Our WHITSON family: from Scotland to Aotearoa
formerly http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/whitson/whitson.html
compiled by Kit WITHERS kit.withers@gmail.com
101 Allington Road, Wellington 6012, New Zealand, whatsapp +64 223685905
CONTENTS
a. Sources, acknowledgements & privacy
b. Introduction
c. Abbreviations used
d. Dates
e. The numbering systems used
1. Our WHITSON family tree
Robert WHITSON 1805 Leith,Scotland-1883 Auckland
2. WHITSON Clues
3. Clues for our FENDER, HAY, HOGG, SHIELS, WATT families:
3.1 Our FENDER family
3.2 FENDER clues
3.5 Our HOGG family
3.7 Our SHIELS family
3.8 SHIELS clues
3.(10) WATT clues
3.(11) TOMBLESON further back
4. Wills
Related websites
Appendix 1: Who lives where by country & town
Appendix 2: Family names -where they first appear
Appendix 3: The dictionary of British surnames
Appendix 4: Family Reunions
Appendix 5: The 4th generation with descendants alive today
Appendix 7: Photos of Scotland at www.capitalcollections.org.uk
a. SOURCES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & PRIVACY
This family tree is the combined labour of many people, including
[ID 34925 2] Kit WITHERS, 101 Allington Road, Wellington 6012, New Zealand
kit.withers@gmail.com
mobile +64223685905 if you want to call me on whatsapp.
ID 34644 2 IJ Ian JOHNSTONE 0272 344595 ianshistory@hotmail.co.nz
34641 2 SJ Sid JORDAN, 14 Coleraine Place, Howick, Auckland
email Elsid@xtra.co.nz Sid JORDAN scanned the 2nd edition of the WHITSON tree
that Kit WITHERS put out in 1978 into a Microsoft Word file. (The photos were
scanned as tif files by Sid JORDAN, and sent to me on CD Rom. I have reduced them
to jpg files to reduce file size.) Sid then updated it with "The Australian
descendants of Robert WHITSON 1805-1883" (1989) by Kit WITHERS, and the new
material IN Ian's 1989 update. Sid's beautiful version with colour photos came out
for the reunion in Gisborne 3-4.6.1995.
Ian put out "The Family Tree of George JOHNSTONE and Agnes WATT" (1989).
3412 41 MW Maureen WILLIAMS migrated from our African branch to NZ in 1993 &
has helped to update that branch in 2001. mauwill@clear.net.nz
Her son Alan in Jo'burg has also made an addition.
3419 21 GK Geoffrey KINGMA of Toronto made contact 18.2.2004 & has also made an
invaluable addition to the South African branch. gkingma@gmail.com 2017
Other computer genealogists in the family are
3424 43 Murray & Carol JOHNSTONE,
3429 52 Ray & Paulette JOHNSTONE,
3423 11 Shean MCCONNELL, who has put out a family history for his
immediate branch in Ireland, from which I've excerpted some material, &
3434 12 Elizabeth & Ross ELLIFFE.
31x Ken SONNE "KS" made contact 10.8.2003.
Unfortunately I have not kept a record of all the earlier contributers.
PRIVACY ISSUES
The primary purpose of these family trees is to preserve the history
of the families and to enable contact between members. So I include
living members and a method of contact if I can. If for any reason you
would like your contact details excluded please let me know.
NB 1841, 1851, 1861, …. refer to census records.
NB freepages is no more. Any reference to it are files that I’ve yet to upload to chatgpt.
b. INTRODUCTION
THE WHITSON FAMILY CREST (collection of Bruce CATO) (This is
also the crest of the family of Sir Thomas B. WHITSON, save for their
motto 'Coelitus vires' 'Strength is from heaven': the Baronage of
'Angus and Mearns').
The College of Heralds notes:
The surname WHITSON was first recorded in Scotland in 1369, when
William QUHITSONE was appointed baille of the town of Perth. Since
then the name has become particularly associated with the county of
Roxburgh where it is generally WHUTSON and whare indeed scholars
differ as to the precise origin of the name. Some contend that it is a
patronymic being derived from the personal name of the father of the
original bearer and signifying simply "son of WHITE" while others favour
a baptismal origin with the name being ascribed to one who was born on
Whitsunday. ... References after 1369 include the witnessing by John QUHYTSON
of a charter i Inuerpetery in 1454, and the leasing of lands of Le Peblis
(Peebles) in 1484 and again in 1498 by Thomas QUHITSONE. Thomas WHITSON
was notary and writer in Kirktoun of Ratray in 1688, and another Thomas
WHITSON was an important burgher of Dundee in 1823. ... In 1774 one of
the passengers on the ship DIANA bound for Maryland was Elizabeth WHITSEN
a 19 year old mantua maker. Notable bearers of the name have included
Sir Thomas and Lady Mabel WHITSON of Prestonfield House in Edinburgh.
Sir Thomas wa an eminent County Alderman and Justice of the Peace,
Deputy Lieutenant of the County and Fellow of the Royal Society in
Edinburgh. The arms described below were awarded in 1912 to the WHITSONs
of Blairgourie and Brechin, whose family included David WHITSON (1827-1896),
a solicitor, and Henry WHITSON (b1893), killed in 1918, and Ronald Shiress
WHITSON, a Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Dragoons.
BRAZON OF ARMS: Azure, the sun in his splendour, argent, a chief ermine.
CREST: An arm in armour endowed, holding a broken lance, all proper.
MOTTO: Dominus fiducia mea = My trust rests in the Lord
From the fourth version of "THE WHITSON FAMILY" by Sir Thomas B. WHITSON,
Lord Provost of Edinburgh, (unpublished manuscript):
CREST: as above
MOTTO: Coelitus vires = Strength is from heaven
( the Baronage of'Angus and Mearns').
"The tradition in the family handed down is that there were
three Norwegian brothers who, in the old Viking days, came over in
their galleys and remained in Scotland. One landed in the estuary of
the Tay, one in Berwickshire, and the third in Galloway. He who
landed in the Tay was called QUITSON, as near as the sound can be
spelt, although the name really was WHITSON - the son of White. (The
name is pronounced Quhitson in Shetland today - 1935)."
For general background reading on the County of East Lothian
where Robert WHITSON's ancestors are from, try your librarian eg:-
PREBBLE "1000 Years of Scottish History"
ANDERSON, William "The Scottish Nation" 3 vols. Edinburgh 1878-80
DONALDSON, Gordon "Church and Nation through 16 centuries" Edinburgh 1960
SMOUT, T.C. "A History of the Scottish People; 1560-1830" London 1969
GRAHAM, Henry Grey "The Social Life of Scotland in the 18th century"
4th Ed. 2 vols. 1937
MACKENZIE, Agnes Muir "Scotland In Modern Times, 1720-1939" 1941
A complementary account of Robert WHITSON's family is given in
"The Merchant Princes of Princes Street" by Nola EASDALE,
Civic Trust, Auckland City Council Press (1980).
Sadly, Nola died 18.2.2013.
ID NUMBERS. For ease of reference, I have given every person a number. For
example, 123 is the third child of 12. His or her fourth child will be
1234. (Sometimes I have had to guess the order of birth).
The first edition (of 100 copies) of this family tree with many old
photos was prepared in haste by me under the title
"The Family of Robert WHITSON, Brewer"
for the first N.Z. WHITSON Family Reunion held on March 10-11th, 1978,
at 29 Princes St., Auckland, the home built in 1869 by George JOHNSTONE
and his wife Elizabeth WHITSON (342). See Appendix 3 for details.
The second edition of 100 copies (12?.5.1978), besides having a more
accurate title, has many extra photographs and details. Some people
have been renumbered (the children of 34214, 342152, 3434312, 3429),
but to avoid too much confusion I decided to retain the
earlier numbering for people born before 1900. For example, I have
since discovered siblings to 2 older than him, but have not
renumbered him.
Some of the IDs in Appendix 1 may not have been corrected:
3 Thomas WHITSON m Mary SHIELS had ID 1
34 Rbt WHITSON m El FENDER had ID 11, so
342 El WHITSON m Geo JOHNSTONE had ID 112.
Let me know if you see some of these errors.
c. ABBREVIATIONS USED
bapt. baptised
c about
df de facto
div. divorced
dsp died without children
E W N S compass points
m married; if this is omitted, it is indicated by sp- for "spouse"
m1 married first
m2 married second
NSW New South Wales, Australia
NZ New Zealand
NZMC NZ Military Corps?
Qld. Queensland, Australia
SA South Australia
sp spouse: for example 342 Elizabeth WHITSON m sp-George JOHNSTONE
so he is also referred to as sp-342
d. DATES
When known, the dates and places of birth and death follow each name.
For example
346 3-Elizabeth WHITSON (30.09.1840 Leith,Scotland-18.10.1899 Makaraka)
However the first date/place will be the christening or baptism date/place
if before c1830.
e. THE NUMBERING SYSTEMS
(i) The number at the start of the line indicates his order of descent from
the initial couple "0 0-Thomas WHITSON of Prestonkirk m sp-Agnes HOGG".
(sp- is for spouse.) For example their 3rd child is
3 1-Thomas WHITSON 1761 m 1791 Whitekirk sp-Mary SHIELS.
Their 4th child is
34 2-Robert WHITSON (24.3.1805-26.11.1883)
m 17.5.1829 Dunbar, East Lothian sp-Elizabeth FENDER b 8.6.1807 Skateraw,
Haddington bp 21.6.1807 Innerwick, d 27.7.1884 Auckland.
Their 6th child is
346 3-Elizabeth WHITSON b 30.09.1840 Leith,Scotland d 18.10.1899 Makaraka
m sp-George JOHNSTONE b 1839 Stirling, Scotland d 1886 Makaraka
Their 3rd child is
3463 4-Jessie Grahame JOHNSTONE b 13.04.1868 Logie,Perth,Scotland d 23.09.1959
and so on. So "4-" tells us that person is in the 4th generation from "0".
The 10th child of 34221 is
34621 (10) 6-Helen 'Lavinia' TOMBLESON (18.11.1934 Otoko)
Note the gap inserted every 5th digit for ease of reading numbers more than
5 digits.
(ii) The generation number precedes the name. For example the "4--" in
3423 4-Jessie Grahame JOHNSTONE (13.04.1868 Logie,Perth,Scotland-23.09.1959)
indicates she is 4th generation. So to see who her siblings are one can either
scan for adjacent "4--" or scan for 3421, 3422, 3424, ....
Generally a spouse's generation number is not given. However for a second
marriage it is sometimes given (for example "m2 4-sp-") as an aid to
finding their spouse above.
1. OUR WHITSON FAMILY TREE
SUMMARY A4-page numbers (out of date)
DETAILS 1723-1756 9
Probable father of 0 Thomas below:
James WHITSON m1 sp-Elizabeth WATT, m2 1756 Agnes RIND/RHIND
OUR WHITSON FAMILY:
0 Thomas WHITSON of Prestonkirk m 1755 Agnes HOGG 10
1 James WHITSON 1756 Prestonkirk m Katherine FOULER 1758
11 Helen WHITSON 1783 Prestonkirk m John SIVES 11 DEANS branch in NZ
16 James WHITSON 1799 Athelstaneford-1866 Haddington 11
m Margaret BURNSIDE
3 Thomas WHITSON 1761 m 1791 Whitekirk Mary SHIELS 13
32 Thomas WHITSON 1795 Whitekirk m Marrion HOWDEN 1795 14
321 Janet WHITSON 1818 Haddington m William PATERSON
322 Thomas WHITSON 1820 Haddington, East Lothian
323 Catherine WHITSON 1822 Haddington m James FISHER 1826
34 Robert WHITSON (1805-1883) m Elizabeth FENDER - emigrated to NZ 16
341 Kate LC WHITSON (1832-1911) m James AINSLIE Melbourne, OZ 30
3413 Lizzie Elizabeth AINSLIE m John MURRAY (-1910) 31
3414 Sarah Dunbar AINSLIE (-1941) m Dr. Jim AGNEW
3415 James Walter AINSLIE (1863) m Miriam Agnes INGLIS Perth 32
34152 Lt. Colonel James AINSLIE (1899) m Jill CLEMONS
34153 Robert AINSLIE (1909) DSO m Alice von BLANCKENSEE 33
3416 Robert WHITSON AINSLIE (1868-1920) m Alice SARRE 34
34162 Bob AINSLIE (1908 Gawler) m Goldie CLARK
34163 Jessie AINSLIE (1913 Pt Lincoln) m Roland PUCKRIDGE 35
342 Robert WHITSON 1833 Haddington m1 Ellen BROUGTHON 36
346 Elizabeth WHITSON 1840 South Leith-1899 Makaraka </A><pre>
m George JOHNSTONE 1839 Stirling, Scotland-1886 Makaraka 38
3461 George JOHNSTONE 1865 Stirling-1942 Gisborne
m 'Cathy' Sarah Catherine GREENE 47
34611 Aube JOHNSTONE 1891 Gisborne-1976 Whangarei 49
m Charles Petersen JUDD 1891 Gisborne-1967 Gisborne 50
34612 Dulcia JOHNSTONE 1892 Gisborne-1933 Wairoa 56
m Arthur Forbes FYSON 1895 Gisborne-1957 Wairoa 58
34614 Althea JOHNSTONE 1895 Gisborne-1958 Gisborne 59
m Henry `Russell' BALL 1900 Whangarei-1977 Gisborne 60
34615 George `Royden' JOHNSTONE 1897 Gisborne-1991 Auckland 67
m Reta Ellen TURNER 1897 Gisborne-1986 Auckland
34616 Jessie JOHNSTONE 1900 Gisborne-1989 Gisborne 70
m John Wallace CAMERON 1887 Tasmania-1978 Gisborne
34617 Ronald `Keith' JOHNSTONE 1901 Gisborne-1980 73
m Freda PISTOR 1900 Dunedin-1984 Gisborne
3462 Lizzie JOHNSTONE 1867 Stirling, Scotland-1956 75
m Capt. John TOMBLESON 1866 England-1938 Auckland 76
34621 Henry `Frank' TOMBLESON 1892 Gisborne-1960 Gisborne
m Winifred WADDINGHAM 1891 Lincolnshire-1976 Gisborne
34622 `Jock' TOMBLESON 1893 Gisborne-1974 Gisborne 84
m `May' DODS 1896 Gisborne-1971 Gisborne
34623 `Ted' Cecil TOMBLESON 1895 Gisborne-1941 Gisborne 85
m Nora Leslie HUGHES 1885 Pahiatua-1972 Gisborne
34624 `Rell' Walter TOMBLESON 1897 Otonga-1991 Gisborne 91
m Jessie Ethel GRAHAM 1901 Gisborne
34626 Thomas `Grahame' TOMBLESON 1901 Newstead-1967 Gisborne 94
m Mary `Dorothy' MANDER 1899 Gisborne-1963 Gisborne
34628 Jack TOMBLESON (1907-1983) m Alice GILLINGHAM 95
3463 Jessie JOHNSTONE 1868 Logie,Perth,Scotland-1959 96
m Alexander TODD 1871 Lanark, Glasgow-1966 Gisborne
34633 Alexander TODD (1907) m Florence NEWMAN
3464 Robert JOHNSTONE 1869 Auckland-1934 Wairoa 97
m `Matty' Marion TODD 1878 Scotland-1954 Auckland
34641 Marie JOHNSTONE (1907-1990) m Aussie JORDAN 98
34643 Mollie JOHNSTONE (1912-1971 ) m Lawrence BATES 102
34644 Hori JOHNSTONE (1915-1983) m Mavis HARWOOD 103
3467 Grahame JOHNSTONE 1874 Auckland-1938 Gisborne 106
m `Rose' Minna EBELING 1874 London-1968 Gisborne
34671 Juliet JOHNSTONE (1907-1989) m Roy LEGGETT 107
3469 Gordon JOHNSTONE 1878 Auckland-1957 Te Puke</A><pre> 108
m Lucy EBELING 1878 Turangi-1956 Te Puke
34691 Ham JOHNSTONE (1909-1990) m Cathrine VOLTZ 109
34695 Bunty JOHNSTONE (1916-1984) m Mavis YEOMAN 110
347 Mary Anne WHITSON (1834) m George W TELFORD Melbourne, Oz 112 </A><pre> OZ
3472 Elizabeth TELFORD (1872-1944) m Sir Stephen MORELL 113
34722 Sheila MORELL (1907-1977) m Geoffrey ARMSTRONG
34723 Rodney MORELL 1910 m1 Peggy STRUTT m2 Naomi GREEN 114
34724 Donald MORELL (1910-1985) m Cynthia KEON-COHEN 115
3475 George W TELFORD (1875-1953) m Vera Laura BAILEY 116
34751 Archie TELFORD ( 1907- 1981 ) m Phyllis WHITE
349 Thomas WHITSON (1844-1881) m Fanny DEACON Auckland, NZ 119-123</A><pre>
3492 Dora WHITSON (1871) m Frederick SM MURRAY 126
34921 Gordon MURRAY (1908-c2000) m Rosa HOOD
3493 Lisa WHITSON (1872-1936) m Edward S WITHERS 1871-1922 128 *my line
34933 Maurice WITHERS m Dweena FOOTE - see link
34935 Wynn WITHERS 1914-1982 m Laurette RUSSELL 1918-2010 - see link
3494 Robert WHITSON (1874) m Margaret Mary LEECE 132
34941 Doris WHITSON (c1903-1971) m Jack MANSON 139
3496 Muriel WHITSON 1881 Auckland-1969 m Tucker COLLINS 143
4 Elspeth WHITSON (1764 bp Whitekirk) m Robert HOGG 147
46 Jane HOGG 1796 Haddington-1877 Haddington
m Thomas PRITCHARD 1793 Ancrum, Roxburgh-1859
465 Janet PRITCHARD 1831 Haddington-1899 Haddington 148
m John JOHNSTONE 1831 Dunbar-1899 Haddington
4651 Jane JOHNSTONE 1853 Haddington-1924 Haddington 149
m William WILSON 1849 Kinross-1924 Haddington
46512 Elizabeth WILSON 1880 Haddington-1954
m Archibald STORI 1875 Haddington-1951
46512 11 Anne-Maria BOJKO - "AB" here. Haddington,Scotland
7 Archibald WHITSON 1771 Prestonkirk m Mary HARDIE 150
71 Thomas WHITSON (1816-1856) m Elizabeth Clark MacLEAN
711 Archibald WHITSON 1843-1929 South Africa m ROBINSON 151
SOUTH AFRICA BRANCH
7112 Dick WHITSON (1875-1940) m Gertrude WAKEFIELD 153
71121 Alistair WHITSON (d S Africa) m ? 154
71122 Sonny WHITSON (d S Africa) Twin m Marian HART?
71123 Thelma WHITSON (d S Africa) Twin m Kenneth HAY
71124 Maurice WHITSON (1904-1975) m Mildred EDMEADES
71125 Keith WHITSON (d by 2001) m Greta 155
7113 William J WHITSON (1877) m Ethel Nora SCOTT
71132 Kingsley WHITSON (1907-1969) m Ann De JAEGER
71133 Mel WHITSON (1908-1995) m Zoe SCHULZE 157
7115 `Nibs' WHITSON (Queenstown) m SHAW 165
7119 Edwin Thomas WHITSON (1879) m Ada Annie BASTIN 166
71191 Archibald WHITSON (1913-1969) m Barbara OLD 168
71192 Eva WHITSON (1914) m1 Ronald KINGMA m2 Wm TEMPLEMAN
71193 Sydney WHITSON (1920-1955) m Eileen 169
712 Agnes WHITSON (1814 Hanover-1873) m2 Jackson McGOWN b N Ireland 169
7122 Pat McGOWN (1876 Belfast-1956) m Dora May THORNTON
71222 Frank McGOWAN (1915) MD,OBE m Dr Pamela WATSON 168
7123 Lisa McGOWN 1877 Belfast-1956 m Sir Joseph McCONNELL 169
71231 Sir Terence McCONNELL 1902-1987 m1 Rose READE 170
71232 Patricia McCONNELL 1908-1989 m John CAMPBELL DL MP 173
71233 Lt Desmond McCONNELL 1912-1986 m Honor RAMSAY
7125 Marie McGOWN (1881 Belfast-1958) m Samuel KINGHAN 174
71252 Major Frank KINGHAN 1911 m1 Maureen McWATTERS 175
71254 Lt Boy KINGHAN (1921-1991) m Esme WEBB
7127 Balfour McGOWN 1887 Belfast-1960 m Blanche RAMSAY 175
71272 Sonia McGOWN 1928 m John SCRUTTON, FRICS of Kent
71273 Melville McGOWN 1931 m Stephanie MAYNE 176
713 Thomas W WHITSON 1847 Haddington-1922 m Isabella GRANT Dunedin 178
7134 Ina WHITSON 1878-1933 m Capt. Gerald Stokely DOORLY 181
71341 Geraldine DOORLY (1913 Dunedin) m Charles WILSON
71342 Dorothy DOORLY 1919-2000 m William FREED b Poland 187
7135 Rosalind WHITSON (1888 Dunedin-1970) m Edgar ELLIOTT 190
71351 Margaret ELLIOTT (1922 Auckland) m Alfred MAYLOR
71352 Jean ELLIOTT (1926 Auckland) m Jack ADAMS 191
714 James A WHITSON 1849 Haddington-1899 m Marion SMITH Auckland 192 </A><pre>
7141 Sophia WHITSON (1885 Auckland-1952) m Ernest WRIGHT 193
71412 Molly WRIGHT (1917 Dunedin) m Phillip LAERY 194
71413 Noel WRIGHT (1920 Auckland) m Rae McCAULEY
71414 Jim WRIGHT (1927 Auckland-1995) m Sybil RHODES 195
7142 Elsi WHITSON 1887 Auckland-1973 m Colin SM HAMLIN
71421 Deryck HAMLIN 1913-1987 Adelaide m Connie RESPINGER
71422 Merle HAMLIN 1914 Auckland m Murray JONES 196
71423 Cushla HAMLIN 1916 Dargaville m Sydney HOVEY
71424 Winnie HAMLIN 1917 Dargaville-2002 m Jack PRESTON 196
7143 Aggie WHITSON 1890 Hay-1974 m Charles Henry CATO 197
71431 Raymond CATO 1925 Auckland m Pat CATRAN
71432 Bruce CATO 1929 Auckland m1 1957 Rosemary SHORTLAND
74 James WHITSON m Elizabeth FAWTHROP 200
742 (Archibald) Stansfield WHITSON (1848/9 Haddington-NZ) 201 A NZ branch
7421 Archibald WHITSON (1884-1949) m Isobel BROWN 202
74211 Bill WHITSON (1916 Dannevirke-1986) m Joyce AHEARN 203
DETAILS: 1723-1756:
Probable father of 0 Thomas below:
(0 to 4 at the start below are from the IGI at www.familysearch.com under
Prestonkirk C&M117172 1658-1821, C&M117174 1820-1855, C&M117171 1855-1875)
0 0-James WHITSON
m1 sp-Elizabeth WATT [presumably
James WHITSUN m 08 JUN 1723 Prestonkirk, East Lothian m sp-Elizabeth]
This photo of Prestonkirk Church was sent by AB 2005.
[Presumably he is
James WHITSON (died 30-31.7.1756) brewer in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
(I have a copy of the inventory of his goods July 1756:
34 Pounds Sterling & in Scots money to the sum of 411 Pounds) with daughter,
1 1-Marion WHITSON
m sp-Sinclair INAITER Master in the Regiment of Light Cavalry.]
2 1-Elizabeth WHITSON bp 21 FEB 1725 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
m 08 JUN 1755 Prestonkirk, East Lothian sp-Alexander FORBES
June 8th 1755 "Alex'r FORBES and Elizabeth WHITSON both in this parish gave up
their names for proclamation and were married" - ex Lesley A
21 2-Elizabeth FORBES bp: 16 JAN 1756 Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
22 2-Elspeth FORBES bp: 23 DEC 1759 Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
23 2-Mary FORBES bp: 31 JAN 1764 Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
3 1-Jean WHITSON bp 05 JUN 1731 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
m 28 JUN 1755 Prestonkirk, East Lothian sp-Adam KING
'Adam KING and Jean WHITSON both in this parish gave up their names for
proclamation and were married.' - Lesley A ex Scotlandspeople
Adam KING was a witness at the baptism in 1756 of James (1 below), the
first child of 0 Thomas WHITSON and Agnes HOGG.
31 2-Patrick KING 1756 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
32 2-James KING 1757 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
33 2-Jean KING bp 09 APR 1759 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
34 2-Adam KING 1763 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
4 1-Janet WHITSON bp 01 AUG 1736 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
[0 0-James WHITSON]
His 1st will in 1757 ex SRO [Scottish Record Office]: CC 8/8/116?2 pp38v-41 (7 A3)
18.3.1757
Test. dative Ja's WHITSON
The Testament dative & inventory of the goods and gear pertaining and
belonging to Umqhil James WHITSON brewer in Prestonpans the time of his
deceases who deceased there upon the - day of July MVy? and 50 m.e.? years
Faithfully made & given up by Agnes RIND widow of the said Umquil James
WHITSON & only Executive? dative upon Creditrixe ? deceased whim? who? so
far as by Postnuptiall contract of marriage of date 29.7.Moy and 56 years
made & perfected between the said defunct & the said Agnes RIND, the said
defunct / among others/ assigns & disposes to & in favour of the said Agnes
RIND his spouse in case she survived him and there should be no children of
the marriage and to her heirs executors or assignees his whole brewery and
malt homes? barley small and other stocking of brewery utensils he should
have on hand at his decease Also his whole outstanding debts of what ever
kind they should be & due to him by bonds bills decls? Compt books
nickstrekein? or otherwise, with power? to her or her foresaid to self use
and dispose of the said brewery & so on as well looks? barley malt & other
utensils thereto belonging as also with power to them to each? & charge &
pursue for and debts deevats thereon to recover and the same to due and ....
furniture in the south room a house clock 4P a large looking glass 1P2/-, a
wainscot servitore 18/-, ..., a corner cupboard painted 3/, 2 buff?
footstools 1/4, a weather glass in bad order a wainscot table 2/, a grate
with firetongs poker & shovell 3/, a bottle case with 11 glass bottles 1/6,
a closs box 6d, a small looking glass 6d, calligo red & . and gruel of
calligo feather bed pillos and 2 pillows in the bed head which is fixed & 4
pair trunkart blanketts 4P
In the litle side room on the east side of the brewes? foteling? wainscot
table 1/6, 5 asheheos? 2/4, grate tongs & poker 1/6, small looking glass
crackt 6d, bedsted 2 feather pillows 4 pair of blankets & calligo coverted
with check foresid hangings 1P 5/6.
In the side closet on the west of the house an Mon? conner chair 3/, little
folding wall table 6d, ash chair and a stooll 10d,
In the north room large looking glass 1P, chest of Feinuditviswers? 4/,
armed chair 1/, 6 buck chairs 4/, an old wainscot desk 2/, case with 6 case
bottles 1/, corner fir cupboard 1/8, a grate in the chimney 1/6, feather bed
& pilows with 2 bolsters & 2 pillows 1P 10/, 4 pair blankets & white quilt
5/ apiece, mock .. at the back of the bed & blue earthens? round the test 6/
In the trance .. bedstead in good case 10/ chaff bed feather bolster 2 pair
blankets & cloth cover 4/
In the West? chin? feather bed in a fixed bedstead feather bolster & 2
pillows 3 pair blankets & an old calligo quilt grun cushions at the foresaid
1P 12/,.. boxbed below with flax bed bolster & pillows & 3 pairs blankets
3/, 22 large pewther plates, 25 pewther trineheos? & 3 pewther water
bottles? & 2 basons at 7d per pound or 2P 14/10, 5 prints stoups? 6 choppin
dittos 2 muleteken dittos 2 gelstittos 2 halfgills 3 salts & a mustard dish
at 5d pe P or 13/6, copper tankard & 3 flask whole wondillow 1/3, 2 brass
candlesticks & a hand candlestick a large brass candlestick & a small one at
8d/pound or 7/, copper saucepan, copper ladle, copper coffeepot, copper tea
kettle, 2 copper cobles, a small handed ditto 9/, an old jack in bad order
with aspect 1/6, iron frying pan 2/6, Kidelungarde? finder & tongs at 2/ or
16/, white iron dripping pan & iron stand 6d, brass pans 8d/pound or 7/, a
jelling pot broken, brander and toasting iron 1/, smoothing iron &2 heaters
1/, 5 domed chairs & 1 domed ditto 3/4, small fir table 10d, 2 dozen and 5
lame plates 1/6
Room below stairs 2 chaff beds & chaff bolster & flax blanketts 2 feather
pillows and 3 peur blankets 6/, large wainscot table 8/, a wainscot 2/6,
fir chest 2 chairs one of them domed ditto, wainscot 3/6, closs box & forms
6d, wongrate 1/6, scrun for drying cloaks 1/6, serun for drying cloaths 1/6,
iron toaster fir table 6d, check veell and 2 tent wheels 2/6
North tan room clopbedsted offior 3 peur blankets chaff bed bolster & cloth
cover & 2 firr chests & 4 firr stools 5/2, 2 fir tables 3 forms iron grate &
Cran 4/6, linnen sheets 1P 10/, 16 pair strackend ditto 2P 8/, 14 pair
harden ditto & one half 1P 8/, course .. be & 2 pillows filled with feathers
5/6,fine ditto table cloaths 1P8/, 7 course ditto 5/4, 27 dooneck napkins
7/, 15 pillowbevs 2/6, All sterling money.
Extending the value and prices of the whole goods and gear before mentioned
In haell to the sum of 34P6/2 sterling, and in scots money to the sum of
411P 14/ and which household furniture & others before mentioned by Mrs
Katharine VINT daughter of the deceased George VINT portioner of
Prestonpans Margaret WALLACE spouse to Thomas WALLACE Smith at Prestongrange
James TAIT wright in Prestonpans and George SIMPSON wright, there conform to
their signed inventory & estimation thereof dated 4.3. Moy and 57 (ie 1757)
Summimes? of the inventory
Mr James LESLIE uncle? of the said Agnes RIND only executor dative qua
relict to the said Umquhil James WHITSON and in and to the goods and gear
before mentioned with full power where to intromitt cautioner John RIND
tobacconist in Prestonpans dated 18.3. Moy and 57 (1757).
James’ later 2 wills are at 4. WILLS below:
*1812 James WHITSON of Mudhall ex SRO : CC 7/6/7 pp257-270 (14 A3)
*1819 James WHITSON of Mudhall Parish of Bendochy ex SRO:
CC 7/6/8 pp167-170 (4 A3)
m2 29.7.1756 Agnes RIND (or RHIND) (died 1769 before May 14). They had a
postnuptial contract. She was sister of John & David RHINDS (alive 12.7.1769).
John RIND, tobacconist of Prestonpans was a cautioner on 18.3.1757.
Searching in www.familysearch.org under Agnes RHIND gives a large number, e.g.
Born:28 Oct 1764 Christened:4 Nov 1764 Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
Father: David RHIND Mother: Giles/Giels WEIR
......................................................................
A probable son of 0 James (b between 2 Elizabeth & 3 Jean?) is our ancestor:
0 0-Thomas WHITSON of Prestonkirk, East Lothian
However FS gives him as TW b 14.6.1731 Tranent, East Lothian, FS ID L5YM-S7P,
and CNN gives him as TW 30.8.1732 Tranent, East Lothian son of
0 Patrick WHITSON .4.1696 Coupar Angus,Angus,Scotland
m Marion SLIGH (SLEIGH) b 1702
FS gives PW as son of Patrick WHITSONE b 1663 d .9.1711 Alyth, Perthshire
& Agnes LOWE b 22.8.1668 Bendochy, Perthshire.
FS gives MS as daughter of James SLIGH 1670 & Agnes WHITE 1672.
1 Agnes WHITSON 27 Nov 1725 Tranent, East Lothian
2 James WHITSON 1.10.1727 Tranent, East Lothian
3 Alexander WHITSON 13.7.1729 Tranent, East Lothian
4 Thomas WHITSON 14.6.1731 Tranent, East Lothian
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5 Thomas WHITSON 30.8.1732 Tranent, East Lothian
m 9.12.1755 Prestonkirk Agnes HOG **OUR LINE
……………………………………………………………………………………….
6 Patrick WHITSON 10.2.1735 Tranent, East Lothian
Lesley A has kindly sent me the title page of a document mentioning a Thomas
WHITSON brewing in Dalkeith in 1765: the Duke of Buccleuch was trying to exact
a tax on barley brought to his mill, and the brewers were resisting.
- Is this the same Thomas?
m 9.12.1755 Prestonkirk, East Lothian sp-Agnes HOGG of Prestonkirk.
FS ID L5YM-SVN. CN: bp 15 Oct 1727 Haddington, East Lothian. 7 ch'n.
IGI: Thomas WHITSON m 9 Dec 1755 Prestonkirk, East Lothian to Agnes HOG
M117172 1658-1821.
Thomas WHITSON & Agnes HOG both in this parish gave up their names
for proclamation & were married Decr 9th. -
Here is the image, courtesy of Lesley A.
The image sent by DVR 1.8.08
gives the same wording but with date 8.1.1756.
NB The same page gives
June 8 1755 Alex FORBES & Elizabeth WHITSON both in this Parish gave up their
names for proclamation and were married.
The probable parents of Agnes HOGG are William HOGG b 1693 Whittingehame,
Haddingtonshire and Elizabeth CUMMINS/CUMMING b 1687,
who had at Haddington Parish Robert (b. 1720), John, Agnes (b. 1727), and
Elizabeth (b. 1729). William and Robert HOGG were witnesses at the baptism in
1768 of Agnes WHITSON (5).
Searching in www.familysearch.org/ gives
Agnes HOG bp 15 Oct 1727 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Father: William HOG, Mother: Elspet CUMMING
Thomas WHITSON and Agnes HOGG had at least 6 children (1 to 6 below)
between 1756 & 1771. See 3.5 Our HOGG family below.
...........................................................................
1 1-James WHITSON (16.9.1756 bp 19.9.1756 Prestonkirk,East Lothian,
Scotland before Adam KING and Robert HOGG).
"2nd son James WHITSON born Oct 17, 1763 in Prestonkirk" -KS.
m 16.11.1782 at Prestonkirk sp-Katherine FOULER/FOWLER (29.1.1758 Aberlady,
East Lothian, Scotland) daughter of George FOWLER and Helen TAILYER/TAYLOR.
At least 7 children.
11 2-Helen WHITSON (b 13.10.1783, bp 17.10.1782 Prestonkirk, East Lothian,
Scotland before Thomas WHITSON and Archibald COCKBURN, died in Scotland)
Her bp is on IGI at C117172 1658-1820.
m 26.5.1810 Dirleton, East Lothian sp-John SIVES/SIVESS Descendants arrived in
Dunedin in the 1860's on board the ship "HENRIETTA".
For their 5 children & descendants, thanks mainly to
Ken SONNE, Margaret MACPHERSON & Myrna SWANGER, click here to go to
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/deans/deans.html
NB freepages is no more. Any reference to it are files that I’ve yet to upload to chatgpt.
An update of this branch with many old photos has been published 2022 by
Ritchie DEANS: "DEANS FAMILY HISTORY 1774"
It has about 90 pages with many wonderful photos.
I recommend you get a copy from him via
+61 406733180 or ritchie.deans.147820@gmail.com
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12 2-Thomas WHITSON (26.3.1785 bp 3.4.1785 before Thomas WHITSON and Robert
HOGG). 2.8.08 DVW sent me an image of the entry from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
- "3.4.1785 Thomas son to James WHITSON & Katherine FOWLER in Martle.."
(Martle is not on http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ or google maps.)
13 2-Thomas WHITSON b2.5.1789 White Kirk, East Lothian bp 8.5.1789 -MS.
14 2-Agnes WHITSON (26.12.1790 Tynninghame, East Lothian)
MS: b 19.12.1790 Whitekirk.
15 2-Katherine WHITSON b 16.7.1795 Dunbar, East Lothian d 1870 at 75 -MS.
m sp-John FINLEY 1793-1850
151 3-James FINLEY 1821-1895
16 2-James WHITSON b 17.4.1799 Athelstaneford bp 28.4.1799 d 28.6.1866
Haddington, East Lothian -MS.
m sp-Margaret BURNSIDE bp 5.6.1796 d 17.8.1880 Haddington, East Lothian of
Disease of the heart aged 66 Farmer - d cert informant son 162 James
- sent me 2.12.08 by Robert FAHEY bobfahey@bigpond.net.au
NB 1841, 1851, 1861, …. refer to census records.
1841 Somnerfield Mains, Haddington, East Lothian: ID
James WHITSON 35 1806 East Lothian, Scotland Farmer 16
Margaret WHITSON 35 1806 East Lothian, Scotland
Margaret WHITSON 10 1831 Scotland 161
James WHITSON 10 1831 Scotland 162
Andrew WHITSON 8 1833 Scotland 163
1851 Somnerfield Mains, Haddington, East Lothian: ID
James WHITSON Head M 49 1802 Eurtluth, East Lothian Gardnera Copy Hannun 16
M WHITSON Wife M 49 1802 Madron, East Lothian
Margt WHITSON Daur 22 1831 Inarsk, Midlothian 161
James WHITSON Son 22 1831 Inarsk, Midlothian Gardner 162
Andrew WHITSON Son 18 1833 Inarsk, Midlothian Ingener 163
Dewees GRUNT Servant 30 1821 Caskoya, East Lothian
James FINLEY RELATIVE 28 1823 Athalitanfeld, E Black Smith ??
1861 Somnerfield, Haddington, East Lothian:
James WHITSON Head M 60 1801 Haddington, East Lothian Farmer Gardener of 22 Ac
Margaret WHITSON Wife M 60 1801 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Margaret WHITSON Daur 30 1831 Woallyford, W Lothian, Scotland 161
Andrew WHITSON Son 25 1836 Woallyford, W Lothian Engine Smith 163
Elizabeth WHITSON Granddaur 7 1854 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland 1621
Robert Burnside Servant 20 1841 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Ploughman
1871 Gallow Green Fens, Haddington, East Lothian:
Margaret WHITSON Head 71 1800 Haddington, East Lothian
Andrew WHITSON Son 28 1843 Inveresk, Midlothian Millwright 163
161 3-Margaret WHITSON bp 27.5.1827 Inveresk, Edinburgh
1841-1861 with parents.
162 3-James WHITSON bp 27.5.1827 Inveresk, Edinburgh d 30.9.1885 Haddington,
East Lothian at 58. 1841-51 with parents.
m 2.1.1853 Haddington, East Lothian M117099 1820-1854 [banns?]
m 10.1.1853 North Berwick, East Lothian M117137 1820-1855
sp-Margaret WHITECROSS Chn ex IGI C117091.
1861 Court Street, Haddington, East Lothian:
James WHITSON Head 33 1828 Wallyford, Edinburghshire Gardener 162
Margret WHITSON Wife 33 1828 North Berwick, Haddingtonshire
Margret WHITSON Daur 5 1856 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1622
Janet WHITSON Daur 4 1857 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1623
James WHITSON Son 2 1859 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1624
Relakeh STORIE Servant 14 1847 Longniddry, Haddingtonshire
1871 Summerfield Mains, Haddington, East Lothian:
James WHITSON Head 44 1827 Inveresk, Edinburghshire Farmer & Gardener 162
Margaret WHITSON Wife 46 1825 Berwick, Haddingtonshire
Elizabeth B WHITSON Daur 17 1854 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1621
Maggie B WHITSON Daur 15 1856 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1622
Janet w WHITSON Daur 14 1857 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1623
James WHITSON Son 12 1859 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 1624
Andrew WHITSON Son 9 1862 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 1626
Richard H WHITSON Son 4 1867 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1626
James KENNIE Servant 18 1853 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Farm Servant
1881 Hope Park, Haddington, East Lothian:
James WHITSON Head 54 1827 Inveresk, Midlothian Market Gardener 162
Margaret WHITSON Wife 55 1826 No Berwick, Haddingtonshire
Janet JOHNSTON Daur 24 1857 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1623
John JOHNSTON Soninlaw 28 1853 Kinross Painter (House)
Andrew WHITSON Son 19 1862 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1626
1891 Margaret is with son Andrew 1626.
1621 4-Elisabeth Runciman WHITSON b: 20 AUG 1853 Haddington, East Lothian
1861 with grandparent 16 James & Margaret. 1871 with parents.
1622 4-Margaret Burnside WHITSON b: 11 JAN 1856 Haddington, East Lothian
1861-71 with parents.
1623 4-Janet WHITSON 16 JAN 1857 Haddington-29.11.1933 Haddington MS.
1861-81 with parents.
m 29.3.1881 sp-John JOHNSTON 1853 Kinross, Scotland-17.2.1926 Gifford, Scotland
1881 with Janet's parents.
1891 Main Street, Yester, East Lothian:
John JOHNSTON Head 38 1853 Kinross, Kinross House Painter
Janet JOHNSTON Wife 34 1857 Haddington, East Lothian 1623
Robert JOHNSTON Son 9 1882 Haddington,East Lothian Scholar 16231
James JOHNSTON Son 8 1883 Haddington, East Lothian Scholar 16232
Margaret JOHNSTON Daur 6 1885 Dalkeith, Mid Lothian Scholar 16233
Lilias JOHNSTON Daur 4 1887 Haddington, East Lothian 16234
Andrew JOHNSTON Son 2 1889 Haddington, East Lothian Scholar 16235
Elizabeth JOHNSTON Daur 4 mo 1890 Yester, East Lothian 16236
[Cf 1891 Haddington District Asylum, Haddington, East Lothian:
Janet JOHNSTON Patient 34 1857 North Berwick, Haddingtonshire Domestic Servant]
1901 Yester, East Lothian:
John JOHNSTON Head 48 1853 Kinross, Kinrossshire House Painter (estate)
Janet JOHNSTON Wife 44 1857 Haddington, East Lothian 1623
Robert JOHNSTON Son 19 1882 Haddington,East Lothian Gardener (domestic)16231
James JOHNSTON Son 18 1883 Haddington, East Lothian Shepherd On Farm 16232
Margaret JOHNSTON Daur 16 1885 Haddington, East Lothian 16233
Lilias JOHNSTON Daur 14 1887 Haddington, East Lothian 16234
General Servant (domestic)
Andrew JOHNSTON Son 12 1889 Haddington, East Lothian Scholar 16235
Elizabeth JOHNSTON Daur 10 1891 Haddington, East Lothian Scholar 16236
Isabella JOHNSTON Daur 8 1893 Haddington, East Lothian Scholar 16237
Janet JOHNSTON Daur 2 1899 Haddington, East Lothian 16238
16231 5-Robert JOHNSTON 1881 Haddington,East Lothian 1891-1901 with parents.
16232 5-James WHITSON JOHNSTON 1882 Haddington, East Lothian
1891-1901 with parents.
Let me know if you download the following file on him from
http://archway.archives.govt.nz
JOHNSTON, James WHITSON WW1 69093 Army 1914-18 NZ Defence Force
16233 5-Margaret JOHNSTON 1885 Dalkeith, Mid Lothian 1891-1901 with parents.
16234 5-Lileas Deas JOHNSTON 1886 Haddington, East Lothian
1891-1901 with parents.
16235 5-Andrew JOHNSTON 1888 Haddington, East Lothian 1891-1901 with parents
16236 5-Elizabeth JOHNSTON .12.1890 Yester, East Lothian
1891-1901 with parents.
16237 5-Isabella JOHNSTON 1893 Haddington, East Lothian 1901 with parents.
16238 5-Janet JOHNSTON 1899 Haddington, East Lothian 1901 with parents.
1624 4-James WHITSON b: 07 JUN 1858 Haddington, East Lothian
1861-71 with parents. [Cf 714 JW 1850 Haddington, East Lothian.]
[[NOT 1881 Labourers Cottage, Dunbar, East Lothian:
William WHITSON Head 47 1834 Spott, Haddington Farm Servant NOT 162
Margaret WHITSON Wife 47 1834 Dunbar, Haddington
James WHITSON Son 21 1860 Dunbar, Haddington Farm Servant NOT 1624
Barbra Watson Daur 19 1862 Dunbar, Haddington Farm Servant
Henry Watson Son 16 1865 Dunbar, Haddington Groom
NOT 1881 Scotts Close H. Street C S 1 F, Dalkeith, Midlothian:
James WHITSON Head 30 1851 Humbie, Haddingtonshire Vanman
Jane WHITSON Wife 26 1855 Lasswade, Edinburghshire
Nellie WHITSON Daur 3 1878 Dalkeith, Edinburghshire
Alexander WHITSON Son 1 1880 Dalkeith, Edinburghshire
David RITCHIE Lodger 36 1845 Alva, Stirlingshire Grocers Assistant]]
1625 4-Peter WHITSON b: 05 SEP 1859 Haddington, East Lothian 1861+?
1626 4-Andrew WHITSON b: 07 JUL 1861 Haddington, East Lothian
1871-81 with parents.
m sp-Margaret 1861 Glencarse, Perthshire
1891 Riding School, Haddington, East Lothian:
Andrew WHITSON Head M 29 1862 Wemyss, Fifeshire Market Gardener 1626
Margaret WHITSON Wife M 30 1861 St Meadows, Perthshire
James WHITSON Son 9 mo 1890 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 16261
Margaret WHITSON Mother 69 1822 North Berwick, Haddingtonshire
1901 West Port Gardens, Haddington, East Lothian:
Andrew WHITSON Head M 39 1862 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Market Gardener 1626
Margaret WHITSON Wife M 40 1861 Glencarse, Perthshire
James WHITSON Son 10 1891 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 16261
Edward WHITSON Son 8 1893 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 16262
Margaret WHITSON Daur 5 1896 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 16263
NB The 1911 census is not available on ancestry for Scotland & Ireland
on 17.2.2014.
16261 5-James WHITSON 1891 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1891-1901 with parents.
16262 5-Edward WHITSON 1893 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1901 with parents.
16263 5-Margaret WHITSON 1896 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1901 with parents.
1627 4-Margaret Burnside WHITSON b: 23 JUN 1862 Haddington, East Lothian
1871?
1628 4-Richard Whitecross WHITSON b: 15 DEC 1866 Haddington, East Lothian
1871-81 with parents.
?1891 148 Dundee St, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian:
Richard WHITSON Head 29 1862 Direleton Rubber Worker
Margaret WHITSON Wife 40 1861 Haddington
Richard WHITSON Son 7 1884 Edinburgh Scholar
John WHITSON Son 4 1887 Edinburgh
Henry WHITSON Son 2 1889 Edinburgh
Robert WHITSON Son 1 mo 1891 Edinburgh
William KIRK Lodger 22 1869 Kirkcudbright Stoker
1901 7 Cathcart Place, Edinburgh West Coates, Midlothian:
Richard WHITSON Head 38 1863 Haddington, Dirleton Rubber Worker
Margret K WHITSON Wife 40 1861 Haddington, Spott
Richard WHITSON Son 17 1884 Edinburgh Rubber Worker
John WHITSON Son 14 1884 Edinburgh Telegraph Messenger
William C WHITSON Son 8 1893 Edinburgh Scholar
163 3-Andrew WHITSON 1833/1836 Woallyford, W Lothian. 1841-1861 with parents.
1871 with mother.
1881 Tyneside Smiths Close, Haddington, East Lothian:
Andrew WHITSON Head 44 1837 Inveresk, Edinburghshire Millwright
1891 Mitchells Close, Haddington, East Lothian:
Andrew WHITSON Head 50 1841 Wallyford, Edinburghshire Millwright
1901 High St, Haddington, East Lothian:
Andrew WHITSON Head 64 1837 Inveresk, Edinburghshire Millwright
17 2-Elspeth WHITSON b 7.1.1803 -MS bp: 16 JAN 1803 Haddington. IGI: dr of
James WHITSON & Catherine FOULER. 1841+?
2 1-William WHITSON b 3.10.1758 -MS. Wm WHITSOM sic b 1858 Whitekirk, East
Lothian to Thomas WHITSOM & Agnes HOGG - British Vital Records No. 2 via FS.
………………………………………………………………………………..
3 1-Thomas WHITSON </A><pre> MS: b 27.8.1761 Whitekirk, East Lothian.
FS ID L6KH-SG7. WH ex b cert: b 30.8.1761 Whitekirk and Tyninghame.
[[FS adds as his brother - highly unlikely - the following
0 Thomas WHITSON 1761-1815 FKF2-95H
1 Anna WHITSON L553-9GM
11 Serina POTTER 1833-1917 KH3J-YYZ
111 Lucinda COX 1870 KH6D-QXQ
1111 Charles R GADDIE 1897-1976 G9WC-NVT
11111 Mary Louise GADDIE 1918-2011 GSK3-DZT
11111 1 Alive 2023.
11111 11 Joyce BORJAS Alive 2023.]]
m 19 NOV 1791 Whitekirk,East Lothian sp-Mary SHEIR/SHIELS/SHIER/SHIERS/SHEARS
/SHEALS
IGI: . Thomas WHITSON m 19 NOV 1791 Whitekirk,East Lothian
m Mary SHIERS M117234 1761 - 1819
. Thomas WHITSON m 19 NOV 1791 Aberlady,East Lothian
m Mary SHIER M117025 1751 - 1854
- These could be banns: Thomas is from Whitekirk & I guess Mary from Aberlady.
Mary is probably the Mary born to Thomas SHIELL and Christian HENRY on
30.4.1774 and baptised at Prestonkirk on 8.5.1774 before Andrew SHIELL and
Peter HAY. Aberlady is on the coast 10m W of Prestonkirk, East Linton & 6 m NNW
of Haddington. Familysearch ID L6Q8-459.
One can subscribe to HENRY-L-request@rootsweb.com
(Compare Mary SHEIR b 30 November 1770 Bolton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
FS ID K81S-4BT. My ID 111 at 3.7 Our SHIELS family, below.)
However FS gives her as [12] Mary SHEIR b1770 in this minitree:
0 William SHIER 1705 G6NB-NGM m sp-Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN 1730
1 James SHIEAR 1743 MHKY-SZF
m 11.6.1766 Garvaldkirk, Garvald and Bara, East Lothian sp-Euphan REID 1743 **
11 Thomas SHEAR 1767-1771
12 Mary SHEIR b 1770 FS ID K81S-4BT above
13 Thomas SHIER 1771
14 Ann SHEAR 1775.
2 William SHIER 1745
** FS gives Euphan REID 1743 as [31] on this minitree:
0 Patrick Peter REID 1683-1753 KC73-JNB
m 15.5.1706 Gladsmuir, East Lothian sp-Euphemia FALKONER b 1687
1 Patrick REID 1708
2 Janet REID 1709
3 George REID 1711 m 23.11.1738 Humble, East Lothian sp-Agnes FLEET 1820
31 Euphan REID 1743 99KX-H2J
32 Janet REID 1747
4 Agnes REID 1713
5 Hellen REID 1715
6 Richard REID 1718
Thomas [3] and Mary had at least 3 children (31, 32, 33 below.)
A descendant is WH William HUME whumescot@yahoo.co.uk son of David WHITSON HUME, 1st contact 27.4.2009.
31 2-James WHITSON (12.9.1792 Preston, East Lothian, Scotland). Son
to Thomas WHITSON and Mary SHIEL. Baptised on 23.9.1792 before James
Jamieson and Robert HOGG.
32 2-Thomas WHITSON b 17.1.1795 Whitekirk & Tynninghame, East Lothian to
Thomas WHITSON & Mary SHIER d 29.11.1871 East Lothion. FS ID 99L2-XYT.
# Thanks to Christine HARRIS for large parts of this branch
- 1st contact 4.7.2013
christine_harris78@yahoo.co.uk Christina N Fisher Family on Ancestry
m 23.8.1817 Pencaitland, East Lothian sp-Marrion HOWDEN 1795 Gladsmuir,
Haddington
Banns 17.8.1817 Haddington TW & Marion HOWDON, I guess at TW's church.
1841 East Paucartland, East Lothian:
Thomas WHITSON 45 1796 Ag lab 32
Marion WHITSON 45 1796
Janet DALGLIESH 82 1759
1851 Lynifield, Dunbar, East Lothian:
Thomas WHITSON 58 1793 Prestonkirk, Haddington Ag lab 32
Mareon WHITSON 56 1795 Gladsmuir, Haddington
Thomas WHITSON 28 1823 Haddington, Haddington Ag lab 322
1861 Drylaw Hill, Prestonkirk, East Lothian:
Thomas WHITSON 58 1793 Haddingtonshire Farm Servant 32
Mareon WHITSON 56 1795 Gladsmuir, Haddington
1871 Brown Place, Prestonkirk, East Lothian:
Thomas WHITSON 83 1788 Whitekirk, Haddington Farm Servant 32
Marion WHITSON 80 1791 Cats, Haddingtonshire
321 3-Janet WHITSON b 15.5.1818 bp 7.6.1818 Haddington d 1889 Haddington
m 24.5.1845 Morham,East Lothian sp-William PATERSON 1823 Auchtertool, Fifeshire
1851 Eweford Cottages, Dunbar, East Lothian:
William PATERSON Head 28 1823 Auchtertool, Fifeshire Agricultural labourer
Janet WHITSON Wife 31 1820 Haddington, East Lothian Agricultural's wife
William PATERSON Son 4 1847 Pencaitland, East Lothian 3211
Thomas PATERSON Son 3 1848 Dunbar, East Lothian 3212
James PATERSON Son 9 mo 1850 Dunbar, East Lothian 3213
3211 4-William PATERSON 2.4.1846 Pencaitland, East Lothian 1851 with parents.
3212 4-Thomas PATERSON 1.9.1847 Dunbar, East Lothian 1851 with parents.
3213 4-James M PATERSON 23.6.1849/50 Dunbar, East Lothian 1851 with parents.
3214 4-George PATERSON 1853 Haddingtonshire
3215 4-Robert PATERSON 1.11.1854
3216 4-David PATERSON b 9.6.1847 Prestonkirk, East Lothian d 1938 West Linton,
Peebles, Scotland
3217 4-Marion PATERSON b 28.7.1859 Gladsmuir, East Lothian d 1929 Gladsmuir
3218 4-John PATERSON b 13.3.1864 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
322 3-Thomas WHITSON 22.9.1820 Haddington, East Lothian. FS ID 9QB6-WG3.
m 17.12.1841 Lasswade,Midlothian,Scotland sp-Agnes Smaill LIDDELL 1822
3221 4-Thomas WHITSON 1842 Midlothian
3222 4-William WHITSON 1843 Lasswade,Midlothian,Scotland d 1921 Glouc. L2SB-6PW
m 19.6.1873 Stoke Damerel, Devon sp-Jane TREGLOWN 5 chn
32221 5-William George WHITSON 1874 d 1940
32222 5-Ernest Fitzgerald Treglown WHITSON 1877 Malta d 1956 Glouc.
m 1909 Redruth, Cornwall sp-Beatrice Mary LUKE 1871-1968
32223 5-Thomas Treglown WHITSON 1880 Surrey
1881 Aldershot Military In South Camp (Hants), Surrey, England
1891 Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
1901 Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
1902 Military Service
m 30.1.1903 Edinburgh sp-Isabella MCLAREN
32224 5-Charles Henry Treglown WHITSON 1883 d 1961
32225 5-Herbert Frederick Simpson WHITSON 1.1.1888
3223 4-George WHITSON 1846 Lasswade,Midlothian,Scotland
1851 Midlothian
3224 4-Mary WHITSON 1847 Lasswade,Midlothian,Scotland
1851 Midlothian
3225 4-John WHITSON 1850 Lasswade,Midlothian,Scotland K4KP-X41
1851 Midlothian
m 4.6.1869 Liberton, Midlothian sp-Mary DENHOLM 1849 5 chn.
32251 5-John WHITSON b 3.8.1869 d 25.1.1852 LZ6D-NFR Photo at FS
1871 Midlothian
1881 Liberton, Midlothian
1901 Liberton, Midlothian
m 26.8.1898 Lothian Street, Edinburgh sp-Julia Ferrier SLIGHT 1879-1951
10 chn.
32251 1 6-John WHITSON b 18.12.1898 d 18.12.1899
32251 2 6-Julia Catherine WHITSON b 16.2.1900 d 27.2.1900
32251 3 6-William Charles Slight WHITSON b 21.11.1901 d 17.12.1989 M4NC-13Z
m 31.12.1928 Glimerton, Edinburgh sp-Jeannie SMITH 1901-1991 5 chn.
32251 31 7-John (Ian) WHITSON b 3.5.1928
32251 32 7-Elizabeth (Betty) WHITSON b 14.4.1929 d 3.2.2018
m sp-William (Willie) Mills RAE 1923-1994
32251 33 7-Julia WHITSON
32251 34 7-Mary Ann WHITSON d 2009
32251 35 7-William (Billy) WHITSON d 26.11.2011
32251 4 6-Thomas WHITSON b 16.3.1903 d 11.10.1974
32251 5 6-George WHITSON b 29.5.1905 d 2..6.1905
32251 6 6-Robert Pace Slight WHITSON b 29.5.1905 d 23.6.1989
32251 7 6-David WHITSON b 8.8.1908 d 30.10.1990
m 7.10.1932 Church Vestry, Glimerton, Midlothian sp-Margaret (Peggy) WHITSON
b 7.1.1933 d 26.2.2022 dau'r of David WHITSON b 8.8.1908 d 30.10.1990 FIX
m 7.10.1932 Church Vestry, Glimerton,Midlothian sp-Margaret DOCHERTY 1912-1995
32251 8 6-Andrew Wilson Slight WHITSON b 24..6.1910 d 27.9.1988 Photo on FS
m 27.4.1934 Glimerton,Midlothian sp-Mary Sharp McAlpine CROOKSTON b 30.9.1909
d 13.11.1975 Photo on FS
32251 9 6-John Ferrier WHITSON b 31.7.1913 d 18.5.1932 Photo on FS
32251 (10) 6-Claude Hamilton Pace WHITSON b 14.12.1921 Edinburgh d 13.7.1988
Edinburgh bur. Mortonhall, Midlothian. Photo on FS
m 25.12.1943 Dalkeith, Midlothian sp-Agnes Beattie FLETCHER b 22.9.1927
d 22.3.2004 Parents & photo on FS
32251 (10)1 7-Claudette Hamilton Pace WHITSON b 12.12.1949 d 24.12.1949
32252 5-Margaret WHITSON b 6.1.1871 Liberton, Edinburgh
m 9.6.1893 Liberton, Edinburgh sp-John Noble ALLAN b 15.5.1869 Dalkeith 6 chn.
1871 Dalkeith. 1881, 1891, 1901 Liberton.
322521 6-Mary Denholm Whitson ALLAN b 28.1.1894 Liberton, Edinburgh
d 16.5.1906 Liberton, Edinburgh
32252 2 6-William ALLAN b 22.11.1895 Liberton, Edinburgh
32252 3 6-Jane Noble ALLAN b 6.9.1898 Liberton d 3.4.1958 Loanhead, Midlothian
m 6.2.1920 Loanhead, Midlothian sp-Edward Andrew CLEARY b 1895 d 4 May 1936
32252 31 7-Mary Patterson CLEARY b 2.7.1927 Midlothian d Canberra, Australia
m 18.2.1950 Loanhead, Midlothian sp-Thomas Michael FLYNN b c1925
32252 4 6-John Whitson ALLAN b 25.2.1901 Liberton d 2.4.1903 Liberton
32252 5 6-George ALLAN b 25.4.1903 Liberton d 28.6.1942 Insh, Inverness-shire
m 6.11.1925 Copper Cliff, Greater Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
sp-Agnes Hay McKenzie LAWSON b 30 JUN 1906 Aberdeen, Scotland d 18 FEB 2000
Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma, Ontario, Canada d'r of James Main LAWSON b Aberdeen
32252 51 7-Barbara Joyce ALLAN b 1.2.1931 Copper Cliff,Greater Sudbury,Ontario
d 14.3.1987 Dryden, Kenora, Ontario
m 1949 sp-James Henry CANNON 1929-2003
32252 511 8-George CANNON b Algoma, Ontario d 13.2.2015
32252 6 6-Margaret Noble Whitson ALLAN b 25.5.1905 Liberton
m 5.3.1927 Edinburgh sp-Alexander PENNYCUICK b 25.2.1908 d 26.3.1964 Dalkeith
32253 5-Mary Patterson WHITSON b 26.2.1873 Edinburgh d 25.2.1946 Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada. buried 1.3.1946. 1881 & 1901 Liberton.
32254 5-Thomas WHITSON b 22.3.1875 Liberton d by 1944 Coal miner
1881 & 1901 Liberton.
m 4.6.1897 Liberton sp-Janet CROOKSTON 1874-1944 8 chn.
32254 1 6-Marion Grundison WHITSON b 16.12.1897 Smellie's Cottages, Gilmerton,
Liberton
32254 2 6-Mary Denholm WHITSON b 3.1.1899 Smellie's Cottages, Gilmerton
m 13.10.1923 Wright's BUildings, Gilmerton sp-David Innes SHEARN b 3..8.1896
Cameron's Buildings, Gilmerton
32254 3 6-Janet WHITSON b 8.10.1900 32 2nd Avenue, Newcraighall, Liberton
1901 Liberton.
32254 4 6-Margaret WHITSON b 24.3.1902 32 2nd Avenue, New Craighall, Inveresk,
Edinburgh
32254 5 6-James Crookston WHITSON b 18.9.1903 Westland Cottages, Gilmerton,
Liberton d 1972
m 30.12.1927 Livingstone, West Lothian sp-Mary TWADDLE 2 chn.
32254 51 7-Janet Crookson WHITSON b 6.7.1932 Livingstone, West Lothian
d 3.4.1981 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
m 1951 Newington, Midlothian sp-Albert Ernest HOOKER b 18.2.1929 d 2000
Vancouver
32254 52 7-Agnes Gillon Twaddle WHITSON b 22.3.1945 Newington, Midlothian
d 25.12.2009 Vancouver
m sp-Gordon HASTIE b 22.4.1944 Stevenston, Ayrshire d 11.6.1994 Vancouver
32254 6 6-Elizabeth WHITSON b 6.4.1905 Westland Cottages, Gilmerton, Liberton
32254 7 6-Thomas WHITSON b 25.6.1906 New Street, Gilmerton, Liberton
d 24.5.1908 New Street, Gilmerton, Liberton, Edinburgh
32254 8 6-John WHITSON b 18.6.1907 New Street, Gilmerton, Liberton
32255 5-Elizabeth Cuthbertson WHITSON b 6.1.1878 Liberton d 7.4.1956 Vancouver
1881 Liberton.
m 17.4.1908 Gilmerton, Edinburgh sp-John Rutherford MURRAY b 19.3.1882
Wallyford, Midlothian, Scotland d 17.6.1947 Prince Rupert, British Columbia
32255 1 6-Mary Denholm Whitson MURRAY b 1909 Musselburgh, East Lothian
d 15.8.1977 Surrey, British Columbia
m sp-Harold Saxon MEWTON b 10.3.1907 Medicine Hat, Alberta
d 12.10.1976 Surrey, British Columbia
32255 3 6-William MURRAY b 12.1.1912 Edinburgh d 7.2.1969 Vancouber
m 21.1.1932 Prince Rupert, B.C. sp-Emily MAZZEI 1913-1984
32255 4 6-John Rutherford MURRAY b 2.11.1913 Prince Rupert, British Columbia
d 02 Aug 1984 Vancouver
m sp-Elsie DAVIS
323 3-Catherine WHITSON b 11.12.1822 bp 29.12.1822 Haddington C117099 d1899
d 5.8.1899 South Leith, Midlothian
m 3.6.1854 Prestonkirk sp-James FISHER 12.8.1825 Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland
d 30.5.1893 Whitekirk and Tynninghame, East Lothian
1861 Drylaw Hill, Prestonkirk, East Lothian:
James FISHER Head 35 1826 Garvald, Haddingtonshire Farm Servant
Catherine FISHER Wife 36 1825 Garvald, Haddingtonshire 323
Marion FISHER Daur 5 1856 Preston Kirk, Haddingtonshire 3231
Richard FISHER Son 3 1858 Preston Kirk, Haddingtonshire 3232
Thomas FISHER Son 1 1860 Preston Kirk, Haddingtonshire 3233
1871 Cottage, Prestonkirk, East Lothian:
James FISHER Head 45 1826 Garvald, Haddingtonshire Farm Servant
Catherine FISHER Wife 46 1825 Garvald, Haddingtonshire 323
Richard FISHER Son 15 1856 Preston Kirk, Haddingtonshire 3232
Thomas FISHER Son 12 1859 Preston Kirk, Haddingtonshire 3233
Janet FISHER Daur 9 1862 Preston Kirk, Haddingtonshire 3234
James FISHER Son 5 1866 Preston Kirk, Haddingtonshire 3235
1881 Lawhead Cottage, Whitekirk and Tynninghame, East Lothian:
James FISHER Head 54 1827 Garvald, Haddington Shire Ag lab
Catherine FISHER Wife 58 1823 Haddington, Haddington Shire 323
Marion FISHER Daur 25 1856 Prestonkirk,Haddington Shire Formerly Ladies Maid 3231
Richard FISHER Son 23 1858 Prestonkirk, Haddington Shire Ag lab 3232
Thomas FISHER Son 21 1860 Prestonkirk, Haddington Shire Ag lab 3233
James FISHER Son 15 1866 Prestonkirk, Haddington Shire Grocer Apprentice 3235
1891 Farm Cottages, Whitekirk and Tynninghame, East Lothian:
James FISHER Head 65 1826 Garvald, Haddingtonshire Farm Steward
Catherine FISHER Wife 67 1824 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 323
Marion FISHER Daur 34 1857 Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire 3231
3231 4-Marion FISHER 20.7.1855 Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire
d 5.8.1916 Longmore Hospital for Incurables Edinburgh.
1861,1881-91 with parents.
1871 Marklemains, Prestonkirk, East Lothian with Christian HARDIE & family:
Marion FISHER 16 1855 Prestonkirk, E Lothian Domestic Housemaid 3231
3232 4-Richard FISHER 12.7.1857 Drylawhill Prest kirk, Haddington
d 26.7.1928 Edinburgh, Midlothian. 1861-81 with parents.
m sp-Susan LIVINGSTONE c1860 Woodhall Peneditland, Haddington
1901 1 Canning St Lane, Edinburgh St Cuthbert, Midlothian:
Richard FISHER Head 43 1858 Drylawhill Prest kirk, Haddington Coachman 3232
Susan FISHER Wife 41 1860 Woodhall Peneditland, Haddington
James FISHER Son 9 1892 St George, Edinburgh Scholar 32321
Robert FREER Boarder 21 1880 Jedburgh, buthayhshire Groom
32321 5-James FISHER 1892 St George, Edinburgh 1901 with parents.
3233 4-Thomas FISHER 21.11.1859 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
d 1948 Dunbar, East Lothian 1861-81 with parents.
m 13.1.1882 Prestonkirk sp-Margaret DENHOLM
1891 Cottage , Whitekirk, East Lothian:
Thomas FISHER Head 31 1860 Prestonkirk, Haddington Farm Servant 3233
Margaret FISHER Wife 30 1861 Dunbar, Haddington
James FISHER Son 9 1882 Prestonkirk, Haddington Scholar 32331
Euphemia FISHER Daur 7 1884 Prestonkirk, Haddington Scholar 32332
Catherine FISHER Daur 5 1886 Prestonkirk, Haddington 32333
David J D FISHER Son 3 1882 Dunbar, Haddington 32334
1901 Scoughall Farm Cottage, Whitekirk and Tynninghame, East Lothian:
Thomas FISHER Head 41 1860 Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire Farm Grieve 3233
Margaret D FISHER Wife 30 1861 Dunbar, Haddingtonshire
James FISHER Son 19 1882 Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire Ploughman 32331
Euphemia FISHER Daur 17 1884 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Out Worker 32332
Catherine FISHER Daur 15 1886 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Out Worker 32333
Margaret Marion FISHER Daur 10 1891 Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire Scholar 32335
David Denholm FISHER Son 13 1882 Dunbar, Haddingtonshire Scholar 32334
Hellen Denholm FISHER Daur 6 1895 Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire 32336
32331 5-James FISHER 21.1.1882 Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire d 1854 Angus, Scotland
1891-1901 with parents. 1911 with sister 32332 Euphemia and her husband.
m 1913 sp-Isabella GILLIES b 8.5.1886 Lasswade, Midlothian
d 17.7.1951 Fowlis Easter, Angus See CNN tree for 1891, 1901 & parents.
32331 1 6-Christina Notman FISHER 1916 North Berwick, East Lothian
d.2.1996 Roslin, Midlothian
m sp-Thomas HARRIS 6.3.1915 Scone, Perthshire d 1998 Jedburgh, Roxburghshire
32331 11 7- male b Haddington.
32331 111 8-Christine HARRIS b Perthshire, Scotland She moved to Wellington 2005
2013 in Silverstream, Wellington. 2 chn.
christine_harris78@yahoo.co.uk Christina N Fisher Family on Ancestry
32331 12 7- male b Haddington.
32332 5-Euphemia FISHER 1883 Prestonkirk, Haddington d 1966 Dalmeny and Queensferry
1891-1901 with parents.
m 1908 Dirleton, East Lothian sp-William PEDEN 13.1.1881 Kirkliston, West Lothian
1911 52 West Featon Dirleton, East Lothian: FIND on another ancestry tree
William PEDEN
Euphemia
James FISHER 29 1882 Prestonkirk, Haddingtonshire Green Keeper
32332 1 6-Margaret Denholm PEDEN 1909 Haddington, Haddingtonshire
4-13.4.1936 Auckland, New Zealand to Hawaii
32332 2 6-Alexander PEDEN 1911 Haddington, Haddingtonshire
32333 5-Catherine FISHER 1886 Prestonkirk, Haddington d 1950 George Square,
Edinburgh. 1891-1901 with parents.
m 1913 Dunbar, East Lothian sp-Archibald MURRAY
32334 5-David John Denholm FISHER 1882 Dunbar, Haddington
d 23.6.1972 Stenton, East Lothian 1891-1901 with parents.
m 1918 East Lothian sp-Isabella Rae LUNAM b 1889 Athelstaneford, East Lothian
d 10.10.1969 Stenton, East Lothian
32335 5-Margaret Marion FISHER 29.6.1891 Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire
1901 with parents.
m 9.6.1911 Athelstaneford sp-Robert VIRTUE c1890 Direlton
32335 1 6-Margaret VIRTUE 24.9.1913 Dunbar d 1987 Dunbar
32336 5-Hellen Denholm FISHER 1895 Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire
d Gladsmuir, East Lothian. 1901 with parents.
m 1917 Athelstaneford, East Lothian sp-Robert LOGAN c1890 East Lothian
3234 4-Janet FISHER 27.8.1862 Prestonkirk, Haddington
d 29.9.1932 SaltCoats Farm, Gullane, a spinster. 1871 with parents.
3235 4-James FISHER 2.5.1866 Prestonkirk, Haddington 1871-81 with parents
324 3-Euphemia WHITSON b 20.2.1826 bp 19.3.1826 Haddington C117099
325 3-Mary WHITSON 1.10.1831 Pencaitland, East Lothian
33 2-Archibald WHITSON b 10.10.1797 Whitekirk, Haddington, East Lothian
Son of Thomas WHITSON & Mary SHIER.
34a? 2-Euphan WHITSON b 22.8.1799 Whitekirk, East Lothian female
FS ID MK8R-28J, to Thomas WHITSON and Mary SHEIR. Email racxxi@yahoo.com
34b? 2-Agnes WHITSON b 1.3.1802 Whitekirk, East Lothian female
FS ID MX7Q-CC2, to Thomas WHITSON and Mary SHEIR.
34 2-Robert WHITSON b 24.3.1805 Athelstaneford, East Lothian d 26.11.1883 Auckland - my gggfather
The dates are from the tall red stone edifice on his grave in the WHITSON plot
in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Symonds Street, near Grafton Bridge, Auckland:
walk from Karangahape Road just outside the Jewish cemetery, then right after
it. It is on your right about 40m down the path. OR, cross Grafton Bridge to
K Rd. On LHS is graveyard. At end of it on K Rd is the Jewish chapel. Their
grave is the 2nd behind the chapel, just outside the Jewish graveyard, - a
tall pink granite pillar with an iron fence round it with a gate. For others
buried with him see below.
This pillar was in danger of falling over but was fixed by 2020.
Kit at Robert & Elizabeth WHITSON's Grave 2021. Mask was for the covid epidemic.
Robert & Elizabeth WHITSON's Grave 2021 with a Xmas tree in the corner!
Robert bp 31.3.1805 Athelstaneford, East Lothian to Thomas WHITSON & Mary SHEARS
-British Vital Records No. 2 via FS.
For 1841-51 censuses see following his wife below.
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll &
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/symondsst/sscem.html give:
ABSTRACT According to the late 1950's tombstone transcriptions John WHITSON
[345] d 20 October 1875 aged 36 years, Thomas WHITSON [349] died 8 January
1881 aged 36 years, Robert WHITSON [34] was born 24 March 1805 and died 26
November 1883 and Elizabeth WHITSON [wife of 34] was born 8 June 1807 and died
27 July 1884. There is also a reference to Catherine JOHNSTONE [3466].
The NZ Herald of 15/2/1876 has Mary Armstrong TELFORD [3471] died, daughter of
George Weston TELFORD. The New Zealand Herald of 5/12/1907 has Jessie WHITSON
[348] died 3 December 1907, daughter of the late Robert WHITSON, and buried
5 December 1907 in Symonds Street Cemetery.
NOTES: The Photographs at Auckland City Libraries of the TOMBSTONE in the
Presbyterian section at T 166 of February 1994 (Neg. Nos 2682\25,41387\A\27-38)
have "In memory of John WHITSON died 20th October 1875 aged 36 years, Thomas
WHITSON died 8th January 1881 aged 36 years" and "Catherine JOHNSTONE died 29
Sep 1872 aged 5 months" and "Robert WHITSON born March 24th 1805 died November
26th 1883, Elizabeth WHITSON born June 8th 1807 died July 27th 1884". Also
"Jessie WHITSON, 6th daughter of Robert and Elizabeth WHITSON, died Dec 3rd
1907 aged 64 years" and "Louisa WHITSON [34(10)], youngest daughter of the late
Robert and Elizabeth ..." and "Erected ... Margaret ARMSTRONG ... daughter of
... Watson TELFORD ... Feb ...".
New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007 are at
http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60547
They include the gravestones of those buried with Robert:
[345] John WHITSON d 20.10.1975 at 36,
[349] Thomas WHITSON d 8.1.1881 at 36,
[34] Robert WHITSON b 24.3.1805 d 27.7.1884,
[34(10)] youngest dau'r Louisa WHITSON d 19.3.1916 at 72,
[348] Jessie WHITSON dau'r d 3.12.1907 at 64,
[3491] Robert son of T WHITSON d 18.1.1870 at 4 months,
[3466] Catherine JOHNSTONE d 29.9 18.9.1872 at 5 months,
[3471] Margaret Armstrong TELFORD dau of George Watson TELFORD d 14.7.1876 at
10 months.
The Auckland Public Library records that Robert WHITSON ([34] aged 50),
Elizabeth (aged 48) and their children John ([345], aged 18), Elizabeth
([346] aged 16), Mary Ann ([347] aged 14), Jessie ([348] aged 14), Tom ([349]
aged 12) and Louisa ([34(10]) aged 10) left London on 14.6.1857 and arrived
in Auckland on 9.10.1857 on the "ANNE LONGTON". Volume 1 p356 of "WHITE WINGS"
by Sir Henry BRETT records that the ships passage was "somewhat sensational"
giving details of mutinies on board and the captain being obliged to obtain
volunteers from the passengers to work the ship.
Reference: 'White wings: immigrant ships to New Zealand, 1840-1902',
by Sir Henry BRETT and Cyril R. BRADWELL.
Vol. 1, 'Fifty years of sail in the New Zealand trade, 1850-1900'.
Vol. 2, 'Founding of the provinces and old time shipping. Passenger ships from
1840-1885' (Auckland, Brett Printing Co., 1924-1928), (Reprinted
Christchurch, Capper Press, 1976). Microfiche edition available (Auckland,
BAB Microfilming, 1987). This publication should be available in most New
Zealand libraries.
They are also listed at http://0-www.aucklandcity.govt.nz.www.elgar.govt.nz
A 360 photo of Leith on the Forth, north Edinburgh is at
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XpNXcTSNZQDq7eZ66
Leith is where Robert WHITSON was a brewery foreman in 1841. For a graphic
account of a tall ship from Leith in the eyes of one of the boys who had to
climb the rigging in a storm listen to the audio book, Where light meets water,
by Susan PATERSON. In 1857 Robert took his family including his 9 year old son
Thomas, my greatgrandfather, to Auckland where he built the largest brewery in
the country in Queen Street. Off South America en route the crew refused to
work the ship and Thomas may well have had to climb the rigging.
Auckland Passenger Vessels 1838-1885
at http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/vessels/vessels.html gives
Vessel: ANNE LONGTON, Captain's name: KIRBY
Date of departure 13.6.1857, Port of departure: Gravesend.
Date of arrival: 9.10.1857, Port of arrival: Auckland
Vessel type: Ship, Tonnage: 690
Notes: Master from London. Source: Southern Cross 10.10.1857.
Sir Henry BRETT reports in 'WHITE WINGS', Volume 1, page 356, that the
writer of the diary on the voyage of the ship 'ANNE LONGTON', which arrived in
Auckland on 9.10.1857, was Josiah Hill HUDSON. (He lived in Whitianga.)
Mary COBELDICK has searched the Manuscripts and Archives database TAPUHI
and found no reference to Josiah Hill HUDSON or to a diary from the ship.
Neither Mr HUDSON nor a diary is mentioned in 'Shipboard accounts: voyages to
New Zealand, 1840-1900', compiled by Marsha DONALDSON (Auckland: New Zealand
Society of Genealogists, 1998).
NOTE When I enquired c1980 at the Thames Museum?, I was told his descendant,
X HUDSON, the present holder of this diary, came down from the hills (or was
it out of the bush?) on occasions. But if he got the note I left for him,
he never replied.
A search for HUDSON at Thames in the White Pages online in 2001 gave 4:
Hudson B S Bush Rd Kopuarahi R D 4 Thames 0-7-867 5182
Hudson G M Wainui Rd Matatoki Thames 0-7-868 1234
Hudson G R 112 b Fenton St Thames 0-7-868 7339
Hudson P T Kopuarahi Turua Thames 0-7-867 5045
<!-- John ISDALE isdale@paradise.net.nz 2001: my father, Alistair ISDALE
local historian d 2001 .. concerning your research into the HUDSON diary. ...
Audy BOX nee HUDSON 078 24783 had an uncle Charlie in Whitianga.
2011: Whitianga has no HUDSON, but 1 BOX:
BOX C M, 112 Pacific Pde Matarangi Whitianga 3592, 07-867 1105. No answer.
-->
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers has 1342 entries having both words
Whitson & Parnell. I've only entered the 1st 80!
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 198, 23 August 1928
DEATH OF MR G.S. JAKINS. .. He came to New Zealand and settled in Auckland on
December 20, 1859, having come out in the barque NOURMAHAL, on which the Rev.
HUDSON was also a passenger. Mr. JAKINS had his first Christinas dinner with
the HUDSON family, at Mahurangi, and New Year's dinner with the WHITSONS,
afterwards brewers, known as WHITSON and Co.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers has 1342 entries having both words
Whitson & Parnell. I've only entered the 1st 80!
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 198, 23 August 1928
DEATH OF MR G.S. JAKINS. .. He came to New Zealand and settled in Auckland on
December 20, 1859, having come out in the barque NOURMAHAL, on which the Rev.
HUDSON was also a passenger. Mr. JAKINS had his first Christinas dinner with
the HUDSON family, at Mahurangi, and New Year's dinner with the WHITSONS,
afterwards brewers, known as WHITSON and Co.
For more on NZ Passenger Lists see </pre><A HREF="nzships.txt"> this message
from Janet HORNCY at the Alexander Turnbull Library atl@natlib.govt.nz</A><pre>
The Auckland Public Library has a letter he wrote on 5.4.1860 requesting the
land he was lead to expect as compensation for the passage money he paid for
his family. FIND.
paperspast - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVIII, Issue 1499, 29 April 1862,
New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1673, 30 April 1862,
Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVIII, Issue 1502, 9 May 1862,
& Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVIII, Issue 1506, 21 May 1862.
Hobson's Bridge Brewery. R WHITSON & Co can now supply Ales made from the
best English Malt and Hops, which they believe will be found not inferior to
the best imported ale. Mr. Whitson conducted one of the largest breweries' in
Scotland for over twenty years, during which time he supplied many of the first
families in Edinburgh and neighbourhood, and sent regularly large quantities of
ale and porter to the London markets. R Whitson and Co. supply families with
light table ale, which, from its purity, will be found an excellent stomatic.
For convenience, they supply the above ales in five an' ten' gallon casks,
as well as in larger quantities.
paperspast - New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 438, 8 April 1865
Registration Officer. Sheriff's Office, Auckland, April, 1865.
Whitson Robert, Hobson Bridge, leasehold, brewery
in his occupation, Hobson Bridge, attested by W Griffin.
A similar entry is in New Zealander, Volume XXII, Issue 2399, 10 April 1865
under CLAIMS TO VOTE.
paperspast - New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 927, 2 November 1866
PORT OF ONEHUNGA. Entered inwards, Nov'r, Prince Alfred 110 tons, Farquhar from
Port Waikato, .. 5 sacks oats, 5 hhds, 3 barrels, Whitson & Co.
paperspast - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3026, 8 April 1867
.. back of Whitson's Brewery, dwelling ..
An extract from "Auckland - city of the seas" by AW REED. p108 refers to the
period 1866-1869: As we enter the next decade, let us take a glance at the
popular New Year Sports held in Mr WHITSON's paddock near his brewery. Cash
must have been plentiful, for admission for those on foot was 1/-, on horseback
2/6, while 5/- had to be paid for a single horse trap - no small price for
those days. It was a Scottish occasion & a reminder that Scotsmen were well
represented amongst the Settlers, for the crowd was regaled with leaping,
single stick, putting the Stone, tossing the caber, tilting, Highland dancing,
vaulting with the pole, quoits, & bagpipe playing.
(The paddock referred to was on the corner of Queen St & Victoria St West
where the Civic Theatre now stands.)
His first brewery in Auckland was at Hobson Bridge, Newmarket formerly a
flaxmill owned by Mr. WHYTLAW, where the Electoral Rolls record Robert as
living in 1867-77. On 26.11.1868 his son Thomas (349) married Fannie DEACON at
Robert's dwelling house at Hobson Bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newmarket,_New_Zealand
is "Hobson's Bridge" was the intersection of Khyber Pass Road & Parnell Road
near the Olympic Swimming Pool: see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newmarket,_New_Zealand
A list of claims to vote for the Electoral District of Parnell for Jan-March
1867 includes one by a John Brett, Newmarket, household, back of WHITSON's
brewery, dwelling. - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3025, 6.4.1867.
New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1059, 6 April 1867 is similar for a
Freeman Thomas.
Later Robert moved to 25A Princes Street. The Auckland Civic Trust tried to
save this house but it was demolished in 1977.
paperspast - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3445, 31 July 1868
Letter to the Editor. ... There is now no tailgate from the Junction to Harp,
and none from Whitson's to Kirkwood's breweries. So, as yet, we are square -
all round. If every patch of public road has to be in future kept up by the
immediate residents thereon, ..
The Auckland Almanac for 1869 lists him and
Thomas (349) as officers of St. Andrew's Masonic Lodge (No. 418).
Robert WHITSON 1805 Leith,Scotland-1883 Auckland in masonic regalia,
courtesy of the Masonic Lodge. Robert's collar & jewel apron shows that he had been a master of the lodge.
Robert & his son Thomas, my ggfather, were founding member of this lodge.
The lodge has a book of photos of all the founding members.
WHERE DID THEY MOVE TO FROM PRINCES ST? Sid JORDAN was in touch with them 2008.
The Auckland Weekly News of 26.2.1870 p 16 col. 3 and 3.12.1870 p 22
record the plan for and opening of Robert's brewery in Queen Street - "The
Albert Brewery", sometimes referred to as "The WHITSON Brewery". They record
that his first 4 years (in New Zealand) were in farming, in particular
growing the "Whitsondean hops" at Mahurangi, that he had been brewing for 32
years (16 years In London), and that "the site is behind the Coach & Horses
Hotel, near the present building of Messrs. WHITSON & Co." (The Strand Arcade,
Queen Street, has a plaque to show the spot where it stood.)
The Daily Southern Cross 1-12-1870 p3. "...It had been
his desire & that of his sons throughout to do all that was possible to improve
the class of beer which they had sent out... On his arrival here, instead of
commencing the brewing business, he went into the country, & spent a good deal
of his time at the Pa, which his friend, Mr FARMER, well knew. He had brought
out a good many things to commence brewing with, but nothing would do but
farming. He put all his money .. in the wilderness for some time. He spent 4
years at the farm before he came down to Auckland... At Mahurangi he found he
could grow hops very much superior in flavour & stronger than those imported..
THE BALL
Shortly before 8 the extensive building again became a scene of animation.
The 2nd floor was tastefully decorated for a ballroom. At 8 dancing began with
a quadrille... Next followed a polka, lancers, galop, polka mazurka, lancers,
schottische, galop, Circassian circle & a Scottish reel. By this time 12 had
arrived & the company retired to supper, which was spread in the upper storey
of the building... Mr WHITSON sen presided & Mr Thomas WHITSON & Mr George
JOHNSTON were the vice chairmen... About 130 sat down to dinner... The dancing
was kept up till an early hour..."
See also NZ Herald 31-7-1870
A 1980 Auckland City Council photo of the brewery showing the words </A><pre>
ALBERT BREWERY 1897, next to Smith & Caughey's Elliott St entrance,
appears on p31 of Nola EASDALE's book. Reproduced with permission.
Robert's decision to buy a farm to grow his hops at Mahurangi was no doubt
influenced with his friend Rev R McKINNEY of Mahurangi who married his
daughter Elizabeth to George JOHNSTONE in 1865, and is the probable author
of the fairytale for his granddaughter Lisa WHITSON 3493 transcribed below.
This composite photo of Rev R McKINNEY, St Colomba Church in Mahurangi
and the church at Matakana, is from p91 of "History of the NZ Presbyterian Church" (1899) by Rev John DICKSON, published by J Wilkie & Co., Dunedin.
paperpast - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3959, 30 April 1870,
& Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 103, 9 May 1870
TO READER G. WOOD, ESQ. Sn. We, the undersigned, understanding that a VACANCY
has occurred in the Representation of Parnell, in the House of Representatives,
beg to request that you will allow yourself to be placed in NOMINATION as the
MEMBER for that District, and we undertake to use our best endeavours to secure
your return. - Yours obediently, .., G. S. KISSLING. .., R. WHITSON, ..
paperpast - (The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1870.
Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 123, 1 June 1870 are similar:
It is notified that the partnership hitherto existing between Messrs.
R. WHITSON and David Stuart LYELL has been dissolved by mutual consent.)
Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3997, 14 June 1870,
Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4004, 22 June 1870,
& New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2006, 23 June 1870.
Brewers. NOTICE is hereby given that the COPARTNERSHIP heretofore carried on
under the style or firm of T. WHITSON AND COMPANY is this day DISSOLVED, by
mutual consent, and that the said Business will in future be carried on at
Albert Brewery, Queen-street, Auckland, under the firm of R. WHITSON & SONS.
Dated at Auckland this first day of June, 1870. R. WHITSON, T. WHITSON,
G. JOHNSTONE. Witness: Geo. Ritchie, Solicitor, Auckland.
Albert Brewery, QuEen-street, Auckland, June 1, 1870. R. Whitson begs to
intimate that, in consequence of the termination of the Partnership of the firm
of R. Whitson & Co., Brewers, he has ceased to have any connection with the
Hobson Bridge Brewery, and that for the future he will carry on business in the
Albert Brewery, Queen-street, Auckland, in conjunction with his sons, Thomas
WHITSON and George JOHNSTONE, under the style of R. Whitson and $ons; and
trusts to maintain the reputation he has already acquired for really good Ales
and Porter. N.B. WHITSON'S ALES only to be had at the ALBERT BREWERY. Families
supplied as before both with bottle and bulk. Temporary Office: 169, Queen St.
HOBSONS BRIDGE BREWERY THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore carried on at the above
Brewery by D. S. Lyeh and R. Whitson, under the firm of R. WHITSON & CO.,
having expired, the undersigned will CARRY ON the Business at HOBSON'S BRIDGE
BREWERY, and guarantee to supply ALE and PORTER of the quality that has
hitherto been produced at this Brewery. The Office and Cellars in town, are in
Durham-street, next the Haymarket, where orders can be left, and will be
punctually attended to. LYELL BROTHERS.
A similar advt appeared in
Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4000, 17 June 1870
paperpast - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4160, 13 December 1870
Letter to Editor by S. Kempthorne, Parnell.
Sir, The pointed letter of Mr. Albin Martin, of December 8, applying the facts
of protection afforded to Whitson's brewery, seems to be unanswerable, .. Will
any duty on foreign flour, cereals, or produce, which the Assembly would be
likely to sanction, be sufficient to afford them such protection as Mr. Whitson
enjoys? ..
paperpast - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4220, 22 February 1871
MAHURANGI CATTLE, AGRICULTURAL, AND PRODUCE SHOW.
Mr. WHITSON, of the firm of WHITSON and Sons was a judge.
paperpast - Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 827, 11 September 1872
WILLIAM JOHN HURST, ESQ., MERCHANT, AUCKLAND. Auckland, August 31, 1572. SIR,
We, the undersigned Ratepayers of the City of Auckland respectfully request you
to allow yourself to be put in nomination for the office of City Councillor ..
R. WHITSON, ..
paperpast - Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 985, 15 March 1873
FIRE AT WHITSON'S BREWERY.
A fire occurred about ten o'clock this morning at the malt kiln attached to
Messrs Whitson & Sons' brewery, Parnell Road. The kiln was built of brick, and
was situated about ten yards from the main building. The fire was discovered by
D. Muir, who attends to the drying of the malt, and who states that a charge of
about fifty bushels was put on last night, but the fire was not lighted until
this morning. About ten o'clock he went in to turn the grain, when he observed
a portion of the matting to be on fire. He at once went for water and
assistance to extinguish the flames, but on returning found that the fire had
extended to the malt, and the smoke was so thick that it was impossible to
enter the building. Attention was then directed towards preventing the fire
from spreading to the brewery, and water was thrown freely over that building.
In this work Sergeant Walker and four constables, who had been at once
despatched from town, rendered valuable aid, and were assisted by Messrs
WHITSON and JOHNSON. The wind was blowing in the direction of the brewery, but
the fire, by the exertions mentioned, was confined within the four walls of the
kiln. The roof of the kiln was destroyed, also about fifty bushels of malt.
The building was the property of Messrs. Brown, Campbell and Co.
paperpast - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4588, 8 May 1872
& Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 724, 8 May 1872
The following persons are objected to as not being entitled to have their
names retained on the List of Voters for the Electoral District of Parnell:
615. WHITSON, Robert, Hobson's Bridge, leasehold, disposed of;
objected to by H. C. BALNEAVIS, Registration Officer.
paperpast - Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIX, Issue 4900, 10 May 1873
& New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 2896, 10 May 1873.
& Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 1031, 10 May 1873.
ELECTORAL. .. 630. WHITSON, Robert, Hobson's Bridge, leasehold, Hobson's
Bridge, brewery in his occupation, left.
631. WHITSON, Thomas, Selwyn Terrace, Parnell, household, Selwyn Terrace,
dwelling in which he resides, left. ..
The above objections will be heard by the Revising Officer appointed for that
purpose, at the Regostrar's Chambers, Supreme Court, on Fri, 23rd M«y instant,
at 11 o'clock. Dated at Auckland 6.5.1873. HC BALNEAVIS, Registration Officer.
The Auckland Electoral Roll for 1874-75 lists him having
1. leasehold Albert Brewery, Queen St, in his occupation
2. freehold Lot 214 80 acres Hunua
3. freehold Mahurangi river 114 acres registered 307B
4. leasehold Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Symonds St.
5. leasehold Hobson's Bridge Brewery, Newmarket.
Notes by Nola EASDALE: WHITSONdeane, Mahurangi, The Pa
paperspast - New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4820, 28 April 1877
SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. The NZ Gazette of the 19th inst. contains the proclamations
constituting Parnell and Onehunga boroughs under the Municipal Corporations Act
1876. The following are the boundaries: Parnell. All that district or parcel
of land situated in the Riding of Parnell, and County of Eden, in the colony of
New Zealand, and bounded on the west by the city of Auckland, as denned in the
schedule to the City Board Act, 1863, and by the north and east boundaries of
the Government Domain to Whitson's Brewery road; on the south by the north side
of Whitson's Brewery Road, ...
The Auckland Electoral Roll for 1881 at http://
0-www.aucklandcity.govt.nz.www.elgar.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/electoral/electoral.html
give for WHITSON Robert
1. Property Type residential, Electorate Auckland East
Residence Waterloo quadrant, Occupation brewer, Notes November 1881
2. Property Type freehold, Electorate Auckland North
Residence Princes street, Occupation brewer
Notes Albert Brewery; Queen street; October 1881
3. Property Type freehold, Electorate Auckland West
Residence Waterloo Quadrant, Occupation brewer
Notes Robert Burns Hotel lot 22, section 42; 10 November 1881
4. Property Type freehold, Electorate Eden
Residence Waterloo quadrant, Occupation brewer
Notes part lot 2 section 10; Eden Vine Hotel,; November 1881
5. Property Type Freehold, Electorate Franklin North
Residence Auckland, Occupation Brewer, Notes October 1881
6. Property Type freehold, Electorate Manukau
Residence Auckland, Occupation brewer
Notes Manukau Hotel and Buildings; October 1881
7. Property Type freehold, Electorate Rodney
Residence Auckland, Occupation brewer
Notes lot 158; Mahurangi; October 1881
The next 6 para's are from the Gisborne library thanks to Geoff KINGMA 3419 21.
Wise's NZ Directory 1875-76 p 19:
WHITSON & Sons, brewers, Queen St
WHITSON, Robert, Grafton rd
WHITSON, Thomas, Waterloo quad
JOHNSTONE, Geo, Alten? rd
The Standard for Sat 7.3.1874: "BREWERY - We learn that Mr WHITSON of Auckland
has obtained a 40 years lease from Capt READ of the house & ground presently
occupied by Dr NESBITT. It is Mr WHITSON's intention to import a 1st class
plant & commence brewing at once."
The Standard? for 21.3.1874: "GISBORNE BREWERY - Messrs WHITSON & Co. are
setting vigorously to work to give us an early taste of their home brew.
Mr CRAWFORD representing that firm arrived by the PRETTY JANE from Auckland
for the purpose of making such preliminary arrangements as are necessary to
the arrival of the plant."
The Standard for Thurs 2.4.1874: "WHITSON'S BREWERY. Operations are now in
full swing preparing for the planting of another local industry in Gisborne.
Some few hands came in the PRETTY JANE on Mon last from Auckland & are busy
making room for the plant etc expected to arrive in the JULIUS VOGEL on her
next trip."
The Standard for Sat 25.4.1874: "At the Licensing Court on Tues last
Mr CRAWFORD applied for a brewer's license on a/c of Messrs WHITSON & Son.
The Court was unable to discover under what Act such a license could be
granted & what fee if any was payable. Mr CRAWFORD said he thought the firm
paid 10P in Auckland for a license ..."
The Standard & People's Advocate for Sat 12.9.1874: "WHITSON & SONS' BREWERY.
We have recently responded to Messrs WHITSON's invitation to take a run over
their new brewing establishment in Gisborne, the erection of which is just
completed, & we have no hesitation in saying that it is at once one of the
most complete, commodious & unique buildings of the kind in the colony. It
stands on the plot of ground fronting to Lowe St & Read's Quay, for some time
forming the garden to Dr NESBITT's late residence. It is 70' long by 26' wide
& consists of ground floor & 2 upper stories. At 1 end is a kind of tower 46'
high with flights of steps leading to the upper portions. Surmounting this
tower are ventilators to convey away steam from the boiling tuns. Close to
these are the reservoir, malt copper, & American hoisting apparatus driven by
the engine for lifting the malt & hops to the top flat. .... All the newest
improvements have been made & added to the establishment under the personal
superintendence of Mr WHITSON senior. .... Now comes the fervent short & pithy
grace "Here's luck" & for ourselves looking thru a glass of Messrs WHITSON's
Auckland brew as we have just done, we cordially wish them the success in
their undertaking that their pluck & enterprise undoubtedly merit."
In 1882 Robert laid the foundation stone for the ornate church tower & spire of
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Symonds St, Auckland. See under 34161
concerning the now lost silver trowel & mallet he used for this. These photos
of them are from Sid JORDAN.
MC says Robert's name has now been added to the foundation stone.
Some details of the occasion in the press:
St Andrew's in 1898 - from the Auckland Public Library :
"A return of the freeholders of NZ" 1882 records the value of his land in
Auckland at 18,000 pounds, in Manukau at 45 pounds, while Robert WHITSON &
Sons, brewers, had land in Rodney, Eden, Auckland and Onehunga valued at 550,
2500, 2050 and 2200 pounds respectively.
Wise's Post Office Directories: 1883-4 Robert WHITSON & Sons, brewer, Queen St,
Auckland; 1885-8 R & Son, brewers, 219 Queen St.; 1885-6 Robert, Waterloo
Quadrant, Auckland.
The Auckland Public Library has a letter he wrote on 21.5.1883 not long before
he died, which indicates he knew the Governor socially. FIND.
paperspast - Observer, Volume 7, Issue 168, 1 December 1883
Despatched. WHITSON - On November 26th, at his ]ate residence, Waterloo
Quadrant, Robert WHITSON, brewer, in his 79th year.
The Auckland Weekly News gives his portrait and obituary on 1.12.1883 p 11
and 20.9.1884 p.
1:- "in business as a brewer in Leith... started brewing at age 19 ...
conducted one of the largest breweries in Scotland for over 20 years... the
oldest Freemason In New Zealand ... the oldest member of the St. Andrew's
church ... nephew James WHITSON (347 below - actually a son of his cousin)
manages the brewery".
I visited the site of his Leith brewery in 1990s, taken there by Charles
MCMASTER, author of a book on Edinburgh breweries, tel 031 554 9252.
For the fate of his Auckland brewery see the article under 3496 Muriel below.
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~dchamber/w.htm gives
WHITSON, R. (& Co.) 1869 ... ..
Registered brewers at Hobson Bridge Brewery, Parnell Road, Auckland
and Albert Brewery, Queen Street, Auckland; also a registered wine and
spirit merchant at Pollen Street Shortland. (8)
- This website has lots of NZ info'. It seems to be part of PANDORA'S BOX CD
- see http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~dchamber/pandorakey.htm
of Dawn CHAMBERS - email: d.chambers@paradise.net.nz
His death certificate says he died of renal and cardiac disease.
GAR JOHNSTONE (34614) has a copy of his will.
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paperspast - Observer, Volume 7, Issue 375, 13 February 1886
Observer, Volume 8, Issue 378, 27 February 1886,
& Observer, Volume 7, Issue 380, 13 March 1886.
ALBERT BREWERY, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. R. WHITSON AND CO., BREWERS.
THE QUALITY OF THEIR BREWING IS SO WELL-KNOWN THAT ANY SPECIAL DESCRIPTION OF
SAME IS UNNECESSARY, ORDERS LEFT AT THE BREWERY BY THE TRADE PUNCTUALLY
ATTENDED TO.
paperspast - Waikato Times, Volume 90, Issue 14019, 24 March 1919
OBITUARY. MR E. GUSSEN. .. he was articled to the firm of Messrs Whitson and
Company, brewers, with whom he learned his trade. He was later in business in
Cambridge and was subsequently employed at Opoliki for a number of years and
then returned td Auckland under engagement to Dr Campbell, with whom he
remained up to the time that firm was merged under the present title of
Messrs Campbell Ehernfried and Co. ..
........................................................
Records held on Robert at http://archway.archives.govt.nz
(The last word is where the record is held.)
[Superintendent] General inward correspondence
21 - 28 June 1873 - Messrs WHITSON and HOOPER. As to difference in amount
of Brewer's license fee 1873 Auckland Provincial Government APG [record group]
15 June 1874 - WHITSON and HOOPER - Submitting that their license fees as
brewers should not be more than that paid by country brewers 1874 APG
ACC Archives ref. 393/74, 1990 74, June 15/74 Inf? WHITSON, Auckland 15 June 1874.
To His Honor the Superintendent and Executive Council Submitting that their license fees as brewers should not be more than that paid by other brewers.
We have the honor to draw your attention to the following disadvantage under which we labour in comparison with the Breweries situate in the outskirts of the City. Wr altho paying city rates & taxes which they escape are compelled to pay 30 pounds for licence which the others under the head of Country Breweries Brep? SECCOMBE & Son, HANCOCK, BEDELL & WATSON, and SUITOR & Co, have only to pay .. 10P.
We consider in all fairness that our license should not be larger than theirs & trusting your Honor & laws executine will take the matter under your favourable consideration
We have the Honor to remain Your Honor & Gentlemen Messrs Obedient Servants,
Whitson & Sons J Hoooper & Co.
[sideways] - I dont see that there is any power to do this R Wh 15.6.1874.
. 2 of 6/24, Bk 22 f 702. Reply accordingly - JW T8/...
……………………………………………………..
12 November 1874 - letter from R WHITSON
suggesting the supply of water to shipping from spring on Hospital reserve
1874 Auckland Provincial Government. A letter Robert wrote 1974:
(Stamped: Town clerk's office Auckland Nov 12 1874) True Copy - I A PHILIP,
Town Clerk.
To His Worship the Mayor. Sir, Knowing the deep interest you take in everything connected with the welfare of this City & its inhabitants, I take the liberty of calling your attention to a way in which the precious water supply may be materially assisted. On the Hospital reserve there is a commendably good spring which if connected by pipes with the lower pass of the town would be I am certain sufficiently large to supply all the wants of the Wharf & Shipblding & so take off a heavy drain on our precious source of supply. The expense necessary need be very small & should any parties be using from the stream in is downward course, it would be easy to protect their interests by giving them small Taps in the pipes. I give this suggestion for the benefit of the public, believing water will be very scarce this summer.
Copy of letter from R WHITSON suggesting … Auckland Nov’r 1874…
Sideways by HM ALLRIGHT Esq 18.11.1874 The small spring referred to cannot be made available without a very large expenditure. I would not recommend the use of this water even if it was available as it breaks out in the gully which drains the Hospital grounds & the Huses on one side of the Grafton road. HA 19.11.74
8 June 1876 - WL REES, Auckland - Forwards leases to WHITSON and BENT
for signing - Attachment: Request for Mr Tole to examine leases - 9 June 1876
1876 Auckland Provincial Government [record group]
Company Cuttings
WHITSON Importing Company Limited 1954-55 Companies Office, Auckland
Auckland Probates
Probates at High Court Auckland, Department of Justice O Akld:
WHITSON Robert 1883 - ASKED FOR 20.9.09
Customs Inwards Letters NZ Customs Service, Auckland Office O Akld:
William SEED, Secretary and Inspector of Customs, Wellington - Copper Boiler
for Brewing - protest by Mr WHITSON - duty to be refunded 1870
L A Barker, Agent - Isinglass imported per "Loch Urr" for R WHITSON and Sons
- paying duty under protest 1877
T Montgomery, Clerk to the Bench, Hamilton - WHITSON and Sons Brewery,
Ngaruawahia - re registration fee 1877
Henry S McKellar, for Secretary and Inspector, Customs and Marine Dept,
Wellington - R WHITSON and Son - their application to be directed to Town
Clerk, Auckland 1881
Dugald MCKELLAR, Collector of Customs, Tauranga - Beer shipped by WHITSON
and Company per "ROWENA" - re stamp duty 1878
DUGALD McKellar, Collector of Customs, Tauranga - Ale shipped by WHITSON and
Company per "ROWENA" - re beer stamp duty 1878
R WHITSON and Son, Albert Brewery, Auckland - Brewer's Bond - submitting
names of bondsmen - Samuel Morrin and George Cruickshank 1880
Henry S McKellar, for Secretary and Inspector, Customs and Marine Dept,
Wellington - R WHITSON and Son - permission to bottle 13 hogsheads of ale 1880
R WHITSON and Son, Albert Brewery, Auckland - Beer Tax - re payment 1880
R WHITSON and Son, Albert Brewery, Auckland - Beer Tax - re duty levied on
Colonial ales 1880
W T Glasgow, for Secretary, Customs Department, Wellington - WHITSON and Son
- query re manufacturing figures - are they correct? 1884
WHITSON and Company, Auckland - Louis EHRENFRIED - has purchased brewery
from R WHISKER (sic) and Company 1885
…………………..
Robert’s will & codicil & related affadavit of 1883:
*2.9.1883 will
This is the last will & testament of me Robert WHITSON of Auckland in the
Colony of NZ, Brewer
1. I appoint John MARSHALL of Auckland Gentleman, Henry William HEATH of
Auckland Insurance Agent, William STOCKWELL of Auckland Surgeon, and my
daughters Jessie [ID 348 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/whitson/whitson.html] and Louisa [ID 34(10)] (hereinafter
called my Trustees) to be the Executors & Trustees of this my will,
& I declare that all trusts & powers hereinafter reposed & vested in my
Trustees shall & may be exercised by the survivors or survivor of them or the
executors or administrators of such survivor or other the Trustees or Trustee
for the time being of this my will.
2. I give all the furniture & effects in or about my dwelling house including
my carriage, horse, harness, fittings & burnishings, to my wife ELizabeth, for
her use during her life & afterwards to my daughters Jessie and Louisa or the
survivor of them absolutely.
3. I also give to my wife the sum of 100P to be paid to her immediately after
my death & in case she should predecease me I give the like sum to my daughters
Jessie and Louisa or the survivor of them.
4. I also give to my wife the policy of insurance on my life in the Scottish
Widows fund & in case she should predecease me I give the said policy to my
daughters Jessie and Louisa or the survivor of them.
5. I give devise & bequeath that portion of the Albert Hotel which is my
separate & freehold property (subject to all leases & all easements now
enjoyed in connection with the Albert Brewery) to my wife during her life she
maintaining & supporting my unmarried daughters. And from & after her death to
my daughters Jessie and Louisa in equal shares but in case of the death of
either of them without leaving issue, then to the survivor absolutely.
6. I direct that the person or persons entitled for the time being to the
benefit of the bequest given by the preceding clause shall pay to my son Robert
[ID 342 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/whitson/whitson.html] or apply on his behalf 1 P/week in such mannter as my
Trustees in their absolute discretion shall think expedient but this legacy or
allowance shall absolutely cease when my son Robert shall have received his
residuary share
under this my Will.
7. I direct my Trustees to realize my Mahurangi Farm as soon as they can find
a purchaser at a price satisfactory to them & until sold I authorize my
Trustees to carry on & manage the same as heretofore.
8. When sold my Trustees shall set apart half of the net purchase money of
the said farm for my grandson Henry [ID 3494], youngest son of my son Thomas
[ID 349], & invest the same & all interest that may accrue thereon in manner
hereinafter directed & I direct that the said moneys together with all
accumulations shall be paid to him on his attainging the age of 21.
9. I direct my Trustees to set part 400 P for my granddaughter the posthumous
daughter [Muriel, ID 3496] of my said son Thomas & to invest the same & all
interest that may accrue thereon in manner hereinafter didrected & to pay the
same with all accumulations to her on her attaining the age of 21 or being
married.
10. I give devise & bequeath to my Trustees all the residue of my real &
personal property & I direct that the same shall if possible without very great
sacrifice be realized & converted by them within 2 years from my death & as
regards the business of the Albert Brewery it is my desire that until it is
disposed of my Trustees shall carry on the same under the management of my
nephew James Andrew WHITSON [ID 714] who shall act for & represent the interest
of my said estate in the said buiness & in the mangement thereof so long only
as my Trustees think fit & with such remunerations & upon such conditions as
the Trustees may think fit.
11. After payment of all just debts funeral & testamentary expenses & the
legacies bequeathed by this will or any codicil I give one fifth part of my
said residuary estate to each of my four daughters Catherine [ID 341],
Mary Ann [ID 347], Jessie [ID 348] & Louisa [ID 34(10)] & one tenth to my
daughter Elizabeth [ID 346], & one tenth to my son Robert [ID 342].
12. I direct that all my bequests given to females under this will shall be
for their sole & separate use & free from the debts control or engagements of
any present or future husband & in case any of the legatees under this my will
shall predecease me leaving issue, such issue shall take the share the parent
so ding would have taken had the parent survived me.
13. I declare that all money liable to be invested under the trusts of this
will may be invested in bonds or debentures of the Government of NZ or any
British Australasian Colony or of any Municipal Corporation or other public
body in NZ or upon mortgage of real property in the sai colony & any such
investment may be varied by my said Trustees at their absolute discretion.
14. I direct that such of my Trustees that are not legatees under this will
shall each receive 1 guinea for every meeting they may attend in connection
with my affairs until the business of the Albert Brewery shall be disposed of
& thereafter the sum of 1/2 a guinea for every such meeting.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 7.9.1883.
(Signed) R WHITSON
Signed & acknowledged by the said Robert WHITSON the Testator as & for this
last will & testament in the presence of us both present at the same time who
at his request in his presence & in the presence of each other have hereunto
suscribed our names as witnesses.
J RICHMOND, Solicitor, Auckland
RA REID Solicitor's clerk, Auckland
...........................................
*7.9.1883 codicil
Dated the 7.9.1883 The Will of Robert WHITSON, Codicil dated the 5.11.1883
HESKETH & RICHMOND, Auckland.
This is a codicil to the last will & testament of me Robert WHITSON of
Auckland, Brewer which said will is above written & bears date 7.9.1883.
1. With regard to that parto f paragraph 10 of my said will which provides
for the carrying on of the buiness of the Albert Brewery under the management
of my nephew James Andrew WHITSON [ID 714], I desire that such management shall
so long as my Trustees shall think proper, be under the financial inspectorship
of my son Robert WHITSON & that the books of the said buiness shall at all
reasonable time be open for his inspection & that my said Trustees shall give
due consideration to any report made to them by my said son Robert [ID 342].
2. I give & devise to my said son Robert all that piece of land recently
purchased by me from Herny WORALL containing 26 acres more or less & being part
of allotment 46 of the Parish of Titirangi.
3. In all other respects I confirm my said will.
In witness whereof I have hereinto subscribed my name this 5.11.1883.
(Signed) R WHITSON
Signed & acknowledged by the said Robert WHITSON as & for a codicil to his
last will & testament in the presence of us both present at the same time who
at his request in his presence & in the presence of each other have hereunto
subscribed our names as witnesses.
Eliza SEPARAND?,
RA REID Solicitor's clerk, Auckland
...........................................
*13.12.1883 affadavit
In the Supreme Court of NZ, Northern District
In the matter of the will of Robert WHITSON deceased.
Affadavit of executors filed 13.12.1883, HESKETH & RICHMOND, Auckland
In the matter of the will of Robert WHITSON late of Auckland in the said
District, Brewer, deceased.
We John MARSHALL Gentleman, Henry William HEATH Insurance Agent, William
STOCKWELL Surgeon, Jessie WHITSON Spinster and Louisa WHITSON Spinster, all of
Auckland in the Colony of NZ severally swear
1. That we knew the said Robert WHITSON when alive, that he was domiciled at
Auckland aforesaid within this District and that he died at Auckland aforesaid
on or about 26.11.1883.
2. That we believe the paper writing now produced bearing date 2.9.1883 and
marked "A" to be the last will & testament of the said Robert WHITSON deceased
with a codicil thereto bearing date 5.11.1883 & that we are the Executors
therein named.
3. That we will faithfully execute the said will & codicil by paying the
debts and legacies of the said deceased as far as the property will extend &
the law bind.
(Signed) J MARSHALL, HW HEATH, Wm STOCKWELL, Jessie WHITSON, Louisa WHITSON.
Sworn by the said William HEATH at Auckland aforesaid this 8.12.1883 before me
Thos BRIDDLE a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NZ
Sworn by the said William STOCKWELL at Auckland aforesaid this 10.1883 before
me Archd. BUCHANANA a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NZ
Severally sworn by the said Jessie WHITSON and Louisa WHITSON at Auckland
aforesaid this 10.12.1883 before me Edwin? COOPER a solicitor of the Supreme
Court of NZ
Sworn by the said John MARSHALL at Auckland aforesaid this 10.1883 before
me A HAIMED?? a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NZ.
Robert's FamilySearch ID is L6Q8-46R or KHWC-3FB.
………………………………………………………………………………………….
nzships.txt, nz passenger lists, 28 Feb 2001
From: "Alexander Turnbull Library" <atl@natlib.govt.nz>
NEW ZEALAND PASSENGER LISTS; 'WHITE WINGS'; VOYAGE OF THE 'ANNE LONGTON'
Shipping passenger lists
As you may know the Alexander Turnbull Library is the research division of
the National Library of New Zealand. The only passenger lists held at the
Library are copies of the New Zealand Company lists (1839-1844, 1847-1850),
and lists of the New Zealand Shipping Company (1875-1950). The Library does
not aim to be the central depository of passenger lists for ships coming to
New Zealand. There are many lists and indexes held elsewhere. Archives New
Zealand (formerly National Archives) hold the most passenger lists. Please
send me your postal address if you would like a copy of a leaflet called
'What ship did they come on?' which gives some information on shipping
resources that are available elsewhere. You do need to look around to find
the various holdings.
------------------------------------------------------
NOTE They are at http://www.archives.govt.nz/welcome.html
(This allows a search but I got nothing with the Anne Longton and the Ruapehu,
or Hudson) with shipping lists at
http://www.archives.govt.nz/holdings/immigration.html
------------------------------------------------------
I do not know of any project to make the shipping lists available online.
You can write to Archives New Zealand to ask whether there are any such
plans for their holdings.
The address is: Archives New Zealand, P.O. Box 12-050, WELLINGTON.
Shipboard accounts:
Marsha DONALDSON, a member of the Library's Manuscripts and Archives staff,
has compiled a list of shipboard DIARIES held in New Zealand libraries and
institutions. This listing is available on microfiche in many public
libraries. The details are: 'Shipboard accounts: voyages to New Zealand,
1840-1900', compiled by Marsha DONALDSON (Auckland: New Zealand Society of
Genealogists, 1998).
BRETT'S 'WHITE WINGS'
The book you mention is:- BRETT, Sir Henry. 'White wings: immigrant ships
to New Zealand, 1840-1902', by Sir Henry Brett and Cyril R. Bradwell. Vol.
1, 'Fifty years of sail in the New Zealand trade, 1850-1900'. Vol. 2,
'Founding of the provinces and old time shipping. Passenger ships from
1840-1885' (Auckland, Brett Printing Co., 1924-1928), (Reprinted
Christchurch, Capper Press, 1976). Microfiche edition available (Auckland,
BAB Microfilming, 1987). This publication should be available in most New
Zealand libraries.
'ANNE LONGTON':
Sir Henry BRETT reports in 'White wings', Volume 1, page 356, that the
writer of the diary on the voyage of the 'Anne Longton', which arrived in
Auckland on 9 October 1857, was Josiah Hill HUDSON. Mary COBELDICK has
searched the Manuscripts and Archives database TAPUHI and found no
reference to Josiah Hill HUDSON or to a diary from the ship. Neither Mr
HUDSON nor a diary is mentioned in 'Shipboard accounts: voyages to New
Zealand, 1840-1900', compiled by Marsha DONALDSON (Auckland: New Zealand
Society of Genealogists, 1998)
INTERNET ACCESS
I am not sure which of the National Library databases you were searching
when you looked for 'White wings'. You can view the entry for this title in
the Library's online catalogue which lists all publications catalogued since
1983 (earlier publications are being progressively added), and includes all
currently received serials and a proportion of the book, serial, and map
holdings of the Alexander Turnbull Library. This Catalogue is available
through the National Library's website at http://www.natlib.govt.nz/
as follows: from the centre of the main screen, under 'Catalogues and
Directories', click on 'National Library Catalogue', on the next screen
select 'National Library of New Zealand Catalogue', and 'connect', which
logs you on automatically. Note that this is just a catalogue of the
Library's holdings, and it does not give full-text of the publications.
The wife of Robert WHITSON. He
m 17 May 1829 Dunbar, East Lothian M117067 sp-Elizabeth FENDER b 8.6.1807
Skateraw, Haddington, East Lothian d 27.7.1884 Auckland. (b place ex CNN tree.)
(Dunbar is on the coast 11m NEE of Haddington,7m SE of Whitekirk & 17m E of
Aberlady.) Daughter of Robert FENDER, farmer, and Elizabeth WILSON
- IGI M117067. This is an error as this batch number does not show this
marriage! familysearch gives
Elizabeth FENDER b 8.6.1807 bp 21.6.1807 Innerwick, East Lothian
to Robert FENDER & Janet HAY batch C11711-5.
</pre><A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/fender/fender.html">
#She has ID 1162 at 1. Our FENDER family at
</A><pre>
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/fender/fender.html
1851 census below gives her b 1808 Skateraw, Haddington dr of
Janet FENDER b 1777 Stainton, Haddingtonshire. (There is a Skateraw, Dunbar,
6 m SE of Dunbar on maps.google but no sign of a Stainton in East Lothian!)
[They married about 1828 at Dunbar (according to his death certificate)
or Haddington (according to her death certificate, which records
her as born in Dunbar and dying of 4 years paralysis, 2 years diabetes, and
11 days bronchitis). The discrepancy is probably because Haddington, as well
as being the name of a town, is also the name of the parish that the town of
Dunbar is in. The actual date and place came from the IGI: see 2.4.]
Buried with her husband.
1841 census St Anthony Street, South Leith, Midlothian: ID
Robert WHITSON 35 1806 Scotland Brewer Foreman 34
Elizabeth WHITSON 30 1811 Scotland
Catherine WHITSON 10 1831 Scotland 341
Robert WHITSON 8 1833 Scotland 342
John WHITSON 2 1839 Midlothian, Scotland 345
Elizabeth WHITSON 8 Mo 1840 Midlothian, Scotland 346
1851 census 11 St Anthony St, Leith, Leith South, Midlothian: ID
Robert WHITSON Head M 46 1805 Drem, Haddington Drawer [should be Brewer] 34
- Drem is 4m N of Haddington
Elizabeth WHITSON Wife M 43 1808 Skateraw, Haddington
- Skateraw is 2m NE of Innerwick
Janet FENDER Mother-in-law 74 1777 Stainton, Haddingtonshire
Catherine WHITSON Daughter 19 1832 Haddington 341
Robert WHITSON Son 18 1832 Haddington Clerk Engineer Affire 342
John WHITSON Son 12 1839 South Leith, Midlothian Scholar 345
Elizabeth WHITSON Daughter 10 1841 South Leith, Midlothian Scholar 346
Mary WHITSON Daughter 8 1843 South Leith, Midlothian At Home 347
Jenie WHITSON Daughter 8 1843 South Leith, Midlothian At Home 348
Thomas WHITSON Son 6 1845 South Leith, Midlothian At Home 349
Louisa WHITSON Daughter 5 1847 South Leith, Midlothian At Home 34(10)
FamilySearch ID K8ZT-V3R.
Their 1st daughter started the 1st branch in Australia:
341 3-`Kate' Catherine Logan Campbell WHITSON (b 15.5.1832 but bp 28.5.1831
Haddington, East Lothian </A><pre>
ex C117099 1820-1854. d 1.1.1911 Buried at St. Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne with
3411,3412.)
IGI: Catharine WHITSON bp: 28 MAY 1831 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
dr of Robert WHITSON & Elizabeth FENDER.
(Logan Campbell may be a 3rd witness at baptism. Is this the same LC of
Auckland fame?? I believe there is a connection.)
1841-51 with parents.
1857 living with her parents at Edinburgh according to 3434 [NEW ID??].
(c.f. Obituary of 34 placed them in
London prior to their departure on the ship `ANNE LONGTON' for New Zealand on
14.6.1857.) Sailed to Australia in June 1857 in the `War Spirit' to marry her
fiancee. Her sister 223 FIX ID married at their home `Whitsondene' in Leonard
Street. Later their 6th child was born and Catherine took her children to visit
her father [34] in Auckland. She later lived with [3473] FIX ID.
A beneficiary of the 1912! will of her sister Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10).
Beneficiary of the will at
*1907 NZ Jessie WHITSON 1842-1907, ID 348 of
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/whitson/wills.html
m 1857 Melbourne sp-James AINSLIE Son of Elizabeth and Dr. James AINSLIE (who
drowned after visiting a patient at Norwich Castle. His wife dreamed where
the body would be found, and it was found at that spot. 22762 has his gold
watch. 22344 has oil paintings of him and Elizabeth). He was 6 foot 4. He
studied and rowed at Oxford, and preceded her to Melbourne where he was a
partner of Power & Rutherford, Stock & Station agents. Living at George
Street East, Melbourne 1857-70. He caught pneumonia after rowing and died age
32. 6 children, firstly
3411 4-Walter AINSLIE (Melbourne) Died young.
3412 4-Robert AINSLE (Melbourne) Died young by 1868 when his namesake was b.
3413 4-`Lizzie' Elizabeth AINSLIE (Melbourne)
A beneficiary of the 1910 will of her aunt Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below.
m 30.3.1892 at Melbourne to John MURRAY (-1910). A Master Builder with
Murray & Crow. Built many Melbourne buildings. Their home, `Ainslie' was next
door to that of 3414 and their families spent Xmas, New Year, and all
birthdays together & likewise the summer holidays. Every Sunday would set out
en masse for church. In the 1910 will of Louisa WHITSON, [ID 34(10)], he was
living at Erin St, Richmond, Melbourne. 2 children, firstly
34131 5-`Kitty' Catherine WHITSON MURRAY (Melbourne-Sussex) She met her
husband in 1927 when he represented England at cricket, and vowed she'd
never marry another. After his wife died they married in 1951 in England and
lived at Shoreham, Sussex. No issue.
m 1951 England to `Struddy' H. STRUDWICK.
34132 5-`Glennie' Janet MURRAY (Melbourne) Single, died aged 73 in England
leaving 68,000 pounds to the Presbyterian Church of Victoria.
34133 5-Betty MURRAY (Melbourne) Adopted about age 17. After a stay with
22, she remarked that the roses were so tall that they had to get a painter's
ladder to pick them!
3414 4-Sarah Dunbar AINSLIE (-?1941,Melbourne)
A beneficiary of the 1910 will of her aunt Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below;
she & her husband were then at Erin St, Richmond, Melbourne,
m at Glasgow to Dr. `Jim' James Francis AGNEW (- Glasgow) They married the
day before she returned to Australia. He was studying medicine at the time.
He was to have joined her but she returned to him so he could take a
postgraduate course in surgery. In 1895 they moved to Australia where he
practised at Richmond, Victoria. Fought in WW1 1914-1916. Chief Medical
Officer for Repatriation for Victoria. Later as Principal Medical Officer for
the Commonwealth of Australia he pioneered the opening of the ANZAC Hospitals
in all states. He chose and bought the properties and equipped them. He died
in Glasgow on a visit to his father. She visited her cousins in Auckland: she
adored Aunt Jessie (224) but was furious with Aunt Lou (346) who `enjoyed ill
health' and let Aunt Jessie wait on her hand and foot. 4 children, firstly
34141 5-`Jim' James Whitson Ainslie AGNEW (3.8.1893 Glasgow-29.9.1917 Ypres,
France) Killed in WW1. Buried at Remy Siding, Belgium. Prefect at Scotch
College, Hawthorn, Melbourne, dux of the prep., champion debater, winner of the
Shakespeare prize. (A selection of letters with photos is held by Kit Withers. FIND.)
TO DO jim.mitchell@scotch.vic.edu.au asked 31.3.08 for a biography for him
& his brother Ainslie below. Can anyone help?
Annemie.Morisse@poperinge.be wrote me 19.1.2011: "I am doing research on
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, the place where James is buried.
For all information on the project: www.lijssenthoek.be " This lists him as
Private JWA 12th, Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps d 2.9.1917.
She sent me a photo of him AGNEW_JWA.jpg which I lost.
I tried www.awm.gov.au & info@awm.gov.au
34142 5-Ainslie Francis AGNEW (25.8.1897 Richmond, Victoria-1951) Prefect at
Scotch College, Hawthorn, Melbourne. Studied medicine. Served in WW1. Resident
doctor at Heidelberg Reparation Hospital, at Heidelburg, Victoria. Single. His
death was considered to be due to war service.
34143 5-`Kitty' Catherine AGNEW (1899 Melbourne-1952 Melbourne) Single.
Died of cancer.
34144 5-`Molly' Mary Jessie AGNEW (1911 Melbourne-c1985) Taken to the Lord
Mayor's Dinner in London by her father's friend, the Queen's physician, Sir
John Weir at Mansion House, where she participated in the ceremony of the
Loving-cup. She tells the story: Beginning with the official party a large
gold cup with a lid is passed from gentleman to his partner, the lid first
being removed by him. He bows as he offers it to his partner who, after
wiping the edge with a napkin, also drinks, first bowing and receiving a
curtsy from the lady. Whilst the sword hand is employed in handling the cup,
the next door neighbour rises and stands back to back with the one drinking,
in order to protect his back from dagger thrusts. to rise at the right
moment, without turning one's head to look is the tricky part of the
procedure and the only one causing me any apprehension. I noticed,
however that one or two very important people, who were in danger of losing
their cue, were prompted with the most discreet whispers from footmen who
were carefully watching in the most unobtrusive manner that all was au fait.
Each table had its own cup and as there were 400 guests, the tables
radiating out from the official or top one, the ceremony was delightful to
see. The orchestra was softly playing "Drink to me only with thine eyes" the
whole while.' Molly had a very old photo album mostly of AINSLIEs.
* 1978 at Unit 31, 19 Robe Street, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.
Phone 534-3663.
3415 4-James Walter AINSLIE (1863 Melbourne-Melbourne) While living at
Howard Street, Freemantle as a teenager he stayed a number of times with his
grandfather Robert WHITSON [ID 34] who spoiled him a lot giving him 5 pounds each
time, and a pony. He was given a gun and shot a deer which was one of Robert
WHITSON's pets! His grandfather put him on the next ship to Australia. He was
allowed to keep his deer's head, nicely mounted. This deer head had a huge span
and was passed to [ID 347?], then 3472 Elizabeth MORRELL, then 34144, then
stolen. He went cane-picking in Queensland and was stroke for the Queensland
rowing eight the only year it won the interstate competition. The same year he
went to Perth. This was in the 1890's about the time of the Victorian bank rush
and 1892 when the gold-rush to Kalgoolie (300 miles east of Perth) was on.
Tens of thousands were coming to Western Australia then, and like most others he
pushed his wheelbarrow 50 miles from Coolgardie to Kalgoolie. He married at the
time he was Shire Clerk of South Perth. He was Managing Director of Millers
Trading Co.
m 6.13.1896 at Freemantle to Miriam Agnes INGLIS (1872) Daughter to Thomas
Augustus Fred INGLIS and Miriam, nee GREENWOOD. 3 children,
34151 5-Olga AINSLIE (5.12.1896 Perth) Was number one bridge player for W.A.
* 1978: St. George Mansions, 11 Mount Street, Perth. Phone 321-4697
34152 5-James Percival AINSLIE (14.8.1899 Perth)
From "Who's who in Australia" 1965: C.G.M. 1962, M.D., F.R.C.S., Eng.,
F.R.A.C.S., President Medical Board of W.A., Consultant Surgeon Repatriation
Department, educated University of W.A., Trinity College, University of
Melbourne. Lt. Colonel, A.A.M.C. Reserve, golf and tennis. Did a
postgraduate study in surgery of Oxford. A famous neuro-surgeon, he had a
stroke at Government House, as he was about to make a speech and died, aged
74. `Ainslie House' in Murray Street, the medical officers' residence
attached to Royal Perth Hospital, is named after him, and has a brass plaque
which says `We who were with him have been in touch with greatness.' (copy of
obit. notice with photo held by Kit Withers.) 3 children.
* 1978: Lister house, 252 Street. George's Terrace, Perth.
m 15.10.1930 at Perth to `Jill' Jean CLEMONS. Daughter of George E. CLEMONS.
I visited them in 1972 presenting them a bunch of kangaroo paw flowers I’d picked in the park. Jill was horrified - illegal to pick the flowers!
34152 1 6-Joanna (Wilmore) AINSLIE (1932 Perth) Chosen in the Sun Quest
to represent Australia at the Overseas Mail Youth Forum in London in
1949. President of the W.A. University Basketball Club.
m `Tony' CLINGENDER, who works for the C.S.I.R.O. at Melbourne.
*1978: Kunappaipi Box 77, Berwich, Victoria. 3 children, firstly
*1996: No CLINGENDER found in Vic.
34152 11 7-Jessica CLINGENDER (Melbourne)
34152 12 7-Timothy CLINGENDER (Melbourne)
34152 13 7-Jonathon CLINGENDER (Melbourne)
34152 2 6-Jonathon (James) AINSLIE (7.8.1934 Perth)
m 21.7.1971 at Perth to Rosemary (Suzanne) BONNER (19.5.1940 Perth)
*1978: 112 Victoria Street, Mosman Park, Perth, W.A. 6012
*1996: 102 Palmerston St, Mosman Park Perth WA 6012 ph 09 9384 1560
1 child,
34152 21 7-`Mandy' (Amanda) J? AINSLIE (25.4.1972 Perth)
*1996: 112 Victoria Street, Mosman Park, Perth, W.A. 6012 mobile 019 375 889
34152 3 6-Jillian (Antonia) AINSLIE (29.1.1939 Perth) Physiotherapist.
m 23.1.1975 at Perth to Stanly (James) LEWIS.
*Patawilga, Orton Road, W. Byford, 25 miles South of Perth. Phone 095-251317.
34153 5-Robert (Inglis) AINSLIE (14.6.1909 Perth) D.S.O., Q.C. Champion
golfer for W.A. (1935). Had to give up golf when he was thrown from a
horse and had his back broken in 4 places. He left on the first ship
from Australia as a Lt. and returned as a Brigadier, awarded D.S.O. for
services in New Guinea where he commanded 2nd of 48th Battalion. Before
Australia he served in Crete where he was strafed on the operating table having
bulles removed from his arms - while the doctors hid under the table!
A.S.C to Henry, Duke of Gloucester, when Governor General of Australia
(from Who's who in Australia 1965).
Chairman of the Local Board Norwich Union Fire Ins. Director Boans
Ltd, Local Director Millars Timber Co., Chairman of Advisory Board of
Esperance Land Development Co., Director Laporte Titanium
Pty. (Cuttings & photos: Kit Withers). Was head solicitor at Stone &
James, Perth. Declined a judgeship.
m 24.6.1938 at Perth to Alice Catherine Mary Wilhemina von BLANCKENSEE
whose grandfather had BISMARCK as his best man!
* 1 Kings Park Avenue, Crawley, Perth. W.A. Phone 386-3957. 3 children
born at Perth.
34153 1 6-Katherine Mary AINSLIE (15.7.1940 Perth) The first "War baby" born in
W.A. (i.e. with father away in WW2). "Miss University" for 1959. She did
honours degree in history then studied law. She was one of the only
3 law graduates in Australia to get distinction in every subject.
She taught law for 2 years at Oxford, where she was the first don in law.
She would have been a Rhodes Scholar but his will had not yet been altered
to allow for women. She was admitted to the Bar at Grey's Inn & went into
chambers. Appointed Parliamentary Council (Legal adviser to the British P.M.)
*1996: Flat 4, Byam Shaw House,70 Camden St (off Camden Hill Rd) London W87 EN.
My daughter & I visited her 1996 - a lovely welcome she gave us.
m 3.4.1965 at Perth to Sir Robin DAY (1924-7.8.2000) law graduate from Oxford,
author of "Television, a Personal Report", chief political commentator for the
BBC - Television, he has interviewed KHRUSCHEV, KENNEDY and covered
Suez, the Congo, etc. See Australian Womens Weekly 17.3.1965. Published his
memoirs as "Sir Robin DAY, Grand Inquisitor, memoirs" Weidenfeld, London 1989.
They lived at 2 St. James Gardens, London W11. The Queen Mother has
shared her Box at the Opera with them. Separated. 2 children, firstly
34153 11 7-Alexander (Ainslie) DAY (5.2.1974) Like his father he has
interviewed Joanna LUMLEY star of the Avengers TV series. She bought the
house built by 3463 1 Sir RMT McCONNELL. A member of the Young Persons Group
of the Royal Court.
*1995: learning Desktop publishing at Nottingham Polytech.
2014: Flat 3, 2-3 Ladbroke Square, London W11 3LX, tel (020) 7 727 0294.
34153 12 7-Daniel (Robin Ainslie) DAY (19.2.1976) 2017: danday60@gmail.com
34153 2 6-Roberta Ann AINSLIE (10.2.1945 Perth-1.1.1966). Journalist
for the Daily News. Died in a severe rain storm when she stumbled into
the propeller of her husband's plane after dismounting off the wrong
edge of the wing.
m 13.2.1965 at Perth to Digby LEE-STEER Grazier at Northanpton. No
issue.
34153 3 6-Robert (James) AINSLIE (26.10.1947)
m 8.1.1971 at Perth to Patricia (Mary) DONOVAN, daughter of Dr. M.E. DONOVAN
of W.A. Lawyer.
*1978: 25 Mary Street, Claremont, Perth, W.A.
*1996-2006: 70a Broome St, Cotteslie Perth WA 6011 ph 09 9384 0836
2 children, firstly
34153 31 7-Toby (John) AINSLIE (25.10.1976)
34153 32 7-Christian (Robert) AINSLIE (4.6.1978 Perth)
3416 4-Robert Whitson AINSLIE (4.2.1868 Melbourne-23.7.1920 Port
Lincoln) Earlier schooling partly in New Zealand. Graduated from
Melbourne Grammar too young to go to medical school. (His aunts Jessie
224 and Louisa 341 offered to put him through in Germany, the best
place for doctors of medicine in those days.) Studied medicine at
Melbourne University. Met his wife near Carnarvon, W.A. at her
cousin's station where he was a bookkeeper. He had rheumatic fever twice.
A beneficiary of the 1910 will of Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below; he was then
of Port Lincoln, South Australia.
m 3.6.1902 at Riverton, S.A. to Alice (Emily) SARRE They had a dairy
farm at Gawler Blocks, Queensland. They bought a 1000 acre station at
Port Lincoln, South Australia with a lovely view over the bay, but it
was very tough. 3 children, firstly
34161 5-James (Whitson) AINSLIE (30.9.1903 Riverton, South
Australia-21.5.1967 Port Lincoln) Became a mechanic and also ran his
father's farm.
m 30.3.1951 at Payneham, Adelaide to Alice (Elizabeth) GIBBS. She had
the engraved silver trowel and mallet presented to Robert WHITSON 22 when he
laid the foundation stone of St. Andrews church in Auckland on
24.5.1882. They were on display in the Auckland Museum Library, then lost.
No issue.
*1978: Box 163, Port Lincoln, South Australia 5606.
34162 5-`Bob' (Robert Sarre) AINSLIE (28.1.1908 Gawler)
m 1.11.1940 to `Goldie' (Rena Valmai) CLARK d1981. Studied Mechanical
Engineering in W.A. Worked in agriculture and automotive
businesses. Flight Lieutenant in R.A.A.F in S.W. Pacific during WW2.
* Last address; 55 Avonmore Avenue, Trinity Gardens, Adelaide, South
Australia 5058. Phone 318-961. 2 children, firstly
<!-- *1996: TRY RV AINSLIE 8 Hill St, Burnside Adelaide SA 5066 ph 08 8331 8961 -->
34162 1 6-Robert (Clark) AINSLIE (17.2.1947 Maitland, South Australia)
Rbt was a professional diver before getting a PhD in physiology from Adelaide
University. Marine biologist with Adelaide Electricity Inst. eg Investigated
effect on marine life of thermal pollution from seaboard powerhouses.
*2007 ho 8293 4504 , mobile 0417 804 144
44 Mills St Clarence Park, Adelaide 5034.
m1 17.12.1969 at Adelaide sp-Caroline (Dianne) PLUMMER. No issue.
m2 24.11.1978 sp-Valerie Anne BRAYSHER (B.Sc Honours). d 1.12.2001.
m3 2003 sp-Rosemary Lyons RYALL. Granddau'r of Joseph LYONS (PM of Oz, founder of
the Liberal Party, of Tasmania) & Dame Enid LYONS (1st female MP.) Daughter of
Brigadier Bunny AUSTIN (Australia's most decorated soldier in the Korean War).
By her 1st m she had Penelope Rose RYALL b29.6.1982 .
34162 2 6-James (Whitson Clarke) AINSLIE (30.6.1950 Maitland) Dip.Ed.
Professional artist. Former art teacher, Education Dept. SA for Willunga
High and Adult Education students in country centres. Exhibits in W.A. and S.A.
# 2007: ainsliestudio@aapt.net.au at Cooroibah near Noosa, Qld.
<!-- 17 Ullawoorra Drive, Tewantin, Queensland. -->
m1 12.1.1973 at Adelaide sp-Lynette (Fay) PRIOR.
<!-- *1978: Mount Magnificent, Box 178 Willunga, S.A. 5172. Phone 0855-60229.
*1996: TRY J & WF 35 Peters Tce Mt Compass Barossa Valley SA5210 ph 08 56 8310
-->
m2 22.7.1981 Willunga,SA sp-Wendy Fay BROWN nee SPARKS 3.10.1947 Adelaide
34162 21 7-Victoria Sarre AINSLIE 16.6.1982 McLaren Vale, SA
m sp-Brendan Ashleigh AUFDERHEIDE
34162 211 8-Amelia Sarre AUFDERHEIDE 16.5.2006 Ipswich, Queensland
34163 5-Jessie (Ruth) AINSLIE (10.8.1913 Port Lincoln)
m 24.12.1935 at Port Lincoln to (Henry Alfred) Roland PUCKRIDGE, her
schooltime sweetheart. An automotive engineer.
* Oxford terrace, Box 163 Port Lincoln, S.A. 5606. Phone 086822-930. 5
children.
34163 1 6-(Donald Alfred Saint) George PUCKRIDGE (9.3.1937 Port Lincoln)
Linesman with Electricity Trust of Southern Australia.
m 16.4.1960 at Port Lincoln to Rhonda (Joy) WRIGHT.
*1978-2007: 30 Stevenson Street, Port Lincoln, S.A.5606 ph 08 8682 2927
or ph 08 8293 3912
4 children, firstly
34163 11 7-Stephen (John) PUCKRIDGE (14.4.1961 Port Lincoln)
*1996: TRY SJ PUCKRIDGE & JM TOSENBERG 38 London St, Port Lincoln SA5606
ph 086 82 5736
34163 12 7-Phillip (Robert) PUCKRIDGE (25.10.1962 Port Lincoln)
*1996: TRY PR & LJ 49 Breton Place,Port Lincoln SA5606 ph 086 83 0066
34163 13 7-Paul (Ainslie) PUCKRIDGE (12.6.1975 Port Lincoln)
*1996: TRY PA & JL 4 Roslyn St,Port Lincoln SA5606 ph 086 4154
34163 2 6-Frederick (Robert Roland) PUCKRIDGE (16.8.1938 Port Lincoln)
Farmer on his cousins farm at Lake Wangary district, Eyres Peninsular.
m 16.5.1959 at Port Lincoln to Jean (Elizabeth) HARDING.
*1978: C/o `Brocca Bruna', Lake Wangary, South Australia 5607. 6 children, firstly
34163 21 7-Michael (James) PUCKRIDGE (2.9.1959 Port Lincoln)
*1996:TRY MJ Mortlock Tce Edillilie SA5630 ph 086 76 4276
OR MJ & VJ 60 O'Loughlin Tce Ceduna SA5690 ph 086 25 2128
34163 22 7-Terrence (Frederick) PUCKRIDGE (21.5.1961 Port Lincoln)
34163 23 7-Heather (Anne) PUCKRIDGE (25.8.1962 Port Lincoln-16.8.1964)
34163 24 7-Helen (Jane) PUCKRIDGE (2.9.1965 Port Lincoln)
*1996: TRY 99 Hindmarsh Rd,Victor Harbor, Barossa Valley SA 5211 ph 085 52 2712
34163 25 7-Sonya (Anne) PUCKRIDGE (31.1.1968 Port Lincoln)
34163 26 7-Simon (Peter) PUCKRIDGE (25.10.1974 Port Lincoln)
34163 3 6-James (Terrence WHITSON) PUCKRIDGE (8.8.1941 Port Lincoln)
B.A. (Adelaide University), Dip. Ed. in Teaching (Sydney University).
Lectured in English for migrants at Adelaide Inst. of Technology. Taught 3 years
in Western Samoa. Teaches English. He & his brother Fred were great divers & taught
34162 1 RA. # He has the PUCKRIDGE family history done by his mother.
m 1964 at Adelaide to Dianna WRIGHT.
*1996: 13 Seaview Road, Tennyson , South Australia 5022
#2007 email ? RSD, 19A FCS, Kings Cote, Kangaroo Island,SA. ph 08 8559 2206
2 children, firstly
34163 31 7-Thornton PUCKRIDGE (10.1965 Adelaide)
*1996: 2 in book
34163 32 7-Jason PUCKRIDGE ( .6.1968 Samoa)
*1996: 2 in book
34163 4 6-Jeanine Ruth Alice PUCKRIDGE (18.8.1943 Port Lincoln) She
held Licence as an air pilot for some years.
#2007 Kings Cote, Kangaroo Island, SA
m sp-Anthony RISEY dc1981. A refugee from Hungary, born on the Austrian/Swiss
border in WW2.
*1978: 1/4 Kelvin Street, Wavell Heights, Queensland 4012. No issue.
*1996: no RISEY found in Qld
34163 5 6-Lunette (Freda Jessie) PUCKRIDGE (22.7.1950 Port Lincoln)
#2007 at Port Lincoln.
m1 15.4.1968 at Port Lincoln to Peter ZERK. d by 2007.
*1976: 31 Knott Street, Port Lincoln, South Australia. 2 children, firstly
*1996:TRY PJ & LC 89 Fifth Av Joslin Adelaide SA5070 ph 08 8362 1716
m2 sp-?
34163 51 7-Tina Lunette ZERK (19.12.1968 Port Lincoln)
34163 52 7-Hagan Brian ZERK (13.10.1972 Port Lincoln)
END OF OZ BRANCH
342 3-Robert WHITSON b 14.2.1833, bapt. 13/18.3.1833 Haddington, East Lothian
d 14.7.1891 Islington, London. 1841-51 with parents.
1861 Shadwell St Paul, Middlesex.
In 1883 farming at Mahurangi in 1883 - probably growing hops for the brewery.
On 13.5.07 I was put in touch with his descendant 34251xy Melanie BURNSIDE
below by LR. It seems that Robert left NZ for London 1883-7.
29.7.1891 Probate, Middlesex.
ID Whitson-554 on wikitree. This is where I found his m1 below.
m1 sp-Ellen Louisa BROUGTHON b 1838 Ratcliffe on Soar, London. d .10.1909 St
George in the East, London. Daughter of William Henry BROUGTHON 1800-1864 &
Ann LANE 1800-1890. Not compatible with RW's m2 unless he was divorced.
3421 4-Isabella WHITSON b 1859 Ratcliffe St James, Middlesex d .10.1905 Bethnal
Green, London L4KN-9NP
1901 Shoreditch, London.
m sp-Laurence William Gregory GALER b 4.8.1856 Bethnal Green, London d .10.1906
34211 5-Lawrence GALER b 1876
34212 5-Isabella GALER b 21.3.1879 Bethnal Green, London d 3.10.1959
Leytonstone, London
34213 5-Alfred GALER b 1880 Mile End, London
1901 Shoreditch, London.
34214 5-Thomas GALER b 1883 Mile End, London
1901 Shoreditch, London.
34215 5-Jane GALER b 1885 Mile End, London
1901 Shoreditch, London.
34216 5-John GALER b 1888 Mile End, London
1901 Shoreditch, London.
34217 5-Harry GALER b 1889 Diptford, Surrey
1901 Shoreditch, London.
34218 5-Lizzie GALER b 1891 Diptford, Surrey
1901 Shoreditch, London.
34219 5-Lucy GALER b 1893 Diptford, Surrey
1901 Shoreditch, London.
3421(10) 5-Reuben GALER b 1895 Diptford, Surrey
1901 Shoreditch, London.
3421(11) 5-May GALER b 1897 Diptford, Surrey
1901 Shoreditch, London.
3422 4-Jane Elizabeth WHITSON b 1861 Stepney, Middlesex d 1909 Mile End, London
LK4N-92W
m sp-James HAYS b 1855 St George in the East, London. d 8.12.1915 Balkans,
Europe. 1871 East Greenwich, London
34221 5-Walter Henry HAYES b 20.7.1879 Hackney, London d 14.5.1929 Luton,
Bedfordshire
1901 St George in the East, London.
m sp-Louisa Emily WELSH b 1881 St George in the East, London. d .9.1936 Stepney
1901 St George in the East, London.
3423 4-Robert Stephen WHITSON b 29.5.1864 Stepney. d 12.12.1902 St Georges
Infirmary, London. L2TQ-XNS. ID Whitson-553 on wikitree.
1891 London.
m sp-Mary Ann MCCARTHY b 3.9.1863 City of London
1871 Ratcliffe St James, Middlesex
34231 5-Mary WHITSON b 29 May 1884 London d 1949 Kir. Wikitree ID Whitson-412.
1891 London.
m 5.7.1907 Greenwich, London sp-Gabriel Heinrich TRESSEL b 29.6.1881 Monzingen,
Bad Kreuznach, Rheineland-Pfalz, Germany.
Son of Philip TRESSEL and Katharina SCHAAF, daughter of Katharina WOLF and
Philip Heinrich SCHAAF b 25.2.1820 Langenthal son of Anna Elisabetha.
34231 1 6-Hans TRESSEL b 10.8.1916 Kirn, Bad Kreuznach, Rheineland-Pfalz.
d 21.3.1987 Kirn, Bad Kreuznach, Rheineland-Pfalz.
m sp-Hildegard LOSERT b 16.9.1921 Jesenik, Czechia d 30.3.2012 Bad Kreuznach,
Rheineland-Pfalz.
34232 5-Robert WHITSON b 1887 London 1891 London.
342323 5-James WHITSON b 1889 London 1891 London.
3424 4-George WHITSON bp 3.2.1867 St Thomas, Stepney, London MGWN-FTW
3425 4-Frances WHITSON bp 25.10.1868 St Thomas, Stepney, London d 10.12.1905
St George in the East, London.
3426 4-Ann Florence WHITSON bp 14.12.1871 St John Evangelist, Limehouse, London
3427 4-Walter Henry WHITSON b .9.1879 St George in the East, London.
[342 3-Robert WHITSON b 14.2.1833, bapt. 18.3.1833 Haddington, East Lothian]
m2? 15.7.1887 St. Marks, Islington, London sp-Fanny CLARIDGE nee LOWE 1840
Holloway, London d.3.1920 at 71, dr of Richard William LOWE & Mary Ann.
5 chn by her m1. m cert: Robert WHITSON age 53 Gentleman 9 Andover Gardens
Father Robert WHITSON Brewer; Fanny CLARIDGE age 37 9 Andover Gardens Father
Richard William LOWE Blue Maker; Witnesses - George LYE & Rosephine CLARIDGE.
Fanny married 3 times. She m1 12.8.1867 St Pancras Church sp-Henry CLARIDGE
1849-30.3.1920 aged 71 son of Timothy. She was a widow when she met Robert.
Fanny met Robert when he passed out in the street - he was never a well man.
He left her quite well off as legend has it that her 3rd husband, George
Thomas HILL, may have "married her for her money"! Apparently he used to
"hire a carriage to go to the bank and she wore button-ed up boots.. "
She had 1 child by GT HILL.
1891 Census 6 Audrey Gardens, Islington, London
Robert WHITSON head 57 1834 living on his own means, born New Zealand sic 342
Fanny WHITSON wife 42 1839 born London, Holloway
Rosephine WHITSON daughter 21 1870 3421
Mary A WHITSON daughter 17 1874 general servant,domestic bLondon,Holloway3422
Edith WHITSON daughter 8 1883 born London, Holloway 3423
Jessie WHITSON daughter 3 1888 born London, Holloway 3425
Mary A LOWE mother, widow 64 1827 London, Holloway
#Source of this branch is 34251xy Mel DemziUK@aol.com 1st contact 13.5.07
3421 4-Josephine CLARIDGE later WHITSON Mar qtr 1870 Islington?
Stepdaughter
3422 4-Charlotte CLARIDGE (later WHITSON?) Sept qtr 1871 Pancras Reg
District? <!-- Mel has 2 poss ms -->
3423 4-Mary Ann CLARIDGE later WHITSON Dec qtr 1873 Holloway, London
Pancras Reg District? Stepdaughter
3424 4-Sarah Edith CLARIDGE later WHITSON b regd Sep qtr 1882 Pancras Reg
District? b Holloway, London Stepdaughter
3425 4-Jessie Louise WHITSON b 18.1.1888 at 10 Rodney Place, Islington,
London b cert Regn District Islington, sub-district of Islington SW, county
of Middlesex: Name: Jessie Louise, Father: Robert WHITSUN, Mother: Fanny
WHITSUN formerly LOWE, Occupation of Father: of independent means,
Registered 28.2.1888. d 19.2.1953 12 children.
m sp-William James SORRELL b 10.12.1886 in 37 Preston Street, Pancras, London
d 25.8.1964 Son of John SORRELL & Elizabeth Mary HOLDEN.
34251 5-Jessie Elizabeth Edith SORRELL b 19.1.1906 Tuffnell, London
d 7.12.1983 Hatfield, Hertfordshire 3 children.
m sp-Edward FOSTER b21.4.1904 Islington, Holloway, London d13.4.1983 Hatfield,
Hertfordshire Son of Alfred John FOSTER & Ellen MURRELL.
34251 xy 7-Melanie BURNSIDE DemziUK@aol.com 1st contact 13.5.07 via LR
# Source of branch 342.
<!-- 40 miles outside of London,
Maiden? name FAIRY?. email friend of Laurie RANDS 09 426 3122 frankandlaurie@aumarire.co.nz
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34252 5-William SORRELL b20.10.1908 d11.2.1990 3 children.
m sp-Elizabeth TAYLOR b25.6.1907 Islington, London d14.7.1986 Ware,
Hertfordshire
34253 5-Alfred SORRELL 1909-1909
34254 5-Rose SORRELL b13.1.1911 in Cromwell Road, Upper Holloway, London.
d24.2.2007 5 children.
m sp-Stanley Shackleton TAYLOR b20.5.1909 St James Road, Lower Holloway, London
d8.2.1981 Marylebone Crematorium, London
34255 5-Violet May SORRELL b26.12.1912 Liverpool Road, N. London d13.4.1992
Marlebone Cemetery (Grave) 2 children.
m sp-Charles BILLEN b16.8.1913 d24.12.1952 2 children.
34256 5-Bobby SORRELL 1914-1918
34257 5-George SORRELL b9.1.1919 d.10.1999 1 child. m sp-Margaret
34258 5-Gladys Ann SORRELL b4.7.1920 d4.12.1977 1 child.
m sp-Cyril John BALDREY b1917 d1988 1 child.
34259 5-Phylis SORRELL b13.3.1922 in 30/34 Crown Mansions, Holloway, London
2 children.
m sp-Laurence BALDREY b16.9.1915
3425(10) 5-Edward Charles SORRELL b9.3.1924 Holloway, Islington d1989
4 children.
m sp-Daphne Josephine HOLTON b11.2.1928 Haringey 4 children. Dr of Leonard
William Edward HOLTON & Ethel Ellen ANSELL - so a sr to wife of 3425(12).
3425(11) 5-Irene Patricia SORRELL b28.10.1926 d18.6.1963 1 child.
m sp-Colin PAGE b4.3.1926 d1997
3425(12) 5-Stanley Derek SORRELL b1.1.1930 d1992 2 children.
m sp-Dorreen June HOLTON b11.6.1929 d5.12.2002 2 children. Dr if Leonard
William Edward HOLTON & Ethel Ellen ANSELL - so a sr to wife of 3425(10).
343 3-Mary Anne WHITSON b 26.12.1834 Haddington, bp 21.1.1835 Haddington,
East Lothian, Scotland - ex C11709-9. d by 1841.
<!-- FamilySearch ID MX31-3DM -->
344 3-Jessie WHITSON (26.12.1834-d by 1841)
bp 05 OCT 1836 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland C195047 1829-1844.
345 3-John McNair WHITSON bp 09 JAN 1839 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
ex C195047 1829-1844; d 20.10.1875 aged 36 at Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland.
Buried with his parents. 1857 to NZ with parents.
The Auckland Electoral Roll for 1874-75 lists him at
Mahurangi having freehold 14 acres in his occupation.
He died aged 37, of pneumonia, 4 days (death cert.). See his father for details
of his grave in Symonds St cemetery, Auckland.
<!-- FamilySearch ID 832F-CCC -->
[[ He is not the John WHITSON who
m 9.11.1863 St Giles, Edinburgh sp-Barbara JOHNSON b 1836 Levenwick, Shetland,
Scotland bp 24.7.1836 Dunrossness, Shetland d 1908 Edinburgh, & who appear in
1881 census aged 42 & 44 with chn James 13, Janet 11, Thomas 8, Alfred 3 &
Williamina JOHNSTON 66. <!-- FamilySearch ID KLJB-3VT -->
as claimed 2019 by nedd nandersen3@hotmail.com ]]
THE JOHNSTONE BRANCH
346 3-Elizabeth WHITSON (30.9.1840 South Leith, Midlothian-18.10.1899 Makaraka, Gisborne) 1851 with parents. 1857 to NZ with parents. In crinoline gown c30:
A beneficiary of the will of her sister Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below.
m 9.2.1865 by Rev. R McKINNEY of Mahurangi at Hobson Bridge,Auckland to
sp-George JOHNSTONE (31.1.1839 Stirling,Scotland- 16.8.1886 Makaraka)
George (1839-1886) attended Edinburgh University and arrived in
Auckland in 1861. He and Elizabeth went to Scotland in 1865 to attend
to the estate of his father. On returning to Auckland in 1869 George
worked with his father-in-law as brewer in the family firm of WHITSON
& Co. Their carriage had a footman and its harness had
silver-plate. George sold his Albert Brewery interests to the WHITSONs
in 1880, and in 1881 went to Gisborne and started his Gisborne Brewery
in opposition to Mr. W.F. CRAWFORD who had purchased the Gisborne WHITSON
Brewery in 1875. In 1882 George was in partnership with L.G.DIREY in
the business of JOHNSTONE & DIREY: land, stock, station and general
commission agents. George moved his family to Gisborne in 1882. The No
8 stone china dinner set they brought out from Scotland had 96 dinner
plates alone. The set was split equally among the children of their
first son George. They had 10 children.
Their first three children (3461-3463) were born in Scotland. They
returned to Auckland 1868-9 where their other 7 children were born,
the last one in 1881 at their house at 29 Princes Street, built in 1877.
An old photo of Government House in the foreground (now part of the university)
with 3 houses on Princes St.
The one on the left is Number 27, home of 325 Thomas and Lisa WHITSON.
The one in the centre is Number 29, home of 346 Elizabeth and George JOHNSTONE.
George was another founding member of the St. Andrew's Lodge.
Their carriage had a footman and its harness had silver-plate. He had
a fine shell collection.
They moved to Gisborne in 1881-3 possibly to supervise the
building of WHITSON & Co.'s brewery there. The site where the brewery was
built on the corner of Read's Quay and Lowe is occupied in 2005 by a building
with a date of 1928 inscribed on the face. (The Gisborne Herald, about
July 1976 records that Capt. Geo. Ed. READ's cottage, built about 1867
at 126 Peel Street, Gisborne, is to be the first building in
Gisborne's colonial village complex; it was rented by Major WESTRUPP,
then Dr NESBITT the magistrate; then let to WHITSON & Co., then to the
employees of W.F. CRAWFORD, who built the original breweries in
Gisborne and became mayor in 1877. I gather CRAWFORD later bought this
brewery from the WHITSONs). See `Breweries of Gisborne' (1995) by Ian
JOHNSTONE, Dunedin. CRAWFORD was a keen amateur photographer, his legacy is
over 5,000 photographs that are in the archives of Gisborne's Tairawhiti
museum. See http://www.tairawhitimuseum.org.nz/faqs/default.asp
This photo of the brewery was taken 1884 by CRAWFORD. Reproduced with permission. The next 3 are from Geoff KINGMA from the Tairawhiti Museum, Crawford Collection http://www.tairawhitimuseum.org.nz
2 1897 photos of the brewery from the book `Gisborne Exposed. Collation of William
CRAWFORD' ref. 993.44. 1st caption: The corner opposite the brewery on Lowe
St belonged to a blacksmith who stood next to REDSTONE's stables.
2nd caption: Driving sheep on dusty roads is thirsty work. The cute ones drive
them around the brewery. The shepherd, covered with dust, comes in for a
bucket of water ......- WFC Journal.
George died 16.9.1886 and Elizabeth 18.10.1899 (or possibly 18.8.1900) at Makaraka, Matawhero.
Derek JOHNSTONE ID 34615 2, has his paper of Commission
as a Captain in the No. 2 Company of Auckland Naval Volunteers 9.9.1872,
& his naval sword.
These 2 are scanned with permission from p27 & p29 of Nola EASDALE's book.
Derek also has some of his hand painted stone
china with a coat of arms on it, the JOHNSTONE family bible, and a
ring with the JOHNSTONE Crest - a spur between two wings.
MOTTO: NEVER UNPREPARED
It is said that this is to symbolise the days when their ancestors
were border thieves Alexander TODD (34633) had a sugar basin with the
motto on it as part of a dinner set brought out from Stirling which
had 96 dinner plates alone. The set was split equally among the
children of their first son, George (3461).
Keith's share of the dinnerset.
Keith (ID 3461 7) had some of his grandfather George's old books, including
a Greek book he had at Edinburgh University, and others back to 1779.
Jessica TODD (ID 34631) has a silver snuff-box presented to John JOHNSTONE in
1839. They had 10 children ID 3461 to 346(10) below.
He sold his Albert Brewery interests to the WHITSONs in 1880 and in 1881 went
to Gisborne. He moved his family there in 1882.
………………………………………..
Melancholy Case Of Suicide was discovered at Makara yesterday
morning, where Mr G. Johnstone was found dead in his bed. It would
appear that the deceased was apparently all right the previous night,
and when discussing the departure of an old friend, Captain Braddick,
asked the latter to call and see him before he left in the morning. On
calling the following morning the deceased was found in bed under the
cloths with a discharged rifle between .his legs, his toe on the
trigger, and the barrel clutched in both hands. From the appearance of
the body he had pressed the muzzle firmly in the left eye, and
discharged the rifle into his brain Death must have been
instantaneous. One peculiarity of the affair is that no report was
heard by any member of the family
INQUEST.
An inquest was held on the body yesterday afternoon before Jas. Booth,
Esq., Coroner at the house of the deceased. when the following jury
were sworn Messrs Oxenham (foremany, Dene, Legge, Malone, Galdier,
and McIntosh. Captain Braddick deposed Came to see the deceased. Had
not seen him for the last four years. Thought his mental condition was
worse than when I saw him before. I slept in the house last
night. When I went into the room this morning I saw that deceased was
bleeding from a wound in the left eye. The gun was lying on the body.
Dr Pollen deposed --- I am a medical practitioner, residing in
Gisborne, and knew the deceased for the past five or six years. This
morning about 10 o'clock a messenger came to my house and said that Mr
John-stone had blown his brains out, and that Mr Espie had sent him in
for me and a policeman. I went out at once and saw the deceased. I
was shown him by Captain Braddick. The deceased was lying in bed with
just his scalp visible from under a possum rug. I pulled down the rug
and exposed his face. There was a wound about I 1/2 inches long,
gaping about 1/2 an inch to the inside of the left eyebrow, about 11/2
inch in line with the middle of the body. I saw that deceased was
embracing a rifle, the muzzle of which was about 3 inches from the
wound. The right leg was bent up. and the big toe close to the
trigger. I examined the head carefully, and found all the bones
loosened, the blood was freely oozing from both ears. I concluded
that death must have been instantaneous from the gun shot wound
through the brain. There was no singing or marks of powder about the
face. This I account for the muzzle of the gun having been closely
applied to the eye brow, and the explosion having taken place inside
the wound. I have attended the de ceased for some time, and was
always under the impression that he was not at all times responsible
for his actions. I always looked upon him as having a softening of the
brain. By the foreman --- It was about two or three hours after the
wound was inflicted that I saw the deceased. I had no instructions to
make a post mortem examination. George Johnstone deposed--- lair
acadet in the n.M. Court Office. I have seen the deceased lying in the
adjoining room. He is my father. He has been laid up for the last two
days with a headache, and a pain in his side. I have noticed that for
several years past his brain has been softening. I saw a rifle in his
room to-day. It was his own. The rifle was usually kept in the library
room just opposite. I last saw the rifle on Sunday afternoon. My
father, before we moved here, always kept the ammunition in his own
room. I went to bed at quarter-past eleven last night. I sleep in a
detached building. My brother sleeps in the same building. My mother
and sister sleep in this house. My father sleeps at the back of the
house connected by a passage. Iheardnoreport of a gun last night or
this morning. I left here at 8.30 for the office. The first I heard
about this occurrence was in the office. The library door is not
locked at night. By the Coroner -~- He only spoke on general
conversation. He used to talk about things that could not be done. By
a Juryman --- Is the witness a medical practitioner. How does he know
that deceased had softening of the brain. Witness --- I was told by
Dr Leggaft. He also told my father. I sometimes have my breakfast
with my father. He generally gets up about 6.30. On Saturday morning
he said he had a headache, and did not wish to be disturbed. He would
not take any food. He said he did not care for it. My mother always
attended to him. The Coroner having remarked on the ewdence, the jury
took time for deliberations. One juryman remarked that there was no
evidence that the deceased had anybody with him for three days. A
juryman said if it was known that the deceased was of unsound
mind. why did they not keep firearms out of his reach. At some
further discussion a vedict was returned that the deceased had
committed suicide while in an unsound state of mind.
- Gisborne Herald. August 17 1886.
Is this a photo of him? Or his son 1121: He was only 47 when he died!
Gravestone of George, Elizabeth and Kate JOHNSTONE at Makaraka Cem., Gisborne
courtesy of Ian J:
George has ID 12 in this JOHNSTONE tree:
0 George JOHNSTONE (c1757,Dalkeith,Scotland) Woollen cloth manufacturer in
Galashiels. His father was a candle-maker in Dalkeith, and proprietor
of a considerable property in the same town, known by the name of the
Cross-Keys Inn. His father married again. His father's father was a
farmer about the neighbourhood of Ettrick.
m 1788 Galashiels sp-Agnes WATT (Dunkeld, Perthshire) 2 children:
1 Ebenezer JOHNSON/JOHNSTONE (5.12.1789 Roxburgh,Melrose,Scotland-25.10.1864 Stirling)
www.familysearch.org (ex Faith S) gives b Darlingshaugh Melrose F170502.
Bp 27.1.1790
C100091 1642-1819 Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland
A private in the Forfarshire Militia. Schoolmaster in his own
school c1822. Bookseller, printer. Founder of the Stirling Observer 1836.
m1 25.5.1808 at Stirling to Helen CHALMERS (29.7.1789 Stirling)
11 Agnes JOHNSTONE (14.6.1809 Stirling).
[1 Ebenezer JOHNSTONE (5.12.1789 Roxburgh,Melrose,Scotland-25.10.1864Stirling)]
m2 13.11.1837 at Stirling to Elizabeth GRAY (1800 Currie,Midlothian)
12 George JOHNSTONE (31.1.1839 Stirling,Scotland- 16.8.1886 Makaraka)
m Elizabeth WHITSON (30.9.1840 Leith,Scotland-18.10.1899 Makaraka) [*346 above]
13 Janet Graham JOHNSTONE (5.7.1840 Stirling-28.4.1844 Stirling)
2 Mary JOHNSTONE (12.9.1791,Roxburgh,Melrose,Scotland).
(There are quite a few JOHNSTONEs having first sons and naming them Ebenezer
within a 10 year span.-FT)
Who in NZ has a copy of the video of the JOHNSTONE family history? (Malcolm
CAMERON is looking for a copy. Shown at the Gisborne reunion c1995.)
3461 4-George John Alexander JOHNSTONE (25.12.1865 Stirling-17.7.1942
Gisborne) Auckland Grammar School. He was clerk of the court at Gisborne.
Keen on rowing and athletics. Buried at Taruheru Cemetery.
With his wife and 6 of his children - who are the 2 babies?
Their home with his wife and a boy and dog.
Possibly George JOHNSTONE and sons with Laurie FAIRHALL:
BITUARY MR. G J. A. JOHNSTONE
The death occurred at his residence this morning of Mr. George
Johnstone, aged 76. Mr. Johnstone was born in Sterling, Scotland, and
came to Auckland at the age of three with his parents. He was educated
at the Auckland Grammar School and entered the Justice Department in
the Gisborne court as clerk of the court, which position he held until
he retired in January, 1921. He married Miss Sarah Catherine Greene at
Matawhero at the age of 24. He was a popular public servant and was
held in high esteem tor his Christian character and principles. In
his younger days he was well known in sporting circles, taking a keen
interest in rowing and athletics. He leaves to morn their loss his
wife, three daughters, Mrs . C. Judd, Patutahi, Mesdames R. Ball and
W. Cameron, Gisborne, and two sons, Lieutenant R. Johnstone, New
Zealand Forces, and Mr. K. Johnstone, Gisborne. There are 23
grandchildren and one great grandchild. A service will be held in the
Victoria Rooms, Grey street, at 3 p.m. to-morrow, alter which the
funeral will leave for Taruheru cemetery.
m 17.12.1890 at Matawhero to sp-`Cathy' Sarah Catherine GREENE, whose mother's
brother, Thomas UREN (12.12.1869 Tauranga-28.1.1959 Gisborne) was the first
pakeha child born in Poverty Bay. 7 children.
George & Catherine JOHNSTONE, early 1900s - ex JB:
34611 5-Elizabeth Norma `Aube' JOHNSTONE (10.10.1891 Gisborne-12.11.1976
Whangarei)
34611 Aube with 34611 1 Esmae & grandchildren 34611 11 Jeanette & 34611 12 Stuart.
m 23.6.1915 at Gisborne sp-Charles Petersen JUDD (25.11.1891 Gisborne
-5.10.1967 Gisborne) A farmer near Makaraka, Gisborne.
He served in WW1. (No. 53633) as a trooper. 6 children.
The JUDD family c1935: Back: Charlie 34611 2, Zelda 34611 5, Walter 34611 3
Front: Norma PINCHING 34611 3, Charles & Aube JUDD 34611, Esmae WHITTEN 34611 1.
In 2014 I received these photos from Mark MOORHOUSE memopob@yahoo.com.au:
JUDD Brothers with a load of Chaff - haybales on horsecart.
JUDD, MCGAVESTON, JOHNSTONE Camp c.1910.
Charles & Aube JUDD in late life.
34611 1 6-Catherine `Esmae' JUDD (16.5.1916 Gisborne)
m 22.8.1939 at Gisborne sp-Colin Vicissimus WHITTEN (24.2.1912
Ashhurst-1999 Ashhurst) Served WW2 (No.530268) as a private. NZ Medical Corps,
a valuer and real estate agent. In 1995 at 33 Epsom Road, Palmerston North.
3 children, the first is
34611 11 7-Jeanette Zelda WHITTEN (8.11.1940 Palmerston North)
She was a speechwriter for the Department of Resource Management & the
Environment, with a staff of 62 under her, including 23 speechwriters.
* 1994: 31 Kippendavie Avenue,Toronto,Ontario,Canada M4L3R3.
4 generations 1953: 34611 11 Jeanette DAY, 34611 1 Esmae WHITTEN,
34611 Aube JUDD, & Cathy JOHNSTONE wife of 3461 George. Taken Sept. 1953.
m 12.6.1965 in England sp-Fraser Gemmill DAY (3.10.1942 Hamilton)
Photographer. Separated. 3 children, firstly
34611 111 8-Tanya Catherine DAY (10.5.1970 Toronto,Canada)
34611 112 8-`Luke' Lucas Grahame DAY (26.9.1973 Auckland)
34611 113 8-Kailah DAY (11.11.1978 Toronto,Canada)
34611 12 7-Stuart Charles WHITTEN (18.9.1942 Palmerston North)
Carpet retailer. Radiographer.
m 32.8.1964 at Palmerston North sp-(Amy) Helen SEARLE (7.7.1941/42 Palmerston
North). Palmerston Hospital Board or Ashhurst rep on the PCC?
* 1995-2000: 128 Oxford Street, Ashhurst, Palmerston North ph 06 326 8308.
4 children, firstly
34611 121 8-Daniel Mervyn WHITTEN (13.11.1967 Palmerston North)
1995 doing a psychology course in Nelson. Packer, tutor.
* 1996: Moutere Highway, Upper Moutere.
34611 122 8-Lance Stuart WHITTEN (29.8.1969 Palmerston North) Truckdriver
& builder.
* 1995: Invercargill.
34611 123 8-Bendall Colin WHITTEN (5.3.1972 Palmerston North) Hairdresser.
1994 Arthur's Point Motorcamp, Queenstown.
* 1995: 128 Oxford St, Ashhurst.
34611 124 8-Mara Faith WHITTEN (29.1.1975 Palmerston North) Nanny.
* 1996: 128 Oxford St, Ashhurst.
34611 13 7-Graeme Donald WHITTEN (13.10.1947 Palmerston North) Pilot.
m 10.11.1972 at Leslie,Johannesburg, South Africa
sp-(Madelena) Marietha VAN VERRAN (22.10.1946) In 1978 they were
living at Jan Kempdorp 8550, South Africa. They have 2 planes, their own
topdressing company & a small crop farm.
* 1994: Box 280, Hartswater, South Africa. ph 0027 5332 41742.
3 children, firstly
34611 131 8-Ansa Ida WHITTEN (14.10.1975 Palmerston North)
34611 132 8-Reecha Esmae WHITTEN (29.5.1978 Palmerston North or Fielding)
34611 133 8-(Colin) Jody WHITTEN (29.5.1983 South Africa)
…………………………………………………
34611 2 6-Charles Petersen JUDD (15.8.1917 Gisborne-21.7.1987 Whangarei,
buried at Maunu) Served in WW2 (No.74818) as a private in NZ Medical Corps.
Dairy farmer.
m 1938 at Whangarei sp-Marjorie Maud HARDIE (1914 Whangarei)
Charlie & Marge JUDD.
1995: 110 Kiripaka Road, Whangarei. 1996: 27A Tay St, Oamaru
1 child,
34611 21 7-James `Pete' Petersen JUDD (3.6.1945 Whangarei) Company Rep.
Beef and sheep farmer, Auctioneer.
m 7.4.1964 at Whangarei sp-Lynette Marie SUCKLING (21.7.1945 Whangerei).
They were at 10 Wakelan Street, Kamo, Whangarei.
1995: 8 Bernleigh Terrace, West Harbour, Auckland ph 06 416 5447
* 1996: 27A Tay St, Oamaru
34611 211 8-Stephanie Anne JUDD (1965 Whangarei)
m 1983 sp- Anthony Gilbert GARTON (1961 Mangonui) Stock agent. 3 children.
* 1996*: 18 North Road, Kaitaia ph 09 408 0266
34611 2111 9-Dianne Maree GARTON (1985 Kaitaia)
34611 2112 9-Nicola Jane GARTON (1986 Kaitaia)
34611 2113 9-Jodie Louise GARTON (1989 Kaitaia)
34611 212 8-Michael Peter JUDD (1966 Whangarei) Salesman.
m 1987 sp-Susan Lois ABERCROMBIE (1963 Whangarei) 2 children.
* 1996: 15 Dart St, Oamaru
34611 2121 9-Jacob Matthew JUDD (1988 Whangarei)
34611 2122 9-Amanda Jane JUDD (1990 Whangarei)
34611 213 8-Penelope Jane JUDD (1971 Whangarei)
m 1989 sp-Gregory Neville BOAKES autoelectrician. 1 child
*1996: 9 Clyde St, Dargaville ph 09 439 6626
34611 2131 9-Samuel James BOAKES (1990 Dargaville)
34611 214 8-Karen Marie JUDD (1975 Whangarei) Office manager.
34611 215 8-Sonia Louise JUDD (1977 Whangarei)
34611 216 8-Tony Mark JUDD (21.3.1980 Whangarei)
34611 3 6-(George) Walter JUDD (7.2.1921 Gisborne-21.8.1976 Gisborne)
Contractor.
m 6.4.1943 at Christchurch sp-Mazzie Esmae EVEREST (24.4.1922 Lincoln)
* 1995: 5 Healey Place, Gisborne. Ph 06 868 9280. 1 child.
Mazzie & Walter JUDD .4.1943:
34611 31 7-Denzil Bertram JUDD (5.12.1950 Wairoa) Agricultural contractor.
120 acres in Maize jointly with Mazzie. Sold 66 acres to Japanese plywood
factory. (Juberniso)
m 14.12.1971 at Whangarei sp-Rosemary Florence BIGELOW (8.2.1955 Whangarei)
Florist. They were at McDonalds Road, Matawhero.
* 1995: Willows Road, Matawhero, Gisborne. Ph 06 868 4860; the shed 06 867 6028
PO Box 979, Gisborne. 2 children, firstly
34611 311 8-Sharlene Louise JUDD (7.8.1973 Gisborne) Dentistry student at
Otago Uni.
* 1996: 17 Duchess Av, Dunedin
34611 312 8-Gregory Paul JUDD (29.10.1975 Gisborne) Works with his father.
34611 4 6-Edith `Norma' JUDD (7.1.1922 Gisborne) Was at 53 Ruahine St,PN.
1995: 75 Birmingham Street, Palmerston North.
*2003: Ph 06 358 0688 Masonic Court , Palmerston North.
m1 14.8.1944 at Gisborne sp-Owen Grenville PINCHING (6.6.1922 Gisborne)
Farm contractor. Divorced. 3 children. PINCHING family Xmas 1964 ex JB:
m2 18.4.1992 to `Bill' William Rennie Crooks STEWART (29.10.1924 Dalkeith,
Scotland-1999 Palmerston North) Dalkeith is 10m W of Edinburgh. No children.
Bill has 5 children (Lesley, Graeme, Jocelyn, Alison & Janet) by his 1st
marriage.
34611 41 7-Delia Margaret PINCHING (18.9.1947 Gisborne)
m 8.5.1971 at Palmerston North sp-Gregory Owen EDMEADES (10.5.1948/46 Putaruru)
Agronomist, working in 1994 in Mexico City for CIMMYT, a centre to improve
maize and wheat. He took leave at Reading University.
They also have a home at Cambridge, New Zealand. 2001: Hawaii. Googling gives
many entries, eg 2010, a consultant with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2011: on NZ radio as part of the group Acknowledge, opposing pseudo-science.
2 children, firstly
34611 411 8-Jeffrey David EDMEADES (10.3.1975 Canada)
BA at Waikato University in Human Geography.
* 2000: doing a MA at University of North Carolina
34611 412 8-Mark Peter EDMEADES (2.8.1977 Mexico)
34611 42 7-Cynthia Helen Dawn PINCHING (3.10.1950 Gisborne)
* 1995-2000: 15 Essex Street, Te Aro, Wellington. Phone 04 385 0795.
m 22.8.1970 at Palmerston North sp-David Maxwell GRENVILLE (13.7.1949 Winton)
Separated. 3 children (all at home in 2000), firstly
34611 421 8-Daniel John GRENVILLE (10.2.1978 Gisborne)
Landscape gardener.
34611 422 8-Kathryn Jayne GRENVILLE (12.3.1981 Wellington)
34611 423 8-Ellen Marie GRENVILLE (4.6.1983 Wellington)
34611 43 7-Valerie Esmae PINCHING (18.5.1956 Gisborne)
Occupational therapist. She works at Resthaven Home, Cambridge.
m 7.2.1981 at Linden,Tawa,Wellington sp-Allan John NIXON (14.1.1957 Wellington)
Ph.D. in Zoology. Works at Ruakura on goat & wool fibres.
* 1995: 39 Morrinsville Rd, Hamilton. Ph 07 856 8130. 2 children, firstly
34611 431 8-David Robert Lawrence NIXON (5.2.1985 Palmerston North)
34611 432 8-Christopher John NIXON (22.12.1988 Palmerston North)
34611 5 6-Dulcia `Zelda' JUDD (10.11.1925 Gisborne) In 1978 at 5/43 Kamo
Road, Whangarei.
* 1994-2005: 520 Blockhouse Bay Road, Auckland. Ph 09 627 2216.
For Zelda's slides see
https://www.flickr.com/photos/12227421@N02/albums/72157603624727374/
& https://www.flickr.com/photos/12227421@N02/albums/72157603624787476
m 28.4.1947 at Gisborne sp-Robert `Keith' BARRON (24.7.1922 Whangarei
-5.4.1978 Auckland) Farmer. 1 child
Keith & Zelda wedding photo with 34621 6 Hugh & 34611 6 Verna - ex JB.
For Keith's wonderful collection of WW2 photos, see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12227421@N02/collections/72157603624524322/
34611 51 7-(Ross) James BARRON (8.10.1966 Whangarei)
1966-71 Whananaki South near Whangarei, 1971-80 Parker Rd Oratia nr Auckland,
1981-87 Carlton Cr, Kamo nr Whangarei, 1987-88 Hinemoa St, nr Whangarei,
1989-91 UK/Germany, 1991-94 Wellington, 1994-1997 Auckland, 1997-99 Albion St
Surry Hills, Sydney, 1999-2004 Manchester UK,
2005 He had an IT company. Maidenhead London.
2009 James & husband Joff moved to 51 Harbour View Road, Wellington.
2016 They moved to 79 Karaka St, Castlecliff, Whanganui 4501.
2018-now James was part of Progress Castlecliff (Chair 2024).
2019 He converted a plane to a backpackers at Castlecliff, Wanganui.
2019-2022 James was a Whanganui District Councillor.
James has a number of interests from property & local urban and environmental
renewal to art with a 1953 aircraft that operates as an "Artists Open Studio"
https://www.facebook.com/zkcif
2024: 021 123 1750 james@castlecliff.nz
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12227421@N02/collections/
James has put up lots of JUDD & some JOHNSTONE photos
including George & Catherine JOHNSTONE in early 1900s, at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12227421@N02/collections/72157603624524322/
- Click on Barron/Judd family photos. I have included some here.
Family photos mostly 1930-1950s Gisborne & Whananaki-
https://www.flickr.com/groups/barron_whananaki/pool/
https://photos.app.goo.gl/yvmeMvLa7hkgePKTA
An autograph album of Haze9l JUDD c WW1 is at https://cscan.co/3eZMs02gQN2
m sp-Jonathan MONOPOLI' Joff' b Westport, NZ
34611 6 6-Elizabeth `Verna' JUDD (21.4.1927 Gisborne)
m 1.6.1948 at Gisborne sp-Alex Newton CORNES (30.1.1927 Hastings) Orchardist
and drainlayer.
*1994-2005: 1023 Omahu Road, Hastings. Phone 06 879 6162.
5 children, firstly
34611 61 7-Carol Anne CORNES (15.4.1949 Hastings)
m 25.1.1979 at Hastings sp-William Rowan FOSTER (1945 Maungaturoto or Aria)
* 1994: 31 Gorge Road, Maungaturoto, Northland. Ph 09 431 8471
5 children, firstly
34611 611 8-Murray William FOSTER (1977 Maungaturoto) Furniture manufacture.
*1996: 31 Gorge Rd, Maungaturoto
34611 612 8-Basil James FOSTER (1979 Maungaturoto)
34611 613 8-Douglas Graham FOSTER (1981 Maungaturoto)
34611 614 8-Hayden Robert FOSTER (1983 Maungaturoto)
34611 615 8-Alan Edward FOSTER (1986 Maungaturoto)
34611 62 7-Elizabeth `Marie' CORNES (17.6.1951 Hastings) Secretary.
*1996: 471 Waimea Rd, Nelson ph 03 547 7858
m 8.9.1970 at Hastings sp-Charles Keith DECK (9.10.1950 Motueka-1994)
Company Manager. 4 children, firstly
34611 621 8-Jerome Charles DECK (15.12.1972 Motueka)
34611 622 8-Vernon James DECK (15.10.1974 Motueka)
2019 on FB: Vernon Deck Photography
Swiss based action sport photographer. Advertising Catalogs/Lookbooks
and Vernon James Deck
34611 623 8-Fraser Mark DECK (7.4.1978 Motueka)
2019 on FB: Works at Graf SportLives in Grindelwald, Switzerland
eg Swimming with Manta Rays - Learning By Doing Ep76,
a 15 days Solo passage to Indonesia from Kavieng, PNG.
* 1996: 471 Waimea Rd, Nelson ph 03 547 7858
34611 624 8-Toby Stephen DECK (12.1.1983 Motueka)
34611 63 7-Alwyn Lois CORNES (28.2.1953 Hastings)
m 28.3.1972 at Hastings sp-Terence Brian SENIOR (1950 Wellington)
Sheet metal worker. Were at 711 Southland Road, Hastings.
* 1995: 505 Henry St, Hastings ph 06 878 7973
6 children, firstly
34611 631 8-Donna Marie SENIOR (8.11.1973 Hastings) Secretary.
*1996: 505 Henry St, Hastings
34611 632 8-Josie Lyn SENIOR (24.2.1975 Hastings) Sheetmetal worker.
*1996: 505 Henry St, Hastings
34611 633 8-Daniel James SENIOR (15.6.1977 Hastings)
34611 634 8-Roy John SENIOR (26.3.1981 Hastings)
34611 635 8-Michael Robert SENIOR (27.3.1984 Hastings)
34611 636 8-Peter Karl SENIOR (28.4.1987 Hastings)
34611 64 7-Neroll Joy CORNES (12.12.1959 Hastings)
m 10.8.1978 at Hastings sp-Michael Dunlop SMITH (1956 Napier) Orchardist.
Were at 17 Selwyn Cr, Napier.
1995: 1031 Fitzroy Avenue, Hastings. Ph 06 876 9871
* 1996: 17 Selwyn Crescent, Napier ph 06 835 7123
2 children.
34611 641 8-Wendy Joy SMITH (25.9.1980 Hastings)
34611 642 8-Delia Anne SMITH (3.9.1982 Hastings)
34611 65 7-Deborah Dawn CORNES (10.2.1967 Hastings) Payroll officer.
Was at 400 Lumsden Road, Hastings then
*1312 Pakowhai Rd, Hastings ph 06 876 2319
34612 5-`Dic' Dulcia Irene Catherine JOHNSTONE (31.10.1892 Gisborne
-21.4.1933 Wairoa)
On 6.6.2014 I received these photos from Mark MOORHOUSE memopob@yahoo.com.au
A studio photo of Dulcia c1912.
Postcards she sent Laurie FAIRHALL of Wakefield, Nelson, the 2nd in 1910.
Mark writes "It appears Lawrence Edward FAIRHALL and Dulcia had a short romance
while he visited Gisborne 1909-1910. Both were about 18. He was droving on some
station there. Evidence from other P/C's indicates that they were both enjoying
the relationship, but he was obliged to return home to Wakefield, Nelson and
that sort of distance was a formidable obstacle for any romance in those days
and so they 'broke up' and Dulcia went on to marry John Forbes FYSON after WW1."
m 16.3.1921 at Gisborne sp-Arthur Forbes FYSON (9.8.1895 Gisborne-25.5.1957
Wairoa) Chemist, served in WW1 (No.3/2549) as a private, and in WW2 as a
Home Guard Lieutenant. 1 child. Arthur remarried Mary Anne KNIGHT. She lives at
* 1995: 19 Lahore St, Wairoa
34612 1 6-John Forbes FYSON (4.5.1931 Wairoa-c15.5.2018 France) B.Sc. in chemistry, an
Opera buff. Studied design at Central School of Arts & Crafts in London for
two years, lived aboard own yacht and sailed extensively in English, French and
Italian waters, working in boatyards and on custom redesign of yacht interiors.
Employed by the Food & Agricultural organisation of the United Nations to set
up a training course for boatbuilders of fishing boats in Senegal, then
employed in various design and construction projects in Africa, Asia, Latin
America and the South Pacific completing 25 years service with the United
Nations in Rome as Senior Officer responsible for FAO Fishing vessel design and
construction projects worldwide. Author and editor of various technical
publications on fishing vessel design and construction. Retired to the South
of France 1987. He navigated a tourist boat in Auckland for both America Cups
ie 1998 & 2002??
> John FYSON.
m 30.5.1964 at Senegal, West Africa sp-Marna Elizabeth POTTER (26.6.1934
Lower Hutt) She wrote a book on otters. They lived for a while at
50 Christchurch Road, East Sheen, London SW14 UK.
2000: Grand Rue, 83570 Correns, France. 1 child,
34612 11 7-Sara FYSON (7.11.1975 England) "Sara finished her MA thesis on
French confrontation in Rwanda and exams (International Relations) in Oxford
June 2000 and is now taking a deep breath before she decides about doing a
doctorate at Oxford - having already been accepted there."
Sara with Malcolm CAMERON 346163 at the Gisborne WHITSON JOHNSTONE reunion.
#2007-14: Sara has been working in Paris at the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development.
2018: Counsellor, Director's Office, Public Governance Directorate Sara.FYSON@oecd.org
34613 5-Ruth Alexandra WHITSON JOHNSTONE (15.2.1894 Gisborne-29.10.1894
Gisborne)
34614 5-Althea Georgina JOHNSTONE (2.11.1895 Gisborne-2.6.1958 Gisborne)
34611 Aube & 34614 Althea JOHNSTONE riding in a horse & trap.
L to R:
Rear: John 34614 1, David 34614 8, Russell BALL sp 34614 , Dulcie 34614 2
Front: Aileen 34614 7, Margaret 34614 6, Patricia 34614 5.
m 1.4.1926 at Gisborne sp-Henry `Russell' BALL (27.6.1900 Whangarei
-7.10.1977 Kaiti,Gisborne) Drover. He drove from Gisborne to New Plymouth and
other big drives. He took 13,000 sheep from Tolaga Bay to Waikato, one of the
biggest drives in New Zealand. The flock was split in 2 at Te Kaha.
9 children, firstly
34614 1 6-John Roger BALL (9.9.1927 Gisborne) Farmer.
m 31.1.1947 at Gisborne sp-Yvonne Nield RUSSELL (17.11.1926 Gisborne) Manager.
They were at Dawson Road, RD1, Taupiri.
* 1995: Walsh Rd, RD 10, Frankton, Hamilton. Phone 07 829 8537
4 children, firstly
34614 11 7-Roger Kinsman BALL (19.2.1948 Gisborne) Manager of Toolhouse W.
m 18.3.1972 at Papakura sp-Valerie Margaret ATTWOOD (20.4.1952 Papakura) Clerk.
* 1995: 3 Willencote Place, Papakura. Ph 09 298 6476
2 children, firstly
34614 111 8-Philip Rodger BALL (23.10.1977 Papakura) Student
* 1996: 3 Wilencote Place, Papakura
34614 112 8-Haydon Ross BALL (28.12.1981 Papakura) Electrical contractor.
34614 12 7-Keith George BALL (8.12.1949 Gisborne) Supervisor. Manager
Was at Dawson Road RD1, Taupiri.
* 1995: 154 Clevedon Rd, Papakura ph 09? 298 9622
m1 23.10.1971 at Hamilton sp-Linda Ellen CAMERON (11.3.1952 Wellingtn)
3 children. Divorced 1981.
m2 1984 at Hamilton sp-"Marg" Elizabeth Margaretha HURFORD nee VAN DER SPEK.
Separated 1986.
m3 9.2.1991 at Manurewa sp-Anne Jeanette JULIAN (5.4.??)
* 1995: 154 Clevedon Rd, Papakura ph 09 298 9622
34614 121 8-Tina Ellen BALL (29.11.1973 Hamilton) Receptionist.
* 1996: 28 Goldsmith St, Hamilton
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34614 122 8-Tracey Yvonne BALL (20.9.1976 Tokoroa) Fashion consultant.
* 1996: 28 Goldsmith St, Hamilton
34614 123 8-Shane Keith BALL (13.7.1979 Tokoroa)
34614 13 7-Christopher John BALL (12.7.1955 Te Aroha) Landscaper.
m 12.3.1983 at Vernon, B.C., Canada sp-Adrianna Marie MUNTS (5.9.1958
Burnaby,Vancouver,B.C.,Canada)
* WERE General Delivery, Raymond, Alberta, Canada TOK 250.
*1995 Horotui Bridge Road, R D 8 Hamilton. 2 children
34614 131 8-Charline Marie BALL (9.8.1986 Lethbridge,Canada)
34614 132 8-John Arie BALL (4.7.1990 Calgary Canada)
34614 14 7-Jeffrey Gilbert BALL (23.11.1960 Papakura) Panelbeater. Sold
Panelbeating shop to build an Amway business.
* 1994: 2 Cypress Crescent, Hamilton. Phone 07 849 3242.
m1 26.11.1983 at Hamilton sp-Karen Shona INGS (1962 Te Awamutu).
Separated 1986. 1 child.
m2 1990 sp-Jennifer SYNNOTT Dietary. 1 child from a previous marriage.
34614 141 8-Jenna Celeste BALL (2.3.1985)
34614 2 6-Dulcia Catherine BALL (3.3.1929 Gisborne)
1995: Flat 7, Ruahine Place, Waipukarau ph 06 858 9989
* 1996: 566 Beach Rd, Porongahau ph 06 858 9989
m1 1.4.1947 at Gisborne to Robert John HORNE (1926 Gisborne). 3 children.
Divorced.
m2 4.7.1953 at Gisborne to Keith Henry BLOXHAM (5.3.1927 Gisborne) Truck
driver. Divorced. 3 children.
m3 1981 Clement BURROWS (1918 Gisborne-17.11.1983 Gisborne).
34614 21 7-John Robert HORNE (18.7.1947 Gisborne) Name changed to ARROL.
m 24.10.1970 at Edgecombe to Lillian Jane McVICKERS (27.6.1949 Bodlymena,
Ireland) Manager. 2 children.
* 1995: 15 Lynmore Drive, Manurewa ph 09 268 0215
34614 211 8-Tony John ARROL (3.3.1976 Whakatane) Horticulture.
* 1996: 15 Lynmore Drive, Manurewa ph 09 268 0215
34614 211 8-Tracey Maree ARROL (1.3.1978 Whakatane) Secretary.
* 1996: 15 Lynmore Drive, Manurewa ph 09 268 0215
34614 22 7-Michael Stanley HORNE (31.7.1948 Gisborne) Name changed to ARROL.
Machine operator. Ran a hydraulic digger for the council. Farmhand.
m 24.7.1971 at Whakatane to Janyce Marie LYON (25.11.1951 Whakatane)
Teacher's assistant. 4 children
* 1995: Highway 30, Awakeri, RD2, Whakatane
34614 221 8-Shane Michael ARROL (13.12.1971 Whakatane-25.9.1989 Whakatane)
Daily Post 26.9.1989 ".. killed instantly yesterday after the car in which he
was a passenger hit a tree .. around 7pm as the car was travelling up a private
driveway 400m S of Fortune Rd on SH 30 .."
34614 222 8-Kirstie Marie ARROL (9.5.1973 Whakatane-3.7.1973 Whakatane)
34614 223 8-Brendon Mark ARROL (11.7.1974 Whakatane) Farmhand
* 1996: SH 30, Awakeri RD 2 Whakatane
34614 224 8-Jolene Michelle ARROL (11.11.1977 Whakatane) Cook.
* 1996: SH 30, Awakeri RD 2 Whakatane
34614 23 7- Russell Charles HORNE (11.9.1949 Gisborne) Name changed to
Robin Patrick LAWTON. Shopkeeper, fitter welder, prison officer.
m1 6.11.1971 Gisborne sp-Mary LOCKWOOD (1.11.1950 Tolaga Bay) Nurse.
Divorced 1978. 2 children.
m2 10.5.1979 Te Awamutu to Patricia Kay RENWICK (21.4.1957 Howick Howick)
Hospital aide, caregiver. 5 children.
1995: 8 Montgomery Crescent, Putaruru ph 07 883 8286
* 1996: 65 Shrimpton Rd, Haumoana (between Napier & Hastings) ph 06 875 1274
34614 231 8-Sonia Mary LAWTON (1973 Gisborne)
34614 232 8-Alister Robin LAWTON (1975 Gisborne)
34614 233 8-Wayne Reece LAWTON (1984 Gisborne)
34614 234 8-Rachael Luanna LAWTON (1986 Putaruru)
34614 235 8-Vaughan Steven LAWTON (1990 Putaruru)
34614 24 7-Roseanne Elizabeth BLOXHAM (21.4.1954 Gisborne)
* 1996: Beach Rd, Porangahau ph 06 855 5281
m1 24.7.1971 at Gisborne to Ian David WILSON (6.10.1952 Wanganui). Divorced.
1 child.
m2 1.7.1978 at Tolaga Bay to Winton Burnley HALL (23.8.1958 Tolaga Bay).
Farm manager, tourist operator. 3 children.
1994: Blackhead Rd, Parimahu Station, Waipukurau. Ph 06 855 5261 or 858 8696
* 1996: Makaramu St, Porangahau Beach, Waipukurau ph 06 855 5261
34614 241 8-Angela Kirsten HALL (31.10.1972 Gisborne) Resthome assistant.
* 1996: Beach Rd, Porangahau ph 06 855 5281
1 child:
34614 2411 9-
34614 242 8-Hayden Gordon HALL (16.12.1978 Gisborne)
34614 243 8-Nicola Ann HALL (6.8.1980 Napier) Going to Tonga with Hawkes Bay
Youth Band. (1995)
34614 244 8-Matthew Winton HALL (7.3.1985 Waipukarau)
34614 25 7-Shellaine Dulcia BLOXHAM (5.2.1956 Gisborne)
m1 8.7.1977 at Gisborne to Brian Desmond WEEKS (20.9.1956 Stratford) 2 children
Divorced 1984. Agricultural labourer.
m2 1984 at Auckland to Julian Nigel PATON. Divorced.
m3 21.11.1987 at Wynnum, Australia to Donald CAMPBELL.
* Brisbane, Australia.
34614 251 8-Carl Wayne WEEKS (25.12.1976 Gisborne)
34614 252 8-Stacey Lee WEEKS (20.3.1979 Gisborne)
34614 26 7-Wayne Keith BLOXHAM (13.8.1960 Gisborne) Drover at Maungatoto
Station at Morere.
* 1996: Tarndale Rd, Whatatutu
m 5.10.1991 at Rotorua to Vanessa Florence MASON (7.7.1954 Auckland) 2 children
* 1995: C/o Maungatoto Station, P O Morere, Gisborne. Ph. 06-837-8645
34614 261 8-Amanda Florence BLOXHAM (3.2.1992 Gisborne)
34614 262 8-Samantha Jane BLOXHAM (19.9.1994 Gisborne)
34614 3 6-Russell Owen BALL (26.6.1930 Gisborne-27.6.1930 Gisborne)
34614 4 6-Peter James BALL (2.9.1931 Gisborne-24.6.1992 Rotorua) Shepherd.
m 5.2.1955 at Gisborne to Eileen Dioney FLETCHER (20.3.1934 Tokomaru Bay)
Were 96 Turner Drive, Rotorua.
1995: 16 Kara Street Gisborne. Ph 06-867-3612
* 1996: 22 Cobden St, Gisborne ph 06 867 3612
6 children, firstly
34614 41 7-Brian Peter BALL (12.4.1957 Gisborne) Farmhand, shepherd.
m 30.4.1983 at Rotorua to Toni Michele KNIGHT (29.4.1964 Melbourne,Australia)
Teacher's aide. 1995: RD 1 Goudies Road, Reporoa.
* 1996: Massey Rd, Reporoa ph 07 333 7098. 2 children, firstly
34614 411 8-Michael Brian BALL (12.12.1983 Rotorua)
34614 412 8-James Steven BALL (4.11.1985 Rotorua)
34614 42 7-Max William BALL (6.5.1958 Gisborne) Bushman, filleter,
timberworker.
* 1995: 32 Neri Cr, Rotorua 07 346 1291
m 4.2.1995 sp- "Wild Thing" Shari Rose HORGAN (8.2.1969) Clerk.
34614 43 7-Ian George BALL (20.10.1959 Gisborne) Trucker.
* C/o M. Pierce, 46 Douop Street, Pialba 4655, Queensland, Australia.
34614 44 7-Alice Gillian BALL (14.2.1961 Gisborne-1.4.1984 Auckland,
buried in Rotorua) 1 child,
34614 441 8-Peter Henry BALL name changed to MILLER (16.11.1978 Rotorua)
Attended Lytton High School. On Student Council. He was "Where's Wally?" for
Wally on Wheels treasure hunt at the 1995 book festival.
* 1995: Lives with grandmother Eileen at 16 Kara Street Gisborne.
34614 45 7-Marian Elizabeth BALL (24.4.1962 Gisborne)
* 1995: 45 Susan St, Rotorua ph 07 346 2381. 1 child,
34614 451 8-Jade Lisa BALL (16.7.1988 Rotorua)
34614 46 7-Jenny Lee BALL (6.6.1967 Gisborne) 1995: 16 Kara Street, Gisborne
* 1996: Library Rd, Te Karaka
m 15.12.1984 at Rotorua to David Matthew WELLS (19.1.1962 Rotorua). Carpenter.
2 children. Separated.
* 1995: 8 Steeles Lane, Rotorua ph 07 349 0304
34614 461 8-Christopher David WELLS (4.9.1985 Rotorua)
34614 462 8-`Jimmy' Mathew WELLS (28.4.1989 Rotorua)
34614 5 7-Patricia Mary BALL (20.1.1933 Gisborne) Office Manager.
They were at 16 Bains Avenue, Hamilton.
* 1995: ph 07 576 1699, 12 Grange Rd,Otumoetai, Tauranga
m 19.9.1953 at Gisborne to Wilfred 'Irvine' QUIGLEY (13.7.1925 Gisborne
-3.4.1981 Hamilton). Electrician. 4 children, firstly
34614 51 7-Russell Irvine QUIGLEY (24.7.1954 Gisborne) Electronics
electrician.
* Brisbane, Australia.
34614 52 7-John Allan QUIGLEY (12.6.1956 Gisborne-15.3.1982 Australia)
Farmer. Killed in truck accident.
34614 53 7-Stuart Gary QUIGLEY (28.3.1958 Gisborne) Tutor. Has an engineering
business. Paints bridges.
m 1.9.1984 at Taupo to Katrina Mary McEWAN (19.6.1960 Taupo) Labourer.
* 1994-6: 31c Waingaro Road, Ngaruawahaia. Ph 07 824 7343
3 children, firstly
34614 531 8-Joshua James QUIGLEY (12.12.1991 Hamilton)
34614 532 8-Astra Rose QUIGLEY (28.7.1985 Rotorua)
34614 533 8-Jonathan Irvine QUIGLEY (17.5.1987 Auckland)
34614 54 7-'Sandy' Sandra Yvonne QUIGLEY (26.4.1959 Gisborne) Military
policewoman. Was at Linton Camp, (Palmerston North).
1995: Trentham camp. 10 Hobart Lane Upper Hutt. Ph 04-528-4170.
* 1996: 10B McKinnon Cr, Waiouru ph 387 5030
34614 6 6-Margaret Althea BALL (16.4.1934 Gisborne)
#2007 Aberdeen Rd, Gisborne.
m 16.5.1953 at Gisborne to `Jack' John Raymond DEVER (16.12.1931 Tolaga Bay
-c1999) barman, butcher. They were at 513 Childers Road, Gisborne.
* 1995: 478 Palmerston Road, Gisborne ph 06 868 4456. Then to Aberdeen Rd.
4 children, firstly
34614 61 7-(John Alexander) `Alec' DEVER (16.12.1954 Waipiro Bay) Driver.
m 16.10.1976 at Gisborne to `Kuia' Te Atarangi Ngawini REEDY (22.10.1943
Waipiro Bay). She has 3 children by her first marriage.
They were at 14 Oak Street, Gisborne.
* 1995: Regal Dairy, 359 Ormond Road, Gisborne. 06 867 or 876 5762
4 children, firstly
34614 611 8-Jacqueline Yvonne REEDY (23.7.1964 Wellington) Librarian.
* 1996: 19 Chalmers St, Gisborne ph 06 867 2360 1 child.
m to `Jimmy' James Vivian GREEN (1955) Driver, court attendant.
* 1995: 29 Mathews Road, Gisborne ph 06 867 2360
34614 6111 9-Jordan Amelia GREEN (1990 Gisborne)
34614 612 8-William Joseph REEDY (14.2.1968 Rotorua)
34614 613 8-Amelia Margaret REEDY (10.10.1969 Rotorua)
34614 614 8-Carol Alexis DEVER (25.7.1987 Hastings)
34614 62 7-Shirley Anne DEVER (30.12.1955 Waipiro Bay) Receptionist.
m 18.5.1974 at Ruatoria to Alexander James SCOTT (18.9.1950 Gisborne) Butcher.
* 1994: 4 Alice Street Gisborne. Ph 06 867 2928
2 children, firstly
34614 621 8-Jason Alastair SCOTT (9.5.1975 Gisborne) Student.
* 1996: 4 Alice Street Gisborne. Ph 06 867 2928
34614 622 8-Alisha June Mary SCOTT (28.8.1979/78 Gisborne) Student.
* 1996: 4 Alice Street Gisborne. Ph 06 867 2928
34614 63 7-Pamela Margaret DEVER (24.9.1957 Waipiro Bay) Clerk.
m 20.5.1976 at Gisborne to Charles Leaf KUPENGA (16.5.1951 Ruatoria).
1 child. Live on Toy Farm.
* 1995: Wharekopae Road, Ngatapa. 20Km NW of Gisborne ph 07 863 9811
34614 631 8-Daphne Margaret KUPENGA (25.4.1977 Gisborne) Student.
* 1996: Wharekopae Road, Ngatapa. 20Km NW of Gisborne ph 07 863 9811
34614 64 7-June Myrtle DEVER (1.6.1960 Te Puia)
m1 24.12.1981 at Gisborne to Alan Douglas HONEYCOMBE (1.8.1958 Murapara).
* 1995: 26 Tania Crescent, Rotorua. Phone 07 347 9973.
1 child.
m2 4.6.1994 at Gisborne to Gary R JONES (19.12.1962 Gisborne) 1 child
?* 1996: 26 Andrew St, Gisborne ph 07 867 9232
34614 641 8-Brad Alan John HONEYCOMBE (23.4.1987 Rotorua)
34614 642 8-Bridget Marie JONES (5.11.1994 Gisborne)
34614 7 6-Beryl `Aileen' BALL (21.4.1937 Gisborne) Real estate salesperson.
m 1.10.1955 at Matamata to Kenneth Herbert MUDFORD (17.4.1923 Matamata-2004)
Farmer. He represented New Zealand in the Isle of Man motorcycling 1951-53.
Were at Piakonui Road, RD1, Walton.
1995: 130 Burwood Rd, Matamata ph 07 888 6850
* 1996: 11 Kaimai Drive, Matamata ph 07 888 6850
#2007 Karaka St, Matamata. They plan to move to their place at The Mount.
2 children, firstly
34614 71 7-John Kenneth MUDFORD (10.12.1959 Hamilton) Mechanic.
Sales & Marketing Executive. Regional Product Manager for Amways Auckland.
m 29.7.1989 to Ann-Marie COPPONI (14.3.1962 Boston,USA)
*1995 Whitford Road, Auckland. ph 09 530-8737. 3 children
34614 711 8-"AJ" Anthony John MUDFORD (16.1.1991)
34614 712 8-Dylan MUDFORD (7.5.1993)
34614 713 8-Mikayla Ann MUDFORD (3.1.1995)
34614 72 7-Robyn Maree MUDFORD (4.11.1961 Matamata) Travel consultant.
m 30.3.1984 at Matamata to `Rick' Richard Kevin WYLIE (Adelaide, Australia).
Bloodstock Sales Manager
1995 35 Fairview Avenue, Feilding. ph 06 323-3143 3 children
* 1996: 7 Caroline Drive, Feilding ph 06 323 3143
34614 721 8-James Kevin WYLIE (17.7.1989)
34614 722 8-Emma Julianne WYLIE (3.6.1991)
34611 473 8-Samuel John WYLIE (2.11.1993)
34614 8 6-David Henry BALL (25.2.1939 Gisborne) Shepherd, builder,
vandriver, shop assistant. They built their own home. Life member & past
president of the Tatapouri Fishing Club. Holds 2 NZ fishing records. Malcolm
CAMERON is also a member. This club has a fantastic display of trophy fish.
m 23.4.1960 at Gisborne to Judith Ann REILLY (28.5.1942 Gisborne)
* 1995: 27 Ropata Street, Gisborne.
*2007: 19 Valley Rd Mangapapa Gisborne Phone/fax 06 867 1172.
6 children, firstly
34614 81 7-Darryl John BALL (12.10.1960 Gisborne) Truck driver, restaurant
manager, warehouse manager.
m 4.6.1988 at Gisborne to Pamela Kay ELLIS (28.5.1955 Auckland).
Restaurant manager. They were at 30 Parau Street, Gisborne, then at
Were at 187 Wainui Rd, Gisborne. 1995 Rotorua. Ph. 07-357-5589
#2007: Manukau Heights, 11 De Havilland Dr.
34614 82 7-Martin James BALL (26.10.1961 Gisborne) Carpenter, dairy
proprietor, builder, restauranteur. #2007 at Taupo.
m1 19.6.1982 at Gisborne to Debra Amy HUMPHREY (28.2.1963 Gisborne).
3 children. They were at 117 Iranui Road, Gisborne. 1995: 23 Turenne St,
Gisborne.
34614 821 8-Belinda Nicole BALL (22.5.1986 Gisborne)#2007: Dublin.
34614 822 8-Duncan Mitchel BALL (27.4.1989 Gisborne) Twin. #2007: Duncan.
34614 823 8-Marie Chantel BALL (27.4.1989 Gisborne) Twin.
#2007: Taupo with her father.
[34614 82 7-Martin James BALL (26.10.1961 Gisborne)]
m2 sp-Annette CLARK b (Australia)
34614 83 7-Lyndsay David BALL (3.12.1962 Gisborne) Car salesman, insurance
assessor. * 1994: 155 Ormond Rd, Gisborne 06 867 1145
*2007: 3 Island Rd, Gisborne 06 867 1145 OR 06 868 3022, 84 Awapuni Rd.
m1 6.4.1985 at Gisborne to Wendy Irene MACKINTOSH (26.4.1964 Gisborne). Clerk.
Divorced. No children. *1995 Ormond Road, Gisborne. ph 06 867 9805
m2 20?.10.2007 sp-G Martine MCDONALD.
34614 831 8-Ellen Nicole BALL .1.2005 Gisborne.
34614 84 7-Lance Andrew BALL (18.8.1966 Gisborne) Soldier, chef. Sergeant at
Linton Camp. Since then he has served in Afghanistan, East Timor, Malaysia &
Bosnia.
m1 24.10.1987 at Taihape to Maud Louisa GREENLESS (29.7.1965 Taihape)
2 children. They were at 2 Kenningston Place, Waiouru.
* 1995: 18 Florence Drive, Linton Camp, Palmerston North
*2007?: 42 Grafton Rd Gisborne 06-863 3658
34614 841 8-James Roy David BALL (16.3.1988 Wanganui)
34614 842 8-Carrissa Amie Julie BALL (2.12.1990 Palmerston North)
[34614 84 7-Lance Andrew BALL (18.8.1966 Gisborne)]
m2 Christchurch sp-Lisa VERLANDER She is also in the army. #2007 Upper Hutt.
34614 85 7-Warren Patrick BALL (24.1.1968 Gisborne) 1996 Salesman for Lion
Breweries: 241 Marine Parade, Napier.
#2007: Sydney ph 02 9519 3579 warren.ball@malt-shovel.com.au
m1 (Partner) Rachel WHITLEY (16.8.1974 Gisborne) Receptionist, computer
operator. 1 child. 1995: 27 Ropata St, Gisborne. 1996: 53 Winter St, Gisborne
34614 851 8-Zoe Abigail Whitley BALL (5.7.1994 Gisborne)
[34614 85 7-Warren Patrick BALL (24.1.1968 Gisborne)]
m2 .2.2008 Sydney Opera House sp-Catherine (b UK)
34614 86 7-Larraine Althea BALL (12.12.1971 Gisborne) Clerk, teacher.
Wellington Teachers College. #2007 Gisborne.
m c1998 Gisborne sp-Jason VARLEY div.
34614 861 8-Courtney VARLEY .3.2000 Gisborne
34614 862 8-Hunter Paris VARLEY 30.1.2003 Gisborne (girl)
34614 9 6-Noel George BALL (16.12.1941 Gisborne - 4.9.1993 Australia) Farmer,
horse-breeder. Died at Woco Creek Road, Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland.
m1 Joan
m2 Helen 2 children
After selling Reata Ranch, Box 266, Kerang, Victoria 3579, Australia, they
bought another ranch 80 km N of Bundaberg.
m3
34614 91 7-Shane Michael BALL (12.10.1976 Australia) Both boys were working
on Tablelands Station, Tablelands road, via Rosedale, Queensland 46746.
(80Km N. of Bundaberg). Ph 071-569-169
* 1995: Oromahoe Rd, Kawakawa 09 484 8695 or 404 0695
34614 92 7-Justin BALL (2.11.1977 Australia)
34615 5-George Arthur `Royden' JOHNSTONE (31.8.1897 Gisborne-21.7.1991
Auckland)
Served in WW1 (No.65692) as a corporal; injured in both legs in 1918 in
France. 3 months in Walton-on-Thames Military Hospital. Shipped home
on crutches on a hospital ship. Served in WW2 (No.16300) as Captain
in admin. with the Pacific Forces in Fiji 1940-46; wounded with a
bullet through his back & thus bedridden for several years. An
accountant. Roy has the will of Ebenezer JOHNSTONE (see 326) and a letter
from Ebenezer's manservant to George when Ebenezer died. Lived at 15B Oates
Street, Glen Eden, Auckland. Finally at 11a Roberts Road Whangaparoa.
In army uniform. With his wife and 2 babies:
m 1.1.1924 at Christchurch sp-Reta Ellen TURNER (26.3.1897 Gisborne-7.8.1986
Auckland). 2 children, firstly
……………………………….
34615 1 6-Daphne 'Faith' JOHNSTONE (26.12.1924 Christchurch) Typist,
family historian.25 of her clan. Left to right
Back: Garry (34615 14)& Lisa Stanners, Peter & Jackie (34615 13) Grant,
Russell Jenkins sp (34615 16) Lesley (34615 15)& Derek Arnold, Tom & Susan
Stott (34615 11) with son Aaron (34615 111).
Front standing: Faith Stanners (34615 1) Justine Stott (34615 112) Angela
Stanners (now married surname Woller) 34615 121) Richard Stanners (34615 12)
Alison Roskilley (34615 151).
Kneeling: Kerry Jenkins (34615 16) Kieran Stott (34615 113) Tracey Stanners.
Front: Simon Grant 34615 131, Ashley Grant (34615 133 twin) Jessica
Roskilley (34615 153) Daniel Grant (34615 132) Myrin Jenkins (34615 161)
Brett Grant (34615 134 twin).
*2000: 19 Yorke Road, Haruru Falls, RD1, Paihia. Phone 09 402 7373.
m 3.5.1952 at Auckland to John Frederick STANNERS (18.4.1926 Kerikeri
-24.5?.1993 Paihia) Dairy farmer. Stanners Rd just N of Kerikeri was where
Jack and his father William Roy bought a farm.
6 children - 3 blondes, 3 redheads - firstly
34615 11 7-Susan Faith STANNERS (25.2.1953 Kawakawa) Radiographer.
m 19.5.1974 at Pakaraka to `Tom' Thomas Alan STOTT (6.1.1953 Taumarunui).
Were at 19 Yorke Rd, Haruru Falls,Paihia & Diggers Valley, RD1 Kaitaia.
* 1994: Switzer Rd, Kaitaia ph 09 408 4032
3 children, firstly
34615 111 8-Aaron Thomas STOTT (11.1.1976 Whangarei) Linesman. In 1996 at
16A Golf View Rd, Kerikeri. In 2001 with his parents.
34615 112 8-Justine Ann STOTT (25.9.1978 Kawakawa)
34615 113 8-Kieran John STOTT (30.7.1982 Kawakawa)
34615 12 7-Richard John STANNERS (10.3.1954 Kawakawa) Worked
for MP Neil Austin. Trapper, insurance agent. In the Amway system. Shop
assistant, machinist.
m 3.10.1980 at Whangarei to Sharron Lesley HOLT (27.6.1958 Warkworth).
Shop assistant. 2 children. Divorced 1991.
* 1994: 18 Elizabeth Street, Kensington, Whangarei ph 09 437 3015
34615 121 8-Angela Yvette STANNERS (25.8.1980 Kawakawa)
m at Whangarei on 17 Jun 2000 to Graeme William Peter WOLLER (17.3.77 Hawera)
Graeme is doing a course to qualify to construct Web pages.
*2001: 6 Sprinkbank St. Bryndwr, Christchurch.
34615 122 8-Tracey Alison STANNERS (1.6.1982 Kawakawa)
34615 13 7-Jacqueline 'Jackie' Ruth STANNERS (6.4.1955 Kawakawa)
m 9.7.1977 at Kerikeri to Peter Michael Paul GRANT (5.7.1951 Auckland).
In-flight Service Director for Air New Zealand.
* 1995: 7 Sunnynook Road, Forest Hill, Auckland. Phone 09 410 4240.
4 children, firstly
34615 131 8-Simon Michael GRANT (27.2.1983 Takapuna)
34615 132 8-Daniel 'Boon' Charles GRANT (17.11.1984 Torbay,Auckland)
Almost born in the toilet!
34615 132 8-Ashleigh Laura GRANT (9.3.1989 Auckland) Twin
34615 134 8-Brett 'Yetti' William GRANT (9.3.1989 Auckland) Twin
34615 14 7-Garry 'Baldy' Thomas STANNERS (21.3.1956 Kawakawa)
Was at Puketona, RD2, Kaikohei. Farmer.
*1995-2001: Oromahoe Rd, Kawakawa 09 404 0695
m 24.9.1994 to Lisa Maree RUSS.
34615 141 8-Steven Birtie STANNERS (24.9.1990) From Lisa's previous marriage.
34615 142 8-Aimee Evelyn STANNERS (22.6.1995 Kawakawa)
34615 143 8-William Roy STANNERS (14.9.1996)
34615 15 7-Lesley 'Dolly' Jean STANNERS (14.7.1958 Kaikohe)
*2001: 7 Harvey Court Albury NSW Australia 2640 Ph 00616 0414009
m1 21.4.1984 to Peter Alan ROSKILLEY (1953 Darfield, S of Christchurch)
Divorced 1994.
* 10 Leanne Street, Marsden, Brisbane, Australia.
3 children.
34615 151 8-Allison Michelle ROSKILLEY (14.3.1984 Brisbane)
*2006: Rockhampton Queensland Australia
34615 1511 9-Tara Michelle LEABEATER (04.11.2003) Rockhampton, Queensland
34615 152 8-Rebecca 'Gecko' Holly ROSKILLEY (4.8.1985 Brisbane)
34615 153 8-Jessica-Rae ROSKILLEY (23.1.1988 Brisbane)
[34615 15 7-Lesley 'Dolly' Jean STANNERS (14.7.1958 Kaikohe)]
m2 1994 to Derek ARNOLD (England). Welder at Brisbane.
34615 16 7-Kerry 'Hoppy' Lyn STANNERS (19.5.1963 Kawakawa) Bank officer.
m 7.7.1984 to Russell Arthur JENKINS (11.10.1963 Kawakawa) Butcher. 2 children.
They were at 32 Manapouri Street, Tikipunga,Whangarei.
1994: 150 Broadway, Kaikohe.
* 1996-2001: Oromahoe Rd, R.D.2. Kaikohe ph 09 404 0795 (was ph 09 401 0033)
34615 161 8-Myrin Robert JENKINS (25.10.1991 Whangarei)
34615 162 8-Louren Michelle JENKINS (12.9.1993 Whangarei).
34615 2 6-George Royden 'Derek' JOHNSTONE (18.2.1926 Christchurch)
Served in WW2 (No.814980) as a private in NZ Medical Corps in Italy.
He has the sword of 326's husband. All papers connected to the family that were
with Royden (34615 ) are now held by Derek. They include a bible of
Alisa WHITSON (WHO WAS SHE?) & a book of Lizzie WHITSON (Lay of the last
minstrel) with the address WHITSON Downs, Mahurangi.
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m 6.3.1948 to Shirley Margaret BINNS (11.11.1925 Auckland). They were at
110 Woodlands Rd, Glen Eden. 2 children.
* 1995: 11 Roberts Road, Tyndalls Bay, Whangaparoa ph 09 424 1294
34615 21 7-Kevin Derek JOHNSTONE (11.6.1953 Glen Eden) Company manager.
m 22.4.1989 at Whangaparoa to Ingrid Johanna BAKKER (2.9.1960 Auckland)
Accounts clerk.
* 1995: 19 Roberts Rd, Whangaparoa ph 09 424 0496
34615 211 8-Leah Shirley JOHNSTONE (15.2.1991 Takapuna Auckland)
34615 212 8-Royden Vincent Derek JOHNSTONE (18.6.1994 Takapuna Auckland)
34615 22 7-Janice Shirley JOHNSTONE (2.11.1955 Glen Eden) Motelier.
m 30.1.1987 at Waiatarua, near Auckland to Gary Lance BLAKE (25.1.1939
Auckland) Cabinet-maker, motelier. They were at 426 Scenic Drive, Titirangi.
1995: Waiatarua; Box 21 316 Henderson Phone 09 814 9713.
* 1996: 18-20 Quarry Rd, Mosgiel, Dunedin p 03 489 2415
34616 5-Jessie Graham Constance JOHNSTONE (2.7.1900 Gisborne-9.1.1989
Gisborne)
With her husband in uniform.
m 29.2.1924 at Gisborne sp-John Wallace CAMERON (1887 Devonport,Tasmania,
Australia-29.3.1978 Gisborne). Gardener. His fr's family came to Tasmania with
6 chn. His mr d when the chn were 3 mos - 14. John came to NZ before WW1.
His fr & a br were killed in Gallipoli. A book is coming out 2004 on this
family. (Contact Malcolm CAMERON for details.) WW2: 10/1893 1st NZEF private
Wellington Regt. 5 children, firstly
34616 1 6-'Tock' Colin Urquart George CAMERON (4.12.1924 Gisborne-12.11.1989
Auckland) Teacher.
Tock with his wife and children.
* 1995: 26 Exminster Street, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland. Phone 09 626 3644.
m 23.1.1960 at Opotiki to Emma Katherine Louisa WILSON (16.6.1935 Auckland
-.11.1989 Auckland). 3 children, firstly
34616 11 7-Deidre CAMERON (5.5.1962 Auckland) Registered nurse.
* 1996: 19 Admiral Beatty Av, Mt Roskill, Auckland.
34616 12 7-Eugene CAMERON (16.3.1964 Auckland-26.12.1985 Tauranga, buried
at Auckland)
34616 13 7-Dion CAMERON (7.1.1967 Auckland) Car painter.
* 1995: * 26 Exminster Street, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland. Phone 09 626 3644.
34616 2 6-'Max' Maxwell Donald CAMERON (3.12.1926 Gisborne) Drycleaner.
m 29.5.1953 at Gisborne to Shirley May WILSON (29.1.1931 Hastings). Artist.
* 1994-2007: 18 Atkinson Street, Gisborne. Phone 06 868 5856.
Their 4 children: Ross -3, Vickie -2, Lyn -1 with daughter Aimee -11 on her knee.
34616 21 7-Lynette Shirley CAMERON (12.7.1954 Gisborne) Nurse.
Lynette and baby.
m 3.2.1977 at Gisborne to James David MILNE (24.1.1956 Auckland) Electrician.
2 children. Were at 450 Nelson Road, Gisborne.
* 1996: Evara, Back Ormond Rd, RD1 Gisborne Box 2165 ph 06 862 5691
34616 211 8-Aimee Marie MILNE (19.12.1975 Gisborne)
* 1996: 4/496 Ferguson St, Palmerston North
34616 212 8-Carly Michelle MILNE (22.2.1980 Gisborne)
34616 22 7-Karen Leslie CAMERON (28.6.1956 Gisborne)
In nursing uniform.
df sp-Dennis LUOBIKIS
* Eden, Australia. 2 children firstly
34616 221 8-Rachael Shirley LUOBIKIS (9.5.1980 Eden,Australia)
34616 222 8-Harley Dennis LUOBIKIS (10.2.1986 Eden, Australia)
# harls_17@hotmail.com 1st contact 4.4.2006. On facebook 2007.
34616 23 7-Ross Donald CAMERON (12.5.1959 Gisborne) Drycleaner, support
worker.
m 10.10.1981 at Gisborne to Wendy Louise ELLIOTT (8.11.1958 Gisborne) Clerk.
Were at 363 Clifford Street, Gisborne. 1994: 16 Grundy St, Gisborne
*2007: 335 Valley Rd Gisborne 06 867 5788.
2 children, firstly
34616 231 8-Casey CAMERON (9.7.1983 Gisborne)
34616 232 8-Asha CAMERON (28.8.1986 Gisborne)
34616 24 7-Vickie Marie CAMERON (1.8.1965 Gisborne) Nurse, pharmacy
technician.
* 1996: 118 Sheehan St, Gisborne ph 06 867 5288
34616 3 6-Malcolm Robert CAMERON (20.1.1929 Gisborne) Was Company Secretary
for Watties then Chief Executive Officer of Vella Industries (breeder of race
22rses) in Hamilton for 5 years.
He sold his condo in Hawaii
to buy a share in a marlin fishing boat there. Retired. 1995: 12 Salisbury Rd,
Gisborne. 2009: he now spends May-Sept in his home in Maui, still bodysurfing!
A photo of him taken at the Gisborne reunion with Sara FYSON 34612 11.
*2004-07: 194B Ballance St, Gisborne. Phone 06 867 8180.
34616 4 6-`Yuk' Alan Wallace CAMERON (2.10.1932 Gisborne) Seaman.
* 1996: 57 Beresford St, Auckland
34616 5 6-Allison Audrey CAMERON (7.5.1953 Gisborne) Machinist, cleaner.
m 7.7.1972 at Gisborne to Roger Henry LLOYD (13.11.1951 Gisborne) Storeman,
sales representative. 2 children.
* 1994: 12 Root Street, Gisborne ph 06 867 4180
34616 51 7-Jake Henry LLOYD (16.1.1973 Gisborne)
34616 52 7-Angela Rosemund LLOYD (16.8.1976 Gisborne) Seamstress.
* 1996: 6 Justin St, Gisborne
34617 5-Ronald Greene `Keith' JOHNSTONE (12.10.1901 Gisborne-27.12.1980
Gisborne) Building contractor. A photo (to identify: 2 men, teenager, boy, baby:
And one of Keith and Freda looking very smart!
m 20.12.1922 at Napier to `Freda' Frederica Hermena PISTOR (22.11.1900 Dunedin
-22.6.1984 Gisborne) 2 children.
34617 1 6-`Bunny' John Cyril Keith JOHNSTONE (19.6.1923 Napier-1.5.1976
Awakino,buried at Taruheru,Gisborne) Served in WW2 army (No.451790) as a
driver, & in the airforce (No.431983) as a Leading Aircraftsman. Stationmaster
at Stratford. With Kay and their 1st 2 boys aged c6:
m 13.4.1945 at Auckland to `Kay' Rona Kathleen CHITTY (31.3.1921 Auckland)
* 1995: 119a St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers, Auckland ph 09 575 7704.
3 children, firstly
34617 11 7-Geoffrey Robert Keith JOHNSTONE (2.2.1946 Gisborne) Carpenter.
m1 14.5.1966 Woodville to Diane Gay SOLOMAN (1947 Napier) Shop assistant.
2 children.
m2 1971 at Wellington to Mere Hira ERIHA (29.11.1941 Porangahau) 2 children.
*1995: P.O. Box 495, Waipukarau. Phone 06 858 9959.
34617 111 8-Delwyn Kay JOHNSTONE (26.8.1966 Woodville)
m 1986 to Lance Earl LOVEJOY (6.1.1960 Palmerston North) Auto wrecker.
* 1996: 2 Dixons Line, Bunnythorpe ph 06 329 2436. 2 children
34617 1111 9-Jason Earl LOVEJOY (1.6.1983 Palmerston North)
34617 1112 9-Amey LOVEJOY (29.7.1987 Palmerston North)
34617 112 8-Brian Neil JOHNSTONE (1968 Woodville) Deputy registrar.
* 1996: 4 Hill St, Eltham, Taranaki
m Karla Erin Louise. Receptionist.
* 1995: Hawera.
34617 113 8-Cheryl Maxine Marie JOHNSTONE (1969 Taumarunui) Meat handler.
* 1996: 16 Mackie St, Waipukarau ph 06 858 7973. 1 child.
34617 1131 9-Fairlane Velvet Waru JOHNSTONE (1989 Waipukarau)
34617 114 8-"Richard" Erekana Derek JOHNSTONE ERIHA (23.10.1971 Taumarunui)
1989: 14a Caledonia St, Hawera
* 1996: Takapau Rd, Waipukarau
34617 12 7-Ian Arthur JOHNSTONE (4.8.1948 Hamilton) Timber machinist.
* 1995: 21 Windsor Drive, Tairua ph 07 864 7275
m1 1970 at Kaikohe to Noeline Grace POA (20.7.1950 Ruawai-26.11.1983 Maramarua,
buried at Pakotai). They were at Pauanui,Tairua.
2 children firstly
m2? M
34617 121 8-John Cyril Keith JOHNSTONE (4.3.1977 Papakura)
34617 122 8-James Alexander JOHNSTONE (10.10.1978 Papakura)
34617 13 7-Jacqueline Dawn JOHNSTONE (15.2.1960 Featherston) Bank clerk.
m 8.12.1979 at Auckland to Mark Steven CROSS (17.2.1959 Auckland)
* 1995: 70 Alabaster Drive, Papatoetoe. ph 09 278 2640
2 children, firstly
34617 131 8-Shaun David CROSS (31.12.1980 Auckland)
34617 132 8-Michelle Dawn CROSS (7.9.1983 Auckland)
34617 2 6-Warwick David `Brian' JOHNSTONE (2.11.1937 Gisborne) He was a
senior bank manager for ANZ in Christchurch & Wellington for many years,
& is now manager of U.D.C. Finance Co., PO Box 1616, Wellington. He plans
to retire in 1995. They will probably return to Christchurch. With their children:
m 5.9.1959 at Gisborne to Janice Violet HALLIWELL (7.12.1937 Palmerston North)
Family historian, she uses the genealogy program "Reunion".
* 1995: 48 Peterhouse Cr, Redwood, Tawa, Wellington ph 04 232 4288
2 children, firstly
34617 21 7-Shelley Ann JOHNSTONE (23.12.1963 Gisborne) She was a bank
officer in Christchurch. Since 1992 she has been doing critical care nursing
in Honolulu.
* 1995: 666 Prospect St, Apt 409, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. Ph 001 808 536 8357
34617 22 7-Paul David JOHNSTONE (23.11.1966 Wellington) Bank officer with
ANZ. Manages a night desk in Treasury dealing in US$.
* 1995: 90 Curtis St, Northland, Wellington ph 04 475 8330
m 6.1.1996 Fay DAWKINS nee CURRAN (Deal, Kent).
3462 4-`Lizzie' Elizabeth JOHNSTONE (23.1.1867 Stirling,Scotland-24.2.1956 Otonga) She owned Te Pahi Station, Waimatau Valley before Otonga. She supported
prohibition. Her photo album is now owned by 34628 2. (Most photos have been
copied by Paulette, wife of 32695 2 Evelyn Ann TOMBLESON.) A photo of her c18:
A beneficiary of the 1910 will of her aunt Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below;
she & her husband were then of Waimatau Valley, Gisborne.
m 6.3.1891 at Makaraka to Captain John TOMBLESON (6.3.1866 Barton-on-Humber,
England-19.8.1938 Auckland,buried at Otonga). He came to Hawkes Bay from
England aged 16 in charge of some rams on the IONIC. He bought OTONGA in the
Waimate Valley, near Gisborne, which he took over from bush in 1887. He bought
NEWSTEAD FARM at Makaraka in 1898. The original homestead OTONGA was built in
1889 with pitsawn timber from the place, with additions in 1890.
# John TOMBLESON has ID 313 at 3.(11) TOMBLESON further back.
9 children, firstly
34621 5-Henry John Francis `Frank' TOMBLESON (16.1.1892 Gisborne-5.8.1960
Gisborne) For a description of his farm, Otoka Station, Otoko, see p. 82 of
Farms & Stations of NZ, Volume 1, Cranwell Public., Auckland (1957).
<IMG SRC=jpgs/otoka.jpg> Their home Otoka:
His obituary: " ... Waikouhu County lost one of
its most respected residents and one who for the past 35 years had been almost
constantly its leading representative on local authorities of the district.
Mt T was born at Newstead,Makaraka ... was for long periods a member of county
and district bodies. Educated privately, Mr T helped to run the family property
Otanga at Waimata before taking up a station between Otoko and Takauroa in
1912. ... He served on the Waikohu County Council for 25 years, & as a
country rep. on the Cook Hospital Board he sat from 1926 until the time of his
death, being deputy-chair for a number of years. He was also a member of the
PB Electric Power Board, the Gisborne Harbour Board & the PB Catchment Board
for lengthy periods. .. was chairman of the Gisborne branch exec. of the
National Party for some years. ..." At their wedding. Who can you identify?
m 28.12.1914 at Otonga to Edith `Winifred' WADDINGHAM (27.6.1891 Lincolnshire,
England-7.12.1976 Gisborne). #She has ID 1411 at 3.(11) TOMBLESON further back.
10 children, firstly
34621 1 6-Mary Elizabeth TOMBLESON (1.1.1916 Otonga,Waimate Valley,Gisborne
-c2005)
As children she and her siblings had to ride 5 miles on horseback to school
and ford 2 rivers. Mary visited Stirling and Annandale in 1977 and investigated
the JOHNSTONE's. On her return from Scotland she broke her hip showing her
grandchildren how to do the Highland Fling! Lived at 11 Wellington Street,
Gisborne for a long time.
1995: Flat 2, 447 Palmerston Rd, Gisborne.
2000: Riverview Retirement Home, 505 Aberdeen Rd, Gisborne 867 0470.
m 30.8.1939 at Otoko to Francis (Frank) Rowe CLARK b 17.2.1913 Matawai
d 12.12.1963 Gisborne. Farmer of cows and stud sheep. 1 child,
34621 11 7-`Bill' William Frances CLARK (20.8.1948 Auckland) Paper-hanger
and painter. With his wife and Stuart and Aaron as a baby:
m 4.11.1972 at Gisborne to Lynette Margaret KELLY (6.9.1953 Gisborne).
Bank officer. 3 children.
* 1995: 8a Mangapapa Road, Gisborne ph 06 867 6525
34621 111 8-Stuart William CLARK (4.10.1973 Gisborne) Painter.
* 1996: 18A Mangapapa Rd, Gisborne
34621 112 8-Aaron Richard CLARK (13.7.1975 Gisborne)
* 1996: 398 Childers Rd, Gisborne
34621 113 8-Tracy Maree CLARK (7.5.1980 Gisborne)
34621 2 6-`Tom' Thomas William John TOMBLESON (21.5.1917 Otoko)
Served in WW2 (No.24813) as a gunner; awarded the Military Medal for
gallantry - the first awarded in WW2 to a Kiwi. He was also awarded the Greek
Medal,the Italy Star, the 39-46 Star, the 39-45 Defence Medal,
the NZ Defence Medal Fort Dorset 39-40. He fought in
Greece, Crete, Egypt and Italy. Farmed Burnage Station, RD Rakauroa,
Tahora Rd, Matawai, near Gisborne ph 06 862 4547
With Governor General Kath TIZZARD at his wife's investiture at Government House. "The Esmae and Tom TOMBLESON Charitable Trust":
m 22.2.1951 at Sydney, Australia to Esme Irene LAWSON (4.8.1917 Sydney). Ballet
dancer, National Party Member of Parliament for Gisborne 1962-74, President of
the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Honours include the Commander of the British
Empire 1992, the British Empire Golden Bow, Queen's Service Order 1977,
US Medal of Honour & World Decoration of
Excellence from the American Biographical Institute, NZ Suffrage
Centennial Medal 1993, NZ Commemoration Medal 1990, NZ Suffrage Centennial
Medal 1993. For details see for example "Who's who in NZ", "Dictionary of
International Biography", "Honoured by the Queen". No children.
* 1995-2007: 61 Harris St, Gisborne. ph 06 867 6815
34621 3 6-John Francis Waddingham TOMBLESON (19.1.1919 Gisborne) Served in
WW2 (No.16528) as a gunner. Went to Australia in 1961, where he managed 8500
acres for a U.S. millionaire.
* 'Cowella', Box 78, Gingin, Western Australia 6503.
m1 18.2.1947 at Gisborne to Olive Catherine HANSON (25.1.1925 Gisborne
-19.4.1985 Australia). 5 children.
m2 20.11.1988 Margaret WHITE
34621 31 7-Robert John TOMBLESON (6.3.1948 Te Kuiti) Insurance agent.
Past 18 years had own LP Gas Sale & Service business in Narrogin (200 kms
South East of Perth)
m .5.1970 at Gisborne to Patricia J MACFARLANE (30.6.1951 Christchurch).
Theatre Nursing at Narrogin Hospital last 10 years.
* 1996: 50 Hansard St, Narrogin, WA 6312 ph 098 81 2005
3 children, firstly
34621 311 8-John Lawrence TOMBLESON (17.10.1970 Australia)
*1996: Kataming (300Km South of Narrogin)
TRY JL, 45 Dunstan St, Bunbury, South Western, WA 6230 ph 097 91 5447
mobile 018 948 676
34611 312 8-Brian Francis TOMBLESON (25.1.1972 Australia)
Works with computers.
*1996: 69 Manchester St, Victoria Park, Perth WA 6100 ph 09 470 9050
34611 313 8-Jennifer Ann TOMBLESON (28.12.1974 Australia) Final year
at Perth University studying Occupational Therapy.
*1995 Perth.
34621 32 7-Janet Olive TOMBLESON (10.7.1949 Gisborne) Nurse.
* 1994: Unit 8, 59 Dalkeith Rd, Wedton, Western Australia.
* 1995 Nedlands, Western Australia.
m to Dr. Brian Robert WILLIAMS (29.6.1949 Hamilton) of Perth. Divorced.
* Gingin, Western Australia 6503.
4 children, firstly
34621 321 8-Catherine Jean WILLIAMS (26.8.1969 Australia)
m 1992 to Jim ?
*1995 Perth.
34621 322 8-David Stuart WILLIAMS (12.2.1971 Australia) Works for Dept. of
Agriculture in Moora (150 Kms North of Perth).
*1996: TRY 7 Banksia Crs Wongan Hills,Gingin WA 6603 ph 096 71 1560
34621 323 8-Michael WILLIAMS (7.1.1977 Australia) 1st yr. at Uni. studying
Commerce.
*1995 Uni. Campus.
34621 324 8-Bronwyn WILLIAMS (18.8.1978 Australia) Final year at school.
* 1995 at home with mother.
34621 33 7-Rachel Emily TOMBLESON (3.10.1950 Gisborne) *1995 Brisbane.
m1 in Australia to Alan STEWART (27.9.1945). Divorced. 2 children.
34621 331 8-Michelle Leanne STEWART (26.6.1973)
34621 332 8-Paul Anthony STEWART (4.5.1974 Australia-5.9.1975 Australia)
[34621 33 7-Rachel Emily TOMBLESON (3.10.1950 Gisborne) *1995 Brisbane.]
m2 to Bob DRAPIER. *1996: No DRAPIER in Qld directory
m3 Wayne WAGNER
34621 34 7-Kelvin Frances TOMBLESON (9.9.1952) Farming in Western Australia.
Prison officer.
m to Janice Isobell EMERY (9.12.1956). 2 children, firstly
* Geraldton, Western Australia.
34621 341 8-Catherine Lynette TOMBLESON (26.10.1976 Waiau)
34621 342 8-Christopher TOMBLESON (2.7.1978) Apprentice green-keeper.
34621 35 7-Derek Murray TOMBLESON (6.7.1954 Gisborne) Farm real estate
salesman. * 1995: c/PO Redmond, Western Australia 6327.
m 23. .1984 to Colleen SOBEY. (She has 2 children by her previous husband.)
Colleen runs a coffee shop in Albany. 2 children.
34621 351 8-Sarah TOMBLESON
34621 352 8-Kelvin John TOMBLESON
34621 353 8-Ashly Murray TOMBLESON
34621 354 8-Rachel TOMBLESON
34621 4 6-James `Brian' TOMBLESON (13.3.1920 Otoko-22.7.1971 Auckland)
Served in WW2 (No.3872) in the NZD navy, and (as No.43564) in the airforce;
worked for the Post Office.
m 16.1.1945 at Tolaga Bay to June Hope HARRIES (4.7.1924 Tolaga Bay).
Schoolteacher.
* 8 Mervan Street, Mangere East. Phone 09 275 6920.
3 children, firstly
34621 41 7-Ian Francis TOMBLESON (15.5.1946 Tolaga Bay) Finance Director
for Cerebos Greggs Ltd.
m 18.1.1986 at Auckland to Dulcie Carole WILSON (13.11.1945 Shoreham by the
Sea,Sussex,England) Admin. manager.
* 1995: 39b The Parade, Bucklands Beach. Phone 09 534 1055.
34621 42 7-Roger Ernest TOMBLESON (10.1.1948 Thames) Company director.
m 3.3.1970 at Auckland to Jennifer Ann EARWAKER (1948 Auckland) Company
director.
* 1996: Parapara-Toatoa RD3, Parapara, Kaitaia ph 09 406 0506
2 children, firstly
34621 421 8-Sarah Jane TOMBLESON (2.9.1972 Takapuna)
34621 422 8-James Roger TOMBLESON (30.6.1976 Takapuna) Cellarhand.
* 1996: Parapara-Toatoa RD3, Parapara, Kaitaia ph 09 406 0506
34621 43 7-Max Brian TOMBLESON (7.11.1951 Thames) Salesman for Revertex Ind.
m 20.5.1978 at Auckland to Conny Yvonne REYNDERS (9.11.1954 at Putaruru).
Were at 34 Himalaya Drive, Bucklands Beach. Phone 534-3876.
* 1995: 5 William Bryan Drive, Bucklands Beach. Phone 09 534 3876.
3 children, firstly
34621 431 8-Tracy Odette TOMBLESON (2.2.1981 Howick)
34621 432 8-Kelly Ann TOMBLESON (17.10.1983 Howick)
34621 433 8-Mark Phillip TOMBLESON (30.7.1986 Howick)
34621 5 6-Winifred `Betty' Christina TOMBLESON (27.10.1922 Gisborne)
m 29.12.1943 at Gisborne to Wallace Norman INGHAM (27.4.1922 Christchurch).
Served in WW2 (No.131637) as a corporal in the airforce. Aviation engineer
* 1995: 11 Vause Street, Ellerslie, Auckland. Phone 09 579 5472.
3 children, firstly
34621 51 7-Christopher David John INGHAM (20.1.1946 Gisborne)
m1 21.10.1973 at Auckland to Pamela Jessie LAURIE (25.7.1945 Auckland).
They were at 7 Maynard Place, Mangere Bridge. 3 children.
* 1994: 166B Hillside Rd, Papatoetoe ph 09 279 4632
m2 Cheryl Anne
34621 511 8-Patricia Helen INGHAM (30.4.1975 Auckland) Student
* 1996: 3/9 Rawhiti Rd, Auckland
34621 512 8-Michelle Pamela INGHAM (3.1.1977 Auckland)
34621 513 8-Katherine Christina INGHAM (24.9.1978 Auckland)
34621 52 7-Suzanne Margaret INGHAM (12.9.1949 Christchurch) Nurse.
* 1995: 11a Vause Street, Ellerslie, Auckland. Phone 09 579 4559.
m 6.3.1971 at Auckland to Robin David FUREY. Separated.
2 children, firstly
34621 521 8-Elizabeth Ann FUREY (8.1.1972 Auckland) Baker, receptionist
* 1996: 622 Whangaparoa Rd, Whangaparoa
34621 522 8-Laura-Lee FUREY (19.2.1977 Auckland) Receptionist
* 1996: 13A Ason Place, Tamaki
34621 53 7-Winifred `Helen' INGHAM (1.9.1953 Christchurch)
m 6.10.1973 at Auckland to Glen Stanley SHARP (1951 Auckland). Hairdresser.
They were at 6 Pauline Place, Bucklands Beach.
* 1995: 1/1 Sandgate Ave, Howick ph 09 534 3212
4 children, firstly
34621 531 8-Jonathon SHARP (11.9.1974 Auckland)
* 1996: 22 Glenside Av, Pakuranga
34621 532 8-Joanna SHARP (14.7.1976 Auckland) Postwoman.
* 1996: 97A Hutchinson Rd, Pakuranga ph 09 537 6156
34621 533 8-Peter SHARP (3.7.1979 Auckland)
34621 534 8-Rebekah SHARP (21.2.1982 Auckland)
34621 6 6-James `Hugh' TOMBLESON (18.7.1924 Gisborne-26.9.1982 Otoko)
Farmed OTOKO STATION. His ashes are scattered there.
m 20.2.1954 at Matawai to Helen Elizabeth MORTLEMAN (28.4.1931 Gisborne)
Coordinator. 1995: 35 Haronga Road, Gisborne. Phone 06 867 1390
4 children, firstly
34621 61 7-David Hugh TOMBLESON (18.12.1954 Gisborne) Fencing contractor.
Was 35 Haronga Road, Gisborne.
m 6.5.1989 at Gisborne to Julie Kathleen POLLARD (4.5.1968 Gisborne) 2 children
* 1995: 10 Totara St, Gisborne ph 06 867 5388
34621 611 8-Christopher Hugh TOMBLESON (12.3.1990 Gisborne)
34621 612 8-Scott Michael TOMBLESON (8.3.1991 Gisborne)
34621 62 7-William `Stuart' TOMBLESON (7.12.1957 Gisborne) Systems analyst
for BNZ. * 1995: 3 Mitchell St, Epuni, Lower Hutt ph 04 577 0247
34621 63 7-Winifred Helen TOMBLESON (11.3.1960 Gisborne)
* 1996: 37 Hinewa Rd, Tauranga ph 07 544 3082
m 6.2.1982 at Gisborne to Gary CROKER (27.6.1960 Gisborne). Separated.
* Australia. 2 children, firstly
34621 631 8-Geoffrey James CROKER (12.9.1983 Palmerston North)
34621 632 8-Daniel John CROKER (19.3.1986 Waipukarau)
34621 64 7-(Jonathan) Paul TOMBLESON (16.5.1963 Gisborne) Accountant,
consultant.
m 17.5.1986 at New Plymouth to Denise Claire DENHAM (19.1.1965 New Plymouth).
School teacher. They were at 2/6a Milton Street, Tauranga. Phone 07 576 7624
1995: Sydney, Australia
* 1996: 63 Prospect Terrace, Epsom, Auckland
34621 7 6-Frances `Frank' Brunyate TOMBLESON (9.3.1927 Gisborne)
1973 Farmer of the Year. Managed Paihia Farm for the H & W Williams Trust.
m 14.10.1950 at Gisborne to Margaret Jean KEITH (09.12.1925 Wanganui).
They were at RD2, Otane.
* 1995: 11 Mt View Place, Waipukarau ph 06 858 9706. 1 child,
34621 71 7-Peter Francis Keith TOMBLESON (4.6.1963 Napier)
* Australia.
34621 8 6-`Peggy' Hilda Margaret TOMBLESON (23.6.1928 Gisborne) Solicitor.
A photo with John.
* 1996: 36 Onewa R, North Shore, Auckland
m1 17.2.1951 at Gisborne to Raymond Bruce ASHBY (30.12.1927 Auckland)
Divorced 1972. 3 children.
34621 81 7- Name & issue withheld on request.
34621 82 7-Pamela Diane ASHBY (5.7.1953 Auckland) Nurse.
m 21.9.1979 at Bournemouth, England to Robert Leslie THOMSON (24.7.1950
Saffron, Waldon, Essex, England). They were at 29 Garelta Road, Henderson,
Auckland. Phone 09 836 2778.
* 1995: TRY Unit 2, 8 James Walter Place, Mt Wellington, Auckland 09 527 1965
2 children Anthony & Alaster.
34621 83 7-Stephen Brett ASHBY (15.9.1955 Auckland) Studied law. Baker.
* 1996: 29 Garelja Rd, Henderson, Auckland ph 09 836 2778
m1 18.4.1975 at Auckland to Catherine Muriel STACEY (21.1.1959 Te Awamutu).
Divorced 1978.
m2 on 13.12.1986 at Auckland to Margot Elaine MALONEY (31.8.1940 Pukekohe).
* 1996: 79 Victoria Rd, Manukau. 1 child,
34621 831 8-Matthew Paul ASHBY (21.10.1980 Auckland)
[34621 8 6-`Peggy' Hilda Margaret TOMBLESON (23.6.1928 Gisborne) Solicitor]
m2 30.3.1977 at Auckland to John James WILSON (30.10.1916 Napier).
34621 9 6-George William `Richard' TOMBLESON (8.12.1931 Gisborne) Farmer, JP.
m 4.4.1959 at Christchurch to Helen Ann LE-PINE (26.7.1933 Christchurch).
In 1994 they were at Braefield Station, State Highway 2, RD2, Otoko, Te Karaka,
near Gisborne. By 2004 they have moved into Gisborne. 4 children, firstly
*2007: 26 Marian Dr, Gisborne ph 06 867 2420. (Why under RJP?)
34621 91 7-Susan Diane TOMBLESON (16.8.1960 Waipukarau)
m 23.2.1980 at Gisborne to Philip Henry Marsden TOBIN (8.4.1959). 2 children.
* 51 Seabrook Street, Elanova, Queensland 4221, Australia.
34621 911 8-Kate Samantha TOBIN (22.10.1990 Australia)
34621 912 8-James Matthew TOBIN (5.3.1993)
34621 92 7-Michael Richard TOMBLESON (31.10.1961 Gisborne). He was delivered
by his father on the way to hospital!
* 125 Park Road, Wooloowin, Brisbane 4030, Australia.
34621 93 7-`Tony' Antony John TOMBLESON (21.3.1965 Gisborne) Bank clerk,
financier. * 1996: 74A Panorama Rd, Royal Oak, Auckland ph 04 624 1712
34621 94 7-Mark William TOMBLESON (25.9.1967 Gisborne) Shepherd, farmer.
1996-2007: State Highway 2 Otoko, Te Karaka
(Braefield Station, State Highway 2, RD2, near Gisborne)
m sp-Helen
34621 941 8-William TOMBLESON
34621 942 8-Amy TOMBLESON
34621 (10) 6-Helen `Lavinia' TOMBLESON (18.11.1934 Otoko)
m 6.7.1957 at Gisborne to Arthur William 'Peter' MORTLEMAN (25.12.1933
Gisborne). 3 children. They were at PARETAI STATION, Main Road, Matawai,near
Gisborne. PO Box 53, Matawai. 1994: Paerata Ridge, RD2, Opotiki ph 07 315 7572
(Makaraka Cemetery has El. Ann d5.4.1914 at 47 m Arthur MORTLEMAN. Related?)
34621 (10)1 7-Lynette Kay MORTLEMAN (25.6.1958 Gisborne) Technician.
* 1995: 36 Rosalind Street, Deanwell, Hamilton. ph 07 843 4765
34621 (10)2 7-(Winifred) Diane MORTLEMAN (28.11.1959 Gisborne) Reg. nurse.
* 1996: 8 Asquith St, Gisborne ph 06 868 5621
m 3. 1983 at Gisborne to Stephen James WALKER (19.5.1961 Gisborne). Glazier.
4 children. They were at 51 Sheehan Street, Gisborne.
* 1995: 7 Asquith St, Gisborne ph 06 868 5621
34621 (10)21 8-Melissa Ann WALKER (18.9.1984 Gisborne)
34621 (10)22 8-Rochelle Jacquita L WALKER (21.6.1986 Gisborne)
34621 (10)23 8-Monique Renee WALKER (25.8.1988 Gisborne)
34621 (10)24 8-Joshua James WALKER (6.3.1990 Gisborne)
34621 (10)3 7-William Francis MORTLEMAN (30.9.1962 Gisborne) Contractor.
m 29.4.1989 at Ormond to Shona Joy STEWART. 1 child.
* 1996: State Highway 2, Matawai, Gisborne ph 06 862 4821
34621 (10)31 8-Rory Shane MORTLEMAN (12.12.1988 Gisborne)
34622 5-`Jock' Percy Douglas TOMBLESON (19.4.1893 Gisborne-22.2.1974
Gisborne) Served in WW1 at Gallipoli, Egypt and Syria (No.17360),
Lance-Corporal and in WW2 (Homeguard) Lieutenant. Lived at Greengate Station,
Waimate valley then at Gisborne. Turned blind. Killed by a car. Lived at
Ormond Rd, Gisborne when he died. Photo Please!
An elderly Gisborne Pedestrian died in Cook Hospital late yesterday
alter he was involved in an accident with a car in Ormond Road
yesterday atternoon. The man was Percy Douglas Tombleson, aged 80, of
Ormond Road, Gisborne. The accident occurred between Fox and Sheehan
Streets at 2.10 p.m. The driver of the car, Charles Nang-Yee was
admitted to Cook Hospital and discharged.
m 18.1.1916 at Gisborne to `May' Mary Elizabeth Campbell DODS (15.2.1896
Gisborne-3.4.1971 Gisborne). 3 children, firstly
34622 1 6-Peter Angus Douglas TOMBLESON (4.12.1916 Gisborne-5.3.1981
Gisborne) Farmed at Reripi Station, Pakowhai Road, Muriwai.
m 5.7.1945 at Tolaga Bay to `Peg' Margaret Yvonne FRASER (13.10.1922 Gisborne)
* 1995-2007: 13 Seddon Crescent, Gisborne. Phone 06 867 4436.
3 children, firstly
34622 11 7-Barry Dennis TOMBLESON (12.5.1946 Gisborne-29.8.1947 Tolaga Bay)
34622 12 7-Warwick John TOMBLESON (2.4.1950 Tolaga Bay) Farmer.
*1995: Aerial Station, Otoko, RD2, Te Karaka, near Gisborne. ph 06 867 8452
2021 WarwickTOMBLESON@gmail.com
m 24.9.1982 at Manutuke to Janet Margaret BENNETT (5.3.1961 Gisborne).
#2007: RD2, Te Karaka near Gisborne. Phone/Fax 06 867 8452. Cottage 06-867-1942
2 children, firstly
34622 121 8-Rose Emily TOMBLESON (1.12.1985 Gisborne)
34622 122 8-Lucy Margaret TOMBLESON (25.8.1988 Gisborne)
34622 13 7-Geoffrey Douglas TOMBLESON (28.2.1953 Tolaga Bay) Farms at
Reripi Station, Pakowhai Rd, Muriwai, near Gisborne.
2021 not Geoff.TOMBLESON@xtra.co.nz Try Geoffrey.TOMBLESON@xtra.co.nz
m 28.11.1980 at Manutuke to Robyn Jocelyn MURPHY (7.11.1952 Gisborne).
* 1995-2007: `Reripi', 258 Pakowai Rd, RD 2, Muriwai,
2021 Ph 06 862 8621. cell 0274 526053. 2 children, firstly
In 2021 I lunched with them & d'r Katie & her d'r Bess at the G Fishing Club.
34622 131 8-Caroline Robyn TOMBLESON (19.4.1982 Gisborne)
34622 132 8-Jenny Anne TOMBLESON (12.12.1983 Gisborne)
34622 133 8-Katie TOMBLESON (Gisborne) m sp-Jeremy GULLWICK
34622 1331 9-Oscar GULLWICK b .4.2011 Gisborne
34622 1332 9-Bess GULLWICK b 4.8.2014 Gisborne
34622 134 8-Ben TOMBLESON (Gisborne) m sp-Victoria BLAND
34622 1341 9-Zoe TOMBLESON (b 31.3.2015 Gisborne)
34622 1342 9-Harvey TOMBLESON (b .4.2018 Gisborne)
34622 2 6-Michael John TOMBLESON (26.8.1921 Gisborne-22.8.1971 Morrinsville)
Waitaki Boys High School. Served in WW2 in Egypt and Italy (No.122311) as a
driver. Farmed at Morrinsville.
m 8.6.1946 at Gisborne to Olive `Sheila' GRAY (23.7.1923 Ekatahuna)
A great-great-granddaughter of the missionary Rev. William WILLIAMS.
3 children. Sheila remarried on 12.12.1986 to Frank P SHERRIFF.
* 1995: 103 Shepherd Road, Taupo ph 07 378 6096
34622 21 7-Carol Mary TOMBLESON (1.10.1947 Gisborne) Teacher.
Was 9 Old Taupiri Road,Ngaruawahia. Phone 07 824 7224.
* 2006: Ngaruawahia ph 07? 824 7224
m 13.1.1968 at Morrinsville to Lester Albert SHERRARD (24.10.1942 Pongaroa
-24.2.1982 Taupiri) 2 children, firstly
34622 211 8-Amanda Lee SHERRARD (2.10.1970 Huntly) Region admin. supervisor.
1994: 26 Eureka St, Newstead, near Hamilton ph 07 824 1877
* 1996: 24 Strathmore St, Morrinsville ph 889 6295
34622 212 8-Karn Michael SHERRARD (3.9.1972 Huntly)
* 1995: 9 Old Taupiri Rd, Ngaruawahia
34622 22 7-Guy Leonard TOMBLESON (25.10.1949 Gisborne-before 2000 of
leukaemia) On the local cricket team in Redmire.
m 27.8.1983 at Redmire, England to Ruth PEACOCK (Redmire,N Yorks.)
Daughter of Tom PEACOCK and Annie nee STANGER. 2 children.
She studied fashion and worked in London for a number of years.
They had an antique shop at 9 Market Place, Leyburn, North Yorks.
*1990: Stratsmoor, St Mathews Terrace, Leyburn (5m from Redmire).
She now has a share in a small business selling garments
made from Wensleydale:
wool.http://www.yorkshiredales.net/business/wscrafts/wdale.htm
*2000: Priory House, (her old family home), Redmire, N Yorks. DL8 4ED
Phone 019 6962 3386
34622 221 8-Annie Louise TOMBLESON (8.2.1986 London,England)
34622 222 8-Sophie TOMBLESON (10.12.1988 England)
34622 23 7-Anne Juliet TOMBLESON (1.1.1956 Gisborne)
m 12.3.1988 at Albany, Western Australia to Wilfred PINCHEN (13.2.1944
West Hartlepool,England).
* 1 Sherrat Street, Albany 6330, West Australia.
34622 3 6-Kenneth Deans TOMBLESON (6.4.1923 Gisborne-2.5.1986 Gisborne)
m 29.7.1948 at Christchurch to Joan Walcott NEIL (1920) Divorced. 1 child,
34622 31 7-Christopher Walcott TOMBLESON (18.7.1949 Whakatane)
m1 .11.1970 at Gisborne to 'Pelly' Perella June McMILLAN (1952 Gisborne).
Divorced. 2 children.
m2 df Sharyn HARTFIELD (18.1.1961 Maitland, South Australia).
* 1995: RD2, Tuakau Bridge, Onewhero Rd, Onewhero ph 09 232 8413. 3 children:
34622 311 8-Benjamin Ray TOMBLESON (25.12.1972 Gisborne)
34622 312 8-Tania May TOMBLESON (31.8.1975 Gisborne)
34622 313 8-Dane Trevor TOMBLESON (23.7.1988 Otahuhu)
34623 5-`Ted' Cecil Edward TOMBLESON (6.6.1895 Gisborne-4.4.1941 at
Gisborne,buried at Otonga Station) Farmed at Ahititi Station, Waimate Valley.
Served in WW1 (No.11/1375) as a corporal. Wounded at Gallipoli. Also served
in Egypt. Obituary: " ... Settler at Waimata, Desert War Veteran ... a
well-known settler ... At the outset of the last war he volunteered as a
mounted man and went to Egypt with the Wellington Mounted Regiment in which
he served 3 and 1/2 years. He was one of the under-aged soldiers who were
held back in Egypt when the NZ troops took part in the Gallipoli campaign; but
he saw a great deal of service in the desert war in the Sinai and in Palestine.
He suffered wounds on 3 occasions ... a keen member of the Wn Mounted Regt Vets
Assocn and recently he had expended a great deal of energy and interest on the
formation of a mounted Home Guard unit at Waimata, of which he was the
commanding officer. ... funeral will take place tomorrow at Otonga, Waimata .."
m 28.1.1921 at Gisborne sp-Nora Leslie HUGHES (5.4.1885 Pahiatua-31.3.1972
Gisborne). Served in WW1 (No.22/160A) as a sister. 3 children, firstly
34623 1 6-Nora Cecil TOMBLESON b 9.11.1921 Gisborne d 2010. 2 years at Solway
College. In 1940 she joined the Womens Mounted Auxiliary, working under Winnie
LYSNER & doing 1st aid. When her grandfather Capt John TOMBLESON started up the
local Home Guard at the hall, she got a job shepherding at Moanui Station near
Matawai to replace the shepherds who were going into the army.
She had polio in June 1954 which paralysed one side. To get back movement she
started shearing and during the 1970s was running her 7500 acre farm virtually
singlehanded. (See article on her in Rotorua Daily Post c1956).
Her children rode horseback to school, 5 miles. Farmed at RD 8, Donelly's
Crossing, Dargaville.
1994: Pongakawa Valley Rd, Pongakawa Valley, near Waimana, near Gisborne
1996: Herepura Rd, Matata ph 07 326 2005
'Come rain or shine' by Shona JENNINGS, Viking/Allen Lane (1997) tells her
story.
m 1946 at Tokomaru Bay to Charlie Emil HINDRUP (1893 Waipukarau-15.7.1970
Opotiki, buried at Ngongotaha). (He had six children by his first marriage.)
Fencer, horse-breaker then farmer. They managed a farm at Rotoma near Rotorua
for a few years after marriage. (Later bought by 34622 Jock for his son 34622 3
Kenneth). Then they bought an undeveloped block at Kaharoa near Rotorua where
the accomodation was old army huts joined together. Here they moved with their
3 girls & began discing & cropping the fern & regrowth with discs pulled by
horses. Cecuk & Charlie worked hard, putting in areas of grass 7 turnips which
could be heavily grazed with sheep, thus keeping the fern down. They were very
successful & were soon able to build a house & then a small 2-stand woolshed.
Cecil looked after the stock & helped with fencing. 'The 1st year of the new
woolshed money was short so I went over & Cecil & I sheared all their sheep &
lambs. .. With a .303 rifle one morning I shot 3 hinds. The whole district
descended on Kaharoa & there wasnt a thing left by that night. There were also
many rabbits about & I found shooting them thru the head good practice & rabbit
pie most enjoyable.
The farm was going well & development had reached a stage where most of the
place was usable. By now there were 4 children, the last a boy. School &
community events kept everyone busy. Then Cecil was struck down by polio &
landed in hospital where she was put on an iron lung because of breathing
difficulties. Our mum arrived from Gisborne to help the family...' - excerpt
from p23-25, 'Ahi-titi & beyond, 90-plus years of memories' 2015 by her father
John TOMBLESON. 9 children.
34623 11 7-Helen Nora HINDRUP (4.4.1945 Waipiro Bay) Farmer.
m 28.10.1967 at Ngongotaha to Steven Albert BEAUFILL (2.4.1936 Rotorua) Farmer.
* 1995: Dudley Road, Kaharoa, Private bag, Ngongotaha. Phone 07 332 3502
2 children, firstly
34623 111 8-Julie Helen BEAUFILL (24.7.1969 Rotorua) Marketing director,
conservation officer.
* 1996: 3/6 Stanley St, Hamilton
34623 112 8-Graham Stephen BEAUFILL (13.6.1971 Rotorua) Farm worker.
m 1993 to Tracy Bernadette. Farmer
* 1996: Tauranga Direct Rd, Kaharoa ph 07 332 2585
34623 12 7-Cecily `Emily' HINDRUP (10.7.1946 Waipiro Bay) Studied farm
management. Dairy farmer.
* 1996: Awaiti N Rd, Edgecumbe ph 304 8432
m 17.6.1967 at Rotorua to John Frances STEINER (15.9.1939 Te Aroha). Dairy
farmer. 4 children.
* Ourowhero Rd, RD4, Otorohanga.
34623 121 8-Gerard Magelland STEINER (12.4.1968 Hamilton-17.4.1968 Hamilton)
34623 122 8-Margaret Louise STEINER (3.4.1970 Rotorua) Share milker.
Was at Irvine Rd, Otewa (8km S of Otorohanga)
m .5.1994 to Peter Adrian VAN ROOYEN Share milker
* 1996: Hamurana Rdm Hamurana. 1 child
34623 1221 9-Jared VAN ROOYEN (1994)
34623 123 8-Philip John STEINER (11.11.1971 Rotorua) Farm worker
* 1996: Awaiti North Rd, Edgecumbe
34623 124 8-Anne Frances STEINER (4.3.1975 Rotorua) Sharemilker
* 1996: Dansey Rd, Mamaku
34623 13 7-Ruth Gale HINDRUP (19.8.1948 Rotorua) Teacher, farmer.
m 3.5.1974 at Waimana to (Ian) Mark COLEMAN (4.9.1953 Tamaranui). Farmer.
* Kaharoa Rd, RD2, Ngongotaha. Phone 07 332 3568. 3 children, firstly
34623 131 8-Bob Keith COLEMAN (8.4.1975 Rotorua) Computer operator.
* 1996: Kaharoa Rd, Ngogataha
34623 132 8-Joanne Gale COLEMAN (7.11.1976 Rotorua) Clerk.
* 1996: Kaharoa Rd, Ngogataha
34623 133 8-Ted Ian COLEMAN (25.5.1979 Rotorua)
34623 14 7-Raymond Charles HINDRUP (13.2.1950 Rotorua) Farmer.
Was RD1, Tangitoria, Dargaville.
m1 1.5.1971 at Ngongotaha to Christine Lesley SLADE (1952 Whakatane) 3 children
34623 141 8-Nicola Jane HINDRUP (12.1.1972 Rotorua) Farm manager.
1990: Pakaru Rd, near Kawakawa ph 09 433 8041
* 1996: Carter Rd, Hikurangi ph 09 433 8041
34623 142 8-Samuel Paul HINDRUP (5.3.1974 Whakatane)
* 1996: 24 Rangatira St, Palmerston North
[34623 14 7-Raymond Charles HINDRUP (13.2.1950 Rotorua) Farmer.]
m2 Elizabeth Margaret ROMNEY nee THOMAS (19.11.1943 Lower Hutt) Farmer.
* 1996: Mountain View Rd, Hikurangi, Dargaville ph 09 433 8041
34623 143 8-David Charles HINDRUP (1978 Rotorua)
34623 144 8-Phillip James HINDRUP (1983 Whangarei)
34623 145 8-Elizabeth Rae HINDRUP (17.2.1987 Whangarei)
34623 15 7-Jennifer Linnie HINDRUP (19.3.1951 Rotorua) Teacher. Farmer.
m 9.5.1970 at Ngongotaha to James Maxwell DOUGLAS (22.11.1930 Rotorua) Farmer.
* 1995: Te Waerangaro Road, Kaharoa. PO Box 93, Ngongotaha. Ph 07 332 3369
3 children, firstly
34623 151 8-Maxwell Raymond DOUGLAS (19.12.1970 Rotorua) Programmer.
* 1996: Te Waeranga Rd, Kaharoa.
34623 152 8-`Tom' Thomas James DOUGLAS (6.2.1972 Rotorua) Mechanic.
* 1996: 14A Charles Rd, Kaharoa
34623 153 8-Edward Charles DOUGLAS (1.3.1974 Rotorua) Student.
* 1996: Te Waeranga Rd, Rotorua
34623 16 7-Leonie Patricia HINDRUP (23.10.1953 Rotorua) Teacher.
m1 9.11.1973 at Rotorua to Michael Raymond HEAPPY/HEAPPEY. 2 children.
Divorced. They were at Tokoroa.
m2 1986 to Kenneth Raymond HORTON
* 1994: 21 Rawene St, Hamilton ph 07 847 0737
34623 161 8-Darryn Michael HEAPPEY (5.8.1976 Whakatane)
[m/df] sp-Raewyn HISHON
34623 1611 9-Tequila Donna Faith HISHON b30.01.2000
[34623 161 8-Darryn Michael HEAPPEY (5.8.1976 Whakatane)]
m sp-Lee Tania FLAY
34623 1612 9-Jazmin Lee HEAPPEY b 19.02.2003
34623 162 8-Rebecca Leonie HORTON (b 27.11.1987 Kawerau)
[m/df] sp-Carl STOREY
34623 1621 9-Connah Joseph HORTON (b 27.11.2004)
34623 17 7-John Leslie HINDRUP (23.5.1955 Rotorua) Studied farm management;
pig farmer, deer stalker, rebuilds vehicles.
m 2.11.1973 at Mamaku to Wendy Leigh SHARLAND (29.10.1957 Mamaku).
* 1995: Arahiwi Road, Mamaku,Bay of Plenty. Ph 07 332 5802. 4 children.
34623 171 8-Fiona Grace HINDRUP (9.7.1973 Dargaville) Student.
* 1996: Arahiwi Rd, Mamaku
34623 172 name withheld.
34623 173 8-Scott Lewis HINDRUP (9.11.1979)
34623 174 8-Sharelle HINDRUP (21.8.1984 Rotorua)
34623 18 7-Mary Louise HINDRUP (27.5.1957 Rotorua) Commercial possum hunter
1975-76.
* 1990: State Highway 2, PO Box 11, Waimana, Bay of Plenty. ph 07 312 3243
m df Robert Lawrence FLEMING (1955 Whakatane) Helicopter pilot. 2 children.
34623 181 8-Wade Lawrence HINDRUP (7.12.1978 Whakatane)
34623 182 8-Royce Duncan HINDRUP (24.12.1980 Whakatane)
34623 19 7-Penelope Margaret HINDRUP (5.11.1958 at Rotorua) Studied
farm management, commercial possum hunter 1975-76. Company manager.
m 29.10.1977 at Opotiki to Steven John CROSSWELL (30.5.1954 Opotiki).
He was lost for 9 days in midwinter in the Urewera's in 1976, and lived on
dried trout that he tickled from a stream. Farm worker. Herd manager.
Was Paerata Ridge, Opotiki. 3 children.
* 1995: Bells Rd, Waimana, Bay of Plenty ph 07 312 3313.
* 1996: Grace Rd, Taneatua, RD1 Whakatane ph 07 312 9030
34623 191 8-Dawn Lee CROSSWELL (13.6.1979 Hamilton)
34623 192 8-Marilyn Ann CROSSWELL (16.5.1981 Opotiki)
34623 193 8-Brenda Lyn CROSSWELL (7.2.1983 Opotiki)
34623 2 6-John TOMBLESON (19.1.1923 Gisborne) Farmer. Alive 2019. Author of
9 books including 'Waimata Valley', 'Te Tauparaka', 'Opu & beyond', 'Esmae
TOMBLESON', 'Dog trialling in NZ', 1 on a Dog trialling family in the South
Island. His latest is
'Ahi-titi & beyond, 90-plus years of memories' 2015, 90pp. Privately printed.
John gave Ian J copies. Ian gave me a copy. The book is a treasure of stories &
photos. Does Turnbull Library hold a copy? Ph 06 867 5528.
I can email you an index if you like. stored at whitson/JohnTOMBLESONindex.txt
m 7.4.1947 at Hastings to Alice Monica PRICE (2.4.1921 Hastings-1996). Teacher
*1995-2007: Ahi-titi, Private Bag, Waimata Valley Road, Gisborne. Sold c2017.
Townhouse: 1019 Aberdeen Rd, Gisborne. Sold. 3 children, firstly
34623 21 7-Keryn Dawn TOMBLESON (12.2.1950 Gisborne)
Was at Wainui Beach, Gisborne.
* 1996: 3 Tenterden Av, Epsom, Auckland
m 7.4.1969 at Gisborne to Roderick Christopher MEAD (7.4.1946 Morrinsville).
4 children. Divorced.
34623 211 8-Anne Elizabeth MEAD (18.8.1971 Gisborne)
34623 212 8-Simon Charles MEAD (19.1.1972 Gisborne) Shepherd.
* 1996: Cricklewood Rd, Wairoa
34623 213 8-Jane Louise MEAD (22.9.1975 Gisborne)
34623 214 8-Matthew John MEAD (20.1.1977 Gisborne)
34623 22 7-Ian Lister TOMBLESON (8.10.1951 Waipawa)
Worked as a shepherd at Lochinvar Station, Taupo. Stock manager.
2020: 510 Nelson Rd, Gisborne. Ph 06 867 8331.
m1 11.1.1974 at Waerengi-a-Hika to Susan Fay POTAKA (1954 Gisborne) Lab.
assistant. Divorced.
m2 20.10.1979 at Gisborne to Dawn Emily NICKELSON (12.6.1961 Gisborne).
* 1995: Ahititi, Waimate Valley Road, Gisborne ph 06 867 8321
4 children, firstly
34623 221 8-Adele Dawn TOMBLESON (12.8.1982 Gisborne)
2020: Lives 20m across the paddock from her dad.
34623 222 8-Karl Ian TOMBLESON (2.7.1984 Gisborne)
34623 223 8-Katrina Margaret TOMBLESON (12.5.1988 Gisborne)
34623 224 8-Sandra Anna TOMBLESON (23.3.1991 Gisborne)
34623 23 7-Rodney John TOMBLESON (9.7.1958 Wellington) Joiner.
m 15.8.1981 at Mangaweka to Diane Margaret REEVES (2.5.1958 Palmerston
North). 2 children. 1995: 50 Acacia Street, Palmerston North
*2003: Harrison Hill Rd, RD 1, Palmerston North ph 06 354 2327
34623 231 8-Christopher John TOMBLESON (4.9.1984 Gisborne)
34623 232 8-Andrew David TOMBLESON (23.6.1989 Palmerston North)
34623 3 6-Linnie `Lin' Bryant TOMBLESON (11.1.1925 Gisborne) Solway College.
Studied medicine at Otago Uni. Trained as a registrar at Cook Hospital.
She and her husband went to PNG in 1954 as medical missionaries for the
Congregational and Presbyterian churches. Trained in Auckland, worked in
Wellington, did postgraduate study of tropical medicine at Sydney. Awarded
M.B.E. in 1978 by the Queen for service to medicine in PNG; she has written
medical and training manuals for PNG medical training schools. Author of "Let
the Fire burn- revival in PNG" (1985) - (copies available from her son Ted
for $5, or from Scripture Union). In 2004 New Years Honours. 'At 90 she is
still enjoying her garden & with son Alan & his family & Valerie around, has no
interest in leaving Kapuna.' - p27 of 'Ahi-titi & beyond, 90-plus years of
memories' 2015 by 34623 2 John TOMBLESON.
* 1995: Kapuna Hospital, Baimuru, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.
m 15.12.1951 at Waireka, home of Nora HUGHES in Pahiatua to Peter Frederick
CALVERT (12.12.1923 Dunedin-21.7.1982 Kapuna, the Gulf, Papua New Guinea).
(His sister Nora CALVERT is ph 03 474 1608 Dunedin.)
See p25-27 of 'Ahi-titi & beyond, 90-plus years of memories' 2015 by her dad
34623 2 John TOMBLESON for their story: 'Much of the work at the hospital
involved leprosy, also arrow & axe cuts from fighting, especially when they
played football. Most of the tribes were still headhunters, & the greatest
prize entitled men to claim a wife. Linnie managed the hospital while Peter
travelled by canoe, finding those sick with leprosy ...' 4 children, firstly
34623 31 7-Dr Valerie Heather CALVERT (18.10.1952 Wellington) Doctor at Port
Moresby and at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland. After their children had grown up
she took relieving jobs at Pitcairn Island & Tonga before returning to PNG to
take over the running of her parents' hospital.
* 1995 work: Girven Rd Medical Centre, 83 Girven Rd, Tauranga. Not there 2019.
m 8.5.1976 at Port Moresby, PNG to Bryan Walter ARCHER (11.12.1947 Devonport)
Builder, accountant, writer of several books on theology. He stood for
National for Mangere against David LANGE. 4 children.
They were PO Box 4213, Mt Maunganui.
* 1995: 316 Waitoa Rd, RD5, Tauranga
34623 311 8-Melita Joy ARCHER (28.9.1978 Papua New Guinea)
34623 312 8-Caleb Nathanael ARCHER (8.7.1980 Papua New Guinea)
34623 313 8-Destinee Ruth ARCHER (15.12.1984 Tauranga)
34623 314 8-Peter Calvert ARCHER (21.7.1986 Tauranga)
34623 32 7-`Ted' Edward Charles CALVERT (29.7.1954 Sydney, Australia)
Civil Engineer, National Projects Manager for N.Z. Rail Ltd.
m 21.6.1980 at Fielding to Christine Mary BAXTER (2.11.1958 Fielding) Nurse
at Eye Ward, Wellington Public Hospital.
*1996: 15 Liardet Street, Vogeltown, Wellington. Phone 04 389 9443.
3 children, firstly
34623 321 8-Sarah Jenay CALVERT (24.12.1982 Wellington)
34623 322 8-Nathan Edward CALVERT (5.10.1984 Wellington)
34623 323 8-Matthew Barry CALVERT (10.6.1987 Wellington)
34623 33 7-Alan Sydney CALVERT (13.2.1956 Kapuna, Papua New Guinea)
Mechanical Engineer, he put in the airconditioning and gas for Wellington
Hospital. Designs robots for NZ Palletisers, Auckland.
In 2012 her returned to Kapuna to take charge of all the electrical & diesel
engines & maintain the jetboats & equipment.
m1 6.12.1981 at Raumati South to Susan Marilou MCINTOSH (30.8.1961 Takapuna)
Trainee teacher. Lived in Hutt Valley. 1 child. Divorced.
m2 15.3.1986 at Ruakaka, Northland to Geraldene `Dene' May CARTER (31.10.1958
Henderson, Auckland). Teacher. Raises calves and daffodils on their farmlet.
2 children.
* 1995: Valley Road, RD1, Waimuku (near Auckland) ph 09 411 8842
34623 331 8-Jamin Peter CALVERT (13.10.1982 Wellington)
34623 332 8-Adin Colin CALVERT (28.5.1987 Helensville)
34623 333 8-Bethel Lin CALVERT (1989 Auckland)
34623 34 7-Colin James CALVERT (23.10.1958 Kapuna, Papua New Guinea)
Infrastructure Manager for building, transport, food, etc.
m 22.8.1981 at Balclutha to Barbara Janette DOVEY (3.3.1959 Balclutha).
She runs a school at the hospital.
* 1995: Kapuna Hospital, Baimura Province, Papua New Guinea.
3 children, firstly
34623 341 8-Amy Lavara CALVERT (30.1.1984 Balclutha)
34623 342 8-Janai Melanie CALVERT (25.1.1986 PNG)
34623 343 8-Jadin CALVERT (10.10.1988 PNG)
34624 5-`Rell' Walter Mackrill TOMBLESON (23.4.1897 Otonga-4.11.1991
Gisborne) Served in WW1 (No.50786) as a trooper. Sheep farmer at Te Au
Station, Opoutama. Broke his back when he fell from a horse in 1952.
m 26.12.1924 at Gisborne sp-Jessie Ethel GRAHAM (23.11.1901 Gisborne).
* 1995: 161 Clifford Street, Gisborne. Phone 06 868 9177.
3 children, firstly
34624 1 6-`Ted' John Edward TOMBLESON (3.1.1926 Gisborne) Airforce pilot,
bulldozing contractor & farmer at Ngakuru. Sheep, cattle & deer.
m 19.4.1952 at Gisborne to `Marie' Marjory Spencer WALKER (11.4.1929 Gisborne).
Were at RD1, Ngakuru, Rotorua. Phone NR 705.
* 1995: 19 Gillan Crescent, Rotorua ph 07 349 3632
4 children, firstly
34624 11 7-Susan Margaret TOMBLESON (1.11.1953 Gisborne) Company secretary.
m 30.8.1974 at Rotorua to William Patrick WITHEY (13.3.1949 Wellington).
They were at 30 Ngaio Street, Titirangi, Auckland.
They own a concrete cutting business. He has 2 children by his first marriage:
-1 Aaron (1971 Waikato Hospital, Hamilton) 62a Norton Rd, Hamilton 07 846 1971
-2 Blair (1969 Waitakere Hospital,Auckland) Banker.
* 1995: 338 Titirangi Rd, Titirangi,Auckland ph 09 817 7081. 2 children.
34624 111 8-Bridget Marie WITHEY (12.12.1978 Auckland)
34624 112 8-Callan Patrick WITHEY (27.7.1983 Auckland)
34624 12 7-Jennifer Marie TOMBLESON (25.1.1955 Gisborne)
School dental nurse.
m 12.2.1977 at Rotorua to Wayne David HAWES (11.1.1956 Ontario, Canada).
*2006: 25 Wonga Street, Morley, Perth 6062, Western Australia. ph 09 9375 9169
2 children, firstly
34624 121 8-Rachel Anne HAWES (17.2.1986 Perth, W. Australia)
34624 122 8-Robert John HAWES (5.8.1988 Perth, W. Australia)
34624 13 7-Ross Philip TOMBLESON (21.3.1959 Rotorua)
Sheep-dipping contractor. He was a cattle and sheep farmer at Ngakuru adjoining
his father's farm. He contracts to Bill & Sue (34624 11 above).
Was at 94 Triangle Road, Massey, Auckland. ph 09 832 4088
* 1995: West Harbour, Auckland
TRY 09 416 3056 or 09 537 1202
m1 sp-Natilie Sheryle BOMFORD. Separated. 1 child.
m2 df sp-Rachel . 2 children.
* 1996: 169 Hobsonville Rd, Hobsonville, Auckland ph 09 416 3056
34624 131 8-Amanda Lee TOMBLESON (14.12.1978 Rotorua)
* 1995: Tokoroa
34624 132 8-Jay Danielle TOMBLESON (1990 Auckland) Born at Waitakere
Hospital.
34624 133 8-Vaughn TOMBLESON (1992 Auckland) Born at Waitakere Hospital.
34624 14 7-Elizabeth Jane TOMBLESON (10.4.1964 Rotorua)
Plans to marry Xmas 1995 to Alan SHEARER. * 1995: Near Melbourne.
34624 2 6-Walter Graham TOMBLESON (10.4.1928 Gisborne) Farmer and orchardist.
Te Au Station. His paintings have been exhibited at the Kelliher Exhibition.
m 14.2.1953 at Morere to Elaine `Jill' STEWART (11.3.1931 Gisborne).
* 1995: James Road, Te Puna, Tauranga ph 07 552 5763
2 children, firstly
34624 21 7-Carolyn Gay TOMBLESON (12.1.1959 Gisborne) B.Sc. Teacher.
m 12.12.1982 at Tauranga to Hugh LEERSNYDER.
*1995: 40 Opal Avenue, Pakuranga, Auckland ph 09 576 8834. 3 children, firstly
34624 211 8-Mark Graham LEERSNYDER (12.8.1985 Howick)
34624 212 8-Brent Peter LEERSNYDER (25.8.1987 Hamilton)
34624 213 8-Scott Andrew LEERSNYDER (9.1.1990 Howick)
34624 22 7-John Stewart TOMBLESON (3.8.1962 Wairoa) Has BMS, A.C.A.
Accountant. Was in Hamilton. * 1994-6: 17 Shellgate Rd, London S11, UK
34624 3 6-Donald Richard TOMBLESON (30.1.1932 Gisborne) Game farming.
m 30.9.1953 at Wairoa to Florence Maud CRANE (28.7.1931 Wairoa).
Were at Kapukapu Road, RD2 Kaharoa, Ngongotaha.
* 1995: 1 Walford Drive, Lynmore, Rotorua ph 07 345 7406
5 children, firstly
34624 31 7-Jeffrey Donald TOMBLESON (12.9.1954 Gisborne) Scientific
technician, researcher, Independent Forest Intelligence. 2020: 0275586507
Jeff.Tombleson@xtra.co.nz
m 2.10.1976 at Morrinsville to Catherine Mary GARDINER (9.4.1955
Morrinsville) Registered nurse. They were at 20 Martin Street, Rotorua.
* 1995-2021: 21 Sophia St, Box 57 Rotorua ph 07 348 0836
2 children, firstly
34624 311 8-Chris Jeffrey TOMBLESON (21.10.1981 Rotorua)
34624 312 8-Emma Marjory TOMBLESON (24.9.1986 Rotorua)
34624 32 7-Diana Doreen TOMBLESON (11.11.1955 Rotorua) Nurse.
m 8.2.1985 at Rotorua to Francis Edmond WOODS (13.4.1957 Rotorua) Builder.
Were at 55 Simpson Road, Papamoa, RD7, Te Puke. Phone 420-886.
* 1995: 30 Motiti Rd, Papamoa, Te Puke ph 07 542 2198
1 child,
34624 321 8-Nicola Jane WOODS (9.5.1985 Tauranga)
34624 33 7-Quentin Rell Edward TOMBLESON (23.3.1957 Rotorua) Bushman,
logging contractor.
m 18.2.1984 Rotorua to Vicky Diane JOLLEY (23.1.1961 Tokoroa).
Were at 23 Larcy Road, Lynmore, Rotorua. Phone 55-216.
* 1995: 7 Thelma Place, Lynmore, Rotorua ph 07 345 5216
2 children, firstly
34624 331 8-Lauren Maree TOMBLESON (3.2.1986 Rotorua-31.10.1989 Rotorua)
34624 332 8-Justin Mackrill TOMBLESON (31.10.1987 Rotorua)
34624 34 7-Leigh Julian TOMBLESON (11.7.1959 Rotorua) Bushman, logger.
m 20.10.1979 at Rotorua to Jennifer May DARROCH (25.9.1959 Lower Hutt).
Manager, coordinator. Were at 1 Cedar Place, Owhata, Rotorua.
1995: 110 Lake Road, Rotorua ph 07 349 0947
* 1996: 131B Lake Clayton, Rotorua
2 children, firstly
34624 341 8-Nicholas Leigh TOMBLESON (19.5.1983 Rotorua)
34624 342 8-Daniel Ray TOMBLESON (9.5.1984 Rotorua)
34624 35 7-Timothy Nicholas TOMBLESON (21.6.1965 Rotorua) Bushman.
Was at Kapukapu Road, RD2, Kaharoa, Ngongotaha.
* 1995: 345 Clayton Rd, Rotorua ph 07 349 4134
34625 5-(A daughter) (9.2.1899 Otonga-9.2.1899 Otonga)
34626 5-Thomas Waddingham `Grahame' TOMBLESON (11.10.1901 Newstead-3.6.1967
Gisborne) Farmed at Rakaipaaka Station, Nuhaka then Ormond (just N of Gisborne)
m1 .2.1923 at Gisborne sp-Mary `Dorothy' MANDER (25.4.1899 Gisborne-23.8.1963
Gisborne). Daughter of MB & Stella MANDER. 4 children.
34626 1 6-Martin Grahame TOMBLESON (3.12.1923 Gisborne-23.9.2006 Tauranga)
Served in WW2 (No. 619808) in the Pacific as a Lance-corporal in the RNZAF.
Farmed grapes and citrus at Newstead, Makaraka. Obit. 25.9.2006 Auckland:
TOMBLESON Martin Grahame. On 23 September 2006, peacefully in Tauranga Hospital
aged 82 years. Loved father and fatherinlaw of 1 Jacqueline and Garth, 2 Claire
and Timm, 3 Phillipa and Craig, 4 Grahame and Kerri, 5 Roger and Jenny. Adored
Pa of 11 Kirsty, 12 Andrew, 13 Stephanie, 14 Rob, 21 Ben, 31 Eliza, 33? Renee,
34?? Stuart, 32 Laura, 41 Emma, 42 Anya, 51 Adam, 52 Joshua, 53? Isaac and 54?
Leah. A service to celebrate Martin’s life, will be held at 5 Westridge
Drive, Bethlehem Tauranga on Saturday 30 September at 1pm, followed by private
cremation. Gregory Brownless Woodhill Funeral Home FDANZ
Article taken from nzObits - http://www.nzobits.co.nz/obits
URL to article: http://www.nzobits.co.nz/obits/?p=793
* 1995: Main North Road, PO Makaraka, Gisborne ph 06 867 1105.
m 23.5.1953 at Waerenga-A-Hika to Edith `Ruth' WATSON (6.7.1933 Gisborne).
Divorced 1978. 5 children, firstly
34626 11 7-Jacqueline Mary TOMBLESON (12.4.1954 Gisborne) School teacher,
President of the Waikato Playcentre Association.
m1 20.12.1975 at Makaraka to John Kenneth SLAVICH (19.7.1953 Paeroa)
Chartered accountant.
* 1995: 59 Berkley Avenue, Hamilton. Ph 07 856 6875.
Sentenced 21.11.2006 to two years, three months imprisonment, for several
counts of dishonesty, fraud, forgery and unlawfully making a false document.
3 children, firstly
34626 111 8-Kirsty Alice SLAVICH (25.2.1980 Hinton, Canada)
34626 112 8-Andrew John SLAVICH (27.9.1982 Edmonton, Canada)
34626 113 8-Stephanie Mary SLAVICH (26.6.1987 Hamilton)
[34626 11 7-Jacqueline Mary TOMBLESON (12.4.1954 Gisborne) School teacher]
m2 by 2006 Garth ?
34626 12 7-Natalie `Claire' TOMBLESON (18.8.1955 Gisborne) Policewoman,
computer operator.
m1 18.2.1978 at Newstead to Bruce St. Clair PETERSON (25.12.1953 Wellington).
Lived at 9 Walford Drive, Rotorua. Divorced.
m2 sp-Timothy Tane HARPER Research officer. 1 child.
* 1995: 4 Greenwood Place, Palmerston North ph 06 354 9751
* 1997: 6 Rata Street, Wanaka email t.t.harper@xtra.co.nz
2008 tim@szhelp.co.nz
34626 121 8-Benjamin HARPER (12.8.1994 Palmerston North)
34626 122 8-Robert Mitchell HARPER (10.9.1996 Palmerston North)
34626 13 7-Elizabeth `Philippa' TOMBLESON (23.1.1957 Gisborne)
m1 3.5.1986 at Hornsby, NSW, Australia to Neil Edward DRYSDALE (16.7.1954
Balmain East, NSW, Australia). They were at Barenjoey Road, Ettealong, NSW.
* 1994: 214 Trafalgar Av, Umina, NSW 2257, Australia.
2 children, firstly
34626 131 8-Eliza Claire DRYSDALE (8.5.1987 Camperdown, NSW, Australia)
34626 132 8-Laura Ruth DRYSDALE (11.8.1988 Gosford, NSW, Australia)
[34626 13 7-Elizabeth `Philippa' TOMBLESON (23.1.1957 Gisborne)]
m2 by 2006 Craig
34626 14 7-Robert `Grahame' TOMBLESON (28.8.1958 Gisborne) Citrus farming.
Vinyard manager.
m 24.1.1981 at Taradale to Kerri May JEFFARES (12.1.1962 Napier).
* 1995: PO Box, Newstead Lane, Makaraka, near Gisborne. Phone 06 867 6466.
2 children, firstly
34626 141 8-Emma Rachael TOMBLESON (10.3.1986 Gisborne)
34626 142 8-Anya Marie TOMBLESON (2.8.1988 Gisborne)
34626 15 7-John `Roger' TOMBLESON (23.12.1959 Gisborne) Soldier.
m at Feilding to Jennifer Anne DYKE (10.8.1959 Feilding). c1987 at 7 Hudson Rd,
Upper Hutt. 1995: 14 Woodland St, Linton, Palmerston North
*2003: 36 Weston Ave, Palmerston North ph 06 359 2211 rtombleson@hotmail.com
2 children, firstly
34626 151 8-Adam John TOMBLESON (16.10.1983 Feilding)
34626 152 8-Joshua Ryan TOMBLESON (14.3.1986 Feilding)
?34626 153 8-Isaac TOMBLESON
?34626 154 8-Leah TOMBLESON
34626 2 6-`Beth' Elizabeth Grahame TOMBLESON (21.5.1926 Gisborne
-.3.1994 Whakatane)
m on 26.6.1946 at Nuhaka to Ian Alfred WYLDS (5.12.1913 Hawera) Served in WW2
(No. 20775) as a gunner. Bank clerk, dairy farmer. Played tennis and golf.
Were at 146 Harbour Road, Ohope. Phone 24-303.
* 1995: 71 Goulstone St, Whakatane ph 07 308 9197
4 children, firstly
34626 21 7-Joan Margaret WYLDS (1.6.1947 Whakatane) Orchardist.
m 1.2.1969 at Whakatane to David Alexander JULIAN (21.4.1948 Whakatane).
They are on p96 of `The Julian Jigsaw' - copy in Turnbull Library, Wellington.
* Shaw Road, Whakatane. Phone 07 308 4502.
3 children, firstly
34626 211 8-Paul Stewart JULIAN (24.10.1971 Whakatane)
34626 212 8-Scott Robert JULIAN (1.11.1973 Whakatane) Student.
* 1996: Shaw Rd, Whakatane
34626 213 8-Craig Ian JULIAN (2.5.1975 Whakatane) Student.
* 1996: Shaw Rd, Whakatane
34626 22 7-Colin Grahame WYLDS (12.12.1948 Whakatane)
Was at Powdrell Road, RD3, Whakatane. Phone 84-995.
* 1995: Paradise Valley Rd, Rotorua ph 07 348 8195
34626 23 7-Pauline Elizabeth WYLDS (15.9.1950 Whakatane) Bank clerk.
m 14.12.1974 at Whakatane to Melvyn William FISHER (14.1.1948 St. Peter Port,
Guernsey, Channel Islands). Upholsterer
* 1995: 18 Cameron Road, Te Puke. Phone 07 573 9351.
3 children, firstly
34626 231 8-Wendy Christine FISHER (10.7.1979 Te Puke)
34626 232 8-Steven Colin FISHER (18.11.1980 Te Puke)
34626 233 8-Michael Charles FISHER (8.7.1983 Te Puke)
34626 24 7-Pamela Dorothy WYLDS (23.11.1959 Whakatane)
m 19.6.1982 to `Tony' Anthony Lewis RUSS (1957 Nelson) Farmer.
Were at Gordon Road, RD Te Aroha then Tauranga.
1995: 7 Rawhiti Avenue, Matamata ph 07 888 7282. 2 children, firstly
* 1996: McPhail Rd, Tauranga ph 07 544 3319
34626 241 8-Elizabeth Dawn RUSS (13.3.1985 Hamilton)
34626 242 8-Matthew Anthony RUSS (5.6.1987 Te Aroha)
34626 3 6-Howard Grahame TOMBLESON (22.3.1927 Gisborne) Sheepfarmer.
m 17.9.1953 at Gisborne to Dorothy Ensor SIBLEY (25.9.1933 Gisborne). Farmer.
* 1995: Tapuwae Road, (Mangapehi, RD7), Benneydale, Te Kuiti ph 07 878 4837
4 children, firstly
34626 31 7-Angela Howard TOMBLESON (25.10.1954 Gisborne) BA.
m 16.1.1988 at Bolton, Manchester, England to Nigel John GOURLEY (23.11.1961
England). Videotape editor for BBC TV. 1 child. * 1995: England
34626 311 8-Timothy Simon GOURLEY (12.1.1990 Newcastle, England)
34626 32 7-Clifton Howard TOMBLESON (29.9.1955 Gisborne) Farmer.
m 12.2.1983 at Te Kuiti to Leanne Joy HOWELL (28.7.1961 Te Kuiti).
Were living in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England.
* 1995: Ngakonui-Ongarue Rd, Ongarue via Taumarunui. Phone 07 849 6060
2 children, firstly
34626 321 8-Rachael Beth TOMBLESON (27.1.1986 Te Kuiti)
34626 322 8-Andrea Claire TOMBLESON (15.9.1987 Te Kuiti)
34626 33 7-Judy Howard TOMBLESON (23.2.1961 Wairoa)
m 11.4.1987 at Waitomo to Alexander FINDLAY (22.8.1967 Australia) Manager.
2 children. * 1996: 90 Normanby Rd, Papakura, Auckland ph 09 299 9134
34626 331 8-Matthew Alexander FINDLAY (17.3.1988 Auckland)
34626 332 8-Olivia Catherine FINDLAY (3.7.1990 Auckland)
34626 34 7-Paul Howard TOMBLESON (27.12.1962 Wairoa) Farmer.
* 1996: Tapuwae Rd, Bennydale ph 878 4899
34626 4 6-Anne Grahame TOMBLESON (1.2.1932 Wairoa)
m 6.6.1953 at Nuhaka to Russell Harold WILSON (1.6.1924 Hamilton). Sheep and
beef farmer. Polo player. They were at 74 Wallace Street, Raglan.
* 1996: Clark Rd, Ngaruawahia 07 824 7974
4 children, firstly
34626 41 7-Michael Grahame WILSON (6.4.1954 Ngaruawahia) Landscape gardener.
m 8.1.1977 at Naike to Barbara Lucille CRAIG (1955 Pukekohe). Principal of
Paerata School.
* 1995: Buckville Road, Pukekohe ph 09 238 8861
3 children, firstly
34626 411 8-Craig Russell WILSON (22.10.1983 Auckland)
34626 412 8-Hamish Michael WILSON (11.1.1986 Pukekohe)
34626 413 8-Cameron Ian WILSON (6.7.1987 Pukekohe)
34626 42 7-John Russell WILSON (14.12.1955 Hamilton) Farming `Otonga' and
rural subdivision, Raglan.
m 16.2.1985 at Tauranga to Heather Jean Stuart MENZIES (14.2.1959
Pietermaritzburg, Republic of South Africa). Farmer.
Were at `Otonga' RD1, Raglan. Phone 255-803.
* 1995: TRY 8 Alcoha St, Kamo. 1 child,
34626 421 8-Victoria Ann WILSON (4.8.1987 Hamilton)
34626 43 7-Howard David WILSON (11.10.1957 Hamilton) Retailer.
m 9.9.1978 at Naike to Maree Lilian PAULSEN (4.9.1958 Pukekohe).
Professional weavers. Were at RD2 Huntly. Phone 254-896.
* 1995: 1 Morphy St, Rangiriri, Waikato ph 07 826 3927
2 children, firstly
34626 431 8-David Edward WILSON (28.10.1980 Hamilton)
34626 432 8-Michael James WILSON (7.12.1982 Hamilton)
34626 44 7-Simon WILSON (6.4.1967 Hamilton) Carpenter, builder.
Was c/o 74 Wallis Street, Raglan. * 1995: 11 Moncrieff Av, Hamilton
[34626 5-Thomas Waddingham `Grahame' TOMBLESON (11.10.1901 Newstead-3.6.1967]
m2 20.9.1965 at Nuhaka to `Peg' Margaret Moore JOHNSTONE (14.10.1905 Feilding
-3.8.1987 Gisborne).
34627 5-`Madge' Margaret Louisa WHITSON TOMBLESON (20.10.1905 Otonga
-10.10.1940 at Te Pahi, buried at Otonga) Killed by a branch falling off a
tree at Waimata. Obituary.
m 7.5.1935 at Otonga to `Paddy' James Harry RUTHERFORD (27.12.1911
Scotland-22.4.1977 Gisborne). He served in WW2 (No. 38706) as a gunner.
1 child.
34627 1 6-Rob RUTHERFORD (19.12.1936 Te Pahi-26.12.1936 Te Pahi)
Buried at Otonga.
34628 5-`Jack' Robert Chapman Arthur TOMBLESON (30.8.1907 Otonga-17.6.1983
Gisborne) Farmed Te Pahi Station then Otonga Station. His daffodils won many
prizes.
<IMG SRC=jpgs/11228.jpg> Rob with his eldest daughter Sally.
m 25.2.1941 at Gisborne to Evelyn `Alice' GILLINGHAM (25.9.1909 Gisborne
-15.7.1976 Gisborne).
2 children, firstly
34628 1 6-Sally TOMBLESON (2.11.1942 Gisborne-19.9.1952 Gisborne)
Died of polio.
34628 2 6-Evelyn Ann TOMBLESON (29.7.1950 Gisborne) A great artist.
m 30.10.1971 at Gisborne to Patrick Grant Hearn WATSON (17.3.1941 Auckland).
Farmer. They own Glenora Station, Waimata Valley. Waimata@xtra.co.nz
With their 3 children - to confirm!
1995: They own Otonga Station, Waimata Valley, Private Bag, Gisborne.
Phone 06 867 0336. *2007: 8 Otonga Cott, Gisborne 06-867 0326.
3 children, firstly
34628 21 7-Katie Jane WATSON (4.5.1973 Gisborne) Travel consultant.
* 1996: 301 Upper Harbour Drive, Glenfield
34628 22 7-Prudence Louise WATSON (8.5.1975 Gisborne) Student.
* 1996: 34 Clyde St, Dunedin.
34628 23 7-Benjamin Grant WATSON (15.11.1980 Gisborne)
34629 5-Kenneth John TOMBLESON (13.2.1910 Otonga-1.1.1912 Otonga)
3463 4-Jessie Grahame JOHNSTONE (13.4.1868 Logie,Perth,Scotland-23.9.1959
Gisborne) Obit. " After living for 90 years in Gisborne and the surrounding
district Mrs Jessie TODD died on Wed aged 91. Born at Stirling, Scotland ..
of a family of 9 .. her early education in the district (Gisborne before
attending Auckland Grammar School. In 1903 she married .. the couple lived in
the Waimata Valley where Mr T was engaged in farming until 1942 when he retired
and they came to live in Gisborne .."
m 29.9.1903 at Newstead Farm sp-Alexander Aiton TODD (12.8.1871 Lanark,
Glasgow, Scotland-1.10.1966 Gisborne). They farmed at `Strathendick', Waimate
Valley from 1891 to 1942. Then at Matawai. 3 children. Sid JORDAN has a2
articles by his brother Thomas re-published in the Gisborne Herald in 1946 on
22s trip to Dunedin by sailing ship. <!-- emailed 13.6.05 What ship? -->
34631 5-Jessie Whitson TODD (27.5.1905 Gisborne-30.7.1994 Gisborne)
Governess for the children of Percy TOMBLESON (34622 ).
Teacher at Owhena, East Cape. Private nurse.
Served in WW2 (No. 817028) as a WAAC corporal in Egypt and Rome. Was in Bari,
Italy, when 17 ships were sunk. Was in Lady Freyburg's Welfare Club. Saw
thousands treated for burns when they should have been treated for mustard gas.
Matron at the King George V Children's Health Camp in Gisborne from 1949 to
1953. Australia for 3 months. Matron at Ayton House (a girls hostel in
Gisborne), St Stephens, Epsom Girls Grammar, School for the Deaf (Kelston,
Auckland), Whitford Girls High. Returned to Ayton for 8 years.
Died at Dunblane Home, Gisborne.
34631 Jessie (on L?), 34633 Alexander, and 34633 2 Elsie.
…………………………………….
34632 5-`Elsie' Elizabeth Marion TODD (14.6.1906 Gisborne-18.7.1988
Gisborne) Looked after her family and helped on the farm. Artist. National
rose judge, national floral art judge, certificate from National Rose Society.
………………………………………
34633 5-Alexander TODD (15.9.1907 Gisborne) Served in WW2 (No. 46111) as
a corporal in the tank battalion, wounded in the groin at Casino. A shepherd,
he farmed at Matawa (Matawai?) 5 years then at Miranda for 17 years.
* 1995: 124 Parawai Road, Thames. Phone 07 868 6918.
m 6.6.1942 at Wellington to Florence Amelia NEWMAN (10.3.1907 Feilding).
* 1996: Unit 4, Waiokaraka Vlg, Campbell St, Thames ph 07 868 5232
1 child,
34633 1 6-Sandra Elizabeth TODD (23.11.1948 Palmerston North)
m 7.6.1969 at Hamilton to Dudley York EDWARDS, inspector of drains (18.3.1924
Thames).
* 1996: 109B Parawai Road, Thames. Phone 07 868 6918.
1 child,
34633 11 7-Theresa EDWARDS (16.4.1971 Thames) Shop assistant.
* 1996: 30 Darlington St, Ngatea
3464 4-Robert Whitson JOHNSTONE (12.9.1869 Auckland-4.11.1934 Wairoa)
Buried at Opoutama. Served in the Boer War (No. 3000) in the 2nd
Contingent. Farmed at Tiaria Valley for 10 years, then at Weka Downs,
Tarewa Valley. Wharfinger, went to Opautama c. 1919 buying the
store. Became a JP and sawdoctor. He and Ted TOMBLESON (33463) used
to fence together and would play chess (mentally) as they worked. They
would play about 5 or 6 games in a day. Sometimes they had to draw a
board in the dust to work out the state of play or they would have to
wait until they got home and get out the chess board to decide who was
the winner. Obit. " of Opoutama. A military funeral will leave his late
residence at 130pm tomorrow .." 2nd obit. "An Opoutama Settler: Vets of
the S African War will hear with deep regret .. A well known store keeper
and settler at Opoutama, and almost as well known in Gisborne as in the Wairoa
County thru his previous residence in the district and his family connections
here .. When the Boer War broke out he was in the prime of life & with 2
brothers saw service on the veldt with NZ contingents .. A military funeral
will be accorded the late Mr J by members of the SA Vets Assn .. at Opoutama."
2nd obit: " .. was wharfinger at te port of Waikokopu .. storekeeping ..
at Optama with Mr AITON . A good business man and popular with all .. "
3rd obit. (Herald) "Nuhaka News .. exceptionally large assembly of both
pakehas and Maris who had journeyed some from very long distances ..
casket covered with the Union Jack .. the Last Post was sounded by Mr T HAPI.
.. During the service the Maoris sang that beautiful Maori lament "Apakura" .."
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/SAW/Database.htm
Those who served in New Zealand units in the Boer War can be checked at
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/SAW/Database.htm
He is not listed there.
Beneficiary of the 1907 will of 348 3-Jessie WHITSON 1842-1907, below.
Let me know if you download the following file on him from
http://archway.archives.govt.nz
JOHNSTONE, Robert WHITSON SA3000 1899 1902 NZ Defence Force,
Personnel Archives Wgtn
War crimes committed by both sides in The Boer War are discussed by Mark Twain
(SL CLEMENS) 'On the damned human race' 1962. See for example p11-13, 243.
m 28.1.1906 at Waimate Valley to `Matty' Marion Aiton TODD (18.12.1878
Scotland-30.12.1954 Auckland). Sister to Alexander Aiton TODD (see 3463).
Obit. " at Hunua, Papakura .. creamation .." 6 children, firstly
34641 5-`Marie' Marion Aiton JOHNSTONE (5.4.1907 Gisborne-30.8.1990
Auckland)
m 27.8.1937 at Gisborne to `Aussie' Arthur Noel JORDAN (21.7.1913 Rangiora
-19.1.1991 Auckland). He served in WW2 (No. 20852) as a T/Sergeant. Carpenter.
Was c/ T Henshaw, Hunua Rd, RD3. 4 children.
<IMG SRC=jpgs/jordan.jpg> With their 4 children.
34641 1 6-Marion Margaret JORDAN (25.4.1938 Hastings)
m 26.10.1957 at Ellerslie, Auckland to Murray Thomas CROWTHER (4.8.1937
National Park). Butcher, JP. They were at 49 Grange Road.
1995: 51c Grange Road, Mt. Eden, Auckland. Phone 09 630 0535.
* 1996: 1118 Whangaparaoa Rd, Whangapraoa ph 09 424 1026
7 children, firstly
34641 11 7-Mark James A CROWTHER (20.8.1958 Waiouru) Real estate salesman.
m 19.1.1980 at Auckland to Debra Marie CORCORAN (18.9.1958 Auckland).
* 1995: 34 Henley Road, Mt Eden, Auckland ph 09 630 7295
3 children, firstly
34641 111 8-Emma Jayne CROWTHER (2.5.1984 Auckland)
34641 112 8-Amy Marie CROWTHER (1.3.1986 Auckland)
34641 113 8-Alice Louise CROWTHER (4.10.1990 Auckland)
34641 12 7-Therese Marion CROWTHER (9.3.1960 Waiouru)
m 12.1.1980 at Auckland to Christopher Colin GRAY (3.10.1958 Auckland)
Bricklayer.
1995: 17 Mamie Street, Remuera, Auckland ph 09 520 0785
* 1996: 2/193 Garton Rd, Karapiro
3 children, firstly
34641 121 8-Rebecca Marion GRAY (22.3.1984 London, England)
34641 122 8-Kate Honoria GRAY (4.8.1985 Auckland)
34641 123 8-Sophie Anne GRAY (7.12.1989 Auckland)
34641 13 7-Anne Charlotte CROWTHER (11.4.1961 Waiouru) Company secretary.
m 25.4.1981 at Auckland to Edward Paul VALK (14.3.1959 New Plymouth).
Company director. They were at 5 Wembly Street, Balmoral, Auckland. 3 children
* 1995: 51 Grange Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland ph 09 630 2693
34641 131 8-Laura Anne VALK (10.12.1984 Auckland)
34641 132 8-Olivia Eve VALK (2.4.1986-29.4.1986 Auckland)
34641 133 8-Janea Grave VALK (12.8.1988 Auckland)
34641 134 8-Anthony Shaun VALK (4.11.1991 Auckland)
34641 135 8-Johnathan Andrew VALK (8.2.1995 Auckland)
34641 14 7-Trevor Noel CROWTHER (29.3.1962 Waiouru) Salesman
FB
m 4.10.1982 at Auckland to Megan Anne HALL (2.8.1962 Auckland) Homestay
coordinator.
* 1995: 40 Henley Road, Mt. Eden, Auckland. 2 children, firstly
34641 141 8-Joshua Kane CROWTHER (24.10.1984 Auckland)
34641 142 8-Elyse Marie CROWTHER (7.8.1987 Auckland)
34641 15 7-Paul Bernard CROWTHER (22.8.1963 Waiouru) Manager
m 4.3.1990 at Auckland to Fiona Maxine RENNIE (1967 Auckland)
* 1995: 38 Halesowen Avenue, Mt Albert
34641 16 7-Andrew Thomas CROWTHER (16.9.1966 Taihape-23.6.1970 Auckland)
34641 17 7-Joy Maree CROWTHER (30.3.1972 Auckland)
m 15.10.1994 at Auckland to Dean THOMPSON (UK)
*1995 6/85 Grange Road Mt. Eden Auckland
* 1996: 23 Netherton St, New Lynn, Auckland
34641 2 6-Sidney Robert JORDAN b 18.10.1939 Hastings. He founded Elsid
Engineering Ltd in 1970, specialising in the automotive jig manufacture and
design. In 1994 he began Media Graphics, desktop printing and pad-printing onto
pens, golfballs, novelties, etc
At their daughter Tracey's wedding: L to R are Sid, Elsa, Philip, Tracey, ...
1972-1999 he worked at 29 Ben Lomond Crescent, Pakuranga.
1996: 14 Ellesmere Crescent, Pakuranga, Auckland.
*2000-2024: 14 Coleraine Place, Howick, Auckland tel. 09-274-1300
email Elsid@xtra.co.nz
For the 1995 WHITSON Reunion, Sid JORDAN published 50 copies of
"'The Family of THOMAS WHITSON and AGNES HOGG', with many photos. On page 3 are
photos of the silver trowel & mallet used to lay the foundation stone of
St Andrews Church [tower], Symonds Street, Auckland by Robert WHITSON
on 24.5.1882. Donated to Auckland Museum Library by Alice AINSLIE."
m 5.1.1963 at Awanui to Elsa Emma BIGG-WITHER b 17.10.1943 Kaitaia. Nurse.
Elsa was part owner of a plant nursery supplying pot plants to garden centres.
She has now returned to nursing, at Howick Hospital. In 2002 she is doing a
Bachelor of Science (Nursing) at MIT.
1996: 14 Ellesmere Crescent, Pakuranga, Auckland
4 children, firstly
34641 21 7-Tracey Lee JORDAN (26.7.1964 Auckland) Photolithographer
Tracey, Philip, and 2 sons when Lewis was a baby.
m 3.12.1988 at Auckland to Philip Andrew MONAGHAN (28.5.1965 Harare, Zimbabwe).
*1996: 44 Andrews Road, Howick, Auckland.
2 children,
34641 211 8-Sam Lovelace MONAGHAN (11.8.1992 Ealing, London, England)
34641 212 8-Lewis Glanton MONAGHAN (26.10.1994 Howick)
34641 22 7-Shane Frederick JORDAN (19.8.1965 Auckland) Spends his winters
skiing in Switzerland, or wherever there is good skiing. 1994 started
training as a 'Chef'. Topped his class at AIT. Continuing 1995.
In 2001 enjoying the the good life in the Maldives before moving to the
Seychelles and the Med for the rest of the Northern Summer.
34641 23 7-Craig William JORDAN (3.10.1968 Auckland) Regular Force Soldier.
Parachute trained. Saw service with NZ Peace keepers in Bosnia 1994-95.
In 2001 in East Timor for a second time.
*1999: 3 Puttick Rd, Linton Camp, Palmerston North
34641 24 7-Carla Ann JORDAN (18.8.1970 Auckland) Receptionist, graphic
artist.
m 12.2.1994 at Auckland to Mark Thomas HART (21.10.1967 Keswick, Lake
District, England).
* 1994: 68 Andrews Road, Howick, Auckland.
34641 3 6-Thomas Noel JORDAN (1.7.1942 Hastings) Manager
m 24.10.1964 at Helensville to Anthea Joy LEONARD (16.9.1944 Helensville).
* 1995: 109 Beechdale Crescent, Pakuranga, Auckland
3 children, firstly
34641 31 7-Michael Wallace JORDAN (15.4.1967 Auckland) Teacher
m 20.2.1993 at Panmure Auckland to Antoinette Louise WHITE (24.8.1969
Auckland)
* 1995: 22 Freyburg Avenue Papatoetoe, Auckland.
34641 32 7-Katrina Marie JORDAN (8.1.1969 Auckland) Computer operator.
m 19.2.1994 at Remuera Auckland to Andrew Kenneth SADDINGTON (26.2.1969 Grey
Lynn, Auckland) Aluminium joiner.
*1995 2/41 Maughan Drive, Bucklands Beach, Auckland.
* 1996: 49 Hobart Cr, Manurewa, Auckland
34641 33 7-Donnelle Joy JORDAN (9.6.1974 Auckland) Deli assistant.
* 1996: 109 Beachdale Cr, Pakuranga, Auckland
34641 4 6-Bobbie Mary JORDAN (15.3.1948 Hastings) Works with IH adults.
m 19.3.1966 at Ellerslie,Auckland to Anthony Eric HENSHAW (20.6.1943 England).
Butcher.
* 1995: 1001 Hunua Road, RD3, Papakura
5 children, firstly
34641 41 7-Paula Marie HENSHAW (22.1.1967 Taihape) Secretary.
* 1994: Great South Rd, Drury
m 6.1.1990 at Papakura to John Michael DEMPSEY Planner. 1 child,
* 1996: 68A Arimu Rd, Papakura
34641 411 8-Samantha Aiton DEMPSEY (27.2.1991 Papakura)
34641 42 7-Wendy Anne HENSHAW (22.1.1968 Waiouru) Community worker.
m 4.6.1988 at Auckland to Vaughan SMITH (1962) Printer. 3 children, firstly
* 1996: 27 Rembrandt Place, Papakura ph 09 299 9133
34641 421 8-Jodie Anne SMITH (6.11.1986 Auckland)
34641 422 8-Jarred Eric SMITH (26.7.1990 Auckland) Twin.
34641 423 8-Amber Marion SMITH (26.7.1990 Auckland) Twin.
34641 43 7-Diana Toni HENSHAW (3.5.1969 Waiouru)
34641 44 7-Julie Claire Jean HENSHAW (11.5.1973 Auckland)
34641 45 7-Wayne Eric HENSHAW (20.8.1975 Gisborne)
34642 5-`Leeca' Elizabeth Whitson JOHNSTONE (13.7.1908 Gisborne-12.8.1933
Napier) Teacher at Gisborne Central for 1 year, attended Canterbury Teachers
College for 2 years, at Nelson Park, Napier, Kotemaori and Woodville schools
during 1931, then at Ngaroto school. Fell off a horse at Puketapu on
10.8.1933 and died at Napier Hospital from injuries. Buried at Opautama.
"Lady Teacher's Death - fall from horse .. a good horsewoman .. did not
appear to be seriously hurt and returned to school but wa taken ill .."
"A FATAL FALL .. inquest into Puketapu accident .. haemorrhage at the
base of the brain .." HB Tribune 14.8.1933.
"FATAL FALL FROM HORSE Ngaroto School-Mistress' Death 2 days after accident ..
.. having ridden since she was 4 .. being accustomed to riding even bareback.."
34643 5-`Mollie' Mary Isabella JOHNSTONE (1.1.1912 Gisborne-2.11.1971
Otahuhu) Buried at Papakura. Served in WW2 (No. 72115) as a corporal in WAAC,
(Women's Auxiliary Army Corps), Nurse Aid.
In WW2 uniform.
m 30.10.1943 in Egypt to Lawrence James BATES (16.9.1911 Papakura-1995). Served
in WW2 (No. 23635) as a sergeant. Dairy farmer. 3 children.
He remarried on 20.1.1973 at Hunua to
Marjorie TRENOUTH.
* 1996: Hunua Rd, Hunua, Papakura ph 09 298 1599
34643 1 6-Leeca Jeanette BATES (9.9.1945 Ngaruawahia) Teacher, librarian,
sales manager, hair salon.
* 1996: 1A Selwyn St, Hamilton ph 07 839 3436
m 18.11.1967 at Remuera, Auckland to Euan Wyles MACKINTOSH (30.1.1944 Auckland)
Teacher. They were at 901 Heaphy Terrace, Claudelands, Hamilton. 3 children.
* 1995: 88a Marshall St, Hamilton
34643 11 7-Judith Mary MACKINTOSH (16.10.1971 Whakatane)
m .12.1994 to Johny
* 1996: Switzerland
34643 12 7-Helen Joy MACKINTOSH (15.12.1973 Whakatane)
* 1995: Dunedin
* 1996: Switzerland
34643 13 7-Stuart Craig MACKINTOSH (12.2.1975 Whakatane) Retailer
* 1995: 901 Heaphy Terrace, Claudelands, Hamilton.
* 1996: 91 Melville St, Dunedin
34643 2 6-Mary Lawrence BATES (31.12.1947 Ngaruawahia) Nurse. Midwife at
Tauranga Hospital.
m 11.6.1977 at Papakura to Michael John Amesbury MANNING (3.8.1947 Auckland).
Domestic director.
* 1995: 217 Ohauiti Road, Tauranga. Phone 07 544 2632. 3 children, firstly
34643 21 7-Sarah Ruth MANNING (28.4.1978 Tauranga) Attended Tauranga Girls
College. Fast food employee.
* 1996: 217 Ohauiti Rd, Tauranga
34643 22 7-Fiona Jane MANNING (17.1.1980 Tauranga) Attended Tauranga Girls
College.
34643 23 7-David John MANNING (5.2.1983 Opotiki)
34643 3 6-Anne Carolyn BATES (11.3.1952 Epsom-16.3.1952 Epsom) Buried at
Papakura.
34644 5-`Hori' George Todd JOHNSTONE b 5.9.1915 735 Aberdeen Rd., Gisborne
d 11.10.1983 Panmure, Auckland. Served in WW2 (No. 33793) as a sapper in Egypt
and Italy. Carpenter, mechanic, fitter & turner.
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With Mavis. Sorry about the quality!
m 11.1.1947 at Hastings to Mavis (Noeline) HARWOOD (29.11.1927 Waipawa). Shop
assistant. 5 children. 1997: 10 Galway Court, Eagleby Queensland 4207
2010 Traralgon, Vic.
Mavis remarried on 19.3.1988 at Auckland to
Kenneth Adner KING (28.11.1918-22.8.2005 Auckland) Divorced 2003 Brisbane.
34644 1 6-Alan Robert JOHNSTONE (25.9.1947 Hastings) Computer programmer.
m1 9.12.1967 at Christchurch to `Libby' Elizabeth Ann DENDLE (.11.1948
Christchurch). 2 children. Divorced 1977.
34644 11 7-Robert Alan JOHNSTONE (9.6.1968 Christchurch)
* 2 Embling Street, Wanniassa, A.C.T., Australia.
34644 12 7-Andrew James JOHNSTONE (9.2.1971 Porirua, Wellington)
* 1997: Canberra, Australia
[34644 1 6-Alan Robert JOHNSTONE (25.9.1947 Hastings)]
m2 22.7.1978 at St Johns Church, Willis St, Wellington to Susan Mary BAKER
(5.10.1946 Christchurch).
* 1997: 2864 Ziegle Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208, USA. ph 001 513 871 0422
Email alan@johnstone.net
m3 16.4.1999 Roselawn Lutheran Church, Cincinatti, Ohio, USA to Mary Louise
ROESNER b 23.7.1941 Cincinatti, Ohio.
34644 2 6-Ian Richard JOHNSTONE (1.12.1948 Hastings) Storeman,
driver, stamp dealer, amateur photographer, family historian, brewery
historian. Published JOHNSTONE family tree in 1989 while living in Porirua.
1994 Dunedin. Author of `Breweries of Gisborne' (1995) $12 from Ian. He has
also published "A history of NZ brewing". His WHITSON bios for
at the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin are on their website
http://www.southernheritage.org.nz/northerncemetery/home.html
*2010: 12 Ward Street, P. O. Box 300 32 Momona, Dunedin 9073 Tel 03 486 1335
ianrichard@hotmail.co.nz
m1 10.4.1971 at Tauranga to Linda Maureen BARLOW (23.5.1950 Tauranga).
Divorced 1977. 1 child. She remarried Paul LAWRENCE, now in Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, putting in telecommunications for NZ embassies. They have 3 children.
* 1997: 7 Bodman Terrace, Plimmerton, Porirua. Phone 04 233 1091.
m2 23.2.1985 at Hastings to Jocelyn Kay ROBINSON (30.3.1956 Napier).
Separated.
34644 21 7- Name withheld on request. 1 daughter.
34644 3 6-Murray (Bruce) JOHNSTONE (13.12.1952 Hastings) Sawdoctor, power
station operator. Family historian. Belongs to a Model Railway club.
m 22.4.1975 Waikato Diocesan School Chapel, Hamilton to Carol (Rowena) STRINGER
(25.6.1955 Thames). 2 children.
* 1997: 4 Daniel Court, Traralgon, Victoria 3844, Australia
ph 0061 3 5174 8445.
* 2005-07: muzzabj@hotmail.com
34644 31 7-Helen (Carol) JOHNSTONE (14.1.1981 Traralgon, Australia)
At 16 a very good badminton player.
m 31.7.2010 Tinamba, Vic. to 'Tim' Timothy James O'BRIEN b 17.2.1981 Mercy
Hospital, Melbourne, Vic.
34644 311 8-Ari Drew O'BRIEN b 22.8.2013 Traralgon, Vic. 3844
34644 32 7-Rhys (William) JOHNSTONE (27.3.1986 Traralgon, Australia)
*2001: rhysj@hotmail.com ?
m Tina Angeline GIFFORD b 16.9.1985 Central Gipsland Hospital, Traralgon, Vic.
34644 321 8-Matilda Grace Elfriede JOHNSTONE b 18.2.2008 Latrobe Regional
Hospital, Traralgon, Vic.
34644 4 6-`Lyn' Lyndsey Kaye JOHNSTONE (10.2.1956 Hastings) 7 children.
In 1978 lived at 122 Haitai Rd, Wellington.
* 1997: Ph. 07 3807 2875
df Denis PANTHER b c1970 Tokoroa. 1 child.
m1 10.8.1973 at Christchurch to `Fred' Kevin Frederick STEINER (19.10.1954
Putaruru) Divorced 4.1.1993. 2 children.
df Robin HARRIS (?1955) of Tokoroa. 1 child.
m2 `Pat' Patrick Bourke CALVEY (3.9.1947 Brisbane) Driver/Plant Operator.
4 children.
* 1994: 8 Albert St, Eagleby, Queensland 4207 ph 0061 73 807 2875
34644 41 7-Todd Jason JOHNSTONE (2.2.1971 Auckland) Adopted at birth
by Kevin & Sylvia LOCKE and registered as Craig Alan LOCKE. Chef.
(Craig has an adopted sister, Wendy.)
m .11.1995 to Erin Nicola HALDANE Dental assistant. 1 child
* 1997: 12 Belmont Ave., Tikipunga, Whangarei Ph 09 437 0469
34644 411 8-Liam Todd LOCKE (11.3.1996 Whangarei)
34644 42 7-Jason Charles George STEINER (7.12.1973 Christchurch)
Night Fill Manager.
m to Narelle Leanne CHETHAM b 2.5.1972 Brisbane, Qld. 2 children
34644 421 8-Emily Page Stephanie STEINER (11.6.1993 Brisbane)
34644 422 8-Cameron Charles STEINER (16.2.1996 Brisbane)
34644 43 7-Kevin Frederick STEINER (27.7.1975 Tokoroa)
df Katie Sharon McKENZIE (16.3.1977 Paiatua) 3 children.
* 1996: 111 Fryer Rd, Eagleby, Queensland, Australia
34644 431 8-Benjamin Kevin McKENZIE-STEINER (29.4.1994 Palmerston N)
34644 432 8-James Grant McKENZIE-STEINER (29.9.1996 Brisbane)
34644 433 8-Nicholas Cage STEINER b 18.3.2001 Brisbane, Qld.
34644 44 7-John James CALVEY (26.1.1978 Wellington)
df Tracey Ellen BRIGHOUSE b 16.6.1981 Pukekohe, N.Z. 1 child.
34644 441 8-Breanna Rain CALVEY b: 26 Sep 2003 in Brisbane, Qld., Aust.
34644 45 7-Michael Donald CALVEY (17.12.1987 Auckland)
m Aleshia GILL 2 chn.
34644 451 8-Corben Patrick Ashton CALVEY b 29.12.2007 N.Z. d 3.2.2009 Paeroa,
N.Z.
34644 452 8-Jack CALVEY b c14.1.2010 Australia
34644 46 7-Duane Patrick CALVEY (19.12.1989 Brisbane)
* 1994: 58 Chapman Drive, Beenleigh, Queensland 4207 ph 0063 7 287 3558
34644 47 7-Shannene Colleen Jan CALVEY (5.8.1991 Brisbane)
34644 5 6-Gloria Jean JOHNSTONE (16.5.1957 Hastings)
m 5.11.1980 at Hamarana, 29 Princes Street, Auckland (the original family
homestead of 222 George JOHNSTONE and Elizabeth WHITSON) to Bruce Colin
HARVIE (20.10.1950 Papakura). Changed name by deedpoll to Antony "Tony" HALL.
* 1997: 58 Chapman Drive, Beenleigh, Queensland 4207 Ph/fax 0061 73807 2569
Email tonyhall@cars-net.com 4 children, firstly
34644 51 7-Kimberley Rose HALL (26.2.1986 Sydney, Australia)
m Mathew HARRISON
34644 52 7-Tella Ann HALL (18.5.1987 Sydney, Australia)
34644 53 7-Angela Jean HALL (25.6.1989 Sydney, Australia)
34644 54 7-Ashley James HALL (25.9.1990 Brisbane)
34645 5-Jean Whitson JOHNSTONE (26.10.1919 Gisborne-5.3.1974 Wairoa)
Managed Oslers Bakery in Wairoa, also worked in a laundry and bookshop.
Died of cancer. Buried at Kopua Cemetery, Wairoa.
34646 5-`Binkie' `Bob' Robert Alexander JOHNSTONE (28.11.1920 Gisborne
-2.8.1944 out of Casino, Italy) Orchard labourer. Served in WW2 (No. 290567)
as a private in the 2nd NZEF 25th Battalion in Egypt and Italy. Died of
wounds. Buried at Lake Bolsena, British Empire Cemetery. Memorial stone at
Hastings cemetery.
……………………………………………………
3465 4-James Gray JOHNSTONE (1.1.1871 Emily Place,Auckland-8.12.1942 Auckland)
(Emily Place runs from the junction of Fort St, Beach Rd & Customs St East up
to Shortland St.) Buried at Waikaraka cemetery. Miner, farmer.
Beneficiary of the 1907 will of 348 sp-Jessie WHITSON 1842-1907, ID 348 below.
m1 21.2.1900 at Coromandel to Bridget Hannah LYNCH (1871 Coromandel-14.9.1900
Coromandel) Domestic. Died of Brights disease.
m2 14.1.1903 at Auckland to Catherine Josephine O'BRIAN (1870 Tapu-5.4.1947
Auckland).
3466 4-Catherine JOHNSTONE (12.4.1872 Auckland-29.9.1872 Auckland) Buried
in the WHITSON family plot, in Symonds Street, Auckland.
…………………………………
3467 4-Grahame JOHNSTONE (10.3.1874 Auckland-6.9.1938 Gisborne) </A><pre>
Served in
the Boer War (No. 809) in the 3rd contingent, where he got rheumatic fever.
This affected him badly later in life. Farmed at Te Karaka. Ruined by flood
in 1910. Also farmed at Te Puke, North Wairoa, Whitford (Auckland), and
Te Atatu. Had to walk off in the slump. Obituary: "S African War Veteran ..
a vet. of the S African War. Mr J left NZ with the 3rd Contingent, the members
of which became widely known as the `rough riders'. Born in Auckland Mr J
came to Gisborne as a young man & following the S African War he married
Miss Minna Ebeling in Gisborne. Moving to the Henderson district Mr J was
engaged in farming there until 15 years ago when he returned to Gisborne. He
found employment as a tally cleark on the waterfront where he became a well
known identity ... a keen supporter of the South African War Vet'ns Ass'n .."
Those who served in New Zealand units in the Boer War can be checked at
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/SAW/Database.htm This gives for him
Reg No: 809
Contingent: third
Unit: No 6 company
Ship: KNIGHT TEMPAR 17 February 1900
Rank: private
Occupation: farmer
Next of Kin: JOHNSTONE Mr G J A
Relationship to Soldier:
Next of Kin Address: Durham Street Gisborne
County/City: cook
m 5.8.1907 at Gisborne to `Rose' Minna EBELING (2.6.1874 London, England
-21.5.1968 Gisborne). Dressmaker. 1 child,
34671 5-Juliet Grahame JOHNSTONE (26.8.1907 Gisborne-28.12.1989 Gisborne)
m 28.12.1937 at Gisborne to Roy Southby LEGGETT (13.11.1906 Gisborne).
Shepherd, farm manager at Matawai, Motu, Rere and Kanakanaia.
Still bowling, playing snooker & doing his veg garden.
* 1995: 121 Ballance Street, Gisborne. Phone 06 867 3592. 2 children, firstly
34671 1 6-Charles `Grahame' Roy LEGGETT (7.6.1939 Gisborne) Farmer.
Making hay with a tractor he hit a turkey; putting it out of its misery
he lost half a foot - 1994.
m 1.4.1961 at Gisborne to Raewyn Joan McMURRAY (12.7.1939 Gisborne)
School secretary.
* 1995: Main Road, RD2 Matawai, Gisborne. Moved by 2021.
2 children, firstly
34671 11 7-Tony Charles LEGGETT (15.1.1962 Gisborne) Draughtsman.
m 16.3.1985 Gisborne to Jennifer Elizabeth MUIR (7.5.1963 Gisborne)
Legal secretary, bank officer.
* 1995: 7 Kingsley St, Gisborne ph 06 867 6718
34671 111 8-Ashleigh Hope LEGGETT (.11.1991 Gisborne)
34671 12 7-Robyn Julie LEGGETT (10.9.1965 Gisborne) Packhouse worker, clerk.
* 1995: 181 Crawford Rd, Gisborne.
34671 2 6-Janet Frances LEGGETT (5.4.1942 Gisborne)
m 13.4.1963 Gisborne to Barry James EDWARDS (17.9.1939 Lower Hutt). Salesman.
* 1995: 11 Magnolia Grove,Maungaraki, Lower Hutt ph 589 7120.
3 children, firstly
34671 21 7-Neil James EDWARDS (28.5.1965 Lower Hutt) Mechanic.
* 1995: 31 Todds Rd, Rangiora, Christchurch ph 03 313 7587; moving soon
* 1996: State Highway 7, Totara Flat, West Coast ph 03
34671 22 7-Glen Roy EDWARDS (30.12.1966 Lower Hutt) Engineer.
m 27.2.1993 at Trentham to Lynette HUGHSON (28.7.1966 Trentham)
* 1995: 210 Dowse Drive, Maungaraki ph 04 587 0230
34671 221 8-Cameron Mark EDWARDS (4.8.1994 Lower Hutt)
34671 23 7-Brenda Jan EDWARDS (20.7.1970 Lower Hutt) Secretary,
asst. manager.
m 27.3.1993 at Lower Hutt to Paul Darrin SCOBLE (1.8.1969 Lower Hutt)
Chauffeur, salesman.
* 1995: 4 Maple Grove, Maungaraki ph 04 589 0520
3468 4-Kate Fender JOHNSTONE (27.3.1876 Auckland-3.5.1899 Makaraka) Died
after an injury from a horse. Kate with sister Adeline, ID 346(10):
3469 4-Gordon Carrick JOHNSTONE (28.1.1878 Auckland-11.3.1957 Te Puke)
Served in Boer War (No. 810) in the 3rd contingent. Carrier, photographer,
worked for a grocery in Te Puke.
<IMG SRC=jpgs/1129.jpg>Gordon Carrick JOHNSTONE 1878-1957.
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/SAW/Database.htm gives for him:
Reg No: 810, Surname: JOHNSTONE, GivenNames: Gordon, Contingent: third
Unit: No 6 company, Ship: Knight Tempar 17 February1900, Rank: private
Occupation: farmer, Next of Kin: JOHNSTONE Mr G J A, Relationship to Soldier:
Next of Kin Address: Durham Street Gisborne, County/City: cook
Beneficiary of the 1907 will of Jessie WHITSON 1842-1907, ID 348 below.
m 2.12.1908 at Suva sp-Lucy EBELING (7.7.1878 Turangi-21.8.1956 Te Puke).
Sister of Rose, wife of 3467. A painter. 6 children firstly
34691 5-`Ham' Gordon Carrick Carlisle JOHNSTONE (30.8.1909 Gisborne
-21.1.1990 Tauranga) Golfer (with a 7 handicap). Worked on the
TOMBLESON farm at Gisborne, then to Papamoa in 1949, with MOW at
Mangakino, then to Te Mahoe about 1959.
m 26.12.1936 at Te Puke to Cathrine Rachel VOLTZ (6.12.1915 Inglewood
-12.3.1986 Tauranga). Were at 46 Matavia Street, Mt. Maunganui. 5 children.
34691 1 6-`Carl' Louis Carlisle JOHNSTONE (30.10.1938 Te Puke) Carpenter,
dog ranger, tally clerk, orchard worker. 6'4''.
m 1.4.1961 at Mangakino to Desiree Peace HARVEY (3.12.1941 Te Kuiti).
* Was 46 Matavia Street, Mt. Maunganui.
* 1996: Cuff Rd, Patamahoe ph 09 236 3952. 5 children.
34691 11 8-Alan Carl JOHNSTONE (9.10.1961 Tokoroa)
2007 alan@johnstone.net
m 18.9.1982 at Mt. Maunganui to Robyn Myfonwy JONES (13.6.1956 Tauranga).
Were at Lyngrove Avenue, Papamoa. 2 children.
* 1995: TRY Ngongatahah ph 07 332 2076.
34691 111 8-Michael Carl Thomas JOHNSTONE (18.2.1982 Tauranga)
34691 112 8-Ashlegh Rhiannon Gloria JOHNSTONE (7.7.1986 Tauranga)
34691 12 7-Wayne Michael JOHNSTONE (12.11.1962 Mangakino) Roof tiler.
m 14.8.1985 at Tauranga to Lesley Kim MARSHALL (1.1.1966 Tauranga). Separated.
2 children, firstly
34691 121 8-Joshua Paul JOHNSTONE (10.4.1985 Hamilton)
34691 122 8-Troy William JOHNSTONE (20.1.1986 Tauranga)
34691 13 7-Annette Peace JOHNSTONE (4.12.1963 Taupo or Matamata) Orchardist.
m 28.7.1984 at Mt. Maunganui to Neil Raymond THOMSON (20.9.1953 Hamilton)
Farm manager. They were at Omanawa Road, RD1, Tauranga.
* 1996: Cuff Rd, Patamahoe ph 09 236 3474. Child
34691 131 8- THOMSON
34691 14 7-Paul Philip JOHNSTONE (21.6.1966 Matamata-20.10.1966 Matamata)
34691 15 7-Gary Lee JOHNSTONE (28.7.1967 Matamata) Electrical
* 1996: Cuff Rd, Patamahoe ph 09 236 3474
34691 2 6-Phillip Arnold JOHNSTONE (19.9.1940 Te Puke-23.5.1965 Tokanui)
Died of a grand mal (epileptic) seizure. Brilliant student, 2 years at
Hamilton Teachers College where his stuffed animals are on display.
34691 3 6-`Joni' Berenice Eleanor JOHNSTONE (2.5.1942 Te Puke) Her father
explained her first name to her by saying a Chinese saw her as a baby and
said `Mmm! Bery nice!'. Ardmore Teachers College.
m 13.9.1963 at Rotorua to Barry James BURGESS (26.10.1933 Melbourne, Australia)
Manager.
* 1996: 2/3 Elizabeth St, Rotorua ph 07 348 5245. 2 children, firstly
34691 31 7-Steven Barry BURGESS (30.4.1964 Melbourne, Australia)
34691 32 7-Kylie Janie BURGESS (6.6.1966 Tauranga) Receptionist. 1 child.
m df Mike BENGE
* 1995: 45 Kawaha Point Rd, Rotorua
34691 321 8-Tabitha Jane BENGE (21.11.1988 Wellington)
34691 4 6-Deborah Elaine JOHNSTONE (26.3.1947 Te Puke)
* 1995: Australia
m 25.9.1965 at Rotorua to Bernard PAYNE (c1928 Hawera) Farmer. Separated.
3 children, firstly
34691 41 7-Rachel Celeste PAYNE (1966 Rotorua)
m 1986 to Ernest Peter WARD (1961 Tauranga) 2 children.
34691 411 8-Jaqueline Marie WARD (1988 Rotorua)
34691 412 8-Deborah Allison WARD (1988 Rotorua)
34691 42 7-Michelle Elaine PAYNE (1968/69 Rotorua)
34691 43 7-Gordon Albert PAYNE (1970/71 Rotorua)
34691 5 6-Priscilla `Janice' JOHNSTONE (9.1.1949 Te Puke)
m 20.12.1970 at Rotorua to Gary T. McLEISH (7.1.1949 Huntly) Fitter and turner
for Caxton Paper Mill.
* 1995: 28 Fenton Street, Kawerau ph 07 323 6117. 2 children, firstly
34691 51 7-Tanya McLEISH (18.1.1971 Meremere)
34691 52 7-Tony McLEISH (26.10.1973 Tokoroa) Naval rating.
* 1996: 44 Wakakura Cr, North Shore, Auckland
34692 5-Desray Lucien Carrick JOHNSTONE (5.6.1911 Gisborne-30.3.1988
Wellington) Buried at Te Puke. Had a welding business. Golfer, hunting and
fishing. Had open heart surgery.
m 1939 at Auckland to Dora Valerie RUSSELL (1913 Hastings-13.8.1961 Te Puke).
34693 5-Bernard Carrick JOHNSTONE (24.2.1914 Te Puke-1993 Rotorua)
He had a hairdressing salon in Te Puke. Cartoonist, artist. Served in WW2
(No. 62433) in Fiji. Last address: c/o RSA, Rotorua.
34694 5-Betty Carrick JOHNSTONE `Sister Lisa' (14.11.1915 Te Puke-30.8.1988
Cavanagh House, Melbourne, Australia) Taught art, made Icons. Anglican nun in
Australia.
34695 5-`Bunty' Quentin Carrick JOHNSTONE (21.11.1916 Te Puke-12.5.1984 Te
Puke) Worked for Rabbit Board. Bowler.
m 11.6.1941 at Te Puke to Mavis Adelaide YEOMAN (22.5.1920 Te Puke).
* 1995: 14 Lee Street, Te Puke. Phone 07 573 9334. 6 children, firstly
34695 1 6-Graeme Douglas Carrick JOHNSTONE (4.6.1942 Te Puke) Amateur
magician. National director for World Vision. Photojournalist.
m 8.2.1969 at Auckland to Alison Joy HUNGERFORD (20.12.1943 Auckland)
Shop manager, sales person.
* 1995: 1A Rarawa Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland 3 ph 09 631 5807.
2 children, firstly
34695 11 7-Carlton Graeme JOHNSTONE (1.1.1971 Auckland) Landscaper, bank
officer.
* 1996: 1A Rarawa St, Mt Eden, Auckland 3
34695 12 7-Jillian Joy JOHNSTONE (23.8.1975 Auckland) Student.
* 1996: 1A Rarawa St, Mt Eden, Auckland 3
34695 2 6-Raymond Neil Carrick JOHNSTONE (5.4.1944 Te Puke) Senior
Traffic Sergeant for Ministry of Transport. Senior Sergeant for
Ministry of Police, at Tauranga.
m 3.9.1966 at Nelson to Paulette Margaret Ann KING (19.9.1946 Dunedin).
Photographer, computer operator. Family Historians.
* 1995: 25 Wells Avenue, Mt. Maunganui. Ph 07 575 6469. 2 children, firstly
34695 21 8-Heath Raymond Edward JOHNSTONE (26.9.1967 Auckland) 1993:
computer tutor at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Tauranga. In 1993 he broke his
back in 3 places. But this did not stop him trying mountaineering and
potholing! Managed Netway, Auckland. 1995: Sydney
* 1996: 180 Mt Albert Rd, Auckland ph 09 626 5616
34695 22 7-Brendon Paul Lance JOHNSTONE (12.10.1969 Auckland) Works for
Chubb Alarm Installation Services. For 1995:
* 1995: Henderson Bible College, Auckland.
* 1996: 25 Wells Avenue, Mt. Maunganui. Ph 07 575 6469
34695 3 6-Ian Carrick JOHNSTONE (12.2.1947 Te Puke) Ian went to England in
1977 and joined an Oil Co.
*1978: 28 Randalls Drive, Hutton, Essex CM 131 NW, England.
m1 27.7.1968 at Tokoroa to Gaylene Leslie McLEISH (6.12.1949 Huntly).
3 children. Divorced 1977. She remarried.
* Whangarei
m2 1979 to Sandra Frances Cowell LIPSCOME (9.4.1948).
34695 31 7-Tracey Lee JOHNSTONE (3.12.1969 Auckland)
34695 32 7-Darren William JOHNSTONE (12.5.1972 Auckland)
34695 33 7-Ian Brett JOHNSTONE (.7.1973 Auckland)
34695 4 6-Lauraine `Sueanne' JOHNSTONE (24.11.1948 Te Puke) Te Puke High,
nursing in Wellington. Sue is a marine radio operator since 1990. She has a
Boat Masters Ticket and will go for her Pilots Ticket. She also has a mobile
first aid ticket to work and operate a St Johns ambulance.
* 1994: 14 Lee Street, Te Puke. Phone 07 573 9334 work 07 572 2122 Medical
First Aid Room.
* 1996: 64A Hartford Av, Papamoa ph 07 5739 334
m1 c1965 at Wellington to John GORDON (- .9.1969). Killed in an accident.
2 children.
m2 John Clifford SIMS (19.4.1934 Taumarunui) Separated 1994.
34695 41 7-Mitchell GORDON (12.5.1966 Wellington)
* 1995: Te Aroha
m 1986 at Katikati to Theresa BROADMORE. Separated. 2 children, firstly
34695 411 8-Seth GORDON ( .10.1987)
34695 412 8-Danielle GORDON (2.1.1989)
34695 42 7-Tania Dionne GORDON (2.2.1970 Te Puke)
m Ed RACHUBINSKI (21.7.1963 Newcastle, Australia)
* 1995: Australia
34695 421 8-Bianca RACHUBINSKI (16.12.1994 Newcastle, Australia)
34695 5 6-Brenda May JOHNSTONE (31.3.1952 Te Puke)
Works for Radio 91 ZM, Lower Hutt ??
m1 23.10.1971 at Te Puke to Ian Hamilton HUNTER (1947 Manurewa) Divorced.
2 children.
m2 16.5.1983 at Christchurch to Ross Thurston EBBORN (11.8.1947 Lyttelton).
Sales rep. 1 child. Separated.
* 1995: Christchurch.
m3 df Neville Stuart BURNS
* 1995: 18 Raukawa St, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt. Ph 04 565 3135
* 1996: 33 Oxford Tce, Lower Hutt ph 04 569 8944
34695 51 7-Cushla May Joyce HUNTER-EBBORN (22.9.1973 Te Puke) Personal
assistant.
* 1996: 6 Lincoln Grove, Wainuiomata
34695 52 7-Cameron Hamilton HUNTERR-EBBORN (7.3.1977 Te Puke) Clerical worker
* 1996: 33 Oxford Tce, Lower Hutt ph 04 569 8944
34695 53 7-Renee Kathleen EBBORN (29.3.1983 Burwood)
* 1995: Christchurch.
34695 6 6-Peter Carrick JOHNSTONE (21.7.1960 Te Puke) Te Puke High ?,
launchmaster, takes fishing trips to the reef and Mayor Island on the
Manutere.
* 1995: 14 Lee Street, Te Puke ph 07 573 9334
34696 5-John Carrick JOHNSTONE (23.7.1919 Te Puke-23.7.1919 Te Puke)
346(10) 4-Adeline Mary JOHNSTONE (20.4.1881 Auckland-9.8.1956 Gisborne)
m 1.1.1916 at Gisborne to Gordon WITTY (12.9.1885 Gisborne-28.1.1969 Gisborne).
Served in WW1 (No. 25/474) as a corporal. No children.
Beneficiary of the will at
*1907 NZ Jessie WHITSON 1842-1907, ID 348 of
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/whitson/wills.html
347 3-Mary Anne WHITSON bp 13 OCT 1842 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland ex
C195047 1829-1844. "3rd Daughter". Witnesses at the baptism were James WATSON
and Patrick McGILLIAN. [OR was this for 324 - CHECK!)
Twin with Jessie ID 348 below. 1851 with parents. 1857 to NZ with parents.
Mary Anne WHITSON bp 1842.
Her children were beneficiaries of the will of her sister Louisa WHITSON,
ID 34(10) below, & of the will of Jessie WHITSON 1842-1907, ID 348.
AN AUSTRALIAN BRANCH
m 5.2.1870 at George St., East Melbourne sp-George (Watson) TELFORD (1.12.1840
Kildonan, Scotland) 3rd son of Robert TELFORD, who came to Australia in 1846
and owned Yarrawonga Station, an outstation near Lake Rowan of Peechalba
Station. Robert's wife Elizabeth, of Kildonan, Scotland (daughter of James
RUTHERFORD) had a brother James who owned Ulupna Station, and a sister married
to George R MACPHERSON, owner of Peechalba Station, famous as the place where
in 1865 the notorious bushranger MORGAN was shot by a station hand named
QUINLAN. MORGAN had held up the station and made the ladies including George's
sister Margaret (later Mrs. Adam ARMSTRONG) amuse him by playing the piano and
singing songs through the night. In the morning he made Mrs. MACPHERSON and
Mrs Robert TELFORD escort him towards the stockyards where he intended
to select a good horse. QUINLAN was secreted behind a building and watched
for his opportunity, fired, and wounded the outlaw fatally. He died shortly
afterwards. it is said that when dying he complained that he had been shot
without a chance. Presumably George TELFORD was also present. See the book
`Morgan the Bushranger' by Mary CARNEGIE, and `Some of the Murray Pioneers'
by C. ROSS, Victoria Historical Magazine (1912). 6 children, firstly
3471 4-Margaret Armstrong TELFORD d 14.7.1876 aged 10 months. Buried at the
WHITSON plot in Auckland with Robert [22]. Who are these 2 women?
3472 4-Elizabeth Rutherford TELFORD (1872 Young, NSW -20.12.1944 Melbourne)
Elizabeth Rutherford TELFORD 1872-1944.
A beneficiary of the 1910 will of Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below; she & her
husband were then of "Whitson Dene", Leonard St, Melbourne.
m 27.11.1901 at `Ainslie',East Melbourne at home of 2244? to Sir Stephen Joseph
MORELL (15.8.1869 Carlton-6.7.1944), son of Esteban MORELL and Ada Hannah
SCOTT. Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the 1930's. In 1916 living at WHITSON Dene,
Leonard St., Melbourne. Their home at 48 Punt Road, South Yarra, Melbourne is
now the German consulate. His father Esteban was born in Vila-seca, a village
in the province of Tarragona (Spain). "He was the brother of my great-
grandfather. Today in Vila-Seca you'll find a street called Sir Stephen MORELL
Scott Street" -Ana MORELL, ch. du Bret 12, 1350 Orbe, Switzerland ana@romandie.com 2005. Sir Stephen MORELL:
4 children, firstly
34721 5-Stephen WHITSON MORELL (6.10.1902-15.9.1979 Surat) Single. Lived at
`Glenearn Station', Surat, Queensland 4417 (bought for him by his father).
34722 5-Sheila Scott MORELL (13.6.1907- 13.8.1977 Brisbane)
m 28.9.1938 at St. Martins in the field, London to Geoffrey ARMSTRONG
(of Sydney-12.10.1968 London) 2 children, firstly
34722 1 6-`Jimmy' Geoffrey James Morell ARMSTRONG (14.6.1939-24.7.1989
Nagambie,Victoria) Single, lived with 34722 2.
34722 2 6-Elizabeth Gay Morell ARMSTRONG (29.5.1941) Lives at a horse stud
farm bought by her father. Single.
* Islay Vale, Tabilk, Victoria 3607. Townhouse at Domain Road, South Yarra,
Melbourne.
34723 5-Rodney Telford MORELL (5.10.1910) Ll.B. from Melbourne University
but did not practise. Lieutenant in the artillery in WW2 at Greece, Crete,
Syria, Egypt, Israel. Director of Victoria Insurance Co., Carlton United
Breweries, Melbourne and the Board of Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney. Amateur
ornithologist. (See also `Who's Who in Australia', 1965).
Rodney Telford MORELL in WW2 uniform.
m1 25.2.1936 at Melbourne to `Peggy' Honor Mary Ward STRUTT (Tongala,Victoria).
2 children.
m2 Naomi GREEN (23.9.1919 Sydney) No issue.
*1995: 231 Domain Road, South Yarra, Victoria. ph 03 9866 1133
34723 1 6-(Patricia) Gail MORELL (20.10.1937)
m at Melbourne to `Frank' Francis Alfred BILLSON, professor of ophthalmology at
Sydney University.
*1996: 73 Ocean Road, Woollahra, Sydney, NSW 2025. Ph 02 9363 3708
or 02 9326 1694 or 02 9326 2116
(June KITCHEN june.kitchen@virgin.net 2001 is researching BILLSON.)
2 children, firstly
34723 11 7-Mark BILLSON (Melbourne)
34723 12 7-Susanna BILLSON (Melbourne)
34723 2 6-Carolyn Margaret MORELL (7.7.1939)
m at Melbourne to John KEATLEY.
*1978: Melbourne Lodge, Melbourne, Hertfordshire, England. 2 children, firstly
34723 21 7-James KEATLEY (Cambridge)
34723 22 7-Arabella KEATLEY
34724 5-Donald Rutherford MORELL (5.10.1910-25.1.1985 Melbourne) Twin.
He was a grazier at Kynuna, central Queensland. He lived at what was his
parents summer home: 39 MORELL St., Mornington, Melbourne.
m to Cynthia Mary KEON-COHEN (-19.2.1970) Killed in a car crash (maybe with
their son 34724 3). 3 children, firstly
34724 1 6-Deidre Cynthia MORELL (30.8.1940)
m at Melbourne to Anthony GRAGE. Works for Thompson,Kelly & Lewis. 3 children.
* 1996: 11 Munro Street, Armadale, Melbourne, Vic. 3143 ph 03 9822 7784
34724 11 7-Paul GRAGE (27.9.1966)
*1996: TRY P & PM 13 Dudley Gr,Edithvale Melbourne Vic 3196 ph 03 9772 4222
34724 12 7-Nicholas GRAGE (30.8.1969) Competed in the Ironman competition in
Auckland 1995.
34724 13 7-Anna GRAGE (13.11.1973)
34724 2 6-Stephen Donald Hal MORELL (4.10.1947 Mornington,Melbourne)
He worked for McColl & partners, agricultural consultants.
m 3.3.1970 at Norwich, England to Collen Anne SEARS.
*1978: 39 Morell Street, Mornington, Melbourne. Phone 059-752230.
*1996: TRY 24 Fern Av, Prahran, Melbourne,Vic 3181 ph 03 9529 3895
2 children, firstly
34724 21 7-Georgina MORELL
34724 22 7-Sophie MORELL
34724 3 6-Robert Rutherford MORELL (3.11.1950 Mornington,Melbourne-19.3.1970
Mornington) Died from car crash injuries. Single.
3473 4-Kitty TELFORD Twin to 3472, died young of TB.
3474 4-Robert Whitson TELFORD Served in WW1. Doctor, no issue. Photo lost.
A beneficiary of the 1910 will of Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below; he was then
of Archibald Place, Edinborough.
m sp-Elizabeth HUGHS, of South Africa.
3475 4-George Watson TELFORD (30.6.1875 Auckland-10.7.1953 Redcliffe,
Queensland Brisbane) Buried at Goondiwind, Queensland. Grazier at the family
station at Goondiwind, Queensland.
A beneficiary of the 1910 will of Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below; he was then
of Melbourne.
Named in the codicil to the 1907 will of Jessie WHITSON 1842-1907, ID 348 below.
(She lent him 500P.)
m 12.9.1906 at Melbourne to Vera Laura BAILEY (26.1.1885 Brighton, Victoria
- 30.11.1937 Goondiwindi, Queensland) Daughter of Charles BAILEY
(b. 6.12.1849 Middlesex, England d. 1906 Melborne) and Emma Laura JENNINGS
(b. 28.5.1862 England d. 1943 Melbourne)- Buried at Goondiwindi aged 52.)
2 children, firstly
……………………………………………
34751 5-`Archie' Archibald WHITSON TELFORD (b 4.10.1907 Melbourne,Victoria
d 3.12.1981 Goondiwindi, Queensland) Grazier, owned a property
"Ulupna" (near Moonie, Queensland). Early pioneer of the district. Paralysed
1968 for a while by a virus or insecticide (never confirmed), but recovered
enough to walk using a walking stick and still drove the tractor and truck on
the property. Retired to Goondiwindi on the McIntyre River in 1977.
*He lived at 17 McIntyre Street, Goondiwindi, Queensland 4390
#Thanks to grdr Rhonda NORTH for updating this branch 2005 & for photos!
m 7.5.1935 at Surat, Queensland to Phyllis Margaret WHITE of Surat (6.3.1911
Toowoomba, Queensland - 3.9.1999 Goondiwindi) Oldest child of Herbert Arthur
WHITE (aka Arthur) (b. 14.1.1886 Mt. Gambier, South Australia d. 20.12.1951
Redcliffe, Queensland) and Margaret Winifred DEIGNAN (b. 6.1.1887 Bourke,
Queensland d.9.7.1976 Redcliffe, Queensland). 3 children.
*Lived at 17 McIntyre Street, Goondiwindi, Queensland 4390.
Arch & Phyllis at their son Kenneth's wedding 17.4.1970.
Phyllis with her three sons. Standing at back - Bob (-1).
Front (left to right) Rod (-3), Phyllis, Ken (-2).
Taken 25 December 1998 in Goondiwindi. - Thanks to Rhonda.
34751 1 6-`Bob' Robert WHITSON TELFORD (30.10.1940 St. George,Queensland
-27 June 1999, Goondiwindi)
Ran the family family with his father. Grew wheat, wool, cattle. Moved to
Goondiwindi in December 1987 when the family property was sold. Worked as a
wool classer in the Goondiwindi district. Grew wheat, wool, cattle. They lived
at the family station,
* Ulupna, Goondiwindi, Queensland 4390.
m 28.12.1963 at Toowoomba, Queensland to Gloria Mary HARPUR (b. 3.9.1940
Brisbane, Queensland). Only child of Noman Matthew HARPUR (b. 8.5.1907
Tamworth, New South Wales d. 4.6.1964 Toowoomba, Queensland) and Bertha
HAMILL (b. 29.10.1898 Upper Pilton, Toowoomba, Queensland d. 21.10.1987
Toowoomba, Queensland) 3 children.
This photo taken June 1999, the weekend before Bob died shows as follows
(dropping the prefix 34751 1 from IDs)
Back Row (left to right)
Thomas NORTH (sp of -1), Micheal TREHY(sp of -3) holding his son Thomas TREHY
(-31), Gloria , Bob.
Front (left to right)
Anthony (Tony) TELFORD (-2 holding his nephew Matthew NORTH -11), Karen
TELFORD (sp of -2) holding her daughter Hannah TELFORD (-21), Rhonda NORTH (-1)
holding her son Logan (-12) and Kylie TREHY (-3) holding her daughter Molly
(-32).
34751 11 7-Rhonda Maree TELFORD (13.1.1966 Toowoomba, Queensland) Secondary
school Teacher.
m 24 June 1989 in Goondiwindi, Queensland to Thomas George William NORTH
(b. 6.10.1963 Melbourne, Victoria) Farmer/truck driver/woolclasser. Only son
of Thomas William NORTH (b. 26.8.1914 Cohuna, Victoria d. 15.4.1997 Cohuna,
Victora) and Coral Ruth MEYER (27.6.1928 Port Vincent, South Australia d.
19.11.1989 Cohuna, Victoria).
A 2005 photo of their 3 children (L to R) Rachel, Matthew and Logan.
- Thanks to Rhonda.
*1997-2005: 43 Callandoon St, Goondiwindi, Queensland 4390 - but are to move.
*2005 PO Box 882, GOONDIWINDI Qld 4390.
34751 111 8-Matthew Robert NORTH (b. 26.10.1996 Goondiwindi, Queensland)
34751 112 8-Logan Thomas NORTH (b. 13.01.1999 Goondiwndi, Queensland)
34751 113 8-Rachel Ruth NORTH (b.03.08.2000 Goondiwindi, Queensland)
34751 12 7-Anthony Robert WHITSON TELFORD (aka Tony) (8.3.1967 Toowoomba,
Queensland). Civil Engineer. Worked as shire engineer at McKinlay
Shire, Julia Creek, Northern Queensland, then moved to the Bundaberg office of
Cardno and Davies. A posting to Port Hedland, Western Australia followed and
then to the Maroochydore office in Queensland. .
m. 15,2,1997 to Karen Gai IRWIN (b. 9.11.1970 Tamworth, New South Wales).
Daughter of Ian William IRWIN and Narelle Edith ZELL of Tamworth. Karen is
an audiologist. 4 children:
34751 121 8-Hannah Grace TELFORD (b. 26 April 1998, Mt Isa, Queensland)
34751 122 8-Lauren Rebekah TELFORD (b. 24 March 2000, Bundaberg, Queensland)
34751 123 8-Samuel WHITSON TELFORD (b. 14 June 2002, Port Hedland, Western
Australia)
34751 124 8-James Anthony TELFORD (b. 3 March 2004, Buderim, Queensland)
34751 13 7-Kylie Louise TELFORD (23.2.1970 Toowoomba, Queensland).
Primary school teacher / receptionist.
m. 4.1.1991 at Goondiwindi to Michael John TREHY (b. 19.9.1969 Sydney, New
South Wales). Michael is an accountant. Second son of John Thomas TREHY
(b. 4.6.1931 Limerick, Ireland) and Barbara Ann BUCKLEY (b. 13.4.1944 Young,
New South Wales).) Kylie and Michael are divorced. 2 children, 1stly
34751 131 8-Thomas Jacob TREHY (b. 25.2.1997 Armidale, New South Wales)
34751 132 8-Molly Mae TREHY (b. 27 Jan 1999, Armidale, New South Wales)
34751 2 6-Kenneth WHITSON TELFORD (b. 21.9.1946 Goondiwindi, Queensland)
Was branch manager for `Primaries McTaggarts', Dirranbundi, Queensland.
Worked as a wool classer, then with the Primac Wool firm. In 1995 joined
Ray White Toowoomba selling rural real estate.
m 17.4.1970 at Goondiwindi to Gillian Rae ST CLAIR (10.12.1946 Mosman, New
South Wales) Daughter of John Wilton Douglas ST CLAIR and Judith Rae GREEN.
<!--*1996: TRY K & G, 3 Marcus Cl, Mooroobool,Cairns Qld 4870 ph 070 33 0057-->
2 children, firstly
34751 21 7-Douglas WHITSON TELFORD (b. 18.7.1971 Goondiwindi, Queensland).
Manual Arts teacher.
m. 11 April 1998 Toowoomba, Queensland to Debra Ellen WEBSTER (b. 18 April 1971
Toowoomba, Queensland) Daughter of Malcolm James Earnest WEBSTER and Joan
Margaret THOMSON. 2 children
34751 211 8-Hayden Douglas TELFORD (b. 22 Sept 2001 in Cairns, Queensland)
34751 212 8-Max Douglas TELFORD (b. 20 December 2002 in Cairns, Queensland)
34751 22 7-Alison Rae TELFORD (b. 7.11.1973 Goondiwindi, Queensland)
Teacher of Languages Other Than English (major - Japanese).
m. 17 April 2001 Brisbane, Queensland to Jason LAW (b. 7 Sept 1968 in Sydney,
New South Wales) Son of Ian Robert LAW and Lena Montha SENG. 2 children
34751 221 8- Mackenzie Rae LAW (b. 11 Feb 2002 in Hervey Bay, Queensland)
34751 222 8- Archer Troy LAW (b. 1 Jan 2005 in Nambour, Queensland)
34751 3 6-Arthur Rodney TELFORD (aka Rod) (b. 17.5.1948 Surat,Queensland)
Worked as a wool classer around Blackall and Goondiwindi, then lectured in
Sheep and Wool at Longreach Pastoral College, Ithaca TAFE in Brisbane and
Warwick TAFE. 1991 - 1993 worked on Apprenticeship Board, Brisbane. Now
retired.
m on 10.8.1966 at Blackball, Queensland to Gloria Isobel BENSON. (b.
29.1.1949 Blackall, Queensland) Daughter of Reginald Oscar GRAHAM and Alice
May BENSON. 4 children, firstly
34751 31 7- Michael John TELFORD (b. 28.2.1967 Blackall, Queensland)
m. 4.11.1990 at Brisbane to Debra COLLINS
34751 32 7-Cassandra Maree TELFORD (b.13.1.1969 Blackall, Queensland)
Hairdresser.
m 3 October 1998 at Blackall, Queensland to Julian FRENEY-MILLS. 1 child
34751 321 8-Alice Isobel FRENEY-MILLS (b. 15 Mar 2004 in Melbourne, Victoria)
34751 33 7-Sharon Margaret TELFORD (b. 31.10.1970 Goondiwindi, Queensland)
Hairdresser.
m. at Brisbane, Queensland 28.9.1996 to John Wayne CLARK. 2 children
34751 331 8- Darcy John CLARK (b. 19 Jan 2000 in Brisbane, Queensland)
34751 332 8-Archie Graham CLARK (b. 18 Mar 2004 in Brisbane, Queensland)
34751 34 7-Sean Rodney TELFORD (b. 31.8.1974 Longreach, Queensland) 1 child
34751 341 8-Jacob Rodney TELFORD (b. 9 Feb 2004 in Brisbane, Queensland)
34752 5- Charles Rutherford TELFORD (aka George)(b. 11.6.1910 Melbourne,
Victoria- d 22 May 2000 Tara, Queensland. Buried Moonie Cemetery, Queensland)
Was a grazier at "Warrowa", Moonie and an early pioneer of the district.
*1998: Warrowa Station, Moonie (was M-S 893), Dalby, Queensland 4406.
m 15.11.1946 at Brisbane to Mary WARBURTON (b. 1913 in Penshurst, Victoria
d. 26 Feb 19721973 Brisbane, Queensland) Daughter of Thomas Allan WARBURTON
and Lucy Maud PEARSON. Ashes spread on "Warrowa", Moonie. No issue.
3476 4-`Kitty' Catherine TELFORD (c1879 Melbourne?- 1895? Melbourne?) Died
of consumption.
348 3-Jessie WHITSON bp 13 OCT 1842 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland ex
C195047 1829-1844. d 3.12.1907. Buried with her parents at Symonds St/Grafton.
Twin with Mary 347.
1851 with parents. 1857 to NZ with parents.
Living at her father's house, Hobson Bridge on 26.11.1868, in Symonds St.,
1894-1903. Single. Her will excluded sympathisers with the Prohibition Party.
Wise's PO Directory 1892-1907: Symonds St, Auckland.
The NOTES under 32 give her as 6th daughter of her parents!
You can download her will from http://archway.archives.govt.nz
WHITSON Jessie - Auckland - Spinster 1908.
A transcription by me of her 1912 will & codicil:
This is the last will & testament of me Jessie WHITSON of Auckland in the
Colony of NZ, spinster:
1. I revoke all former wills & testamentary dispositions by me made.
2. I appoint my sister Louisa WHITSON [ID 34(10)]] of Auckland aforesaid,
spinster (hereinafter called my Trustee) Trustee & Executor of this my will,
& I declare that all trusts, powers & authorities hereby reposed & vested in
my Trustee, shall & may be reposed & vested in & exercisaable by her executors
or administrators or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this
my will.
3. I give, devizse, bequeath & appoint all the real & personal estate
whatsoever & wheresoever of which I have power to disperse by this my will,
to my trustee upon trust to sell, call in, & convert the same into money as &
when she shall think fit with all the powers & discretions of an absolute owner
thereof.
4. I declare that my Trustee shall hold the net proceeds of such slae,
calling in & conversion & such part of my personal estate as shall consist of
money (after payment thereout of my just debts, funeeral, graveyard &
testamentary expenses, hereinafter called my trust fund) upon the trusts
following:
(a) As to 1/3 thereof for my sister Catherine AINSLIE [ID 341] of Melbourne
in the State of Victoria, widow, & in case my said sister shall predecease me
leaving issue at my death, such issue shall take (& if more than one equally
between them) all benefits which his, her or their mother would have taken
under this my will, had my said sister survived me;
(b) As to 1/3 thereof for all the children of my sister Mary Ann TELFORD
[ID 347], late of Melbourne aforesaid, widow, (now deceased) in equal shares;
(c) As to 1/3 thereof for Adeline Mary JOHNSTONE [ID 346(10)],
Robert JOHNSTONE [ID 3464], James JOHNSTONE [ID 3465], & Gordon JOHNSTONE
[ID 3469], daughter & sons of my sister Elizabeth JOHNSTONE [ID 346], late of
Gisborne in NZ (now deceased), in equal shares.
But I declare that no beneficiary under this subclause (c), shall take any
benefit under this my will, unless & until they shall have given to my trustee
satisfactory proof (of which proof she shall be sole judge), that he or she
does not belong to the party known as "Prohibitionists", & that he or she is
not in sympathy with the views of the Prohibitionists; & the meaning I intend
to be attached to the word "Prohibitionist", is One who is desirous of
prohibiting absolutely or partially the use of alcoholic liquors, or who is in
sympathy with others having the same desire;
& I direct my Trustee shall obtain such evidence as soon as possible after
my decease, & prior to the time of proof of this my will;
& I direct my Trustee to withhold all information as to the terms of this my
will, until such evidence is received by my Trustee.
5. I authorise my trustee to raise & apply all or such part or parts as they
shall think proper of the presumptive or expectant share of any infant under
this my will & the income arising therefrom & the accumulations thereof, in
or towards the maintenance, education or advancement of such infant;
& my trustee may either see personally to the application of any moneys under
the provisions of this paragraph of my will, or may pay the same into the hands
of the infant from those presumptive or expectant share the same shall have
arisen or of the guardian or guardians or of either of the parents of such
infant, & the receipt of such infant (notwithstanding minority) guardian or
guardians or parent shall relieve my Trustee from all responsibility as to the
application of such moneys.
6. I declare that all moneys payable to any female under this my will, shall
be for her sole & separate use, free from the debts, control & engagements of
any husband.
7. I authorise my trustee to postpone the sale & conversion of all or any
part of my estate for such time as she may in her uncontrolled discretion think
fit. But such part of my estate as shall for the time being remain unconverted
shall be deemed to have been converted in equity as from the date of my decease
& the rents, profits & [in the?] same manner as if the same were arising from
the proceeds of the sale & conversion of such unconverted estate.
8. I empower my trustee to let or lease all or any party of my estate for
the time being remaining unconverted for such term (to take effect in
possession within 6 months at most after creation) at such rental & subject to
such covenants & conditions as my trustee may think fit. And to accept
surrenders of or reenter & determine leases or tenancies.
9. In addition to the investments authorised by Statute, I empower my
trustee to invest any moneys for the time being in her hands, subject to the
trusts hereof in or upon the shares stock debentures or other securities or
any companying carrying on business in NZ having a limited liability of
shareholders & not being a mining company.
In witness whereof I have hereinto subscribed my name this 26.8.1907.
(Signed) Jessie WHITSON
Signed & acknowledged by the said Jessie WHITSON, the Testatrix & for her
last will & testament in the presence of us both present at the same time, who
at her request in her presence & in the presence of each other have hereunto
susbcribed our names as witnesses.
(Signed) Jos SYKES, Solicitor, Auckland
AE GRINDRED, Accountant, Auckland.
.....................................................................
*1907 NZ Jessie WHITSON 1842-1907, ID 348, codicil.
This is a codicil (the 1st) to the last will & testament of me Jessie
WHITSON, which will is within written & bears the date 26.8.1907;
I have made an advance of 500P to my nephew George TELFORD [ID 3477] son of
my sister Mary Ann TELFORD [ID 347] mentioned in subclause (b) of clause 4 of
my said will. Now I declare that in the distribution of my estate such advance
shall be charged against the said George TELFORD in case he shall not repay
the same prior to my decease, & that he shall be entitled to be credited with
all sums repaid in reduction or discharge of such advance; & that in case he
shall be found owing anything to my estate in connection with such advance over
& above what he would otherwise be entitled to under such subclause (b), such
indebtedness shall be foregone by my executrix & he shall be entitled to a full
discharge thereof free of payment or consideration. In all other respects I
confirm my said will.
In witness whereof I have hereinto subscribed my name this 26.8.1907.
(Signed) Jessie WHITSON
Signed the said Jessie WHITSON as a codicil to her last will & testament in
the presence of us both present at the same time, who at her request, in her
presence & in the presence of each other, have hereunto susbcribed our names
as attending witnesses.
(Signed) Jos SYKES, Solicitor, Auckland, AE GRINDRED, Accountant, Auckland.
MY BRANCH
349 3-Thomas WHITSON (8.7.1844 Leith?,Scotland-8.1.1881 Auckland)
FS: bp 22.8.1844 South Leith, Midlothian C195046.
Buried with his parents aged 36!
1851 with parents. 1857 to NZ with parents. On 3.1.1871 their daughter Dora
3492 was born at Selwyn Terrace (now Augustus Terrace - the 1st street on left
going up Parnell Rise) Parnell. This photo is from
https://www.artmountandframingmatters.co.nz/copy-of-template-1?lightbox=dataItem-j75h2f6q
Looking south west from Selwyn Terrace (now Augustus Terrace) in Parnell,
showing houses in Jermyn St (now Anzac Avenue) and the Auckland Institute and
Museum in Princes Street:
- Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1-W129.
The Auckland Electoral Roll for 1874-75 lists him at Selwyn Terrace, Parnell,
25 years old (!) having 1. freehold Albert Brewery, Queen St,
2. household Waterloo Quadrant (dwelling), 3. leasehold Royal George Hotel,
Newmarket [kept in 1880's by BC Roberts who had a daughter Lulu),
4. leasehold Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Symonds St.
The following notice appeared in 1875 in the newspaper: "Thursday Dec 2 1875.
By order of the Auckland Improvement Commissioners. Grant & Morton have been
favoured with instructions to lease by public auction at their Mart on the
above date at 12 o'clock noon, 99 years leases of magnificent residence sites,
Albert Barrack Reserve. (Descriptions of Sections 1 to 6). The Auctioneers
would call special attention to this sale which affords the only opportunity
to commercial men of securing sites for villa residences within 5 minutes walk
of their places of business. All the streets have been thoroughly well formed,
metalled, chanelled, sewered, and lit with gas. ... unsurpassed and
uninterrupted view of the harbour, North Shore, Hauraki Gulf, Domain, Mt Eden,
..." He and his brother-in-law George JOHNSTONE bought adjacent sites.
(For a photo of the Albert Barracks in the 1860's see the reference
under 3493 4 below.)
In 1877 he had built his home at 27 Princes St.
next to that of his sister 222 Elizabeth and her husband George JOHNSTONE
in 1877, and later owned by Auckland University. (Their Music Dept ?)
Government House in foreground (now party of the university)
and 3 houses on Princes St.
The one on the left is Number 27, home of 349 Thomas and Lisa WHITSON.
The one in the centre is Number 29, home of 222 Elizabeth and George JOHNSTONE.
Sketches of it on placemats were available about 1978 as "25 Princes St".
Their stables at the rear were converted about 1978 to 2 storey apartments.
The NZ Herald 14.8.1878? F article "Alternative Arts' Case Advocated": `The old
stables in Princes St should become a venue for alternative arts groups because
Auckland has not facilities for experimental artists, the director of the A
City Art Gallery, Dr Rodney Wilson, said yesterday .. at a meeting of the art
gallery board of management..." In a letter to the editor headed "Stables
Future" he advocates the gallery getting control of them rather than the
Civic Trust. The Auckland Star or NZ Herald Nov 1980 in its
article "Unique Stairway" states "There are no doubt still a few graceful and
inviting staircases in many private homes. But one of the finest, at
25A Princes St, was demolished only last year."
Wise's Post Office Directory for 1878 lists him in Princes St.
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2691, 3 December 1878
& New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5320, 4 December 1878.
LICENSING COURT. .. the following licenses were transfered:
.. Thomas Whitson, Crown Hotel, Grey-street, to Isaac Duane.
I have a copy of his copperplate will of 19.7.1880: 1) .. to my wife Fanny all
the household furniture plate linen china glass books .. also 50P ..
2) to each of my daughters who shall attain the age of 21 or marry under that
age 1000P 3) .. my dwelling house on allotments 7 & 18 of subsection 1 of
section 13 .. on trust to permit my said wife so long as she shall continue my
widow to occupy the same .. 5) .. all the real estate .. and the residue of the
personal estate .. to John MACOBRAY & WC WALKER .. upon trust .. 6) .. an
annuity of 400 P to my said wife until my youngest child shall attain the age
of 21 .. 7) (then) 200P for her life .. 9) (and) for .. my sons .. in equal
shares .. 12) I authorise & empress my trustees to continue the business of a
brewer carried on by me (up to at most when) my youngest son (is) 21 ..
witnessed by RICHMOND solicitor & WR BLOOMFIELD clerk.
paperspast - Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 3801, 29 January 1881
DEATHS. WHITSON-On January 8, at Princes Street, - Auckland, Mr Thomaa Whitson, of the firm of Whitson and Sons, brewers.
The Weekly News 15.1.1881 p13: A feeling of sincere regret was experienced
in the city on Sat. forenoon when it became known that Mr Thomas WHITSON had
died at his residence Princes St that morning. Mr WHITSON was a son of Mr
Robert WHITSON and a member of the well known brewing firm of WHITSON & Sons.
He was well known & respected in his business relations & by a large circle
of personal friends. About 4 months ago the deceased gentleman showed signs
of failing health & instructed by his medical advisor to try a change of air,
he proceeded to San Francisco where he remained about a month. During his
residence in that city he consulted several leading medical gentlemen & then
returned home. It was at first thought that his health was improved, but ..
he gradually declined in strength & during the last fortnight has been
confined to bed. Deceased was formerly an active member of the Licensed
Victuallers Assn & that society attended his funeral at 3 o'clock on Monday in
a body. He was 35 years of age at the time of his death & leaves a wife & 4
children (2 sons & 2 daughters) to mourn the death of a kind indulgent husband
& father. The immediate cause of death was lung & throat disease.
Buried with Robert (22), John (221), Louisa (226), .. in the Symonds Street
Cemetery.
My ggfather Thomas WHITSON in masonic regalia of St Andrew's Masonic Lodge;
courtesy of the lodge. Brett S told me that Thomas' + symbol
shows he was a warden of the lodge.
The Auckland Electoral Roll for 1881 at http://
0-www.aucklandcity.govt.nz.www.elgar.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/electoral/electoral.html
give for WHITSON Thomas: Property Type freehold, Electorate Manukau
Residence Auckland, Occupation brewer
Notes Manukau Hotel and Buildings; October 1881
John MANSON [3494 11] has his silver Queen's Military Medal. "Thomas WHITSON
had been in the Auckland Militia at the right time, and some other website
confirmed that [he] had been given the medal. So I assume
that it was passed to Robert WHITSON, and eventually down to me.
He found this info from 2 sites, 1 being
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/MedalRollAN-Z.htm
but this does not work for me.
However
http://shadowgwen.freeyellow.com/nzwarsf.html lists volunteers & militia men
in the NZ WARS 1860-1870 who received the New Zealand Medal having been either
under fire or attached to Her Majesty's Imperial Forces during the War,
including WHITSON Thomas Private Auckland Volunteers. This Thomas has a record
at http://archway.archives.govt.nz Maori War Series files [record group]
WHITSON, Thomas Army Department [record group] Wgtn.
(The only WITHERS there is WITHERS Thos. Sub Inspector Armed Constabulary.)
FamilySearch ID 9KGG-4VF
…………………………………..
m 11pm, 26.11.1868 at Hobson Bridge, Newmarket, Auckland sp-Fanny (Frances)
DEACON (b 24.10.1838 Portsmouth d 21.7.1910 Auckland).
Familysearch ID KJMC-VM1.
"Hobson's Bridge" was the intersection of Khyber Pass Road & Parnell Road </A><pre>
near the Olympic Swimming Pool: see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newmarket,_New_Zealand
Fanny arrived Auckland 9.2.1867 on the ENGLAND under Capt FOX, a trip of 112
days from Gravesend, 35km ESE of London having left on 20.10.1866.
An 1866 diary by NT MAUNDER of the trip is held by the Alexander Turnbull
Library, Wellington Micro-MS-0367.
Here is his diary + later diaries by him. CHECK FOR PERMISSION! A few excerpts:
The DIARY 1866-1880 of N Thomas MAUNDER.
The diary is held on microfilm Micro-MS-0367 at the Alexander Turnbull Library,
Wellington. You can copy it on to a USB for personal use.
I've tried to cover the names mentioned
& a flavour of the other entries.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Parts 1-4
Part 5 - farming in NZ 1871-1880
Part 6 - entries in paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Fanny DEACON, my greatgrandmother & fellow passenger in 1866
The Maunder Minimum
Some Maunder in NZ
INTRODUCTION
The 1st part of the diary is an account of his voyage on the ship ENGLAND.
It arrived Auckland 9.2.1867 on the ENGLAND under Capt FOX, a trip
of 112 days from Gravesend, 35km ESE of London having left on 20.10.1866.
My great grandmother Fanny DEACON was also a passenger.
Where do I find a passenger list?
The 2nd part of the diary is his 1869 voyage from Auckland for Sydney.
The 3rd part is his 1869 trip from Melbourne to London on the ANGLESEY.
The 4th part is his 1870 trip from London for Auckland on the ship
CITY OF AUCKLAND.
The 5th & last part is his settling into farming.
Peculiarly there is only one mention of having a wife. It is the one word entry
for 6.5.1877: Married.
PART 1
DIARY 18.10.1866 N Tho's Maunder
24.10 Wed. Wind chopped wind t the S heading for the Isle of Wight on
the Port Tack. The Melbourne bound ship KENT keeping us company left Gravesend
with us.
27.10 Clear of Lands End at last... Saw ... porpoises.
31.10 ... nothing doing except lounging about.
2.11 ... Had a little conversation last night with 2 of the sailors about
their souls etc Very sad the indifference expressed by them, although they
acknowledge a God...11.11 Sunday service on the poop... Held a bible meeting
between decks ..
16.11 Passed a Yankee full rigged ship going the same way as us (t Wellington)
.. Threw a dead sheep away.
18.11 Sunday Still continues squally with very heavy showers of rain. Service
in the Cuddy...
23.11 Fri Crossed the line about 6am. Held an auction on the main deck. Bought
a dotted nightcap.. Bought a single barreled fowling piece./. Sailors had their
spree this afternoon. Shaved a great many of the passengers. I was one of the
exceptions. Harry was shaved...
26.11 Mon .. A concert held on the deck in the evening. Saw the Magellan Clouds
last evening.
27.11 .. Spoke the barque CRUSOE from New York t Callao. Came within hail.
Busy shefting cargo all day long ..
28.11 .. Another auction .. A weekly paper started in the Cuddy...
4.12 .. EAHS held their weekly concert ..
6.12 .. Held an auction in the afternoon, creted as usual considerable fun..
11.12 .. Saw another albatross also a cape pigeon, boobies .. played at
"Hunt the slipper."
17.12 Monday Weather diggly, Um d ahead t rather strong, Royals? all stowed,
Heeling over considerably today, cannot walk along the decks safely
AUNT FANNY not very well.
28.12 Prince Edward Island [2 small islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean
that are part of South Africa]..
29.12 Captain berated the passengers for giving grog to the sailors..
31.12 Caught 16 albatrosses..
15.1.[1867] Stopped up to see the ice last night by moon light. Magnificent
sight Saw 1 ENORMOUS 1 about 7 miles off.. one piece of drift touched the
ship's stern..
21.1 .. Sailors all at work on the rigging ready.. A child born yesterday.
Father & Uncle & others found it necessary to get tipsy to inaugurate the event
27.1 .. at 11pm to see a sail (1st for 7 weeks) .. the schooner ELIZABETH
BARNES from Hokitika to Dunedin. attempted to go thru Cook's Straits but failed
on account of contrary winds. She passed very close under our stern..
29.1 .. saw a shart but a very small one..
30.1 .. passed Cape Farewell [the most northerly point on the South Island] ..
Sighted the light of Entry Island [Kapiti Island]..
31.1 .. Can see Wellington light.. We hope to clear the Straits in a few hours,
off Cape Palliser .. becalmed about half an hour.. came on to blow half a gale
in the afternoon..
1.2 .. for East Cape sighted Mahia, Hawke's Bay at 8am
9.2 .. Can see Rangitoto in the distance & the North Head beyond.. Hoisted the
pilot flag & the pilot came about 9am.. A small village on the northern side
of Auckland .. with quantities of small craft & a few .. at the wharf (The
Electric, Maori, & 8 or 9 bargues & schooners). Dropped anchor about 11am..
Passengers went ashore.. UNCLE [presumably married to Aunt Fanny ruling her out
as Fanny DEACON]& HARRY went to look for lodgings of some sort.. Mate of the
ship tipsy. Harry brought letters & papers on board with him..
11.2 .. I went ashore in a lighter. Walked down the Town after Tea, but too
tired to look about much, leave that for to morrow.
12.2 Asked for work at 2 mills but could not get on. Times being rather bad
here at present.. Intend going to Wanganui on Thursday. Walked & climbed up
Mt Eden, a rather high & extinct volcano.. very fine view from its summit over
the City to the North & Manukau .. to the south, the adjoining County being
dotted with houses & fields under cultivation. Can see the ocean on either hand
13.2 A letter appeared in yesterdays "Herald" which rather reflected on the
character of certain individuals belonging to the ship. The Ship's doctor
attempted to refute the statement but it was impossible for him to do so..
Millers are earning good wages here P3.6 at one place we went to..
14.2 UNCLE TOM. & TOM. Wills gone up to see some of the "Waste Lands" that
are for sale now.. Wood 11/- per ton. Bread 4d per 2 lb loaf. Potatoes 20 per
1/. Peaches 1/. per basket.
15.2 Left Auckland for Onehunga by Omnibus & boarded steamboat for Wanganui.
16.2 .. arrived at Raglan about 9pm
17.2 .. anchored off Taranaki about 5m discharged as much cargo as possible
(by surf boats) before dark..
18.2 Monday Somewhere not far from Wanganui Bar, but cannot distinguish
anything for fog. Crossed the Bar about 10am, a very narrow place being the
only channel across. We crossed in less 2 fathoms of water. Left the boat about
11am & made a start for Turakina [an old Maori settlement SE of Whanganui]
at 6pm by the Mail Coach..
18.2 . Met UNCLE GEORGE on the south side of Harbour while waiting there.
A rather wild road to Turakina from Wanganui but a fine country & fine scenery
also. Walked to Rangitikei [Manawatu-Whanganui Region] & arrived there about
11pm all in bed when we arrived.
19.2 . Another cousin (Beatrice) born the day before I came. [No Beatrice b
1867 found in WHITSON, DEACON or PETTET trees.] Found all well.. Uncle's farm
in England would be called a wild place, but here it is considered as pretty
far advanced.
3.3.1868 Left Rangitikei yesterday for Auckland according to advice received
from Wellington. Arrived at Wanganui & the Agents for the steamer given?
nothing about it, did not expect a boat for a fortnight, walked back to
Warley Barton same night (25 miles). Started again this morning for Wanganui
(adv't in paper) this time I am right. Slept on board that night (SS AHURIRI).
4.3 Left Wanganui river this afternoon in the AHURIRI Capt. FLOWNDAY? on top of
flood tide, could hardly get out of the river, tide so strong across the bar,
run ashore once no harm nothing but sand, got diar away just at dark.
7.3 Arrived in the Manukau.. left my things with a fellow passenger in Parnell.
Walked out to UNCLE TOM's Peron creek (16 miles) HARRY staying there now.
All pretty well, a miserable part of the country tho'.
9.3 Started this morning with HARRY for the Waikato several friends in Auckland
to call & see, saw AUNT MARY, left after dark & got as far as Otahuhu 9 miles
out of Auckland, stopped the night at the Criterion Hotel.
10.3 Walked today to Point Russell (29 miles) [not found by google] ready for
the steamer tomorrow morning, got a shake down for the night, not been used to
walking lately & rather footsore tonight.
11.3 Steamer starts at 630am for "Ngaruawahia" 40 miles up the Waikato river
against the stream & that pretty strong, long after dark before we reached Ng'a
12.3 Started for Hamilton .. to see some land we think of going on, after a lot
of trouble & hunting found the piece we want & think we will try it.
18.3 Slept last in an empty house & now back for the steamer as far as Point
Russell, & the Queen's same night.
[19].3 Started for Auckland again (34 miles) did not get in till late ..
took french leave with an empty house..
6.4 . Harry & I with ALFRED started today with our belongings.
10.4 Reached our destination at last & pitched out Tent.
11.4 Must see about our house first. Materials quantity, sort price etc..
27.4 Got our house up & into it at last I feel quite settled in our new house
Sept Left our place for Auckland again after having made a few alternations to
accomodate UNCLE TOM's family
30.9 Started from Auckland with UNCLE TOM & his goods.
6.10 Got back again to our Shanty, had desperate bad weather on the road.
Pouring rain most of the way. Had the misfortunte of running over AUNT FANNY
but miraculously did not injure her in the slightest beyond the fright,
just past ARMITAGE Farm, Rangiriri
9.10 Started on horseback from Auckland, got to the Queen's Redoubt the same
night
10.10 Arrived in Auckland all right, only had a wet ride all day yesterday.
26.10 Off to .. LAMB's Flour Mills. 1P per week with board, as flour dresser..
[In 1875 Miller John LAMB purchased the original Fort Street site for 1,027P.]
26.12 Left Lambs, stay the Christmas with AUNT MARY & HARRY (at Mohind?) in
Auckland.
PART 2
1869
Feb. Had a fortnight with George THOMAS, Star Mills, Engine driving 1P per week
with board.
11.3 Left Auckland for Sydney in the barque KATE Capt COOPER a lot of men on
board from San Francisco, & they speak anything but well of the place & their
ways & manners.
19.3 Arrived in Sydney had a fine passage, stood off & on till daylight
before making the heads, entered as soon as light & anchored off at Macquarie
& discharge gunpowder at Pinchgut Port Jackson is a magnificent harbour
& pretty well used . yachts, tugs, ferry boats etc cutting about in all
directions, besides large ships & steamers.
The wharves & quays are all crowded with shipping from all parts. HMS GALATEA,
Captain HRH Prince Alfred. LHM Steam transport HIMALAYA were in harbour when
I arrive & HMS CHALLENGER came in the next day with the Commodore of the
Station.
PART 3
Ship ANGLESEY, Hobson's Bay [Melbourne] 1869.
17.4 After several vexatious delays am about to ship for "Old England" once
more by the Blackwall Lines ANGLESEY owned by Green of London Steerage passage
P16, applied at all the ships in harbour for a berth to work a passage but
unsuccessful. Left the wharf at 3p. (Ships in harbour GREAT BRITAIN .,
JERUSALEM., WHITE ROSE . for London & Liverpool & anchored off WILLIAMSTOWN
[Melbourne?] ..
18.4 Weighed anchor at midnight. steam tug taking down the bay (the heads c40
miles from Sandridge) [now Port Melbourne www.victorianplaces.com.au/sandridge]
.. A boat came off at the hiaths for one of the passenger who was absconding
with some money that did not belong to him..
20.4 ..Divided into messes this morning & took up our 1st week's rations.. I am
one of the cooks for the 1st week, 8 men in our mess. great grumbling .. on
account of bad butter..
21.4.. sent the fore & mizen royal yards down on deck.. 22.4 .. porpoises..
24.2.. crew pumps ship pretty often on account of the Port lights leaning so
much it cannot be caulked without finer weather. A large quantity of Australian
birds on board, 2 of them got loose to day..
27.4.. Have been reading GOLDSMITH's Astronomy ..
29.4.. a few flakes of snow fell this morning for the 1st time..
3.5.. a whale seen blowing this morning. Plenty of albatrosses & Cape Pigeons..
4.5.. Immense excitement "Icebergs" passed several, 2 large ones &..
10.5.. & has only undressed twice since he has been on board.. he washed this
morning in his plate for the 2nd time..
14.5.. Cape Horn.. 15.5.. ice on the forecastle this morning. A sail sighte
this morning but we soon lost it again.. Saw a barque beating to windward
running free. She was under close reefed top sails & had lost fore top sail
mast as we have.
16.5 Round the Horn at last. Wind strong with heavy sleet & snow..
19.5.. The sick men are getting better.. 21.5.. becalmed..
24.5.. Several of the messes are in a bankrupt state. It requires some
foresight to hold out properly.. to put up the new fore top mast..
25.5.. blowing a perfect hurricane.. 1.6.. a lecture last night on astronomy..
16.6.. signalled the PARAGON barque from London to Cape of Good Hope..
the COMMISSARY from London to Sydney.. exchanged papers..
28.6.. "The Court" broken up amidst confusion this evening.
3.7.. A row last night between a sailor & a passenger both drunk & fighting.
Skipper had to come forward to put a stop to it.. Overhauled a full rigged ship
.. the BURTON-STATHER from Natal to Glasgow.. 5.7.. Sailors had fresh meat
yesterday, passengers the same today.. 6.7.. a French steamer passed close to
us.. some of the passengers are in hope of being landed at Plymouth..
8.7.. abreast the Isle of Wight about 8am heard the Guns of Portsmouth abreast
of Beachy Head about 4pm. Refused 3 tugs today. The right one has come at last
off for London.. made fast to a brig at Gravesend till the next tide but I am
going ashore at once. Goodbye ANGLESEY.
PART 4
1870 Journal commenced 14.9.1870 Emancipation Day - NTM.
14.9 After nearly 15 months of vexatious delay in England, we are about to
embark once more for Auckland in the ship CITY OF AUCKLAND Capt. ASHBY.
Mr & Mrs PRICE their children & Miss COWDY.. as far as Gravesend..
15.9.. Round the Forelands again past Ramsgate & Margate. Old Dover's cliffs..
tis the old story, Pandora's box with hope at the bottom. Those ancients were
clever dreamers.. 16.9.. passing Brighton. A large ship of war caused great
excitement thinking it to be a French Man of War but it turned out to be a
British Transport.. 18.9.. A stoway made his appearance yesterday.. Mr WILLIAMS
.. Mr ISITT.. 19.9.. abreast of Dartmouth scribbled a letter to Mr PRICE sent
off by the pilot.. so I will say Goodbye to Old England once more..
20.9.. MOTHER & FANNY rather sick this morning there being a little motion..
23.9.. MOTHER & FANNY .. Mother gone to bed early, a great deal better,.. Fanny
is quite as bad.. 26.9.. Have been reading SPURGERN's "John Ploughmans Talk"..
25.9.. Mr KITT.. Mrs WILLIAMS.. 26.9.. Mr SMALLEY who seems to have made up his
mind to be bad.. 27.9.. Fanny & Mother.. Danny... abreast of Madeira..
Teatime being the worst. Biscuit & bread & butter is the total.. the bread is
so bad that you can hardly eat it.. Breakfast is usually cold meat or curry
with vegetables, dinner is the best but it would be better if these were a
little more in quantity & a little more time to eat it in..
28.9 .. I had the wings of the flying fish given me yesterday, so I sketched
them.. Am trying to pick up a little Maori but having no grammar to help me
it is rather difficult. Persevere!
29.9 Got up early .. 6am & had a bath, shower bath too: .. Strip off your
clothes, sit down on the deck & then get your comrades to empty buckets of
water on your devoted head.. Grand field day today with the luggage, nearly
everybody been up to their elbows in clean clothes, books,.. & impedimenta..
30.9 What a machine is man, What a monotonous round of trifles does life
consider of, apart from God. [He describes his routine.].. perhaps a lesson
in Maori or a game at chess or draughts til 4pm.. After tea we walk & talk or
play at Proverbs, tell riddles & not least pleasantly sing hymns or perch once
a song - the latter is rare. At 945p adjourn to the saloon for prayers, then
Goodnight, except a few gentlemen who care for a tour on deck for an hour
during the hot weather.. waited up to see Orion rise & Jupiter's moons.. I saw
2.. with my glass.. Have borrowed a work on Astronomy..
1.10.. with a passenger who held most unfortunately perverted ideas respecting
the revealed will of God,.. the error of his ways..
2.10 Sunday .. we held a Teachers Meeting.. Mr ISITT having collected the names
of all the children who were willing & able to come,.. Janey, Misses WOOD &
STEWART.. Mr LEWIS to hold a young man's Bible class & if possible Mr WILLIAMS
to hold one for the sailors service at 1030am.. at 2pm about 25 children came.
Service at 630pm by Mr RIDSTONE..
5.10.. a barque PARMENIUS from London to Algoa [South Africa].. Mother & Fanny
pretty well this morning, read off the signals for the Skipper this morning
from the signal book.. 6.10.. Becalmed this morning.. A ship the UMGENI from
London to Port Natal.. The Captain's wife who is continually finding fault with
somebody.. She causes us some considerable fun by reason of the ridiculous
things that she says.. 7.10.. the OCEAN CHIEF from Cardiff to Singapore..
[page with 18 flags] 9.10.. The WALTER SCOTT from Liverpool to Bombay..
10.10.. The sick passenger died about 4am. Her name is Emma FOX.. was ill when
she came on board & concealed it from the doctor.. she was buried today at 12..
The 1st fever saw at sea.. The Revd Mr SMALLY? who sat with me in the lifeboat
watching the service.. Her body was sewn up in canvas with a large box of coals
tied to the feet, & then placed on a wide plank .. covered over with the Union
Jack, & at a cetain place in the burial service the plank was carted? up & the
body shot into the water from under the Flag.. The funeral.. has had a very
quieting influence over all on board.. 10.10.. Had a game after dark of Clump
proposed by Miss OSBORNE very similar to Proverbs [description of game]
11.10 .. The OCEAN CHIEF.. the SIR WALTER SCOTT.. the SHANNON.. Mrs ASHLY is just having a little growl with one of the passengers, as is her accustomed
manner, it causes a little amusement so that it is something to be thankful for
.. The doctor gave Mr SMALLEY a regular lecture.. a most selfish fellow & an
egotist to boot.. Asked the captain to lend us the boat but.. to much swell..
12.10.. The IANTHE barque from Swansea to Valparaiso.. We gave them news as
they.. asked for it; we signalled "Revolution in France, Emperor prussian
prisoner, Empress & Prince in England".. Fanny was as busy as possible picking
out the flags required & putting them in order.. A homeward bound ship..
caused great excitement.. as a possible means of sending home letters. Many
rushed downstairs & began writing furiously, others were joking & teasing them
all they could & altogether created such a noise that it disturbed the captains
wife who at the best of times is none too sweet tempered & is particularly fond
of a growl at whomsoever she may, & consequently she seized the opportunity &
growled angrily & prospooked? the affair entirely & did her best to throw cold
water on the temporary excitement of the passengers..
14.10.. Mother & Janey/Fanny are not very well.. [broke his thermometer]..
NORIE's Epitome of Navigation,.. a lesson in Maori.. asking Mr ISITT what was
his opion about cards.. & from that it got on to Music Hall & Theatre going..
& all in the saloon became either actively or passionately participators in
the discussion, several most extraordinary statements were made.. the Captain
said that.. he had seen more immorality among attendants in a place of worship,
than those who frequented theatres. Another said that a man who worked hard all
the week, wanted something more interesting & enlivening than attending a place
of prayer. Another said that the religion of man was not worth much, if it
would not keep him from any evil consequences .., another said that religious
people were miserable people & were not satisfied with their neighbours unless
they were equally miserable & melancholy.. made out the Southern Cross..
15.10.. in the Tropics.. hoping that we may pick up the Trades without Tacking
.. burial of the dead horse.. he was sold for P3 & had a fine launch from the
main yard arm.. 17.10 Intense excitement this morning, every body worked up to
boiling point, what was the matter, Why the Captain came down into the saloon
about 6 & sung out that there was a ship in sight to take one letters.. 5
minutes grace allowed to conclude all letters. To day that there was a
commotion is simply ridiculous. In a twinkling the saloon was full. Everybody
rushed out & furiously struggled with everyone else for a seat at the Table,
at the same time calling upon everyone else to lend them stationery.
Fortunately the gentlemen had it all to themselves, the ladies one & all
contenting themselves with creating an uproar in their respective cabins.
But who shall describe the scene, not I indeed, twas worthy of the pen of a
DICKENS. Here was one with his coat half on frantically scribbling away
thinking all the while that he heard the boat going away, another in bare feet
& with a solemn countenance was making desperate efforts to write not less than
50 things at one & the same time. Here from the stem cabin came the despairing
voice of a lady, calling upon some compassion & to fellow passengers to direct
a letter for her, which some compassion feeling was some time forthcoming.
Another wanted an envelope for pity's sade, & as for pens they were a long way
alone pair. Here was a tip top swell with only his immentionable while - name
it not - alongside of him was one without a trace of those necessary appendages
But like all things it came to an end, the last letter written, the last one
sealed up & then we all rushed on deck, & there for a time peace & quiet had
lost her sway, the ship was still some distance off; .. here came along one
man with a spare oar, then another with a beaker of water, yet another came
staggering along with a basket kit of fresh potatoes as a sop for the captain
of the homewward .. while the Captain (ASHBY) was marching up & down with the
Telescope in one had & a bundle of papers in the other, giving a was here & an
order there, joking with this one & laughing with another, while all this while
the work of clearing away the boat continued, & now for the signals. We put up
"Will you take one letters to England?" Anxiety was clearly seen on every face
.. "I cannot stop".. "I am very sorry" What mockery, what deliberate chaff..
and now from every hand arise bitter cries of despair & disappointment
mingled with deeper & hoarser notes of indignation, Pleasant wishes towards the
unknown & uncivil captain are freely spoken. One wishes that he may be
tormented with a scolding wife, another hopes that he has no fresh potatoes on
board.. Another proposes that we should signal him to "Heave to or we will fire
into you". Another suggests we should hold an indignation meeting, just as tho
we were not doing so.. Saw a great quantity of flying fish.. The Phosphorous
is very bright tonight. 18.10.. Chalked out a plan for Hop Scotch.. then we
started "Foot it" & that the Captain put a stop to.. Mrs ASHBY, she never
accepts assistance from anyone save the Captain.. .. Mr CHAPMAN is afflicted
greviously with a musical talent which takes the shape of a Cornet or a French
Horn.. not being a 1st class performance, altho being a 1st class passenger,
whenever he is taken with a musical fit, everyone is afflicted with a looseness
of the teeth as tho they had taken Mercury in large quantities, & also much
endangers the tympanium of the ear with his - noise. We had an attack tonight..
19.10.. becalmed for about an hour.. 4 years ago today the ENGLAND left the
docks & dropped down to Gravesend.. JANEY & Miss COWDRY came down with HARRY
to say Goodbye.. 20.10.. I & Mr GILMORE my cabin mate.. 21.10.. Began to read
Pickwick.. Mr HILL.. 22.10 The mate called me at 4am to see the Southern Cross.
Mother & Davey.. Maori class after dinner myself & tutor (Miss WARD)..
23.10.. Trinidad sighted.. Mr LEWIS.. The CANAAN from Cardiff to Hongkong, the
White Star Line.. crossed the line.. our old friend the OCEAN CHIEF.. 25.10..
Mr NIDSTONE/REDSTONE.. 9 boys & 13 girls attended.. starting an Indigo & Ivory
Club.. Nominated Mr HILL, JUDGE, Ths MAUNDER Clerk, SPENCER Crier, Mr CHAPMAN
Police Inspector, BUSH Constable. 1st case "SMALLEY vs GREY" for libel..
WYLIE QC & GILMORE Sol. for Plaintiff. ISITT DQC WILLIAMS Sol. for the
defendant.. very busy getting the indictments made out, Mr DAVIES 2nd officer
made us 3 wigs & Miss LONGDON is making the white bibs for the Judge & QCs..
The ship rolled considerably causing the tinware to join in a grand chorus.
Water cans were travelling round in all directions, discharging their contents
in all cases where it was least wanted, mine found a resting place in my boots
.. 26.10.. the "Court" gettings wigs & gowns in order & selling positions &
seats & all.. Court opened at 8pm.. the Table was converted into His Lordships
bench.. & at the head of the table I sat as Clerk of the Court. On each side of
the Table were ranged the opposing litigants with their legal advisors, ..
the other side was reserved for witnesses etc "My Lud" had a red & white stupid
blanket over his head as a canopy & a bright scarlet line fur ring around him
for a robe.. I put on black coat, white tie, & mother's eyeglasses..
SMALLEY vs GREY for libel, GREY having publicly accused SMALLEY of attempting
to steal his blanket while asleep. Had great fun over it.. 28.10.. After a most
pathetic & moving speech & not paying the fine at once, he was . handcuffed ..
to cell No 11 (his own) & kept there til he was unlocked..
30.10 Sunday.. 100s of birds of all kinds around the ship.. & as they are not
shot at today, they come quite close up - Albatross, Cape Pigeons, Cape hens,
Molly Hawks, .. 100s of Whale birds are about.. Becalmed all day, a young shark
.. 3.11.. a weekly paper "The Ocean Express" subscription 3d quarterly.
Mr SMALLY Editor, Mr HILL Printers devil & with Messrs ISITT, GILMORE & O'NEILL
the committee of censorship..
4.11.. The prospectus of the OCEAN EXPRESS was issued this morning, wrote a
review of a book of poems by PAHORE called "The angel in the house" & sent in
to the Editor, also have a portrait to write for the 1st issue. Took the Time
by chronometer.. while the Captain took the sun.. The safe was forced open last
night by someone & a ham, just out, was stolen. A bit of a disturbance with
the sailors today.. they sent for the Captain at 6.. the sale of grog being
stopped till further orders.. 6.11.. Janey & I walked the deck till nearly bed
time.. 7.11.. writing for the OCEAN EXPRESS. School today was but thinly
attended only 3 boys & 4 girls.. 8.11.. The Ocean Express was read aloud this
morning at table directly after lunch - loud applause.. Walk, Walk, Walk & walk
again is now the order of the day.. 9.11.. HARRY's birthday yesterday. Hope to
be together before the next one.. 10.11.. Recitation & reading at 8pm Mr HILL..
Mr GREIG.. Mr LEWIS "Marmions last words", Mr SMALLY ghost scene in Hamlet ..
Mr ISITT "The Bells", Mr GILMORE "Antonys Oration".. Did not take part myself
as I do not care to make myself a laughing stock.. 18?.11.. Mr MCLURE (1st
Officer) & Mr DAVIES (2nd Officer) are both tipsy.. Mr D- is very far gone,
Mr M- not much better.. We are getting a regular parcel of Yankees at the Table
such scrambling after the viands, the pastry was all gone within 2 minutes..
14.11.. I heard the Captain talking to one of the steerage passengers.. a
caution about going into the Offerces room & also giving them drink, told him
that if he went in again, he would be pulled out & run the risk of getting 3
months in gaol on his arrival in Auckland.. 16.11.. Captain on deck all night
on account of passing the Crozet Islands [a sub-antarctic archipelago -1 of the
5 administrative districts of the French].. No card playing tonight,
"Consequences" & "Tap it" being substituted.. Kerguelen's land [another
sub-antarctic French archipelago].. unpleasantness between Mr MILNE & a Yankee
seaman.. 19.11. ALLEN (the Yankee) refused to work & would be put in irons, but
the Captain will not keep him in idleness, so there are 2 charges against him
now, threatening the Mate & refusing duty. He has thought better of it since &
gone to his work again.. 28.11.. passed Cape Leeuwin [SW of Australia] this
morning.. 30.11.. Held a meeting.. on account of the bad bread etc.. the
Captain.. received us in a temper & manner to be remembered but not described,
admitted that the flour was bad, & at last cooled down & we parted in good
humour. 1.12.. The Captain called a meeting.. he was requested to retract
certain expressions he used last night.. which after a deal of fencing he did
& good humour was restored.. 5.12.. rolling a good deal took a good lump of
water on board this morning it came right in to the far end of the Saloon..
2 feet deep on the main deck.. Several of the Saloon passngers fell down on the
Poop & to our great amusement slid from side to side in the midst of some water
.. 8.12.. Dr TENNANT in the Chair.. 9.12.. sighted Cape Maria Van Dieman..
the 25th anniversary of the Captain's nautical career.. sketch of his life..
he showed how from a voluntary penniless state as an apprentice he had risen to
affluence.. which career.. to end with.. his next voyage.. Mr HILL then called
for the Fishermen. Mr CHAPMAN rose & gave us a droll speech..
10.12.. passed Bay of Islands to Cape Brett .. a whaler.. was sighted called
THE CROWN & SHIELD Capt. PERRY of Fair Haven.. passed the Poor Knights.. Bream
Head, Hen & Chickens.. 11.12.. the Steamer SAMSON from Wangarei.. Just managed
to pass inside Tiri Tirimatangi.. a collection on behalf of the Seamens Fund
.. the Rangitoto reef.. luffing her up to lighten the braces.. to weather the
North Head.. went ashore to look for our friends.. Went to Karangahape Road &
found Aunt Mary gone, from there went to Mr GIRAUD's .. learned of.. Aunt &
Harry who are all up the Waikato, went on board again to sleep.
12.12 Came on shore.. but could not persuade Mother as it was rather windy, The
COUNTESS OF KITORE? & TIMARU in harbour.. The GALATIC Captain HRH Prince Alfred
Duke of Edinburgh.. Janey.. 15.12 Harry came this evening.. 18.12 Went to
Chapel Wellesley Street. Mrs CORNFORD away in Nelson.. Mr BUTLER.. Mr BARTON..
19.12 Took a house in Cook Street.. 20.12 Fetched the mare from Speary's,
borrowed a dray & brought up a load of things from the Cabin. 21.12 Brought up
some more things today & some coal for the house. 22.12 Some more luggage today
up from the hold & took them home. 23.12 .. fetched the remainder today & some
friends.. 25.12 Christmas Day, Mr REDSTONE preached at Wellesley Street am &
Mr BARTON pm. 26.12 Preparing to leave town tomorrow fetching the horse,
borrowing harness etc 27.12 Started for Pukekohe in spring cart with GIRAUD &
family, arrived at The Paddock by dark & walked on to Mr BARNABY's same night.
29.12.. went with Harry to Point Russell, stopped at Black's "Telegraph Inn"
for the night. 30.12.. Reached Ngaruawahia.. Met Uncle Tom (last day of his
mail contract) & waited for him till dark & then went on together taking a
wheel with us for his trap broken down on the road & reached Aunt Mary's about
1am. 31.12.. next week to have a look round the Upper Waikato, see Aunt Fanny..
PART 5 - farming in NZ 1871-1880
1.1.1871.. Uncle Tom, Aunt Fanny & cousins (except Fanny in Auckland) down to
dinner & spend the day together. They expected Mother & Janey & so to have had
a family meeting. 2.1 Started this morning on horseback with Harry for
Cambridge.. saw some land of Mr Thos RUSSELL's near Capt CLARE, also some of Mr
THORNTON's. Ohaupo on the Town belt (Cambridge West) all of it poor except in
price. At Robinson's "The Duke of Cambridge" - stable supper bed breakfast for
2 9/-. 3.1 Plenty of cherries last night. Started for Hamilton 8am, called at
Mr CLARKE's place on the river bank near the Bald Hills. Went thru Tamahere,
called at Capt. STEELE's. Got home (Aunt Mary's) about teatime. Heard from
Uncle Tom of a threatened attack by the Maoris of the Alexandra settlement.
Constabulary sent with Colonel LYON in charge. 4.1 Left Aunt Mary's for
Alexandra. Arrived 2pm & walked out to see some land of Mr TISDALL's.. Great
Panic here, most of the neighbouring settlers in the Town, Constabulary under
arms all last night, Women & children in the redoubt with a Militia guard. The
Hotel is chokefull & can hardly find room to have a shakedown, everybody on the
alert again tonight. Saw Tom FAWCETT, an old shipmate, now an Armed Constable.
Stopped the night at FINCH's. 5.1 Got away 8am.. started for Te Awamutu, called
at GOODFELLOW's, turned off for Ohaupo & glancing at several peices of land for
sale. 5.12 Made away direct for Hamilton. Trooper WILLOUGHBY journeyed with us
.. arrived at Aunt Mary's before dark.. 8.1 Went up (all hands) to Uncle Tom's
to dinner, [failed] to catch the mare & got a drenching.. 9.1 Rode away with
Alfred to find the mare but unsuccessful, heard of 2 missing cows of ours at
BYCROFTS. 10.1.. with Harry. Found the horse on "Tar's Flat", took her to Mr
DAWSON's .. Left the mare at Mr STOKE's paddock for the night.. 11.1.. Reached
Rangariri by night, stopped at Shirley's Hotel. 12.1 Off again at 530am.
Stopped to feed at Maungatawhiri Creek & away again for Pukekohe.. 13.1 ..
Barnaby, Harry & I walked out to Patamahoe (Mr FULLERTON's).. Met Mr GIRAUD..
& came back together. 14.1 Busy in the harvest field today binding oats..
17.1 Started from the Paddock about 11am having to come through the bush with
the children, stopped to feed about half way on the Papakura flat, & arrived
Auckland about 6pm. 18-29.1 [looking for a piece of land.] The CITY OF AUCKLAND
caught fire in harbour on 24.1 had to scuttle her. 30.1 Regatta Day. Harry
went with the donkey cart & the children to Fort Britomart. Mother .. with
Mr & Mrs GIRAUD there to see the races..
1.2 Left with horse & dray.. reached the NORTHUMBERLAND .. & stayed the night.
2.2 Off again. Left the dray at Mercert & sent load by steamer. Went on with
pack horse to Sergt TOUL's & camped out on the banks of the Waikato..
3.2 Reached Aunt Mary's.. 7.2 Started from Alexandra to see some land.. went by
Whata Whata& drove a bullock before us that is very troublesome. Saw Scherff's
Hall's & .. stayed the night at Finch's, Alexandra. 8.2.. Saw a little windmill
at Ohaupo.. belonging to some Germans. 9.2 Harry & Alfred off today to find the
cows.. 10.2 Went down to the bush all hands to help Uncle Tom..
Clipping: OTAKI LANDMARK disappears in flood. CITY OF AUCKLAND MAST
.. survived.. 58 years.. marking the place where the CITY OF AUCKLAND 780 tons,
ran ashore 22.10.1878.. bound for Napier with.. 240 immigrants..
On 29.1.1870 [it] arrived in Auckland for the 1st time after.. 97 days. She
carried.. WF MASSEY who. became Prime Minister.. On 24.1.1871 she caught fire
at Auckland & had to be scuttled. 2 days later she was raised & redecked..
On her final voyage in 1878 she mistook Kapiti for Stephen Island.. the ship
ran squarely on the beach.. opposite.. Otaki.. Everyone had landed safe. The
Maoris had made presents to the immigrants of potatoes & sheep.
[Photo with clipping]
15.2.. to see some land of NEWMAN's at Purapura & also saw a little place of
FENTONs at the Martins. 16.2 Left Maori Hill again for Waiuku & went to Mr
CRAIGs at Waipipi.. 18.2.. arrived in Auckland.. 19.2 Attended Mr CORNFORD's
preaching.. 20.2 Wrote a letter to Mr FENTON at Mongonui .. mail to go by the
IVANHOE.. 2.3 Went in search of the cows with Uncle Tom & Alfred, found one at
BYCROFT's & heard of the other at Ngaruawahia. Alfred rode his horse into a
Maori pototoe pit & it took us several hours to dig her out & in the meantime
lost our cow again, went to Ngaruawahia & found the other one..
6.3 Being inclined for tain, stayed at home today ploughing & drove for myself.
.. 7.3 Off again today with Alfred for these cows.. & shut them up in the
stockyard with uncle's heifers. 8.3.. One of the cows has got away again..
9.3.. Found her out at Black Jack's with our other cattle & so left her there.
.. 13.3 Started for Auckland, horse's back still bad, cannot carry a saddle,
reached Rangariri.. 14.3 Reached Auckland late in the evening.. Rather tired
riding bare-backed. 15.3 Went to MCLUSK (lawyer) about Fenton's land..
16.3 About town idling again. Went on board CITY OF AUCKLAND, soon be off to
sea again, none the worse materially for the fire but what can be repaired.
18.3 took the mare out to SPEARY's. Slipped her foal caused by her late journey
.. 21.3 Presentation of the prizes by Lady BOWEN [[[wife of the Governor - see
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18710406.2.46
Daily Southern Cross 6.4.1871: The prizes won at the recent colonial rifle
competition were presented to the winners on 21.3 at the Albert Barracks [in
Alfred Street a major British military installation from the mid-1840s to 1870:
its Wall is now part of the University of Auckland] by Lady BOWEN. A public
holiday had been proclaimed.. many of the elite of Auckland. [Many winners
named.] A ball was given on 16.3 at the Drill-shed, Albert Barracks.. About 250
guests present.. The following are the names of the stewards: ..
George JOHNSTONE Esq [married to 346 3-Elizabeth WHITSON 1840], ..,
Lieutenant WHITSON ANV [presumably 349 3-Thomas WHITSON 1844]
but I haven't yet found out the meaning of ANV, AAV, ACV attached to the
stewards. I guess A=Auckland, V= Voluneer. Perhaps N=naval, A=artillery, C=?]
The members of the Auckland battalion of Volunteers & most of the Southern
competitors for the Govt prizes, mustered at the Drill-shed on 12.3 at 830 for
the purpose of attending Divine service at St Paul's Church. Both the Artillery
& the Rifle bands were present, & played alternately to and from church..
The whole of the battalion left the Barracks by the Symons Street gate.. &
marched down Symonds Street, up Waterloo Quadrant [where Robert WHITSON id 34
lived], & along Princes Street [where George JOHNSTONE & Thomas WHITSON lived]
to the church. The service was conducted by Bishop COWIE..
The Te Awamutu Volunteer Cavalry has been .. accepted.. Road-making, as
another defensive measure, is being vigorously pushed forward in this district
by the Armed Constabulary.. A large party of the force are to work on roads at
Ohaupo, & another .. a new & direct road from Rangiaohia to Cambridge..
[a long article with many names.] ]]]
21.3 [diary continued] .. went to see it in the Albert Barracks. Took the
parcel of music etc for Aunt EMMA & put it in charge of Mr John STEVENS.
22.3 Saw the LINA off today for the South taking home the competitors at the
late firing, but going to the Thames 1st.. 25.3 Tremendous gale .. a great deal
of damage done. Newton chapel blown down. Several small craft wrecked in the
harbour.. 28.3 Went to meet the Coach from Hamilton expecting Bessy down.
29.3 Uncle Tom came down today with Bessy in a spring cart.. 31.3 Mr LUSK
returned y'day from .. Bay of Islands. Closed with our offer for Mr FENTON's
land at last 25/- per acre.. 4.4 Rode out to the Mauku to see our new purchase,
Harry stayed the night.. 5.4 Off to town today, called on my way to see a
sawyer (ANDERSON).. 18.4.. had a dark rough ride thru the bush.. 17.4 Out house
seeking all day. [The landlord going to marry, had given him notice to leave.]
.. 29.4 .. bought a horse today ..P20 chestnut mare, white face..
3.5 Heavy load for one horse on the clay hills, but managed to reach CRISP's at
Patumahoe by sundown.. slept at George COX's.. 4.5 Very wet.. but got under
canvas by night.. 5.5 No timber cut yet, the men only commenced the sawpit ..
6.5 Went over to HILL's the 1st thing for some mutton, butter & also to speak
about the fencing, clearing a cart track thru the bush today to the sawpit..
8.5 Fetched a load of stones for chimney, also house blocks & brought out the
1st load of timber.. 18.3 Finished studs, raised the frame today..
23.3 G COX gone to Auckland ready for tomorrow's review, I TRAYES taken his
place. [This section worth typing! .. shingling, the roof, .. ] 11.6.. Harry
gone over to FULLERTON's .. 23.5 [sic pages out of order!] Altered the rafters
of the roof.. 27.5 Toothache very bad.. 1.6 .. Harry gone to Waiuku for
biscuits.. 4.6.. Took tea with Mr MOWBRAY. .. 13.6 Went to WHITAKER & RUSSELL's 1st thing. Title not quite as it might be, but left the purchase money.
.. 15.6.. The carters want too much money.. to apply for an indefeasible title
under the Act. 16.6 Went to the Young Men's Association (Wellesle St) to hear..
Mr EASTWOOD read a paper on "The trial & execution of Mary of Scots".. pulled
to pieces by the others & got rather piqued, was greatly amused.
16.6 .. Cousin BESSY called.. 18.6 Attended morning service at Mt Eden Chapel..
6.7 Started Mother off to Drury by coach.. 8.7 Putting up shed for cart,milking
.. 10.7 James BRAGMAN came today to commence bush falling.. 11.7 BRAGMAN &
WORTH both here today, put up a whare.. 12.7.. went to the settlement for
Tucker & the tubs of crockery.. 13.7 Clearing a piece of . land for cultivation
.. 19.7.. looking after the cow.. 20.7 Fetched a sheep from G COX's, killed &
dressed it, got the cow home but cannot .. milk her yet.. 22.7 .. got the cow
in the yard & milked her at last.. 24.7 Bought a cow from Mr CRAWFORD ..
26.7 Fetched home the mare (Cable) from HILLs but after trial decided not to
use her.. 27.7 Borrowed CRANFORD's horse to plough, broke down & had to go to
the blacksmiths. 28.7 Started the plough again, broke down again - broke the
sole plate.. [The next pages have his Maori lessons starting:
When we arrive in Auckland we shall - Ka tae atu matou ki Akarana ha haere.
What are you going to do with that horse. .. What are you doing in that field..
How much do you want for your cow.. Where your village.. Do you know to plow
the earth.. What is your name.. Tomorrow are coming the men to work.. Have you
got any potatoes. Can you read. Do you understand. Can you to saw wood..
Give some food for me..]
Diary contd July 1871
9.8 Left the mare at DICKSON's & walked off in company with Dickson & 2 Maoris
as far as Tainui, then went on by myself.. slept in the fern..
10.8 Travelling again as soon as the moon rose & reached Dickson's by 1030a &
Aunt Mary's by dinner time. 11.8 Walked up to see Aunt Fanny & the farm..
14.8 Went with cousin Tom for Goss plants & sundry cuttings & to the settlement
.. 16.8 Rode to Ngaruawahia & took the steamer to the Point. Cousin tom came
from Hamilton. Slept at the Queens .. 7.8 Started by daylight & reached home
4pm. Went thru Tuakau. 18.8 Had a few words with the bushman for hanging our
dog Spring but have a better in his place. Most of the day trying to catch a
sheep.. 19.8 Sheep hunting again.. Went to the settlement to be enrolled in the
Volunteers.. 24.8 Harry gone out to try & get some meat.. 30.8 Harry gone to
Town at the fencing with cousin Tom..
Memorandum of Farm operations.
14.8.1875 Brought home 110 ewes in lamb.8.11 Bought chestnut horse of TWM.
Nov-Dec Shore in the grease, average 6.25 lbs
1-7.3.1876 Shore lambs, average 4 lbs. 17.3 Put Rams to the Ewes.
14.4 Bought guy gelding of SMITH. 5-12.8 1st lambs dropped. Aug-Sept 35 chains
of fencing partly planted with thorns & briar. 3.10 Commenced turning furze
[gorse], planted 24 green trees. 6.10 Tailed lambs - 110 = 53 wethers+57 ewes
2.11 Tailed lambs - 16 = 7 wethers+9 ewes. 12.10 Finished hedges.
20.10 Commenced cutting Fern with machine. 9-29.11 shearing (wethers)
5&9.12 Commenced mowing for MILLAR & TISDALL. 10.12 Commenced clearing for the
plough. 28.12 Burnt off the large hill & began ploughing, bought Jerry, a bay
gelding of SMITH.
5.1.1877 Commenced mowing for AI SCOTT. 17.2 Finished ploughing - 33 acres.
20.2 Commenced Harrowing. 28.2 Cutting Ti-tree.
Measurement of Hay
40 & 42 trusses of hay 3'6" x 1'8" x 1'8"
equal to 1 Ton which measures 16'8" x 6'8" x 3'6"
4.5 tons will measure 25'x10'x7'= 1750 cubic feet or a stack 16'x12'x6' to
eaves
17.3 Finished Harrowing. 31.3 Finished sowing & covered in. 10.4 Carting titree
11-12.4 Mowing fern - MILLAR. 13-21.4 Making horse-rake. 24.4 RM COURT.
28-30.4 At MILLARD. 1-3.5 Brushing boundary fence
Length of Swing trees 3'2" & 3'7" - 3x2 diam. 4-9.5 Ditching in swamp.
10-19.5 Butcher for SMITH. 21.5 Brushing in swamp. 22.5-4.9 At Millard.
5-11.6 At MCCALLUM's. 12.6 Ohaupo sale. 13-16.6 At MCCALLUM's. 25.6 HIGGINSON..
.. 30.7 timber for Heather's Creek bridge.. 11.9 Sowed oats - Prickly Comfrey
.. 29.9 Plowed in potatoes. . 26.11 In Auckland. 29.11 Returned to Te Rore..
21.1.1878 Mowing DILLON 1/7/6. 9.2 Board meeting.. 26.2-2.3 Taking Census..
18.3 Assessment Court.. 23-27.3 Mowing BERRY & RYBURN..
9.4 & 30.4 R.M. Court dog nuisance.. 1.5 Gone to Hamilton. 2-5.5 Gone to Mauku.
6.5 Married. 7.5 Hamilton. 8.5 Te Rore.. 13-2.5 Building HALL's dairy..
22.5 MASON's.. 24.7 at Paterangi polling booth.. 6.8 Pig-hunting..
19.8 Attending Trustees.. 27.8 at MCNAULS.. 30.8 Found steer..
10.9 Sowing bone dust 1 ton 6.5 acres.. 4.10 Sowing parsnips acacia & CAWTON
bridge. 5.10 At CAMPBELL's bridge - Board meeting.. 7.10 Sowing carrots..
12.10 Repairing plough.. 28.10 boring posts & erecting wire fence to stockyard
.. 30.10 Straining wire.. 24.11 Castrataing Jaimes Bull.. 16.11 Repairing
orchard fence. New boundary fence. 18.11 Bought Trap - Alexandra -
ceiling spare room.. 4-5.12 Mowing TISDALLs 2/-/-. 6.12 Valuing..
17-31.12 Mowing MCLARENS FORKERT WOODS HERDEGEW KUSAH BOGATOKI BURKE JAMES
HARPER SING TURNVELDT KRIPPNER..
1879 1.1 Mowing.. 11.1 bought 8 calves of TAM.. 28.4 Seeking roan heifer..
10.5 Marking out fence. Meeting Cemetery Trustees.. 26.6 Grafted 5 fruit trees
& 12 quinces.. 3.7 Hunting cattle, boring posts.. 26-28.7 Ditching in swamp
30.7-1.8 Collecting Rates.. 8-9.8.. planted rhubarb, early potatoes, turnips &
carrots for seed.. 23.8 Carting firewood.. 2.9 Began ploughing for summer
fallow. 3.9 Mowing house for the School.4.9 Found missing calf..
9.9.. found calves. 10.9 Election Alexandra.. 24.9 Tailed lambs 26 wethers,
34 ewes. Carpentering.. 26.9.. Sheep worried by dogs.. 30.9.. sowed beans,
cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce.. 7-8.10 Drafting & shearing dry lives (8)..
5.11 Made gate at GERMAN's. Miss GILMOUR & Harsant. 6.11 MILLAR's roller..
10.11 Seeking red calf.. 12.11.. Singing practise.. 25.11 Packed wool.
26.11 Ohaupo Mill. making trestles. Practise.. 28.11 Cleaning schoolhouse..
9.12 Ohaupo Council..
1880 .. 7-8.1 Carrying hay LANYE's. Cow calved.. Tagging lambs & killed sheep..
3.2 Shearing SMITH's lambs - Tagging.. 20.2 Assessment court.. 1.3 Measuring
CALDER's road. Board a/cs.. 13.3 CHESTER's inquest.. 23.3 County Council Ohaupo
.. 29.3 S. School Picnic.. 26.6 Ratepayers & Board meetings.. 5-7.7 Collecting
rates & serving summons..
UNPAID ASSETS
RJ MILLAR balance 8/9. Seeds paid.
IW BRIDGMAN mowing 1 day
I HIGGINSON Moving 1/- days paid
JAMES 2 hides paid
MDB to date 15/10/77 8 days paid
JAMES to shearing paid.
MILLAR repairing roller paid, .. MDB, RYBURN, JOHNSON.. A SMITH..
TISDALL.. SMITH.. SING.. MCLARIN.. AI SCOTT.. WW HIGGINS.. DELLON.. JG BERRY..
GOODFELLOW.. HALL.. A SMITH.. BURKE.. JAMES.. TURNVELDT.. I WESTNEY.. FINCH..
IH SCOTT.. AI SCOTT..
MEMORANDA OF PROPORTION OF STOCK, March 1878
Name of farmer No. of acres grass Horses Sheep Lamb Cows Calves & stores
I WEBB 120 6 80 40 5 11
D MUNNS 55 3 7 23
GARMONDSWAY 70 9 8 3 6 14
MACKY 170 4 200 100 6 24
SING 150 8 128 44 3 4
FOSTER 200 22 100 150 8 42
IH SCOTT 650 11 700 300 22 58
IG BERRY 150 13 20 14 5 3
I WESTNEY 135 5 12 53
BURKE 244 13 99 91 21 57
ROCHE 100 7 75 8 30
HARSANT 300 12 300 40
HALL 200 4 20 61
ROBINSON 120 3 9 16 37
W HYGINSON 50 4 25 17 5 10
MCVURMION 45 3 20 11 16
RICHDALE 90 6 30 20 11 29
[similarly for] MILLAR KRIPPNER RYBURN GRAHAM GUBBINS AI SCOTT FINCH TISDALL
SECCOMBE ALLAN TROBE BLAIN JOHNSON HARPER GRYON&JONES BOSANKO S WESTNEY
RUTHERFORD H&I GOODFELLOW GIBSON HUGHIS NABBS DAVIDSON ALEXANDER KEIGHLEY
ROGERS T GOODFELLOW GERMANN
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Part 6 - a selection from paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
These show that NT Maunder had at least 6 sons.
6.11.1879 Waikato Times. Mangapiko Highway District. .. The Lower Te Awamutu
Road will be stopped .. Nov 15 during completion of Culvert near Mr Seccombe's.
By order, NT MAUNDER, Secretary.
20.4.1880 Waikato Times. By order, NT MAUNDER, Clerk Waipa County Council.
14.2.1882 Waikato Times. Mangapiko Highway District. .. The Valuation List ..
is now oen for inspection at the residence of the undersigned. All objections
must be left.. addressed to the Assessment Court, .. at Paterangi School-house,
.. NT MAUNDER, Secretary.
22.2.1883, 3.3.1883, 16.2.1884 Waikato Times. NT MAUNDER Returning Officer
30.8.1884 Waikato Times. Mr NT Maunder has been appointed rate-collector for
the Waipa County & the rates are now payable to him at his residence.
9.10.1888 Waikato Times. ROAD WORKS - date for receiving tenders, 17.10,
NT Maunder, clerk, Tuhikaramea Road Board.
6.8.1895 Waikato Times. Mr NT Maunder of Taranaki has sent the undersigned a
quantity of A1 Cocksfoot seed for sale. 7s 7d per bushel. TW Maunder, Hamilton.
14.7.1896 Wanganui Herald. Education board. Matapu .. appoint .. NT Maunder &
GH Maunder.
19.1.1906 Wairarapa Daily Times. A letter by him endorsing Syke's Drench.
2.8.1906 Hawera & Normanby Star. .. from Mr NT Maunder whose lease on the
Skeet road has expired, to sell.. 130 choice young cows.. Luncheon provided.
Mr Maunder has been dairying for some years & taken great pains to select cows
for test & quality. Those being offered are the whole of 2 dairies, which are
removed to the homestead for convenience of sale, the lease having expired.
18.5.1908 His letter to the editor, Waikato Times.
27.1.1910 Hawera & Normanby Star. On Dec 1 at Matapu Union Church,
Marriage of Francis Bell, 2nd son of NT Maunder Esq, New Plymouth, to Emily
Jane, eldest daughter of CJ Luxton Esq.
21.9.1910 Otago Witness. At the residence of the bride's brotherinlaw,
Musselburgh, Dunedin, George Thomas, eldest son of NT Maunder, New Plymouth,
to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Peter Stewart..
15.9.1910 Otago Daily Times has an identical entry.
22.12.1912 Taranaki Daily News. The usual weekly session of the Juvenile
Temple No. 25 was opened last night by Bro. NT Maunder. 30 juveniles were in
attendance..
16.9.1918 Taranaki Herald. Killed in action in France 31.8.1918, Roger Edwin,
6th son of Mr & Mrs NT Maunder, New Plymouth. He gave his strong young manhood,
that weaker ones might live. Sleep on beloved, sleep & take thy rest;
goodnight, goodnight.
31.7.1920 Taranaki Herald. A resolution of thanks & good wishes was passed to
Mr & Mrs NT Maunder who are now resideing in Wanganui, & have done such good
service in the past.
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Fanny DEACON, my greatgrandmother & fellow passenger in 1866
*** Fanny DEACON was the 2nd of 7 children. The eldest of her nephews and nieces at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/deacon/deacon.html
YET TO PUT ON SUBSTACK
was b 1861. None there that are not found in England in 1866.
So MAUNDER's Aunt Fanny is unlikely to be our Fanny DEACON. And Uncle Tom
wouldnt be Thomas WHITSON as they only married 26.11.1868.
deacon.html has no MAUNDER apart from referring to this diary.
It is possible that Fanny b 1838, ID (10)522, was an older cousin of MAUNDER.
Her mother was Eliza Gittens PETTET/PETTETT b 31.8.1816 Rochester, Kent;
d 25/26.1.1849 Portsmouth. She has ID 44331 6118 in our PETTET tree at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/pettet/pettet.html
There are no MAUNDER there either.
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THE MAUNDER MINIMUM
The Maunder Minimum, also known as the "prolonged sunspot minimum", is the name
used for the period around 1645 to 1715 during which sunspots became
exceedingly rare, as was then noted by solar observers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum
Eddy named the period after the solar astronomers Annie Russell Maunder
(1868-1947), an Irish astronomer and mathematician, and her husband,
Edward Walter MAUNDER (b 12.4.1851 London d 1928), who studied how sunspot
latitudes changed with time. He was the youngest child of a minister of the
Wesleyan Society. [The author of the diary, NTM, also appears to be a Wesleyan.
Possibly a brother.]
In 1875 Edward married his 1st wife Edith Hannah Bustin who died 1888 after
giving him 4 sons & 2 daughters. See there for photos of him & Annie whom he
married in 1895. In 1916 Annie Maunder became one of the first women accepted
by the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Some MAUNDER in NZ.
On 16.1.2018 whitepages gives 46 MAUNDER in NZ.
.............................................................................
0 Joseph Clarke Maunder 4.12.1848 Buckby, Batson, Devon-20.11.1930 Palmn N
m Jane STEER 1848 Kingsbridge, Devon -1920. SO NOT RELATED.
They came to NZ 1879 on the RAKAIA from Plymouth to Wellington. Then they
changed ship in Wellington on to the STORMBIRD which landed in Foxton.
Later they moved to Ashhurst.
1 Archie MAUNDER 3.2.1884 Napier Rd, Ashhurst-1941 Invercargill
m Louise Ellen ROGERS 1877-1948 gggparents of Alan
11 Alexander E 1910-81
111 Alan E & Williams J O, 59 Acacia Ave Maungaraki LowerHutt 5010 569-5669
12 Douglas 121 John in brisbane, 13 Ellen Joyce,
14 Maurice Clarke 1912-88,
141 Raymond D m Diane E
11 Burnside Street Epuni Lower Hutt City 5011 tel 577 1501
has a tree back to 1650
15 Gladys 1914-90,
16 lyndsay 1918-72
17 Noelene Mary 1921-2006
2 Clara Mildred 1886 Napier Rd, Ashhurst-1950 Palmn N
3 Rhoda Josephine 1888 Napier Rd, Ashhurst-1974 Lower Hutt
4 Kathleen Mary 7.4.1892 Napier Rd, Ashhurst -1981
.............................................................................
MAUNDER A M, 95 Rintoul Street Newtown, Wellington 6021 04-389-4375
widow - gave my number to her children.
.............................................................................
George MAUNDER in Gisborne schoolteacher. Another in Taranaki
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This was one of 6 trips to NZ that
the ENGLAND made under charter to Shaw Savill Co. the most famous being 1871-2
to Wellington, half sick amid gales & iceburgs in the S Ocean: 16 passengers
died & passengers were quarantined on Somes Island, 2 with smallpox; a
Commission of Inquiry was held re the ship's doctor. This ship had previously
belonged to the East India Co. & carried convicts to Oz.
Fanny has ID (10)522 in DEACON OF PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE (1796-1838)
at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/deacon/deacon.html
[ex www.aucklandlibrary.co.nz to Genealogy to shipping to Ak Passenger arrivals
-1886.]
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church C1' record (Book 4 No 22): Thomas WHITSON,
(brewer) married Fannie DEACON 26.11.1868 at dwelling house of Mr Robert
WHITSON,Hobson Bridge, Newmarket. Married by David BRUCE; witnessed by R Jordan
MACDONALD, accountant, Auckland & Jessie WHITSON, Hobson Bridge, Auckland.
The wedding was recorded in the Auckland Weekly News p8.
(Hobson Bridge was near Davis Crescent in Newmarket - John MANSON.)
whfannie.jpg
This photo of Fanny WHITSON nee DEACON is in a 2 inch enamel frame - reproduced on p13, Auckland & Waikato Historical Journal, April 1991, No. 58 in
the article on her sister Muriel by DA RAE. The photo belonged to Dad then Mum.
Which of my nephews & nieces has it now?
Their large bible given to them as a wedding present passed to Dad, then Mum
& in 2010 to my nephew Manu WITHERS:
"Presented to Thomas WHITSON Esq as a marriage present from his affectionate
friend & well wisher - Auckland 7.11.1868 John Stevenson CURRIE":
"The Holy Bible according to the authorised version with the marginal readings
& similar rep's printed at length \ and the \ Commentaries of Henry & Scott \
condolence? by the Rev John M Farline, LL D London\ & a \ Compact
bibliographical Dictionary by the Rev John Edie DD LLD with a scripture Ftbs?
& a set? of Illustrations of [for?] the \Lover of the Bible \
in Chromo-lithography from photo's taken expressly for this work.
[ one follows labelled Jerusalem from Scopus] Glasgow,\ William Collins, Queen
Printer?". Next? page: "The Pictorial Family Bible ... MDCCCLXIV [1864] ..."
There is no Apocrypha. In the centre between Testaments there is a "Family
Register" with entries on b,d,m to 1941.
paperpast - Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 134, 5 June 1874
& Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1353, 11 June 1874
WANTED, a General Servant. - Apply to Mrs Whitson, Grafton Koad.
paperpast - Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1421, 1 September 1874
Wanted, a General Servant for Mrs Thomas Whitson, Waterloo Quadrant.
Apply to Mrs Johnstone, Allen Road.
paperpast - WANTED, a Nurse Girl, also a General Servant.
- Apply to Mrs. Thomas Whitson, Waterloo Quadrant.
paperpast - Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2724, 15 January 1879
WANTED, a Housemaid; references required. Mrs. Whitson, Waterloo Quadrant.
WANTED, a Nursemaid; references required.Mrs. T. Whitson, Princes street.
paperpast - Auckland Star, Volume x, Issue 2781, 2 April 1879
WANTED, a Nursemaid. - Apply to Mrs Thomas Whitson, Princes-street.
NZ Wise's Post Office Directory for 1883/84 lists her in Princes St.,
then from 1885 to 1888 at The Dene, Onehunga (Whitsondene?),
then from 1890 to 1905 at Manukau Road (now Parnell Road), Newmarket or Parnell.
paperspast -Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 30, 7 February 1888
& Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4027, 7 February 1888:
ROBBERIES IN AUCKLAND. Auckland, February 6. A numerous succession of robberies
has occurred during the past seven or eight days, the work of the thieves being
performed in a manner that leaves little doubt that it is the result of efforts
of an organised gang. The residences of .., Mrs Whitson (Manukau Road), ..
paperspast has this 1910 obituary for her -
(click on Text top left to copy & paste):
Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 172, 22 July 1910. PERSONAL.
Another whose identity with Auckland dates back into the pioneer days, passed
away at her late residence, Parnell, yesterday, in the person of Mrs. Fanny
Whitson, widow of the late Mr. Thomas Whitson. The deceased lady, who enjoyed
good health almost to within 24 hours of her death, the immediate cause being
a severe attack of pneumonia, followed by heart failure, was 'born at
Portsmouth, England, 64 years ago, and arrived in Auckland 41 years some by
the ship "Queen." She married Mr. Thomas Whitson, second son of the late
Mr. Robert Whitson, of Auckland, and has resided in this town during the whole
period of her residence in New Zealand, first in Princes' street, and later at
Parnell. Mrs. Whitson was well known and greatly esteemed for her charitable
works, having ever been an active supporter of all benevolent movements, while
her personal qualities generally were such as to make her beloved by a wide
circle of friends. She is survived by five children, two sons and three
daughters - Messrs. Robert 3494 and Harry Whitson 3495 , both of Auckland;
Mrs. Fred. Murray 3492, of Parnell; Mrs. E. S. Withers 3493, of Auckland;
and Miss Muriel Whitson 3496, at present in London.
- Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 172, 22 July 1910.
- thanks to Holy Trinity Archivist Sarah PADEY's search at
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers using the words Whitson Parnell.
Sarah informed me 6.4.2018 that Parnell Borough Council ratebooks show WHITSON
1873-1900. In 1893 she owned 2 properties in Manukau Rd.
Street numbers only start 1908. One can look up the properties on an aerial
map. AC archives give the owner & occupier.
"The other place you may like to contact is the Auckland Council Archives who
hold valuation and rating records for Parnell. The link below is to some of
the records but they hold more which have not been indexed as yet.
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/PRN008/searchparnellratebooks.htm
The link below will take you to information about how to contact or visit the
archives
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/archives/Pages/visit-archives-office.aspx
They may be able to provide current street addresses to enable you to
physically locate the properties or to view aerial photographs of them via
the Council GIS viewer which you can search using street addresses
https://geomapspublic.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/viewer/index.html" - Sarah.
The Electoral Roll for 1896 lists her residing in Manukau Rd with her
daughters Dora & Lisa. She wrote "Mrs James WHITSON (224w) was Governess in
my family for many years. I considered her quite capable for all the branches
she undertook - Mrs Thomas WHITSON, `Aoora', Parnell." Now in the possession of
Jim WRIGHT (2241 4)? Her death certificate records that she died at Cowie Rd,
Parnell in 1910 aged 67 of Morbus Jordis of 7 years, & pneumonia (lobar) of
24 hours; medical attendant Wm KINDAR, 43 years in NZ (so she arrived 1866-67),
married aged 26, ages of issue living: M 36 33, F 39 37 29.
Dora (3492) and Lisa (3493) inherited a house of Fanny's in Tottenham Court
Road, London according to spouse of 34935.
paperpast - New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11998, 21 June 1902
PRESENTATION TO BISHOP COWIE. .. Mrs. Whitson, £1. ..
As of 2013, Fanny WHITSON nee DEACON is the only WHITSON buried at Purewa
Cemetery. Buried in July 1910 (Section 51, Block E issued to M WHITSON).
www.purewa.co.nz gives: WHITSON Fanny Age 67, Date of Death 21 Jul 1910
Serial No 4374, Date of Service 22 Jul 1910
Funeral Director Winks & Hall, Chanary Street, City
Location Block E 51 Plot 078, Purewa Cemetery.
Will 23.11.1908 proved 12.8.1910: she held shares in 9 & 10 Tottenham Court
Rd, London. Her dau'rs Dora MURRAY & Elizabeth WITHERS were her executrices.
The will was sent me by our cousin Jean HENNAH Jeanhennah@aol.com 2002:
she is 64271 11 on our DEACON tree above. It may also be downloaded from
http://archway.archives.govt.nz 6 children. 1875RobertFanny.jpg
Fanny WHITSON nee DEACON holding 3494 Robert WHITSON 1874-1946 as a baby c1875 ex John MANSON. FamilySearch ID KJMC-VM1
3491 4-Robert WHITSON b 9.9.1869 d 18.1.1870 bur with his father & grfather.
3492 4-Dora (Isobel) WHITSON (3.1.1871 Selwyn Terrace, Auckland) Her birth is
at Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 310, 6 January 1871 - paperspast.
5.12.1901 godmother to Edward Trevor Stroude WITHERS, 1st son of her sister
Lisa 3493.
1902 living in Manukau Road (later called Parnell Road). She used the serving
spoons of the WHITSON silver for gardening! She also inherited Jesse WHITSON's
5 piece silver hairbrush/mirror/clothes-brush set, a rimu chest of drawers and
a walnut writing desk brought out by her father Robert from UK - all now owned
by her son Gordon.
paperspast - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4666, 20 August 1886
The SS Manapouri (Capt. Logan) arrived from Auckland at 1 p.m. to-day with
the following passengers: Misses Whitson, [but 3492 looks too young.]
5.12.1900 a witness at the wedding of her sister Elizabeth `Lisa' WHITSON.
m 8.3.1905 at Auckland to Frederick (Steel Miller) MURRAY (20.8.1874-5.8.1952).
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 76, 30 March 1905
An interesting marriage was celebrated this morning at St. Mary's Cathedral,
Parnell, the contracting parties being Miss Dora Whitson and Mr. Fred. Murray.
As both the bride and bridegroom are well known a large congregation collected.
Miss Whitson is the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Whitson,
a grand-daughter of the late Mr. Robert Whitson, who was one of the pioneers of
Auckland. Mr. Fred. Murray is probably the best-known man in athletic circles
in Auckland. The Rev. Canon MacMurray performed the ceremony, the bride being
given away by her brother, Mr. Robert Whitson. Miss Muriel Whitson was
bridesmaidj and Mr. J. C. Irans acted as groomsman. After the ceremony the
guests assembled at the residence of the bride's mother. Mrs. T. Whitson,
where the usual toasts were honoured,, the Rev. Canon MaeMurray, in a very
happy speech, proposing the toast of the bride and bridegroom. The presents
numbered over 200.
A similar article is in NZ Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12829, 31 March 1905.
Fred was a front-row forward/hooker for the NZ Reps (later called the All Blacks)
touring Australia in 1893 and 1897. In 1905 he was selected for the All Blacks
and was nicknamed "Butcher". (His nephew Jack MURRAY -a dentist and graduate of
Otago- was picked for the 1938 All Blacks but due to an injury was unable to
play. Jack's son is Phillip MURRAY phillip@snookums.co.nz 3.8.2007.)
He was a chemist in Parnell, and was invited to stand for Parliament.
Earlier he opened the first chemist shop in Rotorua where he pulled teeth
and mended broken arms. (His father John Mitchell MURRAY (1838-1910) was MP for
Matakana: the Maori put a boom across the bay to stop his entry; he was
headmaster c1860 at Hamilton East which he opened; they used to hide when
Hone Heke walked thru their property at Matakana; the local Maori wanted to
kidnap him as a boy for his fair hair.) (His father's father jumped ship from
UK and bought a schooner he used to trade between Russell and Australia.)
They lived at Cowie Ave., Parnell, Auckland near the Institute for the Blind.
They owned a house at the fare end of Rocky Bay, Waiheke. Lisa WITHERS nee
WHITSON and her 5 sons often used to holiday there with the MURRAYs: that is
how Wynn WITHERS met his wife who was staying there with her friend Rosie
SIMICH. Harry WITHERS brought Governor-General HARDY-BOYS there.
GOLDIE the painter was a family friend and his sons used to holiday there
also. Gordon's photo-albums have many photos of the WITHERS family, and members
of these other families there. The GOLDIEs had a palatial house near Rocky Bay.
Gordon built a cottage next to his parents' house there. Access to the beach
was down the cliff face. 1 child,
34921 5-Gordon Frederick MURRAY (27.6.1908 Auckland-9.4.2000 Auckland)
Attended Parnell School then Auckland Grammar and New Plymouth Boys High.
Played cricket and football. In the 1918 flu epidemic he was sent to Jack
FRANCIS's at Te Kuiti and given a rifle to killthe rabbits. He was stock &
Station Manager for Dalgety's. He adored [3493] Lisa WITHERS nee WHITSON
(Aunt Peggy) who treated him as a 6th son.
m 28.10.1937 to Rosa (Lockwood) HOOD (7.11.1914 Toowoomba, Queensland).
She inherited half of the 3000 acre farm at Darling Downs out of Toowoomba,
now owned by her brother and his son. Her father had shoes made for his
sheepdogs to keep the bindy-eyes (a prickle) out.
* 200 Parker Road, Oratia, Titirangi, Auckland. Phone 09 818 3888.
2 children, firstly
34921 1 6-Scott (Lockwood) MURRAY (15.1.1941 Auckland) Metals Trader.
GOLDIE's son "Uncle Tup" was his godfather. He inherited his parents' albums.
2014: 03 572 5089 Blenheim
m 20.12.1967 at Auckland to Margaret (Mary) SHANKS (6.12.1935).
* 46 Parr Terrace, Castor Bay, Auckland. Phone 09 410 7237. 2 children, firstly
34921 11 7-Hamish Andrew Drummond MURRAY (20.5.1971 Auckland)
Westlake Boys High School. IT Consultant.
34921 12 7-Georgina Lockwood MURRAY (27.10.1973 Auckland) Midwife.
34921 2 6-Renton (Filmer) MURRAY (23.8.1944 Auckland) Potter.
His pots and fountains sell throughout NZ. His home includes chimney tops
he brought back from demolition work in London. 2014 retired from teaching at
Auckland Studio Pottery.
m 4.7.1975 at Auckland to `Rosie' Rosemary Margaret EWEN (31.3.1947)
*2001: 202 Parker Road, RD Oratia, Auckland. Phone 09 818 8483. 2 children.
rentonmurray@xtra.co.nz
34921 21 7-William Reuben MURRAY (8.3.1977)
34921 22 7-Grizelda Roslyn MURRAY (2.8.1981 St Helen's, Mt Albert) She is a
qualified nanny.
* 1999: 23A Kensington St, Te Aro, Wellington.
3493 4-Elizabeth (`Lisa' or `Peggy') WHITSON b 27.8.1872 Auckland d 26.4.1936
Auckland at her home at 21-23 Takutai St, Parnell. ** My father’s mother.**
A hand-coloured photo of Lisa a few years before her death - now held by me.
"A Fairy Tale" was written for her 1883, probably by Rev. R McKINNEY,
vicar at Mahurangi:
Once upon a time there was an old old man & an old old woman - & they lived
in a country very very far away east of the sun & south of the earth. And
they were very poor as perhaps has to be expected - for the old man made
his living by standing up in a great box periodically & telling people their
faults. Now as the people paid him for this, or rather paid him for pretending
to tell them their faults, it did not on the whole fare very well with him.
He sometimes poor silly old man -.. - told them these faults too plainly
-especially when he thought they were hypocrites - & the result of it all
was that he was poor.
One day .. he told his wife `I had better go up to the big city & buy
clothes & meal & other things for ourselves & the children.' And the old
woman said `Do go for the meal is all done & the children's clothes are
getting threadbare & ragged.'
Now there was in the country in which these old people lived - which was
called the .. of Antipodes - a great big city called the Land of Auck,
& to this city the old man went. And he journeyed to it over the sea, & he
travelled in a great big ship, which was driven forward by a friendly
monster, which as it drove the ship, hissed & roared & snarled & belched forth
from its burning lungs huge volumes of thick black smoke. And the souls of the
people travelling were terrified, & some of them sickened nigh unto death,
went to the .. of the great ship & brought up from their innermost parts
the food that they had partaken of, & cast it forth into the yawning deep.
But the old man was not sick.
At last however the ship arived at the Land of Auck, & the old man went
ashore, & he wondered at the great big houses he saw there & at the multitude
of people he saw walking as it appeared to him idly about. For in the country
he came from nobody walked about.
In the mi.. all were busy the live long day, some in ploughing up the land,
some in felling the old forest, some in burning & uprooting the stumps of
the old trees which had grown on the land for centuries. And the old man
envied the lives of the people of the Land of Auck, whose lives, so it seemed
to him, were free from care; yet he wondered how they lived.
The old man however, went to the town, & as he walked through it he saw many
old friends, several of whom instead of greeting him as they used to stared
strangely at him. And he wondered what this could mean, & he at first fancied
that it was because he was poor; but at last he remembered the true reason.
It was because his beard had grown long & grizzly that the poeple knew him not.
At length the old man came to a street called the street of the Princes & it
was filled with grand palaces as befitted its name. And the old man went up to
one of the most beautiful of these palaces, & he rang a bell, & a young maiden,
all wreathed in smiles & beautiful to look upon opened the door to him, &
ushered him into the presence of the charming princess, who owned the palace.
And the princess welcomed him as heartily as though he were the richest man
that ever was in all the world, & the little children of the princess ..
upon him .. him, & said how glad they were to see him, & asked him why
he had not brought with him some of his children. And the poor old man after
all his travels & the perils of the deep, felt at home & happy.
So he lived in the grand palace for many days, & was feasted on the best,
& he went out into the markets, & the great shops, & he bought the clothes
for his wife & his children, & he laid in a large store of meal & other things
to keep his children from want when the cold winter came. And he spent all his
money & more; for some of the things he bought in the grand shops he bought
on tick, & he had no money left to buy trinkets for his poor old wife & his
dear little children. And he was sorry for this, for they lovved the trinkets
well.
And he went to bed sad & sorrowful & he .. there are now no fairies & no
wishing caps. And it was the beautiful .. of his stay in the Land of Auck.
But in the night he fancied he heard the pattering of little feet, & he dreamed
that perhaps the days of the fairies had come back again. And in the morning
he awoke & found that what he dreamt was no dream. The fairies had been there,
& their little feet had pattered, & their little hands had come, laden with
the choicest gifts. The room of the palace in which the old man slept was
strewed with them. There were silken scarfs for his old wife & for his little
children all sorts of the most valued & charming presents. And the old man
rose up, & gazed at them, & his heart was glad. And he left the palace that
was in the street of the Princes, & he bade farewell to the Princess herself,
& her little children, & he returned home, & as soon as he arrived he opened
out his fairy treasures. And his old wife & his little children thought they
never saw anything so beautiful, & they blessed the fairies & they rejoiced
greatly. And there was joy from that day to this in the house of the old man,
& it was remarked that when he sood up to speak to the people, in his big lap
the hard lines of his old face were loosened, since he spoke softer things
than he had been wont to speak for many a day afterwards.
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This fairytale is mentioned along with "beer baron" Thomas WHITSON on p143,144
of "The past today - historic places in NZ" , editor John WILSON, NZ Historic
Places Trust, Pacific Publishers, 1987. Page 141 has a photo of the soldiers
at the Albert Barracks in the 1860s.
Also known as "The little mater". CHECK - I think this is on the grave of Fanny WHITSON!
In the Great Depression, Lisa gave her wedding ring to her son John to sell
for food. Their home was always full of visitors. The 5 boys strolling into
St Mary's Cathedral on Sundays behind their mother must have created quite
an impression. In 1935 she lived at 21 Takutai St, Parnell, Auckland.
Obituaries. 30?.4.1936 NZ Herald: WITHERS on April 26 at her residence,
21-23 Takutai St off St Stephens Ave, Parnell. Lisa, widow of the late Edward
Stroude WITHERS & dearly loved mother of Trevor, Harry, Maurice, John & Wynn
WITHERS. A short service will be held today (Monday) in St Mary's Cathedral
Parnell at 11am, following which the funeral will leave the Cathedral for the
Crematorium at Waikumete.
28.4.1936 Auckland Star: WITHERS on 26.4.1936 at her residence,
21-23 Takutai St off St Stephens Ave, Parnell. Lisa, widow of the late Edward
Stroude WITHERS & dearly loved mother of Trevor, Harry, Maurice, John & Wynn
WITHERS. Cremated yesterday (Monday) at Waikumete. [This is at 4128 Great North
Rd, Glen Eden 0602; ph 09-818 5615. The main gates are on Great North Rd.]
Funeral Director W M MORRISON. Her ashes were in Columbarium niche wall,
old row H, Plot 11. But this no longer exists. They are now in the Ash Vault
down the path from the Chapel of Faith. There is a plaque on the ground but no
names- 19.11.2013 helen.harwood@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz on 09 818 5615.
http://waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch See the maps at
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/pdf/cem-page1.pdf
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/pdf/cem-page2.pdf
tel (09) 818 5615 info.cemetery@waitakere.govt.nz www.waitakere.govt.nz
Open 7.30am to 6.00pm/8.00pm (winter/summers.
30.4.1936 Auckland Star: Mrs Lisa WITHERS. The death occurred in Auckland of
Mrs Lisa WITHERS who had for many years been widely known in Auckland for her
kindly & generous nature. She had for some weeks been convalescing from a
serious illness, her death following a sudden & unexpected relapse. Mrs WITHERS
was the widow of the late Mr Edward Stroude WITHERS who died in 1922, & is
survived by 5 sons, Messrs Trevor, Harry, Maurice, John & Wynn, all of whom
reside in Auckland. The funeral was preceded by a service in St Mary's
Cathedral Parnell, which was attended by a very large congregation.
The 1910 will of her aunt Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) left her P500:
"to my neice called "Lesia" [ID 3493] the wife of Edward S WITHERS, formerly a
clerk in the Deeds Office, Auckland, & whose present address is Domain Drive,
Parnell, Auckland, during her life; & from & after her decease to divide the
said sum of P500 sterling, together with all accumulations of income (if any)
in equal shares among all her children then living;" so each of her 5 sons
would have received at least P100 when Lisa died in 1936.
FamilySearch ID 9KGG-4L4
(Another Peggy WHITSON has spent more time in space than any other US
astronaut. She is now in charge of NASA's International Space Station.
- Dom Post B4 12.4.2017.)
………………………………………………………
m 5.12.1900 St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland to Edward (Stroude) WITHERS
b 11.11.1871 Bath, England d 29.11.1922 Auckland. **My Grandfather**.
Their marriage certificate held by St Mary's archives:
paperspast - New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11548, 6 December 1900
A very pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell,
yesterday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. E. Stroude WITHERS,
eldest son of Mr. E. WITHERS, of Wanganui, and Miss "Lisa" WHITSON, second
daughter of the late Mr. Thomas WHITSON (Auckland) and granddaughter of the
late Mr. Robert WHITSON. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. George
MacMurray, and the bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. Robert
Whitson, was attired in a handsome gown of white lace over satin, with a veil
of old Limerick lace, and bore in her hand a choice spray bouquet of
waterlilies, with streamers of white satin ribbon attached. Misses Dora and
Muriel Whitson, sisters of the bride, were the bridesmaids, and wore white
liberty silk dresses, trimmed with chiffon, and surmounted by delicate chiffon
hats. Mr. P. C. Gould acted as best man. A large amount of interest was centred
in the wedding, the church being filled with guests and others, while to the
surprise and delight of the contracting parties, it was found that the interior
of the building had been most tastefully decorated with white flowers, a large
marriage bell of white blooms being suspended from the artistically-arranged
archway; the decorations being a tribute of respect to the bride by her many
lady friends. The ceremony over the bridal party returned to the residence of
the bride's mother, and here a large number of guests were entertained. The
presents were both costly and numerous, and included a handsome combination
case of silver fruit and fish knives, the gift of the Misses Whitson, sisters
of the late Mr. Thomas Whitson. At a later stage the newly-wedded couple left
by steamer for their honeymoon trip.
Death certificate: Edward Stroude WITHERS deeds searcher died 29.11.1922
at Queen St,Auckland from 5 Takutai St,Parnell of myocardial degeneration c3
months & heart failure 2 hours, seen same day by medical attendant RJ INGLIS;
son of Edward WITHERS flourmiller and Agnes Mary nee NEWTON; buried 30.11.1922
at Purewa by P JAMES Anglican; born in Bath,England; 38 years in NZ; married
in Auckland aged 29 to Elizabeth nee WHITSON now 50; leaves
issue M aged 21 18 16 12 8; JN WINKS? undertaker Auckland.
He attended a school for young gentlemen in Bath. He came to NZ with his
parents & 5 sibs in 1884 on the ship "the RUAPEHU".
He was a deed searcher and lawyer, frequently visiting
the Maori Land Court in Thames, receiving greenstone, clubs, spears
and sacks of kumara as payment. He spoke Maori fluently & knew Princess Te
Puea. A good artist. He had a token collection. He lived with his family at
5 Takutai St, Parnell, Auckland. (1902-12 Domain Drive, Parnell; 1917
44 Gladstone Rd, Parnell.) Office at 154 Queen St. 1917-22. 1922 at 2
(21?) Takutai St, Parnell. Their marriage is in the Weekly News Supplement
for 14.12.1900 p9.
He has ID 38428 152 in the NZ branch of our WITHERS tree at
https://kitwithers.substack.com/p/descendants-of-edward-withers-1788
https://kitwithers.substack.com/p/descendants-of-edward-withers-1788
previously at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/withersnz/withersnz.html
See there for their 5 children 38428 1525(1-5) and descendants (including
myself.) FamilySearch ID 9KGG-4LS
3494 4-Robert WHITSON b 3.5.1874 Auckland d 20.3.1946 at 71, cremated 21.3 &
bur Waikumete cem, Auckland, of 17 Norana Rd, Remuera, engineer.
1891 15 P?enham Rd, Blackheath, Lee, London with his mother's brother:
William L DEACON Head M 44 1847 Portsmouth, Hants Govnt Clerk Somerset House
Jane E DEACON Wife M 40 1851 Lee, Kent
Edith J DEACON Daur S 17 1874 Lee, Kent ID (10)5271 of deacon.html
Henry B DEACON Son 5 1886 Lee, Kent ID (10)5273 of deacon.html
Robert WHITSON Neph S 16 1875 Auckland, New Zealand
Articled pupil to engineer ID (10)5225 of deacon.html = 3494 of whitson.html
Kate HOWARD Servt 29
The above IDs are for my site
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kitwithers/deacon/deacon.html
The Electoral Roll for 1896 lists him as an engineer in Parnell.
Wise's Post Office Directory gives: 1900 an engineer at Manukau Road;
1902 at One Tree Hill; 1903-7 (Ryan & Co. Ltd) Manukau Rd;
1908 engineer residence Gladstone Rd Parnell;
1912 WHITSON & Co., Robt., engineers and machinery merchants,286 Cumberland St,
Dunedin; 1917 consulting engineer, 14 Oban St, Roslyn,Dunedin;
1922 manager Riley & Co., 6 Lmstr Rd,Fendalton,Christchurch;
1923 Christchurch; 1924 Wellington; 1927,1935,1940 as engineer at 13 Norana Av,
Remuera,Auckland.
He joined St. Andrews Masonic Lodge, 5.9.1904. Manager at Christchurch in 1922,
when he bought a property at Waitoa Rd, Wellington with a mortage from
his brother 3495 & his wife; (Wellington Land Registry record).
According to 34935 he & his brother Harry formed an engineering company that
was destroyed by fire without insurance; in 1921-25 he lived in St Stephen's
Avenue, opposite Parnell Road (on upper R corner of the street below Takutai
St); he and his daughter Doris moved to Christchurch then back to Auckland
where he managed A & T Burt Ltd.
Lands Registry volume 41 (Wills-Woolven): 1922 T148571 Pt L10 DP 1621
Wellington 242/175.
Robert WHITSON 1874-1946 as a baby c1875 with his mother Fanny ex John MANSON.
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 230, 26 September 1907
MOTOR V. TRAM. .. sued the Auckland .. for £39 17/9, amount of repairs to his
motor car, and £100 as depreciation on the-value of "the car as the result of
being run down by a tram car on the Parnell Rise .. Continuing his evidence,
Robert WHITSON expressed the opinion that, under any circumstances, be would
bave held to the proper side of the road ..
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 283, 28 November 1940
ANSWER THE CALL! AUCKLAND'S HOME GUARD, FORTHCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS
In furtherance of the organisation of Auckland's Home Guard, Public Meetings
will be held .. REMUERA LIBRARY .. Chairman: Mr. Robert Whitson.
Let me know if you download these records from
http://archway.archives.govt.nz
WHITSON Robert - Auckland - Engineer 1946 his will
WHITSON Margaret Mary - Auckland - Widow 1948 his wife's will
Originating Summonses
John William LEECE, deceased, Ngaheia Bay of Islands - his estate;
Plaintiff: Edwin LEECE, Auckland, Engineer; Defendants: Margaret LEECE,
Auckland; Annie HAYWARD, wife of Arthur Kenrick, Opotiki; May WHITSON wife of Robert, Auckland; Maude Jane RAWSON, wife of William Bright H, Auckland 1903
…………………………………
m 4.2.1901 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Auckland
sp-"May" Margaret Mary LEECE b 1874 d 3.9.1948 at 74, crem 4.9 & buried
Waikumete cem, Auckland; of 100 Patteson Ave, Mission Bay, Auckland,
Home Duties. Daughter of Mrs John W LEECE (newspaper cutting of the wedding).
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 29, 4 February 1901
A quiet but very pretty wedding- was celebrated this morning- (Monday) at
St. Mary's, Parnell, the contracting parties being- Mr Robert Whitson and
Miss May Leece, both of Parnell. The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Mr Young. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Maxid Leece, and was
given away by her brother, while Mr J. Z. Bail acted as best man. After the
ceremony the guests assembled at Mrs Leece's, Balfour Road, where the
wedding breakfast was partaken of. After the usual toasts the bride and
bridegroom departed for Rotorua where they will spend their honeymoon.
The presents were both numerous and costly.
paperspast - New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11569, 5 February 1901
WEDDINGS.
A QUIET but very pretty wedding was celebrated yesterday morning (Monday), at
St. Mary's," Parnell, the contracting parties being Mr. Robert Whitson and
Miss May Leece, both of Parnell. The ceremony was performed bv the Rev. T. 0.
Young. The bride was attended by her sister. Miss Maud Xeece, and was given
away by her brother, Mr. E. lieece, while .Mr. J. T. Hall acted us best man.
After the ceremony the quests assembled at Mrs. Leece s, Balfour Road, where
the wedding breakfast was par- | taken of, and the health of the bride and
bridegroom, proposed by Mr. J. Mowbray, was drunk. The presents, which were
both numerous and costly, were much admired. At Cambridge West on Tuesday last
(writes our correspondent).
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11585, 25 February 1901
ex paperspast record their marriage by Rev FW Young: Robert, eldest son of the
late Thomas Whitson of Auckland to May 2nd d'r of the late John William Leece,
late of Hothersak Manor, Lancashire.
Her family is from Liverpool & near Ribchester in Lancashire. 1 child.
11.1.2014 Tony WARD tonyward@bigpond.net.au writes:
May's father, John William, brought his family to New Zealand in the early
1880s. John William's older sister, Elizabeth Jane LEECE, was my great great
grandmother. I have a lot of details on the LEECE family in my family tree on
Ancestry.com (under Ward_Tony).
<!-- The LEECEs emigrated to NZ and went up to North Auckland where they had a
sheep station named Ngaheia Farm, near Ohaeawai, Bay of Islands, where John William died in 1880. His widow then sold up and moved to Auckland. -->
May & Robert were witnesses to the wedding of Maud LEECE to William Harold
BRIGHT RAWSON at St Mary's Cathedral on 7.7.1902 -Lesley.
After Robert died May lived with Doris & Jack in Meadowbank, Auckland.
This magasine cutting shows photos of Robert & May - thanks to John MANSON:
May & Robert with Doris (in her christening gown??) - thanks to John MANSON:
Another of them in their Oldsmobile, perhaps one of the first half-dozen cars
in Auckland. - Thanks to John MANSON. This appears to be the 1903 model:
Robert was working at Ryan and Co (the sole agents for Oldsmobiles in NZ,
according to the advert) from 1903 -1907.
May's brother George LEECE in army uniform is from John MANSON.
George died in the Boer War.
The Boer War site http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/SAW/Database.htm gives
Reg No: 2331 Surname: LEECE GivenNames: G Contingent: fifth
Unit: no 11 company (Auckland section) Ship: MAORI 31 March 1900
Rank: corporal Occupation: surveyor Next of Kin: LEECE Mr E
Relationship to Soldier: Next of Kin Address: same County/City: Auckland
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 173, 23 July 1900
SEVERE FIGHTING IN TRANSVAAL. NEW ZEALANDERS IN A CORNER. MANY MISSING.
DE WET'S FOKCES BEATEN NEAR LINDLEY. LONDON, July 21. General Pok-Carew fought
a stiff action at Rietvlei, 20 miles southeast of Johannesburg. The Boers had
Creusot guns and pom-poms, & outflanked a party of New Zealanders on the right,
capturing .. WHITSON, ..
.. the following casualties among mounted infantry at Reitvlei on July 16:
.. H.T. WHITSON (Hawke's Bay), .. Trooper H. T. WHITSON, who enrolled as a
member of the Third Contingent, at Hawke's Bay. is an Auckland lad, son of the
late Thomas WHITSON. His mother resides in Parnell. He was a runholder in the
Hawke's Bay district prior to joining the contingent. ..
A similar article is BATTLE AT RIETVLEI.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11431, 23 July 1900.
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 217, 12 September 1900
RETURNING INVALIDS. TROOPER WHITSON RELEASED.
Mrs Whitson of Parnell has received a cable from her son Trooper H Whitson of
the NZ Regiment with General Carrington stating that he has been released by
the Boers & is in good health. Trooper Whitson was captured some little time
back.
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 126, 29 May 1901
RETURNED TROOPERS. WELCOME TO CORPORAL WHITSON
Last evening a conversazione was held in St Mary's Parish Hall, Parnell as a
'welcome home' to Corp'l Whitson who recently returned from the war in South
Africa. The Vicar (the Rev Geo. MacMurray) presided & there was a large
attendance of parishioners of St Mary's & their friends. Mr MacMurray warmly
welcomed Corp'l Whitson back on behalf of the parishioners of St Mary's.
He spoke of the part played by NZers in the SA War & said that the members of
the congregation were proud of the fact that one of their number had served in
the campaign, & were very pleased to have him in their midst again. ...
an excellent musical programme was provided by Mesdames Coates, Fleming, Babe,
Bennett, Goss, Sealy & Parkes. Misses May White, Youge & WITHERS & Messrs
Fleming, F Lloyd & others.
<!--
Lesley: Does Auckland City Library have microfilm copies of old
newspapers? This week I obtained the marriage certificate for Maud
LEECE to William Harold Bright RAWSON at St Mary's Cathedral on 7th
July 1902. The marriage was witnessed by Robert WHITSON and his wife
May, nee Leece. It would be nice to have a newspaper account of the
event, particularly to see if Edwin Leece is present. He seems to
vanish into thin air after giving away May at her marriage to Robert
in 1901. -->
34941 5-Doris May WHITSON (4.4.1902 Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand-1971)
paperspast -New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11931, 4 April 1902
On March 25 at "Oak Cottage " Wellington Rd, Epsom, the wife of Robert Whitson
of a daughter.
Doris aged about 3 with her father Robert - from John MANSON.
Doris aged 20-25 on the porch.
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 181, 3 August 1927
THE SOCIAL ROUND Miss Doris Whitson, of Auckland, is visiting Wellington.
m1 1931 sp-Nigel Ernest WILLIAMS d 1933
m2 1835 Auckland sp-Jack MANSON (- 1972) 1 child,
His 2nd wife was Rena BRODIE b1914; 2008 alive in Remuera, Auckland - ex LA.
<!--Des LAERY lives just up the road from my stepmother in Auckland -->
For a huge number (2 mgbytes) of MANSON of Caithness, Scotland see
http://www.cursiter.com/Manson.txt
34941 1 6-John MANSON (13.12.1938 Auckland d .3.2009 Scotland)
He came over to the UK in 1962 then read Animal Physiology at Oriel College,
Oxford. Completed a doctorate in neurophysiology in 1967. Held research and
teaching posts in Sweden and Edinburgh. Divorced in 1991.
"A long period of illness interrupted, and eventually terminated my academic
career. What was effectively an early retirement was enlivened and
enriched by some years of teaching the children at home so that their
musical talents could be properly developed at International Cello
Centre in the Scottish Borders; I live in Greenlaw in the Borders with a large
white dog [Jess], on the banks of the River Blackadder."
John & dog Jess taken c2003.
m 1964 Oxford sp-Damaris BARRATT
34941 11 7-Catherine Ruth MANSON (1969 Edinburgh) Professional violinist.
Catherine has a solo concert career and is well known as a chamber musician
both in UK and in the US. She leads the London Haydn Quartet, and is the
violinist of the London Beethoven Trio. She now leads the Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra -2007.
m 1996 sp-Ralf EHLERS, a viola player They live in Hertfordshire.
34941 12 7-Jonathan Niall MANSON (1972 Edinburgh) Professional cellist/viol
player. He is the principal cellist of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra,
and a founder member of the viol consort Phantasm, who have had some
considerable concert and recording success in recent years.
<!-- 2003 He has bought a house in East St, Leighton Buzzard, a town
near the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, between Luton and Milton Keynes. It adjoins Linslade.
He & Catherine .. inherited [medals] .. photos, silver, letters -->
2013 j.manson@mac.com
m sp-Frances She grew up in Pangbourne near where they live in 2013.
3495 4-`Harry' (Henry Thomas) WHITSON b 22.5.1877 Auckland d 4.7.1954 at 76;
crem & bur 6.7 Waikumete cem., Auckland; marine engineer of 10 Alexander St,
Devonport.
Served in the Boer War in 1901: I [349352] had his medal with bars for serving
in battles at Diamond Hill, Johannesburg, Orange Free State, & Cape Colony -
stolen & reported to the police.
29.1.1904 godfather to Harry Stroude WITHERS, 2nd son of his sister
Lisa WITHERS [3493].
Wise's PO Directories: 1903-4 farmer at Mauku; 1912 WHITSON & Co, HT
(late AW Ryan & Co) machinery importers, motor & mechanical engineers etc,
50 Custom St West,Auckland. Cable & telegraphic address: Veronica, Auckland;
codes Western Union & ABC, 5th edition; 1912 electrical engineer at Bell Rd,
Remuera; 1922 engineer at 10 Rata Rd, Devonport.
The Electoral Roll for 1896 lists him.
Lands Registry volume 41 (Wills-Woolven): 1922 M141549(5) Pt L10 DP 1621
Wellington 242/175; 1925 A18704 M141549 242/175
In 1916 he was an engineer living at St. Georges Bay Road, Auckland.
The Boer War site http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/SAW/Database.htm gives
Reg No: 857 Surname: WHITSON GivenNames: H T Contingent: third
Unit: No 6 company Ship: KNIGHT TEMPAR 17 February 1900 Rank: private
Occupation: shepherd Next of Kin: WHITSON Mrs Mary
Relationship to Soldier: mother Next of Kin Address: Parnell Auckland
County/City: Hawkes Bay.
Archives NZ, www.archway.archives.govt.nz gives:
857 Corporal WHITSON, Harry Thomas; 3rd Contingent, 6 Company; shepherd;
Hawkes Bay; next of kin Mary WHITSON, mother, Parnell, Auckland; d 4.7.1954;
Waikumete Cem. cremated. Death cert. 2594; Joh:DH:CC:OFS:SAO1; prisoner of war
Rietvlei 16.7.1900. His South Africa number is 857. His WW1 number is 91999.
Rough Riders at War, by R STOWERS 2011 gives similar info as well as this:
married Lilian Mary, 8 Rata Road, Devonport.
Auckland Museum Cenotaph Database.
The Onward Project of 4 volumes & 25,000 photos of PJ BEATTIE & MJ POMERY
give his photo on p453.
This info is courtesy of Kylie & Shane ABERCROMBIE,
Trade in Military Ltd at 553 Mt Albert Rd, Royal Oak 027 622 0923,
Facebook Tradein Military, Trade Me tradeinmilitary,
tradeinmilitary@yahoo.co.nz I heartily recommend a visit to their fascinating
shop.
It may be possible to buy a copy (but not reproduce it) at
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6294191
or at
https://ww100.govt.nz/onward-portraits-of-the-new-zealand-expeditionary-force
A beneficiary of the will of his aunt Louisa WHITSON, ID 34(10) below.
Harry & c18 of the 3rd contingent were captured 16.7.1900 at Rietvlei.
Taken to Pretoria in August until Pretoria was capture a month later.
- Thanks to Phil BEATTY nzmr@slingshot.co.nz
paperspast - Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6755, 23 July 1900
MISSING NEW ZEALANDERS. .. H. T. Whitson, third contingent, Parnell, Auckland.
The Online Cenotaph at Auckland Museum gives this link to Harry Thomas WHITSON, Service number 857/91999.
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C127271?n=harry%20whitson&ordinal=0&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch
But no photo. I'm pretty sure Harry did not fight in WW1 so won't be in this WW1 photo of Kiwis from Mum's collection:
Let me know if you download the following files on him from
http://archway.archives.govt.nz
WHITSON, Harry Thomas - SA857, WWI 91999 Army 1899 1918 NZ Defence Force,
Personnel Archives Wgtn
Army: WHITING, N - WHITSON [use copy MICRO 9884]1899-1946
NZ Defence Force, Personnel Archives Wgtn
Army: WHITSON, T - WHITTINGHAM [use copy MICRO 9885]1899-1946
NZ Defence Force
WHITSON Harry Thomas - Auckland - Engineer 1954 (his will)
m 27.12.1905 at Auckland sp-Lillian Mary ROBERTS d 21.12.1941 at 63;
crem & bur 22.12 Waikumete cem., Auckland; of 10 Alexander St, Devonport;
Domestic Duties. 1 child,
34951 5-Eric Guy WHITSON b 28.7.1912 Auckland d 2.11.1950 at 37
crem. 4.11 bur Waikumete cem, Auckland; of 10 Alexander St, Devonport;
railway employee.
m at Auckland sp-? d by 1950. No issue.
3496 4-Muriel WHITSON (7.5.1881 Auckland-15.2.1969 Auckland) Born 4 months
after her father Thomas died.
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 309, 19 December 1890
MISSES ROGERS SCHOOL. Pianoforte solos were contributed by Misses .. Whitson.
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 262, 14 November 1901
& New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11813, 16 November 1901
ST. MARY'S FOREST FAIR. THE Forest Fair in Parish Hall, Parnell, was continued
yesterday, and was largely attended, splendid business being reported at the
various stalls and side shows. .. The personnel of wax figures was as follows:
.. Miss Muriel Whitson (the giant's wife)...
paperspast - Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 284, 10&11 December 1901:
Miss Gerly Campion will sing a coon song 'Ma Honey Lub' written & composed by
Miss Muriel Whitson of Parnell. The song is highly thought of by all who have
heard it.
Muriel did the `Grand Tour' of Europe. She played
the piano at the silent movies. Mum has her photo album from c1900. Here is a
poem of hers:
GOD KNOWS
And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:-
"Give me a light that I may safely tread into the unknown."
And he replied "Go out into the darkness & put your hand into the Hand of God.
That shall be to you better than light & safer than a known way."
So I went forth, & finding the hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
And He led me toward the hills & into the breaking of the day in the east.
So heart be still, What need our little life Our human life to know
If God hath comprehension?
In all the dizzy strife Of things both high & low God hideth His intention.
God knows. His will Is best. The stretch of years Which wind ahead, so dim
To our imperfect vision Are clear to God. Our fears Are premature. In Him
All time hath full provision.
Then rest: until God moves to lift the veil from our impatient eyes
When, as the sweeter features Of Life's stern face we hail,
Far beyond all surmise God's thought around His creatures Our mind shall fill.
The following is extracted from the article on her in the Auckland Waikato
Historical Journal, No. 58 April 1991, p12-16 .
"Muriel COLLINS nee WHITSON 1881 to 1869" by DA RAE.
`Robert WHITSON, the founder of the brewing business that bore his name, had
arrived in NZ in 1857 & after farming near Warkworth for 4 years, came to
Auckland to resume his previous occupation as a brewer at Hobson's Bridge,
Newmarket. ... The ... subject of this memoir is the marriage of Robert's son
Thomas (by then also in the family business) to Fannie DEACON in 1868 & the
marriage of Robert's daughter Elizabeth to George JOHNSTONE in 1865. Both of
these families were to build houses in Princes St next to each other - the
Thomas WHITSONs at no 27 & the George JOHNSTONEs at no 29. The house at no 29,
well maintained, still stands as "Hamurana" & is leased by the Civic Trust.
Less fortunate, no 27 was in 1934 moved sideways & forward to a few feet from
the Princes St footpath to become no 25a, shorn of its verandahs, to make way
for the present no 27. Unhappily as no 25a the house was demolished ...
In building in Princes St both Thomas WHITSON & George JOHNSTONE
(also now in the family brewing business) were taking their place
among the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Auckland & all must
have seemed set fair for an even more prosperous future. But tragedy
seemed to stalk the WHITSON family. Old Robert lived to see 2 of his
sons die prematurely - John had died of pneumonia at 37 in 1875, while
Thomas had only 4 years in his Princes St mansion & died in Jan. 1881
at the age of 35. After Robert himself died in 1883, his son-in-law
George JOHNSTONE, having earlier left the business & left Auckland,
died in Gisborne in 1886, apparently by his own hand, at the age of 47.
30 years later, the strong prohibitionist lobby within the
Presbyterian Church would have seen all this as divine retribution -
the nemesis due to the "booze barons". But social attitudes hadn't
reached that point during the lifetime of Robert WHITSON, who remained
a respected elder of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Symonds St & a
valued personal friend of its minister. One of his last acts was to
lay the foundation stone for the ornate church tower & spire in
1882. (See under 34161 1 concerning the engraved silver trowel and mallet he
used for this. The portico and tower were designed by Matthew HENDERSON and
the stone nave - built in 1847 - by Walter ROBERTSON.) At his funeral from St
Andrew's in 1883 - "the procession of carriages extended nearly half a
mile & showed the esteem & respect in which the deceased was held."
The brewing business was sold in 1885 to Louis EHRENFRIED & the WHITSON
name disppeared from the Auckland commerical scene, surviving only now in
Whitson Terrace, off Howe Street in Newton.
At the time of Thomas WHITSON's death, his widow was left with 4 children &
was pregnant again. 4 months after Thomas' death Muriel WHITSON was born in
the Princes St house.
This posthumous child, in her late years, became our weekend neighbour when
my wife & I moved into our first home in Goodall St, Hillsborough in 1946 &
contributed greatly to the interest & entertainment of our family in the years
that followed. I think that she was drawn to Hillsborough by the recollection
of children's parties she had attended at the COLEMAN country estate - later
so unsuitably used as the Hillsborough cemetery. The COLEMANs - William & his
wife Rika (nee MYERS) had their townhouse "Lynton Villa" in Princes St but did
a good deal of their entertaining in Hilsborough. The WHITSON & COLEMAN
households would have been well known to each other & Muriel had many visits
to the (then) country house even though the COLEMAN's daughter, Ruby
Ehrenfriend COLEMAN was 10 years younger than she was.
In our time at Hillsborough she was renting a small cottage across the
street from us & would arrive there most weekend from "Rockwood" in Mountain
Road, Epsom, where she spent the rest of the week. (Rockwood later became
Epsom Girls Grammar hostel.)
Her story, as she related it, was that she had been brought up in the
expectation of wealth - an expectation that had been amply fulfilled up to the
time that she was a young woman.
The Princes St house had been sold in 1884 & Fannie WHITSON & her children
moved to Parnell, so that Muriel spent most of her young life there. By the
time that she became the only unmarried member of the family left at home,
Muriel & her mother did a good deal of travelling .... On one of these trips
they were staying at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney at the same time as Sir
Ernest SHACKLETON with whom she had a mild flirtation - (a wonderfully
handsome man from her account). To evade the mother's chaperonage, the only
way that they could be alone was in the left, in which they went blissfully
up & down while Mrs WHITSON was frantically running up & down the stairs
saying - "Has anyone seen Muriel!"
She was in London in 1914 where she allegedly attended the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art. She had many tales of her contemporaries in London such as
Elizabeth ASQUITH & Lady Diana MANNERS. The outbreak of WW1 put an end to her
aspirations as an actress. I don't know how much time (if any) that she spent
on the stage, but I can vouch for the fact that she never stopped acting off it!
She saw the war out as a driver in England - Winston CHURCHILL being one of
those she drove during that period. Back in NZ after the war at the age of
37, she found the family fortune dissipated & was faced with the need to earn
her own living for the first time in her life.
She had some talent as a pianist, but it was not marketable as it stood, so
she took lessons from Maurice GUTTERIDGE, then the musical director for the
Regent Theatre. (Those who remember the days of the days of the silent films
will know that the main Queen St theatres had full theatre orchestras.)
GUTTERIDGE took her in hand & she had here lessons actually in the theatre in
the mornings when the cleaners were in. He told her that, the day that he ould
feel that she had "got rhythm", he would vault over the brass rail behind the
piano & dance up the theatre aisle with one of the charwomen. To her
astonishment this is exactly what happened as she was playing away one morning
at the Regent - & from then on she was launched as a pianist in suburban
theatres to accompany the silent films. She had a great fund of anecdotes about
those days - about how much sheet music she had to buy to keep up with the
lates "hits" & how easy it was to heve her attention stray, & even to nod off
during these great playing marathons.
She related to me how one of her colleagues playing during a Cecil B. de
Mille epic had such a lapse. The film was to include an episode of Christ
walking on the water, but as no actual representation of Jesus Christ was
permitted on the screen, all that appeared were the 2 feet alone on a long wave
breaking on the shore. The tired pianist whose attention had been drifting,
suddenly became aware that a change was indicated - looked up at the screen
to see a wave breaking & burst out into "A life on the ocean wave, a home on
the rolling deep!"
Possibly through this theatrical connection Muriel met & married a dance
band leader called "Tux" COLLINS - presumably quite a bit younger than
herself. Dance bands & domesticity don't often mix & she would sometimes find
notes in his pockets from girl fans along the lines of "Why did you marry that
old hag when you could have had me!" From all accounts the marriage had a
fairly rocky road, "Tux" tending to alcoholism among many other problems.
Muriel had visited an old school friend in Moutain Rd from time to time &
when "Tux" was drying out in the Mater Hospital at one time, she took advantage
of her friend's hospitality to stay near him.
This friend was Mrs Donald MacCORMICK who as Margaret RICHMOND had been a
fellow pupil with Muriel at the Misses BEWS' Mt Eden Collegiate School - the
forerunner of the present St Cuthbert's College.
She was now living in the old RICHMOND home "Rockwood" with her sister Miss
Beryl RICHMOND. (Historic "Rockwood" in Mountain Rd was built by William
AITKEN & figures prominently in Alfred SHARPE's early water colour "The
environs of Auckland" in the Auckland City Art Gallery. William AITKEN left
the property to his brother's widow whose daughtter Jeannie married John
RICHMOND in 1878. Miss Beryl RICHMOND, as the oldest daughter of John &
Jeannie RICHMOND, inherited the home on her parents' deaths.)
When "Tux" eventually left Muriel, the timing would have roughly coincided
with the advent of talking pictures & the consequent redundancy of the big
theatre orchestras as well as the humble solo pianists in the suburbs. She
must have had a real financial problem & Mrs MacCORMICK came to her rescue
saying "You might as well come here where you will at least have a roof over
your head." This arrangement, intended to be temporary, turned out to be
permanent & Muriel spent the rest of her life at "Rockwood" up to the time she
went into Selwyn Village for her last years.
"Tux" was packed off to England to her own family to see if they could do
anything for him, but he committed suicide on the ship on the way to the UK -
according to Muriel's account.
Muriel, now a widow, settled into the rambling old house with the sisters
& commuted to the rented cottage at Hillsborough on weekends where I got to
know her. My first recollection of her was seeing her walking down the steep
hill clutching a large parcel of meat to give to a red setter dog whose
owners, she considered, were not feeding it properly yet looking so thin
herself that one felt that she, and not the dog, should eat the meat.
At the time she was living in the house at "Rockwood", but later moved into
a room in the old stables. This stable block is now no 1 Rockwood Place, the
road that was formed when the land was subdivided & the old house moved to its
present position & reduced in size. The room that Muriel lived lived in is
exactly as she left it & the main stable block has had minimal alteration to
make it habitable by Mrs MacCORMICK's daughter, Mrs Jean CHEAL & her husband
who live there now. A case should be made for its listing by the Historic
Places Trust before someone restores it out of all recognition!
Before the land ws subdivided, the grounds had become considerably
overgrown & Muriel told me that she was coming home in a taxi, entering the
long lower drive opposite the Grammar School main building when a rabbit
jumped out into the car headlights. "Look a bunny!" she called out. To this
the taxi driver replied - "I wouldn't be surprised to see lions & tigers in
this bloody jungle!"
I find it hard to convey the delight we had in her company & the way that
she dramatised everything that happened to her - never letting the facts get
in the way of a good story. A couple of examples may just give a hint of her
entertainent value for our young family.
On one Sunday morning when she was staying in the Hillsborough cottage she
was standing on a stool to adjust a light fitting clad only in her petticoat.
Ther was a knock at the door & thinking that it was just a woman friend from
down the road she called out "Come in." - The door opened to reveal 2 soberly
dressed men on the doorstep, patently Jehovah's Witnesses or of some similar
fringe religion. One look at the lightly clothed figure & the older man sent
the younger away before he could be contaminated & started to present his
message.
Muriel, believing that attack to be the best form of defence, said "But I
want to tell you about my religion too! - I am a Calithumpian & a URINEitarian
& nudism is an important part of our religious observance. As a matter of
fact, I was just about to strip off when you knocked!" Precipitate departure
of the caller!
Again, reverting to her time in London, she spoke of the cosmetic surgeon
who was reputed at that time to have said - "I am sorry, Lady Mary, but this
must definitely be the last face lift. Your breasts are now exactly under your
armpits." But it really impossible to convey on paper the full flavour of her
spoken words.
The rented cottage at Hillsborough had eventually to be vacated as the
owners wanted to pull it down & build on the site. The loss of this weekend
retreat hastened her decsion to move into Selwyn Village where full care would
be available if needed in her last years.
I find it hard to believe that she really regretted the move though she
said to me "We might as well be out in the middle of the Sahara for getting
visitors to come out here!" Visitors or no, the large population of the Selwyn
complex must have been a bonus for her with so many new people to try out her
old stories on & to be entertained with her fluent piano playing of the "hit"
songs of their younger days.
My last recollection of Muriel was when I went as accompanist to a choral
group giving a concert in the large converted room with its beautiful outlook
on the top floor of the Lichfield Building at Selwyn Village. There was a big
turnout of the villagers & after the performance Muriel took me round to her
many friends saying to each "This is Don RAE - I gave him his first bath!"
Seeing that I was an adult in my late 20's before I even set eyes on Muriel
that bath must have been very badly needed!
That remark alas must also cast a good deal of doubt on the exact accuracy of
many of her other anecdotes. Never mind - we all enjoyed the flow of stories
while they lasted & we know that she kept her wits about her up to the time
of her death on 15.2.1969 at the age of 87. Her sharp wit never deserted her &
the memory of it remains as fresh as ever with those who shared it.'
……………………..
m at Auckland? sp-"Tux" Tucker COLLINS. Separated. No children.
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
shows no NZ marriage between WHITSON & COLLINS 1890-1940.
freebmd shows 1 UK marriage between WHITSON & COLLINS, but not them.
34(10) 3-Louisa Janet McNair WHITSON bp 24.7.1846 South Leith, Midlothian
d 19.3.1916 Auckland. Buried with her parents. "Youngest daughter".
1851 with parents. 1857 to NZ with parents.
1912 at Manukau Road (now Parnell Road). Single. 22215 has her will. Her niece
Sarah 3214 was furious with her Aunt Lou who `enjoyed ill health' and let
Jessie (224) wait on her hand and foot. When her devoted nurse died, Lou got up
from her bed and went for a trip around the world taking Robert TELFORD (2234)
with her as a private doctor.
Her will is available at http://archway.archives.govt.nz
WHITSON, Louisa 1916 Wellington High Court Wgtn.
My transcription by me of her 1912 will & codicil 13.6.1912:
This is a codicil (the 1st) to the last will & testament made on the
28th day of Feb. 1910 by me Louisa WHITSON of Parnell in the suburbs of
Auckland, spinster:
Whereas in my aforesaid will I give & bequeath to my nephew Harry Thomas
WHITSON [ID 3495] of St. Georges Bay Road, Parnell, engineer, the sum of P200
Sterling free of legacy duty, & whereas I have now decided to revoke the said
legacy so that I may make some provision for another relative of mine who in my
opinion stands more in need of assistance; I now hereby absolutely revoke the
said legacy of P200 Sterling bequeathed in my aforesaid will to my said nephew
Harry Thomas WHITSON, & in lieu thereof I give & bequeath to the Public Trustee
as my executor & trustee the sum of P500 sterling upon trust to invest the same
in any of the modes of investment authorised by the Public Trust Office Act
1908 or its amendments, & to pay the whole of the net income arising therefrom
to my neice called "Lesia" [ID 3493] the wife of Edward S WITHERS, formerly a
clerk in the Deeds Office, Auckland, & whose present address is Domain Drive,
Parnell, Auckland, during her life; & from & after her decease to divide the
said sum of P500 sterling, together with all accumulations of income (if any)
in equal shares among all her children then living; & if there is only 1 such
child, then the whole for that 1 child absolutely:
In all other respects I hereby confirm my aforesaid will:
3. In all other respects I confirm my said will.
In witness whereof I have hereinto subscribed my name this 13.6.1912.
(Signed) Louisa WHITSON
Signed the said Louisa WHITSON as & for a codicil (the 1st) to her last will
& testament in the presence of us together present at the same time, who in her
presence & in the presence of each other have hereunto susbcribed our names as
witnesses.
.....................................................................
*1917 Statement of account of the Public Trustee's administration
31.3.1917-30.11.1917. W3144.
$12,000 distribution account: By legacy 12,000
To succession duty (5%) 600
To beneficiaries: JOHNSTONE family 8 at P416.13.4 =3333.6.8
AINSLIE family 4 at P833.6.8 =3333.6.8
TELFORD family 3 at P111.2.3 =3333.6.8 Total 10,000
To distribution of balance:
Mrs AM WITTY [nee JOHNSTONE, ID 346(10)] 58.6.8
Graham JOHNSTONE [ID 3467] 58.6.8
RW JOHNSTONE [ID 3464] 58.6.8
Mrs Jessie TODD [nee JOHNSTONE, ID 3463] 58.6.8
GJ JOHNSTONE [ID 3461] 58.6.8
Mrs E TOMBLESON [nee JOHNSTONE, ID 3462] 58.6.8
Jas. G JOHNSTONE [ID 3465]'s account] 58.6.8
Gordon C JOHNSTONE [ID 3469] 58.6.8
RW AINSLIE [ID 3416] 58.6.8
Mrs SD AGNEW [nee AINSLIE, ID 3414] 58.6.8
Mrs E MURRAY [nee AINSLIE, ID 3413] 58.6.8
GW TELFORD [ID 3475] 58.6.8
ER MORRELL [nee TELFORD, ID 3472] 58.6.8
Dr RW TELFORD [ID 3474] 58.6.8
Jas. W AINSLIE [ID 3415] 58.6.8 Total 1400
Grand Total 12,000
$4,800 distribution account:
To succession duty (5%) 240
To distribution of balance:
Mrs E MURRAY [nee AINSLIE, ID 3413] 651.8.6
Dr RW TELFORD [ID 3474] 651.8.7
Mrs SD AGNEW [nee AINSLIE, ID 3414] 651.8.7
Mrs E MORRELL [nee TELFORD, ID 3472] 651.8.7
Geo. W TELFORD [ID 3475] 651.8.7
RW AINSLIE [ID 3416] 651.8.7
Mrs E TOMBLESON [nee JOHNSTONE, ID 3462] 651.8.7 Total 4,560
Grand Total 4,800
Signed Will. EGGLESTONE, Acting Accountant, Wills Division.
Wellington 6.7.1918.
Note: Old probated wills are held by NZ Archives, www.archives.govt.nz
tel 09 270 1100. The Auckland Archives, auckland@archives.govt.nz
35 2-Anne WHITSON b 22.1.1808 bp 28.1.1808 Athelstaneford, East Lothian
to Thomas WHITSON & Mary SHEARS ex CNN, MS, FS. Familysearch ID M32B-X3W.
?m 05 OCT 1845 Haddington, East Lothian M117099 sp-William WILSON
351 3-William WILSON bp 13 MAR 1858 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian
C116851 1855-62.
(1871 London has a WW 1858 Edinburgh Apprentice bootbinder - not ours as
with gr'mother Margaret HENDERSON 56; he appears 1881-91 London as a Bookbinder
& possibly 1901 in Edinburgh as a Printer.
1861 has a WW 1858 Edinburgh son of Wm & Janet. 1871 has a WW 1858 Edinburgh.
1881 has a WW 1855 Leith; a WW 1858 Edinburgh shopman in Edinburgh.
1901 has a WW 1862 Edinburgh with wife & family;
1891-1901 have a WW 1858 Leith with wife Charlotte; 1891 has a WW 1858
Edinburgh joiner.
1891-1901 has a WW 1858 Edinburgh with wife Christina.)
A SCOTTISH BRANCH AT LAST!
4 1-Elspeth WHITSON b 24.2 bp 26.2.1764 Whitekirk, East Lothian) </A><pre>
Elspath WHITESON born to Thomas WHITESON and Agnes HOGG. Recorded as Euphemia
WHITSON on d cert of daughter Jane.
# Info on the branch is partly from descendant AB below.
AB gives her as Elizabeth/Euphemia bp Whitekirk/Tynningame.
KS gives b16.1.1803, Haddington, East Lothian.
m 6 DEC 1783 Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland sp-Robert HOGG How is he
related to Agnes HOGG wife of 0 Thomas WHITSON? Perhaps a cousin marriage.
41 2-Agnes HOGG b 31.7.1785
42 2-Margaret HOGG b 13.5.1787
43 2-Robert HOGG b 7.9.1788
44 2-Thomas HOGG
45 2-Jean HOGG b 15.3.1795
46 2-Jane HOGG (9.10.1796 Haddington-8.12.1877 Haddington) D aged 81.
m 6.4.1823 Haddington sp-Thomas PRITCHARD 1793 Ancrum, Roxburgh-1859
1851 Haddington, East Lothian: ID
Thomas Pritchard Head M 58 1793 Ancrum, Roxburgh Flour Mill Engine Keeper
Jean Pritchard Wife M 56 1795 Haddington 46
Agnes Pritchard Daughter 15 1836 Haddington 466
461 3-Elspeth PREACHER bp 07 JAN 1821 Haddington, East Lothian
dr of Thomas PREACHER & Jean HOGG ex C117099 1820-1854
462 3-Thomas PRITCHARD b 6.4.1823 Haddington Where is he in 1841?
1851 Vill Of Water Of Leith, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian with family
of Duncan MCLENNAN b Dingwal:
Thomas PRITCHARD Lodger 25 1826 Haddington Skinner Journ[eyman]
m 1851-57 sp-Janet 1832 Dirleton, Haddington, East Lothian
(Cf 465 3-Janet PRITCHARD b 1831 Haddington d 14.1.1899 Haddington below.)
1861 Wilsons Close, Dalkeith, East Dalkeith, Midlothian: ID
Thomas PRITCHARD Head M 36 1825 Dirleton, Haddington Skinner Journeyman 462
Janet Pritchard Wife M 29 1832 Dirleton, Haddington
Janet F Pritchard Daur 4 1857 Edinr, Dalkeith 4621
Jane H Pritchard Daur 2 1859 Edinr, Dalkeith 4622
David Hunter Boarder 28 1833 Renfrewshire Gardener Journeyman
Arthur Mowat Boarder 27 1834 Shetland Grocer Journeyman
1871 Old Candle Shark Close, Dalkeith, Midlothian: ID
Mrs. Pritchard 39 1832 Dirleton, East Lothian W of 462
Jane Pritchard Daur 11 1860 Dalkeith, Midlothian Scholar 4622
Thomas Pritchard Son 9 1862 Dalkeith, Midlothian Scholar 4623
George Pritchard Son 4 1867 Dalkeith, Midlothian Scholar 4624
1881 No 11 Darie St, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian:
Janet Pritchard Head 49 1832 Dirleton, Haddingtonshire Shop Keeper (Grocer)
Jane Pritchard Daur 21 1860 Edinr, Dalkeith General Servant 4622
Thomas PRITCHARD Son 19 1862 Edinr, Dalkeith Tailor 4623
George Pritchard Son 14 1867 Edinr, Dalkeith Carver & Gilder Apr 4624
1891 77 Rose St, Edinburgh St George, Midlothian:
Janet Pritchard Head 59 1832 Dirleton, Haddingtonshire
George Pritchard Son 34 1857 Dalkeith, Haddingtonshire Hairdresser 4624
4621 4-Janet F PRITCHARD 1857 Edinr, Dalkeith 1861 with parents.
1871 Eskbank Stonefield, Dalkeith, Midlothian with BLAIR family:
Janet PRITCHARD Servant 14 1857 Haddington, East Lothian General Servt Domestic
4622 4-Jane H PRITCHARD 1859 Edinr, Dalkeith 1861 with parents.
1871-81 with mother.
4623 4-Thomas PRITCHARD 1862 Dalkeith, Midlothian 1871-81 with mother.
m sp-Agnes E 1870 St Cuthberts, Edinburghs
1891 36 St Leonard's St, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian:
Thomas PRITCHARD Head M 29 1862 Dalkeith, Edinburghs Tailor 4623
Agnes E Pritchard Wife M 21 1870 St Cuthberts, Edinburghs
Thomas Pritchard Son 3 1888 St Cuthberts, Edinburghs 46231
Samuel H Pritchard Son 1 1890 St Cuthberts, Edinburghs 46232
1901 62 St Leonards Hill, Edinburgh St Leonards, Midlothian:
Thomas PRITCHARD Head M 38 1863 Dalkeith, Midlothian Tailor 4623
Agnes H Pritchard Wife M 35 1866 Edinburgh, Midlothian Grocer
Thomas Pritchard Son 13 1888 Edinburgh, Midlothian Scholar 46231
Samuel H Pritchard Son 12 1889 Edinburgh, Midlothian Scholar 46232
James Pritchard Son 9 1892 Edinburgh, Midlothian Scholar 46233
Agnes Pritchard Daur 7 1894 Edinburgh, Midlothian Scholar 46234
Janet Pritchard Daur 5 1896 Edinburgh, Midlothian Scholar 46235
Georgina Pritchard Daur 4 1897 Edinburgh, Midlothian 46236
George Pritchard Son 7 mo 1900 Edinburgh, Midlothian 46237
46231 5-Thomas PRITCHARD 1888 St Cuthberts, Edinburghs 1891-1901 with parents
46232 5-Samuel H PRITCHARD 1890 St Cuthberts, Edinburghs
1891-1901 with parents.
46233 5-James PRITCHARD 1892 Edinburgh, Midlothian 1901 with parents.
46234 5-Agnes PRITCHARD 1894 Edinburgh, Midlothian 1901 with parents.
46235 5-Janet PRITCHARD 1896 Edinburgh, Midlothian 1901 with parents.
46236 5-Georgina PRITCHARD 1897 Edinburgh, Midlothian 1901 with parents.
46237 5-George PRITCHARD 1900 Edinburgh, Midlothian 1901 with parents.
4624 4-George PRITCHARD 1867 Dalkeith, Midlothian 1871-91 with mother.
m 1891-1900 sp-Margaret 1865 Crieff, Perthshire
1901 83 Market St, Haddington, East Lothian:
George Pritchard 34 1867 Dalkeith, Haddintonshire Hairdresser With Faney Goods
Margaret Pritchard Wife M 36 1865 Crieff, Perthshire
Margaret D Pritchard Daur 3 1898 Edinburgh, Edinburghshire 46241
Thomas Pritchard Son 1 1900 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 46242
William Pritchard Son 1 1900 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 46243
46241 5-Margaret D PRITCHARD 1898 Edinburgh, Edinburghshire 1901 with parents
46242 5-Thomas PRITCHARD 1900 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1901 with parents
46243 5-William PRITCHARD 1900 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1901 with parents
463 3-Jean PREACHER bp 01 MAY 1825 Haddington, East Lothian
dr of Thomas PREACHER & Jane HOGG ex C117099 1820-1854
464 3-Janet PREACHER 15 JUL 1827 Haddington, East Lothian
dr of Thomas PREACHER & Jane HOGG ex C117099 1820-1854
465 3-Janet PRITCHARD b 1831 Haddington d 14.1.1899 Haddington
(Cf wife of 462 above!)
m 5.1.1851 Haddington sp-John JOHNSTONE b 1831 Dunbar d 20.12.1899 Haddington
1851 Monkriggs House Mains??, Haddington, East Lothian:
John JOHNSTONE Head 20 1831 Dunbar, East Lothian Gardener
Janet JOHNSTONE Wife 22 1829 Haddington, East Lothian
? 1861 Brown St, Haddington, East Lothian:
John JOHNSTONE Head 39 1822 Haddington, Haddingtonsh Joiner (jobbing For Self)
Janet JOHNSTONE Wife 41 1820 Yester, Haddingtonsh
James JOHNSTONE Son 5 1856 Haddington, Haddingtonsh ?
Thomas JOHNSTONE Son 2 1859 Haddington, Haddingtonsh 4652?
?? 1881 Bagend Cottage On Westmains Farm, Whittingham, East Lothian:
John JOHNSTONE Head 56 1825 Haddn Shire, Haddn Joiner (Master)
Janet JOHNSTONE Wife 60 1821 Haddn Shire, Gifford
Jessie JOHNSTONE Daur 15 1866 Haddn Shire, Haddn Domtc Servt (General)
Joseph BEATTIE Visitor 60 1821 Haddn Shire, North Berwick Groom
?? 1891 Bridge Street, Cowdenbeath, Beath, Fife:
James JOHNSTONE Head 38 1853 P[reston] Pans, Haddingtonshire Coal Miner
Agnes N JOHNSTONE Wife 31 1850 Dunbar, Haddingtonshire Coal Miner
Francis JOHNSTONE 14
Peterina JOHNSTONE 11
Susan JOHNSTONE 8
William JOHNSTONE 4
Janet JOHNSTONE 2
John JOHNSTONE 2 months
Janet JOHNSTONE Mother in law 68 1823 Dunbar, Haddingtonshire
Peter JOHNSTONE Boarder 30 1861 Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire Coal Miner
4651 4-Jane JOHNSTONE bp 7 AUG 1853 Haddington, East Lothian
dr of John JOHNSTONE & Janet PRITCHARD ex C117099 1820-1854
d 16.7.1924 Haddington
(1861 has another JJ b 1853 Salton, Haddington to Wm & Alison.)
m 1877 Haddington sp-William WILSON 11.2.1849 Kinross-15.8.1924 Haddington
1881 Tyneside Smith's Land, Haddington, East Lothian:
William WILSON Head 30 1851 Kinross, Kinross Shire Baker (Journeyman)
Jane Wilson Wife 27 1854 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 4651
Susan Wilson Daur 3 1878 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 46511
Elizabeth Wilson Daur 2 1879 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 46512
Jessie Wilson Daur 1 Mo 1881 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 46513
1891 Waterside Nungate, Haddington, East Lothian:
William WILSON Head 41 1850 Kinross, Kinrossshire Baker
Jane Wilson Wife 38 1853 Haddn, Haddingtonshire 4651
Susan WILSON Daur 13 1878 Haddington, Haddingtonsh Bakers Shop Assistant 46511
Lizzie Wilson Daur 11 1880 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 46512
Jessie Wilson Daur 10 1881 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 46513
William J J Wilson Son 2 1889 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 46514
46511 5-Susan WILSON 1878 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1881-91 with parents.
46512 5-Elizabeth WILSON bc1880 Roodlands Hospital, Haddington d 11 MAR 1954
1881-91 with parents.
m sp-Archibald STORIE b 7 SEP 1875 Haddington d 18 DEC 1951
son of John STORIE & Marion SCOTT
1891 41 Hardgate St, Haddington, East Lothian:
John Storie Head 58 1833 Dunbar, Haddre Jobbing Gardener
Elizabeth Storie Daur 21 1870 Haddington, Haddre Shop Keeper (Shoemr)
William Storie Son 19 1872 Haddington, Haddre Printer (Compositor)
Archibald Storie Son 15 1876 Haddington, Haddre Message Boy Ironmonger XXX
Jane Storie Daur 13 1878 Haddington, Haddre Scholar
46513 5-Jessie WILSON .2.1881 Haddington, Haddingtonshire 1881-91 with parents
46514 5-William J WILSON b 1888 Haddington d 13.11.1949 Haddington
1891 with parents.
m 1915 Edinburgh sp-Annie Katchen FRASER b 1886 Prestonkirk d 24.7.1963
Edinburgh
……………………………….
46514 1 6-Johanna Katchen WILSON b 29.12.1919 Haddington d 4.3.2004 Edinburgh
m 24.7.1954 Haddington sp-Ewhen BOJKO b 13.11.1921 Woscesinki d 25.5.1996
Edinburgh
46514 11 7-Anne-Maria BOJKO - "AB" here.
*2005 abojko@btinternet.com
Other details & sister born Haddington withheld on request.
46514 2 6-James A WILSON b Haddington
4652 4-Thomas JOHNSTONE bp 26.6.1853 Haddington, East Lothian
ex C117091 1855-1875. 1861 with parents.
?1881 9. Whites Close W., Dalkeith, Midlothian with YOUNG family:
Thomas JOHNSTONE Lodger 25 1856 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Gardener
?1891 Cockles, Haddington, East Lothian:
Thomas JOHNSTONE Head 32 1859 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Joiner
Elizabeth JOHNSTONE Wife 33 1858 Haddington, Haddingtonshire
Margaret JOHNSTONE Daur 10 1881 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar
John JOHNSTONE Son 8 1883 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar
Joan JOHNSTONE Daur 5 1886 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar
Jessie JOHNSTONE Daur 3 1888 Haddington, Haddingtonshire
Infant JOHNSTONE Daur 3 1/2 Wks 1891 Haddington, Haddingtonshire
466 3-Agnes PREACHER/PRITCHARD bp 29 MAR 1835 Haddington, East Lothian
dr of Thomas PREACHER & Jean HOGG ex C117099 1820-1854
1851 with parents.
5 1-Hepburn WHITSON b 2/6.5.1766 bp 11.5.1766 Prestonkirk, East Lothian
6 1-Agnes WHITSON b 11.4.1768 bp 17.4.1768 Prestonkirk, East Lothian before
Robert HOGG and William HOGG. FS ID MHT1-R77.
61 2-Robert JAMIESON 1805 FS ID G97M-GYQ
611 3-Margaret JAMIESON 1836 FS ID 9QVW-79B
6111 4-Euphemia Monro STEVENSON 1860 FS ID 9QVS-BSY
61111 5-James MCKENZIE 1887-1972 FS ID G7NT-PYT
61111 1 6-James Cooper MCKENZIE 1921-2016 FS ID GSRR-FGB
61111 11 7-Deidre BOND Alive 2023 in Oz.
7 1-Archibald WHITSON b 31.1.1771 Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
Farm steward. AB gives b 2.2.1771.
m 28.10.1815 at Athelstaneford, East Lothian sp-Mary HARDIE/HARDY, daughter of
James HARDIE. Still there in 1851.
NOTE: Ralph Alexander WHITSON (20.3.1882-1949) unrelated -
[Number 532 on the tree of Alexander WHITSON of Renfrew county
near Glasgow who m c1770 Mary SMELLIE] purchased a silver or pewter cup fished
up from a wreck of the Armada, inscribed (later) with the arms of WHITSON &
HARDIE - so probably once owned by Archibald or by their son Thomas of
Athelstaneford - a house occupied in 1980 by CULLEN, a friend of Harold, son
of RA WHITSON.
1841 Hengh, North Berwick, Haddington, Haddingtonshire ID:
Archibald WHITSON 40 1801 East Lothian, Scotland Ag L 7
Mary WHITSON 40 1801 East Lothian, Scotland
James WHITSON 20 1821 East Lothian, Scotland Engineer J 74
Archibald WHITSON 15 1826 75
Richard WHITSON 9 1832 East Lothian 76
Mary WHITSON 7 1834 East Lothian 77
COMPARE:
1841 Athelstaneford, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland:
Archibald WHITSON 70 1771 Haddingtonshire Ag Lab
Hellen WHITSON 70 1771 Haddingtonshire
Archibald and Mary had at least 6 children, firstly
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71 2-Thomas WHITSON (1.5.1816 Athelstaneford, East Lothian,
Scotland-11.10.1856 Haddington) Civil engineer. Buried at N Berwick.
m 13.7.1842 at Greenock East to Elizabeth Clark MacLEAN (c.1820-31.12.1899,
Belfast) Descended from James 2 of Scotland. 5 children.
1851 High Street, Haddington, East Lothian:
Thomas WHITSON Head 34 1817 Atholstonford, East Lothian Millwight & Engineer
Elizabeth WHITSON Wife 30 1821 Edinburgh, Midlothian
Archibald WHITSON Son 7 1844 Greenock, Renfrewshire Scholar 711
Agnes WHITSON Daur 6 1845 (British Sabject), Germany Scholar 712
Thomas WHITSON Son 4 1847 Haddington, East Lothian At home 713
James WHITSON Son 1 1850 Haddington, East Lothian 714
Mary CLARK COUSIN 20 1831 Airith, Stirlingshire Governess
Margaret CHISHOLM Servant 20 1831 Haddington, East Lothian General serv
1861 3 Melville St, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian:
Elizabeth WHITSON Head 40 1821 Edin, Edinburgh Sh Lodging House Keeper
Archibald WHITSON Son 17 1844 Greenock, Renfrewshire Scholar 711
Agnes WHITSON Daur 16 1845 British Subject, Germany Scholar 712
Thomas Wm WHITSON Son 14 1847 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 713
James Andrew WHITSON Son 11 1850 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 714
Foun in [Francis] R WHITSON Son 8 1853 Haddington, Haddingtonshire Scholar 715
Georgina JOHNSTON Servant 20 1841 Edin, Edinburgh Sh Domestic Servant
Jessie MACPHERSON Servant 20 1841 Inverness, Invernessshire Domestic Servant
OUR SOUTH AFRICAN BRANCH
711 3-Archibald WHITSON (15.4.1843 Greenock, Scotland-26.7.1929 Queenstown,
South Africa) 1851 with parents.
(# Most of this branch is courtesy of GK 7119 21 Geoff KINGMA.)
D aged 88 yrs LDS file 1886547 (Queenstown deaths 1927-1933)
Emigrated to Queenstown, South Africa in 1859, 6 years after its founding.
The d record of his dr Lucretia lists him as a Blacksmith. His d record lists
him as a Wagonmaker (retired). -GK
www.national.archives.gov.za gave
DOC 4/1/96 114 MORTGAGE BOND. ARCHIBALD WHITSON. 1883 1883
DOC 4/1/204 83 MORTGAGE BOND. ARCHIBALD WHITSON. 1887 1887
DOC 4/1/932 3142 MORTGAGE BOND. ARCHIBALD WHITSON. 1903 1903
MOOC 6/9/3576 23457 WHITSON, ARCHIBALD. ESTATE PAPERS. 1929 1929
NOTE there are no WHITSONs listed in the Queenstown ph book in 1995. The white
pages address is: http://196.15.219.249 This lists 12 in 2002:
1 7213 21 below
2 B E WHITSON, 19 Northgrve , Durban North/Noord, Durban, 0027 31 563 7618
3 7213 31 below
4 C M WHITSON, 6C Surf Side , Umdloti Beach, Durban, 0027 31 568 2226
5 A R WHITSON, 256 Stanbury Rd , , East Rand / Oos-Rand, 0027 11 917 6927
6 D E E WHITSON, E348 A Scribante Hvn , East Rand / Oos-Rand, 0027 11 917 1539
7 D T WHITSON, 9 Muller St , Parkdene, East Rand, 0027 11 917 8117
8 V WHITSON, 14 Spruyt St , Parkdene, East Rand, 0027 11 917 4355
9 R B WHITSON, 34 4 St , Albertskroon, Johannesburg, 0027 11 673 8632
10 A M J WHITSON, 34 Albert St , Albertsville, Johannesburg, 0027 11 477 8026
Is this 2213 312 below?
11 B T WHITSON, Lynburn Vilge Lynburn Rd , , Pretoria, 0027 12 348 8477
Is this 2219 12 below?
12 H P WHITSON, 33 Wendy St , , Deneysville, 0027 16 371 1394
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White pages 2010 gives
B E WHITSON 116 Milnerrd Claremont, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape 0216741912
B T WHITSON Lynburnvilge Lynburnrd, pretoria, Gauteng 0123488477
Cm WHITSON 6 Main Rd , durban , Kwazulu-natal 0315682226
D M WHITSON 9 Roehamptnwy, durban, Kwazulu-natal 0315637965
Gd WHITSON 57 Mitchell St Hermanus, Boland & West Coast, WesternCape 0283131277
Hj WHITSON 256 Stanbury Rd , East Rand , Gauteng 0119176927
Hp WHITSON 77 Wendy Av Deneysville, Vaal Triangle, Gauteng 0163711394
K WHITSON Hurlinghammanr 16 Hurlingham, sandton, Jo'burg, Gauteng 0118867014
R WHITSON 63 Koornhoopst, East Rand, Gauteng 0118963911
R B WHITSON 34 4st Albertskroon, Johannesburg , Gauteng 0116738632
T G WHITSON 105 Plutord Plumstead, Wynberg, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape
0217614330
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You can search the South African National Archives web site at
www.national.archives.gov.za
eg All Archives Repositories and National Registers of non-public records
gave 83 WHITSON. Those not listed below are as follows:
SELECT SOURCE VOLUME NO REFERENCE DESCRIPTION BEGIN DATE END DATE
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Re Thomas Tait WHITSON d1921 m 14.4.1881 Margaret/Maggie THOMPSON d1893 [GK]:
DOC 4/1/35 23 WHITSON, Thomas Tait. mortgage bond 1882
DOC 4/1/359 3037 mortgage bond. Thomas Tait WHITSON 1893
MOOC 6/9/1940 693 WHITSON, Thomas Tait. estate papers. 1921 1921
MOOC 13/1/4137 44 WHITSON, Thomas Tait. liquidation and distribution account.
first 1921
MSCE 0 14837/1929 MARLEY, Robert Henry. (S/S Margaret WHITSON born THOMPSON).
1929-1931
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EI 15 LIB 146/1886 MR. A WHITSON: applies for a grant of land in Natal 1886
Is this Archibald above?
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DOC 4/1/580 1194 mortgage bond. Georgina NIXON, born WHITSON, formerly SMITH.
1898 1898
MOOC 6/9/4832 52096 NIXON, Georgina nee WHITSON. estate papers 1936
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RSC 1/5/149 43/1895 illiquid case. Hugh ANDERSON, curator bonis of the trust
estate of the late Alfred Methley GOULDEN versus John James ANDERSON, Robert
WHITSON ANDERSON and Catherine ANDERSON, executors testamentary
of the estate of the late John ANDERSON. 1895 1895
MSCE 0 15/218 ANDERSON, Catharine. (born WHITSON). 1903 1903
PVS 180 1516/1912 dipping inspector, WH HOME; East Coast Fever. reports that
cattle have died on the Farm WHITSON of Messrs. ANDERSON brothers. 1912
RSC 1/5/286 17/1914 illiquid case. John James ANDERSON in his capacity as
executor of the estate of the late Robert WHITSON ANDERSON versus The Southern
Life Association. 1913 1914
MSCE 0 49/150 BUCHANAN, Robert Anderson. (S/SP BUCHANAN, Ethel WHITSON, born
TURNER). 1913-1926
CNC 206 1915/588 application for the removal of Zikulu MKIZE from Farm
"WHITSON". 1915
MSCE 0 50/27 ANDERSON, Robert WHITSON. (unmarried). 1913-1916
NTS 1642 814/271 boundary fence between lot 102 and Farm "WHITSON", Richmond
District. 1954-1957
MSCE 2370/1973 LAWSON, Ethel WHITSON. (formerly BUCHANAN, born TURNER). born in
South Africa. PR/SP Frederick Klein LAWSON. estate no. 2371/1973.
PR/SP Robert Anderson BUCHANON. estate no. 49/150. deceased estate. 1973-1978
MSCE 2371/1973 LAWSON, Frederick Klein. born in England.
S/SP Ethel WHITSON LAWSON. (formerly BUCHANAN, born TURNER). since deceased.
estate no. 2370/1973. deceased estate. 1973-1975
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MHG 0 8689 FRATTER, William surviving spouse Jane (born WHITSON).1906
MHG 0 22837 FRATTER, Jane. (born WHITSON) predeceased spouse: William FRATTER
1913
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MOOC 6/9/577 2188 WHITSON, Mary Jane Tudball. death notice 1907
MOOC 13/1/1564 19 WHITSON, Mary Jane Tudball. liquidation and distribution
account 1907
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MSCE 0 37/11 HOLYOAK, Mary Jane. (born HURST) (alias Minnie HOLYOAK; alias Mrs.
WHITSON) (S/S Alfred Frederick). 1909 1910
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PM 1/1/162 PM65/101/1912 employment. GT WHITSON. 1912 1913
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MOOC 6/9/2770 7432 PIENAAR, Anne WHITSON. nee VAN NIEKERK. estate papers 1925
MOOC 13/1/5528 538 PIENAAR, Anne WHITSON. liquidation and distribution account
first 1926
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1/QTN 10 17/16/9/23 arms and ammunition. commandeering of rifles and exemptions
WHITSON, MH. 1940
MHG 0 5167/42 PATERSON, Thomas WHITSON 1942
MOOC 6/9/11638 97861 WHITSON, Francis Gordon Bert. estate papers 1945
MOOC 6/9/14353 5208/47 WHITSON, Margaret Helen. nee RAMILLON estate papers 1947
MSCE 00 1417/1947 LOMBARD, Annie. S/SP LOMBARD, Christopher Johannes
PR/SP PATERSON, Thomas WHITSON. 1947 1957
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WLD 0 711/1940 illiquid case divorce Joyce Melvina WHITSON (born STAUNTON)
versus Alistair Percival WAKEFIELD 1940 [cf 7112]
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3/CT 4/2/1/3/2298 5656 dilapidated and unsightly fence. 23 Rosmead Avenue,
Oranjezicht. HHA WHITSON. 1951; ditto 4/2/1/3/2362 1952 [cf 7112 2]
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MSCE 1077/1969 WHITSON, James Jameson. born in Edinburgh, Scotland. divorced.
deceased estate. 1969 1970
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WLD 5107/1973 illiquid case. divorce. Carla Dorothy WHITSON (born
STERN-STRAETER) versus Richard Benson WHITSON 1973
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MHG 1590/75 WHITSON, Edwin Keith. surviving spouse Magrietha Elizabeth WHITSON
(born BOSHOFF) 1975 [cf 7419]
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RSC 5A/4406 I1633/82 FILDAY, Alison Ann. born WHITSON. illiquid case. divorce.
Brian Desmond FILDAY. No date.
R4401/1 Anniversary Songs (WHITSON - FRIEDMAN). No date.
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m sp-Nancy Mary Bridget ROBINSON b1850 King Williams Town, South Africa
d 6.4.1910 aged 59 years, 7 3/4 months, of Apoplexy (ie a stroke).
eGSSA gives her age as 61 and 4 months. GK has a copy of her will but it is a
generic style. Daughter of James ROBINSON and Ann LEWIS. (Presumably of same
family as ROBINSON St, Queenstown. -SA State Archives Queenstown.)
Deaths 1909 - 1920 LDS # 1886537. 11 children.
www.national.archives.gov.za gave
MOOC 6/9/3073 13508 WHITSON, Nancy Mary Bridget. nee ROBINSON. estate papers
1926
MOOC 13/1/5949 1581 WHITSON, Nancy Mary Bridget. liquidation and distribution
accounts 1927
7111 4-`Frank' Francis Henry WHITSON (1873 Queenstown-1933)
His wife and first child died in childbirth. d 1937 - State Archives (Estate
Papers) via GK. www.national.archives.gov.za gave
MOOC 6/9/4951 55745 WHITSON, Francis Henry. Estate papers. 1937
m ??
Frank or br 2217 Percy or br 2218 Ben married
Mary Jane Tudball MASKINS (1870-5.8.1907 Queenstown age 37) d of TB;
"A. WHITSON" was present. LDS file 1886536 (Queenstown deaths 1897-1909) -GK.
Another possible wife for these 3 is
Maggie WHITSON nee THOMPSON d 1893 - State Archives via GK, but there may be no
connection.
7112 4-Richard "Dick" WHITSON (4.11.1875 Queenstown, South Africa-30.4.1940)
In 1904 a grocer in Queenstown, S.Africa. www.national.archives.gov.za gave
m sp-Gertrude "Girlie" WAKEFIELD. www.national.archives.gov.za gave
DOC 4/1/737 3745 mortgage bond. Richard WHITSON. 1900 1900
DOC 4/1/885 6538 mortgage bond. Richard WHITSON. 1902 1902
DOC 4/1/983 7783 mortgage bond. Richard WHITSON. 1903 1903
MOOC 6/9/7555 73413 WHITSON, Richard. estate papers. 1941 1941
Some of these may refer to their son 7112 4 Richard Maurice WHITSON 1904-75
MOOC 6/9/17997 737/51 WHITSON, Gertrude Anne nee WAKEFIELD estate papers 1951
MHG 0 6598/52 WHITSON, Gertrude Annie. Born WAKEFIELD. Predeceased spouse
Ritchard WHITSON documents filed in 1952.
5 children?
This photo from 2212 41 Maureen shows the WHITSON and EDMEADES family in
Queenstown. Left to Right: 2212 5 Keith WHITSON, 2212 Richard WHITSON,
2212 3 Thelma HAY holding baby 2212 32 Donald HAY, Thelma's husband Kenneth
HAY, 2212 1 Alistair WHITSON, Richard's wife Gertrude "Girlie",
2212 4 Maurice WHITSON, 2212 2 Hugh "Sonny" WHITSON, twin to Thelma;
Seated: Maurice's wife Mildred Charlotte nee EDMEADES, and on the table is
2212 31 Ian HAY.
71121 5-Alistair WHITSON
m ? 2 children, firstly
71121 1 6-Allan WHITSON
71121 2 6-`Hedley' WHITSON
m ? 2 children.
71122 5-Hugh "Sonny" WHITSON (d by 2001) Twin to 22123.
m sp-Marian HART? 1 son,
71122 1 6-Digby WHITSON He had a daughter from his first marriage.
71123 5-(Doris) Thelma WHITSON (d by 2001) Twin to 22122.
www.national.archives.gov.za gave
CSC 2/1/1/1684 210 illiquid cases. de lunatico inquirendo. Doris Thelma HAY (
born WHITSON) versus Gertrude Anne WHITSON (born WAKEFIELD) [her mother] and
curator ad litem 1951
WLD 0 3812/1958 illiquid case. divorce. Hugh Bertram GREEN versus Doris Thelma
(formerly HAY, born WHITSON). 1958
m sp-Hugh Bertram HAY. Div. 1958. (I had Kenneth HAY.)
* 1978 : 6 Irene Court, Prince Alfred Street, Queenstown, South Africa.
3 sons. One son was a farmer in 1978.
71123 1 6-Ian HAY
71123 2 6-Donald HAY d by 2010
m sp-Anne 2010 at Port Elizabeth, tel (041) 583 3679
71123 3 6-Roy HAY (d by 2001)
71124 5-(Richard) Maurice WHITSON (5.3.1904, Queenstown,S.Africa-25.11.1975)
Maureen has his baptism certificate.
m 7.3.1931 at Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia sp-Mildred Charlotte EDMEADES
(14.7.1900 Oudtshoorn, Cape Province-16.10.1990)
71124 1 6-Maureen Ann WHITSON (15.10.l934 Livingstone,Northern Rhodesia now
Zambia) She left Zimbabwe for South Africa in l98l and for NZ 1993.
# A source for this branch.
#2001: Auckland with Michelle 2212 412 & family
m1 7.7.l956 at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) sp-Rupert FITT
(-21.3.1972)
71124 11 7-Daryl Susan FITT (9.12.l958 Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia now Zambia)
m 13.12.1986 at Johannesburg, South Africa sp-Peter John Steven SHOEBRIDGE
(Auckland, New Zealand) To NZ 1987.
* 2001: fam.shoebridge@clear.net.nz Tauranga
71124 111 8-Leigh Amber SHOEBRIDGE (20.5.l989 Invercargill)
71124 112 8-Miles Rupert SHOEBRIDGE (21.11.l990 Queenstown,N.Z.)
71124 113 8-Hannah Laine SHOEBRIDGE (25.12.l992 Queenstown,N.Z.)
71124 12 7-Michelle Ann FITT (4.5.l960 Salisbury,Southern Rhodesia - now
Harare,Zimbabwe)
m 23.8.1980 at Salisbury,Southern Rhodesia - now Harare,Zimbabwe) sp-John
David POTGIETER
* 2001: Auckland johnmich@clear.net.nz
71124 121 8-Jahne Tarryn POTGIETER (25.4.l988 Pretoria, S.Africa)
71124 122 8-Starajean POTGIETER (l5.11.l990 Cape Town, S.Africa)
71124 13 7-Guy Richard FITT (28.1.l962 Salisbury,Southern Rhodesia - now
Harare,Zimbabwe) 2010: guy@tru-trac.com
Home Jhb. (11) 9746147.
m 5.4.199l at Johannesburg, South Africa sp-Mary GOUGH
*2001: mary.fitt@roche.com South Africa
71124 131 8-Kirstin Clair FITT (17.10.l99l Johannesburg, S.Africa)
71124 132 8-Nikki Sarah FITT (11.2.l993 Johannesburg, S.Africa)
71124 133 8-Christopher Inga FITT (10.02.2002 Johannesburg, S.Africa)