Samuel and Mary Ellen had two children, Catherine Mary McGillivray (1881-1958) and Alexander Samuel McGillivary (1884-1919).
Mary Ellen remarried John Christopher Grey in 1931.
Gumdigger of Kumeu
In the Auckland Star dated 16th June 1893 a section named Gumfields Commission read that Samuel Alex. McGillivray, digger, of Kumeu, deposed, that he thought the storekeeper got more for his gum than the published price. Diggers earned from 15s to 20s weekly. Four more diggers concurred in McGillivray's statement. On the Thursday, the Commission resumed, when a leading settler suggested that gum should be sold by the pound, that police should more frequently examine the storekeepers' scales, and that a poll tax should be put on young men who wore ousting the old men from the diggings. Diggers made about 18s per week.
Auckland Star 7th July 1919
RETURNED SOLDIER'S DEATH.
An inquest into the death of Alexander Samuel McGillivray, a, returned soldier aged 34. who returned by the troopship Tahiti on Friday, and whose death occurred suddenly at his parents' residence, 4f). St. Mary's Road, Ponsonby, early yesterday morning, was held to-day at the morgue before Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M. ' Dr. S. A. Stride, who had made a post mortem examination, stated that death was due to an ehileptiform convulsion. Mr. C. H. D. Grey, brother of the deceased, stated that he occupied the same bed as deceased, both of them retiring about 11.30 p.m. He woke about 6 a.m., when his brother-in-law, who was occupying the same room, called his attention to deceased, who was then quite dead and had been dead for some time. There was no sign of any struggle, nor had witness heard anything through the night. Deceased had been subject to fits, and they bad-been told that he had a very 'weak heart. Mr. E. W. Schrafft. brother-in-law of the deceased, stated that he had been in the company of deceased all day, and that he seemed in excellent spirits. He further corroborated the evidence of Air Grey. The finding was in accordance with the medical evidence.
Alexander Samuel McGillivray (1884-1919)
Alexander was born in Hamilton on 17th August 1884 as per his World War 1 records. He enlisted on the 19th July 1917. His parents are noted as being 30 years old. His mother is confirmed as being born in America and his father, Scotland. He does not appear to have married.
Catherine Mary McGillivray (1881-1958)
Catherine married Edward Watts Schrafft a farmer in Kumeu. Edward passed away on 16th May 1928 and is buried in Kumeu cemetery.
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