Biography

ROBERT MCKINLAY

Burial register ID: 16476
Surname: MCKINLAY
First name: ROBERT
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 83 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 19-Apr-1944
Date of burial: 21-Apr-1944

Block: 60
Plot: 18
Inscription:

Bio contributor: Ngaere Marquis Holibar nee Brown

Robert McKinlay (1860 – 1944)

Robert McKinlay was born in 1860 in Kilmarnock, Scotland and came to New Zealand with his parents on the ship “Auckland” in 1875. He was then aged 15.

Robert McKinlay was a foreman ironmoulder and an upright man

He took a keen interest in the Volunteer movement and joined the Dunedin Navals in 1877 and became a first class petty officer.

He had a love of bowls and cards and held office at the I.O.O.F, the Dunedin Burns Club and the Dunedin Bowling Club

He married Euphemia McMillan Marquis on 7 November 1879 at Leith St in Dunedin.

They had four daughters and two sons, one of whom was the famous New Zealand Tenor of the 1920’s and 1930’s, W. Ernest McKinlay, who died in Sydney in 1945.

Robert himself died at Leith St, Dunedin on 19 April 1944
Robert McKinlay
Source: Ngaere Marquis Holibar


Robert McKinlay Margaret Lacey & William McKinlay at 189 Leith St
Source: Ngaere Marquis Holibar

There are 3 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
DOWNES BABY 0 Days 28-Jun-1924 03-Jul-1924
MCKINLAY EUPHEMIA MCMILLAN 68 Years 26-Sep-1925 28-Sep-1925
MCKINLAY ROBERT 83 Years 19-Apr-1944 21-Apr-1944