John McGregor

Brief Life History of John

When John McGregor was born on 4 September 1871, in Auckland, New Zealand, his father, James McGregor, was 38 and his mother, Ellenor Elisabeth Bremner, was 31. He married Alice Bell Stephenson on 17 June 1903. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 11 June 1948, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 76, and was buried in Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.

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John McGregor
1871–1948
Alice Bell Stephenson
1879–1954
Marriage: 17 June 1903
Eleanor Gwendolen McGregor
1904–

Sources (3)

  • John Mcgregor in household of James Mcgregor, "Scotland Census, 1881"
  • John McGregor, "Find a Grave Index"
  • John McGregor, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"

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World Events (8)

1880

Originally the Glen Eden area had not been planned for close settlement. Early maps show the area cut up into blocks of 50 to 100 acres...Pre-1880, there were families living scattered in Glen Eden, then known as Waikumete. The Main occupation of the early settlers was farming and nursery work. The clay soils of Waikumete were conducive to the brick making that was done along the Whau creek...In later years Bullock teams were used to haul the logs from the foothills of the Waitakere Ranges.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1893

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

Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Griogair or Mac Greagair ‘son of Griogar’, Gaelic form of the personal name Gregory . Compare Grierson .

History: The Scottish Highland clan McGregor claims descent from the king of Picts and Scots Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín; 810–858 AD ). The origins of the clan are unclear. In the 13th century it was established on lands on the shores of Loch Awe and already in conflict with its neighbors of Clan Campbell. By the 16th century the McGregors had retreated deep into Glen Strae and acquired the nickname ‘Children of the Mist’. In 1603 the clan was abolished by royal edict and many members of the clan changed their surname. A year later, the chief of Clan McGregor and eleven of his followers were hanged in Edinburgh. Despite the proscription, the clan survived and supported the king in the Scottish Civil War (1644–51). The exploits of the Jacobite leader Rob Roy McGregor (1671–1734) were romanticized in a novel by Sir Walter Scott. The proscription was eventually repealed in 1774.

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

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