4. Edith Emily McKeich, b. 21 Nov 1881, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand , d. 13 Feb 1961, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand (Age 79 years) ▻ John Auld m. Oct 1908+ 5. Sydney Bates McKeich, b. 6 Jul 1883, New Zealand , d. 17 Dec 1963, New Zealand (Age 80 years) ▻ Florence Maude Facey m. 20 Nov 1907+ 6. Ivy Winifred McKeich, b. 6 Dec 1885, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand , d. 3 Jun 1964, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 78 years) ▻ Alexander Coghill Carswell m. 8 Apr 19087. Olive Rose McKeich, b. 5 Oct 1887, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 6 May 1984, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 96 years) Married:8. Christabel McKeich, b. 6 Mar 1889, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 15 Apr 1919, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 30 years) ▻ Henry Gilbert Victor Green m. 1914+ 9. James Wellesley McKeich, b. 21 Sep 1894, Lawrence, Central, Otago, New Zealand , d. 19 Jan 1949, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 54 years) ▻ Beatrice Mary Good m. 27 Jun 1923Last Modified 23 Oct 2013 Family ID F1484 Group Sheet | Family Chart