Biography

IVY MARETTA MCDOUGALL

Burial register ID: 15843
Surname: MCDOUGALL
First name: IVY
Middle names: MARETTA
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 15-Jul-1937
Date of burial: 18-Jul-1937

Block: 142A
Plot: 23
Inscription:

In loving memory of

IVY M. [NINIE]

Beloved wife of

ROBERT A. MCDOUGALL

Died 15th June 1937

Aged 30 years.

Also EDNA and OLIVE SMITH

Sisters of above

Died 1910.

Sadly missed.

Bio contributor: Jennifer Mary Dowdall nee McDougall

Ivy Maretta McDougall (née Smith) 1907-1937

When she was young Ivy, who was known as "Ninie", suffered from rheumatic fever. In consequence her heart was weakened, and this caused her early death at the age of thirty. At the time of her death, she was living in Wellington with her husband Robert A. McDougall and their three-year-old daughter Jennifer Mary. Robert McDougall worked for the railways in the District Engineer’s office; he married again after the Second World War. After her mother’s death, Jennifer Mary was brought to Dunedin to be raised by her grandparents, aunts and uncles. Her married name was Dowdall.

In the same plot are buried two baby sisters of Ivy who died when she was about three. Edna, a newborn baby, died in January 1910 and was buried on 24 January. Olive, also a newborn baby, died in December 1910 and was buried on 19 December.

— Other burials recorded at the same site:
Edna SMITH d. 1910,
and Olive SMITH d. 1910.
Ninie with her daughter Jennifer
Source: Jennifer Mary Dowdall nee McDougall

There are 3 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
MCDOUGALL IVY MARETTA Unknown 15-Jul-1937 18-Jul-1937
SMITH EDNA M Unknown 24-Jan-1910 26-Jan-1910
SMITH OLIVE 0 Days 19-Dec-1910 21-Dec-1910