Walter Storrow Rigby

1862 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Walter Storrow Rigby
  Born	20 Apr 1862	Brighton, Sussex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1903  [2]
  	Engineer
  _UID	4459D2FC5C214DF9B49C8D6AD74C57E5D454
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1925	Treefive
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	James Henry Rigby,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth Storrow,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Norah Storrow Rigby,   b. 18 Feb 1905, Cambridge, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mollie Storrow Rigby,   b. 1907, New Zealand ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Walter Rigby was a widower age 41 when he married Eliza. His wife had died 14 Dec 1891. An engineer born in Brighton, England, Walter usually resided in Greymouth. At the time of his marriage to Eliza he was residing in Wellington. Walter left Eliza about 20 Sep 1911. She petitioned for divorce in 1917, with petitions placed in newspapers in Auckland and Sydney. There is an intriguing request on a message board on ancestry.co.uk in 2004 for information on Walter Storrow Rigby, born 1862 in UK, landed in Australia 1911 aged 49, who was not heard from again.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1327] New Zealand, Department of Internal Affairs, NZBDMs, Historical, register entries, Registration numer, 1905/9738, Norah Storrow Rigby. (Reliability: 3). Where and when born, 18 February 1905, Cambridge; Name, Nora Storrow Rigby; Gender, female; Name, age and birthplace of father, Walter Storrow Rigby, 45, Brighton, England; Name, age and birthplace of mother, Eliza Annie Rigby, formerly Harper, 38, Pirongia; When and where married, 26 August 1903 Wellington; Registered, 20 February 1905; Informant, Walter Storrow Rigby, father [S1261] TRE103 Family Tree (gedcom) - Hanify Sinnott connection 4 Aug 2013 [LIVING PERSON], TRE103.