Author talk:Edward Perry Dumergue

Edward Perry Dumerque

This could be Edward Perry Dumerque who was Secretary/Treasurer of the Opotiki Farmers Club (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18800612.2.51) and included in the list of Grants of Probate in May 1896. He died on 29 May 1896. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18960529.2.12?items_per_page=10&page=2&query=Dumerque&snippet=true Noracrentiss (talk) 06:00, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

A reference that shows the misspelling of this man's last name. Edward P. Dumergue is listed at this reference as the Hon. Secretary of the Opotiki Farmers Club. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT18830731.2.19.2 - Ambrosia10 (talk) 02:33, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

There may be a spelling issue as there is an Archives NZ record for Edward Perry Dumergue here: "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9RC-B9WL-9?cc=1865481&wc=4BD7-4JD%3A1045247701%2C1580407521: 15 October 2015), Auckland Court > Probate records 1896 P2301/96-P2335/96 > image 44 of 295; Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.

The death of Edward Perry Dumergue in May 1896 in Opotiki was recorded in the NZ Herald: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18960515.2.63.6 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10132, 15 May 1896, Page 1 (Supplement)

NZ Death Index gives name as Dumergue: 1896/2564 Dumergue Edward Perry 39Y Wainuiomartian (talk) 02:12, 20 January 2024 (UTC)