Name, year of registration, country of birth, from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2025:
Reg. 1886/1354. Jones, Bertie. Mother: Hannah. Father: Thomas

Full date of birth of 12 December 1885 from further searching in June 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Place of birth of "Auckland" from the New Zealand Birth Index found in June 2025, so could be ours:
Name: Bertie Jones
Birth Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar 1886 [Registration]
Registration Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Folio Number: 91

In military records dated 1915 - Mrs Annie Jones of 11 Canada Street is his grandmother:
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online...rd/C48948?lang=en-nz

Therefore, who are Bertie’s real parents? The quest for information goes on…

Was Bertie an Illegitimate child of one of Thomas and Hannah's daughters?

Age of Thomas and Hannah's daughters at the time of Bertie’s birth on 12 December 1885
Elizabeth Jane Jones was aged 19 yrs 5 months, being born 5 July 1866. (Elizabeth was already married to John Graydon. Married 18 September 1883).
Emma Jones was aged 18yrs 1 month, being born 8 November 1867. (May have married Robert Fraser in 1890 but Brian of nzolivers is sceptical).
Hannah (Annie) Jones was aged 16 1/2 yrs, being born 8 March 1869. (Married 9 1/2 years later to Henry Wharton on 25 May 1895).
Ettie May Jones was aged 3 yrs, being born 18 October 1882. (Later married Edwin John Thomson 08 March 1901

From the above review daughters, two could perhaps be Berties’s mother:
Emma Jones
Hannah (Annie) Jones

According to the Birth Certificate received in June 2025, Bertie was registered as the son of Thomas JONES and Hannah SAMMELS. However, this still not explain why military records state that Hannah [nee Sammels] is his grandmother?

Details on Birth Certificate received in June 2025:
Birth District: Auckland
Date Born: 12 December 1885
Where Born: Wellington Street
Name of Child: Bertie
Child With Parent at Time of Registration: Not
Sex: M
Father's Name: Thomas Jones
Father's Rank or Profession: Sawyer
Father's Age: 40 [Was in fact 46]
Father's Birth-place: Cornwall
When and Where Married: 18 May 1866, Cornwall [Was in fact 22 May 1866]
Mother's Name: Hannah Jones
Mother's Maiden Name: Sammels
Mother's Age: 38 [Was in fact 39]
Mother's Birth-place: Cornwall
Informant Signature: Hannah Jones (her mark X)
Informant Description: Mother
Informant Residence: Wellington Street
Name, if added or altered after Registration of Birth: 91

Brian of nzolivers wonders what the last item for added/altered being “91” refers to?

New Zealand BDM Life and Identity Services Officer replys in June 2025:
“…the 91 depicted in this register entry is the folio number. It is simply a reference to the position of this birth register entry in the paper index, prior to digitisation. I suspect that the folio number was re-written again, to appear clearer. This entry is at the bottom of the page, which indicates why the folio number has been re-written there.
Additionally, because this number refers to an internal method of cataloguing records, it is not related to the personal information provided in this birth printout. As such, it’s unlikely to further your research”.

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Military Records on the “Online Cenotaph” found in June 2025:
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C48948
Name: Bertie McClure
Service Number: WWI 4/797
Armed Force/Branch: Army
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Address Before Enlistment: 11 Canada Street, Newton, New Zealand
Next of Kin on Embarkation: Mrs Annie Jones (grandmother), 11 Canada Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Relationship Status: Pre 17 April 1915 Single
Medals and Awards: British War Medal (1914-1920)
Embarkation Details: WW1 17 April 1915 from HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23. Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo. Sapper New Zealand Field Engineers 4th Reinforcements

Interesting, that Bertie took the surname of his wife, Margretta Mavis McClure and is marked as ‘Single' even though he was still married to Margretta Mavis McClure? We later find she did not leave him until May 1920.

Bertie’s Military Records Held by the National Library
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/Delive...t?dps_pid=IE16515125
Service No. 4/797
Rank: Sapper
New Zealand Engineers
Regiment: NZ Expeditionary Force
Date Commenced Duty: 9 February 1915
Date Finally Discharged: 6 February 1919

A record dated 29 June 1918 shows his wife as Mrs M M Jones [Correct].
And alternative address of sister, Ettie May Thomson (nee Jones) because “mother has died”. [Correct].
Originally said Grandmother Mrs Annie Jones, in several pages of his record.

Image 5 Particulars of Marriage
Mavis Margaretta McClure, married in Auckland, 10 September 2009

Image 5 Particulars of Children
Christian Names:
Doris Edna Olive Born 30 July 2009 in Onehunga
Illegitimate Child of Lilian Mary Beeby, born 1913, now Mrs Fletcher

Image 006, stamped 24 August 1955 has in red ink:
Soldier attested under the alias of "Bertie McClure". Declared at Chch Haub 10 August 1918 true name to be "Bertie Jones" but wishes to continue to be known as "Bertie McClure".

Image 26 Description
Apparent Age: 28
Height: 5 feet 4 1/2 inches
Weight: 9- 10 Ib
Chest Minimum: 31 1/2
Chest Maximum: 34 1/4
Complextion: Fair
Colour of Eyes: Brown
Colour of Hair: Brown
Religious profession C of E

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BERTIE’S MARRIAGES
Year and country of first marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2025:
1909/2777. Bride: Margretta Mavis McClure. Groom: Bertie Jones

Full date of marriage of 10 September 1909 from further searching in June 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Original Folio Number for first marriage from the New Zealand Marriage Index found in June 2025:
Groom: Bertie Jones
Bride: Margretta Morris McClure
Marriage Year: 1909
Marriage Place: New Zealand
Folio Number: 4013

Year and country of second marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2025:
1925/5828. Bride: Hannah Gertrude Burke. Groom: Bertie Jones

Full date of marriage of 2 September 1925 from further searching in June 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Original Folio Number for second marriage from the New Zealand Marriage Index found in June 2025:
Groom: Bertie Jones
Bride: Hannah Gertrude Burke
Marriage Year: 1925
Marriage Place: New Zealand
Folio Number: 5703

Year and country of third marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2025:
1941/10585. Bride: Pearl Rose Dickman. Groom: Bertie Jones

Full date of marriage of 22 November 1941 from further searching in June 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Bertie Divorces First Wife Margretta Mavis McClure
Divorce Notices
Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 119, 22 May 1925, Page 5
UNHAPPY MARRIAGES.
SEVERAL DECREES GRANTED
OTHER CASES. Bertie Jones, tinsmith, who was represented by Mr. Allan Moody, sought a divorce from Margaretta Mavis Jones, whom be married in September, 1909. There were no children. In May, 1920, respondent deserted him, and had not returned. A decree nisi was granted.

MARRIAGES DISSOLVED.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19025, 23 May 1925, Page 12
The petition of Bertie Jones (Mr. A. Moody) against Margaretta Mavis Jones was based on desertion. The marriage took place in September, 1909, and according to petitioner his wife, without any reason deserted him in May, 1920. At present she was in Christchurch. There was no issue of the marriage.

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE - FIRST MARRIAGE
Marriage to Margretta Mavis McClure, Thomas and Hannah as parents, early occupation, usual residence, wife's parent's names, from Marriage Certificate received in July 2025:
No.: ?48
Marriage District: Auckland
When Married: 10 September 1909
Where Married: in house of Rev M Walker, Wellington Street, Auckland NZ
Name of Groom: Bertie Jones
Age of Groom: 24 [Therefore born circa 1885 which is correct]
Rank or Profession of Groom: Labourer
Condition of Groom: Bachelor
Birthplace of Groom: Auckland
Present Residence of Groom: Onehunga
Usual Residence of Groom: Waikino [Between Paeroa and Waihi]
Name of Groom's Father: Thomas Jones
Rank or Profession Groom's Father: Labourer
Name of Groom's Mother: Hannah Jones
Maiden Surname of Groom's Mother: Samuels [Sammels]
Name of Bride: Margretta Mavis McClure
Age of Bride: 21 [Therefore born circa 1888]
Rank or Profession of Bride: Domestic Servant
Condition of Bride: Spinster
Birthplace of Bride: Christchurch, NZ
Present Residence of Bride: Onehunga
Usual Residence of Bride: Waikino
Name of Bride's Father: Robert McClure
Rank or Profession Bride's Father: Labourer
Name of Bride's Mother: Margretta McClure
Maiden Surname of Bride's Mother: Lees
Officiating Minister: Matthew Walker
Marriage in the Presence of: Eliza McDowell, Bath St, Parnell, Nurse. E Nairn, Manukau Rd, Parnell, Home duties.
Stamp: This marriage was dissolved by Decree Absolu issued from the Supreme Court at Auckland on the 25th day of August 1925. Signed by Registrar General.

ELECTORAL ROLLS
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Auckland Central Roll for 1914, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie Melville, 11 Canada Street, labourer [Is Melville a misinterpretation of handwriting for McClure]?

[In Army under the name of Bertie McClure 9 February 1915 to 6 February 1919]

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Auckland Central Roll for 1919, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie Melville, 11 Canada Street, labourer
Jones, Anna, 11 Canada Street, married [Is this Hannah? However, she died in 1818]
Jones, Thomas, 11 Canada Street, sawyer [Thomas died in 1917 so obviously Roll not updated correctly].

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Auckland West General Roll for 1922, found in June 2018:
Burke, Gertrude, 16 Fernleigh Street, widow [Will marry Bertie three years later, in 1925]
[According to Military records, Bertie is living at 16 Fernleigh Street after discharge in ]

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Eden General Roll for 1925, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie, 202 New North Road, Kingsland, tinsmith

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Manukau Supplementary Roll for 1928, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie. 24 Church Street, Onehunga, tinsmith.
Jones, Gertrude Hannah. 24 Church Street, Onehunga, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Parnell General Roll for 1928, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie, 59 Green Lane, tinsmith.
Jones, Gertrude Hannah, 59 Green Lane, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Manukau Supplementary Roll for 1931, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie. 18 Mount Smart Road, Royal Oak, Onehunga, tinsmith
Jones, Gertrude Hannah. 18 Mount Smart Road, Royal Oak, Onehunga, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Manukau General Roll for 1935, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie. 18 Mt. Smart Road, Onehunga, tinsmith
Jones, Gertrude Hannah. 18 Mt. Smart Road, Onehunga, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Grey Lynn General Roll for 1938, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie, 91 Crummer Road, W.2, tinsmith
Jones, Gertrude Hannah, 91 Crummer Road, W.2, married [Gertrude to die in 1940]

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Grey Lynn General Roll for 1941, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie. 91 Crummer Road, W2, tinsmith

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Eden General Roll for 1943, found in June 2018:
Jones, Pearl Rose, 18 Esplanade Road, S.1, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Eden General Roll for 1946, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie. 18 Esplanade Road, tinsmith
Jones, Pearl Rose. 18 Esplanade Road, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Eden General Roll for 1949, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie. 18 Esplanade Road, S.1, tinsmith
Jones, Pearl Rose. 13 Esplanade Road, S.1, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waitemata General Roll for 1954, found in June 2018:
Jones, Bertie, 1 Braemar Rd., Rothesay Bay, retired
Jones, Pearl Rose, 1 Braemar Rd., Rothesay Bay, married

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waitemata General Roll for 1957, found in June 2018:
Jones, Pearl Rose, 50 Braemar Rd., Rothesay Bay, widow [Bertie died in 1955]

DEATH
Date and place of cremation from Waikumete Cremations records found in June 2025:
16328 JONES Bertie, 1 Braemar Road, Rothesay Bay, aged 69 yrs, Tinsmith, died 20.6.1955, cremated 23.6.1955. Scattered 24.6.1955.

Result from death search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2025:
1955/32546. McLure-Jones, Bertie. Died age 69Y [Therefore born circa 1886]

Full date of death of 20 June 1955 confirmed from further searching in June 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Place of marriage, died in Auckland as per WWI Military Records found in June 2025.