Mary McEWAN

1904 - 1957  (53 years)

• Name	Mary McEWAN
  Birth	1904	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	04 Sep 1928	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Emigration	04 Sep 1928	Steam Ship "Ruahine"   [2]
  Immigration	12 Oct 1928	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [2, 3]
  Death	05 Jul 1957	Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand   [1]
  Burial	Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand   [1]
  Person ID	I22295	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family	David CRAIG,   b. 22 Aug 1901, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 23 May 1989, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1923	Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland   [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. William CRAIG,   b. 11 May 1924, Scotland d. 20 Dec 2012, Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 88 years) + 2. Janet Gillespie CRAIG [Jenny],   b. 02 Feb 1927, Scotland d. 01 Sep 2011, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F7810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1904 - Scotland Marriage - 1923 - Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland Emigration - 04 Sep 1928 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Immigration - 12 Oct 1928 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Death - 05 Jul 1957 - Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Burial - - Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Passenger List - Ruahine 1928

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone - Mary McEWAN, her daughter Janet CRAIG and Richard COCHRANE. In Loving Memory Of Mary, Beloved wife of David Craig, Died 5th July 1957, Aged 53 years, Born in Scotland. Richard F. Cochrane, Died 10th Oct 2000, Aged 72 years, And his dearly loved wife Janet G. Cochrane (nee Craig), Died 1st Sept 2011, Aged 84 years, Loved parents & grandparents. Plot: Block IX 25 and 26

  
  

• Notes

  Voyage to New Zealand. Several members of the Craig Family traveled to New Zealand in 1928 on the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. steam ship "Ruahine". The ship departed Southampton, England on 4 September 1928 with 416 adult passengers, 64 children and one infant. Family members had traveled from Tannochside, Uddington, Scotland to catch the vessel. They had three third class cabins, one for Robert Craig, one for Robert's mother Margaret Craig and his two sisters Kate Craig and Agnes Craig, and the third for Robert's sister-in-law Mary Craig and her two children, William Craig and Janet Craig. Margaret and Mary's husbands, William and David respectively, were already working at Ohai, having gone to New Zealand in 1927. The Passenger List for the voyage indicates the group were discharged from the "Ruahine" at Wellington. The "Ruahine" left England, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, went through the Panama Canal, then crossed the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand. According to newspaper reports the vessel arrived in Wellington on 12 October 1928. Having landed at Wellington, the group either traveled to Lyttleton on the "Wahine" the next day or on the "Ruahine" when it sailed on to Lyttleton on the 17 October. SS "Ruahine" was a UK-built ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1909 in Scotland for the New Zealand Shipping Company, who operated her in scheduled service between Britain and New Zealand. She survived both World wars. The "Ruahine" was 497 ft (151 m) long overall, 60.3 ft (18.4 m) beam and 32.1 ft (9.8 m) depth. Her primary passenger traffic was emigrants from Britain to New Zealand. Her cargo was finished goods to New Zealand and raw foods to Britain. New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. s.s. "Ruahine".

  
  

• Sources

  [S536] Southland District Council Cemetery Search, (Southland District Council, Invercargill). [S1020] UK Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, (Ancestry.com). [S1994] Papers Past - Taranaki Daily News, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. LATE SHIPPING. Wellington, Oct. 12. - Arrived: ... Ruahine (3.15 p.m.) from London; ... - 13 October 1928, Page 12. [S32] Scotland On Line Ltd., ScotlandsPeople, (General Register Office for Scotland), none.