William Thomas Grey Foxcroft (1906 - 1999)

Born 29 Jul 1906 in Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Margrethe (Berntsen) Ross — married 23 Dec 1939 (to before 1947) in New Zealand

Husband of Grace Lillian (Davies) Foxcroft — married after 1946 in New Zealand

Died 30 Jan 1999 at age 92 in New Zealand

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Biography

Occupation: Electrical Engineer / Electrician.

Married Anne Margrethe Berntsen in 1939. They divorced in 1947.

According to NZ Electoral Rolls William (like his father) appears to have moved around the country a fair bit: Manukau (@1928); Auckland East (@1935); Wellington South (@1935); Tauranga / Christchurch (@1942-1946); Buller (@1949); Gisborne (@1978).

He also lived in Queensland for a time (@1968-1972).

Sources

• BDM NZ Birth Registration Number: 1906/15574, Family Name: Foxcroft, Given Name(s): William Thomas Grey, Mother's Given Name(s): Mary Ann, Father's Given Name(s): Charles Grey. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• BDM NZ Marriage Registration Number: 1939/15914, Bride's Given Name(s): Anne Margrethe, Bride's Family Name: Berntsen, Groom's Given Name(s): William Thomas Grey, Groom's Family Name: Foxcroft. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• BDM NZ Death Registration Number: 1999/3243, Family Name: Foxcroft, Given Name(s): William Thomas Grey, Date of Birth: 29 July 1906. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• Billiongraves.com website. Name: William Thomas Grey Foxcroft, Birth Date: 29 Jul 1906, Death Date: 30 Jan 1999, Cemetery Name: Kaurihohore, Northland. https://billiongraves.com/grave/person/20232971#/
• Archives NZ: Archway Database. Title: Auckland Divorce files: Foxcroft, William Thomas v Foxcroft, Anne Margrethe, Dates: 1946-1947, Last dept responsible: High Court Auckland, Department of Justice, Held: Akld. www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
• Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (ancestry.com). Name: William Thomas Grey Foxcroft, Gender: Male, Electoral Year: 1972, Subdistrict: Sandgate, State: Queensland, District: Lilley, Country: Australia. [Also living at same address Grace Lillian Foxcroft.]
• Archives NZ: Archway Database. Title: New Zealand Police Gazette 1931 Vol 56, Archway Item ID: R15423705, Archway Series Number: 5803, Provenance: AAAJ, Material Type: Digitised. "XIV. General Index. Foxcroft, William Thomas Grey, convicted, 741. Return of Persons Dealt with at Supreme Courts. Offender: Foxcroft, William Thomas Grey, Where tried: Wellington, When: 10/9/31, Offence: Attempted breaking and entering with intent; and forgery, Sentence: 2 ½ years’ reformative detention on each, Native of: N. Zealand, Trade: Electrician, Born: 1906, Height: 5’8 ½”, Complexion: Fair, Hair: Fair, Eyes: Blue, Nose: Slightly bent. Distinguishing marks: [none]." http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE26806989
• Archives NZ: Archway Database. Title: New Zealand Police Gazette 1931 Vol 56, Archway Item ID: R15423705, Archway Series Number: 5803, Provenance: AAAJ, Material Type: Digitised. Index - Prisoners Photographs C-G, p. XCV. "Foxcroft, William Thomas Grey, 79." http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE26806989
• Paperspast website. EVENING POST, VOLUME CXII, ISSUE 62, 10 SEPTEMBER 1931. "NOTHING TO BE SAID. PRISONERS SENTENCED. "There is nothing to be said here, except merely to pass sentence, I am afraid," said the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) in the Supreme Court to-day in dealing with the cases of William Thomas Grey Foxcroft and Joseph. Walter Maddock. They were jointly charged with attempted breaking and entering with intent to commit a crime. There was also a separate charge of forgery against Foxcroft, amid a separate charge of breaking and entering by day and theft against Maddock. The prisoners had pleaded guilty the offences. Foxcroft was sentenced to reformative detention for two years and six months, and Maddock was ordered to be detained in a Borstal Institution for a similar period." https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310910.2.141
• New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940-1945 (ancestry.com). NAME: William Thomas Grey Foxcroft, RESIDENCE: 1942 - Spreydon, New Zealand, PUBLICATION: 15 Sep 1942 - Wellington.
• Familysearch.org: New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists. Name: W T Foxcroft, Event Type: Immigration, Event Date: 1954, Event Place: Southampton, New Zealand, Age: 48, Occupation: Electrician, Birth Year (Estimated): 1906, Ship Name: Arawa, Departure Date: 1954, Departure Port: Auckland, Arrival Port: Southampton (other ports also listed), Arrival Place: Auckland . "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDN-2GK6 : 8 August 2017), W T Foxcroft, 1954; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm.
• New Zealand Legal Information Institute website. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE: REGISTER OF ELECTRICAL WIREMEN, 8 JULY 1953, p. 1053. Name and Last Notified Address: Foxcroft, William Thomas Grey, Victoria, Australia, Registered No: B5583, Date of Registration: 13/6/49. http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1953/38.pdf