Edith Effie BERKAHN [Effie]

1888 - 1957  (69 years)

• Name	Edith Effie BERKAHN
  Known As	Effie
  Birth	24 Jun 1888	Makaretu, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Oct 1957	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand   [2]
  Burial	21 Oct 1957	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand   [3, 4]
  Probate	04 Dec 1957	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I11194	NZ Genealogy Project | BERKAHN Descendant
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Johan Fredrick BERKAHN [John],   b. 03 Apr 1863, Nordentoft, Sjørring, Thisted, Denmark d. 08 Jun 1955, Ormondville, Tararua, New Zealand (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Ida Haldersen ANDERSEN,   b. 06 Apr 1867, Kjony, Odense, Denmark d. 23 Jun 1951, Ormondville, Tararua, New Zealand (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1883	Makaretu, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand   [1, 7, 8]
  Residence	1911	Waikopiro, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand   [9]
  Family ID	F3460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James WARD
  Children	1. Basil Arthur EDWARDS,   b. 24 Apr 1912, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand d. 14 Aug 1988, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 76 years)   2. Mona Edith EDWARDS [Mona Edith WARD],   b. 12 Apr 1914, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   3. Vera EDWARDS,   b. 22 Oct 1915, New Zealand d. 25 Jan 1972, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F6397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	David SMITH,   b. 04 Dec 1877, Woodend, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 07 Nov 1940, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1932	New Zealand   [1, 8, 10]
  Family ID	F3564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 3	William George WESTON [William WICKS],   b. 16 Sep 1885, Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand d. 05 Jun 1945, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	04 Jun 1943	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand   [8, 11]
  Family ID	F3565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Jun 1888 - Makaretu, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Marriage - 20 Jan 1932 - New Zealand Marriage - 04 Jun 1943 - Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Death - 19 Oct 1957 - Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Burial - 21 Oct 1957 - Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Probate - 04 Dec 1957 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Partners Edith Effie BERKAHN had a series of partners based on different records. Effie had three children with James WARD based on birth records. NZ Birth Register lists the parents of both Basil Arthur BERKAHN in 1912 and Vera BERKAHN in 1915 as Edith Effie and James. The parents of Mona Edith WARD in 1914 are listed as Effie and James. CONCLUSION: James WARD was the father of Effie's three children. There was no record of Edith BERKAHN marrying James WARD. However in her will dated 19 Oct 1943 the names of her children are given as: Basil Arthur EDWARDS, Mona Edith EDWARDS and Vera OLUFSEN. Vera EDWARDS had married Aksel Teodor Mork OLUFSEN in 1933. Based on School Records in the NZSG Kiwi Collection, the EDWARDS surname appeared in 1919 when Basil and Mona attended Woodville School, with Mr Jas EDWARDS being their parent/guardian when enrolled again in 1920. In October and November 1924 the three children attended Ong Onga School in Hawkes Bay, again with Mr J EDWARDS being their parent/guardian. The three children were enrolled in Papamoa School in the Bay of Plenty in November 1925 with Mr J EDWARDS being recorded as their parent/guardian. Mona Edith EDWARDS attended Gisborne High School in 1929 and 1930, having previously attended Tauranga High School, with her mother Mrs EDWARDS of Gate Pa, Tauranga recorded as her parent/guardian. Did James Ward change his name to James Edwards, or was James Edwards a different person? In the Electrol Roll of 1931 Edith was using her maiden name again (Edith Effie BERKAHN, spinster) and living at Gate Pa, Tauranga. Edith, aged 44 years, married widower David SMITH in 1932. but he died in 1940. David farmed at Otumoetai, now a suburb of Tauranga. Following David's death Edith married again, in 1943 to William George WESTON. William, a waterside worker in Auckland, died two years later in 1945 at Tauranga. Edith and William were living in Mount Eden, Auckland, according to the 1943 Electoral Roll. After William's death Edith lived at Otumoetai for the rest of her life according to electoral rolls and her probate file. She died in 1957 and was burried in Tauranga. [12]

  
  

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