• Born: 12 February 1914, Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Marriage (1): Ivy Elsie DOWSE on 8 September 1934 in Granity, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand
• Marriage (2): Beatrice Maud DOWSE on 25 October 1941 in Westport, Buller County, New Zealand ¹
• Died: 3 November 1979, Greymouth, Grey District, West Coast, New Zealand at age 65
• Buried: 1979, Waimangaroa, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand

  Birth Notes

Born 9 am at home, Millers Land, Dreghorn

  Burial Notes

memorial placque at Waimangaroa Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Gallery: Studio photograph of William Milligan as a baby, in 1915, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He emigrated to New Zealand on the Shaw Saville Ship PAKEHA in 1921 from Southampton, Hampshire, England.

• Gallery: Bill Milligan, about 1930, in Millerton, Buller County, New Zealand.

• Gallery: Hugh Milligan family with the first grandchild, in 1935, in Millerton, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand.

• He resided at Worked in the coal mine, lived in a Miners House in Millerton, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand in 1938.

• He resided at another Miners' house on Main Road in Millerton, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand in 1941.

• Gallery: Milligan Family Portrait, in May 1947, in Mokihinui, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand.

• He had a residence in 1955 in Cobdon, Greymouth, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand. Moved to a coal mine at Runanga. Bought their first house on Maori lease land.

• He was buried at the Waimangaroa Cemetery in Waimangaroa, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand in 1979.

William married Ivy Elsie DOWSE, daughter of Peter John Hollis SANGWELL and Elsie Maud DOWSE, on 8 September 1934 in Granity, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand. (Ivy Elsie DOWSE was born on 9 August 1909 in Denniston, Buller County, New Zealand, died on 25 February 1940 in Mokihinui, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand and was buried on 27 February 1940 in Waimangaroa, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand.). The cause of her death was Myocarditis, due to pregnancy, 1st semester; enlarged Thyroid.

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• Gallery: Bill and Ivy, about 1936, in Millerton, Buller County, New Zealand.

  Marriage Notes

Methodist Parsonage, Granity

William next married Beatrice Maud DOWSE, daughter of William Henry DOWSE and Caroline HOPKINS, on 25 October 1941 in Westport, Buller County, New Zealand.¹ (Beatrice Maud DOWSE was born on 4 October 1918 in Waimangaroa, Buller County, New Zealand, died on 12 May 1994 in Greymouth, Grey District, West Coast, New Zealand and was buried in Waimangaroa, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• Gallery: Bill and Bebe on their wedding day, on 25 October 1941, in Westport, Buller County, New Zealand.

  Marriage Notes

Methodist Church ¹