Name of “Louis Sievers from Janet (Jan) Kelly, great-granddaughter of Mary Ann Carroll, Mary being a daughter of John and Talitha (nee Hutchings) Carroll/Carrel. Added here in September 2010.

Occupation from 'Appendix ii' written by Brian Carrell in his brother’s, (Anthony Carrell), book published in 2019, “John and Talitha Carroll - From Jersey to Wanganui”. Brian Carrell writes, “in January 1886 her second husband, Louis aged 34, died… at their Victoria Ave home”.

Country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2023:
1883/1810. Bride: Ruth Maria Elizabeth Scott. Groom: Louis Sievers

Different date of marriage of 31 August 1883 from further searching in November 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Date of death, estimated year of birth of "1852", from Headstone records for the Old Catholic Cemetery, Wanganui, found in November 2023:
Headstones
149. In loving memory of LOUIS GEORGE SIEVERS died 30th January 1886 aged 34 years.

Second given name of “George”, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2023:
1886/1380. Sievers, Louis George. Died age 34Y

Full date of death of 30 January 1886 confirmed from further searching in November 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Place of death, name of parents, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
Evening Post 8 February 1886
DEATHS
SIEVERS.- On Saturday. 30th January, at his residence, Victoria Avenue. Wanganui, Louis G Sievers, beloved husband of Ruth Sievers, and eldest son of William and Clarissa Sievers, South Makara, aged 31 years; deeply regretted RIP.

No record of birth could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at November 2023. This is most likely because births have only been recorded in New Zealand since 1848 and, it was not compulsory to register a birth before 1858).