Robert
George
Rix
Born about in New Zealand
Son of Joshua Platt Rix
and Martha (Nightingale) Rix
Brother of
Elizabeth (Rix) Mason, Henry John Rix, Martha (Rix) Moore, William Henry Rix and Ellen Martha (Rix) Coffin
Husband of
Emma Roland Wilson (Reynolds) Rix
— married
8 Apr 1875 in Little Akaloa, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand
Father of
John Henry Stephen Rix, Martha Nightingale (Rix) Signal, Robert Cecil Rix, Amelia Wilson Rix, Archibald Gordon Rix, William James Rix, Frank Horace Rix, Charlotte Emma (Rix) Billcliff and Charles Theodore Rix
Died about
at about age 53
in Addington, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2019
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Biography
Robert was born about 1849, shortly after his parent's arrival in New Zealand. He was the son of Joshua Rix and Martha Nightingale. Robert married Emma Roland Wilson Reynolds in 1875 and the couple lived in Addington, Christchurch, where Robert was a storekeeper.
He passed away about 1902, aged 53 and he is buried at the Sydenham Cemetery, Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Sources
Marriage Notice: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18750416.2.10 Lyttelton Times, Lyttelton Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 4422, 16 April 1875
Death Notice: Lyttelton Times, Issue 12750, 4 March 1902 "DEATH. RIX - March 3, at Spencer street, Addington, R. G. Rix, the beloved husband of Emma Rix, late of Little Akaloa; aged fifty-three."
Probate File: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-292K
- NZ BDM Births registration no. 1849/1110
- NZ BDM Marriages registration no. 1875/898
- NZ BDM Deaths registration no. 1902/2019
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