Looking for the sons of Robert Leslie and Noni Ellen (Mangan) Smith

[Tawna]

Hi KHP,

No, I haven't seen Robert Leslie's probate record.   Would there be anything in it regarding any surviving children at the time of his death?

Tawna

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi Tawa,

If the sons have been left something in the Will, then yes they will be named.   You could always start a new thread asking for an "Auckland Archive Lookup" and include the link I posted.  Hopefully, someone might stumble on the thread and offer a look up.

I note there is also a divorce in Hamilton for a Robert Leslie Smith, but perhaps that could be the other chap with the same name.

Cheers
KHP

[Tawna]

Awesome...thank you, KHP.

Oh, and yes, there was a different Robert Leslie Smith who also lived in Hamilton.

[Tawna]

Ok, I have an update.

I was finally able to obtain a copy of Noni's death record, and it listed the ages of her 4 living sons at the time she died - 33, 23, 21 and 19. 
The oldest was certainly Noni's son with Robert Leslie Smith as he was born about 1944, a few years before they divorced.  Of course, this means the youngest three, who were born between 1954-1958, had a different father.  Noni never remarried, so now I have a new challenge: finding out who he was.

 

[Janette]

Lookin at the ER index on Ancestry she doesn't seem to appear  between 1946 and 1972,could she have been living somewhere else?


Noni Ellen Josephine Mangan 1935 Christchurch South Canterbury 
Noni Ellen Mangan 1938 Wellington North Wellington 
Noni Ellen Smith 1946 Wellington Central Wellington 
Noni Ellen Smith 1972 Tasman Tasman

Cheers Janette

[Tawna]

Hi Janette,

I noticed that and wondered the same thing.  Perhaps she went to Australia?   

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi Tawna,

Is this you, searching for Noni in this link?


http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ye9/

Cheers
KHP

[Tawna]

Guilty as charged, KHP

[kiwihalfpint]

Righto

Thought it could have been a possible contact   Was just doing my nosey work

Cheers
KHP