The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameSamuel John Oliver
Birth1 May 1870
Death9 Feb 1946, Wanganui, New Zealand
OccupationFarmer, Mataroa, Taihape, New Zealand
FatherSamuel Oliver (1833-1907)
Misc. Notes
Name and date of birth of 1 May 1870 from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

Date of death of 6 January 1943 and place of death from Joy (Margaret Joy) Nixon - nee Oliver, daughter of Leslie John Oliver.
In another document Joy has year of death as 1946?
Date of marriage from Joy Nixon (nee Oliver).

Dax Eric Clayton Lloyd, (great-grandson of Jessie Bertha Oliver b.1876) writes:
“His death is registered;
Registration Number: 1946/17559
Family Name: Oliver
Given Name(s): Samuel John
Date of Birth/Age at Death: 75Y
Now if he died 6 Jan 1946, instead of 6 Jan 1843, and was 75 when he died it would mean that he was born in the year before 6 Jan 1871. As he was born 1 May 1870 the death register fits”.

Brian of nzolivers.com has changed the year of death to 1946.

Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2018:
1870/18990. Oliver, Samuel John. Mother: Jessie. Father: Samuel

Result from Death search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2018:
1946/17559. Oliver, Samuel John, died age 75Y

Full date of death of 9 February 1946 from further searching in August 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Patea Roll 1896, found in June 2020:
Oliver, Samuel John, Taihape, farmer, residential
Oliver, James Alexander, Sommerville Block, Taihape, farmer, residential
[NOTE: Sommerville was 96 miles North-East from Wanganui: rail to Mangaonoho (between Hunterville and Ohingaiti), coach daily to Taihape, thence 7 miles; Rangitikei co.]

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Patea Roll 1900, found in June 2020:
Oliver, Samuel John, Taihape, farmer, residential
Oliver, James Aexander, Taihape, farmer, residential

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Rangitikei Roll 1905/1906, found in June 2020:
Oliver, Samuel John, Sommerville, farmer

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waitomo General Roll 1935, found in June 2020:
Oliver, Samuel John, Parawera R.D., Te Awamutu, farmer
Oliver, Elizabeth Gurney, Parawera R.D., Te Awamutu, married

Called “Uncle Jack” 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
Birth3 Nov 1880, Wanganui, New Zealand
Death9 Jan 1943, Wanganui, New Zealand
FatherThomas Gurney Philpot (1856-1951)
MotherSarah Ann Woolford (1862-1945)
Marriage18 Jun 1903
ChildrenLeslie John (1904-1980)
 Jessie Gurney (1907-1999)
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