Marion McCreath Maitland was born in Glasgow on 20 July 1888.

She married Frederick Walter Greaves in Canterbury, New Zealand on 9 August 1917.

They had a daughter, Hazel Amelia Greaves, born 1919 in Canterbury.

Hazel married Robert Alexander Heney on 10 January 1946 in Timuru, Canterbury.

Robert and Hazel had five children, including Robert Alexander Heaney (born 15 APR 1921, died 21 May 1979, Timuru.