Another New Zealand Herald Look up Please

[ziksby]

Moderator comment: topic split from original look-up

Hi KHP,

My first posting to a NZ forum, I hope you can help. I've recently discovered quite a famous relative whose  family emigrated to New Zealand in 1884/5.
One of the 10 children was Horace Moore-Jones, WWl artist who served at Gallipoli. There are several similar obits for him online, and I'm wondering if the report in the NZH for his untimely death rescuing peple from the Hamilton Hotel fire on 3 April 1922 and his obituary the following day give any more details.

I'm also interested in the rest of the family and their descendants who settled in the Auckland suburb of Remuera. Google finds the name Moore-Jones survives today and I suspect there are many descendants including perhaps NZ diplomat Rob Moore-Jones ( but what do I know?)

Horace's father, David Jones, had a brother almost as noteworthy. He was the Rev. John Jones, a missionary who served for 34 years from 1854 in the Loyalty Islands before being evicted by the French.

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi Ziksby,


Certainly I will do this for you, will let you know what I have found out.

Since the rest of your query isn't in relation to a lookup, I have asked for this to be moved to a separate thread, that way the original poster of this thread doesn't get inundated with answers and the rest of the NZ crowd can throw their answers in as well.

Cheers
KHP

[helenar]

Hi Ziksby

Have you looked at this site, there are records for Horace and also info on Robert might be to do with a painting Horace did of him.

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/

Details are available on the site if you want to buy them

Helena

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi Ziksby,

Take a look at Purewa Cemetery site, there are 21 Moore-Jones

http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp


Cheers
KHP

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi,

Here are some marriages  ..... some were doubled and  the surname was just Jones:

   
Year   1921
Folio   01232
Surname   MOORE-JONES
Given Names   Cowper Millichamp
Spouse   MADDISON
Given Names   Mildred Kate

Year   1922
Folio   1428
Surname   MOORE-JONES
Given Names   Edna Mary
Spouse   BAYLY
Given Names   Harry Leslie
   
Year   1947
Folio   00863
Surname   MOORE-JONES
Given Names   Paul Horace
Spouse   HAGGETT
Given Names   Joy Esme

Year   1931
Folio   00397
Surname   MOORE-JONES
Given Names   Paul Horace Herbert
Spouse   WALSH
Given Names   Hilda Margaret

Year   1930
Folio   08566
Surname   MOORE-JONES
Given Names   Puti Amy Josephine
Spouse   KINGDON
Given Names   Edgar Marwood

   Year   1941
Folio   07123
Surname   MOORE-JONES
Given Names   Sara Chloe
Spouse   O'NEILL
Given Names   Ivor George

Cheers
KHP

[kiwihalfpint]

a couple more names to keep you going, there are only two deaths on this site.

Amy Frances Moore-Jones 1957
Cowper Millichamp Moore-Jones 1957

http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/default.aspx

Just noticed these two are listed under the Purewa Cemetery as well.

Cheers
KHP

[kiwihalfpint]

and another cemetery site.

Hilda Margaret Moore-Jones 1987

http://www.northshorecity.govt.nz/  just click on the cemetery search

Cheers
KHP

[ziksby]

Thanks Helena and KHP .....
Looks as if most of the family are buried in Purewa Cemetary.
And several Wills registered on the Archway site.
Wait .... more coming in as I type ... thanks KHP ... now I have marriages, and more burials. I can't believe my luck.

Roger

[kiwihalfpint]

There will be heaps of death notices to get as well, which will give extended family,    I have added few of these to the look up of yours,  then once I have given you those, then perhaps we can get the rest. 

Cheers
KHP