Our Family History
Family: Peter Muir / Margarate Smith (F190)
m. 3 Dec 1857-
Husband | Male
Peter Muir
Born Abt 1831 Died 14 Dec 1883 Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Buried Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Married 3 Dec 1857 Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Father John Muir | F191 Group Sheet Mother Isabella Forbes | F191 Group Sheet
Wife | Female
Margarate Smith
Born 8 Jul 1830 Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Died 16 Dec 1915 Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Buried Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Father Archibald Smith | F49 Group Sheet Mother Flora MacNeill | F49 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
John Muir
Born 23 Mar 1859 Row, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK Died 1877 New Zealand Buried 14 Dec 1877 Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand
Child 2 | Male
+ Archibald Muir
Born 6 May 1860 Row, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK Died 17 Jul 1951 Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Buried Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Spouse Mary Ann Cooke | F859 Married 1888 New Zealand
Child 3 | Male
+ Alexander Watson Muir
Born 25 Dec 1861 Row, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK Died 25 Mar 1938 Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand Buried 26 Mar 1938 Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand Spouse Robina McFarlane | F854 Married 21 Nov 1894 Gisborne, Northland, New Zealand
Child 4 | Female
+ Flora Muir
Born 1864 New Zealand Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Richard Edward Newport | F5277 Married 1886 New Zealand Spouse Robert Aitchison | F5278 Married 24 Jun 1917 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Child 5 | Female
+ Margaret Muir
Born 1866 New Zealand Died 18 Dec 1925 Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Buried 19 Dec 1925 Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Spouse Robert George Naish | F856 Married 29 Oct 1890 Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand
Child 6 | Male
+ James Muir
Born 1867 New Zealand Died 3 Feb 1915 Gisborne, Northland, New Zealand Buried 4 Feb 1915 Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand Spouse Charlotte Agatha May Tarr | F5272 Married 1900 New Zealand
Child 8 | Male
+ Donald Muir
Born 1870 New Zealand Died 8 Oct 1935 Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Buried Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Spouse Mabel Stace | F858 Married 1903 New Zealand
Child 10 | Male
+ George Muir
Born 1874 New Zealand Died 12 Sep 1945 Gisborne, Northland, New Zealand Buried 13 Sep 1945 Taruheru, Gisborne, Northland, New Zealand Spouse Elizabeth Stockwell McConnell | F2189 Married 1901 New Zealand
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Notes Married:
- They couple settled in Helensburgh in Dumbaretonshire, UK, where Peter worked as a railway porter. Their first 3 children were born here.
Emigration, Aboard the Chariot of Fame, 1862 to Lyttleton, New Zealand
source http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/chariotoffame.html
Passenger list states:
MUIR ALEXANDER 9m
MUIR MARGARET 32
MUIR PETER 31 SHEPHERD
MUIR JOHN 4
MUIR ARCHIBALD 3
- They couple settled in Helensburgh in Dumbaretonshire, UK, where Peter worked as a railway porter. Their first 3 children were born here.