RHODA JULIA BELCHER GATES

1893 - 1950  (56 years)

• Name	RHODA JULIA BELCHER GATES
  Birth	12 Sep 1893	LILYDALE, MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 Mar 1950	NZ
  Person ID	I588	Meehan
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	GEORGE WILLIAM GATES,   b. 1861   d. 1942 (Age 81 years)
  Mother	JULIA BELCHER,   b. 1861   d. 1942 (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	DOUGLASS MCWILLIAM,   b. 7 Jan 1891, HAMPDEN, NORTH OTAGO, NZ d. 8 Jan 1945, TIMARU, SOUTH CANTERBURY, NZ (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1913	SYDENHAM , CHRISTCHURCH, CANTERBURY, NZ
  Divorce	16 May 1922
  Notes	Douglas & Rhoda were divorced on the grounds that Rhoda deserted Douglas & Archibald in 1919
  Children	1. DOUGLAS ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER MCWILLIAM,   b. 24 Nov 1913, CHRISTCHURCH, CANTERBURY, NZ d. 30 Dec 1942, OAMARU, NORTH OTAGO, NZ (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2026

  
  

  Family 2	ROBERT WILLIAM STEPHEN BALLANTYNE
  Marriage	1925
  Family ID	F2619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2026

  
  

  Family 3	HERBERT EDWIN VINCENT,   b. 14 Dec 1904   d. 31 Dec 1989 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	21 Oct 1935
  Family ID	F269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Rhoda attended West Christchurch School and then enrolled at Wharenui School, Riccarton, Christchurch on 28 January 1907 at the age of 13.Her address at the time was Clarence Street. She left school 26 August 1908 aged 14 to take up domestic duties. [1] She married Douglas McWilliam on 3rd February 1918 aged 19. She married Herbert Edward Vincent on 21 Oct 1935, aged 41 years

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Wharenui School Academic Roll.