Douglas Mary McKain
Nurse, midwife, businesswoman
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| Intro | Nurse, midwife, businesswoman | |
| Places | New Zealand | |
| was | Midwife Nurse | |
| Work field | Healthcare | |
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| Birth | 20 July 1789 | |
| Death | 3 April 1873 (aged 83 years) |
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Douglas Mary McKain (20 July 1789 – 3 April 1873) was a New Zealand nurse, midwife and businesswoman. She was born Douglas Mary Dunsmore in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 20 July 1789 and died 3 April 1873 in Napier. She arrived in New Zealand as a widow, accompanied by four sons and a daughter, on the ship Olympus, which arrived in Port Nicholson (Wellington) in April 1841.