When Frederick Ernest Margetts was born in 1865, in England, United Kingdom, his father, Frederick Stoughton Margetts, was 33 and his mother, Emma Collison, was 28. He died on 1 October 1950, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 85, and was buried in Māngere, Auckland, New Zealand.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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.
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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