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Jeanette McKechie was born in New Zealand on 9 September 1930.¹

She married Clifford Birks in New Zealand in 1952.²

She was widowed at age 41 on the death of her husband Clifford on 10 August 1972.^3,4

Jeanette died on 1 March 2018 at Nelson Hospice in Nelson at age 87.^5,6,7 She was cremated at the Wakapuaka Crematorium.⁶

Jillian Christina McKechie was born in Dunedin, Otago, on 4 October 1937.¹

Jillian died on 12 August 2022 in Stratford at age 84.²

John McKechie was born in Ireland circa 1851.¹
The siblings James, Mary, John, Thomas and Sarah were listed in the 1861 census at Main St in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, with their parents, James McKechie and Sarah Allan.¹
The siblings Mary, John, James, Sarah, Agnes and Margaret were listed in the 1871 census at Town End in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, with their parents, James McKechie and Sarah Allan. John was a bonnet dresser.²

He married Annie Lang in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, in 1876.³

June Matilda McKechie was born in New Zealand on 7 June 1925.²

She married Gerald Stuart Baxter in New Zealand in 1948.³

She was widowed on the death of her husband Gerald in 1997.⁴

June died in 2004 in New Zealand.¹

Lorraine Julia McKechie was born in St Kilda, Dunedin, Otago, on 29 July 1939.²

Lorraine died on 7 May 2016 at Leslie Groves Hospital in Dunedin, Otago, at age 76.^3,4 Her ashes were buried on 2 July 2016 at Green Island Cemetery.⁴

Margaret McKechie was born in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, circa 1870.¹
The siblings Mary, John, James, Sarah, Agnes and Margaret were listed in the 1871 census at Town End in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, with their parents, James McKechie and Sarah Allan.¹
The siblings Sarah, Agnes and Margaret were listed in the 1881 census at Railway buildings, Tower Hill in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, with their parents, James McKechie and Sarah Allan.²

She married William Dunlop in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, in 1887.³

Margaret McKechie was born in Ayrshire circa 1881.¹

Margaret Isabel McKechie was born in New Zealand on 20 February 1924.^1,2

She married Laurence Knox Currie in New Zealand in 1947.^1,3

She was widowed at age 60 on the death of her husband Laurence on 13 September 1984.^4,5

Margaret died on 31 August 1996 at Dunedin Hospital, Gt King St in Dunedin, Otago, at age 72.^6,7 She was cremated at the Dunedin Crematorium, Anderson's Bay on 4 September 1996.⁷

Margaret Jane McKechie was born in New Zealand in 1914.¹

Margaret Tanner McKechie was born at back of pottery in Kirkcaldy Abbotshall, Fife, on 21 September 1902.^1,2

Janet Lockhart Williamson McKechie, Margaret Tanner McKechie and James McKechie left London on 22 August 1912 on board the 'Tongariro' in the company of their parents James McKechie and Isabella Williamson Campbell.³

She married Otto Cecil Lewis Levy in New Zealand in 1924.⁴

She was widowed on the death of her husband Otto in 1961.⁵

She was appointed administrator of Isabella Williamson Campbell's estate in Westport on 6 March 1961.⁶

Margaret died in July 1978 in Westland at age 75.⁷ She was buried on 24 July 1978 at the Orowaiti Cemetery, Utopia Rd in Westport.⁸