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Elizabeth Barclay Waddell

Female 1883 - 1959  (76 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Barclay Waddell 
    Born 25 Jul 1883  Outram, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Dec 1959  Hamilton, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Died in the Public Hospital
    Notes 
    • Father: William WADDELL b: 26 APR 1843 in Stirlingshire, Scotland c: 01 SEP 1843 in Stirlingshire, Scotland
      Mother: Elizabeth Wilson BARCLAY b: 02 JUN 1857 in Inverness, Scotland


      Elizabeth died on 13 December 1959 at Hamilton. She died of Congestive Heart Failure, rheumatic heart disease, Uraemia and chronic nephritis. Elizabeth was cremated at Purewa Cemetery on 15 December 1959 and her ashes scattered around the Garden of Memories there.
      The following notes were given to Colin McKeich by his sister Muriel Ford, shortly before their mother's death. Muriel's daughter Judith Holdsworth is vigorously pursuing the Barclay/Waddell genealogy and Bill McKeich has engaged a researcher in Scotland to research George Barclay's and Jane Spence's parents and occupations.

      "My grandmother's (Mum's Mother) people the Barclays had a shoe shop at Inverness, Scotland.

      George Barclay (Mum's cousin) had her walking stick in his collection. It was the life of her father, William Waddell, carved by someone on the West Coast. Probably sold to his relations.

      Mary Meiklejohn a daughter of Lawrence Barclay (George's brother). They live in Dunedin and have a son John who is a teacher at Kings High. Mary was a teacher too.

      Marie Barclay (George's sister) married Alex Williamson a teacher, dead now, but she lives at Balclutha with a neice and nephew and is 94."

      We now know that George Barclay was a master shoemaker and learned his trade in Falkirk, moving to Inverness after he and Jane Spence were married

    Person ID I5781  Clark
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2011 

    Husband Walter Ernest McKeich,   b. 9 Jan 1882, Lawrence, Central, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1965, Te Awamutu, Waipa, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1906  Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Married at the home of W Thomas Barclay and witnessed by Elizabeth Hodge Barclay (probably his wife).

      All entries for 1911 electoral roll living at 14 Oxford Street, South Dunedin
      14045, Best, Alfred Ernest, Commercial Traveller
      14046, Best, Isabella, Married
      18788, Mckeich, Elizabeth Barclay, Married
      18791, Mckeich, Walter Ernest, Wool Classer


      All entries for 1914 - 1919 - 1922 - 1925 electoral roll living at 151 Bay View Road, St Kilda
      18788, Mckeich, Elizabeth Barclay, Married
      18791, Mckeich, Walter Ernest, Wool Classer

      All entries for 1928 - 1931 electoral roll living at 151 Bay View Road, St Kilda
      49370, Mckeich, Colin Harrie, Electrician
      18788, Mckeich, Elizabeth Barclay, Married
      18791, Mckeich, Walter Ernest, Woolclasser


    Children 
    +1. Colin Harrie McKeich,   b. 3 Jan 1907, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1981, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Mary Naismith Turley  m. 24 Feb 1932
    +2. Beryl Barclay McKeich,   b. 15 May 1909, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1965, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Charles Roy Irvine  m. 12 Feb 1929
     3. Leslie Stuart McKeich,   b. 17 Sep 1911, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1975, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Helen George  m. 1946
     4. Alan Walter McKeich,   b. Sep 1914, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1915, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Ethel Muriel McKeich,   b. 13 Jun 1916, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1982, Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Eric Ford  m. 28 Nov 1942
     6. Robert William McKeich,   b. 15 May 1919, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1970, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Bernadette Teresa Kirse  m. 20 Jul 1946
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2011 
    Family ID F1595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart