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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: McGrath Family New Zealand
« on: Thursday 16 October 14 00:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello Majm,

Attached is Frank & Margaret's marriage cert as requested. The listed names of Margaret's parents are incorrect and this has been discussed at length earlier in this thread. Possible some transcrip errors as well as the mystery of Peter's name given as Vincent on both the Marriage cert and Margaret's death cert. However I am certain that Margaret is in fact my realtive.

Regards Sandy


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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: McGrath Family New Zealand
« on: Tuesday 14 October 14 09:55 BST (UK)  »
I am having trouble attaching other docs due to size restrictions but will try again later

egards Sandy

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: McGrath Family New Zealand
« on: Tuesday 14 October 14 09:40 BST (UK)  »
Hello Lucy, Julia and Co,  I haven't been getting notifications so have been out of the loop with the recent findings which are great. However I have recieved some info regarding Peter McGrath,s activities in Rangiora regarding a sale yard business, charged with trespassing when rabit shooting and the purchase of a ship the Ketch Eagle which prior to purchase was invovled in the Maori wars. To what extent I do not know as yet. I have been tring to find a photo of Peter and family. He seemed to be a prominent member of the community so was hoping there may have been some photographic evidence. I will try in Wellington where he owned the pub. Peter sure fit a lot of living in to his relatively short life.

Regards Sandy

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: McGrath Family New Zealand
« on: Thursday 25 September 14 03:17 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for clearing that up Lucy. It was only a thought but i will now focus on where Frank the Dentist was prior to Townsville ( He must have been registered elsewhere as I do not think he came straight to Townsville from England). This may be a to help with Margaret's movements prior to her marriage. There would have to be a good reason for for a single woman to travel to Townsville in the very early 1900's.  Thankyou so much Lucy and other contributors for the endless amount of help you are providing to this novice researcher.

Regards Sandy

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Australia / Re: Frank Rogers Dentist
« on: Tuesday 23 September 14 10:37 BST (UK)  »
Hello Jenaya,

Margaret was born in 1875 in Rangiora New Zealand.

Regards Sandy

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Australia / Frank Rogers Dentist
« on: Tuesday 23 September 14 09:46 BST (UK)  »

Hello,

Looking for information on my GG Father Frank Rogers into his work as a Dentist in NSW. Where he practiced etc. He married my GG Mother in Townsville in 1901 so I am thinking pre 1900 in NSW. I am  also looking at the possibility of my GG Mother being a teacher. I found a Trove doc -  New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899 for Miss Margaret McGrath retiring from the Public Service Board as a teacher in 1899. She was teaching at Rhine Falls Public School out near the Snowy Mountains.  This may not be our Margaret Ann (Beatrice) McGrath but I have made a few assumptions. Firstly right up until the 1960s women about to marry had to resign from the post of teaching so this may have been a resignation and not a retirement. I believe she lived in a convent and was schooled by the nuns, she would have likely had a good education for the time and possibly an avenue into a teaching Career. In here later life she also ran several busineses which implies she was educated.
 Regards Sandy

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: McGrath Family New Zealand
« on: Tuesday 23 September 14 00:45 BST (UK)  »
Hello All,

I found a Trove doc -  New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899 for Miss Margaret McGrath retiring from the Public Service Board as a teacher in 1899. She was teaching at Rhine Falls Public School out near the Snowy Mountains.  This may not be our Margaret Ann (Beatrice) McGrath but I have made a few assumptions. Firstly right up until the 1960s women about to marry had to resign from the post of teaching so this may have been a resignation and not a retirement. By the time of Margaret and Frank Rogers marriage in 1901 they were living in townsville so she may have met Dentist Frank out in this community, become engaged and moved to Townsville. Does anyone know how to find out where Frank Rogers was practicing Dentistry in NSW. ( When he moved to Townsville he called his practice Sydney Dental ) ??????
One of Margaret Jane's 6 children ended up in a convent in Sydney, from what I know about the other siblings it appears that Margaret Ann ( Beatrice would but the most likely. If she was schooled by the nuns she would have likely have got a good education for the time and possibly an avenue into a teaching Career. In here later life she also ran several busineses which implies she was educated. Regards Sandy

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: McGrath Family New Zealand
« on: Saturday 20 September 14 09:05 BST (UK)  »
Hello All,

I am not sure of what to think of Margaret Adams being listed as mother. This woman had that  many names, either through alias's or translation errors, she is hard to keep track of. It would appear from all the research that our families are one and the same. Did she remarry or shack up with a block after Peter's death and take his name ?
 I would like to investigate if it was Margaret Anne (Beatrice)  who was in the convent and in turn what she did between the age of 13 and turning up in Townsville and marrying a Dentist.

Regards Sandy

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: McGrath Family New Zealand
« on: Monday 08 September 14 12:05 BST (UK)  »
Hello All, Just recieved the two birth certs for Margaret Anne and Peter Stephen. It would appear that these people are brother and sister. I have attached both certs and it does confirm the McCloy/ Turner connections to Margaret Jane McGrath. It also lists her birth place in england but am finding it difficult to read. I have attached both docs. Maybe someone has a suggestion? This should help with tracing her back further.

Regards Sandy

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