Jane McBride | |
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Born | Jane Theresa Crawford c. 1844 Larne, County Antrim, Ireland |
Died | (aged 74) Queenstown, New Zealand |
Occupation | Hotel proprietor |
Years active | 1871–1906 |
Spouse |
John McBride
(m. 1869; died 1876) |
Children | 2 |
Jane Theresa McBride (née Crawford; c. 1844 – 3 June 1918) was a New Zealand businesswoman who owned and managed McBride's Family Hotel in Queenstown.[1][2]
Born in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland, in about 1844, she migrated to New Zealand in about 1866 to join her sister and brother-in-law, the McEwans, who had settled at Nokomai, near Garston.[3] She joined them when they moved to Queenstown, and there she married John McBride on 11 August 1869.[3][4][5] The couple had two children.[3]
In 1871, Jane and John McBride bought the Harp of Erin Hotel in Queenstown from the McEwans.[3][5][6] In June 1876, John McBride died and Jane McBride continued as sole owner.[5][6] She extended the hotel twice and renamed it McBride's Family Hotel.[6] She retired from running the hotel in 1906, but retained ownership and leased the hotel.[5]
McBride died in Queenstown on 3 June 1918, after suffering a stroke three days earlier.[3]