Betty Irene (McLennan) Dickson (1928 - 2011)

Born 16 Apr 1928 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Ian Dickson — married 1949 in New Zealand

Died 22 Feb 2011 at age 82 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Betty McLennan married Ian Dickson in 1949 in New Zealand.

She was a victim of the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake: the mother of three was killed when a brick wall from the first floor of a neighbouring building collapsed on Wicks Fish Supply. She died alongside owner Natasha Hadfield, who was serving her when the quake struck.

She can be seen just prior to her marriage in the 1949 electoral roll with her mother, Lillian Irene McLennan^[1] in St Kilda, Otago.

Her parents had, at least, two other children.^[2] Her father, Peter, died in 1929.^[3] The 1949 roll also shows a Keith Roderick McLennan at the same address, likely another sibling. He died seven years later.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ NZBDM MARRIAGE:1917/3316 Lilian Irene Lawson Reki Roderick McLennan
2. ↑ NZBDM BIRTH:1922/8310 McLennan Joan Ellen Betsy /Lilian Irene /Peter Roderick

   NZBDM BIRTH:1917/29637 McLennan Ian Lawson / Lilian Irene /Peter Roderick

3. ↑ NZBDM DEATH:1929/11730 McLennan Peter Roderick 47Y
4. ↑ NZBDM DEATH:1956/25244 McLennan Keith Roderick 30Y

• Official Victims List
• New Zealand Society of Genealogists Marriages Records. Ian Dickson to Betty Irene McLennan, 1949, Folio 14700.
• NZBDM records:
  • Death: 2011/6559 Dickson Betty Irene 16 April 1928