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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

Mary Ann McKechie was born in Ireland circa 1849.¹
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. Mary was a bonnet knitter.²

Mary Ann McKechie was born in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, circa 1884.¹
The siblings Samuel, Mary, Helen, Thomas, Hugh and David were listed in the 1901 census at Woodend Place in Beath, Fife, with their parents, James McKechie and Margaret Tanner. Mary was a brickmaker.¹

Myra Kathleen McKechie was born in Dunedin, Otago, on 14 June 1919.^1,2,3

She married Donald Thomas Macpherson in New Zealand.¹

She was widowed at age 73 on the death of her husband Donald on 22 December 1992.^4,5

Myra died on 30 July 2006 at Dunedin Hospital, Gt King St in Dunedin, Otago, at age 87.^6,3 She was cremated at the Dunedin Crematorium, Anderson's Bay on 2 August 2006.³ Her ashes were buried on 28 September 2006 at West Taieri Cemetery.⁷

Noelene McKechie was born in New Zealand on 25 November 1926.^1,2

Noelene died in 2003 in New Zealand.³

Samuel John McKechie was born in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, in 1878.^1,2
The siblings James, Hugh and Samuel were listed in the 1881 census at 'Irvine Vennel' in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, with their parents, James McKechie and Margaret Tanner.¹
The siblings James and Samuel were listed in the 1891 census at Plan Cottages, Kilmaur Rd in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, with their parents, James McKechie and Margaret Tanner. Samuel was a shepherd boy.³
The siblings Samuel, Mary, Helen, Thomas, Hugh and David were listed in the 1901 census at Woodend Place in Beath, Fife, with their parents, James McKechie and Margaret Tanner. Samuel was a brickmaker.⁴
The siblings Samuel, Hugh and David were listed in the 1911 census at 1 Ashgrove Place in Beath, Fife, with their parents, James McKechie and Margaret Tanner. All three of them were coal-miners (hewers).⁵

He married Maggie Macpherson in Auckland in 1912.⁶

Samuel died on 23 November 1928 at Auckland Hospital in Auckland of pancreatic cancer.^7,8,9 He was buried on 25 November 1928 at the Waikumete Cemetery in Waitakere.⁹

His estate was subject to an order to administer granted to the Public Trustee on 29 January 1929 at Wellington as he had died intestate, his wife was a mental patient and his sister Helen had lodged a request for the Public Trustee to do so.⁹