DAVY - ROUNTREE - On October 6th 1925 at the Mount Albert Baptist Church, by the Rev. A. Anstice; Oakland Edgar, elder son of the Rev. and Mrs. E. Palgrave Davy; to Margaret Nora, younger daughter of Captain and Mrs. Meredith Rountree, both of Bayswater, Auckland.
Rev. Oakland Edgar Palgrave Davy owned 9 acres (DP 39806) in Papatoetoe, for which Oakland Ave. formed in 1952 was named. There was a very large oak tree on the property that spread right over the newly formed street from the southern side.
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"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FH9-SD6 : 1 October 2014), Oakland Edgar P Davy, 1899; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
Dept of Internal Affairs, New Zealand - www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
N.Z. MARRIAGES - 1925/7745 - Margaret Nora Rountree & Oakland Edgar Palgrave Davy
N.Z. DEATHS - 1963/24480 - Davy Oakland Edgar Palgrave aged 64 years
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