James Mervyn SAUNDERS

1905 - 1999  (93 years)

• Name	James Mervyn SAUNDERS
  Birth	30 Oct 1905	Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jan 1999	West Surrey, Surrey, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I8265	NZ Genealogy Project | WALLACE Descendant
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	Alexander SAUNDERS,   b. 11 Jan 1873, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand d. 05 Jan 1946, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Esther WALLACE,   b. 11 Jun 1880, Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand d. 14 May 1964, New Zealand (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	24 Apr 1905	Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F1823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy SELKIRK
  Children	1. Alexander Melville SAUNDERS,   b. 1939, London, Middlesex, England d. 1993, Surrey, England (Age 54 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F2814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Oct 1905 - Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand Death - Jan 1999 - West Surrey, Surrey, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] email. From Ian and Jewel Fyfe [email removed for privacy] on Fri 4/03/2005. See marriage of Esther Wallace and Alexander Saunders. [S170] England and Wales, Death Index, (Ancestry.co.uk). Name: James Mervyn Saunders; Birth Date: 30 Oct 1906; Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1999; Age at death (estimated): 92; Registration district: West Surrey; Inferred County: Surrey; Register number: B6B; Entry Number: 51 [S11] email. From Ian and Jewel Fyfe [email removed for privacy] on Fri 4/03/2005. I am a grandson of Esther Wallace, daughter of William and Mary Jane. Esther married Alexander Saunders at the Wesleyan church, Hawera on 24 April 1904. Their children: (1) James Mervyn born 30 October 1905 at Shannon died January 1999 (2) Ethel Lorraine born 22 June 1909 at Shannon (3) Esther Doreen born 9 January 1914 at Shannon died April 1999 (4) Lyall Gwendoline (Bobbie) born 9 August 1918 at Palmerston North. Kind regards, Ian Fyfe, Lower Hutt, N.Z. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZSG Certificates Collection [S58] Papers Past - Hawera & Normanby Star, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8200, 26 April 1905, Page 3. Wedding. A pretty wedding took place at the Weslevan Church, Hawera, on the 24th inst., conducted by the Rev. S. J. Gibson, when Mr Alexander Saunders, second son of Mr James Saunders, of Moutoa, Shannon, was married to Miss Esther, youngest daughter of Mr W. Wallace, of Meremere, Hawera. The bridegroom was attended by his cousin Mr Elton Christie, of Wanganui, and his brother, Mr John Saunders, of Shannon, while the bride was supported by Miss Cissy Wallace (sister), Miss E. Christie (cousin of the bridegroom), and Miss Nellie Wallace (cousin). The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr Allen Wallace, looked exceptionally pretty in a dress of white silk, trimmed with chiffon, lace, and ribbon worked in true lovers' knots. .......