PS my grandfather was Ronald Henley Edser (b Napier NZ 20.10.1907 d 25.5.1985) - he called himself Ronald Henry Edser. His father was Harry Edser b 22.9.1882 - likely to have been born in Hawke's Bay also. Died 1950s? Both suffered from iritis (Harry went blind). Both were musical and played piano in bands. Harry's brothers and sisters were Tom, Dick (...no joke!), Lou, Cecil, Phoebe and one whose name I don't know. Their father was Alfred Edser who married Phoebe Brown. Alfred is the one who emigrated to New Zealand presumably from England. Harry, a publican, married Mary Ann Pritchard (b. 17.1.1886 d. circa 1972 or 1973, a publican) - Ron (a publican) was their only son - while one of Mary's sisters, Alice, married Harry's brother Cecil. Cecil and Alice had three chidren, Mona (eldest, died circa 1950), Ruth (blind, died 1960s), and an unknown third child who died aged 16 circa 1933. Mary and Alice's siblings were Gertrude (married George Polglaise, daughters Mary and Hazel), Linda (married ?? Johnson and then Harry Knowles - was alive in early 1970s), Maude (never married), Lottie (married Henry Jacques or Jaques, daughter Julie - Australia), Arthur and Sydney. Their parents were Alfred James Pritchard and Eliza Harrison and they lived at 5 Puketapu Rd, Taradale, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Ron Edser married Myra Joan Wheaton (1915-1987) in Avondale, Auckland, NZ, March 1933. Their son is William Harry Edser (Bill) b. 27.7.42 and lives in Auckland. His daughters are Michelle Lee Pleydell nee Edser b October 23 1965 and Lisa Marie Edser b May 3 1970.