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Noreen Ida Short was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, on 15 January 1908, the daughter of William and Margaret SHORT.^2,3

She married John Leonard Brown in Queensland on 1 October 1930.⁴

She was widowed at age 58 on the death of her husband John in May 1966.

Noreen died on 19 July 1982 at home in Wahroonga, New South Wales, at age 74.^5,6,3 She was buried on 21 July 1982 at the Macquarie Park Cemetery in Nth Ryde.⁷

Bessie Rebie Shroff was born in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, on 16 December 1926.^2,1,3

She married Colin Trevor Stewart in Tauranga on 28 August 1948.^2,1,4

She was widowed at age 38 on the death of her husband Colin on 26 January 1965.^2,1

Bessie's second marriage was to Ronald Bettjeman on 21 June 1969 in Tauranga.^2,1

She was widowed at age 89 on the death of her husband Ronald on 20 November 2016.^5,6,7

Bessie died on 23 September 2017 at Devonport Palms Home in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, at age 90.^8,9

Bruce Frederick Shroff was born on 16 June 1934.^3,4

Bruce died in 1996 in New Zealand.¹

Claude Leicester Shroff was born in Auckland on 17 March 1907.^2,1,3

He married Margaret Ellen Copsey at St Pauls, Symonds St in Auckland on 24 April 1937.^2,1,4

Claude died in 1968 in Auckland.^2,1,5

David Leicester Shroff was born in Auckland on 25 November 1939.^2,1

David died on 12 August 2017 in Canterbury at age 77.³

Derek Mortimer Shroff was born in Tauranga on 20 February 1930.^2,1,3

He married Marjory Anne Lovell in Tauranga on 4 April 1953.^2,1,4

Derek died on 12 September 2019 in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, at age 89.^3,5

Frederick Clarke Shroff was born in Auckland on 30 July 1902.^2,1,3

He married Gertrude Mary (Truda) Molony in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, on 27 May 1925.^2,1,4,5

He was widowed on the death of his wife Gertrude in 1980.⁶

Frederick died on 12 March 1985 in Tauranga at age 82.^2,1,7

He married an unknown person .¹ Ian Mortimer Shroff was born in Auckland on 29 July 1934.^2,1,3

Ian died in 2023 in New Zealand.⁴

Mortimer Homi Shroff was born in Auckland in 1901.^2,1,3

He married Marjorie Colebrook in New Zealand in 1928.^1,4,5

Mortimer died in May 1966 in Auckland.^2,1,6

Mortimer's birth was registered between April 1874 and June 1874 in Brentford, Middlesex.^2,3

He married Bessie Martha Rhoda Clarke, daughter of Samuel Ludbrook Clarke and Mary Lee (Hannah) Christopher, in New Zealand in 1900.^1,4,5

He was widowed on the death of his wife Bessie on 12 June 1939.^2,1,6

He became a well known hardware merchant in Auckland, establishing a family business which celebrated its centenary in the summer of 1986.¹

Mortimer died in December 1965 in Auckland.^2,1,7