Leonard Stanley Fowler (1890 - 1974)

Born 23 Feb 1890 in Manaia, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Ruby Gladys (Marsh) Fowler — married 16 Jul 1917 in Rotorua, New Zealand

Died 22 Jun 1974 at age 84 in Rotorua, Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

Stan was born on 23 February 1890 at Manaia.^[1] He went to school at Aramoho Primary then Wanganui District High where he was a member of the school council and played rugby for the school.

Stan in 1899

On 16 July 1917 Stan married Ruby Gladys Marsh at St Luke's church in Rotorua. In the 1920's they moved to Dannevirke for Stan's work.

Next they moved to Rotorua then travelled extensively.

After Ruby's death Stan stayed in Rotorua but visited his son Ian in Britain in the late 1960's.

Stan died suddenly at home aged 84 on 22 June 1974 and was cremated at Rotorua cemetery.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-XC4K : 27 November 2017), Leonard Stanley Fowler, 1890; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1890/1875, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
2. ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGY-538V : 28 June 2018), Leonard Stanley Fowler, 22 Jun 1974; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.

• A history of the Fowlers Gloucestershire - New Zealand 1520-1986, Joan Fowler, ISBN 0-9597636-8-6, Wanganui Newspapers Ltd