Raymond Trevallow Owen Johnston

By Kiwibloke73 March 16, 2016 1393 views 23 comments

Born in Tirau, New Zealand. 1917
Died unknown

Comments (23)

ngairedith

hi Kiwibloke,
what are you looking for exactly?

Kiwibloke73

Hi,

I am trying to trace my paternal grandfather

ngairedith

is Raymond Trevallow Owen Johnston your paternal grandfather? Is that his full name?

These are the burials at Tirau
You will see that the unusual name of Trevallow/Trevellow is for 2 of the 'Bear' family members

Do you have anything else about him? wife? parents?

Kiwibloke73

Hi.

Wow. Thank you.

The only information I have is from my father's birth certificate.

It's complicated :)

ngairedith

ok, well I found him but the spelling of his surname is Raymond Trevallow Owen Johnston.
He was born 30 July 1916 and died 12 Feb 2008 aged 91

Hoping some relatives will read this as well. They are sure to have a lot of info

Kiwibloke73
ngairedith

what else does it say on the birth certificate?
does it have his mother's name?

Kiwibloke73

Hi,

That's great. Where did you locate that from? I have been searching all day and all I found was this site!

:)

ngairedith

New Zealand Birth/Death/Marriages

by the way, who is Raymond Charles Johnston? (your other posting)

Kiwibloke73

Hi,

Yes. Janet mathison james 1916-1951. We know that side of the family quite well.

Janet and Raymond were not married and the family did not approve. Janet married a Gordon cutler and my father was raised by his grandmother. He never knew his father.

ngairedith

Raymond Charles Johnston was born 3 May 1914 to Charles Frederick JOHNSTON and Margaret TUOHEY

Kiwibloke73

I understood my grandfather was Raymond Charles. But I got my fathers birth cert from dia today and is says Raymond Trevallow. (!).

I plan to contact dia tomorrow to rule out human error.

ngairedith

good, this is narrowing it down a bit
do you have his grandmother's name?

Kiwibloke73

Yes. I have tracked down a fair bit of RC. I even found his headstone with his wife and children's names. But RT has thrown a spanner in the works somewhat as I need to be a bit more confident of my data!

Kiwibloke73

Grandma was dora vere macgarvie. Married to joeseph James

ngairedith

Raymond Charles was born 1914 in Otahuhu, Auckland and Raymond Trevallow was born 1916 in Tirau

Frederick Charles Johnston (1873-1922), Raymond Charles father, was born in Wellington. He married Margaret Tuohey (1880-1948) 20 April 1909 at St Josephs, Buckle street, Wellington. Margaret was born in Auckland. They both died in Otahuhu, Auckland so cannot find a connection to your Raymond Trevallow Johnston

Kiwibloke73

Yes. It's a bit left field so i need to follow up with dia to see if there has been a clerical error.

ngairedith

Dora Vere McGarvie (1879-1969) married Joseph Henry James (1877-1946) in 1903. They lived in Thames

Was this the couple who brought up your grandfather, Raymond Trevallow Johnston?

Kiwibloke73

No. They were Janet's parents. They raised my father after she married Gordon Cutler. When my father was a young boy they lived in Ariki street, Grey Lynn, Auckland

ngairedith

pardon - yes, I meant brought up your father ;) and his father was the elusive Mr Raymond Trevallow Johnston

Which takes us back to the Tirau cemetery and the 2 people there who have the names of Trevallow. I feek there has to be a connection somewhere because that name is so unusual

  • Travallow George Bear (1884-1959)

- born in Australia

  • Trevallow Joseph Bear (1913-1976)

- son of Samuel John Bear & Laura Isabel Batley

Kiwibloke73

Raymond's full name on my fathers birth cert is displayed as "Raymond Trevallow Owen Johnston"

Is that not unusual in itself to have such a middle name?

Kiwibloke73

Relevant
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C38180

Kiwibloke73

Relevent
NZ Archives records of Trevallow George Bear in WW1
http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9821508