Name of “Leonard Gordon Goddard” spouse with maiden name of “George”, from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

Different first given name, year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2018:
1905/10285. Goddard, Leslie Gordon. Mother: Ellen. Father: Thomas Frederick

Full date of birth of 8 January 1905 from further searching in November 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

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

Waikumete Cemetery Protestant Lawn A Row 14, 26846, No Plaque Plot 15:
Burial Book records Leslie Gordon GODDARD died 27 March 1973
May Cora GODDARD died 30 December 1989

Brian Oliver of nzolivers believes this is a wife of Leslie but unsure of her maiden name. Was it “George”? No birth records could be found for a May Cora George.

Place of birth, date and place of death, place of burial, name of spouse, from Find A Grave Index found in November 2018:
Name: Leslie Gordon Goddard
Birth Date: 1905
Birth Place: Waitara, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
Death Date: 26 Mar 1973
Death Place: Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Cemetery: Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium
Burial or Cremation Place: Glen Eden, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Has Bio?: N
Father: Thomas Frederick Goddard
Mother: Ellen Goddard
Spouse: Dorothy Goddard [nee Grant]

Year of marriage to Dorothy Grant from research file39 in November 2018.

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waitakere Supplementary Roll 1963, found in November 2018:
Goddard, Leslie Gordon, 110 Hepburn Rd, Glen Eden, packer

For 1963, wife May was on the Waitakere Main Roll, found in November 2018:
Goddard, May Cora, 110 Hepburn Rd, Glen Eden, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Henderson Main Roll 1972, found in November 2018:
Goddard, Leslie G., 110 Hepburn Rd, Clnr
Goddard, May C., 110 Hepburn Rd, Married

Brian Oliver of nzolivers notes that Leslie died one year later in 1973.

Email dated 25 January 2019 from Ross Rogers points out that details I had of his first wife were for a different Dorothy Grant.

Ross went on to write, “Leslie Gordon Goddard’s first marriage was to Dorothy Grant in 1939. They were divorced in 1961 in Auckland. Leslie’s second marriage was to May Cora Boyce [Nee Meurant] in 1962. May was born 14/2/1906 she died 30/12/1989 88 yrs and is buried with Leslie in the Waikumete Cemetery, Protestant lawn A Row 14 Plot 14-15.

Ross Rogers is descendant from the grandfather of Ambrosine Rogers b. 1854 (whom married Frank Richard Oliver b. 1850).

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in October 2019:
1939/11138. Bride: Dorothy Grant. Groom: Leslie Gordon Goddard

Full date of marriage of 27 October 1939 from further searching in October 2019 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.