Ernest Vivian Drysdale Taiaroa (Viv) Fail

1898 - 1978  (80 years)

• Name	Ernest Vivian Drysdale Taiaroa (Viv) Fail
  Birth	28 May 1898	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [1]
  	He got his four names because his parents could not agree which two to give him. His mother wanted Vivian Taiaroa ( the later after the old Chief at The Heads whose knee she used to sit on.) His father wanted Ernest Drysdale ( after two of his deceased siblings). As no comprimise was reached, his father registered all four names.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1922
  	Surveyor and later a Forest Manager. On the NZ Government Gazette he is listed as a Surveyor
  Directory	1940	Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand   [2]
  	FAIL V, Manager, Taupo
  Death	2 Nov 1978	Taupo Hospital, Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand   [3]
  Cremation	3 Nov 1978	Rotorua Cemetery, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand   [4]
  	Vivian Taiaroa FAIL Cremation Aged 80 years DOD: 2/11/1978 DOC: 3/11/1078 Rotorua Cemetery, Sala Street, Plot 1 Ashes Scattered 23 Nov 1978
  Person ID	I207	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	Fred Valentine Fail,   b. 27 Sep 1872, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand d. 2 Dec 1951, Seacliff Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eliza Ann Clark,   b. 2 Feb 1873, Taiaroa Heads Lighthouse, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 23 Jul 1951, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amy Lilian Austin,   b. 21 May 1894, Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 12 May 1981, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1920	Presbyterian Church, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand   [5, 6]
  	Vivian Taiaroa FAIL Aged 22, Surveyor, Bachelor Born: Dunedin Res: Tua Parents: Fred Valentine Fail, TimeKeeper & Eliza Ann Fail MS Clark Amy Lilian AUSTIN Aged 26, Nurse, Spinster Born: Melbourne Victoria Res: Riverton Parents: Frederick Austin, Tailor & Georgina Austin MS Terry Witnesses: Georgin Austin, 56 Forbury Rd, Dunedin & Charlie Allan Henderson, Farmer, Riverton
  Number of Children	1 Child
  Children	+ 1. Jeanne Vivianne Fail,   b. 7 Apr 1922, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 1997, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 May 1898 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Directory - 1940 - Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1898 NZ Online Database: 1898/11996 - Folio No 3202, June Qtr. [S12] NZPO, NZ PO Directory, Subject: Directories, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1866 - 1955;), Wises 1940 NZPO Directory. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1978 NZ Online Database: 1978/44595 - DOB 29 May 1898 - Folio No 23637, aged 80. [S3] NZSG, NZ Cemetery Records, (Name: NZSG, Auckland, New Zealand & Online Council Databases; Date: 1988;), Rotorua City Council Online Database: Rotorua Cemetery - Cremation - Ashes Scattered. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1920 NZ Online Database: 1920/ 9154 - Folio No 9183. [S1] Certificate held on file:.