the known ARCUS marriages in New Zealand 1875 - 1929:

* Alice Morton Arcus
- born 1890 in Wellington
- daughter of Samuel Morton ARCUS & his first wife Eliza COX
- married Frederick McCARTHY 20 Oct 1914 in Greymouth
- died 1968 in Whangarei

* Annie Hester Arcus
- born 1892 in Carterton
- daughter of Thomas Smith ARCUS of Scotland & Elizabeth 'Eliza' SHAW
- married Charles Claude CORLETT (1889-1972) 11 Nov 1915
- Annie died on 26 Nov 1969 in Clareville, Carterton

* Barbara Sophia Arcus
- born 1889 in Wellington
- daughter of Laurence ARCUS & Agnes JAMIESON
- married Charles LUND in 1910

* Calvin Howan Arcus
- born 26 Aug 1896
- a son of Peter Leslie ARCUS & Ellen Jane HOWAN
- married Mona May PARKIN in 1924
- he died in 1969

* Charles Shaw Arcus
- born 1881 in Carterton
- son of Thomas Smith ARCUS of Scotland & Elizabeth 'Eliza' SHAW
- married Margaret HURLEY in 1906
- he died on 21 April 1915 in Clareville Carterton

* Dagmar Fanny Elizabeth Arcus
- married Ernest Leon Vivian BROWN in 1928

* Edwin Eric Arcus
- born 28 Aug 1899 in Wellington
- son of Samuel Morton ARCUS & (2nd wife) Elizabeth Marianne PETHERICK
- married Ena Lissa BROOKER 10 Oct 1926 in Russell
- he died on 31 Dec 1981 in Whangarei
- buried Maunu Cemetery

* Elizabeth Arcus
- born 1885 in Wellington
- daughter of Laurence ARCUS & Agnes JAMIESON
- married Richard STREET in 1908 in Oahu
- she died in 1967 aged 82

* Gavin Colvin Arcus (1888-1969)
- married Ellen LAWRENCE (1888-1971) in 1910

* Gilbert Tulloch Arcus
- born 22 Nov 1899 in Levin
- son of Peter Leslie ARCUS & Ellen Jane HOWAN
- married Isabella Gordon McGOWAN in 1929 in Auckland
- Gilbert was a farmer. He lived at Waitarre Beach in 1965
- he died in Palmerston North hospital on 28 May 1965 aged 65
- he was cremated at Kelvin Grove

* Jane Arcus
- born 1880
- married George William HART in 1908
- Jane died on 7 July 1960 in Carterton

* Jane Morton Arcus
- married Henry Fitmarsh in 1915

* Joan Elizabeth Arcus
- orn 14 June 1863
- daughter of Laurence ARCUS & Johannah SMITH
- married William Hugh WARD 10 jan 1899 in Wellington

* John Laurence Arcus
- born 26 April 1875 in Wellington
- son of laurence ARCUS & Agnes JAMIESON
- married Marion Rebecca ARNOTT in 1906
- married Olga helena JACKSON in 1956

* Laurence Arcus
- born 17 Dec 1865 in West Derby, Liverpool
- spn of William Clark ARCUS & Jane MORTON
- in 1881 he was living at 50 Buckingham St, Everton, Liverpool
- married Hillebertha Amedina Wilhelmina 'Bertha' FLOTOW 26 November 1896 at the Manse, Wellington
- lived for a time at 19 Ferguson st Newtown, Wellington
- Bertha (1872-1961) was born in Copenhagen

* Laurance Einar Arcus
- married Anna Louisa ANDERSON in 1925

* Laurence Arcus
- born 1885
- married Marian Hilda BANBURY 1908 in Dalefield, Carterton
- married Margaret Alexandra HAWKIN in 1921
- he died 13 Sept 1952 in Karori, Wellington

* Lawrence Herbert Arcus
- born 10 Oct 1884 in Nelson
- a son of James ARCUS & Polly GRAFTON
- married Ada Ella COOK in 1909
- he died in Wellington on 11 May 1944 aged 59

* Olive Ellen Arcus (1904-2000)
- born 14 June 1904 in Wellington to:
Samuel Morton ARCUS (1869-1947 born Liverpool) & his second wife, Elizabeth Marianne PETHERICK (1864-1949 born Dunedin)
OLIVE married William Robertson (1898-1931) in Wellington 17 Feb 1927
Evening Post, 18 February 1927 ROBERTSON-ARCUS - On the 17th February 1927, at the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, by the Rev J. Baird, William, eldest son of Mr and Mrs G. Robertson, Glasgow, Scotland, to Olive Ellen, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs S. M. Arcus, of Brougham street.
WILLIAM Robertson died 26 April 1931 aged 32
Evening Post, 27 April 1931 ROBERTSON - On 26th April, 1931, at the Ewart Hospital, William, beloved husband of Olive Ellen Robertson, late of 30 Marshall street, Karori; aged 32 years.
- he is buried Plot 7Z, PUBLIC2 at Karori cemetery
the HEADSTONE READS:
In Loving Memory Of
WILLIAM, dearly beloved husband of
Olive Ellen ROBERTSON
died 26 April 1931 aged 32
late of Glasgow, Scotland
OLIVE ELLEN Robertson died 21 April 2000 aged 95 & cremated at Karori

* Peter Leslie Arcus
- born 22 March 1861 in Lenwick, Scoland
- son of Laurence ARCUS & Johannah SMITH
- married Ellen Jane HOWAN on 20 August 1894 in Foxton
- he died in 1951 in Palmerston North

* Robert Baillie Arcus
- married Mary Ann GOSNEY in 1875
- a son, Arthur James Arcus (born 1880 in Timaru, Canterbury) married Rose Eva COLLINS 1901 in Perth West Australia. Rose died on 19 Dec 1964 aged 83 in Subiaco. Arthur died on 28 Aug 1975 aged 95 in Victoria Park, they are buried at Karrakatta cemetery

* Samuel Morton Arcus (1857-1946)
- married Eliza COX (1864-1895) in St John's, Wellington 17 Feb 1889
- they had 3 known children:
* 1890 - 1968 Alice Morton Arcus
Alice married Frederick McCarthy (1887-1962) in Greymouth 20 Oct 1914
* 1892 - 1978 Jane Morton Arcus
Jane married Henry Titchmarsh in 1915
* 1893 - 1917 William Morton Arcus
William, Lieutenant 4/520 was killed in action 11 Oct 1917 at Ypres, Belgium
ELIZA Arcus died 20 Feb 1895 aged 31 & buried Karori
SAMUEL next married Elizabeth Marianne PETHERICK (1864-1949) in Wellington 1 May 1896
- they had 4 known children:
* 1897 - 1897 Samuel Arcus
Samuel died 3 April 1897 aged 1 day & buried Karori
* 1899 - 1981 Edwin Eric Arcus
Edwin married Ena Lissa Brooker (1905-1971) 19 Oct 1926 in Russell
* 1904 - 2000 Olive Ellen Arcus
Olive married William Robertson in Wellington 17 Feb 1927
* 1906 - Marjorie Joan Arcus
Marjorie married David Mathieson Wilson in Sydney Australia 1942

* Thomas Leslie Arcus
- married Jessie WALDIN in 1915

* William Ernest 'Ernie' Arcus (1893-1980)
- born in Carterton to of Thomas Smith ARCUS of Scotland & Elizabeth 'Eliza' SHAW
served as Private 10/156 with NZEF, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
occupation: builders apprentice and family dairy farm
embarked from Wellington to Egypt 16 Oct 1914, arrived 3 Dec 1914
... the following was taken from link at photo below
* On 15 May 1915 Ernie was shot 3 times by a machine gun in a place they called the Daisy Patch. One bullet went through his ear into his head.
After seeing his injuries he was presumed dead and thrown onto the dead heap. A while later someone heard some moaning and dragged him off the dead heap. Later he was again presumed dead and put on the heap only for one more person to discover he was still alive.
He was transferred to a hospital island off the coast then home on the first ship that came back to NZ, which then turned around to take first reinforcements. A lot of wounded died on beaches waiting to get transferred to island or home from lack of treatment, heat and disease.
Back in NZ, he moved to Martinborough and got a soldier settlement ballot farm which he named 'Seddulbahir'
Ernie died at 88 with the bullet still lodged in his brain. If the bullet had been 1 cm either way, 4 generations would not be here.
- he married Elizabeth Kate McDONALD (1896-1990) 30 Jan 1918 in Carterton
- they had 5 known children

PHOTO
William Ernest 'Ernie' Arcus (on the left)