Thomas BATHGATE (1846-1923)
- was born in Scotland and POSSIBLY a son of John Bathgate and his first wife Anne Cairns ANDERSON who died shortly after the premature birth of a son, their 5th child, who survived only briefly. John arrived in Dunedin in November 1863 on the 'Star of Tasmania' with his 4 children (2 sons & 2 daughters) and his second wife Mary McLaren and their 6 daughters (another daughter and a son were born in NZ)
NOTE
thank you to eleanorshirley for her message which tells us Thomas's father:
Subject: Thomas Bathgate ancestry
To: ngairedith
From: eleanorshirley
Date: 2014-09-23 04:02:54
Hi Ngaire
That was a lot of info you compiled about Thomas Bathgate and Cecilia McColl.
However he was not the son of John and Anne Bathgate, but of Alexander Bathgate and Janet Brown. Janet died before Alexander emigrated to NZ, aged 68, on the ship Pladda - arriving in Dunedin 7 September 1861 along with six of his children Agnes (and her daughter Janet aged 4), John, Margaret, Thomas, Alexander and Charles, leaving four other children in Scotland his stepson Robert, William, Archibald and Jane.

Cecilia McCOLL (1856-1934)
- was born in Scotland & arrived in NZ about 1863

THOMAS & Cecilia married 11 June 1875 Saddle Hill, Otago (East Taieri Parish)
they had 11 known children:
... 1
1876 - 1956 Thomas Duncan Bathgate
- from NZETC ... Mr. Thomas Duncan Bathgate, formerly Manager of the Outram Dairy Factory, was born in the Taieri district. He was for four years with the company at its head factory in Dunedin, and ultimately took charge of the factory at Outram
THOMAS MARRIED Letitia Mabel NICHOL in 1908
- a son, Norman Shand Bathgate served in WWII as Private 13470 with the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26 (Canterbury) Battalion, New Zealand Army Service Corps, 6 Reserve Mechanical Transport Company, enlisting from Wright Stephenson & Co. Ltd, Dunedin. His next of kin was his father Thomas Duncan Bathgate of Pakiri, Rodney County. Norman was Accidentally killed on active service in Australia. He is buried J.B.1. Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Smyth Road, Nedlands, Perth, WA.
THOMAS NEXT MARRIED Clara Gertrude DYER (1892-1946) in 1926

... 2
1877 - 1961 Alexander William Bathgate
ALEXANDER died 24 March 1961 at Saddle Hill aged 80
- his ashes were returned

... 3
1878 - 1955 Mary Jane Bathgate
MARY JANE MARRIED James Alexander RONALD (1882-1959) in 1902
their known children:
* 1902 - 1983 Isabella Cecilia Ronald (+Francis Emery Wilds 1929)
* 1903 - 1903 John Ernest Alexander Ronald (aged 3 months)
* 1904 - 1969 Jane Agnes Ronald (+James Leonard Hardy 1932)
* 1906 - 1987 Mercia Monica Ronald (not married)
* 1910 - 1983 Stanley Murray Allan Ronald

... 4
1881 - Cecilia Jessie Bathgate
- nothing known

... 5
1883 - 1883 Beatrice Bathgate
- Beatrice died 28 August 1883 aged 12 days
- she is buried Block 2P. Plot 5 at North Taieri Cemetery, Dunedin with a number of McColl family members

... 6
1885 - ? Beatrice Mabel Bathgate
- nothing known

... 7
1888 - ? Joseph Ernest Bathgate
- nothing known

... 8
1890 - ? Edith Bathgate
- nothing known

... 9
1894 - ? John Alfred Bathgate
- nothing known

... 10
1895 - 1973 David Alfred Bathgate M.B. Ch.B.
- Otago University; MB [Bachelor of Medicine], ChB [Bachelor of Surgery]
- GP in Hastings from 1930
- published various articles including "Yesterday (Inanahi) 1970 & "Doctor in the sticks" 1972
DAVID MARRIED Rachel Helen DUNNETT in 1924
David died 9 Sep 1973 aged 78 in Hastings
Rachel died 26 April 1982 aged 83 in Hastings

... 11
1896 - 1914 Hugh McIntyre Bathgate
HUGH died 7 October 1914 aged 18
- his last address was 68 High street, Maori Hill, Dunedin
- he is buried with his parents


THOMAS BATHGATE died 27 July 1923 aged 77
CECILIA BATHGATE died 15 October 1934 aged 78
- they are buried Block 27, Plot 15 at Andersons Bay Cemetery
- buried with sons Hugh McIntyre & Thomas Duncan Bathgate


PHOTO
GRAVE at Plot 5, Block 2P at Southern Cemetery
those interred are:
1863 - Flora Cameron Gray aged 4
1863 - Anna Isabella Cross aged ?
1878 - Duncan McColl aged 55
1883 - Beatrice Bathgate aged 12 days
1909 - Jean McColl aged 76
1912 - Mary McColl aged 54
1926 - Catherine McColl aged 70
1933 - Isabel McColl aged 73