The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NamePeter O'Shaughnessy
Birthca 1820
Death1 Dec 1893
Burial8 Dec 1893, Tauranga, New Zealand
OccupationTailor
Misc. Notes
Name, occupation, from Marriage Certificate of son, John, received from NZ BDM in June 2025:
Groom’s Father: Peter Shaughnessy
Groom’s Father’s Occupation: Tailor
Groom’s Mother’s Name: Theresa Shaughnessy
Groom’s Mother’s Maiden Name: Regan

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2025:
1880/2212. Bride: Theresa Regans. Groom: Peter Shaughnessy

Full date of marriage of 26 July 1880 from further searching in June 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Date of death, place of burial, photo of burial site, from Find a Grave website found in June 2025:
Name: Peter Shaughnessy
Birth: unknown
Death: 1 Dec 1893
Burial: Catholic Cemetery, Tauranga, Tauranga City, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Plot: Block Section 38, Row 6, Plot 24

Date of burial from the Tauranga Burial Register found in June 2025:
195. Peter SHAUGHNESSY, 73yrs, 8 Dec. 1893, Cath. plot 24, sec.38.
184. William SHAUGHNESSY, 18mths, 17 April 1893, Catholic, plot 25, sec. 38. [Son]

Age, estimated year of birth, from the Burial Records of Tauranga found in June 2025:
Name: Peter Shaughnessy
Death Date: abt 1893
Death Age: 73 [Therefore born circa 1820]
Death Place: Tauranga, New Zealand
Burial Date: 12 1893
Cemetery: Totara
Burial Place: Tauranga, Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Spouses
Birth1 Jan 1854, New Zealand
Death2 Dec 1940, Auckland, New Zealand
Burial4 Dec 1940, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
MotherEllen
Marriage26 Jul 1880, New Zealand
ChildrenJohn (1881-1956)
 Mary (1885-)
 William (1891-1893)
 William (1894-)
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