Edward James McGregor (1866 - 1940)

Born 1866 in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Euphemia (McCallum) McGregor — married 20 Jul 1892 in Upper Coldstream, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 1940 at about age 74 in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Edward James McGregor was born in 1866 in Ulmarra, New South Wales ^[1] He was the son of Dugald McGregor and Jane Childs. At the time of his birth his mother Jane was 26, and his father Dugald was 33.

He married Euphemia McCallum on 20 July 1892 when he was 26 years old and Euphimia was 23 years old.

MARRIAGE. McGREGOR—McCALLUM.—On the 20th July, at the residence of the bride's parents, P.O. Upper Cold-stream, by the Rev. A. McClinchie, EDWARD JAMES, the youngest son of Mr. Dugald McGregor, to EUPHEMIA, second eldest daughter of Mr. James McCallum.

^[2]

Children

1. Edward R (Roy) ^[3]
2. Cecil J ^[3]
3. Dugald S (Stuart) ^[3]

He passed away in 1940. ^[4]

MR. EDWARD JAMES McGREGOR OF ULMARRA.
ULMARRA, Friday.
The death occurred after a long illness of Mr. Edward James MGregor, of Ulmarra, at the Grafton District Hospital, on Thursday night, at the age of 74 years.
Deceased was born on the Coldstream in 1866. He was the son of Dougal McGregor, who came to the Clarence River from the Lower Hunter with the very early agricultural settlers. In the year 1892 he married Miss Euphemia McCallum, daughter of the late James McCallum, and with the exception of nine years spent at Ryde, deceased lived all his life on the Clarence River. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church for over 40 years, also a Justice of the Peace, and he took a very active part in public affairs. He was largely instrumental in having the Briner bridge built over the Coldstream River and later in having the rural electrical line extended to the Coldstream.
Deceased is survived by his widow and three sons, Roy and Cecil, of Sydney, and Stuart, of the Coldstream, and 10 grandchildren.
The funeral left the Presbyterian Church at 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon, for the Ulmarra cemetery, where Rev. A. Campbell Begbie conducted a most impressive service, during which he delivered a eulogistic address, saying that the deceased had shown most outstanding fortitude in the later stages of his severe illness, the last three months of which were spent in the Grafton District Hospital.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Certificate
   New South Wales BDM Registration: 8805/1866
   MCGREGOR EDWARD J
   Father: DUGALD
   Mother: JANE A
   District: GRAFTON
2. ↑ Marriage Certificate
   New South Wales BDM Registration: 7311/1892
   Groom: MCGREGOR EDWARD J
   Bride: MCCALLUM EUPHEMIA
   District: ULMARRA
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Obituary 11 May 1940 Daily Examiner Page 4
4. ↑ Death Certificate
   New South Wales BDM Registration: 12539/1940
   MCGREGOR EDWARD JAMES
   Father: DONALD
   Mother: JANE
   District: GRAFTON

• Trove Marriage Announcement - Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915), Saturday 6 August 1892, page 4: [1]