Thomas Law - Electoral Role etc

[Scottygirl]

Sorry, not sure I understand but are you saying I can ask someone to do a look up for me?  Can someone find the date of their marriage or just the year?  Sometimes I just get lost in all of this

[Lucy2]

Sorry, not sure I understand but are you saying I can ask someone to do a look up for me? Can someone find the date of their marriage or just the year? Sometimes I just get lost in all of this

Have replied to this (in part) on your new "ITM request" thread.   

[Lucy2]

Hi again Scottygirl

Apologies ... I think perhaps I was a bit vague with my earlier attempt to explain the "Resources" on here.   

So once you've read this, scroll back to top of the thread and >> click on "New Zealand" (alongside of the green leaf icon - top left-hand side).   This will take you to the Home Page of the New Zealand RootsChat board where you'll find the "Resources and Offers" link.


~ Lu

[Scottygirl]

I just received the Marriage death (edited) print out for Thomas Law (wow that was quick) - it says that he had been in New Zealand for 59 years so 1922 less 59 = 1863 approx. 

His father is given as John and Mother as Mary (formerly McDonald).  Fantastic to find out a little bit more!!  Now I'm really curious - did they all come out, probably just him but maybe with a brother??  I wish Irish history was as easy to look up as English and Scottish!!

[Janette]

Hi Scottygirl

was that the marriage or death printout you got

Cheers Janette

[Scottygirl]

Hi Scottygirl

was that the marriage or death printout you got

Cheers Janette

Sorry, that was the death printout.  Marriage still to come.

[Janette]

Do you know where he is buried?

cheers Janette

[Scottygirl]

Yes Picton Cemetery - no information on the grave though.

[Scottygirl]

OK, so I will summarise what I know to be true.

Born c 1838 Dublin Ireland.

Thomas Law arrived in New Zealand approx 1863 (death cert and ITM back this up).

His parents were John Law and Mary (nee McDonald) presumably of Dublin, Ireland.

He married Elizabeth Bowis (Bowie) on 13 Feb 1865.

A Thomas Law of Havelock (close to Cullensville) died in 1873.  I thought he might have been my Thomas's father but he is not (his father was John).

My Thomas Law mined on the west coast of New Zealand (Hokitika/Buller) in the 1870s as his children were born there.

My Thomas Law ran the Cullensville Pub, The Miner's Arms for about five years until 1896.  He then went bankrupt.

A Thomas Law was the proprietor of the George Hotel in Picton from aroun 1880 to 1883 and went bankrupt - the advertisements for this hotel said "Thos Law, late of Wairau".  I would presume this is my Thomas?

Electoral roles show a Thomas Law at both Hokitika and Wairau/Picton for the periods 1880, 1885, 1890, 1896 - same person, just one showing miner's rights? or different person?


Thanks for the help so far - would I be right in assuming the above is correct?  Would it be likely there was yet another Thomas Law in the same area given that one already died in 1873?  Anything else that anyone can contribute would be wonderful.

Thanks, Lynda