James Buchanan MCKAIN (1823 – 1873)
Name
James Buchanan McKainGender
MaleBirthdate
1823Date of death
1873Place of death
Petane, NapierPartner(s)
Children
- Sarah Ann McKain (born 1850)
- Selina McKain (born 1852)
- Robina Agnes McKain (born 1854)
- James Frederick McKain (born 1859)
- William Alfred McKain (born 1861)
- Alice Elizabeth McKain (born 1863)
- Ruth Eliza Foster (born 1865)
- Flora Douglas Bodges (born 1867)
- Grace Lavinia Easterbrook (1869-1944)
Biography
Arrived in Napier with William and Robina Villers from Wellington in the schooner “Salopian” in December 1850
Lived at The Spit, where he and his wife ran the first accommodation house and licensed premises in Napier, and operated a postal service
Sarah possibly married to Albert Luxford 1870
Selena/Selina possibly married to John William Leahy 1879
Ruth married to William Walker Foster 1892
Flora married to Frederick William Bodges 1890
Grace married to George Easterbrook 1892
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