Can someone familiar with New Zealand help with a family tree for Cyril Kenny?

Question

Hi WikiTreers,

For the Cemeterists project, I've been working on transcribing a section of Commonwealth War Graves in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, British Columbia. A lot of men who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I were from other countries in the British Commonwealth. One of these men, Cyril Kenny, was born in New Zealand. I'm not terribly familiar with what sort of records are available online for 1800s and 1900s New Zealand, so if anyone has any advice or wants to help build a tree for him, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Geni has his parents.

 

Cyril Bertram Kenny

Geni World Family Tree

Birth:	1886 - Place
Father:	Father's name
Mother:	Mother's name
Sibling:	Name of sibling

 

Kenny and name of one more sibling

 

 

cyril betram kenny

Geni World Family Tree

Father:	Father's name
Mother:	Mother's name
Siblings:	Isabella Ann Lovich (born Kenny) and names of 6 more siblings

 

Answer 2

Maybe his mother?

Mary Ann Kenny

Find A Grave Index

Name:	Mary Ann Kenny
Event Type:	Burial
Event Date:	1955
Event Place:	Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Death Date:	03 Mar 1955
Affiliate Record Identifier:	26298345
Cemetery:	Mountain View Cemetery

 

 

 

Comments

Thanks, Chris, but that's a different Mary Kenny. The Mary Kenny buried at Mountain View was born around 1875, so she's a little young to be Cyril's mother. She married Peter Kenny in Vancouver in 1908, so that's another point that doesn't match up. I made a profile for her, though: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hayes-5473

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Mary Anne Hayes

Ireland Births and Baptisms

Name:	Mary Anne Hayes
Gender:	Female
Birth Date:	24 May 1875
Birthplace:	Limerick, Ireland
Father's Name:	James Hayes
Mother's Name:	Mary Hayes

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C70159-4 , System Origin: Ireland-EASy , GS Film number: 255932 , Reference ID: v 9-2 p 825

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Thanks for the look up, but I think that is yet another Mary Ann! Mary Ann Hayes Kenny has her parents listed as Cornelius Hayes and Margaret Hickey on her marriage certificate and death record.

Answer 3

The N.Z. BDMs are off line for a few days but there is quite a file about a missing trunk in National Archives N.Z.

Cyril Bertram Kenny - Canadian Expeditionary Force - Bombardier, 6th Brigade, Candian Field Artillery, No.13822

Comments

The N.Z. BDMs are off line for a few days but there is quite a file about a missing trunk in National Archives N.Z.

Cyril Bertram Kenny - Canadian Expeditionary Force - Bombardier, 6th Brigade, Candian Field Artillery, No.13822

and his full BDM parents & service details are here - 

http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/83275

Just checked - see you have it !!

Answer 4

Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Birth cert 

1886/5967

 

:Family Name:  Kenny

:Given Name:  

Cyril Bertram

:Mother:  Catherine

:Father:  John

 

Answer 5

Hi, there was a Cyril Kenny in the Kenny family who were based in Picton, South Island, New Zealand. Cyril was the Uncle of my stepfather Robin Wemyss, whose mother was Edith Kenny.

Picton Museum has a lot of info on the Kennys, and I have seen a photo of Cyril there. Pse email me if I can be of further help.

Answer 6

DIA (NZ) website seems to be back up and running now.

I found  these details

Birth

1886/5967    Kenny     Cyril Bertram     Catherine    John

Cyril Bertram Kenny born in NZ in 1886 to parents - Catherine and John

The parents marriage

1880/2387    Catherine Ellen Daldry     David John Kenny

Catherine Ellen Daldry married David John Kenny in NZ in 1880

This gives you a place to start.. HTH

Comments

This David John Kenny was a hotelier - died in N.P. Taranaki and is buried with wife Catherine Ellen in Karori Cemetery, Wellington. Funeral notice in the Dominion 17th Feb. 1913 p: 6

Cyril's parents were living in Devonport, Auckland at the time of his death - refer Nat Archives correspondence.