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Eric Leslie Read 1928–2006 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Apr 1928

Birth Location: Taranaki, New Zealand

Death Date: 2006

Death Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Father: John Read

Mother: Beatrice Rogers

Spouse(s): Gwendoline Dodd

Children(s):

Eric Leslie Read was born in 1928 in Taranaki, New Zealand, the child of John Joseph Read And Beatrice Myrtle Rogers. Eric Leslie Read married Gwendoline Pearl Gwen Dodd, and had children including Anne Thelma Read, Barry Allen Read, Brian Trevor Read, Janine Beverley Neen Read, Read. Eric Leslie Read passed away in 2006 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Eric Leslie Read was born in 1928 in Taranaki, New Zealand, the child of John Joseph Read And Beatrice Myrtle Rogers.
  • Eric Leslie Read married Gwendoline Pearl Gwen Dodd, and had children including Anne Thelma Read, Barry Allen Read, Brian Trevor Read, Janine Beverley Neen Read, Read.
  • Eric Leslie Read passed away in 2006 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

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Eric Read's Ancestors

Self
Eric Read
1928–2006
Birth Place: Taranaki, New Zealand
Parents
John Joseph Read
1901–1966
Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand
Beatrice (Myrtle) Rogers
1905–1985
Grandparents
John (William) Read
1866–1931
Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England
Louisa Overton
1867–1944
Claverley, Shropshire, England
Richard Rogers
1862–1925
Bell Block, Taranaki, New Zealand
Matilda (Jane) Potts
1878–1950
Te Aute, Central Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Great-Grandparents
Henry Read
1834–
Mildred Broadley
1837–1909
John Overton
1828–1906
Ann Gwilliams
1830–1902
William Rogers
1828–1901
Eliza Scandlyn
1832–1908
Robert Potts
1849–1925
Matilda Crombie
1850–1919
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Read
1808–1876
Hannah Cater
1810–1883
John Rogers
1803–1853
Mary Faull
1804–1854
Richard Scandlyn
1792–1864
Mary Ladnow
1794–1883
John Crombie
1820–1890
Lilias Renton
1821–1898

Eric Read's Timeline

2 Records

1928
3 Apr 1928
Birth of Eric Leslie Read in Taranaki, New Zealand
Taranaki, New Zealand
2006
2006
Age 78
Death of Eric Leslie Read in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Apr 1928
    Event Place: Taranaki, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2006
    Event Place: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

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