Auckland Archives Lookups March 22nd

[newbe_nz]

Well I am happy to say I am now home and will send the other probates and photos tomorrow when I get a chance

Cheers
Newbe

[smudwhisk]

Thanks particularly to Janette and all the others who did lookups.  My mystery deepens, I wonder whether Mary Hutchins is May Hutchins widow of Alma George since she died intestate and none of the family appear to have been interested in administering her estate.   As I know that Alma and May's son Robert Dick Hutchins (known as Tom Hutchins and apparently quite a well known NZ photographer) died in 2007 it makes you wonder why none of the family administered her estate??  The mystery remains as to who the youngest child was, I may yet find out when the BMD indexes get further forward on births!!

Thanks again.

Nicola

[Janette]

Hi Nicola,

Yes Mary does appear to be the widow of Alma George Hutchins,they are both buried in Waikumete cemetery in Auckland,Alma died 19-Jan-1944  aged 61yrs buried in ANGLICAN DIVISION K Row 2, Plot 71 Mary is in the same plot.

http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/default.aspx
   
Cheers Janette

[smudwhisk]

Ah, that's right, I remember someone pointing that out a couple of year's back.  Strange none of the family seems to have been interested in administering her estate ... shame for me!

Thanks again

Nicola

[Janette]

Hi Nicola,
what is it you are looking for?
The funeral directors that did both funerals are still in Auckland,an email to them may help,,

Cheers Janette

[smudwhisk]

Hi Janette

I'm trying to find out the name of the youngest child, I've been told they had three but have only found details of the daughter Alma May Hutchins and son Robert Dick Hutchins.  Unfortunately the births are too late for the current index period.  Was hoping that if May/Mary left a Will it would have confirmed whether there was a 3rd child, assuming he (as allegedly a son) was still alive then.  The info was from a distant relative whose info has been a little suspect so unsure if its true or not.  Not an issue, I'll have to wait for the indexes to come forward.  Problem is that the daughter was born in NZ, the son in Australia, and don't know when they went back into NZ so could have been born anywhere!!  The story from my grandmother (who is Alma George Hutchin's great neice) was that he had gone to the US, so you can see even info in the family is a bit suspect.

Thanks to yourself and Kiwi Girl I've found out quite a lot more that I wasn't aware of.

Nicola

[Koromo]

... (known as Tom Hutchins and apparently quite a well known NZ photographer)

I remember Tom Hutchins from lots of years ago, a reserved, unassuming man who was my photography lecturer at art school, and of whom I was in awe.

There is an obituary for him at Photoforum NZ which states he was the first son of Alma George Hutchins, implying there may have been another.  They went to NZ from Australia in 1923.

Also found a .pdf from the Cerebral Palsy Society which includes a piece about him:
http://www.cpsoc.org.nz/review/Review%20June%2007.pdf


Koromo

[Janette]

Hi Nicola,
I have sent you a PM

Cheers Janette

[smudwhisk]

There is an obituary for him at Photoforum NZ which states he was the first son of Alma George Hutchins, implying there may have been another.  They went to NZ from Australia in 1923.

Koromo

Hi Koromo

Yes that's an interesting obituary, I think there's another one somewhere that I found via google last year.  The parents married in NZ in 1920 and daughter Alma May was born there (I'm assuming she's theirs because of the names) the same year.  They must have then gone to Australia, and returned in 1923.  Problem being that a later child, as far as I've heard its probably a second son, could have been born in Australia or New Zealand!  May have to wait a few years for the indexes to get the early 1920s birth registrations online!  The marriage and daughter's birth entries came from BMD indexes I looked at a couple of year's back but they only went up to 1920.

Thanks to everyone who has helped with this, I do appreciate it.

Nicola