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Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« on: Tuesday 02 June 15 05:10 BST (UK) »
Bessie Cottam Creasy (born abt. 1911) daughter of Francis Rowland Creasy of the Nelson area, has her engagement published in the Times of London 22 January 1937. Her husband to be is Richard Gordon Duff Little (died 21 July 1979) also of the Nelson area. No notice of the marriage was published in the Times. Is there any evidence of the marriage either official or in newspapers in the area to confirm they ever married?  There is no reason they should have married in a place other than locally. He had ties to Lower Moultere. Father E.C. Little.

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Re: Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 05:28 BST (UK) »
Hi Barryd,

Yes, they married in 1937. But my resource doesn't provide locations of marriages, sorry.

Perhaps try the local museum or family history society.

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Re: Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 05:57 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Do you know of the NZ National Library web site?

It has a photo album relating to the Little Family [Little Album 5]
The dates of 1915 - 1979 came up when I keyed in the name of Richard Gordon Duff Little on a Google search.

Not related to your question though
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Re: Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 06:21 BST (UK) »
Here is Bessie on the electoral rolls

Bessie Cottam Creasy    1935    Motueka    Tasman    
Bessie Cottam Little    1938    Motueka    Tasman    
Bessie Cottam Little    1946    Nelson    Nelson    
Bessie Cottam Little    1949    Nelson    Nelson    
Bessie Cottam Little    1954    Nelson    Nelson    
Bessie Cottam Little    1957    Nelson    Nelson    
Bessie Cottam Little    1963    Buller    West Coast    
Bessie Cottam Little    1969    Buller    West Coast    
Bessie Cottam Little    1972    Tasman    Tasman

and Richard

Richard Gordon Duff Little    1938    Motueka    Tasman    
Richard Gordon Duff Little    1946    Nelson    Nelson    
Richard Gordon Duff Little    1949    Nelson    Nelson    
Richard Gordon Duff Little    1957    Nelson    Nelson    
Richard Gordon Duff Little    1963    Buller    West Coast
Richard Gordon D Little    1969    Buller    West Coast    
Richard Gordon D Little    1972    Tasman    Tasman    
Richard Gordon D Little    1978    Tasman    Tasman

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Re: Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 06:24 BST (UK) »
Their deaths


1974/35237   Little    Bessie Cottam    born 13/10/1911   62Y

1979/42330   Little    Richard Gordon Duff    born 23/10/1915   63Y

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Re: Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 06:30 BST (UK) »
Richard was cremated

http://nelson.govt.nz/services/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-database-2/

Bessie was also cremated and her ashes interred


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Re: Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 12:22 BST (UK) »
Many thanks everyone. I just could not include them on my records until I had confirmation they actually married.

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Re: Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 02 June 15 12:29 BST (UK) »
The engagement was also announced in the 'Evening Post', 11.2.1937 & 'The New Zealand Herald' on 10.2.1937.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Probates held for Richard (1979) & Bessie (1974) at Archives Wellington.

www.archway.archives.govt.nz

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Re: Bessie Cottam Creasy and Richard Gordon Duff Little - Engagement Nelson area
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 15 April 20 04:05 BST (UK) »
Marriage believed to have taken place at Stoke (a suburb these days of Nelson,  NZ. on 1 June 1937. Were Bessie's parents from England? Sometimes family notices were  copied to country/city of origin.
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