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Joseph Benjamin Mcrae 1849–1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 January 1849

Birth Location: Urray, Ross-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 7 June 1938

Death Location: Papakura, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand

Father: Murdoch McRae

Mother: Ann MacKenzie

Spouse(s): Catherine Russell, Margaret Bird

Children(s): Alice Mcrae, Cathrine McRae, Christina Mcrae, Sarah Mcrae, Caroline Mcrae, Ethel McRae

Joseph Benjamin Mcrae was born in 1849 in Urray, Ross-shire, Scotland, the child of Murdoch Mcrae And Ann Mackenzie. In 1851, Joseph Benjamin Mcrae resided in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. In 1861, Joseph Benjamin Mcrae resided in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Joseph Benjamin Mcrae married Catherine Russell, Margaret Bird, Peti Parekumama, and had children including Alice Edith Edie Mcrae, Caroline Morton Carrie Mcrae, Cathrine Kitty Mary Mcrae, Christina Barbara Tina Mcrae, Ethel Margaret Mcrae, Matiu Whareure Mcrae, Sarah Anne Annie Mcrae. Joseph Benjamin Mcrae passed away in 1938 in Papakura, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Joseph Benjamin Mcrae was born in 1849 in Urray, Ross-shire, Scotland, the child of Murdoch Mcrae And Ann Mackenzie.
  • In 1851, Joseph Benjamin Mcrae resided in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.
  • In 1861, Joseph Benjamin Mcrae resided in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.
  • Joseph Benjamin Mcrae married Catherine Russell, Margaret Bird, Peti Parekumama, and had children including Alice Edith Edie Mcrae, Caroline Morton Carrie Mcrae, Cathrine Kitty Mary Mcrae, Christina Barbara Tina Mcrae, Ethel Margaret Mcrae, Matiu Whareure Mcrae, Sarah Anne Annie Mcrae.
  • Joseph Benjamin Mcrae passed away in 1938 in Papakura, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joseph Mcrae's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Mcrae
1849–1938
Birth Place: Urray, Ross-shire, Scotland
Parents
Murdoch McRae
1807–1872
Urray, Ross-shire, Scotland
Ann MacKenzie
1824–1894
Urquhart, Ross Shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Joseph McRae
1779–1841
Urray Scotland
Christy Macdonald
1791–1868
Parish of Urray, Ross-shire
Great-Grandparents
ANNE Maclennan
1750–
Murdo Mcrae
1750–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Mcrae's Descendants

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Joseph (Benjamin) Mcrae (23 January 1849–7 June 1938) m. Catherine Russell (1872–1940) m. Margaret Bird (15 June 1857–09 July 1900)
  1. 1. Alice (Edith (Edie)) Mcrae 1880–1944 m. Daniel (Frederick) Keane 1879–1954
    1. 1. Alister (Gordon) Keane 1912–1982
    2. 2. Donald (McRae) Keane 1910–1973
    3. 3. Frederick (George) Keane 1917–1970
  2. 2. Cathrine ("Kitty" Mary) McRae 1879–1951 m. Guy (Goldthorpe) Brown 1858–1918 m. Greig (Alfred) Jones 1870–1943
    1. 1. Fay (Edith) Brown 1904–1989
    2. 2. Hugh (Ross) Brown 1912–1985
    3. 3. Linglie (McRae) Brown 1903–1967
    4. 4. William (Percy) Jones 1890–1960
  3. 3. Christina (Barbara (Tina)) Mcrae 1877–1972 m. Frederic (Conrad Patrick) Fiddy 1876–1949
    1. 1. Eileen Robinson 1899–1981
    2. 2. Joseph (Frederic) Fiddy 1908–1994
  4. 4. Sarah (Anne (Annie)) Mcrae 1875–1954 m. Walter (Dodds) Cossar 1866–1907
  5. 5. Caroline (Morton (Carrie)) Mcrae 1882–1968 m. James Purdy 1872–1962
    1. 1. Iris (Nancy Kiro) Purdy 1906–2009
    2. 2. Alexander Purdy 1907–1984
    3. 3. Margaret (Ada) Purdy –1948
  6. 6. Ethel (Margaret) McRae 1878–1940 m. Benjamin (Alfred) Brothers 1872–1954
    1. 1. Minnie (KatherineCathrine) Brothers 1905–1948
    2. 2. Ralph (Herbert) Brothers 1907–1981
    3. 3. Dorothy (Mabel) Brothers 1914–1999

Joseph Mcrae's Timeline

4 Records

1849
23 January 1849
Birth of Joseph Benjamin Mcrae in Urray, Ross-shire, Scotland
Urray, Ross-shire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 2
Joseph Benjamin Mcrae resided here in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 12
Joseph Benjamin Mcrae resided here in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
1938
7 June 1938
Age 89
Death of Joseph Benjamin Mcrae in Papakura, Auckland, Aotearoa
Papakura, Auckland, Aotearoa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 January 1849
    Event Place: Urray, Ross-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Urray; ED: 3; Page: 7; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1851_18; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Urray; ED: 2; Page: 14; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1861_10

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 June 1938
    Event Place: Papakura, Auckland, Aotearoa
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Papakura, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

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