Modified Register for Maria Catherine DRIVER

First Generation

1. Maria Catherine DRIVER was born in Jun 1840 in In the cave at Whareakeake, Otago, New Zealand. She was christened1 on 29 Nov 1840 in Otago, New Zealand. She died2 on 19 Jul 1926 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. The cause of death was a. Morbus Cordis. b. Cerebral Haemorrhage.. She was buried3 on 22 Jul 1926 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

CHRISTENING: Maria was baptised by Bishop Pompellier's chaplain, Father Pesant, (Roman Catholic). The story says that this was in leiu of Pilotage dues.

RESIDENCE: Purakanui District and Hamilton Bay, Otago Harbour. Maria had a share in the Moari land at the Titi Islands (Mutton bird Islands) in Foveaux Strait, and also in the Purakanui Area (Land Records).

BIOGRAPHY: Jubilee Book. Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin - Early Settlers prior to 1861. Maria C MOUAT. Born at Purakanui 1841. Daughter of Richard Driver, formerly Government Pilot. Married to Peter MOUAT 1860 (sic). Nine children living. Rev. Burns' Visitation Book [Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin] Maria is mentioned several times between 1849 and 1854 as living in Port Chalmers with William Mills & family. She had been placed with them for education in exchange for housework and childminding, but when her father found that she was not being educated he removed her and took her home to educate her himself. As she could not read in later life, I assume that the education was minimal.

Maria married4 (1) William STEVENS on 21 Dec 1857 in Otakou, Otago, New Zealand. William was born about 1831 in Bristol, Gloucester, England. He died5 on 11 Dec 1860 in Taiaroa Head, Otakou, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried in Dec 1860 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

Family Story says that he was herding cattle at the Clutha and was drowned in the river at Stirling. The Certificate and newspaper are at variance with this. His death Certificate states that he died of Ulceration of the lungs which could have been TB or the result of a severe Pneumonia. His boat the 'Jane Anne' [Otago Witness' & 'Otago Colonist'] took supplies to John Jones settlement at Waikouaiti on 8th Dec and returned on the 21st Dec. This was after Bill had died! The next shipment was taken by the 'Huon'. If Bill had been taken ill at Waikouaiti, they would most probably have brought him in to Purakanui to be nursed by his wife and family, where he subsequently died. The boat would have then returned to the harbour. The Certificate is registered for Taiaroa Head but we believe that he actually died at Waikouaiti.

Family [Maori]. Buried under a Totara tree, with 3 guardian trees in the bottom north corner of the paddock opposite the present Public Cemetery at Purakanui.

William Stevens England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900 christening: 26 Jun 1831 Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe, Gloucestershire, England residence: 26 Jun 1831 Gloucestershire, Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe parents: James Stevens, Sophia

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 1 name: William Stevens event: CHRISTENING event date: 26 Jun 1831 event place: Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe, Gloucestershire, England father: James Stevens mother: Sophia digital folder number: 4208287

William and Maria had the following children: 2 M i. John STEVENS was born6 on 16 Sep 1858 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. He was christened on 19 Dec 1858 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. He died about 1860 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

CHRISTENING: Waiakouaiti Wesleyan Register held at the Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin.

DEATH: Family [Maori]. Buried under a Totara tree, with 3 guardian trees in the bottom north corner of the paddock opposite the present Public Cemetery at Purakanui.

3 F ii. Emma Lillian STEVENS was born on 23 Nov 1859 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. She died7 on 30 Apr 1927 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. The cause of death was Morbus Cordis. b. Heart Failure. She was buried8 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

BIRTH: One source reports that Emma was born on 11 Nov 1859.

https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz 1890/4463 Miller Callie Emma NR 1892/3474 Miller Matilda Emma NR 1889/6849 Miller Margaret Mary Maude Emma John 1884/545 Miller Susan Leanna Russell Emma Robert 1902/16256 Miller Annie Elizabeth Where Mat Emma John 1887/4185 Miller James Court Emma John F4185> 1893/14933 Miller David Mamaru Emma John 1895/17685 Miller Sarah Mototoa Emma John 1884/18741 Miller Thomas Gilbert Richard Emma John

Emma married11,12 John MILLER9,10 son of James MILLER and PURAURAU on 20 Apr 1877 in Hamilton Bay, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. John was born about 1836 in Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand. He died13,14 on 17 Nov 1903 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried on 20 Nov 1903 in Maori Cemetery, Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

John Miller's Maori name was Tiaki Mira.

Born at Waikouaiti but spent early life at Purakanui, possibly brought up by

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 2 relatives, as his Father was a Whaler (perhaps an American) who had quite possibly abandoned his Maori 'wife' when the whales moved on and the shore whaling station closed down.

Farmer at Purakanui. Member of Purakanui Public Cemetery Committee from 1873.

Transciption of 1st marriage record from early Wesleyan records of Waikouaiti. At this time John could not write as the cert. was signed with X-his mark. At his third Marriage the cert was all set up for the same, but he wrote his name in himself, not well, but it is there.

Otago Land Registry Office. Shares in the Maori Block in the Purakanui District and at Long Beach (Whareakeake). Farmed at the Moari Block at the sandhills in Purakanui Inlet; Land records record the transfer of land to his children and grandchildren.

Maria married15 (2) Peter William MOUAT son of Gilbert MOUAT and Andarina MANSON on 16 Aug 1861 in Registry Office, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Peter was born in Dec 1828 in Morsbank, Shetland Islands, Scotland. He was christened16 on 10 Mar 1829 in Delting. Shetland, Scotland. He died17,18,19,20 on 25 Dec 1892 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried on 29 Dec 1892 in Maori Cemetery, Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

OCCUPATION: Boatbuilder, carpenter, Shipwright, Settler, Hotelkeeper.

BIOGRAPHY: Father died leaving impoverished family. Peter brought up by sea Captain after his fathers death. Mother and sisters left at Shetlands.

BIOGRAPHY: PORT CHALMERS EARLY PEOPLE compiled by Ian Church H-M page 526 MOUAT. Peter William carpenter Port Chalmers Mrs Maria MOUAT (nee DRIVER. dtr of Richard and Motoitoi/ Mrs STEVENS) Purakanui (end of Haywards Pt Road) 1880 Directory (Purakanui) 1888 Directory (Purakanui) fisherman 1896 Directory Mrs Peter MOUAT 25 May 1876 built ketch 'Alpha' 24 tons at Port Chalmers for W Pedlow and W J Waters He born 1831: died 25 Dec 1892 aged 61 years She born 1841: died 19 Jul 1926 aged 85 years (Note - her 2nd marriage - 1 child by 1st - STEVENS) All [sic] Purakanui Cemetery 1/46 [ Peter Mouat is actually in the Maori Cemetery in the sandhills at Purakanui] 12 children 1 dtr Mrs Emma MILLAR, Purakanui, nee MOUAT [sic] b Purakanui 1860 d 20 Apr 1927 aged 65 years (but AJHR 1892, G1 has Emma STEPHENS (= Mrs MILLAR )) sons William Gilber - mining Engineer, Auckland b. 1865 d. 2 Aug 1965 aged 91/2 years. 1/46 Ashes only (supposed to have killed his wife, body not found; served time) Richard Driver

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 3 Thomas Morison John Edward Fred Peter James Charles farmer Purakanui b. 1874, Pvt 39274 NZEF: d. 1 June 1938 aged 64 years. [Plot 1/783 - Purakanui Roll of Honour. dtrs Margaret Jessie Maria Elizabeth Andrina (Mrs Green) AJHR 1892, G1 List of Kai Tahu MOUATS ( all quarter-caste) children under 14. James, Frederick, Magnus, Edward

RESIDENCE: Hamilton Bay in Otago Harbour in 1877 and at Purakanui at time of death.

EMMIGRATION: 'Three Bells' to NZ 1859.

BURIAL: Buried in the Maori Cemetery to await the decease of his part Maori wife. Before she died the Cemetery was nearly blown away by a huge wind storm in 1926 and all the tombstones were either toppled or undermined. Exposed bodies (some wrapped in flax mats) were re -interred elsewhere on the burial mound. Peters tombstone was transferred to the Purakanui Public Cemetery (perhaps his bones as well) when Maria died, and re-erected there. The Maori Cemetery was never used again. The original base remained in situ at the Maori Cemetery.

BIRTH: He may have been born 12 Dec 1831

A bit of a mystery found in a Shetland Islands newspaper - Shetland Times 1/12/1950 Thomasina (Tamar) Mouat North Dale 75 14 11 1950 late Peter and Andrina Mouat Shetland Times 1/12/1950 Thomasina Mouat Haroldswick 75 14 11 1950 Shetland Times 1/12/1950 Tamar Mouat North Dale 75 14 11 1950 late Peter and Anderina Mouat

Peter and Maria had the following children: 4 F iii. Anderina MOUAT was born on 22 Jul 1862 in Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. She died21 on 12 May 1897 in Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand. The cause of death was Miscarriage, Septic Phlebitis. She was buried22,23 on 14 May 1897 in Anglican Section, Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

MARRIAGE: Transcript of Marriages of St Pauls Church of England, Dunedin. Hocken Library, Dunedin.

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 4 Anderina married24 Henry Thomas GREEN junior "Harry" son of Henry Thomas GREEN and Esther Ann Matilda SUGDEN on 29 Dec 1884 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Henry was born about 1862 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 30 Nov 1939 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried25 on 1 Dec 1939 in Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. 5 M iv. William Gilbert MOUAT was born in 1863 in Otago, New Zealand. He died on 3 Aug 1956 in Auckland, New Zealand. He was buried26 in Purakanui Cemetery, Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

Otago Witness. Newspaper. 15 April 1897 page 29. Marriages. At Arrowtown, on Tuesday, at 8 o'clock, there was married by the Rev. Mr R H Blair, at the residence of the brides father, Miss Mary Foord, second daughter of Mr E J Foord, Arrowtown, to Mr W G Mouat, mine manager Achilles Mine, Bullendale, the eldest son of the late Mr P W Mouat, of Purakanui. After the ceremony a large party of friends sat down to a sumptuous wedding breakfast, at the conclusion of which the newly- married couple, amidst showers of rice and slippers, and the hearty good wishes of numerous friends, started enroute for Dunedin upon their honeymoon trip.

The words of Gilbert Mouat from his memoirs: CLIMBING MOUNT ASPIRING It was while we were in the Cardrona Valley, that Tom Mantell and I climbed Mt Aspiring, 9991 ft high. Our mission was to try to fix a trig on top. We were surveying sections on Criffel Mountain where, years after, fortunes were won. The Criffel diggings were well known for many years. So far as we could learn, no one had ever been to the top of Aspiring. I was cheered by my great-uncle Octavius Harwood, who had been inland on expeditions to study the botany or the bird life. However, he covered only half of Otago early in the 'sixties'. Tom and I took a light tent fly to camp under, starting off up the Matukituki River, a marvellous wooded gorge. We were lucky to have fine weather and carried our gear with no trouble, a prismatic compass, an axe in our belts, essential wherever we went and took a light pole each, a small pick and length of rope, which was very poor equipment for mountain climbing. At daylight, we were on our way, working round the mountain to the N.W., to avoid the south slope. We struck a ridge at the snow line that carried us almost to the top, but we experienced considerable difficulty getting over the frozen snow, needing to cut steps at intervals. In case either of us slipped, we tied a light line to each other. Neither of us had done any ice climbing, so went carefully. Tom had been near snow around Queenstown but I had never done so. It was mid-day when we reached the summit. Visibility was splendid and the day was glorious. Gathering a few stones, we built a cairn around a pole, then emptied a bottle of painkiller so we could write our names on paper and bury the bottle in the snow beside it. St Patrick’

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 5 s Day, 1882. What a panorama of mountains, rivers and lakes we saw. Glaciers glistened in several valleys. It was a picture never to be forgotten. Going down was difficult and took longer that going up, so it was after dark when we got to our camp. Only a few hours more and we were back in our main camp.

After several years surveying, especially with the Wilmott Survey Party in the greater Queenstown area, and becoming certified, Gilbert moved on to goldmining where he spent most of his life. The attached photo shows him when he was Deputy at the Achilles Mine at Bullendale, way above Skippers.

Note: There is not, and never has been, a trig on the top of Mt Aspiring. The nearest one is on Mt Niger on the other side of the Matukituki Valley . It is in the Aspiring area. Maps have been checked to find where all the trig stations are. There are several more in the Wanaka/Wakatipu area but none as close to Aspiring as the Mt Niger one is. Niger is a much easier mountian to ascend than Aspiring which needs special gear to ascend. No way would it take just a morning to get there, more like 2 days. Gilbert was obviously slightly confused as to which was which when he wrote his memoirs in his later years.

William married27 Mary FOORD daughter of E J FOORD on 6 Apr 1897 in Arrowtown, Otago, New Zealand. Mary was born estimated 1876. She died28 in Jul 1958 in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. She was buried29 on 18 Jul 1958 in Purewa, Auckland, New Zealand.

BURIAL: Cremated.

BIOGRAPHY: Copy of a letter from Mary to Fred Durry - 'July 1, 1949, 9 Queens Parade, Devonport. Dear Mr Durry, Thank you for particulars. Today I got all Charley Drivers girls married names also their children. They have 22 grandchildren. Maggie was my full cousin so her family come on our tree also your tree (Drivers). I have now well over 200 blood relations and there must be over 100 in-laws, but there a quite a lot of great great grandchildren I have not got yet. On the Millers, they have 5 generations born in New Zealand. [7 in 1994] We have only 2 grand daughters. our only grandson was killed 3 years ago. He was the only grandson of Mouat name. Grannie had 9 sons born 6 grew up, 3 married and our 4 boys were the only Mouats so the name will die out likely. As soon as Gilbert copees mine I'll send my copy South so you can all see it and correct if wrong. Your grandfather was born in 1812 so it goes well back. We wrote to Bill Forgie but so far have not had a reply. We are getting it cold just now but its better than rain. Hugh says he is colder than in Scotland in the snow, I tell him his blood must be thinner. I remain a relation, a cousin I suppose, Mary Mouat.'

BIOGRAPHY: From 2000 Driver Tree, by Ale Piek. Mary wrote books and was the first woman to wear trousers on the goldmines (we think there is a life size photo of her in the Arrowtown Museum). She also was the

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 6 instigator behind trying to have Frederick Peter Mouat released from his prison term at Mt Eden for the alleged murder of his wife, Ellen Mouat. Two shells and One snail (Kauri Sth Island) were also named after Mary Mouat nee Foord.

BIRTH: Birth Year estimated from age at death as recorded in Cremation Record.

6 M v. Richard Driver MOUAT was born on 25 Jul 1865 in Hamilton Bay, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. He died on 5 Feb 1894 in Palmerston North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Otago Witness. 8 February 1894. Page 27. Deaths. MOUAT. - on 5 February, at Palmerston North, Richard Driver Mouat, 2nd son of the late P.W. Mouat, of Purakanui; aged 28 years.

Burial Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North. Surname MOUATT First Names RICHARD Gender Male Occupation TRAINER Address PALM NORTH Denomination Anglican Age at Death 27Y Date of Death 05/02/1894 Place of Death UN-KNOWN Date of Interment 05/02/1894 Warrant Type BURIAL Cemetery Terrace End Cemetery Cemetery Block 026 Plot Number 013 Head Stone Book of Memories NO

Richard married30 Alice Maude ASHBURY daughter of John ASHBURY and Martha on 1 Jun 1888 in Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand. Alice died after 1939.

RESIDENCE: Living in Wellington, New Zealand in March 1939. Remarried and gained the surname 'Chapman'.

7 M vi. Thomas Manson MOUAT was born in 1867 in New Zealand. He died about 1936 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 8 M vii. John MOUAT was born in 1869 in New Zealand. He died on 12 Apr 1936 in California, USA.

MARRIAGE: Never married.

9 F viii. Margaret MOUAT "Madge" was born in 1871 in New Zealand. She died in 1956 in New Zealand.

RGO Deaths

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 7 1959/21849 Vile Margaret 86Y

Margaret married Arthur Henry VILE in 1893 in New Zealand. Arthur was born in 1868 in New Zealand. He died in 1946 in New Zealand.

RGO Deaths 1946/17903 Vile Arthur Henry 77Y

RGO Births 1868/59 Vile Arthur Henry Helen Bland Job

10 M ix. James Charles MOUAT was born in 1872 in Otago, New Zealand. He died31,32 on 1 Jun 1938 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried33 in Jun 1938 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. 11 M x. Frederick MOUAT was born in 1875. He died in 1875.

DEATH: died in infancy

12 F xi. Jessie Maria MOUAT was born in 1875 in Otago, New Zealand. She died34 on 23 Aug 1899 in Seacliff, Otago, New Zealand. She was buried in Aug 1899 in Purakanui Cem., Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

Purakanui School. OEB Inspectors Class Lists. HKN 89-121/- Mouat, Jessie. Standard 1 September 1884 aged 8 years 9 months to Standard 4 October 1888 aged 13 years 11 months.

From record of the Caversham Benevolent Society -' Jessie DRIVER, of Purakanui. Placed in Caversham Benevolent Institution 19 June 1894 aged 21. Discharged 10 (?15) Jul 1894. Admitted to 'I' Ward. Name and residence of friends:- Jas HILL, Taieri Mouth. Remarks - Left of own accord. Country of Birth [not shown] This is the only record that even begins to fit the age of Jessie Mouat. There is NO Jessie Driver as such at Purakanui. It could be the usual confusion as to surname by whoever placed her in the Institution. There is a Jessie Driver on the RGO site born 1870 but the parents are different, Father is 'Henry Driver' and mother is 'Sophia'

There was a notice of death in the Otago Witness page 33, 24 Aug 1899, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "BARNES - On the 23rd August, at Seacliff, Jessie, dearly beloved wife of Ernest Barnes, of Purakanui; in her twenty-fifth year. Deeply Regretted."

Jessie's death year shows in the Register General's website Index of Deaths - 1899/4892 Barnes Jessie Maria 25Y Recorded from the Headstone of her parents, Maria & Peter Mouat. Block 1 plot 46, 47. Purakanui Cemetery. There is no record of Jessie's actual burial in the Purakanui Public Cemetery, just an addition to Maria Mouat's headstone. This is because she was buried in the Maori Urupa in the Sandhills alongside Purakanui Inlet, in her father's grave there.

Jessie married35,36 Ernest BARNES son of S BARNES and Jessie BARNES on 26 Oct 1898 in Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. Ernest was born37 on 9 Feb 1872. He died in 1934 in New Zealand.

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 8 Ernest was born in or around the Purakanui area as his school record for George St School had Thomas Liddle as parent/guardian. Ernest is recorded in the same as having left the district in May 1881 .

Previously Ernest is found in the Otago Education Board's Inspectors Class List for the Purakanui School - Barnes, Ernest. Standard 1, September 1885 aged 12 years 10 months.

The death year for Ernest Barnes has been found on the Register Generals website in the Index of Deaths. It is as follows - 1934/2154 Barnes Ernest 62Y There is a probate record in the Christchurch Court for an Ernest Barnes which fits the probably date of death. It appears to be the only one of that name in or around that date.

13 F xii. Elizabeth MOUAT was born on 14 Feb 1877 in New Zealand. She died on 25 May 1957.

Marriage: Otago Witness. 1 Apr 1897. Page 29. Hislop - Mouat - On the 10th March, at Dundas street Church manse, - by the Rev. William Laycock, William Henry, second son of the late Mungo Hislop, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Peter Mouat, Purakanui.

School Records (APWs) - Parent/Guardian

Name MOUATT Elizabeth School Kaikorai Register Number 042 Former Reg. No Admission Date 10 Aug 1885 Parent / Guardian Mr Henry Green Address Birthdate 14 Feb 1877 Last School Purakanui Last Day 04 Apr 1887 Destination Purakanui Comment HKN AG71/2/0042 : Further enquiries to

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 9 Dunedin Branch - NZSG

Elizabeth married William Henry HISLOP son of Mungo HISLOP and Jessie FERGUSON on 10 Mar 1897 in Dundas Street Church manse, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. William was born on 14 Aug 1871 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. He died on 26 Nov 1946. 14 M xiii. Frederick Peter MOUAT38 was born about Feb 1878 in New Zealand. He died39 on 18 Oct 1959 in Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand. He was buried on 20 Oct 1959 in Birkenhead/Glenfield Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand.

http://www.northshorecity.govt.nz/Services/OnlineServices/pages/IFCemetry.aspx Surname: MOUAT Forename(s): Peter Age: 82 Years Gender: M Date of death: 18 October 1959 Date of Burial: 20 October 1959 Funeral director: H. Morris Ltd Po Box 36273, Northcote, North Shore City 0748 Cemetery: Birkenhead/Glenfield Cemetery Cnr Glenfield/Eskdale Road Location: Public Lawn Row M Plot 23

Otago Daily Times SLENDER CLUES Search for Mrs Mouat Sensational Developments Anticipated (per United Press Association) Christchurch. March 5. 1925 (March 6 Edition) The search for Mrs Mouat, who has been missing since February 20, was continued today, but owing to bad weather the police did not again drag the Heathcote River. It is stated that the detectives have very slender clues to work on. “We have heard nothing whatever to clear up the mystery.” said Mr J. Merritt, brother of Mrs Mouat, when questioned by a reporter today. Mr Merritt said he still entertained hopes that his sister was alive, but if that were the case he was at a loss to understand why she did not communicate with her relations. When asked if he had been aware that the Mouat’s were in financial difficulties prior to his sister’s disappearance, Mr Merritt said although they had frequently visited his house he had no idea they were worried over money matters. His sister had never mentioned the matter to him. A rumour was current in Christchurch late last night that as a result of discoveries made by the police sensational developments are anticipated in connection with the missing man, Mouat.

SEARCH FOR MISSING COUPLE Police Still Baffled Warrant For Husband’s Arrest (Per United Press Association)

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 10 Christchurch. March 6 (March 7 edition) The disappearance of Mrs Ellen Louise Mouat and her husband, Frederick P Mouat, is proving one of the most baffling mysteries that have confronted the police for years. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mouat on a charge unstated, but the detectives so far have not located him. An extraordinary feature is that every stitch of the woman’s clothing and underclothing she was known to possess was found in the house and Mouat, in a statement to the police prior to his disappearance, said that his wife left home to see a relative, had not returned, and he had no idea where she was.

THE MISSING MOUATS A Possible Clue Ashes and Charred Bones Report of Expert Awaited (Per United Press Association) Christchurch. March 7. (March 9 Edition) The police do not appear to be any nearer a solution of the Mouat Mystery. Anything which might subsequently be of value to the investigators has been collected. Certain specimens have been submitted to analysts for report, though little importance is attached to the exhibits. The detectives have collected a bare handful of burned bones and a small lump of burned bones and ash, but again no significance is attached to this exhibit as the bone fragments are less than might be collected from any person’s ash container. An extensive probing of the garden of No. 10 and the adjacent country has yielded nothing, and all that the dragging operations in the Heathcote River have proved is that the river is used largely as a dumping ground for dogs and cats. The detectives have exhausted every channel of investigation. They have done everything possible to solve a baffling problem, and their attitude now is one of awaiting further developments. which are expected in the natural process of things. When the officers went to the house on the day they were notified of the woman’s disappearance they found in one of the rooms a pair of sheets bearing stains. The sheets appeared to have been imperfectly washed, and were later forwarded to the Government analyst for examination. Superintendent McKinnon denies that there is any truth in the report circulated yesterday morning that a discovery of importance had been made at Purakanui, near Port Chalmers. It was at Purakanui that Mouat was born.

DESCRIPTION OF HUSBAND The description of Mouat as supplied to the police sums him up as a short, stout man of 44 years of age, dark complexion (having a strong dash of Maori blood), and prominent brown eyes. He is 5ft 6in in height and about 15 stone in weight, and is said to have been an engineer by trade. Otago Witness 17 March 1925 MOUAT ARRESTED Charge of Wife Murder Christchurch, March 9. Frederick Peter Mouat was discovered in a brick kiln at Cashmere Hills this afternoon, and was arrested on a charge of having murdered his wife. At an early

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 11 hour this morning a driver from J. Brankling's brick kiln saw Mouat asleep in a quarry. He communicated with some of the other workmen, who in turn communicated with the police. About five minutes before the detectives arrived Mouat was seen to crawl into the brick chamber of the kiln, and he was arrested at the Kiln. The man at the kiln stated that Mouat arrived there at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He walked round and inspected the kiln, and was talking with them when Chief detective Gibson and Detectives Eade and Bikerdicke arrived. Detective Eade approached Mouat and said: "Good Afternoon Mr Mouat. Come outside." Mouat surrendered himself without any resistance and made no statement. Detective Eade told him to cheer up and not look so downhearted. In Converstation with the men at the kiln before the arrival of the detectives Mouat said he had been on a fortnight’s holiday in Oamaru. It is stated that on the day of his wife's disappearance, February 20, Mouat pawned some of his wife's and his own jewellery. He told the pawnbroker that he intended to take a trip to Australia and then go to Africa. He said he was disgusted with this country and was getting out of it.

BEFORE THE COURT Christchurch. March 10 Frederick Peter Mouat, husband of Louise (Nellie) Mouat, was charged this morning that on or about February 20, he did kill one Nellie Mouat, thereby committing murder. On the application of the police, Mouat was remanded till March 19, an application for bail by accused’s solicitor being refused. The court was crowded during the brief sitting, and many people were unable to gain admittance. Mouat looked weary and worn. His clothing was untidy, and bespattered with dirt.

DIGGING OPERATIONS RESUME Christchurch. March 13 Tonight’s Star says that the detectives engaged in the search for Mrs Mouat are inclined to believe that she is still alive. It is a significant fact that the detectives have suspended digging operations around the house, and are no longer dragging the Heathcote River.

RIVER DRAGGED AGAIN Christchurch. March 14 In connection with the Mouat Mystery, the police this morning resumed dragging in the Heathcote River three miles below the house.

Otago Daily Times MOUAT BEFORE THE COURT Charge of Murder Remanded for a Week (Per United Press Association) Christchurch. March 10 (March 11 edition) Frederick Peter Mouat, husband of Louise (Nellie) Mouat, was charged this morning that, on or about February 20, he did kill one Nellie Mouat, thereby

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 12 committing murder. On the application of the police, Mouat was remanded till March 18, an application for bail by accused’s solicitor being refused. The court was crowded during the brief sitting, and many people were unable to gain admittance. Mouat looked weary and worn. His clothing was untidy, and bespattered with dirt. MOUAT MYSTERY River Again Dragged (Per United Press Association) Christchurch. March 14 (March 16 edition) In connection with the Mouat mystery, the police this morning resumed dragging in the Heathcote River three miles below the house.. Otago Witness: 19 May 1925, page 17

St. Martins Mystery Charge of Murder Trial of Mouat Christchurch May 12 Frederick Peter Mouat appeared in the Supreme Court this morning charged with having murdered his wife, Ellen Louise Mouat, at St Martin's on or about February 20 last. Long before the doors of the Court were opened a crowd of men and women had gathered outside in the rain, and no sooner were the doors thrown open by the police, than most of those waiting swarmed in crowding the gallery. A fair number of the crowd lingered outside, and craned their necks to get a view of Mouat as he was taken from the prisoners van to the cells in the court. Boxes, blankets, a pillow, several bottles, tins of bones, and other exhibits were placed on the floor of the court in front of the jury box, while a plan of Mouat's house was shown on the table. Mr A. T. Donnelly (Crown Prosecutor) conducted the case for the Crown, and Mr C. S. Thomas, with Mr Sim, appeared for Mouat. In his address to the Grand Jury, Mr Justice Adams said the case for the Crown was that Mrs Mouat never left the house at any time after her return from Mrs Prosser's at 10 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, but that she was killed by the accused, and that her body was destroyed by fire. His Honor said that it was not necessary for him to do more than indicate generally the nature of the evidence for the Crown. It was said by the Crown that the whole of Mrs Mouat's wardrobe had been found in the house, including a costume and other articles which the accused described as being worn by her on the Morning of Friday, February 20, also that her handbag, corsets, shoes, and artificial teeth were found in the house. The inference the jury was asked to draw from this was that she must have left without clothing. Then the conduct of Mouat was relied on in a great many particulars. Bearing in mind the fact that Mouat saw his wife on the morning of Friday, February 20, attention would be directed to various facts such as that at 4 o'clock on the same day - seven hours after she went away to meet Mrs Hardie, and after she had told him that if she did not come back he was to take her bag to the station - he sold part of her jewellery to a pawnbroker in Christchurch, and he did not return home to sleep that night. He slept at the Rotherfield Hotel, and he also slept there

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 13 on the three succeeding nights - Saturday, Sunday, and Monday - being about the house in No. 10 Bockford St. part of the day time. By far the most important part of the case alleged by the Crown was evidence to show that the accused had fires burning on his section after the disappearance of his wife, and also under the copper and in the fireplace of the dining room, that on the site of these fires had been found a number of bones and pieces of bone, some of which had been identified as human bones, that the bones were smaller than the average size, and that Mrs Mouat was a slight woman. His Honor said that there were other circumstances in relation to this into which he would not enter, such as the use of Jeyes Fluid round the dining room fire. Circumstances in the conduct of Mouat were also put forward as indicating guilt, his conduct in making no inquiry regarding his wife or pursuing no vigorous search, his action in absenting himself from the house on the evening and nights following her disappearance, and his getting out of the way at a later stage. All these questions would have to be inquired into with particularity. From the whole of the evidence His Honor concluded that the jury would have no doubt that the case ought to be sent on to a common jury, and that the accused ought to be put on his trial. The Grand Jury returned a true bill. Mr Donnelly, in opening the case for the Crown, pointed out the gravity of the charge. He said that Mouat must be tried on the evidence in court and not on any other evidence. If the jury had any reasonable doubt as to his guilt they should acquit him. Counsel hoped the jury would give the case the same unprejudiced consideration as they would give to any minor and less sensational case. It was necessary to ask them to dismiss from their minds any prejudices, impressions, or opinions formed from gossip, rumour, or what appeared in the newspapers. It was proper to warn them to dismiss from their minds anything they had read in the newspapers because it was a sensational case. The facts had been discussed in the newspapers and reinforced by the camera, and the newspapers had been very active in respect to the case. Counsel was not suggesting that the Christchurch newspapers had been guilty of any impropriety in what they published, and the jury must be very careful that in no particular should they be swayed or influenced by anything of that nature. It was vital that Mouat should have the same fair trial as would be given to any person charged with a minor offence. The possibility of injury to the fairness of a trial in cases of that nature had become so marked that Parliament night have to consider whether or not that in the interests of fair trials, it should devise some standard of fair and proper criticism or reporting which would define what was fair and proper with greater clearness than could be applied in the stress of competition between the newspapers. A large quantity of evidence would be given, including three statements by Mouat. The whole of the evidence was addressed to prove two simple facts on which the Crown had based the charge - (1) that Mrs Mouat was dead, (2) that Mouat killed her. Counsel might say at once that there was no direct evidence by an eye-witness as to either fact. Nobody knew how she was killed. Nobody saw her body after she was killed, but the Crown would prove her death at Mouat’s hands by what was called circumstantial evidence, by facts that pointed all one way and made credible only one explanation - namely that Mrs Mouat was dead and that Mouat killed her. Before coming to details counsel said he could place the case for the Crown before the Jury by a

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 14 statement which would show how strong the case was. he would show that the case was proved by substantial evidence of methodical certainty just as in a sum of arithmetic. Mr Donnelly then in a lengthy address went fully into the details of the case on the lines of evidence given in the Magistrates Court about three weeks ago. Mr Donnelly, in concluding his address, said: “The case is one of the most extraordinary kind and character, and it is difficult to find in the records in any country of any time a case with facts similar to this. The contention of the Crown is that Mouat on the night of February 19, murdered his wife, that he attempted to get rid of the consequences by destroying her body, and that he muse have burned up the whole or part of it in order to leave behind those bones in the garden. If you accept that view and that all the facts are capable of one explanation and they satisfy you that accused killed this woman, it would be your duty to convict him of this very grave charge. The charge is a grave one, and your responsibility is heavy, your duty is to consider the case fairly, fully, and impartially, and to come to a conclusion as reasonable men, basing your conclusion on what your experience tell you to be true. If you do that your conscience will be easy, and your duty will have been discharged. If you think there is any reasonable doubt as to the death of the woman or doubt that her death was caused by Mouat your duty will be to acquit him. J. B. Merritt, Mrs Mouat’s brother, gave evidence similar to that given by him in the Lower Court. Evidence was also given on the lines of the Magistrates Court - evidence of fires having been seen on Mouat’s section and on the premises after Mrs Mouat’s disappearance, of Mouat having pawned trinkets, of bones being found where rubbish fires had been, and of a bag containing woman’s apparel being found at the house of Mrs Mouat senior, at Purakanui, near Dunedin.

A DISORDERLY SCENE SCRAMBLE FOR SEATS (from our own correspondent) CHRISTCHUCH May 12 An exhibition of morbid curiosity was given in the Supreme Court this afternoon at the trial of Mouat. The front seats in the court were keenly sought after, and women seemed to be the most curious of those who wished to listen to the trial. Just before His Honor, Mr Justice Adams took his seat after the luncheon adjournment there was a most disorderly scene. Thirty five women of all ages, but mostly of the type which has just said goodbye to flapper-dom, made frantic efforts to get a front seat as soon as the door was opened. They rushed up the stairs to the gallery, charging into the back seats like wild things, and clambered over the backs of the seats until they reached the front. The melee was accompanied by excited giggling and noisy chatter. Only one or two men reached the long front seat. Down in the body of the court another batch of women took an interest in the proceedings. There were over 60 women spectators, exclusive of witnesses, who had been ordered out of court. When the mornings session had ended a large number of people waited by the

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 15 side door to see Mouat being taken away for lunch. This show of curiosity was frustrated, however, as the prisoner was provided with his food in a room upstairs.

EXAMINATION OF BONES May 13 There was again a large crowd of spectators when the trial of Frederick Peter Mouat charged with the murder of his wife was continued. The accused followed the evidence with keen interest. Lucy Prosser, a married woman who was a neighbour, gave evidence on the lines of her statement in the lower court as to a party at her house on February 19, as to seeing washing on the line at a later date, and smoke coming from the dining room fire, and as to Mouat’s statement about going to see if his wife was in Oamaru or Dunedin. Cross-examined, Mrs Prosser said she did not smell anything like burning flesh from the fire on the section. Witness had seen the clothes which Mrs Mouat had brought in London. She had not taken these into consideration when accounting for Mrs Mouat’s clothes on the Saturday. She noticed a cut on Mouat’s arm near the wrist. Mrs Mouat had been depressed at times. Detective John Thompson said he searched in Mouat’s garden and found bones in a refuse heap. There were two heaps in the back yard - one larger than the other. He got the bones from the larger one, and filled several bags with the refuse from that heap. He handed the bones to Professor Gowland other bones given to witness by the Chief Detective. Later the police made a further search for bones in the garden using a sieve in which the soil was thrown and bones were recovered in that way. In all cases Professor Gowland returned the unidentified bones. Witness found fragments of bone in the dining room fire place. His Honor said that he wished to be satisfied for the purposes of his notes as to the bones recovered back by witness on March 31. Witness said that Professor Gowland returned these bones as unidentified ones, and witness placed them in a box in which they were produced in court. To Mr Donnally: Part of Mouat’s section was in original grass. When the soil was sieved there were several police working there, but witness took possession of the bones, and they were in his possession until he handed them to Professor Gowland. Two small pieces of dark stuff found on the path were given to the Government Analyst, and one later was given to Dr Pearson. He also gave Dr Pearson blankets and sheets, a piece of linoleum, and a stained pillow. Mr Thomas (for the defence): Were the identified bones found in the dug ground? Witness: The first bones were out of the large heap and the others were found in another part of the section. I kept them separate. Professor Gowland got some on March 18 and the others on March 20. Exactly where did the bones come from? this is important. - All the pieces except those in the grate were found in the dug part of the section or in the larger heap. The bath with the stain on it is an ordinary porcelain bath? - Yes, with a roll side. The stains were about half-way down on the roll. They were about the size of a grain of rice, but not that shape. Mr Bickerton, the analyst, took them off with a knife on to a piece of paper; they were not scraped off. W. F. Gowland, Professor of Anatomy at the Otago University, gave evidence as to

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 16 the results of an examination of the bones found in the rubbish heaps in Mouat’s garden. Many of the bones he classed as being definitely human. In the course of cross-examination, Mr Thomas asked Professor Gowland if a medical student might have possession of bones? Witness: They are usually half set. Mr Thomas: A student might throw away bones in his possession? - Yes, but it is not likely. Mr Thomas: In a cremation it is possible to burn a body in three or four hours? - Yes, the shortest time in which a body has been burned is one hour. Mr Thomas: Are you able to give the jury any instances of the burning of a body in a grate without draughts, 13 inches by 11 inches by seven inches? - No, because the dimensions are not given in the quoted cases. Professor Gowland said that skeletons were very difficult to get. Very few students had them and he did not think those in possession would throw them away. medical students usually sold bones they had used as they could get a good price for them. Mr Donnelly said that he wished to ask Professor Gowland about half a skull found in the district. He would identify it later. His Honor consented to the question being asked on that condition. Mr Donnelly (Handing the skull to witness): That is the left half of a skull? Witness: Yes, obviously it has been divided, and a very good section was made. Special knowledge would be required to divide it in this way. Mr Thomas: Does it seem to be a skull used by medical men? Witness: markedly so. It is very like a skull I used for anatomical work. In respect to surgical operations people with running ears sometimes have to have an operation and there are holes in this skull made with a drill to show where there is an important blood vessel which must be avoided in that operation. Somebody who was quite familiar with these details must have handled this skull. Witness certified that he had not had personal experience of a human body that had burned but there were cases of destruction of the human body by fire. In an American work by Peterson & Haymes it was statd that the use of fire to destroy the human body in order to remove evidence of crime was a somewhat common occurrence in criminal cases. In one instance cited a man weighing 160lb was burned experimentally. No piece of bone over two inches long was left. All the pieces that could be identified as bones could go into a large cigar box. The case was mentioned in a chapter on the destruction of bodies by fire and chemical processes. It was stated that it was a common thing to get the hard temporal bone, and the smaller bones of the hand and feet after the bodies had been destroyed. Dr John Cairney, senior assistant to Professor Gowland at the Otago University, who also examined the bones, said that as to age all he could say was that they were the bones of an adult over 20 years of age. The consistent smallness of the bones pointed to their having belonged to a female. They obviously might have come from one person, and they were consistent with the supposition that they came from a woman of Mrs Mouat’s height and build. The appearance of the bones was consistent with their having been fresh when they were burned, but not consistent with their being fossil Maori bones. Dr Robert Milligan, bio-chemist at Christchurch Hospital gave evidence.

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 17 He said that in his work he tested for blood almost daily. He had received from Detective Thompson a pillow, on a portion of which was a brown stain, which he concluded was due to blood being present. There were blood stains on the blanket also, and faint stains on a sheet, which he concluded to be blood. He examined the bath pipe produces. he found positive tests of bleed, especially round the bend. Questioned by Mr Sim (for the defence) as to the date of his registration, witness stated that he qualified in 1911. He was at the war afterwards until its conclusion, and was for four years senior assistant to the professor of physiology at Dunedin. He had been bio-chemist at Christchurch Hospital since 1923.

Otago Witness 1 September 1925. Page 31 MOUAT”S RE-TRIAL GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER SENTANCED TO SEVENTEEN YEARS Christchurch. August 31 In the Supreme Court Mr Justice Reed sentenced Frederick Peter Mouat, convicted of manslaughter, to 17 years imprisonment with hard labour. The Judge said that having arrived at the conclusion that the crime was not premeditated, the cause of the sudden quarrel could be inferred from one statement to the police in which Mouat said: “My wife and I remained at Mrs Prosser’s till 10.30 or 11 p.m. On arrival at our house I told her in the bedroom that the cheque for Mrs Marlow for the rent could not be passed, as Sumpter, of Oamaru, who was collecting my accounts, had not paid in any money, or sent a cheque. She said: ‘ Where is all the money? You have squandered too much, and now we are down. Why did you not tell me before?’ So I said I did not care to do so. At this time we were both in bed. After that we said goodnight and went to sleep.” The judge held that the jury was entitled to infer that in that statement Mouat stopped at the critical point, and that the woman’s death followed. Mouat showed no signs of emotion whatever while sentence was being passed, except to lower his eyes at the words”17 years”. The judge said the jury was entitled to infer that the crime un-premeditate, and committed in the heat of passion. They were entitled to infer that, after mutual recriminations over financial matters, something said to Mouat by his wife provoked him, and he battered the unfortunate woman to death. “The jury has taken a merciful view of the situation,” said His Honor. “It could have found you guilty of Murder.

From Julia Monaghan - Fred Mouat and Ellen Louisa Merrett were married on 2 March 1910, at Catterington Church, Horndean, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. I think she went to England to meet up with him, as he had been in Africa working as a mining engineer. She was born, I think I have this right, on 11 Jan 1886 at Turakina in NZ. Her father later lived on the West Coast, as did her brother, John Bouverie Merrett. He very suspiciously went to live in Australia halfway through the trial, which seems odd - maybe helping her get away?

The mystery of Fred Mouat and Ellen Merrett has never yet been satisfactorily explained. He is supposed to have murdered his wife, Ellen, on or about the 20th February

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 18 1925. The subsequent events, including the Trial for Murder leave much totally unexplained. The images of the original articles from PapersPast of the trial have of the news items in the newspapers are attached to this tree. What I am including here is a subsequent report, made several years later, which appeared in the NZ Truth and an image of the original is to be found on the PapersPast website: Papers Past NZ Truth, Issue 1226, 30 May 1929, Page 1. Does Mouat Languish In Gaol An Innocent Man? Affidavits from London, sworn declarations from New Zealand people who swear they saw Mrs. Mouat some days after she supposedly was done to death by her husband; a letter from the Commissioner of the Gold Coast, Africa, contributory evidence of every sort which may enable Mouat's untiring friends to achieve their object - all those are being compiled in support of Mouat's petition. Most of it is highly interesting, creating fresh highlights in a narrative which, four years ago, revolted yet fascinated every newspaper reader in the country. At the time of the trials - the first jury disagreed - it was imputed that Mouat had a violent quarrel with his wife, murdered her, consequently disposing of the remains by burning them in the dining room grate, and in a bonfire which he left in the centre of his house section. While detectives were conducting a strict search of the house and its surroundings, they discovered ten segments of human bones, in addition to a sheet and a blanket very lightly smeared with blood, but beyond these features and Mouat's strange behaviour during the first few days following his wife's disappearance, they were unable to concentrate any conclusive evidence upon the situation. From the Crown viewpoint, Mouat's failure to report to the police on the day following his first interview with them, places a highly suspicious complexion upon the situation. Looking at the same ground, but from a different angle, it may be, as Mouat said, that he was afraid for his wife, had worried a good deal about her non-appearance, and was wondering around, agitatedly, looking for her. Ever since the moment when mr. Justice Reid sentenced him to 17 years imprisonment at Mount Eden Goal, Mouat has unsweveingly declared his innocence, and his belief that Nellie, his wife, still is living. He is supposed by some to have boasted of his ability to burn a body, leaving no trace four hours afterwards, very much after the methods of natives on the Gold Coast, Africa, but a letter which a relative of his received from the received from the Commissioner of the province dispels the story. The letter itself is of sufficient interest to quote with the Mouat appeal. It reads: Provincial Commissioners Office, Sekondi, Gold Coast Colony, 14th May, 1926. Mada, - NATIVIS OF ASHANTI - CUSTOMS OF In reply to your letter dated the 27th February, 1926, I have the honour to inform you that neither the natives of Ashanti nor those round Dunkwa cremate their dead. As regards Ashanti the body is dressed and buried, usually in the evening, in a

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 19 proper coffin. Under no circumstances is it cremated. It is buried with gold ornaments, money and household effects, for use in the next world. The Ashanti venerate their ancestors and every year the family of the deceased will visit the grave, taking with them food and gin, which is left for the sustenance of the departed spirit. I have the honour, etc., J. H. G. WAY, Commissioner Western Province This was in response to a letter transmitted to him by a relative of Mouat's, who is turning every stone which may lead to the clearance of his name. For a number of years, and at different periods, Mouat had been engaged in the employ of a dredging company at Ashanti, where, according to rumor in Christchurch, he learned the processes supposedly practised by the African natives of cremating their victims, then removing all trace of bones or tissue. Owing to the persistence of this rumor in the Canterbury district, a close friend of Mouat's wrote to the Commissioner of the Western Province whose illuminating reply is quoted above. Left Wife Behind Mouat, still well-preserved at fifty, led a life replete with interesting experiences, many of which were shared by the woman who became his wife in 1910. Ellen Louisa Merrett, seven years his junior, met him at Greymouth in 1903, and about two years later he left this country to go out to Ashanti where he was employed as winchman to a dredging company there. He returned, in 1908, became engaged to the girl with whom he had corresponded, then returned to his job on the Gold Coast. A year afterwards they were married in Portsmouth, England, and after the honeymoon, Mouat bade farewell to his wife, leaving her in the Old Country while he went to his labors in Africa. Twelve months passed, and during this time the man had saved a good deal of money. Returning once more to England, Mouat took his wife over to Paris, where she was able to indulge herself in the pleasant ordeal of choosing new clothes for herself. News came that her mother was ill, so Mrs. Mouat hastened back to New Zealand, arriving just in time to see her mother before the ailing woman finally passed away. Meanwhile, Mouat expressed an intention of leaving the dredging company and coming back to New Zealand, but he seems to have achieved some degree of success as a workman there, since there is a record of his being offered a better position at Ashanti, and of his acceptance. Between 1914 and 1921 the Mouats seem to have spent various periods in Ashanti, New Zealand and London, an experience which many a woman of social distinction would feel inclined to envy. According to the draft copy of the petition which is to be placed before His Excellency, Sir Charles Fergusson, it would appear as though Mrs. Mouat rarely lacked money, and that at the time of her supposed death she had a large roll of notes in her purse. If her husband murdered her, it would be reasonable to assume that he found the money, said to have been seen in her bag on the previous day, and kept it for his own use. Why, then, did he commit the seemingly stupid fault of pawning and selling some of

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 20 his own and his wife’s personal jewellery? None of this money has been traced since the day when Mouat was first interrogated by the detectives investigating the curious disappearance of his wife. If, then, she were murdered, and assuming Mouat did not take the money, where is it? Nor is this the only inexplicable question which tangles itself in and about the subject. Why did both Crown and defending counsel disregard the sworn statements of at least two independent witnesses, who declared they saw Ellen Louisa Mouat - after she was supposed to have been killed - on two separate occasions and in different places, each at a railway station? A railway guard named Hunter swore he saw Nellie Mouat, looking ill and unkempt, alight from the Little River - Lincoln train at Motukarara. He was able to describe her dress and general appearance, and remembered seeing her the next day, when she purchased a return ticket to Christchurch. The guard noticed particularly a birthmark in the form of a mole on the woman’s upper lip. This distinction was well-known to her friends. The day on which Hunter saw her take the train to Christchurch, an insurance agent named Thomas Holland, then living at 158 Kilgour Street, Christchurch, said he saw Mrs. Mouat seated at the window of a railway carriage. ”Hullo, Mrs. Mouat.” exclaimed Holland, “How are you?” as he passed within a few feet of the carriage in which she sat. Her lips moved as if she were framing some reply, but he could not catch what she said, as he was laden with luggage at the time, and was in too much of a hurry to stop. When Holland met his wife further along the platform, he said: “I see Mrs. Fred Mouat is back there. She must have been down South again,” to which Mrs. Holland’s reply is quoted as being in relation to Mrs. Mouat’s habit of travelling about the country a good deal. Holland thought very little of the circumstance until next morning when he read the account of Nellie Mouat’s disappearance. He went straight to the police, telling them of what he had seen the previous day, and suggesting there must be some mistake. In Holland’s opinion there could be no mistake, since for some years he had transacted all the insurance business for the Mouats, had visited them when they had the hotel at Glenavy, and knew them very well. Why, then did the police neglect to call Holland or Hunter? Another thing: Allowing for the possibility of imagination entering the situation, is it likely that a close relative of the Mouats, one who knew both Fred and Nellie Mouat intimately, should have been guilty of mistaken identity? On a letter-card received from a brother-in-law in Sydney he says he feels convinced that the woman he saw was Nellie Mouat. He remarks at the foot of the card, “This happened before I knew anything about the case, as it wasn’t until the next mail that I knew.” Maybe he was mistaken. On the other hand, is there any significance in the fact that a “Mrs Mowatt” left Auckland by the “Ulimaron” on March 21, 1925, or is it a trick of co-incidence, heightened by the similarity in names?

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 21 Whatever the explanation, it is all very interesting. It was mentioned at the trials that if Mrs. Mouat HAD run away from home, she left her artificial dentures behind. Among the affidavits which Mr. R. E. N. Matthews, solicitor, will produce in support of Mouat’s petition for a new trial is one from a dental surgeon in London, who states that he fitted Mrs. Mouat with a set of teeth, costing £13/13/-, while she was in the capital city. If Mrs. Mouat DID leave Christchurch somewhat hurriedly, then the loss of a single set of teeth would not occasion her any distress, particularly as she was supposedly in possession of a large sum of money. According to the mass of information collected by the friends of Fred Mouat, this bundle of notes was seen by Mrs. Lucy Prosser, a close friend of the Mouats, on more than one occasion. The perplexing aspect of the whole problem is that a woman should leave the country, knowing her husband to be enveloped in a cloud of dreadful suspicion, and allow him to be imprisoned for what virtually is the remainder of his life. Of course, it may be that after the quarrel, she decided to get right away from new Zealand, never to return, but it seems highly improbable that she would be unaware of the circumstances in which Mouat found himself as the result of her disappearance. Mrs. Mouat may be the type of woman who takes but little interest in topical events, and never knew of the trouble which her sudden disappearance would bring. Remote as to probability, it is nevertheless, not without the bounds of possibility. It was alleged at the trials that certain witnesses were able to account for almost every article of clothing owned by Nellie Mouat; that if she did run away it was practically without clothing. It has been suggested to “Truth” that evidence is available to show that she possessed clothing other than that produced in court by the police - a green velour coat, a hat, a brown costume, brown silk stockings and shoes of a similar shade. Where, too, is a polished wooden box, containing their marriage certificate, sundry other papers, and a pistol? When the second jury found Mouat guilty of manslaughter they based their conclusion on grounds which were highly circumstantial, and there is no question that on the material adduced by the Criminal Investigation Branch the verdict was a just one. Conversley, it will be conceded that in view of all the new evidence which has been collectd by the friends of the convicted man, there yet remains a strong element of doubt as to how Nellie Mouat met her death, if she were killed. In the interest of common justice Mouat should be granted the opportunity of dispelling or determining his guilt.

Frederick married Ellen Louise MERRITT OR MERRETT on 2 Mar 1910 in Catterington Church, Horndean, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Ellen was born on 11 Jan 1886 in Turakina, New Zealand. She died in 1925 in Presumed dead at Christchurch.

or Merrito

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4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 22 Marriages Sep 1925 Merritt Ellen L Bridgewater Guildford 2a 299 Bridgewater Stephen Merritt Guildford 2a 299 Guildford is in Surrey

From Julia Monaghan 22 Dec 2012 Fred Mouat and Ellen Louisa Merrett were married on 2 March 1910, at Catterington Church, Horndean, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. I think she went to England to meet up with him, as he had been in Africa working as a mining engineer. She was born, I think I have this right, on 11 Jan 1886 at Turakina in NZ. Her father later lived on the West Coast, as did her brother, John Bouverie Merrett. He very suspiciously went to live in Australia halfway through the trial, which seems odd - maybe helping her get away? I have also just seen that there are 2 Ellen Louisa Merritts in England but our Ellen was spelt Merrett

NZ RGO birth 1886/2120 Merrett Ellen Louisa Phillis George

15 M xiv. Magnus MOUAT was born on 14 Feb 1880 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand. He died on 24 Feb 1880 in Purakanui, Otago, New Zealand.

BURIAL: Buried in the Maori Cemetery in the sandhills at Purakanui.

New Zealand Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Index of Deaths. 1880/270 Mouat Magnus 10D

16 M xv. Herbert MOUAT was born40 on 3 Feb 1908 in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. He died in 1984 in New Zealand. He was related to his parents by adoption.

Adopted at age 4 years. Possibly the child or grandchild of one of Maria' sisters, or one of her own grandchildren. The RGO site records the adoption as taking place in 1928. That is most likely when the papers went through, as Maria died in 1926. We have been thinking on whos child he is, and from something Fred Mouat said to Stan in the 1950s in Auckland, makes us now think that Herbert could be his child. Not proven of course, but a possibility given the circumstances of the marriage between Fred Mouat and Ellen Merrit, and the subsequent events. Stan has writen to Julia Monahan setting it all out and asking her opinion of the matter - if she concurs about a posibility of, well, in Maori family terms, almost proven. At Purakanui School aged 6 years 10 months in Dec 1914. From Attendance Register. Left Dec 1922 aged 13 years 10 Months in Standard 6.

Herbie is in the RGO Death Register as 'Hubert' instead of Herbert - 1984/31976 Mouat Hubert 76Y

Herbert married Myrtle CHISNALL.

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1. Record of Baptism for Maria Driver (Photocopy of entry of Baptism found by Julia Monihan), Baptisms other than Catholic in records of Bishop Pompalier, 29 Nov 1840. "4. On the 29th of November at Otago. Maria Catherine Driver, female, born on the month of June 1840 to Richard Driver of Otago . Louis Michel. Pesant miss-op=." 2. Record of Death for Maria Driver (Sighting of Original Entry of Death), Port Chalmers Register. Entry #12, 19 Jul 1926, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Registered at Port Chalmers. Entry number 12. Maria Mouat of Purakanui, died at Purakanui on 19 July 1926. Female aged 85 years. Widow. Cause of Death - a. Morbus Cordis. b. Cerebral Haemorrhage. a. 2 years. b. 3 months. Medical Attendant - A. Bruce Roy who last saw deceased alive 25 June 1926. Father - Richard Driver, farmer. Mother - Motoitoi [no maiden surname]. Buried at Purakanui 22 June 1926. Minister taking Burial - A. D. Howell, Presbyterain. Born - Purakanui. Lived in New Zealand 85 years. Married at Port Chalmers at 19 years to Peter William MOUAT. Ages & Sex of Living Issue - Male, 63, 61, 59, 53, 49. Female, 65, 56, 52. Informant - A. Long, Undertaker, Port Chalmers. Registrar ------[unreadable], 23 July 1926." 3. Eleanor Leckie, Dunedin Branch - NZSG, Headstone Inscription & Burial Record for Maria Catherine DRIVER (Transcript), Purakanui Cemetery Headstones & Records Transcript. Pages 11,13,17, 19 Jul 1926, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "Entry 219. Block 1 plot 46,47. Purchased by James MOUAT. HEADSTONE. Stone 1. Sacred to the Memory of Peter William MOUAT who died 25 December 1892 aged 61 years; also Jessie Maria BARNES who died 23 Aug 1899 aged 25 years; also Maria MOUAT died 19 Jul 1926 aged 85 years; also her beloved daughter Emma MILLER died 30 Apr 1927 aged 65 years. Stone 2. also ashes of William Gilbert MOUAT son of Peter MOUAT died 3 Aug 1956 aged 91 years. BURIAL RECORDS. Entry 57. MOUAT Maria wife of Peter MOUAT of Purakanui died 22 Jul 1926 aged 85 years of natural causes. Entry 59. MILLER Emma wife of J MILLER of Purakanui died 30 Apr 1927 aged 66 years of Natural Causes. Entry 102. MOUAT William Gilbert a Mining Engineer of Auckland died 3 Aug 1956 aged 92 years of Natural Causes. Ashes only." 4. Record of Marriage for William Stevens/ Maria Driver (Transcript of Wesleyan Marriage Records), 21 Dec 1857, Hocken Library, Uare Taoka O Hakena,, University of Otago, Parry Street, Dunedin, Otago. "Registered at Otakou. Married 21 December 1857 at the residence of Richard Driver. William Stevens, 26 years, bachelor. to Maria Driver, 17 years, spinster. Witnessed by Richard Driver and Elizabeth Driver. Celebrated by Rev. G. Standard, Wesleyan." 5. Believed to be the record of the Death of William Stevens (Sighting of Original Entry of Death), Port Chalners Register. Entry #75, 11 Dec 1860, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Registered at Port Chalmers. Entry Number 75. William STEVENS of Tiroa Head, Otakou, boatman. Male aged 30 years. Died of Ulceration of the Lungs. Informant - H. H. HARRISON, sawyer, Dunedin. Registrar - John Gillies. 14 December 1860." 6. Record of Birth for John STEVENS (Sighting of Original Entry of Birth), Otago Register, 16 Sep 1858, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Registered at Otago.

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 24 STEVENS. Registered 20 September 1858 by Robert Chapman, Registrar." 7. Record of Death for Emma Stevens (Miller) (Sighting of original entry of Death), Port Chalmers Death Register. entry #8, 30 Apr 1927, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Registered at Port Chalmers. Entry #8. Emma Miller, female aged 66 years, widow, died 30 April 1927 at Purakanui (usual residence)/ Cause of Death: Morbus Cordis. b. Heart Failure, duration unknown Medical Attendant: Dr J. T. Borrie who last saw deceased alive 21 February 1927. Father: Peter Mouat (sic) farmer. Mother: Maria Mouat nee Driver. Buried 2 May 1927 at Purakanui. Minister taking service: D. Howell, presbyterian. Born at Purakanui, 66 years in New Zealand. Married in Purakanui at age 19 years to John Miller. Ages and Sex of Living Issue: M. 42, 33, 29, 27. F. 46, 45, 33, 31. Infromant: A Long, undertaker, Port Chalmers Registrar & date: [unreadable] 4 May 1927." 8. Dunedin Group - NZSG, Burial Record for Emma Stevens (Miller) (Transcript), Purakanui Cemetery, Otago. N.Z. 1877 - 1983, 30 Apr 1927, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "59. MILLER, Emma. Wife of J. Miller of Purakanui. d. 30 April 1927 aged 66 years of Natural causes. Block 1 Plot 47." 9. Newspaper reports of the Maori Land Court Meetings (Papers Past), Otago Daily Times, Issue 4140, Page 3, 26 May 1875, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast. "Maori Meeting A great meeting of Maoris, resident in the Middle Island, was duly commenced at the Kaik yesterday. The following chiefs were present: - George Gray Taiaroa, Timothy, and Koroako Karetai (Maori Kaik), Henri Tahai, Tara Chekau (Little River), Tom Parata, George Tewaihia (Waikouaiti), Tuarea (Taieri), Kiji Kurpohatu (Molyneaux), Wai Karawako (Akaroa), John Miller (Purakanui), Wai Aipai, Te Keeti, Ah Piri (Kaipoi), Paora Taki, and George Kahu (Timaru). An abundant supply of provisions, comprising flour, tea, sugar, beef, mutton, fish, and mutton birds, for the visiting trives, formed a barricade about forty feet long and six feet high, opposite the meeting house, which has been named Te maki tamarika ("the work of the children"]/ When His Excellency the Governor was passing in the Luna at noon, the Maoris dipped their flag several times. The weather was truly magnificent. At two o;clock, about 180 Maoris assembled in the Meeting House, and amongst the few Europeans present we noticed Mr Geo. M'Lean, M. H. R. for Waikouaiti. Large numbers of Natives are expected to arrive from Nelson, Canterbury, Moeraki, and Southland druing the present week. The Rev. Messts Scott (Weslyan), of Canterbury, and Patoranuupu (Presbyterian) conducted the service in Maori, and to enable the school children to attend, they were given a half-holiday. A native manfully rang a bell announcing the service. Mr TAIAROA, during the course of an eloquent speech, said the intention of opening this meeting was to pass a motion of those native who were present at the purchase of the Otago Block, Port Chalmers, by Colonel Wakefield, in the year 1844, and to ask the Govenment to return one acre out of every ten acres, according to the original agreement. The natives were not willing to take what he (Taiaroa) asked as compensation at the General Assembly at Wellington - viz., £2,000,800/ They preferred to have one acre out of every ten, as it was not money that had been promised them. It was land that they were to get back and this was the principal reason they gave way to Wakefield's purchase, and also to Kemp's purchase of Akaroa in 1848. The natives did not sell the whole island, but only the portion on the sea coast. The middle part of the island was not sold. the whole island was in Kemp's deed, which provided that the Government were to give the maoris large portions of land when the surveyors surveyed the Middle Island. That was the reason of the present meeting. Those promises, made about 30 years ago, had been neglected and not

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 25 fulfilled. After Kemp's , there was the Hon. Mr Mantell's purchase at Southland, and the Maoris then asked for a large amount of payment. Mr Mantell, however, gave them £2000, and promised that the Government would give them land, money, schools, and hospitals. None of those promises had been fulfilled, and they were not entered in the deeds. the Maoris were then unable to read and write. The promises were only verbally given, but Mr Mantell wrote them down and forwarded them to the General Government and the Queen for fulfilment. The natives thought the promises made by Messrs Wakefield, Mantell, and Kemp, were entered in the deeds as those gentlemen read them when the purchases were being effected. Mr Mantell acknowledged that these promises were made to the natives, who allowed the purchses only under the impression that the promises would be fulfilled. The Government, however said " Wait, wait," and the natives were waiting yet. The object of this meeting we to subscribe money for several naties to proceed with lawyers, and lay their grievance before the Imperial Government and Her Majesty the Queen, with the view of having the said promises fulfilled. - (Applause.) It was resolved that those present were willing to subscribe towards the desired object. The Rev. Mr Scott, having pointed out the chairman's duties, moved that mr Charles Wesley be elected Chairman. The motion was carried unanimously, and at 3p. m. the meeting (with customary feasting) will probably occupy three weeks. Mr De Maus, of Port Chalmers, succeeded in taking several photographs of a group of natives near the meeting house." 10. Newspaper reports of the Maori Land Court Meetings (Papers Past), Otago Daily Times, Issue 1994, page 5, 21 May 1868, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast. 11. Notice of Intention for the Marriage of John Miller/Emma Stevens, 13 Apr 1877, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Intent to Marry. Registrar of Births & Deaths, Justice Dept. Dunedin. "Port Chalmers. No. 12. 13 April 1877. At the house of Mr Peter Mouat, Hamilton Bay, John Miller, widower, farmer, age 34 (sic 43), Living at Purakanui. Length of residence - 20 years. to Emma Stevens, spinster aged 16 years, Living at Hamilton Bay. Length of residence - 16 years. Rev James Maxwell. Original of Marriage Certificate held in Congregational Records (transcript) at the Hocken Library, Dunedin." 12. Record of Marriage for John Miller/Emma Stevens (Sighting of original record. Marriages in the Congregational Church), 20 Apr 1877, Hocken Library, Uare Taoka O Hakena,, University of Otago, Parry Street, Dunedin, Otago. "Registered at Port Chalmers. Married on 20 April 1877. John Miller, of full age, farmer, widower. to Emma Stevens, underage, spinster. Witnesses:- John Driver, settler, Purakanui. Anderina Mouat, Hamilton Bay. David Mamaru, settler, Purakanui. Peter Mouat, Hamilton Bay." 13. Record of Death for John Miller (Tiaki Mira) (Sighting of original entry of death), Port Chalmers Death Register, 17 Nov 1903, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Registered at Port Chalmers. John Miller, male aged 65 years, farmer, died at Purakanui (usual residence) 17 November 1903. Cause of Death: 1. Sever cold, 7 days. Gastric Intestinals, 2 days. 2. Diarrhoea Syncope. Medical Attendant: Dr W. H. Borrie who last saw deceased alive on 15 November 1903. Father: - Miller, whaler. Mother: not known. Buried at Purakanui Native Cemetery on 20 November 1903. Minister taking service: Rev. T. C. Tennant, Presbyterian. Born at Purakanui, lived in New Zealand 65 years. Married at Purakanui at age 40 years to Emma Stevens. Ages and Sex of Living Issue: M. 21, 19, 112, 10, 6, 4. F. 25, 23, 14, 8, 1.

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 26 Infromant: James Manning, undertaker, Port Chalmers. Registrar and date: Alexander Leck, Dep. Reg. 30 November 1903." 14. Newspaper Death Notice for John Miller, newspaper, Otago Witness. Page 47, 25 Nov 1903, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "MILLAR. - On the 17th of November, 1903, at his residence, Purakanui, John Millar, aged 65 years." 15. Record of Marriage for Peter William MOUAT/Maria DRIVER (photocopy of Original Entry), Registrar Generals Index of Marriages #741. Entry #9 in Dunedin Register, 16 Aug 1861, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Registered at Dunedin. Entry Number 9. 16 August 1861. In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin. Peter William MOUAT, 30 years, carpenter, widower. to Maria STEVENSON (x-her mark), 20 years, widow. Witnesses:- Thomas CALCUTT, clerk, Dunedin William SOMERVILLE, clerk, Dunedin. Celebrated by John GILLIES, Officiating Registrar." 16. Baptism record for Peter William Mouat (Photocopy of OPR), C11002-2 system origin: Scotland-ODM source film number: 919486, 1829, Dunedin Family History Library, Church of Latter Day Saints, Fenton Crescent, Dunedin, Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch. org/pa. "Peter Mouat, Son to Gilbert Mouat in Crooksten and Andarina Manson his spouse was born Dec and Baptised 10 March 1829." 17. New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Probate Record for Peter William Mouat (Computerised Index), Probate Number 16976, 19 Apr 1939, National Archives - Dunedin. "MOUAT Peter William of Purakanui, settler. Court - Dunedin 1851-1990. Intestate - Letters of Administration." 18. Sighting of Entry of Death for Peter William Mouat (Death Registrations), Port Chalmers Register, Jan 1892, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Registered at Port Chalmers. Peter William Mouat, boatbuilder, male aged 61 years, died on 25 December 1892 of Heart Failure, Influenza and Heart Disease. Duration of Illmess unknown. Medical Attendant: Dr Hendry, M.D. who last saw deaceased alive September 1892. Father: Gilbert Mouat, seaman. Mother: Andrewina Mouat, maiden surname Simpson. Buried at Purakanui on 29 December 1892. No minister entered as having taken service, or denomination. William Forgie, Richard Driver, witnesses to burial. Born: Kirkland, Scotland. In New Zealand 36 years. Married at Dunedin at age 30 years to Maria Stevens. No age of widow entered. Living Issue: Male - 28, 27, 25, 23, 20, 12. Female - 20, 21, 17, 15. Informant: John Foote, agent authorised in writing by the wife. Res. Purakanui near Port Chalmers. Registrar and Date: Thos, Hinchcliffe. 17 January 1893." 19. Last Will & Testament of Peter William Mouat, and Letters of Administration (Document), Probate #16976, 19 Apr 1939, National Archives - Dunedin. 20. Casualty Report for the Death of Peter William Mouat (newspaper), Otago Witness. page 32, 29 Dec 1892, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "A man named Peter William Mouat was found dead in bed at his residence at the Purakanui Native village. the deceased, wo was a fisherman by occupation, had been ailing since the 10th march last, and was attended by Drs Cunninghame and Henry, both of whom state that deceased was suffereing from senile decay' He retired to bed at 11 o'clock on Saturday night, and was then apparently in his usual health; but

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 27 when his wife spoke to him at 4.30 a.m. the next day she found that he was dead. Death is supposed to be due to senile decay, coupled with influenza and paralysis." 21. Record of Death for Andrewina Mouat (Green) (Sighting of origianal entry of Death), Dunedin Death Register. Entry #224, 12 May 1897, Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Justice Department, John Wickliffe House, Dunedin, Otago. New Zealand. "Registered at Dunedin. Entry #224. Anderina Green, wife, female aged 34 years, died at City Road, Roslyn on 12 May 1897. Cause of Death: Miscarriage. Septic Phlebitis. Medical Attendant: Dr. Stephenson Father: Peter William Mouat, boatbuilder. Mother: Maria Catherine Mouat nee Driver Buried Southern Cemetery [no date given] Minister Taking Service: Rev. F. Mayn, Anglican Born at Port Chalmers lived whole life in New Zealand Married in Dunedin at age 21 years to Henry Thomas Green Ages & Sex of living Issue: M. 12, 9, 8, 1. F. 11, 6, 4, 2. Informant: Cole & Springer, undertakers." 22. Headstone and Burial Record for Anderina Green (Mouat) (Transcript; and Photograph of grave taken privately), Southern Cemetery Burial Records Block 4 plots 167 & 168, 4 May 1897, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "Southern Cemetery Burial Records. Block 4 plots 167 & 168 Purchased by Henry Thomas GREEN, an accountant, of Roslyn on 14 May 1897. Both plots sized 8x8. 'GREEN' on nameplate at foot of burial plot.

18 Dec 1874 Alice Hellen MADDOX 15 Apr 1881 Charles Henry WILLIAMS 22 Aug 1893 Henry WAKELIN. born England 4 May 1897 Andrina Green. born Port Chalmers, wife. 16 May 1865 Arthur EAGLE (?) 9 Dec 1874 Flora MADISON 3 Aug 1893 Hilda REISS (fee suggests a child) 17 May 1865 Emma RUFFLE 1 Dec 1939 Henry Thomas GREEN, born Sydney Australia. owner. This plot has, before Henry Green's purchase, been a "Free Plot" for the burial of paupers, hence the unrelated names of previous burials." 23. Cole & Springer, undertakers, Funeral Directors Record for Death and Burial of Anderina Green nee Mouat (transcript), Dunedin Group NZSG. "Anderina Green, wife, died 12 May 1897 aged 34 years at City Road, Roslyn. Daughter of Peter William Mouat (a boat builder) and Maria Catherine Driver. Born Port Chalmers Married at age 21 years in Dunedin to Henry Thomas Green Age and Sex of Living Issue: 4 M. 12, 9, 8, 1. 4 F. 11, 6, 4, 2 Medical Attendant: Dr Stephenson Buried in the Southern Cemetery. C of E Secton Service taken by Rev. F. Mayn, Anglican Registered in Dunedin." 24. Record of the marriage of Henry Green/Anderina Mouat (Transcript of the original registers), St Pauls (Anglican) Marriage Register Transcript 1880-1920, 29 Dec 1884, Hocken Library, Uare Taoka O Hakena,,

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 28 University of Otago, Parry Street, Dunedin, Otago. "Anglican. register Book 8. Transcript Index # 785, # 424 in Original Register 29 December 1884 GREEN Henry Thomson, aged 22 years, a clerk, a bachelor, born New South Wales, presently & usually Roslyn: Son of Henry Thomas - boat builder - and Esther Ann Matilda nee Sugden. to MOUAT Anderina, aged 22 years, a spinster, born New Zealand, presently & usually Dunedin: Daughter of Peter - boat builder - and Maria nee Driver. Witnesses - M.G. Mouat, surveyor, Purakanui. E. M. Mouat, Roslyn. Celebrated by Ven. Archdeacon E. G. Edwards." 25. Burial Record for Harry Green (Cemetery Transcript & Burial Records), Burial records, Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, 30 Nov 1935, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. " Class A Lot 167-168. Block 4 Anglican Section. Died Nov 30, 1939, aged 77 years. An Accountant/ Resident of Little Sisters of the Poor. Born Sydney, Australia. Last came from 48 Stafford Street. Lived 76 years in New Zealand. Buried 1 Dec. Informant, Hugh GOURLEY. Anglican Folio 118.;." 26. Burial Record for William Gilbert Mouat (Transcript of Burial records, Purakanui Cemetery), Purakanui Cemetery Burial Register. page 13, 3 Aug 1956, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "Transcript index #102. MOUAT, William Gilbert, a Mining Engineer of Auckland. Died 3 August 1956 aged 92 years of Natural Causes. Ashes only. Block 1 Plot 46." 27. Marriage of William Gilbert Mourt/Mary Foord (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/), Otago Witness, page 29, 15 Apr 1897. "MOUAT - FOORD. - On the 6th April, at the residence of the brides parents, Arrowtown, by the Rev. R. H. Blair, William Gilbert Mouat, mine manager, Achilles mine, Bullendale, eldest son of the late O (sic) W Mouat, Purakanui, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. E. J. Foord, of Arrowtown." 28. Record of Probate for MAry Mouat (Index of New Zealand Probates), Probate # BBAE 1570 1690/58, 5 Aug 1958. 29. Record of Cremation for Mary Mouat (Purewa Cremation Index), Cremation Register # 559, 18 Jul 1958. "Mary Mouat. Cremated at Purewa Auckland at age 82 years. Cremation Register # 559. Last Residence - Queens Parade. Surname:MOUAT Forename(s):Mary Age:82 Years Gender:F Date of death:16 July 1958 Date of Ashes Burial:27 February 1959 Funeral director:H. Morris Ltd Po Box 36273, Northcote, North Shore City 0748 Cemetery:O'Neill's Point Cemetery 122 Bayswater Ave, Bayswater, Auckland Location:O'Neils Point Row K Plot 156." 30. Record of Marriage for Richard Driver Mouat/Alice Maude Ashbury (Transcript), Wakatipu. St Peters Church Register., 1 Jun 1888, Hocken Library, Uare Taoka O Hakena,, University of Otago, Parry Street, Dunedin, Otago. "Registered at Wakatipu Parish.

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 29 St Peters Anglicah Church. 1 June 1888 Richard Driver Mouat, aged 22 years, grocer, bachelor, born Port Chalmers, Presently & usually Queenstown; Son of Peter William Mouat - hotelkeeper - and Maria Mouat nee Driver. Alice Maude Aspberry, aged 21 years, spinster, born Melbourne, presently & usually Queenstown; Daughter of John Aspberry - hotelkeeper - and Martha TAYLOR formerly ASPBERRY [maiden surname not given] Witnesses: William Lyoons, cook of Queenstown. Sarah Powell, Queenstown Celebrated by Rev. D. O. Hampton. Anglican." 31. New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Probate Record for James Mouat (Computerised Index), Probate Number 16423, 13 Jun 1938, National Archives - Dunedin. "MOUAT James of Purakanui, farmer. Court - Dunedin 1851-1990. Will." 32. Eleanor Leckie, Dunedin Branch - NZSG, Headstone Inscription & Burial Record for James Charles MOUAT (Transcript), Purakanui Cemetery Headstones & Records Transcript. Pages 12,18, 1 Jun 1938, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "Entry 235. Block 1 plot 78. HEADSTONE - James C MOUAT Pvte. 39274 NZEF died 1 June 1938 aged 64 years. Entry 77. BURIAL RECORD - MOUAT James Charles a farmer of Purakanui died 1 June 1938 aged 64 years of Pneumonia." 33. Burial Record for James Charles Mouat, Purakanui Cemetery. Burial Register, Jun 1938. "Entry 77. MOUAT. James Charles, a farmer of Purakanui died 1 June 1938 aged 64 years of Pneumonia. Block 1 plot 78." 34. Notice of Death for Jessie Barnes (Mouat) (Newspaper), Otago Witness page 33, 24 Aug 1899, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "BARNES - On the 23rd August, at Seacliff, Jessie, dearly beloved wife of Ernest Barnes, of Purakanui; in her twenty-fifth year. Deeply Regretted." 35. Marriage of Jessie Mouat/Ernest Barnes (http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/marriageregisters/ portchalmersmarriages2.htm), Archives. Hewitson Library, Knox Theological College, Arden Street, Dunedin, Otago. New Zealand. 36. Announcement of Marriage of Jessie Mouat/Ernest Barnes (newspaper), Otago Witness page 29, 8 Dec 1898, McNab Room, Dunedin Public Library, 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. "BARNES - MOUAT -- on 26th Oct, at the residence of the brides parents, by the Rev. E. C. Tennent, Ernest, youngest son of S. Barnes, to Jessie Maria, Third daughter of the late P.W. Mouat, both of Purakanui." 37. Birth of Ernest Barnes (School Record), HKN AG81/3/0047, Hocken Library, Uare Taoka O Hakena,, University of Otago, Parry Street, Dunedin, Otago. "School Admission Record Name: BARNES Ernest School: George Street Dunedin Register Number: 0047 Former Reg. No: 52 Admission Date: not recorded Parent/Guardian: Thos Liddle Address: Cumberland Street Birthdate: 09 Feb 1872 Last School: Normal School Last Day: 17 May 1881 Destination: Left the District

4 Jul 2013 Descendants of Maria Catherine DRIVER Page 30 Comment: HKN AG81/3/0047 Further enquiries to Dunedin Branch NZSG." 38. Newspaper Reports on the "Mouat Mystery" (Newspapers, various). "Otago Witness: 19 May 1925, page 17 (photo) St. Martins Mystery Charge of Murder Trial of Mouat Christchurch May 12 Frederick Peter Mourat appeared in the Supreme Court this morning charged with having murdered his wife, Ellen Louise Mouat, at St Martin's on or about February 20 last. Long before the doors of the Court were opened a crowd of men and women had gathered outside in the rain, and no sooner were the doors thrown open by the police, than most of those waiting swarmed in crowding the gallers. A fair number of the crowd lingered outside, and craned their necks to get a view of Mouat as he was taken from the prisoners van to the cells in the court." 39. New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Probate Record for Frederick Peter Mouat (Computerised Index), Probate Number 2551/59, 28 Oct 1959, National Archives - Auckland. "MOUAT Frederick Peter of Glenfield, retired Mine Engineer. Court - Auckland 1842-1979. Will." 40. Certificate of Adoption for Herbert Mouat, Reg #1928/9710 Ref % 11-0212121, 13 Mar 1928, Registrar General's Office, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. "Born 1908, 3 February At Wellington Herbert male Adopting Parent - Maria Catherine Mouat widow of Purakanui Otago Inf. this entry has been made under the autho------section 87, Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1984. Registered 1928, 13 March. Registrar - M ----thorpe."

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Name No. Page Name No. Page ASHBURY, Alice Maude(d.1939) 6S 7 BARNES, Ernest(b.1872) 12S 8 CHISNALL, Myrtle 16S 23 DRIVER, Maria C(b.1840) 1 1 FOORD, Mary(b.1876) 5S 6 GREEN, Henry T junior(b.1862) 4S 5 HISLOP, William Henry(b.1871) 13S 10 MERRITT OR MERRE(b.1886) 14S 22 MILLER, John(b.1836) 3S 2 MOUAT, Anderina(b.1862) 4 4 MOUAT, Elizabeth(b.1877) 13 9 MOUAT, Frederick(b.1875) 11 8 MOUAT, Frederick P(b.1878) 14 10 MOUAT, Herbert(b.1908) 16 23 MOUAT, James Charles(b.1872) 10 8 MOUAT, Jessie Maria(b.1875) 12 8 MOUAT, John(b.1869) 8 7 MOUAT, Magnus(b.1880) 15 23 MOUAT, Margaret(b.1871) 9 7 MOUAT, Peter William(b.1828) 1S 3 MOUAT, Richard Driver(b.1865) 6 7 MOUAT, Thomas M(b.1867) 7 7 MOUAT, William Gilbert(b.1863) 5 5 STEVENS, Emma Lillian(b.1859) 3 2 STEVENS, John(b.1858) 2 2 STEVENS, William(b.1831) 1S 1 VILE, Arthur Henry(b.1868) 9S 8

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