Margaret Alexandrina (McPherson) Goodley (1896 - 1960)

Born 1896 in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Crawford Clarke Goodley — married 1941 in New Zealand

Died 7 Oct 1960 at about age 64 in Chertsey, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Margaret (Meg) McPherson was born in 1896 in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland. ^[1] She was the daughter of Alexander McPherson and Agnes McPherson née Davidson. Her father was born in Scotland and was a gamekeeper; her mother was born in Ireland but of Scottish descent.

She arrived with her family in New Zealand in 1911.

She married Crawford Goodley in 1941. ^[2]

They did not have children.

Meg was the first woman to walk through the Homer Tunnel near Milford in Fiordland.

Meg died on 7 October 1960 in a car accident along with her sister Euphemia Bowkett. ^[3] Meg is buried in Geraldine cemetery. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBFY-YZ3 : 10 March 2018), BIRTHS entry for Margaret Alexandrina M'Pherson; citing Ballinrobe, Apr - Jun 1896, vol. 4, p. 3?, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,066.
2. ↑ NZ BDM 1941/7140
3. ↑ TWO WOMEN KILLED. Car Hits Tree At Chertsey Two women were killed instantly when the car in which they were travelling left the Main South road and struck a tree in a plantation, about one mile north of the Chertsey railway crossing at 10.30 a.m. yesterday. They were: Mrs Margaret Alexandrine Goodley, aged about 60, of Gresham street. Geraldine, and her sister: Mrs Enphemla Davidson Bowkett, also of Gresham street, Geraldine. The car, which was driven by Mrs Goodley, was travelling north. The accident occurred when Mrs Goodley attempted to pass a Road Service bus. The right side wheels of the car skidded in the shingle verge of the road and the car apparently went out of control. It broadsided and skidded for about three chains before crashing into the plantation, where it struck the tree. The women are believed to have been killed instantly, and the late model light car was described as a “complete write-off.” Constable R. J. Miller and a doctor from Rakaia arrived on the scene soon after the accident but the two women were dead. Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29330, 8 October 1960, Page 12
4. ↑ Margaret Alexandrina Goodley BIRTH unknown DEATH 1960 BURIAL Geraldine Cemetery Geraldine, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand Find A Grave: Memorial #166452658

• census records Ireland 1906
• Document written by Marion Barnes (nee Bowkett), Wanganui, June 2009.

• "Ireland Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPBP-3VH8 : 30 January 2019), Margaret McPherson in household of Alexander McPherson, Crossmolina, Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland; citing Census, Crossmolina, Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, 0000373854, Public Record Office of Ireland, Belfast.

• Creag Dhubh, No 8, Southland Number, 1956, pp.17-18.