Matthew Houston and Jean Davidson also Benjamin Houston

[dmwheelers]

Yes thats the correct Matthew. He died in Mafrra in 1950.
I need to know more about Benjamin whom lived in Auckland and had a wife Jean/Jeanie.
I was trying to locate further relations from there

[minniehaha]

Burial details.........[Waikumete cemetery, Auckland]

HOUSTON, BENJAMIN

  Plot :                                  SOLDIERS BURIAL K Row 14, Plot 37

  Interment Type:              Burial

  Title:                                  MR

  Surname :                        HOUSTON

  Given Names:                 BENJAMIN

  Age :                                  62

  Gender :                            Male

  Occupation:                     RETIRED ARMY OFFICER

  Date Of Death :                26-Aug-1949

  Date Of Cremation :       N/A

  Date Of Burial :                27-Aug-1949   

  Funeral Director :           WATNEY SIBUNS AND SONS LIMITED

  Head Stone Details :      Y


Minniehaha.

[Lucy2]

NZ DEATH

1936 - HOUSTON - Jean Adam - 46 years

[Lucy2]

Yes thats the correct Matthew. He died in Mafrra in 1950.

Hi,  if you have threads running concurrently on different boards, could you please let us know. 
[It saves us duplicating information, and time spent searching. ]

Thanks     

[minniehaha]

Death notice for Jean Adam Houston appeared in the 'Auckland Star' dated 26.12.1936.

Other snippets about Captain B. Houston in newspapers too, including a photograph, at the Papers Past website.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz


Minniehaha.

[Lucy2]

Thread on AUSTRALIA   BEGINNERS  board

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=696775.0

Hi dmwheelers

Would suggest you go back to your thread ^ above.

On it, someone has supplied a reference (+ link) to an earlier thread (by "carrbridge" ) which appeared on the New Zealand board.    It gives information about Benjamin HOUSTON and his wife Jean Adam HOUSTON. 

   ~  Lu

[minniehaha]

Burial details..........

Name:   HOUSTON, JEAN ADAM
Details   M: died 25-12-1936: aged 46
Place   Hillsborough cemetery
Location   Area 4 Block P Lot No 129
Remarks   transcribed inscription reads " In loving memory of Jean dearly beloved wife of Capt. B Houston died 25 Dec 1936" (Parkinson)

Minniehaha.
    

[dmwheelers]

Thank you so much Minnie ha ha.
I appreciate your time helping me

[minniehaha]

Mention made of Captain B. Houston, M.C., D.C.M., the Black Watch.............

'The New Zealand Herald', dated 15.6.1938. From the Papers Past website as mentioned above.

Minniehaha.