Margaret Jane (Mark) Olliver (abt. 1848 - 1924)

Born about 1848 in County Antrim, Ireland

Wife of Walter James Olliver — married about 1870 in Christchurch, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1924 at about age 76 in Whangarei, New Zealand

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Sources

Margaret Jane Mark New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes Name Walter James Olliver Event Type Marriage Event Date 1870 Event Place New Zealand Gender Male Spouse's Name Margaret Jane Mark Spouse's Gender Female Registration Number 1870/7842

Citing this Record "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-13B3 : accessed 31 July 2017), Walter James Olliver and Margaret Jane Mark, 1870; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1870/7842.

Margaret Mark arrived NZ in the Matoaka, 1869. She is listed in the passenger list as a dairy maid. [1]

Walter James left Margaret with six children, the eldest 20 and the youngest 7 years of age when he died. He died intestate, without leaving a will. However, the probate file states that all his possessions were to be administered by Margaret Jane. [2]

Margaret continued to live in Gloucester Street Christchurch until late in life. She died at the home of her daughter Alice in Whangarei. [3]

Margaret and her husband are buried in Linwood cemetery, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.

See also:

• NZBDM