Name, second given name of Bowman, “being the family name carried on as a second name”, from Marlene Heise, grand-daughter of Lewis Sydney McKoy.

On 12 June 2013, Marlene writes that, “there are only two of my late mother’s family left now - Margaret who is coming up to 90 years and Lyla, aged 84 years”.
Brian of nzolivers says this would make Margaret’s year of birth circa 1924.

Date and place of birth, “still living at Riverview Rest Home, Mangorei Road, New Plymouth”, from Marlene Heise in an email dated 17 September 2018. Marlene is the grand-daughter of Lewis Sydney McKoy b 1883.

Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2023:
Registered 1928/29297. McKoy, Margaret Bowman. Mother: Ellen Weavers. Father: Lewis Sydney

Full date of birth of 30 December 1927 confirmed from further searching in July 2023 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 November 2023:
1948/16667. Bride: Margaret Bowman McKoy. Groom: Douglas Bertram Green

Full date of marriage of 27 November 1948 from further searching in November 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
[Interesting to note that older sister, Joyce Lavinia McKoy, got married two weeks earlier on Saturday the 13th of November 1948].