I am hoping someone can help me find my great great grandfather. His name is George Cook (or sometimes spelt Cooke). He was born in 1837 (place unknown). He arrived in Nelson, New Zealand in 1864 and married a local woman, Susan Eliza Matthews in July 1866. By trade he is a Butcher and appears to open a shop, produce several children, and then disappear by the late 1880's. His wife dies in 1920 and is described as a widow. I cannot find George's death on the New Zealand Death indexs and wondered if perhaps he had died in Australia. Is there some kind person who could check their Australian Birth indexs for a George Cook/Cooke born in 1837, and the same dying between 1885 and 1920. Many thanks - I appreciate this may not be strictly "Goldfields" related but did not want to join another mailing list for one simple question! Beth New Zealand