George
Armstrong
J.P.
Born in Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Husband of
Mary Jane (Gray) Armstrong
— married
31 May 1879 in Christ's Church, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Angela Winifred (Armstrong) Black, George Oswald Thorpe Armstrong, Francis Gray Armstrong, Joseph Ernest Armstrong, Herbert Noel Armstrong, Ida Charlotte (Armstrong) Wethey, Robert Vernon Armstrong, Lincoln Frederick Armstrong and Lorna May (Armstrong) Shuttleworth
Died
at age 79
in Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jan 2018
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Biography
George Armstrong J.P. lived in Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand.
George was born in 1853. He was the son of George Armstrong and Mary Cummerfield.
He married Mary Jane Gray, eldest daughter of Captain Robert Gray of the Wood, Nelson at Christ's Church, Nelson on 31 May 1879. The ceremony was conducted by Reverend J. Leighton.[1]
He helped his father farm at "Mount Vernon" station, Akaroa and after the death of his father, he and his wife took over the running of the station farming sheep.[2] George was elected Mayor of Akaroa and he held this position for 29 years.
He passed away in 1932, aged 79 and is buried at the Akaroa Cemetery, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Sources
- ↑ Nelson Evening Mail 2 June 1879 Page 2 Marriage Accessed 11 January 2018
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-1DSS-SZ?cc=1865481&wc=7HG9-FT2%3A1045248801%2C1045265001 : 15 October 2015), Nelson Court > Probate records 1849-1890 P414, P417, P374-P416 > image 16 of 386; Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office. Accessed 11 January 2018
Probate File: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-K3XR
Obituary: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19321109.2.12 Auckland Star, Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 266, 9 November 1932
Obituary: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19321108.2.2 Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LVI, Issue 5733, 8 November 1932
Tombstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153832066/george-armstrong
- NZ BDM Births registration no. 1853/3107
- NZ BDM Marriages registration no. 1879/1199
- NZ BDM Deaths registration no. 1932/9101
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