Annie Venetia Baker (1861-1924):
She was daughter to Michael Baker (1840-1928) and his wife Maria Munhall (1841-1911). Annie was born in New Zealand, as were her parents.
And her husband, William Montgomery Gosset (1854-1930):
He was a bank clerk, and son to James William Gosset (1818-1888) and his wife Maria Asia Hull Woodriff (1819-1878). William was born in Ireland, his parents in Jersey and England respectively. William appears to have migrated to New Zealand in 1871. In the cemetery record for his 1930 interment it is stated he had been in New Zealand for 39 years.
The couple married in Gisborne, New Zealand, in a Catholic Church, 11 January 1880, going on to have five children - three sons and two daughters.
The five children were
Frederick Steyn Gosset (1881-1958);
Celeste Venetia Gosset (1883-1951) (my great grandmother);
William Montgomery Gosset (1884-1972);
Mona Rebecca Gosset (1887-1968);
Arthur Maunhall Gosset (1891-1968).
This couple divorced in 1894, the matter being finalised in 1896. The photo of Annie Baker above is from the file on the divorce at the Auckland branch of Archives New Zealand.
In 1898 Annie Venetia Baker married a Scottish decorator, Alexander James MacDonald (son of James Alexander MacDonald, confectioner, and his wife Sarah Jane Strahan - this information is from the 1898 marriage certificate). They had five children, two daughters and three sons.
In the historical births register, the surname had the spelling McDonald rather than MacDonald
Four of the children can be located in the online register search:
Adele Kahn McDonald (born 1899) (edit - actually Adele Kahupo McDonald)
Hector McDonald (b. 1900)
Homa Elaine McDonald (born 1904)
Cyril Ian McDonald (b. 1905)
11 comments:
Hi - I went to the birth search because I believed that the Hector McDonald indicated here was actually my great grandfather. Now I'm wondering if maybe there was another Hector McDonald born in 1900 in NZ because my great grandfather was born to different parents. Interesting when you start searching a bit further. Best of luck with your family tree.
Hi Bevan, I am a direct descendant of
Annie Venetias sister Ellen Baker {my great great grandmother
regards Di.Black
Hi Bevan, I am a grand daughter of Annie Venetia McDonald.
I am a granddaughter of Annie Venetia McDonald
Hi Anonymous, Thank you for leaving a comment. Are you a descendant from Annie's first or second marriage?
I am a descendant from Annie's second marriage.
Hello, you can contact me about the Bakers/McDonalds at my email bevan.shortridge @ gmail.com
Regards, Bevan
hi there. my great grandfather was Hector Mcdonald (through his second marriage). His parents were (through death, births and marriages) Alexander James Mcdonald, but they have his wife's name as Venetia Mona Baker and her family name as Brassey, married in 1898.I am just waiting for the cert to be mailed, but are these the same people? I know Hector's brother's name was Anders and sisters called Mona and possibly Mayla.
Hi Mandy, Yes, Venetia Mona is the same person as Annie Venetia. She used some different variations of her name. Her aunt was married to a Willoughby Brassey.
Hi Bevan
Sorry to random but I just found out my great grandmother was Adele Kahn MacDonald. Was excited when I found your page. Just thought I would drop in to say hi. Now its time for more research.
Hello,
I have since discovered that Adele Kahn was Adele Kahupo MacDonald. This makes sense as Kahupo was a name sometimes used by her mother and was a name her great grandmother used.
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