THIRD GENERATION

4. Halsey Morris' STRICKLAND was born on 15 Mar 1913 in Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. ⁽¹⁾ Father William John Strickland, 37yo Butcher, born Frasertown; mother Ethel Margaret Falconer! Strickland, 30yo, born Waipawa. He was World's Second-Ranked Heavyweight Boxer about 1935. He died on 24 Dec 1995 in Glenfield, North Shore, New Zealand. He has Ancestral File number AFN: 1FX5-Z7X. He was a Boxer, Plumber, Wharfie, Bouncer, Cabbie. He was married to Eileen' ROCHFORT on 19 Jan 1935 in Wellington, New Zealand.⁽²⁾ Halsey Morris Strickland, 21yo Commercial Traveller of Wellington, born Wairoa; son of William David Strickland, Storeman, and Ethel Margaret Thomas Strickland; to Eileen Rochfort, 20yo spinster of Wellington, born Bulawayo, South Africa; dtr of Ernest Rochfort, Miner, and Nora Rochfort.

5. Eileen' ROCHFORT was born on 22 Mar 1914 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia.⁽³⁾ Father Ernest Rochfort, European, born New Zealand; mother Nora O'Neil, European, born Ireland; informant E Rochfort of Gwanda She immigrated in 1915 to New Zealand. She resided at 8 Oxford Terrace in 1959 in Devonport, North Shore, New Zealand. She died on 25 Sep 1959 in Devonport, North Shore, New Zealand. ⁽⁴⁾ 45yo born Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia; in NZ 44yrs; father Ernest James Rockport, lighthouse keeper; mother Norah O'Neil Rockport; married age 19 in Wellington to Halsey Morris Strickland; survived by 4 sons: 22, 18, 17 and 6. She was cremated on 28 Sep 1959 in Auckland, New Zealand. Eileen's ashes were scattered in the gardens of Waikumete Cemetery on 05Apr1963 by staff of Morrison Funeral Home (in a periodic culling of unclaimed ashes).. She died from Coronary Embolism, Auricular Fibrillation, Myocarditis and Varicosity of Legs. Attended by EC Grant; last seen 18Sep1959. Children were:

i. John Lawrence STRICKLAND (Private).
ii. Peter STRICKLAND was born on 25 Mar 1941. He died on 2 Jan 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He died from Diabetes-related accident. He was a Computer Analyst. He has Ancestral File number AFN: 1FX5-XNG.
iii. Lee Ernest STRICKLAND (Private).
2 iv. Michael' STRICKLAND.

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