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     Almira Isabella Ann McLiver was born on 6 November 1875 at Norfolk Island.¹ She is the daughter of John McLiver and Almira Emeline Christian.¹

     John Lachlan McLiver was born on 2 January 1877 at Norfolk Island.¹ He is the son of John McLiver and Almira Emeline Christian.¹

     Isaac Christian McLiver was born on 27 April 1879 at Norfolk Island.¹ He was the son of John McLiver and Almira Emeline Christian.¹ He died in 1900 at Norfolk Island.¹

     Ann McLiver was born on 17 April 1884 at Norfolk Island.¹ She was the daughter of John McLiver and Almira Emeline Christian.¹ She married Gordon Dignan in 1905.¹ She and Gordon Dignan were divorced.² She died on 13 October 1956 at age 72 at Auckland, New Zealand.¹
     Her married name became Dignan.²
     There has been no record of the divorce found, and it may never have`occurred, but Ann kept her married name. In 1930, she was confined to a
mental institution by her`daughter Marjorie, and remained there until her
death.²

     Archibald McLiver was born on 17 May 1885 at Norfolk Island.¹ He is the son of John McLiver and Almira Emeline Christian.¹ He married Amy Ida Martin, daughter of Alfred William Martin and Joanna McGrath, on 28 January 1909 at Methodist Church, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.²
     Archibald McLiver was a blacksmith.² In 1920 Archibald and his family, who were living in Australia at the time, were invited to join a religious cult that was based in Benton Harbor, MI (USA). They came across the Pacific on a steam boat. Even today, daughter Miriam does not like
talk about that voyage, during which she and her mother were horribly seasick. They landed in Canada and took the railroad across the mountains and the great plains to Michigan.
Arriving in Benton Harbor, they were met by the man in charge of the cult, who presented them with a couple of (not so) 'easy-to-follow' instructions. First of all, they were to give him all of their money so he could 'give it to God!' Then, o
of that, they were to give him their daughter, Miriam, who was 10 years old at the time, so that her marriage to a suitable husband could be arranged. Well, as can be expected, this this not go over very well with Archibald. The family quickly
decided to keep their money and their daughter, saving her from marrying some old guy. This was their first American experience, but they decided to stay in Michigan anyway.²

     Gordon Dignan was born in 1880.¹ He married Ann McLiver, daughter of John McLiver and Almira Emeline Christian, in 1905.¹ He and Ann McLiver were divorced.²
     Gordon Dignan was a commission agent.² He fought in the Boer War.²

     Almira Margery Dignan was born on 2 December 1905 at Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.¹ She was the daughter of Gordon Dignan and Ann McLiver.¹ She married Arthur Vernon Petty.¹ She died on 12 November 1956 at age 50 at Auckland, New Zealand.¹

     Doris Dignan was the daughter of Gordon Dignan and Ann McLiver.¹ She died circa 1995 at Auckland, New Zealand, without issue.¹

     Arthur Vernon Petty married Almira Margery Dignan, daughter of Gordon Dignan and Ann McLiver.¹

     Nola Rae Petty was born on 10 December 1923.² She is the daughter of Arthur Vernon Petty and Almira Margery Dignan.¹