Bedford Lewis Sherriff

Male 1876 - 1934  (57 years)


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  • Name Bedford Lewis Sherriff 
    Nickname Lewis 
    Born 15 May 1876  Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • BDM record has birth date as 16 May. Newspaper record has 15 May.
    Wife of Mr Bedford Sherriff, of a son
    Wife of Mr Bedford Sherriff, of a son
    Gender Male 
    Education 02 Apr 1887  Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gisborne Borough School 1887 
    School Concert
    School Concert
    Gisborne Borough School
    Military Service 09 Oct 1915  Tolago Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cenotaph Record - Auckland War Memorial Museum
      FULL NAME Louis Bedford Sherriff
      FORENAME(S) Louis Bedford
      SURNAME Sherriff
      WAR World War I, 1914-1918
      SERIAL NO. 5/525
      FIRST KNOWN RANK Driver
      NEXT OF KIN Mrs B. Sheriff (mother), Gisborne, New Zealand
      MARITAL STATUS Single
      ENLISTMENT ADDRESS Tolago Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand
      MILITARY DISTRICT Wellington
      BODY ON EMBARKATION 7th Reinforcements
      EMBARKATION UNIT Army Service Corps
      EMBARKATION DATE 9 October 1915
      PLACE OF EMBARKATION Wellington, New Zealand
      TRANSPORT HMNZT 32
      HMNZT 33
      HMNZT 34
      VESSEL Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
      DESTINATION Suez, Egypt
      PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL 658
      SOURCES USED Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
    In Hospital 9 March 1917
    In Hospital 9 March 1917
    Patients in N.Z. General Hospital, Brockenhurst
    Returning Soldiers
    Returning Soldiers
    Returning Draft 217 (Zealandia)
    Troops Coming Home
    Troops Coming Home
    Draft 217 due Wellington about 1 March 1919
    Died 09 Apr 1934  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried 10 Apr 1934  Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Rd, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Headstone Lewis Bedford
    Headstone Lewis Bedford
    also LEWIS BEDFORD, beloved third son of the above, died 9 April 1934 aged 58 years.
    Person ID I15380  Frost Family
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2018 

    Father Bedford Sherriff,   b. Abt 1835, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1918, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Mother Cecilia Dunlop,   b. 31 Dec 1852, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Dec 1925, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 06 Mar 1872  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F2696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 May 1876 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Gisborne Borough School 1887 - 02 Apr 1887 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 09 Apr 1934 - New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    An interesting Wedding
    Best man at brother Claude's wedding

  • Sources 
    1. [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1876/15920 (Reliability: 2), 16 May 1876.
      Sherriff Bedford Lewis; Mother Cecilia; Father Bedford
      Email to BDM 31 Jul 2011 Date confirmed as 16 May.

    2. [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1934/5094 (Reliability: 3), 09 Apr 1934.
      Sherriff Louis Bedford aged 58Y

    3. [S83] Cemetery Records, Gisborne District Council (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S10] Marriage Register Index , NZ 1872/1788 (Reliability: 3).