Brief Life History of Raymond Spencer
When Raymond Spencer Abbott was born on 27 January 1931, in Marton, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, his father, Victor Abbott, was 38 and his mother, Ada Beatrice Edmonds, was 24. He married Rona Theresa Pell about 1957, in Marton, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. He died on 2 February 2019, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 88.
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- Raymond Spencer Abbott, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1939
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
1943 · Eleanor Roosevelt Visits During War
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt visited New Zealand during the calmer years of World War II in the Pacific. It was the first time that a first lady of the United States had visited the country alone without their husband.
1955 · The Pulp and Paper Mill
The Tasman Mill is the largest single employer in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region. It has continued to use the geothermal steam as a power source and is home to a 100-megawatt Geothermal power station that is located within the mill.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Born in marton nz in 1931 and died in 2019 Auckland nz. Ray was my dad that was in the royal New Zealand airforce and went through the Middle East after the WW2 in peace squadrons rehabilitating areas …
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