John William MCDOUGALL (1849 – 1933)

Name

John William McDougall

Gender

Male

Birthdate

22 May 1849

Birthplace

Northamptonshire, England

Marriage(s)

17 April 1887
London, England

Date of death

08 October 1933

Place of death

Napier

Parents

  • John William George McDougall (1821-1886)
  • Mary McDougall, nee Haywood (born 1820)

Partner(s)

  • Catherine McDougall, nee Downey (1852-1927)

Children

  • John William Frank McDougall (1871-1922)
  • Edward George McDougall (1878-1953)
  • Heyward Henry McDougall (1880-1962)
  • Frederick James McDougall (1882-1968)
  • Arthur Andrew McDougall (1884-1952)
  • Charles Cornelius McDougall (1887-1920)

Biography

Arrived in Canterbury, New Zealand, 1874
Came to Napier, 1877
Editor of the Waipawa Mail, 1880-1882
Chief reporter at Hawke’s Bay Herald, 1882-1893
Editor of the Daily Telegraph, Napier, 1893-1927
Chairman of Napier South Town Board
Grand Master of Scinde Lodge
Grand Master of Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay
His son Hayward was sub-editor at the Daily Telegraph

Accession number

724515

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