Name from birth search of daughter on New Zealand BDM website in July 2020:
1905/8251. Bates, Elizabeth McBride Macaulay. Mother: Margaret Ramsey. Father: John

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2020:
1902/2527. Bride: Margaret Ramsay Kearney. Groom: John Bates

Full date of marriage of 27 February 1902 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:
1954/24672. Bates, John, died age 89Y [Therefore born circa 1865]

Full date of death of 19 March 1954 from further searching in July 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Occupation from New Zealand Electoral Roll - Thames Roll 1905/6, found in July 2020:
Bates, John, Albert Street, Thames, draper
Bates, Margaret Ramsay, Albert Street, Thames, domestic duties

Occupation, date and place of burial from Purewa Cemetery Auckland records found in July 2020:
Name: John Bates
Death Age: 89
Birth Date: abt 1865
Last Known Residence Address: 25 Weymouth Rd,Manurewa
Last Occupation: Printer
Death Date: 1954
Burial Date: 19 Mar 1954
Cemetery: Purewa Cemetery
Plot Number: D/020/040