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        Believe Sarah was still alive May 1958.

Now ... I wonder if the Sarah SHEARER (nee KENNEDY), has perhaps been confused with the Sarah KENNEDY (nee SHEARER) 

At Ashburton Cemetery, there is also a burial for a "Sarah KENNEDY" - died 1969 aged 82 (bc 1887)  .... and a "Thomas KENNEDY - died 1974 aged 89 years (bc 1885).    They share Plot 1 -19 ... but of MOST interest, is that this plot was also purchased by "John SHEARER of Greenstreet" ...  in 1914 !!!

From the online Birth index :

1885 - SHEARER - Sarah Jane - parents:  Margaret and John

1885 - KENNEDY - Thomas - parents:  Mary and Hugh


Is it possible then, that the Sarah SHEARER who marries Thomas KENNEDY in 1920, is the daughter of John SHEARER and his first wife Margaret ?

AND  ... is this Thomas KENNEDY, the sister of John SHEARER's second wife, Sarah KENNEDY

(Hmm ... guess the marriage records will sort that out ? )   

Lu

Hi Margaret

I can do this for you in the next week (or so).

Lu

Looking for more details on a Sarah KENNEDY born ABT 1880 New Zealand,
believe near Ashburton County who married John Peace SHEARER of Wheatstone or Greenstreet Ashburton in 1919.

This was a 2nd married for John & possibly for Sarah.  Believe Sarah was still alive May 1958.

Hi Tiffaney

Not really sure just what sort of details you are wanting for Sarah ??

You can do a "self-search" of the NZ BDM indexes online, for Sarah's birth and death.    (But of course if this was a second marriage for her, then you won't find her birth under "Kennedy").   

The 1930 birth would need to be checked on the "old" Birth Index (microfiche version - at library).    Can't see a marriage (to 1956) though, for a lady of that name. Marriage :  looks like 'Yolande" - will PM you details.

Lu

Hi Susan

Unfortunately not able to provide transcriptions from actual marriage certificates, but I'm sure we may be able to help you in some way.   

If you look in the Resources section of this board under (I think ?) "BDM information", you can find out just what type of information was recorded on NZ BDM certificates, for various eras.    (Sadly, an 1873 Marriage certificate, does not offer a lot of information.)

You could post a request on this board however, for a look-up of the "Intention to Marry Notice" (ITM).    (An ITM records the length of time a bride and groom were in the particular district they married in, prior to their wedding.   That though, is NOT necessarily, the length of time that they had been in New Zealand, but sometimes that information can offer up a clue.  (That detail incidentally, is not recorded on the marriage certificate).

NZ Death certificates record the "length of time in NZ" - (but, being as it is, supplied by a third party, sometimes, the information can be misleading/inaccurate).

Hope that helps, a little ?     

It may be a tad difficult to source the "correct" Isabella ANDERSON's arrival in NZ, but we can have a look at the passenger lists also.   Do you have Isabella's year of birth ?

Lu