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 Abt 1855 - 1938 (~ 83 years)
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William Cruickshank |
| Born |
Abt 1855 |
McDuff, Banffshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
30 Apr 1938 |
Eketahuna, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand |
| Buried |
03 May 1938 |
Mangaoranga Eketahuna Cemetery, Eketahuna, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand |
| Notes |
- William Cruickshank
?, #478127, b. 1855, d. 1938
Last Edited=20 Feb 2012
William Cruickshank was born in 1855 at McDuff, Banffshire, Scotland.1 William Cruickshank was the child of William Cruickshank. William Cruickshank married Mary Ann Brown, child of James Brown and unknown wife (?), in 1881 at Akaroa, New Zealand. William Cruickshank died in 1938 at Eketahuna, New Zealand.
How William arrived in NZ is still a mystery. However, there is a family tradition that he worked on sailing ships and on his second trip he "jumped ship" and stayed. According to Gary son of Roy he was only 12 when he arrived, hiding in a Barrell until his ship left port. This would be aged about 12. Apparently he had been orphaned at an early age and started working on ships age 8 or 9 He could only speak Gaelic on arrival in NZ
While in Akaroa he worked in a sawmill. The family moving around different areas on Banks Peninsular.
William and Mary spent the latter part of their lives farming near Eketahuna. They are both buried in Eketahuna.
Source http://thepeerage.com/p47813.htm
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I16379 |
Frost Family |
| Last Modified |
3 Nov 2012 |
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Mary Ann Brown, b. Abt 1860, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England , d. 27 Apr 1907 (Age ~ 47 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1878 |
Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | 1. William Cruickshank, b. Abt 1883, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand , d. 14 Dec 1916, France (Age ~ 33 years) |
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| Last Modified |
3 Nov 2012 |
| Family ID |
F15833 |
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