The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameEdna Joan Harkin
Birth2 Oct 1919, New Zealand
Death18 Nov 2005, New Zealand
Misc. Notes
Initial of “J” for wife of Leslie Gordon Fraser from his military records found in July 2025 that reads:
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/156026
NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION: Mrs. J. Fraser, 35 Hutton Rd., Birkenhead, Auckland (w)

Name, year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1943/2287. Bride: Edna Joan Harkin. Groom: Leslie Gordon Fraser

Full date of marriage of 4 February 1943 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1919/19940. Harkin, Edna Joan. Mother: Agnes Susanna. Father: Charles

Full date of birth of 2 October 1919 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waitemata General Roll 1941, found in July 2025:
Harkin, Edna Joan, 35 Hutton Rd., N5, spinster
Harkin, Charles, 35 Hutton Rd., N5, sugar boiler [Father]

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waitemata General Roll 1943, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Edna Joan, 35 Hutton Rd., married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Ponsonby General Roll 1946, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Edna Joan, 35 Hutton Rd., N5, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Ponsonby Supplementary Roll No. 1 1946, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Leslie Gordon, 35 Hutton Rd., N5, labourer

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Ponsonby General Roll 1949, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Edna Joan, 35 Hutton Rd., N5, married
Fraser, Leslie Gordon, 35 Hutton Rd., N5, labourer

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Hunua Composite Roll 1981, found in July 2025:
Fraser, Edna Joan, East Coast Road, Kaiaua, Widow

New surname, year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
2005/27794. Clarke, Edna Joan. Date of birth: 2 October 1919

Full date of death of 18 November 2005 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Showing new husband on the New Zealand Electoral Roll - Clevedon Main Roll 1987, found in July 2025:
Clarke, Edna Joan, East Coast Road, Kaiaua, Married
Clarke, Edwin Arthur, East Coast Road, Kaiaua, Retired

Must of remarried between 1981 and 1987. Therefore, estimate second marriage circa 1984.

Widowed by 1998 in the New Zealand Electoral Roll - Hunua Main Roll 1998, found in July 2025:
Clarke, Edna Joan, East Coast Road, Miranda, Widow

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Port Waikato Main Roll 2005, found in July 2025:
Clarke, Edna Joan, 993 East Coast Road, Miranda, Widow

Date of death confirmed, date and place of cremation, found from Hamilton City Council cemetery search in July 2025:
Name: Edna Joan CLARKE
Age: 86
Died: Nov 18, 2005
Type: Cremated
Cemetery: Hamilton Park Cemetery
Date of Service: Nov 22, 2005
Location: Ashes Collected
Spouses
Birth6 Jan 1909, Coromandel, New Zealand
Death14 Jul 1977, New Zealand
OccupationLabourer
FatherRobert Lyle Fraser (ca1866-1952)
MotherEmma (Emily) (Emma) Jones (1867-1939)
Marriage4 Feb 1943, New Zealand
Birthca 1909
Death9 Sep 1993
BurialHamilton Park Cemetery, Hamilton, NZ
Marriageca 1984
Last Modified 16 Jul 2025Created 6 Aug 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh