Andrew
Cooper
Riggs
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of George Angel Riggs
and Thomasine (Cooper) Riggs
Brother of
Alicia Charlotte (Riggs) Butt [half]
Husband of
Mary Ann (Richardson) Riggs
— married
1 Jul 1851 in Richmond Upon Thames, London, England
Descendants 
Father of
Andrew Cooper Riggs, Arthur George Riggs, Alfred Henry Riggs, Julia Tamzin (Riggs) Wolferstan, Amelia Thomasine (Riggs) Collier and Albert Frederick Riggs
Died
at about age 84
in Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Mar 2017
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Andrew Riggs migrated from England to New Zealand.
Biography
Andrew Cooper Riggs was born about 1831 in London to George Angel Riggs. [1]
He married Mary Ann Richardson on 1 Jul 1851 in the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, London. [2] [1]
Andrew immigrated to NZ with Mary and their five children, aboard the ship Robert Small, departing London on 6 Oct 1859 and arriving in Lyttelton, NZ on 29 Jan 1860. [3] [1]
Andrew passed away on 23 Jul 1915 at East Street in Newton, Auckland, NZ from cardiac failure and exhaustion. He was buried on 25 Jul 1915 at Waikumete Cemetery in Glen Eden, NZ. [1]
Sources
- Death Registration: 1915/5146 Riggs, Andrew Cooper 84Y [4]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Copy of Register of Death”, held in the personal collection of Donald Cortesi
- ↑ Source Citation London Metropolitan Archives, DRO/174/A/03/004 Source Information Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1921. London Metropolitan Archives, London.
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBT-W4Z : 12 December 2014), Andrew Cooper Riggs, 29 Jan 1860; citing , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004411574.
- ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
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