I have these loose ends (a couple among many) in some research I am doing.
Sophia Townsend b. 27-2-1915 in Ede, d. ? in New Zealand. Migrated to New Zealand on 18th May 1951.
William Townsend b. 15-5-1916 in Amsterdam, d. ? in New Zealand. Migrated to New Zealand on 18th May 1951.
These individuals were the third and fourth children of: Edward Townsend, b. 23-1-1873 in Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, d. 14-2-1938 in Ermelo, Netherlands. Married to Petronella Wilhelmina van Kruistum on 22nd April 1909 in Ede, Netherlands. Petronella was born in Ede on 19 June 1887, and died in Utrecht on 24th December 1970.
Any leads?
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Thread: TOWNSEND, Migrated 1951
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30-01-2010, 8:00 AM #1GeoffDGuest
TOWNSEND, Migrated 1951
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30-01-2010, 8:54 PM #2
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Do they have a middle name? William is common as muck.
My marriage cd is for the period 1836-1956 so Sophia may have married after this date.
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30-01-2010, 10:03 PM #3GeoffDGuest
Nope - no middle names, unfortunately. I realise that the late date is a big constraint on searches, so I was just hoping to be lucky enough to find someone who was in some way connected with these people.
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31-01-2010, 12:54 AM #4
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Little bit of success
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
d.1996 Postma Sophia Anja b.27 February 1915 looks like she never married.
This looks close 2 days difference in birth date
d.1989 Townsend William b.13 May 1916
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31-01-2010, 1:22 AM #5
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Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland details:
TOWNSEND, WILLIAM
Plot : N/A
Interment Type: Cremation
Surname : TOWNSEND
Given Names: WILLIAM
Age : 73
Gender : Male
Occupation: RTD POULTRY FARMER
Date Of Death : 06-Jun-1989
Date Of Cremation : N/A
Date Of Burial : N/A
Funeral Director : W M MORRISON FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Head Stone Details : N/A
Still looking for his sister.
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31-01-2010, 9:54 PM #6GeoffDGuest
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31-01-2010, 10:07 PM #7GeoffDGuest
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10-04-2015, 8:31 PM #8ErikPostGuest
Sophia Townsend was married to my uncle
Sophia Townsend was married to my uncle Henricus Postma, born in Ermelo (The Netherlands) in 1924. He emigrated with the Townsends on 18 May 1951 to New Zealand. He died in 1964 in a car accident. The lived in Whakatane but it seems she moved in with one of the other Townsends after his death. This is what I know right now, I will talk to my mother (Henricus' youngest sister, aged 82 now) to see if she has more details, but there is no more contact between the Postma and Townsend families.
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