Mary Robertson Spiers McQuade

Female1870–1920

Brief Life History of Mary Robertson Spiers

When Mary Robertson Spiers McQuade was born in 1870, in New Zealand, her father, Richard Crawford McQuade, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Wotherspoon Thorburn, was 29. She married William George Thompson Smith in 1894, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died in 1920, in her hometown, at the age of 50.

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Family Time Line

William George Thompson Smith
1870–1947
Mary Robertson Spiers McQuade
1870–1920
Marriage: 1894
Reginald Trevor Smith
1895–
Trevor Smith

Sources (3)

  • Mary Robinson Spiers McQuade, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
  • Mary Robertson Spiers Smith in entry for Reginald Trevor Smith, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
  • Mary Robertson Spiers McQuade, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1894New Zealand
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (5)

    1887 · New Zealands's First National Park

    Age 17

    Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park established in the world and the first in New Zealand. In the center of the park there lies three active volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). it is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site for all its natural values.

    1893

    Age 23

    New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.

    1907

    Age 37

    The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Murphy, Patrick Joseph.

    Irish: variant of McQuaid .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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