Hello,
I have been researching by Great Great Grandfather for a while now but have been unable to determine his birth date, or who his parents were and when he arrived in NZ.
He seems to mainly go by Harry Wilson but he is also known, it seems, as Henry Pilkington Wilson.
He married Emily Mary Armstrong on 22 Jan 1876 in Havelock, NZ. The marriage certificate does not contain his parents names and only states his place of birth as Liverpool, England.
They had many children here in New Zealand and I have been in touch with another descendent and they have been unable to figure out his birth date, who is parents were or when he arrived either.
He was a Carpenter/Joiner. He also went bankrupt and I have recently viewed those files thanks to Spades, but no birth date.
He either divorced or separated from his wife and ended up dying in the Hawke's Bay in a house fire in 1916. I have not sourced his death certificate, as it is unlikely to contain much information, as I have been told that as he aged he became more reclusive and who ever would have filled out the certificate would not likely to be privy to his birth date or parents names. There was a mention of the House Fire in Paper's Past which stated he was 80 when he died, but I am unsure how accurate this is likely to be.
He had several mentions in the Marlborough Express (Paper's Past), as that seems to be the area of NZ where he spent most of his life, but they have not given me any clues.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Zylar22