Biography

BETSY ANN NICHOL MACILDOWIE

Burial register ID: 7225
Surname: MACILDOWIE
First name: BETSY
Middle names: ANN NICHOL
Gender: Female
Age: 44 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 28-Dec-1894
Date of burial: 30-Dec-1894

Block: 112
Plot: 7A
Inscription:

IN

MEMORY OF

WILLIAM MACILDOWIE,

DIED JAN. 31st 1894.

AGED 43 YEARS.

ALSO HIS WIFE

BETSY A. N. F. MACILDOWIE,

DIED DEC. 29th 1894.

AGED 44 YEARS.

ALSO HIS MOTHER

MARGARET MACILDOWIE,

DIED JULY 2nd 1885.

AGED 74 YEARS.

Bio contributor: David Mowat

Betsy MacIldowie née Whyte (1850-1894)

Betsy (Annie) Whyte was born in 1850 in Glenfarg, Scotland, the daughter of James Whyte and Margaret Hay Whyte (née Laing). Her father was a farmer.

In 1879, Betsy married William MacIldowie in Glasgow and they moved to New Zealand in 1880, settling in Dunedin. She was a member of the Southern Dunedin Presbyterian Church.

Betsy died on 29th December 1894 at St Clair, Dunedin, from breast cancer. By this time she was William’s widow; they had no children. Betsy is buried in the Northern Cemetery with her husband and his mother.

There are 3 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
MACILDOWIE BETSY ANN NICHOL 44 Years 28-Dec-1894 30-Dec-1894
MACILDOWIE MARGARET 74 Years 02-Jul-1885 04-Jul-1885
MACILDOWIE WILLIAM 43 Years 01-Feb-1894 03-Feb-1894