Captain
Mather
Micklejohn
Reston
Born in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Son of James Reston
and Eliza (Corrigan) Reston
Brother of
George Sinclair Reston, Samuel Reston, James Reston, Eliza Jane Reston, Margaret Reston, John Reston, Mary Magdelene (Reston) Weld, Frederick Septimus Reston and Katherine Amelia Reston
Husband of
Eva Mary (Maxwell) Reston
— married
14 Mar 1895 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 47
in At Sea, enroute to New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2023
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Biography
Mather Micklejohn Reston was born on 27 January 1859 in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand.[1]
Mather (36) married Eva Mary Maxwell (27) (born on 5 November 1867 in New Zealand; daughter of [father] and [mother]) on 14 March 1895 in Ashburton,[2][3][4]
Mather died in October 1906 at Sea while travelling from Launceston to Wellington, aged 47.[5]
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs : Births, Deaths and Marriages Online (digital index) Birth Registration: Mather Meiklejohn Reston, Reference 1859/10329 Parents recorded as: Eliza and James
- ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs : Births, Deaths and Marriages Online (digital index) Marriage Registration: Eva Mary Maxwell and Mather Micklejohn Reston - Reference 1895/2934
- ↑
1895 Newspaper:
"Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XVI, Issue 3538, 16 March 1895, Page 2
Papers Past Article (accessed 12 November 2023) - ↑
1895 Newspaper:
"Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
Observer, Volume XV, Issue 849, 6 April 1895, Page 8
Papers Past Article (accessed 12 November 2023) - ↑
1906 Newspaper:
"Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 14222, 19 November 1906, Page 9
Papers Past Article (accessed 12 November 2023)
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