Reginald Karl Hughes (1914 - 1976)

Born 9 May 1914 in Nelson, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Rona Maud (Sowman) Hughes — married 11 May 1940 in Nelson, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1976 at age 62 in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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Biography

Reginald Karl Hughes (1914-1976) was a school teacher and was well known as a brass band musician in Nelson. The family lived in the schoolhouse at Spring Grove, where Reg was sole teacher for some years, before moving to the Wairau Valley in Marlborough and later to the North Island. Eventually they retired in Tauranga, where Reg died in 1976 and Rona in 1978.^[1]

• Birth: Regd. 1914/19438 Hughes Reginald Karl, Mother: Marie Elsie, Father: Thomas Harold
• Marriage: Regd. BMD Index, Folio 1940/8970 for Rona Maud Sowman and Reginald Karl Hughes
• Death: Regd. 1976/46370 Hughes Reginald Karl, DoB 9/5/1914, Age: 62Y
• Cremation/Burial: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Pyes Pa Memorial Park Crematorium and Cemetery, Plot Id: PYES PA*C2254

Sources

1. ↑ Blue-eyed, Fair and Stocky A Sowman family history by Robert J Sowman and Peter E Sowman. First published in Oct 2008. Reprinted with corrections 2010, 2011. (ISBN 978-0-473-13932-2)

• Family advice
• Sowman family history by Robert Sowman (2000 - Unpublished)
• B.D.M. Historical Records Online [1]
• Tauranga City Council Cemetery Records [2]