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Harry Stewart Parnell McLERNON

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Name Harry Stewart Parnell McLERNON Birth 17 Aug 1884 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand [1, 2, 3]
Gender Male Occupation 1935 [4] Jeweller, Gisborne Death 16 Jun 1950 Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand [1, 4, 5]
Burial 17 Jun 1950 Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand [6]
Probate 20 Jul 1950 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand [4]
Person ID I13763 NZ Genealogy Project | McLERNON Descendant Last Modified 25 Nov 2012
Father Samuel McLERNON, b. 26 Aug 1854, Carmavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 07 Aug 1926, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
(Age 71 years)
Mother Mary Jane SOMERS, b. 17 Aug 1860, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland d. 07 May 1937, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
(Age 76 years)
Marriage 28 Aug 1876 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand [7, 8, 9]
Family ID F1072 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ida LOUSLEY, b. 28 Jul 1884, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 1973, New Zealand
(Age 88 years)
Marriage 17 Aug 1911 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand [8, 10]
Residence 1935 Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand [11]
Children 1. Colin Rex McLERNON, b. 03 Jun 1912, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 18 May 1990, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
(Age 77 years)
+ 2. Samuel Muir McLERNON, b. 14 Jul 1913, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 21 Apr 1982 (Age 68 years)
3. Leslie Michael McLERNON, b. 13 May 1917, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 13 Jun 1959, Manutuke, Gisborne, New Zealand
(Age 42 years)
+ 4. Jane Isobel McLERNON, b. 03 Jun 1920 d. 1998, Chichester, Sussex, England (Age 77 years)
Family ID F4459 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Dec 2024
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Headstones Headstones (Log in)
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Notes OBITUARY
DEATH OF POPULAR GISBORNE RESIDENT:
The death occurred at his home in Hurahura Road, Gisborne, on Thursday night of Mr. Harry Stuart Parnell McLernon, a popular and esteemed citizen of Gisborne. He was 65 years of age.
MR. H. S. P. McLERNON
Mr. McLernon was the second son of the late Mr. G. McLernon, Napier. He was born in Hamilton and was educated in Gisborne and at the Napier Boys' High School. He entered business in Gisborne and during later years was employed by the jewellery firms of A. Stoneham and Company and W. Good and Company.
Mr. McLernon was an enthusiastic member of the Gisborne Savage Club and was honorary stage director and a member of the executive for many years . He also look a keen interest in the production of amateur theatricals in Gisborne. In his younger days he was a keen sportsman. He played Rugby football, and was an active member of the Gisborne Rowing Club. He was a member of the Gisborne Club.
During the First World War Mr. McLernan held the rank of captain in the East Coast Mounted Rifles.
Mr. McLernon is survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter - Mr. Colin McLernon, Canada, Mr. Samuel McLernon, Christchurch, Mr. Michael McLernon. Gisborne, Mr. Jock McLernon, Hokitika, and Miss Jane McLernon, Gisborne. All his sons served in the Second World War and his daughter trained as a nurse during the war period.
There are two brothers in Canada, Messrs. J. R. S. and A. S. McLernon, and another, Mr. W. M. McLernon, in Hawera, and two sisters, Mrs. H. T. Gillies, Hamilton, and Mrs. H. L. Primrose, Gisborne.
Source: Gisborne Herald, 17 June 1950, Page 6.
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