Reta May (Foxcroft) Kerr (1915 - 1986)

Born 21 Dec 1915 in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 12 Feb 1986 at age 70 in New Zealand

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Biography

First name spelt "Reta" in majority of records. Married John Richard Kerr in 1940. They divorced in 1953 and Reta subsequently married Charles Henry Kerr in the same year. Reta does not appear to have had children.

Reta's probate record (death certificate included) refers to husband Charles Henry Kerr, nephew Peter Harold Foxcroft and niece[-in-law] Jeannie Marie Foxcroft. Their children Sharlene and Jeannette.

Lived in Otahuhu, Auckland in the 1940s and Rotorua in the 1950s.

Buried at Ngongotaha.

Sources

• BDM NZ Birth Registration Number: 1916/8566, Family Name: Foxcroft, Given Name(s): Rita May, Mother's Given Name(s): Mary Ann, Father's Given Name(s): Charles Gray. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• BDM NZ Marriage Registration Number: 1940/7127, Bride's Given Name(s): Reta May, Bride's Family Name: Foxcroft, Groom's Given Name(s): John Richard, Groom's Family Name: Kerr. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• BDM NZ Death Registration Number: 1986/29655, Family Name: Kerr, Given Name(s): Rita May, Date of Birth: 21 December 1915. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• Rotorua Lakes Council Cemeteries Database. Surname: KERR, Forenames: Reta May, Age: 70 Years, Gender: Female, Date Of Death: 12/02/1986, Year Of Death: 1986, Funeral Director: N/A, Cemetery: KAUAE CEMETERY, Ngongotaha Road, Ngongotaha, Location: Block 17 Section B Plot 34, Location Code: 024-KAU17-B-34.
• Archives NZ Archway Database. Title: Rotorua Probate Files: KERR Reta May - Rotorua - Married Woman, Date: 1986, Last dept responsible: Rotorua High Court, Held: Akld. https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE40898866
• Archives NZ Archway Database. Title: Auckland Divorce files: Kerr, John Richard v Kerr, Reta May, Date range: 1952-1953, Last dept responsible: High Court Auckland, Department of Justice, Held: Akld.
• New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 (ancestry.com). NAME: Rita May Foxcroft, RESIDENCE: 1938 - Auckland Suburbs, Auckland.

See also:

• John Richard Kerr (1914–2000). Parents and Siblings: William Kerr (1887–1954) and Enid Emily Lee (1888–1946). Charles Henry Kerr (1913–2010) and Eric Wightman Kerr (1919–2008). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L668-5ZS/charles-henry-kerr-1913-2010
• Rotorua Lakes Council Cemeteries Database. Surname: KERR, Forenames: Charles Henry, Age: 97 Years, Gender: Male, Date Of Death: 18/07/2010, Year Of Death: 2010, Funeral Director: Grays Funeral Services, Rotorua, PO Box 434, Rotorua, Cemetery, KAUAE CEMETERY, Ngongotaha Road, Ngongotaha, Location: Block 17 Section B Plot 34, Location Code: 024-KAU17-B-34.