Allan Family COMPLETED

[Lucy2]

Hi Dfwdavies

... just in case it is of interest to you, the following is an electoral roll listing for Martha, prior to her marriage.

1935 - Canterbury - Hurunui

EGAN - Martha Euphemia - c/- F.C. Archer, Waikari - spinster

[Note spelling of surname differs from info you have. ] 

[Canterbury is in the South Island of New Zealand - Dannevirke is in the North Island. ]

  ~   Lu

[Janette]

I was hoping to find some way to contact his living relatives,

I see by the cemetery record for Martha that the funeral directors were THOMAS GRIGGS & SON LTD
http://www.pncc.govt.nz/servicesandfacilities/onlineservices/cemetery-and-cremation-detail/?id=17280

You could try contacting the FD's and ask them if they have a copy of the death notice from the newspaper,this may have a contact for the sons,
THOMAS GRIGGS & SON are now The Lychway,you will find their email here

http://thelychway.co.nz/

I can't see David on the cemetery database,if you can locate his cemetery record his details are more recent and would be the better option


Cheers Janette

[Lucy2]

Just confirming that marriage record (NZSG index) shows bride's surname as "EGAN".  [She doesn't appear to have been born in New Zealand.]

Your man appears to have used the names "David Richard John" (sometimes shown as "David Richard J." ) in electoral listings.

This looks to be his first listing in 1938.

1938 - Wellington - Masterton

ALLAN - David Richard John - Branscombe Stn. (Station) - farm hand

Glad you've managed to locate him after so long a search.    Good work on your part in connecting "all the dots".   

   ~  Lu

[Janette]

It appears that David and Martha are buried in different cities
Martha is in Palmerston North and David if in Napier

Dunstall's Funeral Services Ltd  were the FD's for David

http://www.dunstalls.co.nz/

Try sending them an email,most FD's have a copy of the death notice on file

Cheers Janette

[Lucy2]

I can't see David on the cemetery database,if you can locate his cemetery record his details are more recent and would be the better option

Cheers Janette

Didn't David die in 1977 (before Martha - 1993) ?

David appears on another cemetery database > the one which has the plaque photo giving details of his sons (who were apparently born in 1940's, so still possibly living.)

[Janette]

Yes thanks Lu,I found David in the Napier cemetery database.

Cheers Janette

[Lucy2]

The certificate and his gravestone, which was photographed online, provided details on his wife - Martha Euphemia Eagan (1904 - 1993, m. 1940 in Dannevirke).

OP appears to have already viewed the gravestone (plaque) photo.    It's a pity that the cemetery details have now been added to this thread, as that then leads to identification of the sons. 

   ~  Lu

[kiwihalfpint]

Ooops!   Granny moment

Cheers
KHP

[Lucy2]

Ooops!   Granny moment

Cheers
KHP

Who ?  You or me ?    

Mmm ... can see on later electoral rolls a similarly named man to the father ?    Difficult though to say he might be the son ?

Maybe the probate record for Martha (which "speedy" spades has just obtained) will give some further clues to locating living relatives ?