Makaraka Cemetery, Gisborne , N.Z.

[proteanz]

Sorry about typo. Have left arm in cast from armpit to knuckles. Do most with one hand and an occasional error slips in.

Dot

[Girl Guide]

Oh dear how incredibly awkward for you 

Could you clarify who Edward's father was please?  Your quote "his fathers name wasd and mother Mary, nee Ward."

As you can see I seem to have solved the 'Petty' name.

[proteanz]

His father's name was Edward, and mother Mary Ann nee Ward

I wondered if they had come out on their own - maybe one of his brothers.  Just a thought

[Girl Guide]

The only marriage that I can find for an Edward Ling to a Ward is this one:-

Marriages Dec 1837   
LING    Edward        Hoxne    13   959   
WARD    Charlotte        Hoxne    13   959

I gave you the 1851 census details plus Edward Jnr's birth registration at reply #1

I located the burial record for Mary Ling at Makaraka Cemetery.  Info below, which you probably already have:-

Details for Mary Ling
Surname:   Ling
Forenames:   Mary
Gender:   Female
Age group:   Adult
Age:   80
Denomination:   Baptist
Type:   Burial
Date of Birth:   Unknown
Date of Death:   Unknown
Date of Burial:   08/04/1919
Cemetery:   Makaraka
Block:   MKF
Plot #:   1284
Map Location:   Click Here
Warrant Number:   3268

What puzzles me about Mary is that I cannot find any death registration for her on the NZ BDM website.

I did find a death registration for a Mary Ann Ling in 1907/7502 Age 64, born c.1843.  I think she may have been the wife of one of Edward Jnr's brothers James Ling whose death is registered in 1938/20299 age 90, born c.1848.

There is an emigration record for James and Mary A Ling here:-

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6MZQ-PYV?i=5&cc=1609792

[Girl Guide]

Would you be able to trace Mary Ling buried on 8 April 1919 through the electoral registers?  It would be interesting to see if she is living with anyone.

Not sure about census records.  Can you access those?

[proteanz]

Hi, We have done more extensive search about the Ling family.

He was born in England, and was one of 6 boys by the look of it.   She married to someone written up in Ancestry as Patts, but have doubts about the rightness of that.  Edward and Elizabeth obviously came to N.Z. as husband and wife, and settled in Gisborne as that. They got married in Wanganui -probably because no one would find out that they had not been married to each other before.  She stated on the marriage certificate that she had been married but had had no contact with her husband since 1873.  We found out that her first husband died in 1905, so she really committed bigamy.  They never had any children.   I have been in touch with a relative over there who has been trying to do the family tree, and stated that she could not find anything about him after the 1871 Census.  She wants to take responsibility for the headstone, but has been made redundant and is not old enough to get a pension, so is financially strapped.   Interesting, and probably others in the same boat.

[Girl Guide]

So that would suggest that the 1851 census I found was the correct one.  Good that you managed to find a relative but unfortunate that she cannot assist re headstone.

Ancestry trees always need to be treated with caution.

Who was supposed to be married to a Patts and when?  Or was that the marriage and death that I found at Reply#17?