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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: robert blackmore
« on: Monday 27 October 14 07:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hi unklep,
Have learned  a lot from Lucy2. One additional bit is the record of Robert's entry into California in June 1913, describing himself as a commercial traveller. There is some consistency in the story - if Robert went there in 1913; was followed by Phyllis; he went off to the UK to enlist, as he did, in late 1914; leaving her behind, with a child on the way. Later she returned to Sydney.

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: robert blackmore
« on: Sunday 26 October 14 22:43 GMT (UK)  »
Dear unklep,
I can't answer all the questions, of course, but can take an educated guess, as you might say.
Philip Henry Blackmore was born, according to the age on his death certificate, in 1832. I would think it more than highly likely that he was born in Cornwall.  Blackmore is a not uncommon name in that part of the world at that time. It certainly is in accord with his being a miner.
The only Derbyshire county death of a Robert Blackmore in 1968, according to FreeBDM, was of a Robert K. Blackmore aged 74, not 84. Could well be him - surviving family aren't always correct in  their memories of deceased parents. It would be possible to get more information if Robert's exact occupation during the years 1925 (say) to 1968 was known. He could be traced fairly easily.
The matter of his second marriage will probably be best discovered by yourself - if you have any family papers with names and dates to assist. For example your father and his brother's birth certificates would give you some leads. That part of your family history also connects with your question about why Robert and Phyllis separated - only to be answered within family memory, I would say.
There just maybe some NZ relatives. Robert's sister, Elizabeth Firth, had a daughter who became a Mrs Battersby. If you would like I could quickly check NZ births after 1930 and see where they lead.
Good luck in your digging, or mining!

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: robert blackmore
« on: Sunday 26 October 14 00:11 BST (UK)  »
Dear unklep,
This search started with a query from me.  Robert Blackmore was, briefly, a Methodist minister, as you will see from my first message. I have been trying to find out what happened to him after WW1 when he settled in the UK. His family background is, briefly:
son of Philip Henry B (1832-1892) a  miner and important mine-owner of Coromandel, 'thoroughly upright and honest' according to his obit. In 1866 he married Margaret McGregor (1840-1889). They had five children (so far as I can find). (1) Edward Alexander (1866-1933) unmarried, known as a yachtsman. (2) James Hamilton (1872-1942) unmarried. Served as a sapper in WW1, and probably worked for his father. (3) Margaret (1874-1916 unmarried. (4)Elizabeth (1878-1968) married (1907) James Firth - two children Edward Kennington Nathan Firth born and died 1909; Beatrice Annie Margaret Firth (1908-1999) married (1930) to William Battersby (1907-1962) (5) Robert, born 1884.
Robert was a Methodist minister in the period 1905-1914, off and on. He married Phyllis Marizles Wirth of the famous circus company, but the marriage foundered. Robert served in WW1 but stayed on in England. As you will see from the various exchanges above it is known that he was still alive in 1942 when his brother James died. I would be most interested to have information on  his later life, particularly when and where he died and what he did for a living. The information is for a register of NZ Methodist ministers I am compiling.
Hope you can help

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Emma Louisa Moody-Bell
« on: Tuesday 13 August 13 08:30 BST (UK)  »
Yes,, I've been pretty thoroughly through PapersPast.  There are lots of articles and ads about her, but not one picture so far as I have  been able to ascertain

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Emma Louisa Moody-Bell
« on: Tuesday 13 August 13 05:56 BST (UK)  »
Emma Louisa Moody-Bell (1854-1931), born and died Cheltenham, Gloucs., England. Resident in New Zeland 1903-1921.  Active leader, nationally and locally, in Women's Christian Temperance Union.  Also Home Missionary for Methodist Church at Kumara and Shannon, 1907-1911. In Dunedin initially, involved with City Mission and YWCA.  In latter years travelled throughout country preaching, and speakingn on feminist issues, temperance, prison reform, and human relations.
Has anyone any knowledge of a phoptograph of this lady, as a matter of some urgency.
Thanks for any pointers.

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Australia / Re: Thomas Bryant
« on: Thursday 25 April 13 23:31 BST (UK)  »
Dear Lantb
Thanks for your response and offer. There isnl;t a great deal  to ask about but I would appreciate any help you can give with the following:
1. Exact date and place of birth
2. Anything about the education he received
3. What he did after leaving school and going to New Zealand in 1902.  Is that when he was farming at Black Lead.
4. Is anything known about his involvement in Church life (probably with Methodists/Wesleyans) at this time.
4. He came to NZ in 1902, I think, but did not take up Church work until 1904.  What did he do
when he first came to NZ.

Look forward to hearing from you.

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Lanarkshire / Re: NEIL family
« on: Tuesday 13 November 12 04:27 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Gail,
I have just discovered your query, and am also interested in your family - for two reasons. I am a retired Methodist minister and am preparing a Register of all those who have served in the ministry of the Methodist Church in New Zealand, and Hugh had a brief stint as a Home Missionary. I am trying to make my entry as accurate as possible, and wonder whether you can help me.  Is Hugh's exact date of birth and of his marriage known - I just have a year for each.
It was helpful to discover the name of his mother - IGI give it as Mary Johnstone, not Johnson.
I try always to have the names and dates for the parents - do you know when John and Mary died. Any basic information on Hugh's career before and after the Home Mission year would be appreciated. If you would like to see the entry as it is so far I would be happy to send it to you.
On a more personal note I well remember William Andrew, and Les - who was a personal friend of my father's from WW1 days. I was interested to see that photograph.

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / george henry marr
« on: Monday 29 October 12 23:01 GMT (UK)  »
I hope this query is correctly located
George Henry (sometimes Harold) Marr; b. Thorpe Bassett, Yorks March qr 1881; son of George Henry and Sara Stephenson; clerk 1901 Census, traveller 1911 Census.
Went to NSW c1912; married Janet (Nettie) Clark, Ashfield 1918; to NZ c1921. 
He was a Methodist Home Missionary in New Zealand for the next ten years.  There was a child of the marriage, though not named in local records. His wife died at Sydney in 1933, and after spending a year or so in NZ GHM returned to the UK c1938.  He may have been a radio announcer in Sydney for a brief time before then.
I am trying to discover what he did during the period c1912 and 1921 in NSW, but I would particularly like to know what he did when he returned to the UK, and  where and when exactly he died. There is an entry in FreeBDM regarding a George Henry Marr who died  in the Ryedale Registration District in 1947, and since Thorpe Bassett comes within this District it seems quite possible that it will be the same person.

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Australia / Re: George Henry Marr
« on: Monday 29 October 12 04:39 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, Merlin, for your response.  I had found that death registration, and I now know that Thorpe Bassett is in the Ryedale Registration District.  So there's a good chance it will be the man I'm looking for.  I didn't enter that in my original data because I had no way of verifying it, and I am still left with a blank for that decade between 1937 and 1947.

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