Descendants of Duncan Macarthur

Generation No. 1

1.  DUNCAN¹ MACARTHUR  He married JESSIE MCLEAN June 23, 1836 in Edinburgh, daughter of DUNCAN MCLEAN. 

Children of DUNCAN MACARTHUR and JESSIE MCLEAN are:

                   i.    MARIANNE LOCHWOOD DYER² MACARTHUR, b. May 09, 1838, Edinburgh, Scotland; d. July 25, 1924, Streatham, England.

2.               ii.    DOUGLAS HASTINGS MACARTHUR, b. July 25, 1839, Edinburgh; d. May 24, 1892, Feilding, NZ.

                 iii.    ELIZABETH MACARTHUR, b. April 13, 1841, Edinburgh; d. 1898, Feilding, NZ.

3.              iv.    JESSIE MARIA MACARTHUR, b. October 01, 1843, Edinburgh, Scotland; d. September 14, 1918, Invercargill.

Generation No. 2

2.  DOUGLAS HASTINGS² MACARTHUR (DUNCAN¹) was born July 25, 1839 in Edinburgh, and died May 24, 1892 in Feilding, NZ.  He married MARY LILIAS LOUISE HANNAY 1875, daughter of JAMES HANNAY and LOUISE MCEWEN.  She was born Abt. 1857 in Toronto, Canada, and died 1930 in Tauranga.

Children of DOUGLAS MACARTHUR and MARY HANNAY are:

4.                i.    ALICE ETHEL³ MACARTHUR, b. September 13, 1876, Feilding, NZ; d. September 23, 1918, Feilding, NZ.

5.               ii.    LILY LOUISE MACARTHUR, b. 1879, Feilding, NZ; d. 1964, Tauranga.

6.              iii.    IDA MAUD MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1880; d. 1967, Somerset, England.

3.  JESSIE MARIA² MACARTHUR (DUNCAN¹) was born October 01, 1843 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died September 14, 1918 in Invercargill.  She married ROBERT HELTON JOHNSON June 11, 1874 in Blenheim.  He was born Abt. 1830 in Ipswich, England, and died February 07, 1912 in Invercargill.

Children of JESSIE MACARTHUR and ROBERT JOHNSON are:

                   i.    FRANCES CATHERINE³ JOHNSON, b. 1875, Blenheim, NZ; d. 1925; m. VALENTINE DOSDE PRESTON-THOMAS, April 14, 1909, St John's Church, Feilding; b. 1883, Surrey, England.

                  ii.    KATHLEEN AMELIA JOHNSON, b. 1877, Blenheim, NZ; m. BRUCE DOUGLAS LUXMOORE, June 12, 1913, St John's Church, Feilding; b. 1876, Teddington, England; d. 1957, Kio Kio, Otorohanga.

                 iii.    EMMA JANE JOHNSON, b. October 05, 1878, Blenheim, NZ; m. LINDSAY WALTER CALDWELL, September 07, 1909, St John's Church, Feilding; b. Nelson; d. August 16, 1945, Manakau.

                 iv.    ETHEL JOHNSON, b. 1880; d. Abt. 1955, Wellington, NZ.

7.               v.    ROBERT MACLEAN JOHNSON, b. 1882, Dunedin; d. November 30, 1962, Invercargill.

Generation No. 3

4.  ALICE ETHEL³ MACARTHUR (DOUGLAS HASTINGS², DUNCAN¹) was born September 13, 1876 in Feilding, NZ¹, and died September 23, 1918 in Feilding, NZ.  She married FREDERIC PICKERING MYERS November 19, 1902 in St John's Church, Feilding, son of ARTHUR MYERS and EDITH PICKERING.  He was born September 03, 1874 in Ruskington, Lincs, and died May 11, 1955 in Feilding, NZ.

Children of ALICE MACARTHUR and FREDERIC MYERS are:

                   i.    NORMAN MACARTHUR⁴ MYERS, b. January 20, 1904, Feilding, NZ; d. September 17, 1904, Feilding, NZ.

                  ii.    ALICE AUDREY MYERS, b. July 12, 1905, Feilding, NZ; d. December 07, 1994, Auckland; m. RICHARD GEORGE HARLAND; b. August 07, 1893, Wairarapa; d. April 09, 1970, Auckland.

                 iii.    ARTHUR (CHAPPIE) MYERS, b. May 17, 1907, Feilding, NZ; d. November 28, 1961, Palmerston North; m. MOIRA GUTHRIE, October 07, 1931; d. September 12, 1969.

                 iv.    MARGARET CECIL MYERS, b. July 27, 1913, Feilding, NZ; d. December 09, 1997, Feilding, NZ; m. ARTHUR HAROLD MONTAGU MAURICE, September 13, 1932, St John's Church, Feilding; b. July 05, 1909, Wales; d. 1996, Feilding, NZ.

5.  LILY LOUISE³ MACARTHUR (DOUGLAS HASTINGS², DUNCAN¹) was born 1879 in Feilding, NZ, and died 1964 in Tauranga.  She married JOHN CUTHBERT HALCOMBE August 01, 1900 in Urenui, Taranaki, NZ, son of CHRISTOPHER HALCOMBE and MARY BAMFIELD.  He was born November 24, 1865 in Aorere, Collingwood, Nelson, and died April 03, 1922 in Tauranga.

Children of LILY MACARTHUR and JOHN HALCOMBE are:

                   i.    DOUGLAS FOLLETT⁴ HALCOMBE, b. 1901.

                  ii.    JOHN BAMFIELD HALCOMBE, b. 1902.

                 iii.    MARGARET CARNE HALCOMBE, b. 1903.

                 iv.    WINIFRED ITHYLL HALCOMBE, b. 1905.

                  v.    MARY MONTGOMERY HALCOMBE, b. 1910.

                 vi.    NANCY SEYMOUR HALCOMBE, b. 1912.

6.  IDA MAUD³ MACARTHUR (DOUGLAS HASTINGS², DUNCAN¹) was born Abt. 1880, and died 1967 in Somerset, England².  She married HERBERT E DILLON MORSHEAD 1901 in St John's Church, Feilding.  He was born 1874, and died May 09, 1915 in Gallipoli.

Children of IDA MACARTHUR and HERBERT MORSHEAD are:

                   i.    BEATRICE WARWICK⁴ MORSHEAD, b. 1904.

                  ii.    EDWARD DILLON VERNON MORSHEAD, b. 1907.

                 iii.    GODFREY ORLEY MORSHEAD.

7.  ROBERT MACLEAN³ JOHNSON (JESSIE MARIA² MACARTHUR, DUNCAN¹) was born 1882 in Dunedin, and died November 30, 1962 in Invercargill.  He married ISABEL JESSIE TAYLOR Abt. 1914 in Invercargill. 

The Myers Family History -Descendants of Duncan Macarthur

Cathy Clarke, Whangarei, New Zealand.
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Last updated 11 June 2005

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