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Gladys Louise FITZJOHN
« on: Sunday 01 November 20 04:40 GMT (UK) »
I am seeking assistance to identify family members of Gladys Louise FITZJOHN nee Faver.
She died in New Zealand on 12 April 1995 and her ashes remain with a Funeral Director unclaimed.

Gladys was born on 17 March 1904 in Essex, England.  Her parents were Robert Ernest Faver (1874-1954) and Catharine Matilda Britain (1879-1936) - details from Ancestry Public Family Trees.
In September 1925 she married Ernest James Fitzjohn in Romford, Essex, England.
Ernest Fitzjohn died in 1962 in Hampstead, London, England.
I next found Gladys and Andre Robert Fitzjohn (son?) in the 1969 electoral roll in Nelson, New Zealand.  I have not been able to find a passenger arrival for them in NZ on Familysearch.
Andre Robert Fitzjohn was born c 1943.  I have not been able to find his birth.  He died in Nelson, NZ on 16 April 1988 age 45 years.  He was married twice.  He was divorced from his first wife
c 1977.  His second wife, Elizabeth Dawn Fitzjohn died in 2015.
Andre's Probated Will mentions his wife Elizabeth Dawn Fitzjohn and refers to children, but not named.  Andre was a Gardener.  I am still trying to identify any children in NZ.
Question:
Did Ernest and Gladys have any other children who remained in England?
If so, and they are likely to still be alive, please PM me with details.
Any assistance gratefully appreciated.
TPB

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Re: Gladys Louise FITZJOHN
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 01 November 20 09:23 GMT (UK) »
There are no births for Fitzjohn/Faver showing on free bmd.

Have you managed to find a marriage certificate for Andre to see claimed father.  Possibly he was adopted, and if born around 1943 would not show on 1939 register living with Gladys and Ernest.

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Re: Gladys Louise FITZJOHN
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 01 November 20 09:32 GMT (UK) »
There is a probate for an Ernest James Fitzjohn in 1962, died in London but living in Wales.  Have you applied for the will?  (There is only one death showing on free bmd for an Ernest J Fitzjohn from 1958 to 1965)

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Re: Gladys Louise FITZJOHN
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 01 November 20 22:03 GMT (UK) »
Thanks chempat and Mckha489 for your postings and links which are very helpful.
I am reluctant to spend money purchasing Wills and Certificates. 
There are 47 names on a list of unclaimed ashes held by Gateway Funeral Services, Whakatane, NZ.  The list appeared in the NZ Society of Genealogists August 2020 magazine.  The FD provided to me some additional names.
Some of the ashes have come from other Funeral Directors who are no longer operating or have gone into receivership.
So far family have been found for 13/47.
I am very appreciative of any assistance provided.
TPB