Misc. Notes
Name from birth search of son on the New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1928/20012. Harrison, Herbert Russell James.
Mother: Vera May. Father: Russell James
Maiden name, year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2025:
1927/579. Bride: Vera May Rear. Groom: Russell James Harrison
Full date of marriage of 12 March 1927 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:
1910/7044. Rear, Vera May. Mother: Janet. Father: James
Full date of birth of 28 March 1910 from further searching in July 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Divorce/dissolution of marriage in 1944 found from the Archives New Zealand Collections website in August 2025:
Harrison, Russell James v Harrison, Vera May
ID: R22359390
Location: Auckland repository
Report of divorce from the New Zealand Herald newspaper of 7 June 1944 found on the Papers Past website in August 2025:
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19440607.2.13DIVORCE DECREES
Cases of Separation
Separation between the parties for more than three years was the ground on which decrees nisi were granted as follows:-
...Russell James Harrison (Mr Prendergast) against Vera May Harrison; ...
Year and country of second marriage, name of new husband, from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2025:
1950/168. Bride: Vera May Harrison. Groom: Noel Charles Clifford Crouch
Full date of marriage of 27 February 1950 from further searching in August 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
Year and country of death, date of birth confirmed, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2025:
1989/38634. Crouch, Vera May. Date of birth: 28 March 1910
Full date of death of 10 June 1989 from further searching in August 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.