Name, year of birth, from the biography of ‘Augustus Florance 1847 - 1897’ written by Richard L N Greenaway for the Millennium and for the 150th anniversary of the Canterbury settlement in New Zealand.

Country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2020:
1878/17440. Florance, Augustus. Mother: Elizabeth. Father: Augustus

Full date of birth of 30 March 1878 from further searching in June 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Preferred name of “Gus” from, “Early Days of the Florance Family As Remembered by Gwen”, dated June 1998 as per copy from Kim Helen Cripps (nee Jamieson).

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2020:
1907/7621. Bride: Edith Louise Ireland. Groom: Augustus Florance

Full date of marriage of 26 December 1907 from further searching in July 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2020:
1957/24678. Florance, Augustus, died age 79Y

Full date of death of 22 June 1957 from further searching in July 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.