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Family: Alexander SAUNDERS / Esther WALLACE (F1823)

• Male Alexander SAUNDERS

  
  

  Birth	11 Jan 1873	Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand
  Death	05 Jan 1946	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
  Burial
  Marriage	24 Apr 1905  [1, 2, 3]	Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand  [1, 2, 3]
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  Mother

  
  

  Female Esther WALLACE

  
  

  Birth	11 Jun 1880	Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand
  Death	14 May 1964	New Zealand
  Cremation	15 May 1964	Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand
  Father	William WALLACE | F931 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Jane WALLACE | F931 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male + James Mervyn SAUNDERS

  
  

  Birth	30 Oct 1905	Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand
  Death	Jan 1999	West Surrey, Surrey, England
  Burial
  Spouse	Dorothy SELKIRK | F2814
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  Female Ethel Lorraine SAUNDERS

  
  

  Birth	22 Jun 1909	Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand
  Death	16 Jul 2010	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
  Burial

  
  

  Female + Esther Doreen SAUNDERS

  
  

  Birth	09 Jan 1914	Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand
  Death	15 Apr 1999	New Zealand
  Burial		Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
  Spouse	Spencer Francis CORRICK | F2815
  Marriage	1942	London, Middlesex, England

  
  

  Female + Lyall Gendoline SAUNDERS

  
  

  Birth	09 Aug 1918	Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
  Death	20 Mar 2006	New Zealand
  Burial
  Spouse	Angus Graham FYFE | F2816
  Marriage	29 Jun 1943	Earls Court, London, Middlesex, England

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] email. From Ian and Jewel Fyfe [email removed for privacy] on Fri 4/03/2005. I am a grandson of Esther Wallace, daughter of William and Mary Jane. Esther married Alexander Saunders at the Wesleyan church, Hawera on 24 April 1904. Their children: (1) James Mervyn born 30 October 1905 at Shannon died January 1999 (2) Ethel Lorraine born 22 June 1909 at Shannon (3) Esther Doreen born 9 January 1914 at Shannon died April 1999 (4) Lyall Gwendoline (Bobbie) born 9 August 1918 at Palmerston North. Kind regards, Ian Fyfe, Lower Hutt, N.Z. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZSG Certificates Collection [S58] Papers Past - Hawera & Normanby Star, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8200, 26 April 1905, Page 3. Wedding. A pretty wedding took place at the Weslevan Church, Hawera, on the 24th inst., conducted by the Rev. S. J. Gibson, when Mr Alexander Saunders, second son of Mr James Saunders, of Moutoa, Shannon, was married to Miss Esther, youngest daughter of Mr W. Wallace, of Meremere, Hawera. The bridegroom was attended by his cousin Mr Elton Christie, of Wanganui, and his brother, Mr John Saunders, of Shannon, while the bride was supported by Miss Cissy Wallace (sister), Miss E. Christie (cousin of the bridegroom), and Miss Nellie Wallace (cousin). The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr Allen Wallace, looked exceptionally pretty in a dress of white silk, trimmed with chiffon, lace, and ribbon worked in true lovers' knots. .......