Name of “Dorothy Grant” from death record of spouse, from Find A Grave Index found in November 2018:
Name: Leslie Gordon Goddard
Spouse: Dorothy Goddard [nee Grant]

Year of marriage of 1939 from research file39 in November 2018. This is consistent with no record of marriage being found on the New Zealand BDM website as at November 2018. Marriage events need to be at least 80 years ago before they appear in the public historical records.

No record of birth could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at January 2019.

Email from Ross Rogers dated 25 January 2019 points out that details Brian of nzolivers had recorded of second name of “Rachel” and year of birth of 1896 and date of death of 4 August 1964, is of the wrong Dorothy Grant even though they married a “Goddard”.

Ross goes on to write, “Leslie Gordon Goddard’s first marriage was to Dorothy Grant in 1939. They were divorced in 1961 in Auckland. Leslie’s second marriage was to May Cora Boyce [nee Meurant] in 1962. May was born 14/2/1906 she died 30/12/1989 88 yrs and is buried with Leslie in the Waikumete Cemetery, Protestant lawn A Row 14 Plot 14-15.

Ross Rogers is descendant from the grandfather of Ambrosine Rogers b. 1854 (whom married Frank Richard Oliver b. 1850).

Year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2019:
1989/45086. Goddard, Dorothy. Date of Birth: 12 February 1906

Full date of death of 30 July 1989 from further searching in January 2019 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Year of marriage confirmed, country of marriage, from search on New Zealand BDM website in October 2019:
1939/11138. Bride: Dorothy Grant. Groom: Leslie Gordon Goddard

Full date of marriage of 27 October 1939 from further searching in October 2019 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.