Maud Sophia Ann Gear

1909 - 1990  (80 years)

• Name	Maud Sophia Ann Gear
  Birth	18 Nov 1909	Millerton, West Coast, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 Nov 1990	Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand   [1]
  Siblings	9 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Maud Sophia Ann Gear,   b. 18 Nov 1909, Millerton, West Coast, New Zealand d. 16 Nov 1990, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand  (Age 80 years) ▻ Robert McGhie,  m. 27 Jun 1928   2. Phyllis Isabel Gear,   b. 10 Jul 1911, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 1991, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 79 years) ▻ Thomas Duncan Kane Burns,  m. 25 Oct 1930 ;   Jack Young,  m. 1971   3. Doris May Gear,   b. 20 May 1914, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 23 Feb 1996, Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand  (Age 81 years) ▻ Allen Hibbert Martin,  m. 6 Jul 1932   4. Dardenella Gear,   b. 2 Dec 1915, Blackball, New Zealand ▻ Walter Fox,  m. 1937   5. Albert Henry Edward Gear,   b. 14 Mar 1917, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 28 Nov 1990, Westport, West Coast, New Zealand  (Age 73 years) ▻ Jean Burns,  m. 1947   6. Thora Gear,   b. 31 Aug 1918, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 11 Sep 2000, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand  (Age 82 years) ▻ unknown;   Ronald Francis McFarlane,  m. 1941 ;   Evan James Griffiths   7. David Henry Edward Gear,   b. 27 Mar 1920, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 18 Sep 2008, Westport, West Coast, New Zealand  (Age 88 years)   8. Gilbert Niven Gear,   b. 27 Aug 1921, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 25 Feb 2005, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand  (Age 83 years) ▻ Jeanie Anderson McMillan,  m. 1942   9. John Charles Gear,   b. 25 Feb 1923, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 18 Sep 2012, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand  (Age 89 years) ▻ Georgina Cecilia Kelly,  m. 30 Jan 1948   10. Margaret Guthrie Gear,   b. 10 Jul 1924, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 10 Dec 1992, Westport, West Coast, New Zealand  (Age 68 years) ▻ Edmund Raymond Walczewski;   James Thomas Gilbert,  m. 5 Nov 1948   11. Frederick William Gear,   b. 7 Feb 1926, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 7 Sep 1945, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand  (Age 19 years)   12. Living   13. Robert Alexander Gear,   b. 9 Mar 1929, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 27 Oct 2000, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 71 years) ▻ Agnes Stevenson Kerr,  m. 1955   14. Donald Allan Gear,   b. 5 Jan 1931, Hector, Granity, West Coast, New Zealand d. 8 Feb 2010, New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand  (Age 79 years)   15. Living
  Notes	In her teens, when Maud's daughter Cathreen asked her grandfather Bert why her mother had been given so many names, he told her they thought she might be an only child (!) so she was given all the family names. They of course went on to have another 14 children. Maud, living with her family in Blackball at that time, also visited Otira. She remembered travelling by horse-drawn coach from Otira to Arthur's Pass, sitting on the knee of a soldier on his way to WW1. Her Aunty Ann (Kidd?) went with her and together they made the return trip to Otira with the coachman. Maud was very young at the time but her memory of her Otira visit was always very vivid and remained with her all her life.
  Person ID	I21171	Private
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2007

  
  

  Father	Edward Henry Gear,   b. 11 Nov 1887, Westport, West Coast, New Zealand d. 12 Dec 1958, Westport, West Coast, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Margaret Guthrie Kidd,   b. 12 Dec 1890, Brunnerton, West Coast, New Zealand d. 30 Sep 1972, Westport, West Coast, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1909	Millerton, West Coast, New Zealand
  Family ID	F8116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert McGhie,   b. 23 May 1901, Minto's Land, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Marriage	27 Jun 1928	Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand   [1]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F8133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Nov 1909 - Millerton, West Coast, New Zealand Marriage - 27 Jun 1928 - Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand Death - 16 Nov 1990 - Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S185] Lynda D. Buxton, July 2007.