Anderson

[Thamesite2017]

Hi Sunnylyn
perhaps it would help, if you can list what info you are still after
that way helps to clear what is left to find

Bye
Althea 

[Sunnylyn]

Greetings Mystery Lovers,
From the  original Copy of The marriage register which I have. December 28 1917 District of Dunedin- Marriage by Registrar.George Boyer Fiveash age 24, sawmillhand, Bachelor, Birthplace Wakapatu, Present residence Dunedin, Usual residence Owaka. fathers name and surname & profession: Thomas William Fiveash - Sawmiller. Mothers name and maiden name: Jessie Thompson Fiveash - Boyer.
 Maud Anderson age 18 years Spinster . Birthplace Christchurch. Residence present and usual - Dunedin. Father's name & surname and profession George Anderson, Grocer. Mother's name Annie Kathleen Anderson and maiden name  Anderson. her signature is Mrs Annie K Anderson.
From Maud's (Pearl) box of photos which I am trying to put names to those un named ones came the photograph that you have. On the back was written in nana's writing Thomas Henry grandad Anderson ,1930, died 25 November aged 85.

Ali bas and self still do not know who Annie Kathleen Andersons parents were? Also thought the fact that beside Thomas Henry Anderson there appears to be someone in Army uniform, thinking that there were more people in the original photograph. . Did Thomas Henry have a son George who was a grocer in Dunedin? Do we need to rethink which parent TH was
 attached to. Regards Sunnylyn.
PS GBF called Maud his "Pearl" without price,very romantic , they adored each other right to the end of their lives. I know cause I was there... and they never talked about her early life ever.

[Lucy2]

From the  original Copy of The marriage register which I have. December 28 1917 District of Dunedin-
 Maud Anderson age 18 years Spinster . Birthplace Christchurch. Residence present and usual - Dunedin. Father's name & surname and profession George Anderson, Grocer. Mother's name Annie Kathleen Anderson and maiden name  Anderson. her signature is Mrs Annie K Anderson..

Hi Sunnylyn

Lovely story about GBF and his Pearl.   

I've just read back over the two threads and will add some further info re: Thomas Henry, soon.

Firstly though, just need some clarification about Maude (Pearl's) mother, Annie Kathleen.

*   I take it from above marriage cert. that "Annie Kathleen ANDERSON" was present at this wedding >

 ... and that her name appears as a witness on the marriage certificate ??

*  If that is correct, then is there also an address for her ?
[Mostly witnesses had just the place name of where they resided - though sometimes there was a fuller address. ]

Cheers
    ~  Lu

[Sunnylyn]

Hello again Mystery lovers,
Sorry not going to be any further help. Looked again at the marriage certificate and Annie kathleen Anderson was indeed the witness for her daughter Maud (Pearl) but the residence is only listed as Dunedin.
The second witness was a male clerk from the Court House.
 Nana was 18 years old when she married, and as my mum told me, her father had appeared  at his home one day in The Catlins with Maud a then 13 year old girl and asked his mother if she would look after her and in return Maud helped in the house because when she was old enough GBF was going to marry her. End of story.
Maud became an extremely skilled needle woman and created the most beautifull Crochet lace and embroidered pieces, along with her youngest sister inlaw and they were lifetime friends. I still have some of their work, indeed was most glad when nana taught me to crochet when I was just eight. Wondering if the Anderson heritage may have been Scandinavian because of the inborn lace making and embroidery talenTs??
Regards Sunnylyn

[Lucy2]

Sorry not going to be any further help. Looked again at the marriage certificate and Annie kathleen Anderson was indeed the witness for her daughter Maud (Pearl) but the residence is only listed as Dunedin.

Hi Sunnylyn   .... never mind.   

I had a few minutes to kill when at Archives yesterday, and so looked up the Intention to Marry notice.

FIVEASH - ANDERSON --  ITM dated 28 December 1917, Dunedin  :

... in the columns stating "length of residence" (which is residence in the particular place where the couple are to be married), it records the following :

George Boyer FIVEASH - residing at Dunedin = 4 days
Maude ANDERSON - residing at Dunedin = 6 months
 

Annie Kathleen ANDERSON (mother) > no mention of word "Mrs." >  is the person named as giving consent (for Maude).   

   ~  Lu

PS   Just mulling over the new info you've provided - will get back soon.

[Lucy2]

 Nana was 18 years old when she married, and as my mum told me, her father had appeared  at his home one day in The Catlins with Maud a then 13 year old girl and asked his mother if she would look after her and in return Maud helped in the house because when she was old enough GBF was going to marry her. End of story.

 Hi again

Please  ... just need to get the above, crystal clear.   

..."her father had appeared"  -- whose father ?? (name? )

.... "at his home in the Catlins  -- whose home  (name ?)  ... and who lived in the Catlins ??

....  "and asked his mother"  -- whose mother (his name ?   Mother's name ?)

Cheers.

   ~  Lu

[Sunnylyn]

Lucy 2
 After many months think we have a lead re Maud Anderson daughter of Annie Kathleen Anderson.
AK's father was indeed the Thomas Henry Anderson who married Lydia Foster. Yes Annie Kathleen Anderson & brother James Wilson Anderson were the children of his first marriage to Mary Anne Pierce, she died in Christchurch NZ 21 October 1878.
Can you track down anything more regarding dates & information for Annie Kathleen & her brother.
TH Anderson is listed as a boatbuilder in 1878, this came from a death notice in the Lyttleton Times.
You quite correctly listed the one daughter and seven sons for Lydia Foster and TH Anderson. Thanks mystery lovers, keep thinking please. regards Sunnylyn