NameOlive Nesta Eleanor (Ness) Shute 

Birth7 Sep 1885, Main South Road, Timaru, New Zealand
Death29 Nov 1966, Haumoana, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Burial1 Dec 1966, Havelock North Cemetery, Hawke Bay, New Zealand
Misc. Notes
Name date of birth and death from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.
Both Dax Eric Clayton Lloyd (great-grandson of Jessie Bertha Oliver b.1876) and Rachel Frances Oliver born 31 August 1940 believe her full name was, Nesta Eleanor Olive Shute.
Corrected date of birth and preferred name of “Ness” and additional information from, “Family History - Williams”, written by Lena Milne (nee Shute), as per copy from Robin Bruce Norman b. 1929.
Dax Eric Clayton Lloyd, great-grandson of Jessie Bertha Oliver b.1876 writes:
“Olive's mother has a different middle name according to Olives birth registration;
Registration Number: 1885/20252
Family Name: Shute
Given Name(s): Olive Nesta Eleanor
Mother's Given Name(s): Orpha Louisa
Father's Given Name(s): Thomas Joseph”
“Olives Burial record;
Surname: OLIVER
First name: OLIVE NESTA ELEANOR
Age at death: 81
Date of death/burial: 1/12/1966
Cemetery: Havelock North
Address: 0 RAYMOND ROAD
District: HAUMOANA
Occupation:
Block name: G
Plot number: 117
Site: G117_N
Purchaser:
Funeral director:
Reference: HN2561”
Moved to Taihape in 1895, married in Taihape, worked in railway tearooms, chief ‘babysitter’, from images of notes written by Ivor James Clark Oliver and emailed by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, on 1 February 2021. Tim is the grandson of Ivor James Clark Oliver 1907-1989.
Spouses
Birth29 Nov 1866, Wanganui, New Zealand
Death24 Oct 1947, Haumoana, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Burial25 Oct 1947, Havelock North Cemetery, Hawke Bay, New Zealand
OccupationFarmer at Mataroa and Ohakune
Marriage16 Jan 1907, Taihape, New Zealand