Biography

WILLIAM MACILDOWIE

Burial register ID: 6988
Surname: MACILDOWIE
First name: WILLIAM
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 43 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 01-Feb-1894
Date of burial: 03-Feb-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

William MacIldowie (1851-1894)

William MacIldowie was born on 2nd March 1851 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Daniel MacIldowie and Margaret McEwen.

William married Betsy Ann Nichol Fergusson Whyte in 1879 in Glasgow, Scotland.

In 1880, William and Betsy moved to New Zealand, settling in Dunedin. William worked as a claims clerk with the Union Steamship Company. He invested heavily in shares in a company planning to develop a mine at Nenthorn, near Middlemarch, Central Otago. He became severely depressed when the venture failed and he lost all of his money together with some of Betsy’s. While in this depressed state he took his own life at Dunedin. William died on 1st February 1894 leaving his wife a widow; they had no children. William is buried in the Northern Cemetery with his wife Betsy and his mother Margaret.
William MacIldowie
Source: David Mowat

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