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McAfee (/ ˈ m æ k ə f iː / MAK-ə-fee) is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin. [1] The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe, meaning "son of Duibhshíth". [1] The personal name, Duibhshíth, was composed of two elements: dubh meaning "black", and síth meaning "peace". [1]
James McHaffie (22 June 1910 – 27 May 1994) was a Scottish-born doctor and cricketer who played a single match of first-class cricket in New Zealand for Otago during the 1931–32 season. McHaffie was born at Glasgow in 1910 and emigrated to New Zealand with his family during his youth.
Catherine Ann Andersen (née McHaffie; 1 August 1870 – 15 September 1957) was a New Zealand teacher, community leader and writer. She worked with a number of organisations promoting the interests of women and children, and was a founding member of both the Wellington Lyceum Club and the New Zealand Women Writers' and Artists' Society .
The 19th-century historian W. F. Skene, stated that members of Clan Macfie were the ancient inhabitants of Colonsay. He also wrote that the clan was one of the seven clans of Siol Alpin, and that "their genealogy, which is preserved in the manuscript of 1450, evinces their connexion by descent with the Macgregors and Mackinnons". [5]
His family emigrated to New Zealand in October 1874 and settled in Christchurch. [2] In 1887 he began working at the Department of Lands and Survey as a cadet draughtsman and then as a clerk. [ 2 ] In May 1900 Andersen married teacher Kate McHaffie , who later became active in various community organisations in Wellington, including the New ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. British and American programmer and businessman (1945–2021) John McAfee McAfee at Politicon in 2016 Born John David McAfee (1945-09-18) 18 September 1945 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Died 23 June 2021 (2021-06-23) (aged 75) Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Catalonia, Spain Cause of ...
[12] (David McHaffie, who embodies 18th-century rationalism, is "a dour man who loved his duty above all else". [13]) Commonsense Jenny ("as makes a man understand why the heathen Greeks made Wisdom itself a woman " [ 14 ] ) is contrasted with Elspeth, whom the narrator nevertheless portrays sympathetically: "Truly (and it is some excuse for me ...
Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) [1] is an American character actress and producer. [1] She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.