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I am trying to find how Malcom came to New Zealand I cannot find him on any shipping lists (but I'm fairly new to this so might not be looking in the right places for shipping lists) I have worked out from his death certificate that he came over about 1866 and his parents were John and Margaret McDonald. He had a sister Margaret married name Stewart who at some time lived at Maryhill Road Glasgow. (I got this info from Malcolms will.) I dont know if any of his family came over with him or if he came alone.

Hiya,
There are a few Mr MCINNES with litle more info than a date of arrival..
NZ is much like Australia in that the specific arrival ports have their own indexes,,,,so knowing where he arrived would help.

There is this but arrival date is out
name: Malcolm Mcinnes
event: Passenger
event date: 20 Oct 1876
event place: New Zealand
gender: Male
age: 27
marital status: Single
origin: Rossshire
occupation: Shepherd
estimated birth year: 1849
ship : Timaru
departure port: Glasgow
departure date: 26 Jul 1876
arrival port: Otago

Kellie

Hiya,
Was your Malcolm a contractor from Wangarei in the early 1870's?

Kellie

Hiya,
Could this be him?
McINNES. MALCOLM, General Farmer,
Hukanui Road, Kirikiriroa .

If so I have a bit more info and a picture.

Also this may be connected to the man above
McINNES, JOHN, Farmer, "Poranc,
arau," Clarence Bridge, Kaikoura,
((as this John was a son of a Malcolm McINNES))

Kellie

Hi Sad Mushroom
I dont think that is the right Malcolm coming over on the Timaru as the dates are way out.
Re the John who was a farmer in Kaikoura this fits in with my Malcolm. The John who was my Malcolms son was born 1878 died 1918 was married to Annie Hunt.

Diane

Forgot to ask Sad Mushroom what year do you have Malcolm in Kirikiriroa? My Malcolm did spend some time in the Waikato in fact I believe he remarried in that area. I have him there about 1912/1914. He did return to North Canterbury not sure how long he spent in the Waikato.

Hi Kellie
No my Malcolm wasnt in Wangarei in the early 1870s

Hi Diane,
I cannot see a marriage for a John McINNES to an Annie HUNT..

The John mentioned in my last post married an Annie HAMILTON in 1904..

Kellie

Hi Kellie

I dont know what I was thinking (blonde moment!) John married Annie Hamilton not Hunt as I said previously another of the family married an Annie Hunt which is were I got the name wrong. On Johns death certificate is has him being married at about 30 and Annie was 43 at the time of his death.

Hi,
Will PM a thing from the Cyclopedia of New Zealand.....

Kellie

Hi Kellie

Thank you for that.

Kind Regards
Diane

Surname: MCINNESS
First Names: Malcolm
Cemetery Name: Balcairn
Plot No: BA1396
Cause of Death:
Death Date: 17/08/1926
Occupation: RETIRED FARMER
Age: 79
Interment Date: 19/08/1926
Warrant No: 683
Hour at Cemetery:
Interment Type: Grave
Nationality: Isle of Sky Scotland
Depth: 6
Funeral Director: Shaw & Son
Clergyman: REV LAMMONT

There were a lot of McInnes 's living in Kaikoura around 1915...

Incidentally I see John died 10 November 1918.. aged 39 .. wondered if he was a flu epidemic victim though he is not listed as such.

Hi Persie

John was possibly a flu epidemic victim according to his death certificate the cause of death was influenza pneumonia which he had for 4 days. Sad to think that today he would probably have survived this illness.

Cheers
Diane

Have offered to help Diane with her family.. should be able to find out a bit more.

Persie

Cool,
I sent Diane 2 mentions from NZ Cyclopdiea and 2 pictures..

I could NOT though find anything 'matching' on Scotland census etc which I think we really need to confirm/deny a few details.

Kellie

Diane lives in NZ and have given her links to the NZ Cylopaedias and told her she can also purchase the discs and from where. She has an excellent archive place near her as well... it's just a case of knowing where to find things and get started.

We'll get through it okay, thanks Kellie..


Persie

Kellie and Persie

You guys are amazing

Kellie the photo of John is Malcolms son but the Malcolm is not our Malcolm as ours settled in North Canterbury although he did spend some time in Hamilton later on where he remarried after divorcing his first wife Elizabeth (and therein lies a facinating story)

Diane

Hi Diane,
Good Luck with it all.
Also I just noticed there are WWI rolls for what seem to be sons of Malcolm.

Kellie

Yes.. I see that Kellie..

There are three ways of searching the military here. One of them often has photos and I see a photo of a Malcolm son of Malcolm.

P xx