[Index]
Elizabeth MCGOWAN (1812 - 1899)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Archibald A MCKEAHNIE (1836 - 1930)
Ann MCKEAHNIE (1837 - 1840)
Alexander Anderson MCKEAHNIE (1840 - 1916)
Jane MCKEAHNIE (1842 - 1930)
Elizabeth Julia MCKEAHNIE (1844 - 1919)
George Henry MCKEAHNIE (1848 - 1931)
Charles Henry MCKEAHNIE (1851 - 1923)
Elizabeth MCGOWAN (1812 - 1899)

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Charles James MCKEAHNIE (1809 - 1903)
George MCGOWAN











Anne STEWART











Elizabeth MCGOWAN Charles James MCKEAHNIE

Elizabeth MCGOWAN Elizabeth MCGOWAN
Elizabeth MCGOWAN Charles James MCKEAHNIE Elizabeth MCGOWAN Elizabeth MCGOWAN
b. 1812 at Isle of Bute, Renfrew, Scotland
m. 26 Feb 1835 Charles James MCKEAHNIE (1809 - 1903) at Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland
d. 05 Dec 1899 at Tharwa, ACT, Australia aged 87
Near Relatives of Elizabeth MCGOWAN (1812 - 1899)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Archibald MCKEAHNIE
Mother in Law Jane WALKER

Father George MCGOWAN
Mother Anne STEWART

Self Elizabeth MCGOWAN 1812 Isle of Bute, Renfrew, Scotland 05 Dec 1899 Tharwa, ACT, Australia 87

Husband Charles James MCKEAHNIE 04 Oct 1809 Dunskeg, Argyll, Scotland 27 Apr 1903 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 93

Son Archibald A MCKEAHNIE 1836 Ayrshire, Scotland 10 Mar 1930 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 94
Daughter Ann MCKEAHNIE 1837 Scotland 1840 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 3
Son Alexander Anderson MCKEAHNIE 1840 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29 Jan 1916 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 76
Daughter Jane MCKEAHNIE 12 Apr 1842 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 28 Oct 1930 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 88
Daughter Elizabeth Julia MCKEAHNIE 1844 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 02 Nov 1919 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 75
Son George Henry MCKEAHNIE 17 Aug 1848 Gudgenby, New South Wales, Australia 29 Nov 1931 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 83
Son Charles Henry MCKEAHNIE 1851 Gudgenby, New South Wales, Australia 25 Feb 1923 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 72

Daughter in Law Mary MCMILLAN 1838 Argyll, Scotland 23 Dec 1913 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 75
Daughter in Law Mary COCHRANE abt 1839 03 Nov 1911 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 72
Son in Law Archibald PEDEN abt 1844 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 04 Jul 1917 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 73
Daughter in Law Isabella WEST 15 Oct 1854 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 07 Jun 1924 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 69
Daughter in Law Sarah Jane WEST 1852 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16 Feb 1927 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 75

Grandson Charles MCKEAHNIE 1865 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1907 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 42
Granddaughter Elizabeth MCKEAHNIE 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 31 Aug 1906 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 39
Granddaughter Mary MCKEAHNIE 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Jane Walker MCKEAHNIE 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 05 Jan 1966 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia 89
Granddaughter Janet E MCKEAHNIE 1861 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Jane C MCKEAHNIE 1863 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Mary F MCKEAHNIE 1866 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Charles L MCKEAHNIE 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1895 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27
Granddaughter Flora Alexandra MCKEAHNIE 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Emily G V MCKEAHNIE 1878 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Charles Archibald PEDEN 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Archibald Alexander PEDEN 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson George H PEDEN 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Elizabeth B PEDEN 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Alice Grace MCKEAHNIE 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Henry Francis Charles MCKEAHNIE 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia 85
Grandson Albert George Malcolm MCKEAHNIE 1883 Argyle, New South Wales, Australia 1944 St Peters, New South Wales, Australia 61
Granddaughter Jane Elizabeth MCKEAHNIE 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 3
Grandson Charles Henry Alexander George MCKEAHNIE 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 09 Nov 1925 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 48
Granddaughter Sarah Elizabeth MCKEAHNIE 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1906 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 27
Grandson Ernest Archibald James MCKEAHNIE 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 19 Jul 1915 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 33
Granddaughter Edith Evelyn MCKEAHNIE 1886 Tharwa, ACT, Australia 29 May 1987 Pambula, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 101
Granddaughter Eliza I MCKEAHNIE 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Mary M MCKEAHNIE 1893 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Florence Lilian MCKEAHNIE 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 23 Sep 1962 Canberra, ACT, Australia 66

Events in Elizabeth MCGOWAN (1812 - 1899)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1812 Elizabeth MCGOWAN was born Isle of Bute, Renfrew, Scotland 6
26 Feb 1835 23 Married Charles James MCKEAHNIE (aged 25) Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland 6
1836 24 Birth of son Archibald A MCKEAHNIE Ayrshire, Scotland 6
1837 25 Birth of daughter Ann MCKEAHNIE Scotland 6
15 Nov 1838 26 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per 'St George' 6
1840 28 Birth of son Alexander Anderson MCKEAHNIE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia V18401437 24A/1840 McKeanie 6
1840 28 Death of daughter Ann MCKEAHNIE (aged 3) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
12 Apr 1842 30 Birth of daughter Jane MCKEAHNIE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
1844 32 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Julia MCKEAHNIE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
17 Aug 1848 36 Birth of son George Henry MCKEAHNIE Gudgenby, New South Wales, Australia V18481831 33A/1848 McKeachnie 6
1851 39 Birth of son Charles Henry MCKEAHNIE Gudgenby, New South Wales, Australia V18512183 37A/1851 McKeaknie 6
05 Dec 1899 87 Elizabeth MCGOWAN died Tharwa, ACT, Australia 14856/1899 Quenabeyan 6
Personal Notes:
Laid foundation stone Presbyterian Church Queanbeyan

Daughter of George and Anne nee Stewart McGowan of Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. She married Charles James McKeahnie on 26 Feb 1836 in Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Queanbeyan Observer 5-12-1899 McKeahnie, Elizabeth, wife of Charles McKeahnie, Blyth Burn, mother of Elizabeth, Blyth Burn; Charles Henry, Booroomba; and Archibald, Well Station, Canberra died 5-12-18999, aged nearly 88. She came to the district with her husband and one child in 1838. They lived first at Canberra, but then resided for some years in Queanbeyan. She was the mother of the first white child born in the town - Mr.A.A. McKeahnie, of Adaminaby. In 1859 her husband purchased the Booroomba property from the late Mr. William Davis, senr., and retired a few years ago to the adjacent Blyth Burn. To be interred Presbyterian Cemetery Queanbeyan, 7-12-1899 Queanbeyan Observer 9-12-1899 A further lengthy article re above. Mother also of Alexander A McKeahnie, J.P., Adaminaby; and George McKeahnie, Breadalbane. Mother in law of A. Pedan, J.P., Bumbalong. The first white child buried in Queanbeyan was her then only daughter, who had been brought from Scotland by her parents, and was buried where Beatty's slaughtering paddock now stands. Mrs. McKeahnie was a grand-niece of the heroic Sir John Moore.
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 211 (Marriage)
- Reference = 205 (Birth)
- Reference = 205 (Immigration)
- Reference = 211 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 205 (Death)
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160002128/elizabeth-mckeahnie (Name, Notes)

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