Frank Myers AUTON
Born
1 June 1891 Christchurch, New Zealand
Parents
Myers AUTON age 45 and Annie HOLDSWORTH age 43
Birth of Brother
Samuel Myers AUTON was born 17 February 1893 New Zealand when Frank was 1
Resided
1896 Northcote Road, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
Education
7 September 1896 until 6 April 1898 Papanui School, Christchurch, New Zealand
Marriage of Siblings
Hannah Deborah AUTON married John Scott MILNE 9 November 1893 at Selwyn Street, Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand
Agnes AUTON married William MANN 1893 Christchurch, New Zealand
Christopher Kidd AUTON married Emily Rosina HAMPTON 1895 Christchurch, New Zealand
Education
7 September 1896 until 6 April 1898 Papanui School, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
Resided
1892 – 1896 at Northcote Road, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
Education
18 April 1898 at Bromley School, Christchurch, New Zealand
Resided
1898 at North Brighton Road, Christchurch, New Zealand
Marriage of Siblings
Thomas AUTON married Margaret Maria MORGAN 1899 New Zealand
Annie AUTON married Richard WAKELIN 17 July 1901 Palmerston North, New Zealand
Australian Commonwealth Flag Design Competition
In 1901 Frank Myers AUTON lived in New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand. He may have followed the competition and announcement winners of the Commonwealth’s flag design competition.
Education
13 March 1902 won a prize at Bromley School, Christchurch, New Zealand
Legal
Fined 10s and costs for riding bicycles without lights after dark. Did not appear in court.
Marriage of Siblings
Janey AUTON married John STORER 4 April 1904 Cuffs Road, Sandilands, Christchurch, New Zealand
Mary (Alice) AUTON married Nicholas Philip Theodore CAREY 1904 New Zealand
Elizabeth AUTON married Harold Beauchamp LOW 2 October 1906 Methodist Church, Durham Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Maggie AUTON married Alfred Ernest ROWSE 1907 New Zealand
William Thirkill AUTON married Emily Gladys Frances LEIGH 1911 New Zealand
Kate AUTON married William Thomas Wallace RUTLEDGE, Wesley Church, East Belt, Christchurch, New Zealand
Resided
1904 – 1917 at 66 Cuffs Road, New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation
1914 Book Binder
1917 Packer
Military
11 June 1917 Enlisted for World War I. Service Number WWI 61020 when he was 26. Served in Warwickshire, England
Travel
To Yorkshire, England 1919 (probably there will the army)
Marriage of Brother
Samuel Myers AUTON married Mabel CLEMENT 1917 New Zealand
Death of Father
Myers AUTON died 23 January 1919 Christchurch, New Zealand age 73. Frank would have been involved in WWI and possibly overseas.
Death of Brother-in-Law
Richard WAKELIN (husband of Annie AUTON) died 1919 Akaroa, New Zealand
Marriage of Sisters
Jessica AUTON married David Stanley MARSHALL 20 August 1919 St Peter’s Church, Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand
Annie AUTON married Frederick James ROWBERRY 1 December 1920 at 44 Cowlishaw Street, Avonside, Christchurch, New Zealand
Married
Inez Olive EDWARDS 1922 New Zealand when he was 31
Resided
1949 – 1981 at 9 Cadagan Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Death of Brother
Thomas AUTON died 16 April 1924 Cobden, Grey, New Zealand when Frank was 32
Resided
1925 at 271 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand
Birth of Daughter
Ngaire AUTON born 5 September 1925 Christchurch, New Zealand
Death of Daughter
Ngaire AUTON died 11 September 1925 Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation
1925 Carpenter
Death of Mother
Annie HOLDSWORTH died 9 August 1927 Christchurch, New Zealand age 79
Birth of Son
Gerald Francis AUTON born 17 October 1927 Christchurch, New Zealand
Divorce of Brother
Christopher Kidd AUTON divorced Emily Rosina HAMPTON 1929 New Zealand
Marriage of Brother
Christopher Kidd AUTON married Annie PICKETT 1930 New Zealand
Death of Sister
Janey AUTON died 5 November 1934 Christchurch, New Zealand when Frank was 43
Death of Brother-in-Law
Harold Beauchamp LOW (husband of Elizabeth AUTON) died 29 August 1935 Gisborne, New Zealand
Occupation
1941 Panel Beater
Resided
1941 at 64 Cuffs Road, Wainoni, Christchurch, New Zealand
Death of Siblings
Mary (Alice) AUTON died 24 October 1945 Christchurch, New Zealand when Frank was 54
Christopher Kidd AUTON died 3 July 1948 Public Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand when Frank was 57
Resided
1949 – 1981 at 9 Cadagan Street Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Died
1952 Christchurch, New Zealand age 61
Buried
22 July 1952 Cadges Street Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Probate
6 August 1952, filed at Christchurch, New Zealand
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Inez Olive EDWARDS (wife of Frank Myers AUTON) (10.1.12/1)
Born: 1894
Parents: EDWARDS and Ruth QUICK
Died: 6 January 1957 Christchurch, New Zealand
Probate: 31 January 1957 filed at Christchurch National Archives. Everything to Frank Myers AUTON – husband then to son Gerald Frances AUTON
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Ngaire AUTON (10.1.13.1)
Born
5 September 1925 Christchurch, New Zealand
Parents
Frank Myers AUTON and Ina Olive EDWARDS
Died
11 September 1925 at 271 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand
Cause of Death
Haemophilia, Exhaustion
Buried
12 September 1925, Bromley, Christchurch, New Zealand
Headstone
Wee Ngaire AUTON
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Gerald Francis AUTON (10.1.13.2)
Born
17 October 1927 Christchurch, New Zealand
Parents
Frank Myers AUTON and Inez Olive EDWARDS
Second Prize in Baby Show
December 1927 Fete at Jubilee Home Christchurch, New Zealand
Married
Waveney (Waine) Myrene BROWN 1953 New Zealand
Children
Two
Resided
1949 – 1981 at 9 Cadogan Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation
1978 Machinist
Died
20 October 2007 Christchurch, New Zealand
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Sources:
10.1 New Zealand School Register Project, Bromley School, Papanui School
10.1.12 Kate AUTON, Frank AUTON, Prize Distributions. Lyttleton Times, Volume CVII, Issue 12757, 13 March 1902
10.1.13 AUTON, Frank Myers, New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1914, Canterbury, Avon
10.1.13 AUTON, Frank Myers, New Zealand, World War I 1 June 1 Service Records
10.1.13 AUTON, Frank Myers, New Zealand, World War I Reserve Rolls 1916 – 1917 1st Division, Christchurch
10.1.13 AUTON, Frank Myers, New Zealand, WWI Nominal Rolls 1 January 1917 – 31 December 1917
10.1.13 AUTON, Frank Myers, New Zealand, World War II Ballot lists 1941 August
10.1.13 AUTON, Frank Myers, New Zealand Death Index 1952
10.1.13 EDWARDS, Inez Olive, New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1954 Canterbury, Sydenham
10.1.13 Postcard from Frank Myers AUTON to his sister Janey AUTON from Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, England where Janey was born
10.1.13.1 AUTON, Gerald Francis, Successful Fete, Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19181, 12 December 1927
10.1.13.1 AUTON, New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1978 Sydenham, Canterbury
10.1.13.2 AUTON, Ngaire, New Zealand Death Registration