Margaret Jean (McMaster) McKillop (1867 - 1946)

Born 21 Jan 1867 in Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Ewen McKillop — married 24 Dec 1891 in Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia

Died 25 May 1946 at age 79 in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1867. ^[1] She was the daughter of Robert McMaster and Lucy Mary Ann Smith.

She married Robert Ewen McKillop in 1891. ^[2]

She passed away in 1946 ^[3] and is buried in Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. ^[4]

Death Article ^[5]
Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954) Tue 28 May 1946 Page 4
FATALLY INJURED
Mrs. R. E. McKillop
Hit-Run Driver's Victim
Mrs. Robert Ewan McKillop, of Chester Hill, Sydney, and former resident of Glen Innes, was fatally injured at Sefton, near Bankstown, on Friday night when struck by a vehicle which did not stop after the accident.
Mrs. McKillop suffered a fractured skull and lacerations to the right leg and died in Auburn Hospital at 4.30 on Saturday morning.
When Mrs. McKillop was struck she was with her husband, Mr. Robert Ewan McKillop (85).
He was walking a few paces behind her and escaped being knocked down. Mr. McKillop told the police that he and his wife were crossing the road when he noticed the headlights of an approaching vehicle.
I flashed my torch to warn the driver, but the next thing my wife was flying through the air," he added.
SKID MARKS ON ROAD
Mr. and Mrs. McKillop had been married 60 years.
It was the custom of the old couple to take a nightly stroll, and at 7 p.m. they were turning into Hector Street from Proctor Parade when a fast-travelling motor vehicle hit Mrs. McKillop.
There were skid marks at the scene of he accident.
Mrs. McKillop was thrown to the side of the road and was removed to hospital by Canterbury-Bankstown Ambulance.
Mrs. McKillop was 80 years of age.
GLEN INNES SYMPATHY
News of the tragic death of Mrs. McKillop will be received with deep regret in Glen Innes and district. She and her husband were very old and highly respected residents of this district, and it was here that their family of three sons and three daughters was born and reared.
For many years they had the grazing property, "Dunrobin," at Bald Nob, later making their home in Glen Innes, before going to Sydney to live.
A worthy member of the fastdwindling bond of Australian pioneer women, Mrs. McKillop was known and esteemed for her sterling worth and great kindness of heart.
Deep sympathy will be felt for her husband in his loss of his partner for the past 60 years.
Three daughters — Lucy (Mrs. H. Jackson), Rose, and Margaret (Mrs. J, Coady), and one son Mr. Evan McKillop, of Armidale, survive. There are eight grand-children and one great grand-child.
One son, Donald, was killed in the 1914-18 war, and another son Archie, was killed in a fall from a horse at Broadmeadows.
Mr. Bruce McKillop, of the Staff of Fayle's Pharmacy, Glen Innes, is a grandson. A brother is Mr. Allan Mc-Master, of the North Coast and formerly of Shannon Vale.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth
   QLD Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
   Event Date: 21/01/1867
   Event Type: Birth
   Registration No: 1867/C/1794
   Name: MARGARET JEAN MCMASTER
   Father: ROBERT MCMASTER
   Mother: LUCY MARY ANN SMITH
2. ↑ Marriage
   NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?0
   Marriage Registration No: 4000/1891
   Groom: ROBERT E MCKILLOP
   Bride: MARGARET J MCMASTER
   District: GLEN INNES
3. ↑ Death
   NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?0
   Death Registration No: 15411/1946
   Name: MARGARET JEAN MCKILLOP
   Father: ROBERT
   Mother: LUCY
   District: AUBURN
4. ↑ Burial Location
   Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145776115/margaret_jean-mckillop: accessed February 28, 2024), memorial page for Margaret Jean McMaster McKillop (21 Jan 1867–25 May 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 145776115, citing Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Shane (contributor 49832326).
5. ↑ Death Article
   Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954) Tue 28 May 1946 Page 4
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184650975