The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameKenneth Norman McGonagle
Birth22 Feb 1905, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Death19 Aug 1986, Auckland, New Zealand
BurialWaikumete Cemetery, Auckland, NZ
OccupationGrocer, Stationer, Wages Clerk
MotherAnnie Chatterton (1877-1935)
Misc. Notes
Name of “Kenneth McGonagle” from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

Second given name, year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in October 2018:
1905/3569. McGonagle, Kenneth Norman. Mother: Annie. Father: Andrew Percy

Full date of birth of 22 February 1905 from further searching in October 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in October 2018:
1935/4377. Bride: Elsie Roma Collett. Groom: Kenneth Norman McGonagle

Full date of marriage of 29 July 1935 from further searching in October 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

No record of death could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at November 2018.

Record of death on BDM website found in January 2018 by changing spelling of surname in search:
1986/52423 McConagle, Kenneth Norman. Date of Birth: 22 February 1905

Full date of death of 19 August 1986 from further searching in January 2019 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Divorce as per the Gisborne Herald, 17 November 1944, found in January 2018:
IN DIVORCE
UNDEFENDED SUITS

Motions for decrees absolute in divorce were granted by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court yesterday and to-day in the following cases:- Elsie Roma McGonagle v. Kenneth Norman McGonagle, on the motion of Mr. D. W. Iles.

In January 2019 Brian of nzolivers found the following listing in the New Zealand Electoral Rolls:

1935 Gisborne Roll
Collett, Elsie Roma, 52 Wainui Road, spinster
Collett, Margaret, 26 Harris Street, widow [Mother of Elsie]
McGonagle, Kenneth Norman, 26 Harris Street, exchange clerk

1935 Gisborne Supplementary Roll No. 1
McGonagle, Elsie Roma, 26 Harris Street, married

1938 Gisborne Roll
McGonagle, Elsie Roma, 26 Harris Street, married
McGonagle, Kenneth Norman, 26 Harris Street, exchange clerk

1946 Wellington Central General Roll
McGonagle, Kenneth Norman, 2 Allenby Terrace, chemist
McGonagle, Joyce Dyson, 2 Allenby Terrace, married

1949 Eden [Auckland] General Roll
McGonagle, Kenneth Norman, 13 Esplanade Road, S.1, grocer
McGonagle, Joyce Dyson, 13 Esplanade Road, S.1, married
McGonagle, Doris Paulucci, 20 George Street, S.W.1, spinster [Sister of Kenneth]

1954 Eden [Auckland] General Roll
McGonagle, Kenneth Norman, 35 Dexter Ave. S.2, grocer
McGonagle, Joyce Dyson, 35 Dexter Ave. S.2, married
McGonagle, Doris Paulucci, 20 George Street, S.W.1, spinster [Sister of Kenneth]

1957 Onehunga [Auckland] Main Roll
McGonagle, Kenneth Norman, 374 Queen St., SE5, stationer
McGonagle, Joyce Dyson, 374 Queen St., SE5, married

1963 Onehunga [Auckland] Main Roll
McGonagle, Kenneth Norman, 65 Selwyn St., SE5, Retired
McGonagle, Joyce Dyson, 65 Selwyn St., SE5, Retired

1969 Auckland Central Main Roll
McGonagle, Kenneth N, 12 Garfield St, clerk [No second wife of Joyce wife listed?]

1969 North Shore [Auckland] Main Roll
McGonagle, Joyce D, 21 Regent St. Clerk [Is this Kenneth’s second wife?]

1981 Tamaki [Auckland] Composite Roll
McGonagle, Kenneth N, 24A Ronaki Road, retired

Divorce of second wife, Joyce:
Auckland Divorce files
McGonagle, Kenneth Norman v McGonagle, Joyce Dyson. 1968-1969, High Court Auckland, Department of Justice.

Burial record for Kenneth Norman Mcgonagle
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pag...1B9D440E4966FB027784
Date of birth: Unknown
Occupation: Rtd Wage Clerk
Date of death: 19 August 1986
Age at death: 81 years
Gender: Male
Region: West
Cemetery name: Waikumete Cemetery
Remains type: Ash
Date of cremation: 21 August 1986
Funeral director: Christian Funeral Services

Place of birth from Mark Blackburn’s Family Tree as at February 2019. Mark’s birth name was Mark Patrick Collett. His grandfather’s (Harold Collett) older brother’s (Albert Collett) daughter was Elsie Roma Collett who married Oliver descendant, Kenneth Norman McGonagle b1905.
Spouses
Birth27 Dec 1910, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Death26 Apr 1991, New Zealand
FatherAlbert Edward Collett (1887-1918)
MotherMargaret Hunter Macdonald (1885-1967)
Marriage29 Jul 1935, New Zealand
Divorce17 Nov 1944, Gisborne, New Zealand
Marriageca 1942
Divorce1968, Auckland, New Zealand
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