Misc. Notes
Name of “Richard Henry Gernhoefer” and year of birth as “1892”, from Neville Richards, grandson of Ivy Grace Oliver.
Name spelt as “Richard
Heinrich Gernhoefer”, country of birth, from Birth search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2018:
1892/5719. Gernhoefer, Richard Heinrich. Mother: Annabella. Father: Richard Johann
Brian of
nzolivers.com notes that Richard’s father died a year after his birth and no further children of Johann and Annabella could be found on the New Zealand BDM website.
Date of death, place of burial, from New Zealand Cemetery Records / 1800 - 2007 for Taranaki - New Plymouth Te Henui Headstones.
From Papers Past in June 2018: Taranaki Herald 16 December, 1908:
GERNHOEFER, — On December 16, 1908, at the residence of his mother (Mrs Annabella Gernhoefer), Young Street, New Plymouth, Richard Henry, the only son of the late Richard Gernhoofer; aged 16 years.
From Papers Past in June 2018: Taranaki Herald 16 December, 1908
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The. funeral of the late Richard Henry Gernhoefer will leave his late, residence, Young Street, on FRIDAY, 18th inst., at 2 p.m., for Te Henui Cemetery. Friends will kindly accept this intimation. W. F. BROOKING, Undertaker.