Bertrand Frederick Spiers (abt. 1881 - 1954)

Born about 1881 in West Coast, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1954 at about age 73 in Murchison, Marlborough, New Zealand

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Biography

Bertrand Fredrick Spiers was born in 1881^[1]. He married Lucy Downie in 1904^[2]. Bertrand and Lucy had three sons - Bertrand Charles Maurice, William Mervyn and Monte Eyen. Bertrand lived his whole adult life in Nelson, he bought land there and in 1923, he was elected, by many votes in front, to the Nelson Hospital Board. He was a garage proprietor of Murchinson. Sometime after 1930, the marriage disintergrated and what followed was numberous visits to court because Bertrand was not paying maintenance and was always in arrears. Bertrand was also before the courts for several driving offences which included speeding (6 Mar 1931), careless driving, no Warrent of Fitness, and failing to stop when ordered (9 Apr 1938). He died on 3 Mar 1954 aged 72-73 years^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-GQVH : 27 November 2017), Johanna Rosalie Spiers in entry for Bertrand Frederick Spiers, 1881; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1881/12339, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington: accessed 16 Apr 2022
2. ↑ New Zealand General Register of Marriages, Historical Records, database, (https//www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz: accessed 16 Apr 2022), Bertrand Frederick Spiers & Lucy Downie, 1904/6155
3. ↑ New Zealand General Register of Deaths, Historical Records, database, (https//www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz: accessed 16 Apr 2022), Bertrand Frederick Spiers, 1954/30427