Constantine St John Olberg

1899 - 1971  (72 years)

• Name	Constantine St John Olberg
  Born	1899	Wanganui, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Cremated	Auckland, New Zealand   [3]
  	Address: Waikumete cemetery, Great North Rd, Glen Eden
  _UID	E05901DD27E74E77851480EEEE5E786116F7
  Died	10 Nov 1971	Auckland, New Zealand   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I2523	Treefive
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Peter Andrew Olberg,   b. Abt 1869, Riga, Latvia ,   d. 13 Dec 1937, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Annie May Dawson,   b. 1860, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Feb 1947, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 87 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1889	Otaki, New Zealand   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Address: the English Church
  Family ID	F797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Mary Evelyn Howell,   b. 16 May 1902, Upper Waiwera, New Zealand ,   d. 14 Dec 1996, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 94 years)
  Married	8 Dec 1920	Auckland, New Zealand   [2, 9, 10]
  	Address: St Matthews Church, Mt Albert
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		00225 William and Hettie Howell & family At William's farm, Upper Waiwera Back: Keith, Rita, Harold, Nellie (wife of Harold), George, Jack Olberg, Evelyn (Lyn) Front: Bill, Edna, Hettie, Elva On Bill's knee: Georgina, daughter of Harold and Nellie On Hettie's knee: George Creamer
  		00299 Wedding of Lyn Howell and Jack Olberg left: William Howell. Bridesmaid: Ivy Howell nee Olberg

  
  

• Notes

  This biography is largely based on information from "The Howell Family of Upper Waiwera" (Evagean Publishing, Auckland, 1998). Thanks to Evagean for permission to use it, and to Jack's daughter Anita Hendrey, who gave her approval. He was known as Jack to his friends such as bowls mates; but family knew him as Uncle Con. 'Jack was the youngest of 4 children (2 boys and 2 girls) and attended the Convent Primary School and State Secondary (Wanganui). He was apprenticed to a fitter and turner and worked at this trade in Wanganui until the family moved to Auckland about 1919. Jack met and married Lyn in 1920 at St Matthews Church, Mt Albert, the witnesses were Lyn's sister Ivy and brother Victor. Their daughter Anita was born in 1921. [This paragraph is from court records, not "The Howell Family of Upper Waiwera":] However, life was not always easy for the family. Lyn left Jack about Apr 1926. In August, Jack wrote asking her to return. Lyn's response, through her solicitor, was that "she does not intend to return to her husband under any circumstances whatever." In the Supreme Court, Jack lodged a Petition for Restitution of Conjugal Rights, and on 16 Nov 1926 the court ordered Lyn to return within 21 days, but she did not comply. Jack started divorce proceedings, with a hearing to commence on 3 May 1927, but it appears that this did not take place. About 1926/27, presumably after the court case, Jack and Lyn moved to Whangarei where Jack worked at the Portland Cement Works for 3 years before moving back to Auckland. He then worked for the Auckland Sandal Company on their machinery and made some new pieces that improved the production and although he applied for a patent, it is not known whether it was granted. He was clever with his hands and could turn his hand to make anything in the metal line. In the early 1930s, Jack went to work at the Otahuhu Railway Workshops (catching the train to Kingsland Station every morning at 7am), staying until he retired in 1961. The move to Whenuapai Village also meant living close to family - Lyn's brother George had married Jack's sister Ivy, and niece Zita Horsley also lived nearby. Jack loved gardening and fishing off the rocks from his small dinghy. He also played bowls for the Hobsonville Bowling Club and enjoyed horse racing and rugby league football.'

  
  

• Sources

  [S937] BIR Birth Index New Zealand on-line, Constantine St John Olberg; 6051; 1899. [S2550] MAR417 Marriage Olberg, Con and Howell, Lyn, MAR417., Constantine St John Olberg and Harriet Mary Evelyn Howell; 8 December 1920; copy of register of marriage by officiating Minister; 2432. [S2193] BUR Cremation, Auckland Council, Constantine St John Olberg; 10 November 1971; Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. [S2552] WIL097 Will and Probate Olberg, Constantine St John, Constantine St John Olberg; 23 November 1971. [S1306] MAR136 Application to Marry: Olberg, Peter Andrew and Dawson, Annie May, MAR136. [S1309] MAR139 Marriage Olberg, Peter and Dawson, Annie May, MAR139., Peter Olberg and Annie May Dawson; 17 December 1889; page 2. [S938] MAR Marriage Index NZ - on-line, Peter Olberg; Annie May Dawson; 2827; 1889. [S2091] MAR139 Marriage notice Olberg, Peter and Dawson, Annie May, MAR139., marriage - Peter Olberg and Annie May Dawson; 17 December 1889; page 2; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. [S938] MAR Marriage Index NZ - on-line, Constantine St John Olberg; Harriet Mary Evelyn Howell; 11408; 1920. [S262] BOK034 Book - The Howell Family of Upper Waiwera, BOK034., page 74.