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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: ziksby on Saturday 18 October 08 16:33 BST (UK)
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Hi KHP,
My first posting to a NZ forum, I hope you can help. I've recently discovered quite a famous relative whose family emigrated to New Zealand in 1884/5.
One of the 10 children was Horace Moore-Jones, WWl artist who served at Gallipoli. There are several similar obits for him online, and I'm wondering if the report in the NZH for his untimely death rescuing peple from the Hamilton Hotel fire on 3 April 1922 and his obituary the following day give any more details.
I'm also interested in the rest of the family and their descendants who settled in the Auckland suburb of Remuera. Google finds the name Moore-Jones survives today and I suspect there are many descendants including perhaps NZ diplomat Rob Moore-Jones ( but what do I know?)
Horace's father, David Jones, had a brother almost as noteworthy. He was the Rev. John Jones, a missionary who served for 34 years from 1854 in the Loyalty Islands before being evicted by the French.
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Hi Ziksby,
Certainly I will do this for you, will let you know what I have found out.
Since the rest of your query isn't in relation to a lookup, I have asked for this to be moved to a separate thread, that way the original poster of this thread doesn't get inundated with answers and the rest of the NZ crowd can throw their answers in as well.
Cheers
KHP :D
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Hi Ziksby
Have you looked at this site, there are records for Horace and also info on Robert might be to do with a painting Horace did of him.
http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
Details are available on the site if you want to buy them
Helena
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Hi Ziksby,
Take a look at Purewa Cemetery site, there are 21 Moore-Jones
http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp
Cheers
KHP :)
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Hi,
Here are some marriages ..... some were doubled and the surname was just Jones:
Year 1921
Folio 01232
Surname MOORE-JONES
Given Names Cowper Millichamp
Spouse MADDISON
Given Names Mildred Kate
Year 1922
Folio 1428
Surname MOORE-JONES
Given Names Edna Mary
Spouse BAYLY
Given Names Harry Leslie
Year 1947
Folio 00863
Surname MOORE-JONES
Given Names Paul Horace
Spouse HAGGETT
Given Names Joy Esme
Year 1931
Folio 00397
Surname MOORE-JONES
Given Names Paul Horace Herbert
Spouse WALSH
Given Names Hilda Margaret
Year 1930
Folio 08566
Surname MOORE-JONES
Given Names Puti Amy Josephine
Spouse KINGDON
Given Names Edgar Marwood
Year 1941
Folio 07123
Surname MOORE-JONES
Given Names Sara Chloe
Spouse O'NEILL
Given Names Ivor George
Cheers
KHP :)
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a couple more names to keep you going, there are only two deaths on this site.
Amy Frances Moore-Jones 1957
Cowper Millichamp Moore-Jones 1957
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/default.aspx
Just noticed these two are listed under the Purewa Cemetery as well.
Cheers
KHP :)
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and another cemetery site.
Hilda Margaret Moore-Jones 1987
http://www.northshorecity.govt.nz/ just click on the cemetery search
Cheers
KHP :D
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Thanks Helena and KHP .....
Looks as if most of the family are buried in Purewa Cemetary.
And several Wills registered on the Archway site.
Wait .... more coming in as I type ... thanks KHP ... now I have marriages, and more burials. I can't believe my luck.
Roger
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There will be heaps of death notices to get as well, which will give extended family, I have added few of these to the look up of yours, then once I have given you those, then perhaps we can get the rest.
Cheers
KHP :)
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Hi Roger,
Just a bit more information:
MOORE-JONES Hilda Margaret
Date 1945 Court Auckland Court Year 1945
File Number Divorce File 905
Archives Reference BBAE 4985
Further enquiries to Archives NZ - Auckland
Pandora's Box
Name MOORE-JONES P H H
Source: School List of the Dilworth Ulster Institute for Boys
Auckland NZ 1906-1927
Page 47 Further enquiries to Refer source above
Name MOORE-JONES Paul Horace
1969 Last Residence 442 Riddell Road, Glendowie, Auckland
Further enquiries to NZSG Cemetery Fiche
MOORE-JONES Paul Horace Herbert
Date 1945
Court Auckland Court Year 1945
File Number Divorce File 905
Archives Reference BBAE 4985
Further enquiries to Archives NZ - Auckland
NZ Gazette Entries
Name MOORE-JONES S A Mrs
Date 1917
Place Ladies College Remuera
Occupation Proprietor / Manager
Source NZ Gazette 1917
Page 2957
Record Type Private Schools
Further enquiries to NZSG Family Research Centre or Main Centre Libraries
Will get back to you tomorrow with lookups.
Cheers
KHP :D
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Many thanks KHP,
Your help is much appreciated.
Roger
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Hi Roger,
Obtained the information for you and will pm it to you.
Cheers
KHP :)
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Hi Roger,
Here is the last of the death notices which I will pm you.
On this link you will find two Moore-Jones:
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/locations.aspx
and on this one for the white pages you will find 5 Moore-Jones
http://yellow.co.nz/whitepages/
Cheers
KHP :)
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Hi, just replying to this very old post... 8)
There are some heritage photographs of the Moore-Jones family online;
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/heritageimages/index.htm
Type 'moore-jones' into search bar
Happened to stumble across them while researching my Moore relatives... Hopefully they are connected to your Moore-Jones?
Cheers,
Anita ;D
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Hi Anita,
Thank you so much for that link. Yes, they are the Moore-Jones family that I've been researching. Great to see such excellent images. And I found a few more by searching just Jones (one son didn't use the Moore prefix.)
Regards
Roger
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Glad I could help, the photos are too good to miss!
Cheers,
Anita :)