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Lily Rawson b1930 emigrated to New Zealand 1952

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Debra

Debra Report 24 Oct 2011 13:46

Searching for any information about Lily Rawson born in 1930 (possibly in Nottingham) emigrated to New Zealand in 1952. I believe she was a tailoress and had been living in Birmingham in the late 1940's.

Any help or guidance as to where to search in New Zealand much appreciated

Valerie

Valerie Report 25 Oct 2011 01:35

Hi Debra .... the 'National Library of NZ' (on-line) has an 'Ask Us' librarian service ...they will check their records including electoral rolls and newspaper death notices.

Valerie (WAus)

AmazingGrace08

AmazingGrace08 Report 25 Oct 2011 04:20

Hi Debra,

I can't locate anything for her in the New Zealand electoral rolls at all, which may mean that perhaps she married.

The following link will allow you to search for newspaper articles etc yourself:

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Best of luck with your search :-)

Debra

Debra Report 25 Oct 2011 08:08

Thank you both for your help. I will get on to that today.
Cheers!

Persephone

Persephone Report 26 Oct 2011 10:00

Debra

Lily Rawson got married in 1953, so she would not be on the Electoral rolls with the surname Rawson.... They divorced in 1969.

Gracie Papers Past would probably be too old for anything on her.

I can check out whether she married again etc on the microfiche at the library in the city, not something that the Librarians spend time on as it does take awhile.

Persie

Researching:
The latest tree member our Grandson, Stellan born 09/12/14

Debra

Debra Report 28 Oct 2011 08:43

Thank you Persie, that is great progress!
Debra :-)