Charles Simson

[minniehaha]

Marriage notice as mentioned above by Valsgirl.


https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18860929.2.7?end_date=31-12-1886&query=macaffer+simson&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1886&title=AHCOG%2cBH%2cCL%2cCROMARG%2cDUNST%2cESD%2cLCM%2cLCP%2cLWM%2cME%2cMIC%2cMTBM%2cNOT%2cOAM%2cODT%2cOW%2cOSWCC%2cSOCR%2cST%2cTT%2cWSTAR


Minniehaha.

[kiwihalfpint]

Ian S Simson remarried in 1897 to Esther Parker.  Two children to that union.


Cheers
KHP

[minniehaha]

Probated will of Margaret Simson:

https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22048818&digital=yes

"My son Charles Thomson Macaffer......"


Minniehaha.

[grahamila]

Thank you everyone for your replies.  I have checked and found the following which agrees with you:

His mother was Margaret Thomson who was born on 4 October 1856 in Auckland
She married John Harkness Macaffer on 22 April 1878 in Gore and they had 4 children:
Mary Harkness Macaffer 1879 to 1945
Charles Thomson Macaffer 1883 to 1917 (the man I am researching)
Katrine Ile Macaffer 1884 to 1955
Arthur John Macaffer 1886 to 1947
John Harkness Macaffer died 26 October 1885 in Gore whilst his wife was expecting Arthur John
Margaret married Ian Simson Simson on 18 September 1886 in Dunedin and I cannot find a record of them having children.
She died on 26 January 1892 at St Clair, Dunedin.
He married Ester Parker in 1897 and they had 2 children
When Charles Simson enlisted into the Army in 1916 he listed  Ian Simson Simson as his father but he was in fact his stepfather.  Formal adoption in the UK did not happen until about 1927 but I do not know when this happened in NZ so it would appear he used his stepfather's surname rather than his birth surname.
I have ordered a copy of his birth certificate so things should be clearer once that arrives.
Once again thank you all for your replies.   Graham

[minniehaha]

Hello Graham,

"Margaret married Ian Simson Simson on 18 September 1886 in Dunedin and I cannot find a record of them having children."

Yes there were further births:


1890/8722   Simson   Harold Ian     Margaret   Ian Simson


1888/6337   Simson   Valentine Petrie    Margaret   Ian Simson


Minniehaha.

[minniehaha]

Deaths of the above:


1954/20042   Simson   Harold Ian   63Y


1976/40480   Wylds   Valentine Petrie   18 August 1888


Minniehaha.

[minniehaha]

Hello again,

"I have ordered a copy of his birth certificate"

You may have meant to say a 'printout'? Just making sure that you are aware it is better to purchase this because it is cheaper, may contain more information than a certificate and can be e-mailed to you........


Minniehaha.

[grahamila]

Yes, I have ordered a printout rather than a certificate.  Graham

[minniehaha]

Out of curiosity is this Ian Simson Simson?

1924/7305   Simson   Ian   78Y


If so, where did he die?


Minniehaha.