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Thank you for the cemetery links Persie.
I'm going to be kept safely away from housework today !

Gwyn

There are two deaths re Margaret Moffet in 1888

One on 15th November aged 39

One on 13th November aged 35

How weird.. more often than not they haven't been registered but will be found in a cemetery...

Margaret Joyce Couper born 16 May 1914...

Died 1993.

This marriage for Margaret Couper to James Joyce in 1938.

On the marriage disc/records

Margaret Joyce Couper married John Charles James in 1938...

No other record for 1938.. for Margaret Couper ?

Gwyn

You can search quite a lot of our cemeteries by going to

http://www.clanfraser.org.nz/genealogy/cemeterylinks.html

That one takes you to the Invercargill site and others.

Persie :-)

Alices' marriage to Henry Couper 1895 shows her surname as the variant
Moffet

Harold Moffet Couper born 1904.

There is a Margaret Moffet married in 1893 to Robert Moffet

Quoy,

Thank you so much for that link to Invercargill area records.
There are 23 listings for a surname of interest to me and most if not all of them are likely to link into my tree.
I'm going to be busy checking.........

Gwyn

Frances Moffat married Henry Greenfield 1887

Their children:

Ernest Henry born 1888
Albert Percy born 1889
Johannes Leslie Born 1891
Frances Evelyn born 1892
Alexander William Moffett 1895
Alice Dorothy 1901
Phyllis Olive 1904

I can get you full birth dates
Do you want the children's marriages? Their deaths etc?

Thanx Quoy... nothing there that jumps up to grab my attension but a good site to bookmark being a kiwi with some southern roots :)

Hello

in case you do not have this it might be worth while searching through the burials

The website provides access to about 55,000 records for the four Invercargill and Bluff cemeteries and the Southland Crematorium. The cemeteries and crematorium are operated by the Council's Parks Division.

http://www.icc.govt.nz/ServicesA-Z/Cemeteries/CemeterySearch.aspx?page=0

A little more info on this family:
Husband- James/John was possibly a farmer and died c1874/75
Son- Henry was a sailor and died overseas possibly in Singapore
Margaret nee Couper (dau of Alice) married James JOYCE 18 April 1938
Harrold Moffet Couper (son of Alice) died 1961/62

opps sorry... Alice was married in 1895... she was born dec 1874... just goes to show how careful you need to be. Thank you

How could Margaret have had a child born in 1895 if she died in 1888?

Margaret Moffet born about 1849 possibly in Scotland. Possible birth surname similar to REFRAIN.
Married John/James Moffett/Moffat c1865 in Invercargil, NZ.
Had 3 children: 1) Frances born Feb 1868 in Invercargil and married Henry GREENFIELD, NZ 2) Alice born 1895 in NZ and married Henry COUPER and 3) Henry who I think was the youngest child and it has been said died somewhere overseas.
On her death cert Nov 1888 at Dunedin, NZ. Margaret was named as relict of John Moffet.
The names John and James are both used as the father on each daughters marriage information...as are the surnames MOFFET(T) and MOFFAT(T).

I have been unable to find a marriage certificate or any information about John/James that I can tie in with Margaret, Frances, Alice or Henry. I have been unable to find a death or burial for him too.

I have not been able to find any information about their son Henry, but i do have a photograph of him.

I remember from about 30 years ago the name Joyce JAMES, I believe she was a daughter or grand-daughter of Alice COUPER but sadly now passed.

ANY information on this brick wall is greatfully received... thank you