Martha Rattray McKane¹

Parents:

• Birth*: Martha Rattray McKane was born circa 1888.
• She was the daughter of William McKane and Mary Ann Carmichael.²
• (Bride) Marriage*: Martha Rattray McKane married Robert Davidson Nicolson mechanical engineer, jute mill manager, son of Alexander Fairweather Nicolson factory mechanical engineer and Mary Hunter McHardy domestic servant, on 10 July 1915 at 10 Dura Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1915 marriages in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee, ref 168; 1915 on the tenth day of July at 10 Dura Street Dundee after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland; Robert D Nicolson mechanical engineer, bachelor, 26, 177 Victoria Road Dundee, Alexander Fairweather Nicolson mechanical engineer, Mary Nicolson ms McHardy (dec); Martha R McKane, spinster, 26, 20 Dura Street Dundee, William Mc Kane powerloon tenter, Mary Ann McKane ms Carmichael (dec); signed James Boath Wood, Hannah Ogilvie Murray, Albert Edward Nicolson, witnesses; registered 1915 July 11th at Dundee signed Jas Murray registrar.²

• Married Name: As of 10 July 1915, her married name was Nicolson.
• (Informant) Birth: Martha Rattray McKane registered the birth of Robert Carmichael Nicolson engineer, merchant navy on 25 July 1916 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; 1916 Births in the district of St Clement in the burgh of Dundee ref 355;
  Robert Carmichael Nicolson, born 1916 July Twenty-fifth at 1h 30m PM at 37 Strathmartine Road Dundee; male parents Robert Davidson Nicolson jute mill mechanic and Martha Rattray Nicolson ms McKane who married 1915 July 9th Dundee; signed Martha R Nicolson mother; registered 1916 August 10th at Dundee signed Alex Buchan registrar.¹
• (Witness) Newspaper Article: Martha Rattray McKane and Robert Davidson Nicolson mechanical engineer, jute mill manager, Eleanor C McKane and James S Brown was mentioned in a newspaper article about Robert Carmichael Nicolson engineer, merchant navy on 26 April 1942. First name(s)     Robert C "bobbie"
  Last name     Nicolson
  Sex     Male
  Birth year     1917
  Age     24
  Death year     1942
  Death date     29 Apr 1941
  Publication title     Courier & Advertiser
  Publication year     1942
  Publication date     29 Apr 1942
  Page     4
  Place     Dundee
  County     Forfarshire (Angus)
  Country     Scotland
  Event type     Obituary
  Record set     Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries
  Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory     Parish Burials
  Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland.³
  
• (Witness) Newspaper Article: Martha Rattray McKane and Robert Davidson Nicolson mechanical engineer, jute mill manager was mentioned in a newspaper article about Robert Carmichael Nicolson engineer, merchant navy on 29 April 1946. First name(s)     Robert C
  Last name     Nicolson
  Sex     Male
  Death year     1946
  Death date     29 Apr 1941
  Publication title     Courier & Advertiser
  Publication year     1946
  Publication date     29 Apr 1946
  Page     4
  Place     Dundee
  County     Forfarshire (Angus)
  Country     Scotland
  Event type     Obituary
  Record set     Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries
  Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory     Parish Burials
  Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland.⁴
  
• (Witness) Passenger List: Martha Rattray McKane was mentioned on a passenger list with Robert Davidson Nicolson mechanical engineer, jute mill manager on the Empress of Scotland Ship Canadian Pacific on 9 May 1946 at Liverpool, England, . Name: Robert D Nicolson Birth Date: abt 1889 Age: 57 Port of Departure: Bombay, India Arrival Date: 9 May 1946 Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England Ports of Voyage: Bombay Ship Name: Empress of Scotland Search Ship Database: View the 'Empress of Scotland' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Shipping line: Canadian Pacific Official Number: 161430; Robert D Nicolson, travelling A class aged 57, proposed address 1 Balmossie Street, Dundee, profession retired, last permanent residence India, intending to be permanently resident in Scotland; along with Martha R Nicolson, aged 57, housewife, other details the same.⁵
• Photograph*: Robert Davidson Nicolson mechanical engineer, jute mill manager and Martha Rattray McKane are in this photograph taken on 1 July 1950 at St Paul's Church, Nethergate, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , along with Eleanor C McKane.⁶
  

  1st July 1950, St Pauls' Church, Nethergate, Dundee
  L-R: Martha McKane Nicolson, Robert Davidson Nicolson, Eleanor McKane Brown