Amy Florence (Mayger) Menzies (1859 - 1949)

Born 1859 in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of James Kerr Menzies — married 3 May 1880 in Knox Church, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1949 at about age 90 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

This profile is part of the Menzies Name Study.

Amy (Mayger) Menzies is a member of Clan Menzies.

Amy (Mayger) Menzies was born in Victoria, Australia

Birth

Amy Florence Mayger was born about 1859 in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.^[1][2] She was the daughter of James Mayger and Elizabeth Barlow.

The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records.

Marriage

Amy Florence Mayger married James Kerr Menzies in 1880 at Knox Church, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.^[3][4] They had eight children during their marriage;

• Child: James Edwin Menzies Menzies-4296
• Child: Archie Frederick Menzies Menzies-359
• Child: John Forbes Menzies Menzies-4290
• Child: Harold Francis Menzies Menzies-4291
• Child: Clarissa Mary Menzies Menzies-4292
• Child: Amy Thelma Menzies Menzies-4293
• Child: Isabel Jean Menzies Menzies-4294
• Child: Keith Menzies Menzies-4295

Residence

• 1919 ^[5]- 7 Hyde Street, Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
• 1938 ^[6]- 42 Bayfield Road, Dunedin Central, Otago, New Zealand. Living with sister-in-law Amy Thelma Menzies.

Death and Burial

Amy Florence Mayger Menzies died on 4 Dec 1949 in Tainui, Dunedin City, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.^[7][8] She was buried at the Andersons Bay Cemetery, Andersons Bay, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand.^[9] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202700356/amy-florence-menzies

Research Note

MENZIES. —On December 4, 1949, at her residence, 80 Cavell street, Tainui, Amy Florence, loved widow of James Kerr Menzies, late of Tapanui; in her ninety-first year. "At rest." No flowers, by request.—The Funeral will leave the residence To-morrow (Tuesday), the 6th inst., at the conclusion of a service commencing at 2 p.m., for the Anderson’s Bay Crematorium.—R. McLean and Son, funeral directors. (Otago Daily Times, Dec. 5, 1949)

Sources

1. ↑ Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 and Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917. Registration Number: 10133.
2. ↑ Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922.

   Name: Florence Amy Mayger

   Birth Date: Abt 1859

   Birth Place: Beechworth, Victoria

   Registration Year: 1859

   Registration Place: Victoria Australia

   Father: James Frederick Mayger

   Mother: Elizabeth Barlom

   Registration Number: 10133

3. ↑ New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937. Folio Number: 1401.
4. ↑ NZBDM MARRIAGE:1880/1946 Amy Florence Mayger and James Kerr Menzies.
5. ↑ 1919 Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980.
6. ↑ 1938 New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981.
7. ↑ New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966. Folio Number: 4851.
8. ↑ NZBDM DEATH:1949/31807 Menzies Amy Florence 90Y.
9. ↑ New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current. Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 01 February 2024), memorial page for Amy Florence Menzies (1859–4 Dec 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 202700356, citing Andersons Bay Cemetery, Andersons Bay, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand; Maintained by Cosmo (contributor 49300889). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202700356/amy-florence-menzies.

Acknowledgements

To Dennis M Menzies, New Zealand, R Hare Hare-1576 and P Gray Howard-18870 for research, compiling, and contact with the Menzies family.

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