See also

Family of Lionel Edward Bruce Edwards and Mabel Hosking

Husband: Lionel Edward Bruce Edwards

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Lionel Edward Bruce Edwards

  • Name:

  • Lionel Edward Bruce Edwards4,5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Edward Edwards (1841-1920)

  • Mother:

  • Harriet Osborne (1846-1915)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • railway clerk2,6

  • Birth:

  • 2 Oct 1883

  • Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand4,5,7

  • Residence:

  • 1904 (age 20-21)

  • Leeston, Canterbury, New Zealand6

  •  

  • working as a railway clerk

  • Death:

  • 4 Oct 1967 (age 84)

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand7,8

  • Interred:

  • 1967

  • Canterbury Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, 477 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand9

  •  

  • Chapel Sundial Garden DH, interred with his wife Mabel

Wife: Mabel Hosking

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Mabel Hosking

  • Name:

  • Mabel Hosking1,10,11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1886

  • Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand11

  • Death:

  • 4 Sep 1950 (age 64)

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand9,12

  • Interred:

  • 1950

  • Canterbury Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, 477 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand9

  •  

  • Chapel Sundial Garden DH

Child 1: Elfreda Mirla Edwards

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Daughter: Elfreda Mirla Edwards

  • Name:

  • Elfreda Mirla Edwards10,13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • William John Leonard (1915- )

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1908

  • Lyttleton, Canterbury, New Zealand13

  • Residence:

  • 1946 (age 37-38)

  • 45 Weka Street, Fendalton, Canterbury, New Zealand14

  •  

  • a spinster

  • Residence:

  • 1946 (age 37-38)

  • 31 Garden Road, Fendalton, Canterbury, New Zealand15

  •  

  • a married woman

Child 2: Bernard Edward Edwards

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Son: Bernard Edward Edwards

Child 3: Edna Florence Edwards

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Daughter: Edna Florence Edwards

  • Name:

  • Edna Florence Edwards10,18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Geoffrey Woods Palmer (1915-1985)

  • Birth:

  • 30 Jul 1911

  • Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand18,19

  • Death:

  • 11 May 2000 (age 88)

  • New Zealand19,20,21

  • Burial:

  • 15 May 2000

  • Te Kuiti New Cemetery, Mangarino Street, Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand21

  •  

  • Block II, Plot 367

Child 4: Jean Alison Edwards

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Daughter: Jean Alison Edwards

  • Name:

  • Jean Alison Edwards10,22

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Ivan Gray Hillis (1911-1958)

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1913

  • Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand22

  • Death:

  • 8 Apr 2002 (age 88)

  • Motueka, Tasman, New Zealand23

  • Burial:

  • Apr 2002

  • Riverton Cemetery, Riverton-Otautau Road, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand23

  •  

  • plkot 25 lawn section row 2

Child 5: Pamela Margaret Edwards

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Daughter: Pamela Margaret Edwards

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Spouse: Joseph Gunning

Child 6: Dorothy Edwards

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Daughter: Dorothy Edwards

Child 7: Winifred Airini Joyce Edwards

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Daughter: Winifred Airini Joyce Edwards

Child 8: Lionel Oscar Edwards

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Son: Lionel Oscar Edwards

  • Name:

  • Lionel Oscar Edwards28,29

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Sandy

  • Spouse:

  • Patricia Frances Catherine Pearce (1925-2013)

  • Birth:

  • 23 Oct 1920

  • New Zealand28,30

  • Military Service:

  • 1944 (app) (age 23-24)

  • New Zealand Airforce as no:41530331

  •  

  • promoted from Flight Sergeant to a temorary commission of Pilot Officer on 24th June 1944, then to Flying Officer on 24th December 1944

  • Medals:

  • 194529

  •  

  •  

  • DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) for flying bombers during WWII with 149 Squadron

  • Death:

  • 8 Jun 2013 (age 92)

  • Mudgeeraba, Queensland, Australia30

Child 9: Alan Bruce Edwards

  • Name:

  • Alan Bruce Edwards10,32

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1926

  •  

  • Death:

  • 3 Sep 1933 (age 7 yrs 6 mns)

  • New Zealand29,32,33,34

  •  

  • Bruce was just sitting in front of the fire and someone said look at Bruce he's fallen asleep. The children thought he looked funny and laughed, but he had died, just like that. It appears that he wasn't well and had 'spells'

  • Burial:

  • 5 Sep 1933

  • Bluff Cemetery, Lagan Street, Bluff, Southland, New Zealand29,33,34

  •  

  • died 6th September 1933 aged 7½, plot:7/185

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Ancestry New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). folio:7640. Cit. Date: 13 January 2023.

2.

Ancestry New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory 1910 page:878. Cit. Date: 13 January 2023.

3.

Ancestry New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). 1914 Canterbury Temuka. Cit. Date: 13 January 2023.

4.

Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ellesmere 1883 quarter:4 folio:4046. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

5.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Robinson Family Tree by jessamy_robinson. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

6.

Ancestry New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory 1904 page:421. Cit. Date: 13 January 2023.

7.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:228794445. Cit. Date: 14 January 2023.

8.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Robinson Family Tree by jessamy_robinson. Cit. Date: 14 January 2023.

9.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:242234416. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

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Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Robinson Family Tree by jessamy_robinson. Cit. Date: 13 January 2023.

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Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Timaru 1886 quarter:1 folio:809. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

12.

Ancestry New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Canterbury Christchurch 1950 quarter:3 folio:3552. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

13.

Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Lyttelton 1908 quarter:2 folio:2705. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

14.

Ancestry New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Canterbury Fendalton 1946 page:70 no:3404. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

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Ibid. Canterbury Fendalton 1946 Supplementary Roll 1 page:25 no:13786. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

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Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Timaru 1910 quarter:1 folio:1201. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

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Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Marshall Family Tree by amarsh761. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

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Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Timaru 1911 quarter:3 folio:4368. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

19.

New Zealand Government Births, Deaths and Marriages Online, (on-line at www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz). Death 2000 no:10039. Cit. Date: 26 January 2023.

20.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Palmer Family Tree by Ana Palmer. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

21.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:219526314. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

22.

Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Timaru 1913 quarter:4 folio:6408. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

23.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:182797748. Cit. Date: 14 January 2023.

24.

Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Timaru 1915 quarter:3 folio:4788. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

25.

New Zealand Government Births, Deaths and Marriages Online, (on-line at www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz). Birth 1917 no:23891. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

26.

Ibid. Birth 1919 no:24906. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

27.

Ibid. Death 2014 no:18009. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

28.

Ibid. Birth 1920 no:31576. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

29.

Sasha Barral-Robinson presonal communication. email dated 25th January 2023. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

30.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Edwards Family Tree by geena9. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

31.

Ancestry New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939-1945, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

32.

New Zealand Government Births, Deaths and Marriages Online, (on-line at www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz). Death 1933 no:3576. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

33.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial ID:205447386. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.

34.

Ancestry New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Bluff page:70 no:463. Cit. Date: 25 January 2023.