Surname from Carol Smith in an online message received 21 July 2020. Carol Smith is the x3 great granddaughter of Thomas Jones (ca1840-1917). The wife of Brian of nzolivers is also a Carol and is the great granddaughter of Thomas Jones (ca1840-1917).

Given name of “John”, year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2020:
1883/1635. Bride: Elizabeth Jones. Groom: John Graydon

Full date of marriage of 18 September 1883 from further searching in August 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Year and country of death, estimated year of birth of “1862”, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2020:
1930/10184. Graydon, John, died age 68Y [Therefore born circa 1862]

Full date of death of 21 November 1930 from further searching in August 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

No record of birth could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at August 2020.

Date of death confirmed, place of burial, found from Auckland Council cemetery search in June 2025:
Name: John Graydon
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death: 21 November 1930
Age at death: 71 years [Therefore born circa 1859]
Gender: Male
Region: Central and Hauraki Gulf Islands
Cemetery name: Waikaraka Cemetery
Plot location: Waikaraka Cemetery, Area 3, Block 1, Plot 016B
Remains type: Body
Date of burial: 21 November 1930

Date and place of birth, biography, inscription, photos of headstone and grave, from Find a Grave website found in June 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91750774/john-graydon
Name: John Graydon
Birth: 10 Nov 1860, Auckland, New Zealand
Death: 21 Nov 1930 (aged 70), Epsom, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Burial: Waikaraka Cemetery, Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Plot: Area 3 Block 1 Lot No 16B
Biography:
Born about 1859 on Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Son of: John Graydon and Margaret (Hutchinson) Graydon
Brother of: Hugh Percival Graydon, Isabella Hutchinson (Graydon) Wright, Margaret Pollock (Graydon) Kemp, Robert Graydon and Jane (Graydon) Thornton
Husband of: Elizabeth Jane (Jones) Graydon — married 1883 in New Zealand
Father of: George Henry Graydon, Ethel May (Graydon) Daldorf, Elizabeth Mabel Olive (Graydon) Wilcock, Ivy Priscilla (Graydon) Braisby, Stanley John Onslow Graydon, George Percival Graydon, Leslie Roy Graydon and Wilfred Wesley Graydon
Inscription:
In loving memory of JOHN beloved husband of ELIZABETH J. GRAYDON. Died 21st Nov 1930 Aged 71. Also darling DOROTHY IRENE Died 1910 Aged 2 1/2. Also ELIZABETH JANE GRAYDON Died 6th Dec. 1945 Aged 81.