William Westbrooke Squires MD MRCS (1873 - 1947)

Born 7 Jan 1873 in Nelson, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Beatrix (Moffett) Squires — married 14 Apr 1903 in Invercargill, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1947 at age 74 in Nelson, New Zealand

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Biography

Birth
On 7 January 1873 William Westbrooke Squires was born to Catherine Jane Crawshaw and William Westbrooke Squires. ^[1]

Mother's death
Before he was one his mother Catherine Jane died on 20 August 1873. ^[2]
DIED.
Squires. — August 20, at Hardy-street, Nelson, Catherine Jane, wife of William Westbrooke Squires, M.D., M.R.C.S., aged 24 years.

When he was 5 his father, aged 37, also died.

Marriage
In 1903 Mary Beatrice Moffett and William Westbrooke Squires were married. ^[3]

Wedding Notice ^[4]
SQUIRES— MOFFETT.— On the 14th April, 1903, at St. John's Church, Invercaigill by the Rev. Archdeacon Stocker, William Westbrook Squires, son of the late. Dr Squires, of Nelson, to Mary Beatrice, third daughter of William J. Moffett, Invercargill.

Child
In February 1904 they had a son, born in Nelson^[5]
BIRTH.
Squires.— On February 2nd, the wife of William Westbrooke Squires, Nile street East, of a son.

Death
In April 1947 William Westbrooke Squires passed away, aged 74 ^[6]

Burial
William's ashes are buried at the Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, together with George Christian, Mary Beatrix, and Alexander Moffett Squires ^[7]

Additional information

From [http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz//tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc05Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d1-d10.html NZETC Digitised version of THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND (NELSON, MARLBOROUGH & WESTLAND PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS) MILITARY] THE NELSON COLLEGE VOLUNTEER CYCLE CORPS was accepted by the Government on the 24th of May, 1902. It is attached to the Ist Nelson Infantry Battalion. The first officers of the corps were Lieutenant Commanding William Westbrooke Squires, and Lieutenant James Houlker.

.. the resignation of Lieutenant-Commanding Squires from the Nelson College Cycle Corps in August, 1904.

Sources

• Births Deaths and Marriages NZ

http://nelson.govt.nz/services/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-database-2/

1. ↑ NZBDM births 1873/16151 Squires, William Westbrooke, Catherine Jane Crawshaw, William Westbrooke
2. ↑ ED., Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 96, 21 August 1873
3. ↑ NZBDM marriages 1903/3802 Mary Beatrice Moffett, William Westbrooke Squires
4. ↑ MARRIAGES., Otago Witness, Issue 2561, 6 May 1903
5. ↑ BIRTH., Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 27, 3 February 1904
6. ↑ NZBDM deaths 1947/17922 Squires, William Westbrooke, 74Y
7. ↑ [http://nelson.govt.nz/services/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/ Nelson.Govt cemetery searchj

   Plot Record Details

   Surname SQUIRES

   First names WILLIAM WESTBROOK

   Age 74 years

   Date of interment 18/02/1947

   Date of death 16/02/1947

   Cemetery Wakapuaka

   Block 05

   Plot type Ashes

   Type Of Grave Interment

   Plot number 099

   Area CHURCH OF ENGLAND/ANGLICAN

   Other Interments also in this plot

   SQUIRES GEORGE CHRISTIAN

   SQUIRES MARY BEATRIX

   SQUIRES ALEXANDER MOFFETT