Family of Willy Edwards and Mary Jolly Hayward

Husband: Willy Edwards

Name:
Willy Edwards^3,4
Sex:
Male
Father:
Edward Edwards (1841-1920)
Mother:
Harriet Osborne (1846-1915)
Occupation:
labourer
Birth:
18 May 1879
Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand^3,4,5
Military Service:
to 30 Mar 1919 (age 39)
New Zealand Army Rifle Brigade as a rifleman
fought in WWI and was wounded
Military Service:
frm 31 Mar 1919 to 21 May 1919 (age 39-40)
New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps as no:558²
he was a labourer who was 5' 8½" tall, weighed 140 lbs, with a chest of 31-34", discharged at his own request
Military Service:
4 Feb 1921 (age 41)
New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps as no:558²
a widowed labourer of 126 Nelson Street Petone whoi re-enlisted as a clerk because his war wounds meant he could not do labourering well
Death:
14 Mar 1931 (age 51)
Wellington Hospital, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand^5,6
Burial:
Mar 1931
Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, Old Karori Road, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand⁵
soldiers plot 18 CC

Name:
Mary Jolly Hayward⁷
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
24 Aug 1866
Haywards, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand⁷
Death:
24 Jan 1915 (age 48)
Haywards, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand^7,8
Burial:
Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Eastern Hutt Road, Taita, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
plot 261

Name:
Eileen Myrtle Edwards^2,9
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
James John Michael Rowe (1897-1956)
Birth:
10 Mar 1901
Haywards, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand^2,9,10
burial record says born on 16th March 1901
Death:
20 Jul 1957 (age 56)
Rangiora, Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand^10,11
as Myrtle on death index
Interred:
Jul 1957
Rangiora Park Lawn Cemetery, Coldstream Road, Rangiora, Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand¹⁰
plot 131

Name:
Spencer Noel Edwards^2,12
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Violet McLean (1906-1981)
Birth:
8 Jul 1903
Haywards, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand^2,12,13
as Spencer Niel Edwards
Death:
18 Jun 1983 (age 79)
New Zealand¹³
Burial:
Jun 1983
Rangiora Park Lawn Cemetery, Coldstream Road, Rangiora, Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand¹³
plot 600

Daughter of Thomas Hayward and Mary Ann Jolly who previously married Richard Henry Smith in 1887 and had three children⁷

1.: Ancestry New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). folio:3265. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

2.: Ancestry New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps no:558. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

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

4.: Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ellesmere 1879 quarter:3 folio:2752. Cit. Date: 12 January 2023.

5.: Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:221552874. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

6.: Ancestry New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Wellington 1931 quarter:1 folio:620. Cit. Date: 15 January 2023.

7.: Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:24981882. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.

8.: Ancestry New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Wellington Lower Hutt 1915 quarter:1 folio:337. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.

9.: Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Wellington 1901 quarter:2 folio:1789. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.

10.: Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:216171756. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.

11.: Ancestry New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Rangiora folio:3845. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.

12.: Ancestry New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Palmerston North folio:3143. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.

13.: Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:210106847. Cit. Date: 16 January 2023.