John Milne Armstrong1

(1887 - 1945)
Father*David Armstrong1 b. c 1858, d. 1942
Mother*Sarah Milne1 b. c 1863, d. 1934
John Milne Armstrong was born in New Zealand in 1887.1

John died in 1945 in New Zealand.2

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1887/2097, son of David and Sarah ARMSTRONG.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1945/30769, aged 58.

Leonard Armstrong1

(1874 - 1940)
Father*Frederick Gerard Armstrong1 b. c 1830, d. 1900
Mother*Susan Anne Lally1 d. 1923
Leonard Armstrong was born in New Zealand in 1874.1

Leonard died in 1940 in New Zealand.2

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1874/61.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1940/20941, aged 66.

Mabel Armstrong1

(1880 - )
Father*Frederick Gerard Armstrong1 b. c 1830, d. 1900
Mother*Susan Anne Lally1 d. 1923
Mabel Armstrong was born in New Zealand in 1880.1

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1880/16701.

Mary Baird Armstrong1

(1889 - 1979)
Father*David Armstrong2 b. c 1858, d. 1942
Mother*Sarah Milne2 b. c 1863, d. 1934
Mary Baird WILLIAMS (nee ARMSTRONG)(1889-1979)
Mary Baird Armstrong was born at Brunnerton in Greymouth, Westland, on 25 June 1889.3,2

She married Arthur Henry Williams, son of William (Bill, also Samuel) Williams and Sarah Ann Shimpleton, at Brunnerton in Greymouth, Westland, on 3 January 1910.4,2,5

She was widowed at age 75 on the death of her husband Arthur on 8 June 1965.6,2,7

Mary died on 6 August 1979 in Auckland at age 90.8,2,9 She was cremated at the Purewa Cemetery on 8 August 1979.10 Her ashes were buried on 17 August 1979 at Memorial Park, Cnr Cypress St & Ruru Rd.11
Grave - Arthur Henry WILLIAMS (1885-1965) and Mary Baird (nee ARMSTRONG)(1889-1979), Memorial Park, Christchurch, NZ

Family

Arthur Henry Williams (1885 - 1965)
Children

Citations

  1. [S370] Interview - personal knowledge related to D Ferguson, information supplied by W McKechie.
  2. [S580] Book - Nola Towgood, Samuel Williams.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1889/9347, and Death Reg. No. 1979/38874 gives this birthdate; daughter to David and Sarah.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1910/1157.
  5. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar's-General Folio 1182.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1965/28639, aged 80.
  7. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Memorial Park, block 6, plot 447, aged 80, retired public servant.
  8. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1979/38874.
  9. [S568] Purewa Cemetery & Crematorium database, at https://www.purewa.co.nz/
  10. [S568] Purewa Cemetery & Crematorium database, at https://www.purewa.co.nz/, Serial 36272, Presbyterian, ashes returned and buried with her husband in Christchurch.
  11. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Memorial Park, block 6, plot 447, aged 90, widow.
  12. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1910/13092.
  13. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1912/2603.

Thomas Geoffrey Armstrong1

(1920 - 1997)
Father*John Everard Armstrong1 b. 1889, d. 1959
Mother*Rebe Hazeldine Clarke1 b. 1893, d. 1945
Thomas Geoffrey Armstrong was born in New Zealand on 11 January 1920.2

He married Rona Mabel Bain in New Zealand in 1945.1,3

He was widowed on the death of his wife Rona in 1994.4

Thomas died in 1997 in New Zealand.5

Family

Rona Mabel Bain (1919 - 1994)
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S312] Electronic Files - A Robinson, and subsequent correspondence.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1997/35551 gives this birthdate.
  3. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 522.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1994/39253.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1997/35551.

Tui Joan Armstrong1

(1925 - 2016)
Tui Joan Armstrong was born on 16 August 1925.2

She married Stuart Marsden Scott, son of Walter Scott and Mary Edith Clarke, in New Zealand in 1946.3

She was widowed on the death of her husband Stuart in 1998.4

Tui died in 2016 in New Zealand.5

Family

Stuart Marsden Scott (1920 - 1998)
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S312] Electronic Files - A Robinson, and subsequent correspondence.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death: Reg. No. 2016/25961 gives this birthdate.
  3. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 8941.
  4. [S923] BDM Registrar of New Zealand, death record, Reg. No. 1998/839, aged 78.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death: Reg. No. 2016/25961.

Noma J Arnold1

(1910 - 1962)
Noma J Arnold was born in West Virginia on 17 September 1910.1,2

She married James Nelson Neal in Akron, Summit Co, Ohio, on 13 July 1929. Both of them were workers at the Firestone rubber works and both claimed to be 22 (i.e. born 1907) rather than admit they were actually only 19.1

She was listed in the 1930 US census as head of the family at 99 Tract G-5, W Mildred Ave in Akron, Summit Co, Ohio; the head of family was his brother-in-law Neil GILLIS (greenhouse gardener), married to his sister Rosa and also present were his parents John and Catherine, his brother Frank (12), plus Neil and Rosa's 3 children. James and Rosa were both clerks, but the 1931 Akron City directory indicates they had moved to Nth Portage Path and he was then a chauffeur.2

She was listed in the 1940 US census as Head of Household at 3B Nth Portage Path in Akron, Summit Co, Ohio; he gave an occupation of 'hired hand' with a $1600 annual income.3

Noma died in 1962 in Broward Co, Florida.4 She was buried in 1962 at the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North in Pompano Beach.4
Noma J NEAL (nee ARNOLD)(1910-1962) Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Florida

Family

James Nelson Neal (1910 - 1991)

Citations

  1. [S871] FamilySearch, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/, US Marriages, Summit Co, Ohio, page 58, entry 61586, FHL film 4436835.
  2. [S251] Census - 1 Apr 1930, US Census, Akron, Summit, Ohio, Page 40A, ED 1, image 63.
  3. [S844] Census - 1 Apr 1940, US Census, Akron, Summit, Ohio, Roll T627-03180, Page 3B, ED 89-199, image 6.
  4. [S1125] Findagrave website, at https://www.findagrave.com, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, Plot Fountain Garden 1.

Jean Arthur

(1743 - 1842)
She was possibly the daughter of William ARTHUR, who was baptised on 1 March 1743 at Kirkoswald, Ayrshire.1

She married Fergusson Mories, son of William Morries and Margaret Osburn, in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, on 7 December 1772.2

Jean died on 24 February 1842 in Irvine, Ayrshire, at age 98.

Family

Fergusson Mories (1747 - 1790)
Children
ChartsMacdonald pedigree
William Morries descendancy

Citations

  1. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, Parish of Kirkoswald, OPR Births/baptisms, GRO 601/00 0010 116.
  2. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, Parish of Kilwinning, OPR Marriages, GRO 599/00 0030 0063 FR799.
  3. [S236] CD - Dr Williams Library & County Civil records, British Vital Records CDs, FHL film 1041383.
  4. [S240] Will - Alexander Morris, Ayr Sheriff Court Inventories.
  5. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, Parish of Irvine, OPR Births/baptisms, GRO 595/00 0010 238 (FR254).
  6. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, Parish of Irvine, OPR Births/baptisms, GRO 595/00 0010 297 FR313.

Kenneth Ashburner

(1927 - 2010)
Father*Richard Brian Ashburner b. 1902, d. 1961
Mother*Betty Muirhead Gaunt b. 1899, d. 1983
Kenneth Ashburner was born in South Africa on 1 March 1927.1

Kenneth arrived in Southampton from Cape Town on the Carnarvon Castle on 15 July 1929 with his mother Betty.2

Kenneth returned to England on 8 February 1932, arriving in Southampton from Cape Town on the Llandaff Castle with his mother Betty.2

Ken was a botanist, co-founder (with his wife June) of Stone Lane Arboretum, Chagford, and co-author with Hugh McAlister of the book The Genus Betula: A Taxonomic Revision of Birches.

Kenneth died on 20 July 2010 in Devon at age 83.1 He was buried in July 2010 at the Holy Trinity Churchyard in Drewsteignton.1
Grave of Kenneth ASHBURNER (1927-2010), Devon
ChartsThomas Fergusson (c1758-1844) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S1053] Cemetery Marker - , Drewsteignton, Devon.
  2. [S720] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at https://www.ancestry.com

Richard Brian Ashburner1,2,3

(1902 - 1961)
Father*William George Ashburner2,3 b. 1856, d. 1919
Mother*Mary Agnes Salmon2,3 b. 1859
Richard's birth was registered between April 1902 and June 1902 in Ulverston, Lancashire.3 He was baptised in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, on 2 July 1902.2

Richard left Southampton for Cape Town on 28 August 1913 on the Geelong with his brother George and mother Mary.4

He married Betty Muirhead Gaunt, daughter of Lancelot Gerald Gaunt and Anita Isabelle Fergusson, at St Boniface Church in Germiston, Johannesburg, Transvaal, on 13 December 1924. He gave his occupation as 'school teacher', and they were both residents of Transvaal.1

He returned to Cape Town from Southampton, leaving on 1 July 1927 on the Carnarvon Castle.4

In 1937 Betty petitioned Richard Brian Ashburner for divorce in Transvaal, possibly on the grounds of desertion.5

Richard died in 1961 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal.6

Family

Betty Muirhead Gaunt (1899 - 1983)
Child
ChartsThomas Fergusson (c1758-1844) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S871] FamilySearch, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/, South Africa, Church of the Province of Sth Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004, FHL film 5027517, image 22.
  2. [S871] FamilySearch, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL film 1471899, It.19 p59.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Ulverston, Vol 8e, p798, 2Q1902, mother's maiden name SALMON.
  4. [S729] Passengers leaving UK, 1890-1960, at https://www.findmypast.co.uk
  5. [S956] National Archives - Sth African archives, National Archives Repository (Public Records of former Transvaal Province), Depot TAB, Source WLD, Type LEER, System 01, Ref. No. 874/1937.
  6. [S956] National Archives - Sth African archives, National Archives Repository (Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository), Depot NAB, Source MSCE, Type LEER, System 01, Ref. No. 2563/1961, deceased estate.