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She married Louis Theodore Walsh Plumridge in Victoria in 1920.²

Marion Morrison Davies was born in Cleland, Lanarkshire, in 1855. She was the daughter of John DAVIES (coal-miner) and Charlotte STEVENS.^2,3,1

She married Hugh McColl, son of Dugald McColl and Cathrine Sinclair, in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, on 5 June 1880.^4,5

She was listed in the 1881 census at 42 Maitland St in Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, with her husband Hugh; he was a carter and they were living in a dwelling with 2 rooms with windows.⁶

She was listed in the 1891 census at 42D Back St in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, with her husband Hugh; he was a dye-works foreman.²

She was listed in the 1901 census at 13 Lennox St in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, with her husband Hugh; he was an iron driller, spoke English and Gaelic and they lived in a dwelling with 3 windowed rooms. Their children John, Hugh, Alexander, William, Duncan and Walter were listed as living with them.⁷

She was widowed on the death of her husband Hugh before 1911.

She was listed in the 1911 census as Head of Family at 13 Lennox St in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire. Her children John, Alexander, Duncan, Walter and George were listed as living with her.⁸

She was listed in the 1921 census as Head of Family at 116 Lennox St in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire. Her children John, Walter and George were listed as living with her.⁹

Marion died on 18 December 1931 in Renton, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, of myocarditis and bronchitis.³

Samuel's marriage to Dorothy Rodger Ferguson, daughter of Alexander McGregor Ferguson and Helen Chalmers Rodger, was registered between July 1951 and September 1951 in Wallasey, Cheshire.^1,2

Lucy Harriet Dawson was born in New Zealand in 1892.¹

She married William Henry Parkinson in New Zealand in 1945.²

She was widowed on the death of her husband William on 30 December 1946.^3,4

Lucy's second marriage was to George Moodie, son of George Hutton Moodie and Janet Harley Hutton, in 1953 in New Zealand.⁵

Lucy died on 17 January 1959 at 47 Cole St in Dunedin, Otago.^6,4,7 She was cremated on 20 January 1959.⁸ Her ashes were buried on 20 January 1959 at Northern Cemetery.⁹

Paul Woodford Day was born in Pukekohe on 6 December 1916.²

He married Angela Gabrielle Wanklyn in Oxford, Oxfordshire, on 25 September 1946.³

Paul died on 15 July 2008 in Hamilton, Waikato, at age 91.^1,4

Anton de Blonk was born in Netherlands after 1903.¹

Anton died before March 1908 in Netherlands.¹

Anton Robert Walter (Tony) de Blonk was born in Brookings, Sth Dakota, on 16 October 1955.^1,2

Anton died on 19 June 1975 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, at age 19.^1,3 He was buried on 22 June 1975 in Brookings.¹

Arnold Francis de Blonk was born in Rock Valley, Iowa, on 29 May 1918.^1,2

He married Cornelia Maria (Corry) Venden Berg, daughter of Cornelius Venden Berg and Anna Geertruida Maarschalk, in Brookings, Sth Dakota, on 23 October 1949.¹

He was widowed at age 42 on the death of his wife Cornelia on 20 December 1960.¹

Arnold died on 20 September 1990 in Sioux Falls, Sth Dakota, at age 72.^1,3 He was buried on 23 September 1990 in Brookings.¹

Hendrina/Henrietta (Sis) de Blonk was born in Netherlands on 21 June 1905.^1,2

William C (Bill) de Blonk and Hendrina/Henrietta (Sis) de Blonk left Rotterdam in March 1908 on board the 'Statendam' for New York, arriving on the 10th in the company of their parents Wilhelmus (Bill) de Blonk and Cornelia Jacoba van der Harst.³

She married Raymond Bol.

Hendrina/Henrietta died on 23 May 1985 in Brookings, Sth Dakota, at age 79.^1,4 She was buried on 28 May 1985 in Brookings.¹

Karel Marthyn (Carl Martin) de Blonk was born in Rock Valley, Sioux Co., Iowa, on 17 October 1909.¹

Carl was a carpenter by trade, the first born in the US to his Dutch parents (all his older siblings being born in Holland).²

He served with the US Forces in the Pacific during WWII, and spent some period of leave in Brisbane in 1942, at which time he met his future wife, even promising to return one day to marry her.³

Brisbane newspapers were full of stories of how Carl arrivied in Brisbane on 3 March 1950 with the intent of finding the girl he'd met 8 years before and proposing to her. Nancy was unfortunately in hospital at the time and unable to greet him.^3,4

He married Nancy Cumming, daughter of George Cumming and Ethel Maud Robinson, at St Stephen's Cathedral in Brisbane, Queensland, on 2 September 1950.

Karel died on 25 April 2004 in Brisbane, Queensland, at age 94.^5,6 He was buried on 29 April 2004 at the Pinnaroo Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs.⁷