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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: George Martin Stewart, Police Constable in Hokitika
« on: Monday 02 March 20 06:33 GMT (UK)  »
Hello lovely peoples! 
Particularly to my VERY REMOVED COUSIN WSCrowley!  Thanks so much for the "fleshing out" of my family story - absolutely fascinating how he (probably) got his name!  My Father was really interested.  Also cheers for the Catherine Steward hint!  Totally had the rest with her registering her name as Catherine/Katherine/Kate with George as the Father but was only checking the Stewarts.   Those rascally record keepers!! 

Anyways, just a couple of quick questions - I still cannot find a marriage for George and Ann/Anne/Annie/Nellie - any luck?  I'm confused by the Marsden also as she is DEFINITELY listed on his police service records and his death certificate (20-8-1918) as Nellie MASON.

FROM death certificate....
...at his death he had 2 living daughters aged 43 and 42, and a son aged 41 from his first wife Nellie Mason. And to his second wife Katherine Foster. Daughters aged 23,22,18,16 and 11. Sons aged 20,17,11 and 8.
...

So everything keeps pointing to that name.  Also, I'm totally on board with the the names of the first two girls.  Got Mary (nzbdn record#1875/4494), Ellen (nzbdm record# 1876/12546) and then a William (nzbdn record#1877/7301) and in the same year an Alison (nzbdm record# 1877/5762). All to Ann and George.  Not sure if the last two are twins as currently looking for 1877 deaths.
These correlate with baptisms for 3 children to Ann/Annie and George Stewart in 1875, Ellen in 1876, and another in 1877 (MSY-2416 Methodist Baptism Register).  Importantly they are in the right location as he was a policeman in the Hutt Valley, Wellington, NZ (the only one at the time) until he was posted to Kainere, near Hokatika (can't remember the year but it's between the death of his first wife Nellie on 15 October 1877 and his marriage to his second wife Catherine Forster in Hokatika on 03/05/1894, Catherine was born in Hokatika in 1872)

My problem is with "George Stewart AKA George Hain Stewart" -  I presume the name is through the connection to 1930 probate with his sister's names listed... That all seems to track... My problem is I've got a William and cannot find any George Stewart born at the right time to the right people in the right place - is he William?  And has anyone got his birth certificate.  Or name change????

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: George Martin Stewart, Police Constable in Hokitika
« on: Friday 14 February 20 09:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hello!  I believe you are trying to get in toach with me.  I am a direct descendent of the "George" Stewart you are looking for.  You also reference my page so I should probably explain a few points.  My Great Grandfather's actual name is not George rather his name is "Martin Stewart".  My Father is still living so he can remember his Grandmother, Catherine (nee Forster) talking about him very vividly.  His wife, my Great Grandmother Catherine always called him "Martin" and would apparently get quite irrate if people called him "George" LOL.  This information was pivotal in finding my Great Grandfather's birth records as we have been looking for him as "George" in Ireland and could never find him.  It becomes complicated as in the NZ records as he is mainly listed as George with no mention of Martin.  His birth records come from County Cork RC Parish records for Doon and Castletown 1824-1899.  Parents are listed as George Stewart and Bridget Malone.  We know these are his parents as he lists them in his later Constabulary records.  George and Bridget have 6 children listed on the record;
1833: William Stewart,
1835: Anne Stewart,
1838: Ellen Stewart,
1849: "Mtn" Stewart (which is our Martin - he appears to have changed his name to George - it should also be noted that his Father was of Scottish decent and not Irish and "Martin" would have been written down phonetically by the priest.  Martin is NOT an Irish name - so goodness knows what the priest thought they were saying!!!),
1842: Mary Stewart,
1845: Bridget Stewart.
"George" enlisted in the Irish Constabulary in 1858 (film#556063, page173) and from there on the 18 November 1864 joined the Armed Constabulary from Melbourne in Australia and fought in the Maori Wars in NZ (he had to get permission to emigrate to Australia from the Irish Constabulary).  His joining date for the New Zealand Police Force is 9 May 1877.  Most of what we know comes from his police record in the national archives in NZ.  At the time they needed to get permission to marry and this is where we get the name of his first wife as Nellie Mason - he lists her as his first wife with 2 children (no idea of names) when he sought permission to marry his second wife and my Great Grandmother Catherine Forster - he simple stated she had died.  We have been unable to verify Nellie as this probably was not her actual name and we have no idea where they may have married... Could have been Ireland, could have been Australia and goodness knows what name George was going by at the time!
Anyways - it all get a bit complicated with my lot but if you want to chat more you can text or call me on (*) and we can discuss further!  P.s. I'm in Australia.


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