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George LAVEROCK came to New Zealand sometime in the late 1870's. The first sighting of him on the Electoral rolls was in 1878-79 in Taupo where he was working as a Baker.
When he married Mary Ann LABRUM she had stated on the marriage certificate that she was the Widow Mrs SPRATT. I believe that George never knew this was incorrect and probably was unaware that her real husband David CLARKSON was still very much alive. There is no doubt this was a bigamist marriage but I don't think George was aware of this fact. For the next seven years the family lived in the Auckland area with George still working as a Baker. Then in 1899-1902 George is at Petane in the Hawkes Bay district working as a Shepherd.
That is the last written sighting of George. The family lore suggests he fell in a river and drowned. There has never been a death certificate issued for him and I have found no further trace of him. I asked the local police about missing people and was told that if there was no body, no death certificate could be issued. After seven years it was up to the family to apply for a death certificate. This would have been left to Mary Ann to do but by then she was residing with Philip BAILEY.
[59898] ABBR Parish Records
[59872] ABBR Marriage Cert.