Individual Notes
Note for: Harold Roy Painter, 19 APR 1894 - 3 SEP 1948
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Christening: Date: 23 NOV 1907
Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Burial: Date: 6 SEP 1948
Place: Karori Cemetery
Individual Note: Occ: Fitter & Turner and Name from Geoffrey Roy Joseph Painter& Doreen Mary Ashby Marriage Certificate
Date of Birth and Christening from M McNeilage
*Birth Details Date: 1894, Folio No: 2918, Area: Christchurch, September quarter*
Christchurch Public Library Church Register Index Records show Harold Roy Painter, Born: 19/4/1894, Baptised: 23/11/1907 by C.S. Bowden (Reg SPR2 1234), Parents: Frederick William, Occ: Salesman, and Isabel, Resident: Peers Street, Sponsors: The Parents
Marriage Certificate shows Registration District: Holborn, Marriage Solemnized at St. Silas Church Penton Street in the Parish of Clerkenwell in the County of London, Date: 21/7/1918, Harold Roy Painter, Aged: 24, Bachelor, Soldier (New Zealand), Residence at Time of Marriage: 24 Denmark Grove, Father Name and Surname: Frederick William Painter, Deceased, Occ: Motor Engineer, Florence Violet Shirley, Aged: 19, Spinster, Occ: None Listed, Residence at Time of Marriage: 24 Denmark Grove, Father Name and Surname: Walter William Shirley, Deceased, Occ: Ships Engineer, Witnesses: Alice Shirley, Laura Philis Knibb, Walter George Field
Lived in Burnsbury, England and Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch, details from Divorce Document
Arrived in New Zealand with Florence Painter nee Shirley in 1919, details from Divorce Document
1922 Dunedin North Electoral Roll shows Painter Harold Roy, 18 Cannington Road, M. H., Motor Driver
1924 Wises shows Painter, Roy, Mechanic, 11 Brighton Street, South Dunedin
1928 NZPO shows Painter H, Assistant Manager, Waiwhetu Road, Lower Hutt
Divorced Florence Violet Painter in 1936, Auckland Court, Archives Reference: BBAE 4985
*2nd Marriage Details Date: 1939, Folio No: 7169*
Located a record of a service card at Archives NZ details Harold Roy Painter, Agency: AAOX, Accession: W3278, Box 1, Date: 1947 - 1948, Service card, Municipal Milk Department, Engineer
Karori Cemetery Record shows Painter Harold Roy, Date of Burial: 6/9/1948, Aged: 53, Address: 17 Waripori Street, Occ: Engineer, Undertakers: R H Wilson, Clergyman: Rev Fagg, No of Grave: 41, Path: R 3, Soldiers
*Death Details Date: 1948, Folio No: 3463, Area: Wellington, September quarter*
The Evening Post 6th September 1948 shows
Roll of Honour Deaths
Painter, Harold Roy, 7/611, 1st and 2nd N.Z.E.F - Loved father of Mavis, Geoffrey, Maurice and loving granddad of Warrick, Rosemary, Marlene and Carol: Sept 3, 1948, aged 53
Karori Headstone shows
1st NZEF 7/611 Cpl H. R. Painter Canterbury Mtd. Rifles died 3 Sept 1948 aged 53 years
Individual Notes
Note for: Millicent Or Amiria Tahuwhenua Mair Or Gilbert, ABT 2 JUL 1900 - 18 APR 1988
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Burial: Place: Otaki Cemetery
Individual Note: Roy Alfred Kelly remembers she announced arrivals and departures at the Wellington Railway Station, during WWII. Descendant of a Maori Tribe. She was a great singer and she entertain troops during the war WWII
Gilbert as Maiden Surname from Death Notice in The Evening Post
Mair as Maiden Surname from LDS Family Group Record
Date of Birth and Place from LDS Family Group Record
*Birth Details Date: 1900, Folio No: 4414, Area: Ellesmere, December quarter, Unsure if correct entry as shows for "female"*
*Marriage Details Date: 1919, Folio No: 7810, Names: William John Bowden and Millicent Gilbert*
*Death Details Date: 1988, Folio No: 10103, Date of Birth: 30/7/1899?, Area: Levin*
Otaki Cemetery Records shows Bowden, Amiria Tahu Whenua, Date Died: 18/4/1988, Aged: 88, Cemetery: Otaki, Cemetery Block & Area: Public Cemetery, Lawn, Plot No: 106, Buried with Bowden, William John(husband)
The Evening Post 19th April 1988 shows
Bowden, Amiria (Millie) Tahuwhenua, of 5 Raukawa Street, Otaki - On April 18, 1988, at her home in her 89th year. Loved wife of the late W J (Bill) and loved mother of Vince and Kath (Otaki), Mahi (Judy) and the late Keith Hansen (Miramar), Peg and the late David McConachy (Auckland), Millicent and Gordon Ford (Otaki), Leo and Mary (Wairakei), loving grandmother and great-grandmother of all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. At Peace, will be sadly missed. Millie's Service will be held at Rangiatea Church, Otaki on Thursday, April 21 at 2pm. Thereafter to the Otaki Lawn Cemetery. Millie will be in state at the Raukawa Marae from Wednesday morning, April 20. Harvey's Funeral Services Ltd, Levin, FDANZ
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Bowden, Amiria Tahuwhenua - On April 18, 1988. Died peacefully at home after a long illness. Beloved mother and mother-in-law of Kath and Vince. Dearly loved nana and kuia? of Lorraine, Phil, Carl and Paul (Wainuiomata), Colleen, Noel, Nathan, Shane, Carly and Drew (Newlands), Kathy, Leon and Jay (Paraparaumu), Bill, Colleen and Lee (Wainuiomata) RIP
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Bowden, Amiria (Millie) nee Gilbert, of 5 Raukawa Street, Otaki, in her 89th year. Loved mum Mahi (Judy) (Miramar). Grandmother of Judith (Melbourne) and Hugh (Miramar) and great-grandmother of Graham and Nathan (Melbourne). Peacefully At Rest.
Headstone Reads
In loving memory of
William John Bowden
Died 31st January 1972
Aged 75 years
R.I.P
and his beloved wife
Amiria (Millie) Bowden
Died 18th April 1988
Aged 88 years