Help looking for Christopher JOHNSTON/E

[Lucy2]

Ah  ... I see the child who died aged 1 year - Margaret Stewart VEITCH - is buried at the Northern Cemetery in Dunedin.    

In the same plot is a "John Watson VEITCH" - born about 1840 ?    I'm not sure though that this is her father ?
[Seem to recall seeing this "John Watson" elsewhere in records ?]

~  Lu

[Lucy2]

NZ Marriage

John Watson VEITCH - Mary WILSON -- 1885     

[Lucy2]

Margaret Stuart [sic] VEITCH - d. 1877 - aged 1

Same plot ...

John Watson VEITCH - 48 years  (bc 1840)
Died:  24 December 1888
Native of :   Linlithgow, Scotland
Years in NZ:    26   (arrived about 1862)   

[Lucy2]

For some reason I had thought that the VEITCHs - John and Margaret - had arrived from Scotland as a married couple (bah ... silly me ...) .    I see now that they married in NZ in 1872.

John VEITCH - Margaret S. McALPIN -- 1872

I note there is a birth (without parents names)

1874 - VEITCH - Elizabeth Watson

is she also a daughter of this couple ?   

Question:   Is the John VEITCH who married in 1872 the same person as John Watson VEITCH  who married in 1885 ?

[Lucy2]

Presbyterian Marriages - Otago

McALPINE - Margaret Stewart ... full age

VEITCH - John ... full age

Knox Church, Dunedin - 16 April 1872

Drat  .... that doesn't help with knowing when John VEITCH was born.   

[Lucy2]

Birth notices from "Otago Daily Times"

- 27 October 1874 - p. 2

... on 19 October 1874 at Stafford Street, the w/o John VEITCH, a daughter.
[This is probably "Elizabth Watson VEITCH ? ]

-  22 April 1876 - p.2

... on 20 April 1876 at Hope Street, Mrs John VEITCH, a daughter
[Likely to be Margaret Stewart F. VEITCH ? ]

[Still not seeing any sign of a divorce.   Strange.   
]

[Lucy2]

[ Margaret was the informant on the birth certificates]. She also stated they were married in Dunedin 1877, no certificate.

Hi again

Can you tell us please, where these children were born  (and address, if possible) ?

Cheers
    ~  Lu

[Jeanette]

Hi again, info is fascinating. Have sent for the marriage cert for John Veitch and Margaret Stewart Mcalpine.
Children of the Johnston union were Christopher Johnston b 31 Dec 1885.
He went to Kings College in Auck as a day boy, sent for records.
Margaret Johnston b 30 Dec 1888.
William Johnston b 5 March 1891. Panmure given as birth place.
Richmond Auckland given for Christophers birth. He married Millicent Adelaide Hutton in Waihi in 1906.

Jeanette

[Lucy2]

Hi Jeanette

The VEITCH / McALPIN(E) marriage record, although it won't offer a great deal of information, will at least indicate if a divorce has taken place.      A stamp bearing the date of decree absolute will have been placed on the registry copy of the marriage entry.

[Unfortunately NZ marriage records before (4th quarter) 1881, don't have a great deal of info.   Names of parents, places of birth of bride/groom, are not given.  Ages also not always shown - may just state "full age" - i.e. over 21 years of age.  On the positive side though, names of marriage witnesses can sometimes prove helpful.]

~  Lu