The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameEthel Maud (Toppie) McGregor 
Birth19 Dec 1891, New Zealand
Death1 Jul 1975, New Zealand
BurialWaikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland, NZ
FatherCharles Grove McGregor (1856-1943)
MotherCatherine Jane (Kate) Bartlett (1860-1913)
Misc. Notes
Name, year of birth registration, country of birth, from Birth search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2018:
1892/335. McGregor, Ethel Maud. Mother: Kate. Father: Charles
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Auckland Central General Roll for 1914, found in June 2018:
McGregor, Ethel, 2 Canada Street, spinster
McGregor, Charles Grove, 2 Canada Street, carpenter [Father]
McGregor, William Charles, 2 Canada Street, cabinetmaker [Brother]
Date of death from extract from New Zealand Cemetery Records Waikaraka Auckland Row 15 1327:
In Loving memory Catherine Jane dearly beloved wife of Charles Groves McGREGOR died 9 Aug 1913 aged 53 yrs [verse] in Loving Memory Ethel Maud McGREGOR died 1 July 1975 aged 83 yrs.
Brian of nzolivers.com notes that this makes year of birth circa 1892 which matches exactly. Also, Catherine Jane McGREGOR and Charles Groves McGREGOR in the cemetery record above is Ethel’s mother and father.
Full date of birth of 19 December 1891 from further searching in May 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Date and place of burial, spinster, found from Auckland Council cemetery search website in May 2025:
Name: Ethel Maud Mcgregor
Date of birth: Unknown
Occupation: Spinster
Date of death: 1 July 1975
Age at death: 83 years
Gender: Female
Region: Central and Hauraki Gulf Islands
Cemetery name: Waikaraka Cemetery
Plot location: Waikaraka Cemetery, Area 1, Block B, Plot 042
Remains type: Body
Date of burial: 3 July 1975
Funeral director: C H Barker Ltd
From the above record, Ethel’s grave (Plot 042) backs onto her mother’s grave (Plot 041).
Photos of large headstone and grave, from Find a Grave website found in May 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166189822/ethel-maud-mcgregor
Name: Ethel Maud McGregor
Birth: unknown
Death: 1 Jul 1975
Burial: Waikaraka Cemetery, Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Plot: Area 1 Block B Lot No 42
Alternative name of “Toppie” from Obituary of brother Henry McGregor found in May 2025:
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19450813.2.2.4
McGREGOR. - On August 11, 1945, Harry, dearly beloved brother of Grace, Janet, Ella. Topple, George, Bill, Fred, passed peacefully away.
1892/335. McGregor, Ethel Maud. Mother: Kate. Father: Charles
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Auckland Central General Roll for 1914, found in June 2018:
McGregor, Ethel, 2 Canada Street, spinster
McGregor, Charles Grove, 2 Canada Street, carpenter [Father]
McGregor, William Charles, 2 Canada Street, cabinetmaker [Brother]
Date of death from extract from New Zealand Cemetery Records Waikaraka Auckland Row 15 1327:
In Loving memory Catherine Jane dearly beloved wife of Charles Groves McGREGOR died 9 Aug 1913 aged 53 yrs [verse] in Loving Memory Ethel Maud McGREGOR died 1 July 1975 aged 83 yrs.
Brian of nzolivers.com notes that this makes year of birth circa 1892 which matches exactly. Also, Catherine Jane McGREGOR and Charles Groves McGREGOR in the cemetery record above is Ethel’s mother and father.
Full date of birth of 19 December 1891 from further searching in May 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Date and place of burial, spinster, found from Auckland Council cemetery search website in May 2025:
Name: Ethel Maud Mcgregor
Date of birth: Unknown
Occupation: Spinster
Date of death: 1 July 1975
Age at death: 83 years
Gender: Female
Region: Central and Hauraki Gulf Islands
Cemetery name: Waikaraka Cemetery
Plot location: Waikaraka Cemetery, Area 1, Block B, Plot 042
Remains type: Body
Date of burial: 3 July 1975
Funeral director: C H Barker Ltd
From the above record, Ethel’s grave (Plot 042) backs onto her mother’s grave (Plot 041).
Photos of large headstone and grave, from Find a Grave website found in May 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166189822/ethel-maud-mcgregor
Name: Ethel Maud McGregor
Birth: unknown
Death: 1 Jul 1975
Burial: Waikaraka Cemetery, Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Plot: Area 1 Block B Lot No 42
Alternative name of “Toppie” from Obituary of brother Henry McGregor found in May 2025:
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19450813.2.2.4
McGREGOR. - On August 11, 1945, Harry, dearly beloved brother of Grace, Janet, Ella. Topple, George, Bill, Fred, passed peacefully away.