See also

Family of Willy Edwards and Mary Lockhart Weir

  • Husband:

  • Willy Edwards (1879-1931)

  • Wife:

  • Mary Lockhart Weir (1875-1970)

  • Marriage:

  • 10 Sep 1921

  • Registrar's Office, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand1 2

Husband: Willy Edwards

  • Name:

  • Willy Edwards3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Edward Edwards (1841-1920)

  • Mother:

  • Harriet Osborne (1846-1915)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • labourer

  • Birth:

  • 18 May 1879

  • Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand3 4 5

  • Military Service:

  • to 30 Mar 1919 (age 39)

  • New Zealand Army Rifle Brigade as a rifleman

  •  

  • fought in WWI and was wounded

  • Military Service:

  • frm 31 Mar 1919 to 21 May 1919 (age 39-40)

  • New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps as no:5582

  •  

  • he was a labourer who was 5' 8½" tall, weighed 140 lbs, with a chest of 31-34", discharged at his own request

  • Military Service:

  • 4 Feb 1921 (age 41)

  • New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps as no:5582

  •  

  • a widowed labourer of 126 Nelson Street Petone whoi re-enlisted as a clerk because his war wounds meant he could not do labourering well

  • Death:

  • 14 Mar 1931 (age 51)

  • Wellington Hospital, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand6 5

  • Burial:

  • Mar 1931

  • Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, Old Karori Road, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand5

  •  

  • soldiers plot 18 CC

Wife: Mary Lockhart Weir

  • Name:

  • Mary Lockhart Weir7 2 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 2 Oct 1875

  • Biggar "Registration District", Lanarkshire, Scotland7 8

  •  

  • burial record says born on 2nd October 1876 in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland

  • Death:

  • 6 Jun 1970 (age 93)

  • Wellington, New Zealand8

  • Cremation:

  • 8 Jun 1970

  • Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, Old Karori Road, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand8

Note on Wife: Mary Lockhart Weir

Daughter of William Weir and Elizabeth nee Campbell8

Sources

1.

Ancestry New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). 1921 folio:6640. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

2.

Ancestry New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps no:558. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

3.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Robinson Family Tree by jessamy_robinson. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

4.

Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ellesmere 1879 quarter:3 folio:2752. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

5.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:221552874. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

6.

Ancestry New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Wellington 1931 quarter:1 folio:620. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

7.

Scotland Birth index, (on-line at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). Biggar 1875 ref:623/21. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.

8.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:229672340. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.