Brief Life History of Herbert William
When Herbert William McGehan was born in 1896, in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, his father, Thomas McGehan, was 27 and his mother, Clara Emily Craddock, was 27. He married Fannie Miller in 1921, in New Zealand. He died in 1960, in New Zealand, at the age of 64.
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1896 · National Council of Women
The National Council of Women of New Zealand was created as an organization after women won the right to vote. Today works to help achieve gender equality in New Zealand and in 2017 introduced Gender Equal NZ, which is fighting for Zealanders to have the freedom and opportunity to determine their own future no matter which gender they are.
1907
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
1914
Outbreak of World War I. New Zealand commits thousands of troops to the British war effort. They suffer heavy casualties in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eacháin or Mag Eocháin, ‘son of Eachán’ a diminutive of Eachaidh, a personal name based on each ‘horse’. Scottish variants tend to spell the internal fricative [x] as ch rather than gh or h as in Ireland (see McEachin ). Also compare Keough and Keohane .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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