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Albert George (Bert) Weavers

Born 2 Oct 1897 in Otatara, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Son of John Archibald Weavers and Clementine Hannah (Evans) Weavers

Brother of William John Weavers, James Edward Weavers, Ruby Eileen (Weavers) Payne, Bertha Helen (Weavers) Watt, Myrtle Esther (Weavers) Ellis and Catherine Rachel (Weavers) Clark

Husband of Louisa Margaret (Molloy) Weavers — married 2 Dec 1922 in Tuatapere, Southland, NZ

Descendants

Father of John Albert Weavers, Myrtle Catherine (Weavers) MacLean, Louisa Margaret Weavers, Shirley Joy (Weavers) Speden and [private son (1940s - unknown)]

Died 6 Jan 1971 at age 73 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

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Bert Weavers is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

Albert was born in 1897. He is the son of John Weavers and Clementina Evans. ^[1]

Albert George Weavers Service number 14011 embarked 26 June 1916 from Wellington, New Zealand aboard HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 the Tahiti or Maunganui He wasa a Private with the 14th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company. At the time of call up he was employed as a Sawmill Hand, probably at his father's mill. ^[2] He was returned to NZ aboard the Ruahine in November 1917 (arriving NZ January 1918) , discharged for being underaged.

Despite being a returned soldier, he was named in a Military Call up, 1918, for Tuatapere, Southland, ^[3] . concerning the Military Service Board. "The above Board sat at Invercargill on Wednesday, and at Riverton on Thursday, when the following cases of local interest were dealt with ; — A. G. Weavers, a returned soldier, Orawia, was granted time until September" ^[4]

He later owned a Bus company at Makarewa and a 10 acre block which was a Chicken Farm . He married Louisa Margaret Molloy in 1922 ^[5] He passed away in 1971 ^[6]

Death notice for WEAVERS Albert George (Bert) WW1 4214537 Cpl RNZAF WW2

On Wednesday January 6 1971 At invercargill, beloved husband of Louisa Margaret Weavers, 120 elizabeth St and loved father of John (Waimatuku), Myrtle ( Mrs J Maclean) ,Shirley (Mrs D. Speden,Tokanui) and Wallace (New Plymouth), and loved grandfather of his granchildren; aged 73 years. Cut flowers only please. ^[7]

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Sources

↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Birth registration 1897/18952
↑ Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum
↑ NZ Gazette 1918 page 1147)
↑ Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 688, 23 July 1918
↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Marriage registration 1922/7222
↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Death registration 1971/25436
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bert: