Hello Noelene,
Thank you for the reply.
I agree with your record which i have also located and it makes more sense to me than the name on the death certificate.
I do not know the informant in this case but William Henry, after being in NZ from approx 1837 (75yrs) without apparently any family from the old country with him, who would know?
I say this not to be disrespectful to those who are acting for the best of intentions but my experience has been that often family who have been born in a new country do not know those details.For example, my grandmother, born in NZ, did not know the name of her grandfather who remained in Scotland and had never met each other.
I have been looking for some years and can not verify a link with George Beazley.
The naming patterns in England would suggest that the use of the second name is a tribute to some other member of the family like a father, grandfather or an uncle also named William.
I guess I will keep an open mind on the subject until i find how he got here, and when.
Best regards
Kevin Brooking
