Misc. Notes
Name and worked New Zealand Railway Workshops, from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.
Approximate year of birth (1889), date and place of death from Death Notice of Victor Carrel held by Rachel Oliver b. 1940.
Brian Carrell, grandson of George Robert Carrel, George being a son of John and Talitha (nee Hutchings) Carroll/Carrel says:
“Like his grandfather John Carroll, Vic Carrel also worked for NZ Railways and during the War Years was Manager of the Addington Railway Workshops - where my father also (in family tradition!) worked, but as a skilled labourer”.
Second name of “Stanley” and year of marriage from Janet (Jan) Kelly, great-granddaughter of Mary Ann Carroll, Mary being a daughter of John and Talitha (nee Hutchings) Carroll/Carrel.
Year and country of birth, from Birth search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2018:
1888/17220. Carrel, Victor Stanley. Mother: Eliza. Father: Charles
Country of marriage from Marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2018:
1913/4706. Bride: Dorothy Healey. Groom: Victor Charles Carrel
Note: Second given name listed here as “Charles” instead of “Stanley”. Brian of
nzolivers.com has kept with second name of Stanley.
Result from Death search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2018:
1953/28432. Carrel, Victor Stanley, died age 64Y
Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2024:
1888/17220. Carrel, Victor Stanley. Mother: Eliza. Father: Charles
Full date of birth of 25 July 1888 from further searching in July 2024 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.