Biography

Catherine was born in Scotland in 1841 and travelled from Nova Scotia on the wooden sailing ship ‘Ellen Lewis’ with her parents to New Zealand in 1859. Peter Migan (Catherine’s future husband) had sailed from Ireland via England to Sydney on a convict transport ship with the British Army’s 58th regiment (Rutlandshire) and was later sent to New Zealand to fight in the ‘Maori Land wars’. After his discharge from the army Peter decided to stay in New Zealand. He married Catherine Fraser and they farmed land on Waiheke island which is in the Hauraki Gulf, east of Auckland. They produced 13 children. 5 of Catherine’s sons enlisted to fight with the New Zealand army in the first world war and one did not return. When Peter died in 1886, Catherine moved to Auckland, surviving him by 30 years. She died of 'general senile decay' according to her death certificate. The same certificate incorrectly cites her mother's maiden name as "Kent" (rather than ‘Kempt’). Her father John Fraser' was a 'schoolmaster' on Waiheke island. Catherine Migan’s eldest son, Alexander, is my maternal great grandfather.
Catherine, her father John, her husband Peter and daughter Kate are all interred at the Pioneer Cemetery, Te Matuku Bay, Waiheke Island.
Facts
  • 1841 - Birth - ; Scotland
  • 19 DEC 1916 - Burial - ; Waiheke Island, New Zealand
  • 17 DEC 1916 - Death - ; Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1859 - Marriage -
  • 1914 - Residence - ; 'Viola', Selbourne St, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1905-1906 - Residence - ; Graham St, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1914 - Residence - ; 'Viola', Selbourne St, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1905-1906 - Residence - ; Graham St, Auckland, New Zealand
Ancestors
   
 
 
John FRASER
1 NOV 1810 - 20 AUG 1891
  
  
  
 
Catherine FRASER
1841 - 17 DEC 1916
  
 
  
 
 
Mary KEMPT
1832 - 21 AUG 1899
  
  
  
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) John FRASER
Birth1 NOV 1810East Branch East River Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death20 AUG 1891
Marriage26 APR 1857to Mary KEMPT
FatherDonald FRASER
MotherJessie (?Janet) McKAY
PARENT (F) Mary KEMPT
Birth1832
Death21 AUG 1899 Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Marriage26 APR 1857to John FRASER
FatherDuncan KEMPT
MotherMary MORRISON
CHILDREN
FCatherine FRASER
Birth1841Scotland
Death17 DEC 1916Auckland, New Zealand
Marriage16 FEB 1859to Peter MIGAN
FMargaret FRASER
BirthNova Scotia, Canada
Death
FLexie FRASER
BirthNova Scotia, Canada
Death
FJessie FRASER
BirthABT 1850Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
FMary FRASER
BirthNova Scotia, Canada
Death
FLena FRASER
BirthNova Scotia, Canada
Death
FBetsey FRASER
BirthNova Scotia, Canada
Death1919
MChild? FRASER
BirthNova Scotia, Canada
Death
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Peter MIGAN
Birth1819Wexford, Ireland
Death8 SEP 1886 Auckland, New Zealand
Marriage16 FEB 1859to Catherine FRASER
FatherMichael MIGAN
Mother?
PARENT (F) Catherine FRASER
Birth1841Scotland
Death17 DEC 1916 Auckland, New Zealand
Marriage16 FEB 1859to Peter MIGAN
FatherJohn FRASER
MotherMary KEMPT
CHILDREN
MAlexander George MIGAN
Birth1 OCT 1873Waiheke, New Zealand
Death16 JUL 1954
Marriage1908to Olive Grace QUENNELL at Victoria
FKathleen (Kate) MIGAN
Birth1867
Death31 AUG 1931
Marriage2 AUG 1894to Thomas BOWDEN at Waiheke, New Zealand
MJack MIGAN
Birth
Death
MGeorge MIGAN
Birth1884
Death24 DEC 1963
MJames MIGAN
Birth21 AUG 1883Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Death4 MAY 1960
Marriage1920to Jeanie Ashbury ANSELL at New Zealand. Reg No. 1920/4189
MWilliam Henry MIGAN
Birth1879
Death1962
Marriage1930to Ellen JACKSON at New Zealand. Reg No. 1930/8016
MRichard Arthur MIGAN
Birth7 MAR 1878Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Death1 MAY 1939
MAlfred MIGAN
Birth
Death
MJohn MIGAN
Birth
Death
FMary Isabel MIGAN
Birth
Death
FMargaret MIGAN
Birth
Death
Marriageto William TANNER
FJessie Elizabeth Isabella MIGAN
Birth12 OCT 1875Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Death
Marriage1896to Frederick Robert EDMONDS at New Zealand
FAlexandrina Lillian MIGAN
Birth1893
Death
Marriageto Ernest Arthur CHILD
Descendancy Chart
Catherine FRASER b: 1841 d: 17 DEC 1916
Peter MIGAN b: 1819 d: 8 SEP 1886
Alexander George MIGAN b: 1 OCT 1873 d: 16 JUL 1954
Olive Grace QUENNELL b: 20 MAR 1883 d: 28 SEP 1955
Alexander Bruce MIGAN b: 29 OCT 1909 d: 13 APR 1997
Doreen Isobel SMITH b: 7 AUG 1915 d: FEB 2011
Thelma Mary MIGAN b: 30 MAY 1912 d: 4 JUL 1988
Gordon Fleming JUDD b: 31 MAR 1908 d: 27 JUL 1995
Kathleen (Kate) MIGAN b: 1867 d: 31 AUG 1931
George MIGAN b: 1884 d: 24 DEC 1963
James MIGAN b: 21 AUG 1883 d: 4 MAY 1960
Jeanie Ashbury ANSELL b: 1893 d: 1948
William Henry MIGAN b: 1879 d: 1962
Richard Arthur MIGAN b: 7 MAR 1878 d: 1 MAY 1939

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