Geoffrey Richard KENAH

1940 - 1945  (5 years)

• Name	Geoffrey Richard KENAH
  Birth	01 Mar 1940	Otorohanga, Waikato, New Zealand   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Dec 1945	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [4, 5]
  	Cause: Gunshot wound
  Burial	20 Dec 1945	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [4]
  Person ID	I1595	NZ Genealogy Project | SPURDLE Descendant
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Parsons KENAH,   b. 28 Jan 1908, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 30 Jul 1986, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Enid Maude RANBY,   b. 03 Feb 1906, Aorangi, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 24 Sep 1993, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1933	Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand   [1, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 01 Mar 1940 - Otorohanga, Waikato, New Zealand Death - Cause: Gunshot wound - 19 Dec 1945 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Burial - 20 Dec 1945 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  REPORT OF DEATH Child Dies After Injury When Firearm Discharged HAMLTON, This Day. The death occurred in the Waikato Hospital early yesterday morning of Geoffrey Richard Kenah, aged five, son of Mr. G. P. Kenah, of Raglan, who was wounded in the chest as the result of the accidental discharge of a firearm yesterday. The boy and his two brothers, aged nine and six, were together when a pea-rifle discharged and the youngest boy was wounded. He was taken to the Waikato Hospital. An inquest was opened this afternoon and adjourned. Source: Northern Advocate, 20 December 1945, Page 8.

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992). [S2] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Births - Indexes. [S2132] Ian McGregor, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - McGregor Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S70] Hamilton City Council Online Cemetery Database, (Hamilton City Council, New Zealand). [S1619] Papers Past - Northern Advocate, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ BRIDES & GROOMS INDEX 1933 #4213 [S480] RootsWeb.com - Smeed and Warren Families, (http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com).