MERVYN WILLIAM TRESSLER

Recorded: 27 March 1998

Interviewer: Kay Ward

Abstracter: Kay Ward (Retyped by Jean Hawkes)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIMINGS RELATE TO THE ORIGINAL TAPE COUNTER

000 MERVYN WILLIAM TRESSLER – Born 27 July 1926 at INVERCARGILL

[FATHER]: JOHN WILLIAM FAULKNER or FALCONER SMITH (TRESSLER): Grocer and Railwayman – Born 17 November 1894 – Died 12 October 1971 [MOTHER]: SARAH MARY ELLEN O'BRIEN – Shop assistant – Born 05 July 1897 – Died 05 November 1953

[SIBLINGS]: RAYMOND JOHN TRESSLER – Born 17 June 1929; SHIRLEY CATHERINE (LEWIS) NEILL – Born 11 October 1930; VERNON JAMES – Born 27 July 1932; RONALD FRANCIS – Born 11 January 1934 (died); ALBERT OWEN – Born 09 May 1936

MERVYN married VIOLET IRENE BUTT born 14 December 1927 or 1928 on 20 October 1948 and JOYCE HENRIETTA LAY born 03 October 1934 on 29 May 1981

[CHILDREN]: JANICE FAY (Mrs FRANKLIN) – Born 31 August 1949; PATRICIA KAY (Mrs WARD) – Born 20 November 1950; LINDA JOY (Mrs HOWARD) – Born 20 October 1953; MAXINE MARGARET (Mrs McMURTRIE) – 23 November 1954; JOANNE LESLIE (Mrs POWLEY) – Born 17 October 1959; JONATHAN JAMES – Born 26 May 1972

035 [EDUCATION]: INVERCARGILL NORTH SCHOOL – SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE

043 [OCCUPATIONS]: Car Painting – Sign Writing – Fire Brigadesman – Storeman – Maintenance at KEW HOSPITAL – Cutting tombstones

106 Hobbies – movie making and the Southern Cine Club

123 'CITY LIGHTS' – CHARLIE CHAPLIN movie made in INVERCARGILL – Making of film described. WARREN SPARKS – Mentioned

247 Local people involved with film – RON TRESSLER – FRANCIS THOMPSON – GORDON C SOMERVILLE – MERVYN TRESSLER – HERBIE PATTERSON – TREVOR WILLIAMSON

Places mentioned – OTEPUNI GARDENS – DEE STREET MATERNITY HOME – NORTH INVERCARGILL HALL – BORSTAL (PRISON) BUILDING – GALA DRY CLEANERS – RAILWAY STATION – TEPID BATHS – DACRE – MASONIC LODGE -

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NOTE: Mervyn died in 2002