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John McGregor 1835 – 1907 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Mar 1835

Birth Location: Aberfeldy, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Death Date: 14 Apr 1907

Death Location: Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand

Father: Alexr. Macgregor

Mother: Margaret Manro

Spouse(s): Helen Ritchie

Children(s): John McGregor, Helen McGregor, Alexander McGregor, Annie McGregor, Margaret McGregor, Grace McGregor, Catherine McGregor, Helen McGregor, Christina McGregor, William McGregor, Jane McGregor, Charles McGregor, James McGregor, Robert MacGregor, Archie McGregor

The story of John McGregor began in 1835 in Aberfeldy, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. John McGregor married Helen Ritchie, and had children including John McGregor, Helen McGregor, Alexander McGregor, Annie Jane McGregor, Margaret McGregor, Grace McGregor, Catherine McGregor, Helen McGregor, Christina McGregor, William McGregor, Jane McGregor, Charles McGregor, James Alexander McGregor, Robert MacGregor, Archie McGregor. John McGregor passed away in 1907 in Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of John McGregor began in 1835 in Aberfeldy, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK.
  • John McGregor married Helen Ritchie, and had children including John McGregor, Helen McGregor, Alexander McGregor, Annie Jane McGregor, Margaret McGregor, Grace McGregor, Catherine McGregor, Helen McGregor, Christina McGregor, William McGregor, Jane McGregor, Charles McGregor, James Alexander McGregor, Robert MacGregor, Archie McGregor.
  • John McGregor passed away in 1907 in Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexr. Macgregor
1800 – 1849
Birth Location: Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
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Margaret Manro
1799 – 1851
Birth Location: Haugh Of Grand Tully, Sct
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Spouses(s)

Helen Ritchie
1837 – 1913
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
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Children(s)

John McGregor
1855 – 1914
Birth Location: Pomarium, Per, Scotland
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Helen McGregor
1857 – 1858
Birth Location: 1686120, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Alexander McGregor
1859 – 1906
Birth Location: Cape Colony, South Africa
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Annie McGregor
1863 – 1933
Birth Location: Capetown, South Africa
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Margaret McGregor
1865 – 1908
Birth Location: Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Grace McGregor
1868 – 1956
Birth Location: Cape Colony, South Africa
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Catherine McGregor
1867 – 1943
Birth Location: Capetown, South Africa
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Helen McGregor
1869 – 1937
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
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Christina McGregor
1870 – 1874
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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William McGregor
1872 – 1873
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Jane McGregor
1873 – 1873
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Charles McGregor
1873 – 1873
Birth Location: Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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James McGregor
1874 – 1952
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Robert MacGregor
1876 – 1944
Birth Location: Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand
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Archie McGregor
1881 – 1901
Birth Location: New Zealand
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John McGregor's Ancestors

Self
John McGregor
1835 – 1907
Birth Place: Aberfeldy, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Parents
Alexr. Macgregor
1800 – 1849
Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret (Monro or) Manro
1799 – 1851
Haugh Of Grand Tully, Sct
Grandparents
Thomas McGregor
1754 –
Dull, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret McLaren
1762 –
Dull, Perthshire, Scotland
John Monro
1780 – 1850
Dull, Perthshire, Scotland
Grizel (or Grace) MacFarlane
1781 – 1850
Dull, , Perth, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert MacGregor\Macgrigor
1730 –
Janet Scot
1726 –
Duncan McLaren
1735 – 1820
Christian Cameron
1735 –
John Munro
1750 – 1820
Marjory Menzies
1750 – 1820
John MacFarlane
1750 –
Grizel Squire
1748 – 1828
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Donald MacGregor\Macgrigor
1707 –
Janet Lamond
1708 –
Thomas Scott
1708 –
Katrin Robertson
1708 –
John (McLaren)
1706 –
Margrat Camron
1707 –
John Cameron
1715 – 1770
George Monro\Munro\Monroe
1710 – 1771
Ann Stewart
1706 –
Adam Menzies
1719 – 1800
Elizabeth Stewart
1723 – 1800
James McFarlane
1734 – 1836
Grizel Thomson
1735 – 1800
John Squire
1724 – 1762
Margaret Menzies
1720 –

John McGregor's Descendants

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John McGregor (20 Mar 1835 – 14 Apr 1907) m. Helen Ritchie (1837 – 9 Oct 1913)
  1. 1. John McGregor (20 Mar 1855 – 26 Apr 1914) m. Mary Lennie (17 Dec 1862 – 24 Feb 1917)
    1. 1. Roseanna McGregor (21 January 1885 – 29 Aug 1957) m. Muir (Gladstone) Wilson (6 Jan 1884 – 21 May 1957)
      1. 1. Muriel (Irene) Wilson (20 Jun 1910 – 11 Mar 1992) m. Leslie (Field) Reid (29 Apr 1910 – 21 May 1967)
        1. 1. Raymond (Leslie Gladstone) Reid (30 Jun 1937 – 12 Jul 1997)
      2. 2. Ethel Wilson (19 Feb 1912 – )
      3. 3. Walter (Muir) Wilson (9 Oct 1914 – 25 Aug 1980)
      4. 4. Mavis Wilson (15 Mar 1917 – )
      5. 5. Harold (Grant) Wilson (13 Jul 1923 – 25 May 2007)
      6. 6. Ruth (Rose) Wilson (12 Feb 1925 – 11 Oct 2005)
    2. 2. Evelyn (Mary) McGregor (26 March 1886 – 16 Dec 1940) m. Peter McTainsh (10 Mar 1881 – 4 Apr 1951)
      1. 1. Peter McTainsh (25 Jan 1907 – 25 Nov 1907)
      2. 2. Evelyn (Mary) McTainsh (21 Aug 1908 – 7 Sep 1976)
      3. 3. Eunice (Irene) McTainsh (5 Nov 1909 – 4 Jun 1992)
      4. 4. Irene (Lily) McTainsh (21 Feb 1911 – 3 Jul 1994)
    3. 3. John McGregor (22 February 1888 – 5 July 1889)
    4. 4. James (Alexander) McGregor (5 Dec 1889 – 24 Nov 1963) m. Ruby (Vera) Brassington (11 Sep 1892 – 30 Jun 1988)
      1. 1. Jean (Frances) McGregor (26 Sep 1914 – 7 May 2009) m. Edward (Thomas) Dann (25 Jan 1916 – 14 May 1996)
      2. 2. James (Alexander (John)) McGregor (22 Jun 1918 – 10 Sep 1995) m. Girlie
      3. 3. Rob (Roy) McGregor (6 Mar 1921 – 7 Jun 1988)
      4. 4. Nancy (Gwendolyn) McGregor (30th November 1922 – 25th July 2019) m. James ((Eric)) Cowlishaw (8th May 1915 – 30th July 2008)
      5. 5. Ronald (Edward (Ron)) McGregor (26 Jul 1927 – 13 Sep 1992) m. Coral (Dawn) Terrill (4 November 1932 – 1 November 1998)
    5. 5. George McGregor (5 Oct 1891 – 26 Oct 1899)
    6. 6. Douglas McGregor (20 Aug 1898 – )
  2. 2. Helen McGregor (20 May 1857 – 12 May 1858)
  3. 3. Alexander McGregor (1859 – 17 Jul 1906)
  4. 4. Annie (Jane) McGregor (1863 – 12 Dec 1933) m. James Nicholls (31 Jul 1856 – 6 Feb 1940)
    1. 1. Alexander (James) Nicholls (21 Apr 1884 – )
    2. 2. James (Robert) Nicholls (7 Sep 1887 – 10 Oct 1954) m. Alice Bates (06 Mar 1892 – 01 / 08 / 1976)
      1. 1. Ivy Nicholls (1 Oct 1912 – 15 Feb 1999)
      2. 2. Ronald (James) Nicholls (13 Mar 1915 – 11 July 1983)
    3. 3. Helen (Elizabeth) Nicholls (24 May 1889 – 24 Dec 1924) m. Richard Braudigam (1882 – 15 Jan 1951)
      1. 1. Kenneth Braudigam (15 Jan 1917 – 23 Jan 1986)
      2. 2. Christina Braudigam (6 May 1918 – 4 Jan 1933)
    4. 4. William (George) Nicholls (20 Dec 1890 – 16 Sep 1985) m. Violet (Jane) Aldred (16 Nov 1883 – 6 Sep 1953)
      1. 1. Muriel (Ruth) Nicholls (11 Oct 1912 – 7 Aug 1993)
    5. 5. Annie (Jane) Nicholls (4 Jan 1893 – 1 Jul 1975)
    6. 6. Sidney Nicholls (8 Oct 1897 – 14 July 1973)
  5. 5. Margaret McGregor (1865 – 23 Jun 1908) m. William (John) Bailey (5 Nov 1864 – 27 Oct 1894) m. John Paterson (15 Oct 1864 – 5 May 1943)
    1. 1. John Bailey (24 June 1885 – )
    2. 2. William Bailey (23 December 1886 – 8 Feb 1908)
    3. 3. George (Philip) BAILEY (29 Mar 1888 – 21 Nov 1888)
    4. 4. Margaret (Ada) Bailey (29 Apr 1890 – 27 Dec 1969)
    5. 5. Albert (Bailey \) McGregor (7 Dec 1893 – 23 December 1968)
    6. 6. Winifred (Jane) Paterson (10 Aug 1899 – 3 Apr 1970)
    7. 7. James (Douglas) Paterson (3 Mar 1903 – 17 Apr 1970)
    8. 8. Florence Paterson (4 Sep 1905 – 26 Aug 1931)
  6. 6. Grace McGregor (Abt 1868 – 27 Jun 1956) m. John Gilchrist (25 Jun 1866 – 6 May 1943)
    1. 1. John Gilchrist (27 Jun 1897 – 28 May 1971)
      1. 1. Ernest (Leslie) Gilchrist (28 Jan 1924 – 1 Jul 2014)
    2. 2. James Gilchrist
      1. 1. Isobel (Frances) Gilchrist (6 Feb 1927 – 1 Jun 1996)
      2. 2. Ernest (James) Gilchrist (27 Jun 1928 – 20 Jun 2021)
  7. 7. Catherine McGregor (1867 – 4 Nov 1943) m. Archibald (Graham) McDermid (11 Jan 1859 – 18 Mar 1921) m. Frederick (Charles) Ward (8 Aug 1864 – 16 Feb 1939)
    1. 1. George (Henry) McDermid (22 Apr 1890 – 14 Feb 1957) m. Agnes (Lavinia Maud) Rankin (13 Jan 1898 – 30 Nov 1988)
      1. 1. Gwen Mcdermid (1918 – 14 May 2008) m. Maurice (Francis) Malone (24 Nov 1911 – 4 July 2005)
        1. 1. Peter (Frances) Malone (15 Jan 1944 – 16 May 2020)
      2. 2. George (Vivian) McDermid (23 May 1925 – 8 Sep 2008)
      3. 3. Robert (Graham (Bob)) McDermid (9 November 1927 – 21 Mar 2019)
        1. 1. Ann Bastion
    2. 2. Harold McDermid (24 Dec 1892 – 11 Feb 1893)
    3. 3. Harold (Vivian) McDermid (1 November 1900 – 10 March 1925)
    4. 4. Graham (Clarence) McDermid (10 Dec 1902 – 6 Nov 1969)
  8. 8. Helen McGregor (15 Aug 1869 – 26 May 1937) m. William (Henry Blakemore) Wilson (10 October 1865 – 4 January 1950)
    1. 1. William (John) Wilson (08 Apr 1889 – 9 Oct 1890)
    2. 2. Frederick (James) Wilson (20 Apr 1890 – 2 Aug 1937)
    3. 3. Helen (Amelia) Wilson (3 Jun 1891 – 26 Apr 1976)
    4. 4. Alice (Sarah) Wilson (15 Oct 1892 – 13 Sep 1986)
    5. 5. Charles (William) Wilson (17 Dec 1894 – 22 Sep 1908)
    6. 6. Margaret (Emma) Wilson (28 Jul 1895 – )
    7. 7. James (Alfred) Wilson (11 Sep 1896 – 5 Jun 1969) m. Mabel Mitchell (8 Dec 1899 – 6 May 1984)
      1. 1. John (Alexander) Wilson (31 Aug 1922 – )
    8. 8. John (Alexander) Wilson (30 Aug 1898 – 29 September 1918)
    9. 9. Robert (Stanley) Wilson (11 Jan 1901 – 5 May 1975) m. Dorothy Day (20 Jan 1905 – 3 May 1986)
      1. 1. Shirley Wilson (8 Jun 1927 – 13 May 2017)
      2. 2. Owen Wilson (12 Mar 1929 – 25 Jan 1965)
      3. 3. Valerie Wilson (16 Sep 1930 – 12 Apr 2008)
      4. 4. Valerie Wilson (16 Sep 1930 – 13 Apr 2008)
      5. 5. Max Wilson (23 Nov 1938 – 6 Jul 2017)
    10. 10. Stillborn Wilson (18 Aug 1917 – 18 Aug 1917)
    11. 11. Leslie Wilson
  9. 9. Christina McGregor (22 Nov 1870 – 17 Aug 1874)
  10. 10. William McGregor (8 Mar 1872 – 19 Feb 1873)
  11. 11. Jane McGregor (27 Jun 1873 – 11 Jul 1873)
  12. 12. Charles McGregor (27 Jun 1873 – 15 Jul 1873)
  13. 13. James (Alexander) McGregor (4 Aug 1874 – 24 Jun 1952) m. Marjorie Dalzell (18 Nov 1884 – 19 January 1958)
    1. 1. Jessie (Helen) McGregor (2 July 1907 – 24 Jul 1976) m. Oliver (William) Gillion (18 Oct 1902 – 15 Nov 1980)
      1. 1. Dr (Kenneth Lowell Oliver) Gillion (08 Feb 1929 – 1 December 1992) m. Barbara (Ann) Hamblyn (8 Apr 1930 – 5 Aug 2016)
    2. 2. Alexander (James) McGregor (24 Jun 1910 – 8 Oct 1984) m. Florence (Edith Evelyn) Irons (14 October 1917 – 5 March 2018)
    3. 3. Marjorie (Grace) McGregor (1 Jun 1912 – 3 Jan 2004) m. James (Roderick) Matheson (1911 – 14 Jul 2003)
      1. 1. Ian (Roderick) Matheson (3 Feb 1946 – 17 Jul 2002) m. Margaret (Lorraine) MATHESON (17 Nov 1931 – 4 Feb 2010)
  14. 14. Robert MacGregor (11 Nov 1876 – 28 Jul 1944) m. Barbara Shand (24 Mar 1879 – 12 Jan 1956)
    1. 1. Elsie (Johnson (Ella)) Shand (1903 – 19 Aug 1914)
    2. 2. Barbara MacGregor (17 Jun 1906 – 19 Jan 1969) m. William (Edward) WALDREN (25 FEB 1906 – 22 Oct 1965)
    3. 3. Robert (Ian) McGregor (12 Oct 1907 – 4 Oct 1991) m. Margaret (Ellen) Crawford (30 Aug 1913 – 9 Jul 1979)
    4. 4. Alan (George) Macgregor (1909 – 1986) m. Jean (Hunter) Watson (11 Oct 1914 – 2000)
      1. 1. Alan (Kenneth) McGregor (1942 – 2013) m. Deanna (Elva) Duncan (17 Apr 1940 – 20 Oct 2020) m. Lexene
        1. 1. Mel Whyte (9 Oct 1971 – )
    5. 5. Sheilah McGregor (4 Dec 1910 – 15 Aug 1990) m. William (Ernest) White (1910 – Jun 1991)
      1. 1. Maureen (Barbara Ada) White (22 Feb 1935 – 11 Jul 2001)
      2. 2. Patricia (Anne) White (13 Jan 1938 – 25 Feb 2012)
    6. 6. Elsie (Myrtle) McGregor (15 Oct 1912 – 9 Aug 1992) m. George (frederick) Waghorn (30 Jul 1922 – 25 August 1994)
    7. 7. Ivan (Kenneth) McGregor (1916 – 6 Jun 1976) m. Joan McCulloch (24 Oct 1926 – 29 Jun 1991)
    8. 8. Joan (Agnes) McGregor (1919 – 30 Aug 1948) m. James (Allan) Stephens (2 Apr 1922 – 1 Feb 2011)
  15. 15. Archie McGregor (1881 – 5 Jan 1901)

John McGregor's Timeline

2 Records

1835
20 Mar 1835
Birth of John McGregor in Aberfeldy, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Aberfeldy, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
1907
14 Apr 1907
Age 72
Death of John McGregor in Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand
Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1835
    Event Place: Aberfeldy, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Apr 1907
    Event Place: Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand
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