John McCaughern Buried Kaitangata Old Cemetery

[minniehaha]

Hello again,

There are a number of your McCaughern's on the Archway  (Archives) website showing the availability of Probates etc.

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz

Minniehaha. 

[Lucy2]

Thanks for the welcome Lu and also the info so far. My post above should have said that I did not know what relation DC McCaughern, the baker, was to Thomas ( Violets husband) I still have not figured out how to "drive" the papers past site, but I am learning by my mistakes!

Hi

D C McCAUGHERN (the baker) was "Daniel Colvin McCAUGHERN" (and according to the "trees" online, he was the s/o John and Jane McCAUGHERN, and the older brother of Thomas. )

Electoral

1914 - Oroua (Manawatu) Roll

McCAUGHERN - Daniel Colvin - Sandon Road, Feilding - occ.  Baker

 

[Lucy2]

NZ Marriage

Daniel Colvin McCAUGHERN - Lucy Rachel BILLENS -- 1908

NZ Death

1965 - McCAUGHERN - Daniel Colvin - aged 86 years


[DC McCAUGHERN appears on electoral rolls (Feilding area) only in 1911 and 1914 -- thereafter he was resident in Canterbury (Christchurch). ]

    ~  Lu 

[Tinmac]

Oh, my goodness, you are amazing...probably had a lot more practice than me! Thank you.

[Janette]

Here is the CWGC entry for Thomas

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737411/McCAUGHERN,%20THOMAS

Cheers Janette

[Tinmac]

Thank you Janette

[Tinmac]

I have managed to get a little more information on Mervin and John Thomas ( Thomas & Violets sons) When finding their death record on the births deaths and marriages NZ site, there was no birth date for John ( who died at 16 yrs) just the year and his age. The year was 1933 and he was sixteen, bringing his birth date to 1917. Melvins record has a birth date of 10 October 1917! We have a photo at home of an older woman with four children. Two of them are blonde twin boys and the studio is shown as Fielding so I am wondering if John and Melvin were in fact twins!

[Lucy2]

Hi Tinmac

NZ BDM (online) only provides us with births up to "today's date" 1913.

You can though check the microfiche version of the NZ Birth Index (available at many public libraries) for births after 1913.

   ~  Lu

[Lucy2]

The son (identified only as "Jack"), who is referred to in the 1919 articles mentioning Violet, was said to have been aged 3 years, as at early May 1919.  By my reckoning, (and I'm lousy at maths  ), I'd estimate "Jack's" birth to have been 1916.
[At the time Violet also stated she had another child (not identified as being younger or older than "Jack"), whom she said had been left with her people in Feilding.  ??   Was this child the son born in October 1917 ?? ]

    ~ Lu