Misc. Notes
Name from Joshua Keijsers’ Family Tree as at May 2020.
Joshua is the x2 great grandson of Walter and Edith Minnie (nee Oliver) Chatterton through their daughter Beryl Minnie May Chatterton, and in turn her son Lindsay Jack Martin, and onwards.
Joshua Keijsers’ Family Tree has this Robert Oliver (father of Ian George Oliver) being, married to “Alberta Gates” who died in 1992. Brian of nzolivers wondered if this Alberta Gates is “Alberta Lilian Gates” born 1914 and already in nzolivers ‘The Tree’?
To verify the connection Brian found this link:
https://www.geni.com/people/Alberta-Oliver/6000000080193836211Alberta Lillian Oliver (nee Gates)
Birthdate: 1914
Death: October 10, 1992 New Zealand
Daughter of Ernest Lewis Gates and Sarah Selina Gates
Wife of Robert Thomas Oliver
Mother of Ian George Oliver
Brian concludes that this
Robert Oliver, is indeed Robert Thomas Oliver, and married to Alberta Lilian Gates.
Although this ‘Robert Thomas Oliver’ is not blood related to Brian of nzolivers that he can establish, Brian is connected by marriages on both his mother’s side and on his father’s side:
1. This Robert Thomas Oliver’s wife, Alberta Lilian Gates, and Brian of nzolivers (through his mother’s side), are both descendant from Joseph Dodson born 1780:
https://nzolivers.com/tree/wc10/wc10_080.html2. The above Robert Thomas Oliver and Alberta Lilian Gates, had a son called Ian George Oliver, who married Isobel Chatterton. Isobel’s father was Keith Walter Chatterton and his father, Walter Chatterton, married Edith Minnie Oliver. Edith’s father was Francis Oliver (
https://nzolivers.com/tree/wc01/wc01_125.html). Francis is the brother of my great-grandfather, Samuel Oliver!
A search in May 2020 for the marriage on the New Zealand BDM website found:
1937/6587. Bride: Alberta Lillian Gates. Groom: Robert Thomas Oliver
Full date of marriage of 6 May 1937 from further searching in May 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
Second given name, date and country of marriage, from Brian’s research above.
Year of birth, date of death, from:
https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Oliver/6000000110980628940Country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2020:
1913/13310. Oliver, Robert Thomas. Mother: Lilly Burton. Father: Charles
Full date of birth of 30 March 1913 from further searching in May 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Country of death, date of birth confirmed, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2020:
1991/30878. Oliver, Robert Thomas. Date of birth: 30 March 1913
Full date of death of 5 February 1991 confirmed from further searching in May 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
Preferred name of “Bob” from headstone photo found in May 2020.