Jane McBride

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]