Margaret Evelyn Hands

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Margaret Evelyn Hands

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Birthplace: Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
Death: December 28, 1950 (19)
Tauranga Harbour, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand (Ranui Shipwreck)
Place of Burial: Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Charles Thomas Clifford Hands and Gladys Evelyn Hands
Sister of Richard Clifford Hands

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About Margaret Evelyn Hands

  • Just after 5.40pm on 28 December 1950 a freak wave slammed into 45ft passenger launch Ranui when she was returning from a holiday excursion to Mayor Island off Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. 23 people died.
  • HANDS Margaret 20 Single 109 Abel Smith Street, Wellington
  • Headstone: In loving memory of MARGARET HANDS, accidentally drowned Tauranga, 28 December 1950 aged 20 years.
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Margaret Evelyn Hands's Timeline

1931
June 15, 1931
Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
1950
December 28, 1950
Age 19
Tauranga Harbour, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand

Death Registration Number: (reg. 1951/18444).

1951
January 2, 1951
Age 19
Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand