About Douglas Mary McKain
Lived 1789 – 1873 (aged 83). Douglas Mary McKain was a New Zealand midwife, nurse and businessperson.
Douglas Mary McKain (20 July 1789 – 3 April 1873) was a New Zealand nurse, midwife and businesswoman. She was born Douglas Mary Dunsmore in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 20 July 1789 and died 3 April 1873 in Napier. She arrived in New Zealand as a widow, accompanied by four sons and a daughter, on the ship Olympus, which arrived in Port Nicholson (Wellington) in April 1841.
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Who was Douglas Mary McKain?
Nurse, midwife, businesswoman (1789-1873)
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Douglas Mary McKain was born on 20 July 1789.
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Douglas Mary McKain died on 3 April 1873.
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Douglas Mary McKain was a midwife, nurse and businessperson.
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Douglas Mary McKain was New Zealand.
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