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Edward Charles WATERREUS

Male 1892 - 1943  (50 years)    Has 2 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

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  • Name Edward Charles WATERREUS 
    Birth 30 Sep 1892  Te Ore Ore, Wairarapa, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1943  [1
    Motor Mechanic 
    Adopted name Pierce GRACE 
    Death 07 Feb 1943  Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial 09 Feb 1943  Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I14250  NZ Genealogy Project
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2012 

    Father Martinus Anthony WATERREUS,   b. 01 Jul 1862, Salt Water Creek, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1895, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Ellen REYNOLDS,   b. 03 Apr 1867, Moeraki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1928, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 31 Dec 1890  Hampden, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F4667  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Living 
    Mother Living 
    Family ID F4668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charlotte Emma CROPPER [Tarl],   b. 27 Mar 1884, Arahura, West Coast, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1960, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 19 Jul 1915  Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. Hazel Olga GRACE,   b. 30 Oct 1916, Arahura, West Coast, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Mar 1975, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F4659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Sep 1892 - Te Ore Ore, Wairarapa, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Jul 1915 - Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 07 Feb 1943 - Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 09 Feb 1943 - Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • ADOPTION

      Edward Charles WATERREUS parents were Martinus (Martin) Anthony WATERREUS and Ellen REYNOLDS. Martin abandoned his family in Masterton about 1894, and was arrested for wife desertion, serving 3 weeks hard labour in New Plymouth Prison and being required to pay his wife ten shillings a week. In September 1895 Martin was sentenced to three months hard labour for taking cloth from a shop in Stratford. Martin died in prison on 18 October 1895.

      When Edward's parents marriage ended the family was split. The two eldest children (William George and Annie) went to Ellen's family in Southland. Edward Charles [Teddy] WATERREUS and his older brother Leonard Martin WATERREUS were taken away. Edward was adopted by Martin and Esther GRACE [nee BEAZLEY] of Hokianga, Northland on 11th March 1895. On adoption, Edward's name was changed to Pierce GRACE. Edward's mother remarried in 1921 to Charles NORDELL, b 1876 in Germany.

      Source: Jennifer Coad, Nelson, NZ

  • Sources 
    1. [S61] South Taranaki Cemeteries, (South Taranaki District Council, Hawera, New Zealand), none.

    2. [S684] Jennifer Grace Coad, Pierce Grace Family Group Record, (Richmond, Nelson. 7020 New Zealand; 22 March 2012).

    3. [S685] Jennifer Grace Coad, Martinus Anthony Waterreus Family Group Record, (Richmond, Nelson. 7020 New Zealand; 28 March 2012).

    4. [S680] Jennifer G Coad, Richmond, NZ, James Cropper Family Group Record, (Richmond, Nelson. 7020 New Zealand; 22 March 2012).