The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameLillian May Beeby
Birth13 Feb 1894, Auckland, New Zealand
Death20 Aug 1971, New Zealand
Misc. Notes
Name from Bertie Jones military records, reading, “Illegitimate child born 1913 of Lilian Mary Beeby (now Mrs Fletcher)" from page 05 of the military records for father, Bertie Jones, found in June 2025:

Following up on illegitimate child born 1913 in Bertie's military records, this was found giving child's name of "Doris Evelyn Beeby", from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2025:
1913/1257. Beeby, Doris Evelyn. Mother: Lillian May. Father: NR

Baby’s full date of birth of 7 May 1913 from further searching in June 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Year and country of Liilian’s birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1894/3959. Beeby, Lilian May. Mother: Louisa Jane. Father: Charles

Full date of birth of 13 February 1894 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Year and country of marriage to “Harry Thomas Fletcher” from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1915/3063. Bride: Lillian May Beeby. Groom: Harry Thomas Fletcher

Full date of marriage of 12 September 1915 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

No record of death using the surname of “Fletcher” could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at July 2025.

Online searching in July 2025 shows may have remarried after the death of her husband, Harry Fletcher who died in 1923. However, no record of marriage could be found on the New Zealand BDM website between then and 4 July 2025. Perhaps Lillian remarried after 1925?

Further online searching shows may have married a “Linden Scott Goodwill”.

Date of death, place of birth, from Mangere Burial Records, page 117, found in July 2025:
GOODWILL Lillian May - 73yrs, married, d 20 Aug bur 23 Aug 1971 - b Auckland
GOODWILL Linden Scott - 74yrs, d 18 Mar bur 20 Mar 1974

Different age of death (deemed to be correct as estimated year of birth correct), year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1971/36726. Goodwill, Lillian May. Died age 77Y [Therefore born circa 1894 - an exact match]

Full date of death of 20 August 1971 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

A ‘widow’ in the New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tamaki Main Roll 1963, found in June 2025:
Fletcher, Lillian, 159 West Tamaki Rd., E2., Widow

Appears as ‘married’ in a different 1963 Roll - the New Zealand Electoral Roll - Manukau Main Roll 1963, found in June 2025:
Fletcher, Lillian M, 43 Wintere Rd, Papatoetoe. married [Now married but kept previous married surname]
Goodwill, Lindin S., 43 Wintere Rd, Papatoetoe. driver

Therefore married as at 1963. List here as married “circa 1962”.

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Manukau Main Roll 1966, found in June 2025:
Fletcher, Lillian M, 43 Winters Rd, Papatoetoe. Married [Using previous married surname]
Goodwill, Lindin S., 43 Winters Rd, P'toe. Driver

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Mangere Main Roll 1969, found in June 2025:
Goodwill, Lillian M. 1 Fulton Cres. Otara. Married [Using current married surname]
Goodwill, Lindin S. 1 Fulton Cres. Otara. Retired
Spouses
Birth12 Dec 1885, Auckland, New Zealand
Death20 Jun 1955, Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationLabourer at time of first marriage in 1909. Tinsmith from circa 1925.
FatherThomas Jones (1839-1917)
MotherAnna (Hannah) Sammels (1846-1918)
Unmarried
ChildrenDoris Evelyn (1913-1994)
Birthca 1894
Death14 Dec 1923, New Zealand
Marriage12 Sep 1915, New Zealand
Birth12 Apr 1899
Death18 Mar 1974, New Zealand
Burial20 Mar 1974, Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationDriver
Marriageca 1962
Last Modified 4 Jul 2025Created 6 Aug 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh