This has beeen a long running saga for me since I first posted a query on the Australian Board in 2009.
I new descendant popped up and started the thread again and wivenhoe gave me a new lead and of I go again!
Summary;
NZ DEATH CERT;
Ann PURDY,
Died ; 1927, NZ, widow, aged 86
Born : approx 1841, Derby, England
Parents; James MOLONEY ( farmer) and Nancy nee COSTELLO
Married; aged 27 to James PURDY, Melbourne, Vict.
Time in NZ 58 yrs
MARRIAGE CERT.
In Melbourne, Victoria, 24 April 1869, aged 25
to James Purdy, resident of Melbourne at time, James of Beechworth.( have heaps on him)
Born Derby, Derbyshire
Parents James Moloney and Ann Costello
Straight after their marriage they went to N.Z. on the ship "Tararua 1
From her her Daughters Marriage Entry in NZ Newspaper
New Zealand Herald 5 Oct 1894
LEGGETT—PURDY.—On September 5, at Kaikohe, Bay of Islands, N.Z., James Leegett, son of William and Ann LEGGETT, of Waiuku, Auckland, to Mary Jane Purdy, second daughter of James and Ann PURDY, of Kaikohe
- g granddaughter of Lord and Lady Gougb, Galway, Ireland;
- cousin to Father Moloney, Limerick;
- cousin to the Whaling Brothers, K. C. Priests of Loch Reagh, Ireland
- cousin to Dr. Moloney, Gort, Ireland
- cousin to Dr. Whalings, Loch Reagh, Ireland,
- and cousin to Father Costello, late of Auckland.*****
Southern papers please copy.
*****Now I took this to mean Father Costello was DECEASED
After this thread was revived wivenhoe found this for me;
Father Costello, at 1894, is formerly of Auckland, but is not now (1894) in Auckland....and is still alive, is how I am reading this. Possibility?
Using ParersPast, Father COSTELLO died 7 Dec 1912, priest at Palmerston North, started at Auckland...53 years old...trained in Co. Clare......
BDM NZ death
1912/7461 COSTELLO Patrick Curtin 54Y
this is 17 Dec 1912, so might be transcription error. No other COSTELLO dying in Dec 1912.
Buried Terrace End Cemetery
Electoral Roll 1896 COSTELLO Patrick Curtin, Hill St Wellington, RC priest
1911 COSTELLO Patrick Curtin, 14 Broad St Palmerston, clergyman
Link to full query Australian Board, sorry I;m useless at shrinking links.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=354667.msg5845291#msg5845291