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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: mjac on Sunday 14 October 12 11:42 BST (UK)
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i am looking for robert eunson born 1870 holm orkney isles and his wife margaret christy they moved to NZ about 1901 in 1905 they are in palmerston manawatu-wanganui,new zealand so would like to find where and when they died or any other info would be good
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You can search on here;
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/
Margaret appears to have died 1944 aged 82
A Family Tree has Robert dying 1930 but that has his age as 65.
Trish :)
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The Margaret Eunson who died in 1944 age 82, is buried in Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland:
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/cemeteries/cemetery.html
Cheers
AMBLY
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thank you for your help something for me to do tonight anouther part of my partners tree done
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On 'PapersPast' there is mention made of a Robert Eunson regarding Estate Stamp Duty paid in 1914.
There is the death of a Robert Eunson in the NZ BDM index in 1913. He was aged 46 years.
Minniehaha.
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Excellent Orkney website, http://www,cursiter.com
Skoosh.
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Should of course be http://www.cursiter.com trouble modifying.
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Hello,
Probates for:
Robert Eunson (1930) @ Wellington archives. According to NZ BDM index he was aged 65.
Robert Eunson (1913) @ Auckland archives. According to NZ BDM index he was aged 46.
Minniehaha.
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For (hopefully) elimination purposes, the 65 year old Robert Eunson who died on 8 September 1930 in Invercargill was married to my great aunt Jane Alicia Aldred in 1893.
Cheers,
Craig.
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Paperspast has a notice of a stock clearing sale in the Wanganui Chronicle in September 1909 for Mr R Eunson
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0sle/
Ian C
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The 1913 Archway record for Robert Eunson mentioned above is for his Hamilton probate record and it is indicated that he is a farmer living in Koromutua at the time of death. This corresponds to a 1911 Electoral Roll record for Waikato electorate for Robert and Margaret Eunson, Koromatua, Robert's occupation is farmer. You can have a look at Robert's will online through Familysearch at the following link: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-32306-9952-99?cc=1865481&wc=M9M6-LT5:n268293007
Regards, Craig.
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I'm related to Margaret eunson nee Christie through her son,never knew where the hubby died as he just vanished
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Hello granny lukeis
.....never knew where the hubby died as he just vanished
No, he didn't vanish ;D ... the information supplied here in Reply 10 by craigt (in 2012), is for the Robert EUNSON whose wife was Margaret. Craig has also given the link to the Probate record for Robert EUNSON which confirms his wife's name and that he died on 12 June 1913.
His death notice here >
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19130628.2.3
( "Bunnythorpe" is the word that is partly obscured in the notice. )
Another resource shows that his death was registered at Hamilton, ... haven't as yet found a burial or cremation record (maybe the unusual surname has been spelled incorrectly ? I'll look further.)
~ Lu
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It's a very common name within Scotland on the outer Hebrides etc,yes there's no actual cremation or burial record for him,oddly too bunnythorpe is quite a distance to from Hamilton,why he just drops off & disappears from the electoral roll with his wife is weird,he simply disappears,i dont think she's noted as a widow for quite some time after wards,I've failed to find any record of a burial or cremation for him on the nzsg burial locator CD
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Trish yes the 1930s thing makes extremely difficult as they dint note the names of the spouse etc, we've always had a issue with 1930 because one where was he in the electoral rolls pre 1930 etc,1913 makes more sense & thanks to the spouse is him
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Just a thought, but maybe the following could be worth investigating?
https://archivescentral.org.nz/palmerston-north-city-council/recordset/bunnythorpe-cemetery-trust
Minniehaha.
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Bunnythorpe Cemetery is now administered by Palmerston North City Council. Nothing on their cemetery database.
This is the Robert in Invercargill.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220453772/robert-eunson
Ian C
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Hi I'm connected to Robert eunson as my x2 great grandfather James Cameron was his step son, Margaret Christie came with her son & Robert about 1901 or so ,she was married to a job Stewart who died before she married eunson but they came from Aberdeenshire,they settled in manawatu, Margaret ended up in Auckland when her son & daughter in law Dorothy moved from the manawatu,Margaret is buried in Auckland in 1944 with robert dying i believe in 1930 outside of Auckland,hes from oakney island or something outside of mainlland Scotland originally
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Hello granny lukeis
.....never knew where the hubby died as he just vanished
No, he didn't vanish ;D ... the information supplied here in Reply 10 by craigt (in 2012), is for the Robert EUNSON whose wife was Margaret. Craig has also given the link to the Probate record for Robert EUNSON which confirms his wife's name and that he died on 12 June 1913.
His death notice here >
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19130628.2.3
( "Bunnythorpe" is the word that is partly obscured in the notice. )
Another resource shows that his death was registered at Hamilton, ... haven't as yet found a burial or cremation record (maybe the unusual surname has been spelled incorrectly ? I'll look further.)
~ Lu
hi what i meant was Robert did vanish from being with Margaret his wife & death wasn't noticed on ancestry etc,she appears later on in Auckland with her son & his family as a widow with no clear indication of where Robert had got to etc
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The 1913 Archway record for Robert Eunson mentioned above is for his Hamilton probate record and it is indicated that he is a farmer living in Koromutua at the time of death. This corresponds to a 1911 Electoral Roll record for Waikato electorate for Robert and Margaret Eunson, Koromatua, Robert's occupation is farmer. You can have a look at Robert's will online through Familysearch at the following link: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-32306-9952-99?cc=1865481&wc=M9M6-LT5:n268293007
Regards, Craig.
The struck through link above was no longer working.
The Will of Robert EUNSON, farmer of Koromatua - died at that place on 12 June 1913 - (Executrix : Margaret EUNSON (his widow) -- can be found on Archives NZ website >
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE64503480
In a statement on that file, Margaret EUNSON (wife) testifies that "Robert EUNSON died on 12 June 1913 as I am able to depose from having seen him die."
~ Lu
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Hi I'm connected to Robert eunson as my x2 great grandfather James Cameron was his step son,
Margaret ended up in Auckland when her son & daughter in law Dorothy moved from the manawatu,Margaret is buried in Auckland in 1944 with robert dying i believe in 1930 outside of Auckland,...
Hello ... not sure why you are saying that you believe that "Robert [EUNSON] dying I believe in 1930 outside of Auckland " ??
I have posted at Reply # 20 an updated link for the Probate file (includes his Will), for the Robert EUNSON (husband of Margaret) who died at Koromatua, Waikato district, in June 1913. [This information was kindly provided originally by "craigt" earlier in this thread. ].
~ Lu
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hi what i meant was Robert did vanish from being with Margaret his wife & death wasn't noticed on ancestry etc,she appears later on in Auckland with her son & his family as a widow with no clear indication of where Robert had got to etc
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Hello again
The reason that Robert EUNSON "vanished from being with his wife Margaret" - as far as Electoral rolls go - is that his name would not appear on rolls, after his death in 1913.
As previously added here, they were together on the roll at Koromatua - Robert a farmer - on the 1911 Waitkato Roll. The next roll published was in 1914 (after Robert's death).
The following is probably his widow ??
- Waikato roll 1914 - EUNSON - Margaret, Frankton - married*. She has same listing in 1919.
[ * Note: Sometimes widows were still listed as "married" on electoral rolls (whether by "design or in error") : It's fine to use Electoral or voters rolls as a finding tool, but these should be treated with caution as they don't always give a totally accurate record of where a person was at a particular time. ] ]
Hope this is of help ?
~ Lu
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he was step father to my x2 great grandfather james cameron who married ruth lukeis later cameron, margaret christie was roberts wife
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Hi lucy yes around the time of the birth of my great grandfather peter cameron in 1913 who was born in frankton hamilton