{"id":2120,"date":"2024-11-15T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T02:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=2120"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:11:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:11:23","slug":"mavis-eliza-stark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/mavis-eliza-stark\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavis Eliza Stark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mavis Stark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mavis and sister-in-law Jean Stark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mavis Stark is the 10th child of James and Christina and was born on the 26 January 1913\u00a0 at\u00a0Gore, Southland, New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the age of 28, Mavis left home and married Gordon James Elder Craig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mt Benger Mail, 1 October 1941, Page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The marriage resulted in 2 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Child<\/strong><\/td>Born<\/strong><\/td>Married<\/strong><\/td>Children<\/strong><\/td>Died<\/strong><\/td>Comments<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Nan Christina<\/td>1942<\/td>Abt 1968<\/td>–<\/td>2026<\/td>McFeeters<\/td><\/tr>
William Hugh<\/td>1945<\/td>1968<\/td>1<\/td>2020<\/td>Dobeck<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to family oral history, Mavis was a prankster and a little bit of a rebel. She was a great friend of Ken and his wife Jean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gordon was ran a grocers’ shop in Roxburgh and died in 1964. Mavis stayed on Roxburgh until around 1980, when she moved to Dunedin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mavis passed away on the\u00a022 July 1996\u00a0at\u00a0Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand and is buried in Roxburgh Cemetery alongside her husband. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roxburgh Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Mavis Stark is the 10th child of James and Christina and was born on the 26 January 1913\u00a0 at\u00a0Gore, Southland, New Zealand. At the age of 28, Mavis left home and married Gordon James Elder Craig. The marriage resulted in 2 children. Child Born Married Children Died Comments Nan Christina 1942 Abt 1968 – 2026 … <\/p>\n

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