Ager Family Ephraim and Catherine 1876

[AMBLY]

Hi Vicki
Re: George AGER in New Zealand - This may be a goose chase but I guess with nothing else to go on, you could at least try to eliminate.......
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/CallSimpleSearch.do

The NZ site Archway has this record of Probate:
Title: AGER George - Edgecumbe ex Nugget Point - Lighthouse Keeper
Date Range:1952 1952
Last Dept Responsible:High Court Auckland, Department of Justice Akld

The record is kept in a place  I used to work just down the road from, but I moved 2 yrs ago to other end of island    otherwise I'd go have a squizz for you). But you can email the office and see how you, not being in NZ,  might retrieve the information. Quote the references on the webpage.

Now, geographic:
Auckland is near top of North Island, NZ.
Edgecumbe is in the Bay Of Plenty, Whakatane  District in the Central Nth Island.
Nugget Point is, though - at the far end of the South Island in the Caitlins of Otago Province.

George AGER died in Edgecumbe August 1952:
http://www.angelfire.com/ar/arrolfamily/Whakatane1.txt
Funeral Record: AGER  George  Ref: 1342   Date:10-08-1952
He's the only AGER on that list

For the price of a Popsicle you can supposedly snail mail for more info to an address given on that page, in Cambridge in Waikato district Central North Island - but I don't know how old that info is.....I can't find any other reference or a phone number.  You could instead try emailing the Whakatane museum:
http://www.whakatanemuseum.org.nz/research.htm

Give them the date above etc (which I presume is a Funeral date and see if you might wangle a lookup in their newspaper collections of the area that would include Edgecumbe - or they might know who Ridgeway is.

In case the Nugget Point lighthouse Keeperwas your George AGER, this might be an interesting tidbit:
http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/publications/lighthouses/nuggetpoint.pdf

Maybe a kiwi chatter with more local knowledge can extend this a bit for you.

Good Luck
AMBLY

[1vicki]

Hi Ambly
That George,
In a family letter from an Lunney cousin, 1982 she said  that he was a lighthouse
Kepper and has a large family in NZ (went there when he was 18) His youngest daughter Hazel and her husband, visited family some  time ago (before 82).

this is getting better by the day, wish I found this site last year !

Thankyou

Vicki

[AMBLY]

Hi Vicki
  Do you mean, That is the George you were after? Great stuff!

I have just made a call to the Whakatane District Council - it's abt 6 hrs drive from me - they, unlike many local councils here do not have a Cemetery Database Online, but when I called they said they do have one - unfortunately the lady Database keeper is out at lunch, so I'll call back and see if I can't get her to look him up on the database - it may have some info on it. X all digits meantime!!

Cheers
AMBLY.

[1vicki]

Dear Ambly,

Yes it's 
That , is really nice of you,  Thankyou

Will be in town all day, will be back to night.
 I live in the country, Back of Bathurst NSW
I did visit NZ when I was was teenager. 
At the time didn't know we had Family there would have like to have met them then, it would be making this so much easier.

Vicki

[AMBLY]

Hi Vicki
Seems like George may have worked at more than one lighthouse.
Here is a site with a reference to an Assistant Keeper named AGER:
http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=1169
Keepers: ? Simmonds (c. 1922), ? Ager (assistant, c. 1920s), Hugh Jamieson (1931-1935), Tom Clark (c. late 1950s)
This is at Gisborne which places George in the Bay of Plenty region, not to far from where he died.

George AGER died aged 65, as per previous message : He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Block 1, Plot 14.
There is also a John Henry AGER who died 2004 aged 89 - he is recorded in the Memorial Garden, Nr 108.
For these, we have the lovely Dorothy, keeper of the Cemetery List for the Whakatane District Council, to thank.

Hold all engines - better to come.........
A.

[AMBLY]

Hi Vicki

I've made contact with a lovely lady here in NZ; George was her Grandad (and George's wife was named Lillian).

I'm going to PM you with some details and to get your email address to enable contact (don't put email address on the public site, as the moderators will delete them for security reasons.)

 
Anne

[1vicki]

Dear Ambly

Did you get the e-mail note?
I am New at this I don't know if I got the messages out ok ?

Vicki

[AMBLY]

Hi Vicki 

Yep, got your message with all the details, which I have just sent  off to your new NZ cousin - hopefully she will be in touch soon and you can all start melting those wires across the Tasman ditch 

All the best!
Anne

[1vicki]

                                             
                                       HI to All
                            Just a little note to say,
                    I finally found My NZ cousins

                    A VERY SPEICAL THANKYOU TO  ANN