the COOZE GROOMS 1870 - 1937
Arthur Leonard Joseph Cooze (1911-1982)
married Joan Howchow (1915-2011) in 1935
* daughter of Engquorth How Chow and Ellen Presling

Alva Maxwell Spence Cooze (1912-1962)
married Doris Louisa Townsend (1914-1982) in 1937 in Wellington

Charles Arthur Cooze (1873-1948)
married Doris Venetta Lawson (1889-1956) of Greymouth in 1910
their known children
1911 - 1982 Arthur Leonard Joseph Cooze
1913 - 1985 Edna Florence Denholm Cooze
1915 - Doris Eveline Cooze
1917 - 1993 Phyllis May Cooze (+Bob Tyrell +Rex Kitchener Gaffey)
1920 - 2002 Lillian Blanche Cooze
1922 - 2001 William Percival Cooze
1927 - 1992 Francis Everard Cooze

Charles Joseph Cooze (1846-1944)
* born in London, died in Pitcairn Islands
married Mary Denholm Sanderson Cunningham (1852-1922) in Dunedin 21 July 1870
their known children
1871 - 1945 Eveline Frances Cooze (born Dunedin, died Auckland)
1872 - Charles Arthur Cooze (born Dunedin, died Carterton)
1875 - 1902 William Joseph Cooze (born Fitzroy, Melbourne, died Carterton)
1877 - Caroline Adelaide Cooze (born Melbourne)
1879 - Ada Blanche Cooze (born Carlton, Melbourne)
1881 - Percy Edgar Cooze
1883 - Florence May Cooze (born Taieri, Otago)
1885 - Frank Spence Cooze (born Dunedin)
1891 - Leonard Victor McGeorge Cooze
NOTES Patent Application 24 Oct 1899, Serial No 732,475, at the US Patent Office, Charles Joseph Cooze of Carterton, New Zealand, Non-Refillable Bottle. The object of this invention is to provide a cheap and simple bottle which cannot be re filled after its original contents have been poured out. To this end I fit a glass disk into the neck of the bottle and provide the disk with a trap formed by bending a piece of tubing'into a U shape or by making a bowl with a partition, so that liquid may flow into the tube or bowl to the other side of the disk. A tube of small diameter extends above the neck and downward through the said disk to the bottom of the bottle, and immediately above the disk it is weakened by attenuation, so that it may be readily broken off?. After the tube has been thus broken off a perforated disk is fitted into the neck of the bottle above the first-mentioned disk. Patented 24 July 1900

Francis Ivan 'Frank' Cooze (1907-1995)
married Winifred Rona Victoria Adams (1908-1998) in 1933
* daughter of George James Adams & Zola Musical 'Lola' Bosselmann (1886-1955)
* granddaughter of Ludwig Diedrich Bosselmann (1853-1931) & Frances Emily Chant (1854-1916), died Marlborough
* Frank died in Levin

Frank Spence Cooze (1887-1959)
married Eliza Bowden (1890-1962) in 1910
* 1 of 14 children of William John Bowden (1849-1923) & Emma Gruitt (1851-1931), both from Devon, died Wellington
their known children
1911 - 1944 Dorothy Josephine Cooze
1912 - 1962 Alva Maxwell Spence Cooze
1913 - 1999 Jean Evelyn Cooze
1914 - 1998 Amy Eileen Cooze
NOTE Frank & Eliza were musical/vaudeville entertainers, putting on comedy and drama performances at the Grand Opera House in Wellington. Eliza was billed as "Lady Baritone"

Leonard Victor McGeorge Cooze (1889-1978)
married Ellen Louise Fairlie (1897-1989) in 1924
* daughter of Edward Colin Fairlie (1867-1942) & Annie Frances Houn (1869-1939), from Australia, buried Taruheru
their known children
1925 - 1999 Keith Colin Cooze
1926 - 2010 Reeve Francis Cooze
1932 - 1932 Leonard Victor Cooze (born Pitcairn Islands)

Leslie Edgar Latrove Cooze (1905-1981)
married Thelma Elizabeth Groves (1907-1996) in 1930
* daughter of Henry Cranston Groves & Emma Cross Fergusson
their known children
1937 - 1990 Leonie Cooze

Percy Edgar Cooze (1880-1951)
married Ethel Jane Payne (1885-1929) in Feilding 1904
* daughter of William Henry Payne & Ellen Catt
their known children
1905 - Edgar Leslie Latrove Cooze
1908 - Frank Ivan Cooze
1909 - 1909 Frederick Russell Cooze
1910 - 1990 William Ronald Cooze (+Doris Irene hiscock +Isabella Banks +?)
1912 - Vera Maud Cooze
1913 - Rita Ethel Cooze
Percy remarried in 1930 to Evelyn Sarah Proctor (1891-1964)
their known children
1921 - 1995 Ian Cooze
1934 - 2017 Zena Marie Cooze

the COOZE BRIDES 1899 - 1937
Ada Blanche Cooze (1879-1960)
married Leonard William Goldfinch (1882-1945) in 1904
* born in Pauatahanui, Wellington, 1 of 10 children of Adolph Goldfinch (1859-1927) & his 1st of 2 wives (& 1 de facto), Mary Edith Doak (1860-1944 formerly Robinson from County Tyrone)
NOTE Leonard's father had 10 children with his mother Mary Doak and, at the same time, had 5 children with a widow, Mary Elizabeth Day, nee Tremain. His father next married Annie Moore in 1917
the known children of Ada & Leonard
1905 - 1965 Adolph Leonard Goldfinch (born Palmerston North, died Sydney)
1906 - 1969 Cyril Charles Goldfinch (born Ohingaiti, died NSW)
1910 - 1985 Kathleen Melba Goldfinch (+ James Bickley Southcott, buried Hastings)
Ada & Leonard lived at 512 Akina St., Akina, Hastings, Hawke's Bay. Leonard died 2 Jan 1945 in Hastings. Ada died 12 July 1960 in Hastings. They are buried in Havelock North cemetery

Amy Eileen Cooze (1914-1998)
married Patrick Clarence Johnson Doherty (1911-) in 1936
* son of Edgar Johnston Doherty & Annie Marion Amelia Sharpe
* Amy & Patrick were granted a decree nisi (reason: separation) in Wellington Oct 1940. Patrick was in Christchurch in 1941
Amy remarried in Wellington in Feb 1941 to Joseph Patrick Urban McCashin (1914-1996)

Caroline Adelaide Cooze (1877-1959)
married Richard Frank Sorensen (1877-1961) in Carterton 1899
their known children
1900 - Esma Eileen Sorensen
1902 - Richard William Sorensen
1904 - Thelma Edna Sorensen
1905 - Wilfred Leonard Sorensen

Doris Venita Cooze (1890-1956)
married Austin Edward King (1888-1942) in 1932

Dorothy Josephine Cooze (1911-1944)
married Percival Murray White (1906-1962, buried Karori) in 1929
* 1 of 9 children of Pierre Eugene 'Pero' White (1875-1948) & Alice Murray (1878-1944). His grandparents were Pierre 'Peter' White (1835-1876) and Helen Bingham nee Campbell (formerly Violich, 1841-1911) from Melbourne to Wellington
* by 1937 Dorothy was calling herself Dorothy Josephine Cooze again and was in a relationship with Henry Erle Fraser Dodson (1911-). They married between 1937 & 1943. Henry served in WWII as #533808. When he enlisted in 1943 Dorothy was his next of kin at 77 Aro St., Aro Valley, Wellington. In 1945 he was listed as a widower, his next of kin was his mother Elizabeth Brydon Dodson (nee Fraser, 1885-1965) of 11 Lawrence St., Newtown, Wellington.
* Dorothy Josephine Dodson died 19 April 1944 aged 33 and is buried Plot 486 O, CH ENG2 at Karori
Henry's father was Joseph Henry Dodson (1883-1962), his grandparents were Joseph Henry Dodson (1854-1883) & Lucy Wastney. His great grandfather was George Dodson (1821-1905), a brother of Henry Dodson (1828-1892), Officer in the British Army, son of an officer in the Imperial Army, established a brewery in Blenheim, Member of the Provincial Council and four times Mayor of Blenheim

Edna Florence Denholm Cooze (1913-1985)
married William Peter Anderson in 1934
married 'Ted' Edwards

Florence May Cooze (1882-1970)
married Ernest Henry Marsh (1884-1952) in 1904
* Ernest was born in Kuripuni, Masterton 1 of 13 known children of Herbert Thomas Marsh (1844-1910) of County Cork & Mary Howell (1849-1924) of Auckland (both buried Archer St, Masterton)
their known children
1904 - Charles Leonard Harold Marsh
1905 - Harry Victor Mackay Marsh (born Dannevirke)
1907 - Maud Eveline Marsh
1912 - 2000 Mary Edna Zona 'Barty' Marsh
1913 - 1919 Reeve Marsh (born Gisborne, died Hamilton)

Jean Evelyn Cooze (1913-1999)
married Thomas Robert Williams in 1931
Jean remarried to ? Reid

Rita Ethel Cooze (1913-2002)
* Rita attended Newtown, Wellington school
married Leo Reginald Gornall (1914-1960) in 1937
* Leo was born in Upper Hutt to Edgar Canada 'Ted' Gornall & Mary Ellen Boyd. When he was 20, in 1934, Leo was sent to Borstal for 3 years. He was later a taxi driver in Wellington. In 1944 he falsely stated he was a third engineer on an overseas ship when he (drunkenly) tried to gain admittance with an American sailor on to Prince's wharf (he was at the time a woolclasser) He served as #454121 in WWII. Rita was his next of kin at 71 Cambridge Tce., Te Aro, Wellington. They were divorced in June 1940 (reason: mutual separation). Leo next married Mary Haven Molloy (1913-2000) after 1942.
Rita married Arthur John Chalk (1906-1994) before 1945.
* Leo is buried in Karori as are his parents.
* Rita & Arthur are buried at Paraparaumu Beach

Vera Maud Cooze (1912-2003)
married Raymond George Miller (1908-1937) in Wellington 23 Dec 1931
* Raymond was a son of Maud Alice Standen (1875-1944) & her 1st of 3 husbands, Albert Lawrence Miller (1876-1935).
they had a son 1932-1954, Bruce Miller
* Raymond died aged 29 at his mother's home (& that of her 3rd husband, Frederick Charles Murrell), 55 Hutt Road, Lower Hutt on 15 Feb 1937. He is buried at Taita
* On 9 April 1937, Vera next married Roy Thomas George Jones (1914-1967)