When Harry Gordon Margetts was born on 27 December 1869, in North East Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand, his father, Frederick Stoughton Margetts, was 37 and his mother, Emma Collison, was 32. He married Kate Robertson in 1905, in New Zealand. He died on 3 February 1957, in One Tree Hill, Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 87, and was buried in Māngere, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park established in the world and the first in New Zealand. In the center of the park there lies three active volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). it is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site for all its natural values.
New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.
The National Council of Women of New Zealand was created as an organization after women won the right to vote. Today works to help achieve gender equality in New Zealand and in 2017 introduced Gender Equal NZ, which is fighting for Zealanders to have the freedom and opportunity to determine their own future no matter which gender they are.
English (Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire):
variant of Margot , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Margrett, from the Middle English female personal name Margaret, itself, via French, from Greek margaritēs ‘pearl’, with post-medieval excrescent -s and dissimilatory loss of -r-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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