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Rita Jane Nelson 1907–1986 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Feb 1907

Birth Location: Kumara, Westland, New Zealand

Death Date: 20 Feb 1986

Death Location: Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: Arthur HIBBS

Mother: Alice BUTCHER

Spouse(s): Leslie Nelson, Thomas CUNNINGHAM

Children(s):

Rita Jane Nelson was born in 1907 in Kumara, Westland, New Zealand, the child of Arthur Edwin Hibbs And Alice Ada Butcher. Rita Jane Nelson married Leslie James Ferguson Nelson, Thomas Cunningham. Rita Jane Nelson passed away in 1986 in Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Rita Jane Nelson was born in 1907 in Kumara, Westland, New Zealand, the child of Arthur Edwin Hibbs And Alice Ada Butcher.
  • Rita Jane Nelson married Leslie James Ferguson Nelson, Thomas Cunningham.
  • Rita Jane Nelson passed away in 1986 in Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Rita Nelson's Ancestors

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Rita Nelson
1907–1986
Birth Place: Kumara, Westland, New Zealand
Parents
Arthur Edwin HIBBS
1875–1952
STAFFORD Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Alice (Ada) BUTCHER
1882–1976
Rutherglen, Grey, West Coast, New Zealand
Grandparents
John HIBBS
1848–1939
STAFFORD Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth ("Lizzie") WARREN
1848–1902
STAFFORD Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Joseph (Louis) BUTCHER
1835–1889
Demerara, Georgetown, British Guyana
Eliza SAUNDERS
1844–1928
Southwark, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Rita Nelson's Timeline

4 Records

1907
7 May 1907
Birth of Rita Jane Nelson in Kumara, Westland, New Zealand
Kumara, Westland, New Zealand
1907
20 Feb 1907
Birth of Rita Jane Nelson in Kumara, Westland, New Zealand
Kumara, Westland, New Zealand
1907
20 Feb 1907
Birth of Rita Jane Nelson in Kumara, Westland, New Zealand
Kumara, Westland, New Zealand
1986
20 Feb 1986
Age 79
Death of Rita Jane Nelson in Christchurch Central, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch Central, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 May 1907
    Event Place: Kumara, Westland, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] New Zealand, Birth Index, N/A - microfiche from a private collector; New Zealand; Birth Index, 1840-1950
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1907
    Event Place: Kumara, Westland, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1907
    Event Place: Kumara, Westland, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1986
    Event Place: Christchurch Central, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

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