John Bettany (1929-2017)

Dates

Birth: 25 November 1919 New Zealand
Father: Roland Bettany
Mother: Phyllis Elizabeth ?

Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Maureen Lois Symonds 1933-a1948

Death: 18 August 2017 Nelson Hospital, Nelson, New Zealand.

Children

Andrea Joy Bettany [Simmonds] c1961-a1985
David Ross Bettany a1948

Notes

There are nine entries in Ancestry New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 for John Bettany, a mechanical engineer, address 26 Aparima Avenue, Miramar, Wellington from 1949 to 1957, other occupants Roland and Phyllis Elizabeth Bettany (parents?), and James Bettany (brother?), 40 Spencer Street, Karori, Wellington from 1960 to 1978, other occupant Maureen Lois Bettany (wife?), and 101 Amohia Street, Paraparumu, Kapiti, Wellington in 1981, other occupants Maureen Lois Bettany (wife?) and Andrea Joy Bettany (daughter?).

Two entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for John Bettany, one gives his death at Nelson Hospital, Nelson, New Zealand in 2017, the other his birth on 25 November 1929, his marriage to Maureen Lois Symons (sic) born in 1833 (sic), and his death on 18 August 2017.

Sean E Rodgers has an entry for John Bettany, married to Maureen Lois Symonds, and two children, Andrea Joy Bettany and David Ross Bettany.

There are two entries in Ngaio Union Church - The Land Story by Elaine E Bolitho PhD May 2005.

When the Methodist and Presbyterian churches united to form Ngaio Union Church in December 1971, the minister and people chose the Presbyterian manse as the future ministerial residence, and sold 18 Orari Street for $17,000. This money was used to buy another site formerly owned by John Holmes and then from 1909 by his son Ernest Stanley (Stan) Holmes - No 6 Crofton Road, alongside the church. (CT 186/88, Lot 2, DP 1216, 23.5 perches). The trustees named in transfer 959683 on 14 February 1973 were: [...] John Bettany, mechanical engineer.
[...]
After the house at 5 Kenya Street was sold for removal, the hall was duly built. It was opened on 16 December 1962. As two titles for the hail land (25.52 perches) were somewhat unwieldy, these were amalgamated into one title CT 984/60 and registered 12 November 1961 to the following trustees named under the Methodist Model Deed: [...] John Bettany.

Relationship

John Bettany was the father of Andrea Joy Bettany, wife of Ross William Simmonds, great grandson of Amy Rose Robins, wife of Leonard Shrubb, my second cousin twice removed.

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