Sylvia Dulcie (Bockmann) Adams (1903 - 1977)

Born 18 Mar 1903 in Motueka, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Frederick Thomas Adams — married 8 Sep 1941 in Redwoods Valley, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand

Died 19 Oct 1977 at age 74 in New Zealand

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Biography

Sylvia was born in 1903. Parents Henry Bockmann and Alvena Rose.

Mentioned in the probate record of Ethel Jane White Webley Bockmann: "Sylvia Bockmann of the City of Nelson in New Zealand Nurse."

Worked at Te Rangi Hospital, Nelson. Sylvia married Frederick Thomas ADAMS on 8 September 1941 at Redwoods Valley, Nelson, NZ.

• Fact: Burial Nelson - Marsden Valley

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 November 2023, 23:02), entry for Sylvia Dulcie Boeckmann (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWBP-NVB ); contributed by various users.
• BDM NZ Birth Registration Number: 1903/19746; Family Name: Bockmann; Given Name(s): Sylvia Dulcie; Mother's Given Name(s): Elvina Leonora Elizabeth; Father's Given Name(s): John Henry Joachim. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• The Wilson Collection: Marriage. Surname ADAMS, Forenames Frederick Thomas, Year 1941, Bride Given Names Sylvia Dulcie, Bride Surname BOCKMANN. https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/
• BDM NZ Death Registration Number: 1977/49456, Family Name: Adams, Given Name(s): Sylvia Dulcie, Date of Birth: 18 March 1903. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• Nelson City Council Cemeteries Database. Record ID: MV16A096, Surname: ADAMS, First names: SYLVIA DULCIE, Age: 74 years, Date of interment: 21/10/1977, Gender: Female, Cemetery: Marsden Valley, Block: 16A, Plot type: Burial, Type Of Grave: Interment, Plot number: 096, Funeral director: P. DAY & SONS, Other Interments also in this plot: MV16A096__A ADAMS FREDERICK THOMAS. http://customer.nelson.govt.nz/cemeteries/plot_records/MV16A096
• New Zealand, Registers of Medical Practitioners and Nurses, 1873, 1882-1933 (ancestry.com). New Zealand Gazette: Register of Maternity Nurses. ... by virtue of Examination Qualifications. Name: Sylvia Dulcie Bockmann; Registration Date: 11 Jul 1932; Residence: Rosedale, Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand; Publication Year: 1933. Hospital at which trained: Nelson Hospital. Qualifications: Six months' certificate; State Examination Jun 1932.
• New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 (ancestry.com). Name: Sylvia Delcie Beckmann, [Sylvia Delcie Bockmann], Electoral Year: 1938, District: Nelson, Region or Province: Nelson.
• The Prow website: Online Article. “For 51 years Te Rangi Hospital served Nelson women and their babies with ‘home away from home care, including the best pumpkin scones in the district’. Half a Century of Care.” Photo caption: “LEFT. Closing day at Te Rangi 1966, in the garden between the two wings of the complex. Sister Rena Hall sits centre front with Sister Marjorie Daniell behind her at right. Back row doctors include Dr Brian Neill, Dr Lucas, Dr Hardie-Boys, Dr Ken Galloway and Dr Hudson. Other staff includes Mary Carpenter, Jessie Snow, Pearl Hosking, Gladys Kipling, Sylivia Bockman, and Sister Bush.” http://www.theprow.org.nz/assets/files/Te-Rangi-web-pdf.pdf
• Paperspast website. NELSON EVENING MAIL, VOLUME LXIV, 24 JANUARY 1930. "PERSONAL ITEMS. Miss Sylvia Bockman, daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Bockman, Rosedale, who received her training at the Wellington Public Hospital, was among those who passed the recent State examination for nurses." https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19300124.2.36
• New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDTM-3S4 : 27 April 2016), Ethel Jane White Bockmann, 1941; citing Nelson, Numerical probated case files, 1891-1968, record number 3443, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office. "...and to pay one half of part of the residue of the said moneys unto Sylvia Bockmann (daughter of my late husband’s brother Henry Bockmann), one fourth part thereof unto Ella Schwass (daughter of the said Henry Bockmann) and the remaining one fourth part thereof unto Raymond Bockmann (son of the said Henry Bockmann)…” “We, Sylvia Bockmann of the City of Nelson in New Zealand Nurse and Ella Schwass of Redwood’s Valley in New Zealand wife of Leonard Frederick Schwass of the same place, Farmer, severally make oath and say as follows […]. 8. That the said Ethel Jane White Bockmann died at Stoke on or about the 10th day of December 1940 as I am able to depose from having seen her dead body after death.” “I, Sylvia Bockmann of the City of Nelson…make oath and say as follows: […] 4. That I am informed by my father, the said Henry Bockmann and verily believe that the said John Frederick Henry Bockmann deceased was born at Hope near the City of Nelson in New Zealand…”
• Ancestry.com Public Tree: Henry Williams Descendents. Marriage: 08 Sep 1941 at Redwood's Valley, Nelson, NZ, Spouse: Frederick Thomas. ADAMS (1902–1972).
• Ancestry.com Public Tree: Henry Williams Descendents. Child: John Raymond Adams (1946-1999)
• https://gedbas.genealogy.net/person/show/1181268498

See also:

• SMARTSTORY website, MARCH 1, 2015, "A FIRST AT TE RANGI" Te Rangi Maternity Services, Nelson (opened 1915; closed in 1966). http://smartstory.nz/stories/a-first-at-te-rangi/
• The Prow website: "The Te Rangi experience". http://www.theprow.org.nz/society/maternity-care-in-nelson/#.XoQ82dMzbVo