Hi John Thanks, yes Dorothy is the fourth child from second marriage - we know about the family but don't know about Laurence's work life as Dorothy was only young when he died and nobody talked about him. Regards Sue On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, John Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sue: > > From the NZSG marriages CD to 1956, Laurence married in 1938 to Ernestine > GORDON or HIRSH (evidently her 2nd marriage, tho don’t know which was her > birth surname). Ernestine then married Thomas REEVES in 1947. The RG > historic births (100y +) have the three births to Laurence & Margaret as > Jean 1914, Joan 1915 and Sybil 1917 (and exact dates can be found by > gradually restricting date range). So Dorothy the 4th daughter could be > born to Ernestine or Margaret? > > Yours, John > > -----Original Message----- From: Sue king > Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 7:30 PM > To: John Wilson ; Rootsweb New Zealand > Subject: Re: [nz] NZ Solicitors > > Hi John, Chris & Terry > > Yes he remarried after Margaret Maud died & married Ernestene. I have a > copy of his probate from Family Search. Terry also sent me a link for an > add on Papers Past of him being a solicitor, which my search didn't show. > Laurence may have been a law clerk & became a lawyer with the help of a Mr > Jacka who was rather younger than him as he was Laurence's sponsor. My > friend was wondering what he did before he died - he certainly didn't do > very well as he only had about 638pound when he died - he did become very > ill with anemia and finally died of it which we presume is why he gave up > being a solicitor. Unfortunately there is no longer any family to ask. I > asked the Law Society but they only had the date which he was inducted > which I already had. > > Thanks for your help, Sue > > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 4:34 PM, John Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Sue and Chris: further to the probate entry which indicates retired >> solicitor Laurence MARCHAND died intestate, the Registrar-General’s >> “historic” website indicates that he died aged 63y on 27 May 1941; there >> are death notices on Papers Past for 28 & 29 May giving his wife’s name as >> Ernestene, plus 4 daughters. He was buried at Purewa Cemetery; the >> cemetery >> records show he was buried with Margaret Maud MARCHAND who died aged 52y >> on >> 25 December 1929; and the RG website shows he married Margaret on 11 >> December 1912. >> >> Yours, John Wilson >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Sue king >> Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 8:31 PM >> To: Rootsweb New Zealand >> Subject: [nz] NZ Solicitors >> >> >> Hi >> >> Can anyone tell me where I can find information on a solicitor Mr L >> Marchand >> who was admitted to the bar on 1927 in Auckland and died in 1941? Would >> like to find employment history if possible but anything really. I have >> checked Papers Past and found some information. The Public Trust was >> asking for debtors after he died. But I can't find a probate. >> >> Thanks Sue >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >