The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameFay Ivy Ruth Andrews
Birth14 Feb 1911
Death25 Jan 1983
MotherAlice Bertha Oliver (1880-1938)
Misc. Notes
Name from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

Date of birth and death from Richard Leigh Andrews.

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2020:
1935/2313. Bride: Fay Ivy Ruth Andrews. Groom: William Keith Christiansen

Full date of marriage of 3 June 1935 from further searching in May 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Stratford Main Roll 1969, found in May 2020:
Christiansen, Fay Ivy Ruth, Raleigh Street, Waitara, shop assistant
Christiansen, Keith William, Raleigh Street, Waitara, dairy assistant [Husband]
Christiansen, Murray Keith, Raleigh Street, Brixton, lab technician [Son]

In a letter dated 23 February 1983 to Muriel Leo (nee Oliver) from Margaret Oliver (nee Eves) where she wrote that this Fay Christiansen [nee Andrews], “and her husband [Keith] were hurt in a car accident last month. Fay was quite badly hurt but her husband did not seem to have been hurt so much and after a short time in hospital was with his daughter where he died suddenly on Jan 21st. Fay died on the day before his funeral was to have been, so it was a double funeral”.
Spouses
Birth30 Nov 1910
Death21 Jan 1983
MotherTeresa Watson (1886-1975)
Marriage3 Jun 1935, New Zealand
ChildrenRuth Ann (Died as Infant) (1936-1936)
 Dawn Ruth Ann (1937-2018)
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