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Bessie Rebie Shroff was born in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, on 16 December 1926.^2,1,3

She married Colin Trevor Stewart in Tauranga on 28 August 1948.^2,1,4

She was widowed at age 38 on the death of her husband Colin on 26 January 1965.^2,1

Bessie's second marriage was to Ronald Bettjeman on 21 June 1969 in Tauranga.^2,1

She was widowed at age 89 on the death of her husband Ronald on 20 November 2016.^5,6,7

Bessie died on 23 September 2017 at Devonport Palms Home in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, at age 90.^8,9

Bruce Frederick Shroff was born on 16 June 1934.^3,4

Bruce died in 1996 in New Zealand.¹

Claude Leicester Shroff was born in Auckland on 17 March 1907.^2,1,3

He married Margaret Ellen Copsey at St Pauls, Symonds St in Auckland on 24 April 1937.^2,1,4

Claude died in 1968 in Auckland.^2,1,5

David Leicester Shroff was born in Auckland on 25 November 1939.^2,1

David died on 12 August 2017 in Canterbury at age 77.³

Derek Mortimer Shroff was born in Tauranga on 20 February 1930.^2,1,3

He married Marjory Anne Lovell in Tauranga on 4 April 1953.^2,1,4

Derek died on 12 September 2019 in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, at age 89.^3,5

Frederick Clarke Shroff was born in Auckland on 30 July 1902.^2,1,3

He married Gertrude Mary (Truda) Molony in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, on 27 May 1925.^2,1,4,5

He was widowed on the death of his wife Gertrude in 1980.⁶

Frederick died on 12 March 1985 in Tauranga at age 82.^2,1,7

He married an unknown person .¹ Ian Mortimer Shroff was born in Auckland on 29 July 1934.^2,1,3

Ian died in 2023 in New Zealand.⁴

Mortimer Homi Shroff was born in Auckland in 1901.^2,1,3

He married Marjorie Colebrook in New Zealand in 1928.^1,4,5

Mortimer died in May 1966 in Auckland.^2,1,6

Mortimer's birth was registered between April 1874 and June 1874 in Brentford, Middlesex.^2,3

He married Bessie Martha Rhoda Clarke, daughter of Samuel Ludbrook Clarke and Mary Lee (Hannah) Christopher, in New Zealand in 1900.^1,4,5

He was widowed on the death of his wife Bessie on 12 June 1939.^2,1,6

He became a well known hardware merchant in Auckland, establishing a family business which celebrated its centenary in the summer of 1986.¹

Mortimer died in December 1965 in Auckland.^2,1,7

Clementina Paul Sim was born in Durris, Aberdeen, Kincardineshire, on 13 November 1829.³ and was baptised on 9 December 1829 in Durris.^3,1

She married James Ferguson in Mills of Drum, Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, on 6 December 1866.^4,5

Clementina's second marriage was to Alexander Fergusson, son of John Fergusson and Christy McGregor, on 19 April 1878 at 85 Bellgrove St in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Clementina was a widow, and the marriage was at her house, his residence being given as 287 Duke St, Glasgow.²

She was listed in the 1881 census at 287 Duke St in Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, with her husband Alexander; he was a cattle dealer.⁶

Clementina died on 25 April 1885 at 67 Charlotte Lane in Blackfriars, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at age 55 of pneumonia. The informant was her sister Christina.⁷