Name, occupation, 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.

Lived New Brighton Christchurch NZ from Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, in an email dated 30 June 2020. Tim is the great-grandson of James Alexander Oliver b.1866 and onwards through his son Ivor J C Oliver b.1907.

Date and place of first marriage, name of father, from church of England marriage records for the parish of Bakewell in the County of Derby found in July 2020:
Name: David Wilson Hamilton
Rank or Profession: Carpenter
Residence at Time of Marriage: Ashford
Gender: Male
Father: Daniel Hamilton
Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1846
Marriage Place: Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
Spouse: Martha Handley
Residence at Time of Marriage: Ashford
Father: Robert Handley

Date and place of baptism, name of mother, from baptiam records found in July 2020:
Name: David Wilson Hamilton
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 9 Mar 1823
Baptism Place: Ashford, Derbyshire, England
Parents Names: Daniel and Elizabeth Hamilton
Parent Quality, Trade or Profeffion [Profession]: Framework knitter

Date and place of birth and death, name of second wife, from Avonside Christchurch New Zealand cemetery records found in July 2020:
Row B, 14.
David Wilson HAMILTON, born at Ashford, Derby, England 9 Feb 1823, died at New Brighton 29 May 1887. And his wife, Martha, died at Lyttelton 5 Nov 1856 aged 35. Handley, died 7 Aug 1855 age 7 months. Handley, died 11 Oct 1856 aged 5 months. Sons of above. And his second wife, Elizabeth, died 11 Sept 1873 age 55. Frances, died 25 Jan 1899 aged 61.

Year and country of second marriage (to Elizabeth Wilson) from marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2020:
1860/3650. Bride: Elizabeth Wilson. Groom: David Wilson Hamilton

Full date of second marriage of 29 March 1860 from further searching in July 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Year and country of third marriage (to Frances Charles) from search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2021:
1875/2841. Bride: Frances Charles. Groom: David Wilson Hamilton

Full date of this third marriage of 16 December 1875 from further searching in January 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

A possible fourth marriage found in search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2021 however, this is NOT CONFIRMED that the “David Wilson Hamilton” is ours here. The record found is:
1886/2310. Bride: Esther Ellis. Groom: David Wilson Hamilton

Full date of marriage of 26 July 1886 from further searching in January 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

NOTE: This date of this ‘fourth’ marriage in July 1886 is two and a half years before third wife Frances died in January 1899.