looking for:Mary Hollands nee Metaal

[lnr]

 Hi yes George  is Marys Son Cornelius and and Mary married in dunedin, Thanks for the death of mary can now get her death cert.mary and Thomas had  4 ?children a daaughter Jessie Rennie Hollands died 1902 aged 32. Saw the births on Ancestry for possible Cornelius  so will chase this up also and saw a mariners satement for a Cornelius Metaal aged 16 b abt 1838 as a ships apprentice so may be him. Maybe he just sailed away and left poor Mary and Thomas Holland has taken him on. How did she get away with marrying the next year( Bigamy)againIf Cornelius was born in Larnark i think his father may have married twice will have to try and take one step at a time Really appreciate your time and effort thanks lnr

[spades]

Hi Lnr,

You're welcome.

You mentioned a mariners statement on Ancestry for a Cornelius METAAL, a ship's apprentice.

Can you tell us the name of the vessel and its departure point or destination, please? Is it likely that he arrived in New Zealand on this ship?

Spades

[Janette]

The 1841 Scottish census has
Wilsons Land, Old Dalmarnock Road, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Widow     Metaal born Scotland 1801 aged 40 yrs
Cornelius Metaal born 1838 Lanarkshire, Scotland aged 3 yrs

Cheers Janette

[lnr]

 he was registered of his indenture 1 march 1855 port of reg Leith scotland Vessel They say SYIEN but looks like TYRAC to me thank lnr

[wivenhoe]

NZ BDM   
marriage
1865 / 8483 RENNIE Mary   m. METAAL Cornelius    ( 3 Jan 1865)

birth
1865 / 17097 METAAL Cornelius George Rennie  parents     (28 Feb 1865)

marriage
1866 / 8986 METAAL Mary  m. HOLLANDS Thomas   (25 Sep 1866)

At reply #3
Otago Daily Times, 21 November 1866, Page 4
".....Mrs METAAL.........Otago  travelling Port Chalmers to the Bluff and Melbourne"

Is there another Mrs METAAL around?

There are two marriage records, 1865 and 1866, that would be useful to you....occupations, ages, witnesses....anything.

[minniehaha]

Information obtained at registration of marriages above [1865 & 1866]........

From 1854 – Marriage Act 1854 (Dated 1 January 1855)
Bride and Groom

When and where married
Name and Surname
Age
Rank or profession
Condition
Name of officiating minister (or Registrar)
When registered
Signatures

Signatures of bride and groom
Signatures of the witnesses
Signature of officiating minister (or registrar)
       ********
[Age however often shown as "full".]


Minniehaha.

[SignalHill]

Four marriages on Presbyterian Archives website of immediate interest

http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/synodregionmarriages.htm

Knox Church Dunedin
METAAL Cornelius full age   RENNIE Mary no age shown    03/Jan   1865   
METAAL George Cornelius Rennie 26y   ABRIM Susan 23y   04/Sep   1891   

East Taieri Parish (est 1854 next settlement north of Allanton on SH1)
HOLLANDS Elizabeth Bennett 19y   FLEMING Alexander Peter 21y    06/Oct  1904   #19/22/6

South Taieri Parish(est 1900 )
HOLLANDS Charles William 32   REID Stella Garden   21  19-Sep   1919   #19/54/2

Signal

[SignalHill]

There is also this marriage a bit further south in Edendale

Edendale - Brydone Parish
HOLLANDS Annie 20y   WATERS William Manson 27y    01/Jun   1909

Signal

[lnr]

Hi Thanks for all this info am tracing up all given here. I dont know if there was another mrs Metaal. If there was and it isnt Mary nee Rennie whom was she. Cornielius seems to have disappeared but he was a sailor??? and you know what sailors do. I am not going to get the marriage certs 1865/66 yet as probably wont get much info. Mary was1st married in the Knox church Dunedin. thanks lnr