Mary Creagh Napier
22 February 1910–1994 (Age 83)
New Zealand
The Life of Mary Creagh
When Mary Creagh Napier was born on 22 February 1910, in New Zealand, her father, Charles Edward Napier, was 39 and her mother, Kathleen Louisa Creagh, was 29. She married John Patrick Middleditch in 1934, in New Zealand. She died in 1994, in her hometown, at the age of 84.
Photos & Memories (0)
Do you know this person? Do you have a story about her you would like to share? Sign in or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
John Patrick Middleditch
1906–1987
Mary Creagh Napier
1910–1994
Marriage: 1934
Spouse and Children
1906–1987Male
1910–1994Female
MARRIAGE
1934
New Zealand
1934
New Zealand
Parents and Siblings
Charles Edward Napier
1871–1940Male
Kathleen Louisa Creagh
1881–1940Female
siblings
(2)
Terence Creagh Napier
1907–1909Male
1910–1994Female
World Events (8)
1914
Age 4
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.
1923 · New Zealand's Claim to Antartica
Age 13
The Ross Dependency is a New Zealand dependency located on the Antarctician Continent. It is the only settlement on the Antartica that is claimed by a sovereign nation. New Zealand still owns claim even after the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by 11 other nations.
1939
Age 29
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
Name Meaning
1 Scottish: occupational name for a producer or seller of table linen or for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier, an agent derivative of Old French nappe ‘table cloth’ (Latin mappa). Compare Napper .2 Shortened form of Polish Napierala or a similar name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (0)
Find more of your family story
Find more of your family story
As a non-profit, we offer free help to anyone looking to learn the details of their family story.
