See also

Family of Robert James Shanks and Vera Florence Oberhuber

Husband: Robert James Shanks

  • Name:

  • Robert James Shanks2 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • letterpress machinist3

  • Birth:

  • 3 May 1890

  • Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand2 3

  • Death:

  • 18 Jan 1973 (age 82)

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand3

  • Interred:

  • Jan 1973

  • Canterbury Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, 477 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand3

  •  

  • Garden Rockery K

Wife: Vera Florence Oberhuber

  • Name:

  • Vera Florence Oberhuber4

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Paul Oberhuber (1861-1939)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Edwards (1869-1941)

  • Birth:

  • 30 Mar 1899

  • Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand4 5

  • Death:

  • 16 Sep 1983 (age 84)

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand5

  • Interred:

  • Sep 1983

  • Canterbury Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, 477 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand5

  •  

  • Garden Rockery K

Child 1: David William Shanks

  • Name:

  • David William Shanks6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Dave

  • Birth:

  • 2 Mar 19296

  •  

  • Death:

  • 30 Jul 2004 (age 75)6

  •  

  • Interred:

  • Aug 2004

  • Fairhall Cemetery, New Renwick Road, Fairhall, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand6

  •  

  • plot:18 block:9 Memorial Garden

Note on Husband: Robert James Shanks

Robert was a son of Robert James Shanks and Ada Emmeline3

Note on Wife: Vera Florence Oberhuber

There are references to another son, Peter Robert Shanks but nothing found in the BMD records

Sources

1.

Ancestry New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). 1920 folio:453. Cit. Date: 17 January 2023.

2.

Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Malvern 1890 quarter:3 folio:2877. Cit. Date: 17 January 2023.

3.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:230766664. Cit. Date: 17 January 2023.

4.

Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ellesmere 1899 quarter:2 folio:1949. Cit. Date: 17 January 2023.

5.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:230766509. Cit. Date: 17 January 2023.

6.

Ibid. memorial id:209485358. Cit. Date: 17 January 2023.