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Margaret Irene JONES

1931 - 2021  (90 years)

• Name	Margaret Irene JONES
  Birth	07 Sep 1931	Woodville, Tararua, New Zealand   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1955
  	Nurse, Palmerston North
  Death	23 Nov 2021	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [4]
  Cremation	29 Nov 2021	Pukerua Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
  Person ID	I10	NZ Genealogy Project | BERKAHN Descendant, JONES Descendant
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	David JONES [Jum],   b. 26 Feb 1903, Woodville, Tararua, New Zealand d. 14 Dec 1991, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Irene BERKAHN,   b. 24 Nov 1906, Wakarara, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 11 Jan 1968, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	21 Oct 1925	Makotuku, Tararua, New Zealand   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alfred Kenneth Graham WALLACE [Graham],   b. 11 Jan 1935, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand d. 20 May 2016, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Residence	From 1955 to 2016	Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand   [7, 8]
  Marriage	24 Sep 1955	Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand   [1, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living
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  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 07 Sep 1931 - Woodville, Tararua, New Zealand Residence - From 1955 to 2016 - Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand Marriage - 24 Sep 1955 - Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand Death - 23 Nov 2021 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Cremation - 29 Nov 2021 - Pukerua Bay, Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY Margaret Irene Jones was born on 7th September 1931 at Woodville, the fourth child of David and Irene Jones. Shortly after she was born the family moved from Woodville to Rangiwahia where her father managed the Rangiwahia Dairy Factory. Margaret attended school at Rangiwahia. Her first job, in the Rangiwahia Dairy Factory was wraping butter with her older sister Val. In 1948, when she was 17, Margaret moved to Palmerston North to start her nursing training at Palmerston North hospital and she lived in the nurses home. Before she had completed her training she returned to Rangiwahia to care for her ill mother, but worked night shifts from 6 PM until midnight at the Rangiwhia post office telephone exchange, connecting calls and sorting mail. Margaret was able to move back to Palmerston North to resume her nursing career, but had to restart her training as it was not possible to continue from previous training. She also started to train as a midwife. Margaret met Graham Wallace at the Astoria Ballroom in George Street Palmerston North. They married in 1955 at Palmerston North. Graham and Margaret initially lived in Palm Avenue, then moved to a new house in Ashford Avenue. The house was one of the very first State houses built in Palmerston North. While living in Ashford Avenue four children were born: Katherine, David, Michael and Heather. In 1963 Graham and Margaret brought a house in Wood Street with a large section where Graham had a vegetable garden. While raising the family Margaret also cared for her mother, looked after her parent's house, as well as working in her father's knitting factory. Andrew was born while the famuily were living at Wood Street. Margaret started working for Smith & Waldings event catering in 1972, where she would prepare food for events. After that she had a short stint working in a local café in the Regent arcade and then as the Breakfast Cook at the Sherwood Motor Lodge in 1977. Later, in 1979, she was able to return to her first love of the medical profession when she got a job at Palmerston North Hospital, first as a Courier, then a Ward Clerk in Ward 23 & 24 (which was the orthopaedic ward), then finally to her dream job as a Ward Clerk in the Maternity Ward. As Margaret did not drive, she would bike to and from work. In 1980 Graham and Margaret moved to Paradise Place where grandchildren were entertained. In 1992 they moved Droylsden Place again with regular visits from grandchildren. When Andrew and Miriam were working, Graham and Margaret would collect their grangchildren and care for them until after work. Margaret was devoted to her family, first as a daughter, wife and mother and then later as a grandmother and great-grandmother. After Graham died in 2016, Margaret moved to Summerset Village in Aotea, Wellington. She died in Wellington on 23 November 2021. Source: Family members memories from Margaret's funeral service.

  
  

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