The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameKatherine Veronica (Kate) Dravitzski
Birth9 Sep 1910, Taranaki, New Zealand
Death15 Jun 1994, Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
Burial18 Jun 1994, Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
FatherFrancis (Frank) Dravitzki (1879-1961)
MotherLudowika Bielawski (1880-1959)
Misc. Notes
Name of "Katherine Veronica Dravitski” from hand-drawn ‘Billing’ tree in Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) collection.

No record of marriage could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at January 2019.

Year and country of death, date of birth, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2019:
1994/36323. Billing, Katherine Veronica. Date of Birth: 9 September 1910

Full date of death of 15 June 1994 from further searching in January 2019 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

No record of birth, to find parent’s names, could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at January 2019. Also tried search with surname spelling with a “Z”: Dravitzki, and Dravitzski.

Place of birth, preferred name of “Kate”, place of death, from research file47 in January 2019.

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in February 2019:
1939/5453. Bride: Katherine Veronica Dravitzski. Groom: Francis St John Billing

Full date of marriage of 31 January 1939 from further searching in February 2019 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Brian Oliver of nzolivers.com has changed spelling of maiden name to include a “Z” making it, “Dravitzski”.

Burial information, plot 2755 Opunake Burial New Lawn 1, from South Taranaki Cemetery search in February 2019.
Spouses
Birth30 Oct 1916, New Zealand
Death24 May 2000, New Zealand
Burial27 May 2000, Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
MotherClara Eleanor Boardman (1895-1967)
Marriage31 Jan 1939, New Zealand
ChildrenMichael
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