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New Zealand Completed Requests / Birth lookup for Francis MCHugh Reid
« on: Friday 16 December 16 03:15 GMT (UK) »
Can someone help me locate the birth certificate of my GGrandfather Francis McHugh Reid. He was supposedly born 1867/8 Napier NZ to David Glen Reid and Rose Gray. They arrived in NZ on the Belgravia in 1865. David was married to an Anne Robertson in Derry prior to his marriage to Rose Gray and had a daughter Johanna by Anne Robertson. I can find no trace of the birth of Francis on the BDM site although some of their other children Rose 1869,Henrietta 1872, and Florence 1876 are all there. He married Margaret Kennedy in Feb 1898 and their first son Douglas Glen is born 18/10/1898 Pahiatua. The birth cert for Doug states he is 30 and born in Napier. The McHugh in his name I felt was a bit odd then I discovered David's first daughter Johanna married a Bernard Francis McHugh in 1868 in Napier before leaving for Australia. Could he be their son but has been passed off as her Fathers? No record anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas where I could look next?