Husband Harry Albert Dean Ashton-Ireland
Born: 17 Dec 2004 - Auckland
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Father: Russell Noel Tuffery (1958- )
Mother: George Adams Ireland (1960- )
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Reuben George Roy Ashton-Ireland
Husband Reuben George Roy Ashton-Ireland
Born: 17 Sep 1997 - National Women's Hospital, Auckland
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Father: Megan Nalda Ashton (1968- )
Mother: Claire Lesley Shields (1969- )
Father: Russell Noel Tuffery (1958- )
Mother: George Adams Ireland (1960- )
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Mamma Claire Lesley Shields born 18 Aug 1969
Bannister
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1 F Maria Ann Bannister
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Spouse: Stewart ( - )
Spouse: George William Ireland (1941-1996)
General Notes for Child Maria Ann Bannister
last known address (about 1997): 9 South Inch Park, Perth, PH2 8BU, Scotland
ph 0044 1738 449522
Stewart and Maria Ann Bannister
Husband Stewart
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Wife Maria Ann Bannister
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Other Spouse: George William Ireland (1941-1996)
General Notes (Wife)
last known address (about 1997): 9 South Inch Park, Perth, PH2 8BU, Scotland
ph 0044 1738 449522
Notes (Marriage)
source: George W Ireland's death cert. states spouses (2) Maria Ann Bannister or Stewart.
Maria was the informant.
George William Ireland and Maria Ann Bannister
Husband George William Ireland
Born: 7 Feb 1941 - Dundee, Scotland?
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Died: 24 Dec 1996 - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Buried: - Perth, Scotland?
Father: David Ireland ( - )
Mother: Kathleen Willocks ( - )
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Other Spouse: Helen Westwood Adams (1941- ) - (Separated)
Wife Maria Ann Bannister
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General Notes (Husband)
Contractor's Electrician (Apprentice), 1960
37 St Andrews st, Dundee, 1960
Medical Notes (Husband)
source: death cert.
General Notes (Wife)
last known address (about 1997): 9 South Inch Park, Perth, PH2 8BU, Scotland
ph 0044 1738 449522
Barclay
Husband Barclay
Born: 1859
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Father: Thomas Barclay (1819-1891)
Mother: Barbara McKay (Abt 1821-1888)
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Barclay
Husband Barclay
Born: 1847?
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Father: Thomas Barclay (1819-1891)
Mother: Barbara McKay (Abt 1821-1888)
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Barclay
Husband Barclay
Born: 1863?
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Father: Thomas Barclay (1819-1891)
Mother: Barbara McKay (Abt 1821-1888)
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Barclay
Husband Barclay
Born: 1850?
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Father: Thomas Barclay (1819-1891)
Mother: Barbara McKay (Abt 1821-1888)
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Barclay
Husband Barclay
Born: 1854?
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Father: Thomas Barclay (1819-1891)
Mother: Barbara McKay (Abt 1821-1888)
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Donald Manson and Barbara Barclay
Husband Donald Manson
Born: Feb 1839 - Dunnett, Caithness
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Died: 10 Oct 1904 - Gore
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Marriage: Dec 1867 - Long Bush, Invercargill
Wife Barbara Barclay
Born: 1848?
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Died: 4 Sep 1920
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Father: Thomas Barclay (1819-1891)
Mother: Barbara McKay (Abt 1821-1888)
Children
1 M David Trotter Manson
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2 M Thomas Barclay Manson
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3 M Charles Stewart Manson
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4 M Donald Alexander Manson
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5 M Andrew Mouat Manson
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6 M John Robert Manson
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7 M Henry Hunt Manson
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8 M Allen Waiau Manson
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9 F Jean Sinclair Manson
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Spouse: Diack ( - )
10 F Agnes Manson
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11 F Elizabeth Manson
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12 F Annie Manson
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Spouse: Herron ( - )
13 F Barbara Manson
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Spouse: Fred Wallis ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
source:
p.150-152 of
Chandler, Peter, 1927-1989.
Title: Glenaray : Waikaia-Southland : an account of the tenure of the former pastoral runs now amalgamated in Run no. 626 / compiled by Peter M. Chandler. Publisher: Invercargill [N.Z.] : Craig Printing ; Waikaia, N.Z. : W. Pinckney Ltd., 1984.
General Notes for Child Thomas Barclay Manson
owner Waikaia Plains run 1916-32
Mawson Barclay
Husband Mawson Barclay
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Father: Thomas Barclay (1819-1891)
Mother: Barbara McKay (Abt 1821-1888)
Marriage: Never Married
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Rubina Barclay
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Wife Rubina Barclay
Born: 1860?
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Died: 1 Dec 1871
Buried: 2 Dec 1871 - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Lot 6, Block 2
Father: Thomas Barclay (1819-1891)
Mother: Barbara McKay (Abt 1821-1888)
Marriage: Never Married
Thomas Barclay and Barbara McKay
Husband Thomas Barclay
Born: 1819? - Cromarty, Scotland
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Died: 28 Nov 1891 - Wendon, Riversdale
Buried: 1 Dec 1891 - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, with wife
Marriage: 11 Feb 1844 - Rogart, Durness, Sutherland
Wife Barbara McKay
Born: Abt 1821 - Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
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Died: 3 Oct 1888 - Otama
Buried: - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, with mother
Father: Roderick McKay (1803- )
Mother: Barbara Gunn ( - )
Children
1 M Mawson Barclay
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2 M Barclay
Born: 1847?
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3 F Barbara Barclay
Born: 1848?
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Died: 4 Sep 1920
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Spouse: Donald Manson (1839-1904)
Marr: Dec 1867 - Long Bush, Invercargill
4 M Barclay
Born: 1850?
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5 M Barclay
Born: 1854?
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6 M Barclay
Born: 1859
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7 F Rubina Barclay
Born: 1860?
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Died: 1 Dec 1871
Buried: 2 Dec 1871 - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Lot 6, Block 2
Spouse: Never Married
8 M Barclay
Born: 1863?
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General Notes (Husband)
resided at Longbush, Dec 1856
also buried in same plot:
Annie Williamson (10 Nov 1869)
Hector St Paul Anderson (1 Aug 1918)
surviving issue 1891: 5 males aged 44, 41, 37, 32, 28; 1 female aged 43
1865/67 Electoral Rolls:
District of Mataura and District of Wallace
"Invercargill freehold, Invercargill hundreds sections 2,3, 4 block 6
Barrett and Ann Emma Fisher
Husband Barrett
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Wife Ann Emma Fisher
AKA: Annie
Born: 1820 - Mile End Road, London
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Died: 17 Dec 1882 - Waikaia
Buried: 19 Dec 1882 - Waikaia
Father: William Fisher ( - )
Mother:
Other Spouse: Edgar Dapp (1822-1894) - 10 Nov 1850 - Church of St John, Adelaide
General Notes (Wife)
at her marriage to Edgar on the cert. it says widow of North Terrace. She was a Mrs Barrett.
Said to have had a brother who was a well known physican
William Dawson and Ann Lydia Barrett
Husband William Dawson
Born: 10 May 1810 - London
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Died: 1 Dec 1883 - Invercargill
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Marriage: 1831 - Rosconnon, Ireland
Wife Ann Lydia Barrett
Born: 1809 - Staffordshire
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Died: 4 Aug 1894 - Brunswick, Southland?
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Children
1 M Ebenezer James Dawson
Born: 13 May 1837 - Kings Medows, Tasmania
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Died: 17 Jul 1907 - Invercargill
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Spouse: Eliza Gateland (1844-1924)
Marr: 25 Apr 1861 - Launceston, Tasmania
Thomas Lionel Browne and Blanche Beadle
Husband Thomas Lionel Browne
Born: - Invercargill
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Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
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Wife Blanche Beadle
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1 F Browne
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2 F Browne
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POSB official, soldier WWII SGMN 2nd NZEF (Signaller?), was a POW
452 Herbert st, Invercargill (1970?)
Jeffrey James Hall and Kathryn Margaret Beattie
Husband Jeffrey James Hall
Born: 30 Oct 1953
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Father: Frederick James Booth ( - )
Mother: Sylvia Hall (1927- )
Marriage: Jan 1978 - St Andrews Church, Blenheim
Wife Kathryn Margaret Beattie
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dentist
Bennett and Lorraine Miller
Husband Bennett
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Wife Lorraine Miller
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Father: Joe Miller ( - )
Mother: Tui Oliver ( - )
Carolyn Bennett
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Wife Carolyn Bennett
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Father: Jim Bennett ( - )
Mother: Marilyn McCrystall ( - )
Jim Bennett and Marilyn McCrystall
Husband Jim Bennett
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Father: Lance Maurice McCrystall (1923-1994)
Mother: Rose Booth ( - )
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1 M Rex Bennett
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2 F Carolyn Bennett
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Rex Bennett
Husband Rex Bennett
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Mother: Marilyn McCrystall ( - )
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Peter Hanlon and Mary Berry
Husband Peter Hanlon
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Wife Mary Berry
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1 F Jane Hanlon
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Spouse: Thomas Hastings ( - )
Marr: 11 Feb 1875 - Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
William Hunt and Francis Black
Husband William Hunt
Born: 1839? - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
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Died: 1894? - Lyttelton
Buried: - Lyttelton
Father: Frederick William Hunt (1817- )
Mother: Mary Presswood ( - )
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Wife Francis Black
AKA: Fanny
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1 U Three Children Hunt
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Guy Vernan Richard Matthews and Mary Black
Husband Guy Vernan Richard Matthews
Born: 21 Dec 1886 - Invercargill
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Father: Richard John Matthews (1839-1901)
Mother: Caroline Elizabeth McCrystal (1862-1942)
Marriage: 6 May 1913 - Invercargill
Wife Mary Black
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1 U Matthews
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2 U Matthews
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3 U Matthews
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treasurer
Jeff Blick and Joan Crowe
Husband Jeff Blick
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Wife Joan Crowe
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Father: Crowe ( - )
Mother: Ada Light Crowe ( - )
Frederick James Booth and Sylvia Hall
Husband Frederick James Booth
AKA: Jim
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Marriage: 25 Nov 1949 - Wellington
Wife Sylvia Hall
Born: 12 Apr 1927
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Father: George Onslow Hall (1898-1976)
Mother: Muriel Udy ( - )
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1 F Susan Hall
Born: 6 Jun 1951
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Spouse: Antony P Quirk ( - )
2 M Jeffrey James Hall
Born: 30 Oct 1953
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Spouse: Kathryn Margaret Beattie ( - )
Marr: Jan 1978 - St Andrews Church, Blenheim
3 F Jane Hall
Born: 9 Nov 1956
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4 M Stephen Hall
Born: 6 Mar 1963
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General Notes (Husband)
Manager at Hutt Valley Electric Power & Gas Bd
General Notes for Child Jeffrey James Hall
dentist
Lance Maurice McCrystall and Rose Booth
Husband Lance Maurice McCrystall
Born: 12 Aug 1923 - Riverton
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Died: 15 Sept 1994? - Invercargill
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Father: Arthur McCrystall (1872-1954)
Mother: Annie Stuart (1882-1944)
Marriage: 5 Jan 1949 - Bascilla, Invercargill
Wife Rose Booth
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1 M Leslie McCrystall
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2 M Graeme McCrystall
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Status: Adopted
Spouse: Pauline Hunt ( - )
3 F Ngaire McCrystall
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Spouse: Norman Morton ( - )
4 F Marilyn McCrystall
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Spouse: Jim Bennett ( - )
5 F Donna McCrystall
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William Bradnock and Ann Galbrett
Husband William Bradnock
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Wife Ann Galbrett
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1 F Ann Bradnock
Born: 1829
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Died: 13 Jul 1906 - Woodend, Invercargill
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Spouse: John Hastings (1825-1909)
Marr: 19 Feb 1855 - St Phillips, Birmingham
General Notes (Husband)
labourer
Edwin Dapp and Emma Elizabeth Brand
Husband Edwin Dapp 1 2
Born: 1827 - Brighton, Sussex
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Died: 26 Sep 1883 - Waikaia
Buried: 29 Sep 1883 - "New Cemetery", Waikaia
Father: John Dapp ( - )
Mother: Rachel Gurr ( - )
Marriage: 10 Apr 1853 - Church of St Nicholas, Brighton
Wife Emma Elizabeth Brand
AKA: Elizabeth (as referred to in Edwin's will)
Born: 1831 or 1832 - London
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Died: 30 Jan 1895 - Waikaia
Buried: 1 Feb 1895 - Waikaia
Father: not known by Emma Brand ( - )
Mother: not known by Emma ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
Edwin is said to have owned or worked in a jewellers in St Johns Wood, London.
After mining for some time, Edwin & Richard Thompson, combined the business of bakers and market gardeners, calling the bakery the "Golden Age", the remains of which can still be seen.
Delivery of goods was by pack mule ("Old Jenny" purchased by Edwin in 1868). Later they invested in two horses and a wagon. The bakery was at Winding creek close to Uttings store. In 1867-68 they developed a market garden on 10 acres known as Deans orchard, at Winding creek and this was very successful, growing peaches, rhubarb, cabbages, etc. However the seasons were not altogether kind, and fruit and even potatoes became hard to grow. In 1872 they commenced dairying with several cows, Edwin carrying the milk around with the bread.
In 1876 Strugglers' Flat in Block 10 was thrown open, and Richard Thompson and Edwin bought two sections, 50 acres each! (sections 11-13 says Miller). They milked cows and made butter. In 1879, they bought three sections from Colin Robertson, and in 1880 a section from Hurley Brothers. Miller mentions a 50 acre section being bought from Patsy O'Donnel. John Thomas Thompson carried on the farm until Edwin died, and then had to go and bake bread which he knew very little about.
The Waikaia Herald of Saturday Sept 30 1882 (have reproduced copy) features a display ad which reads "Dapp and Thompson, Waikaia, Fancy bread and biscuit makers, pastrycooks and confectioners, Bread delivered in town and country, Fruit and vegetables in season, new milk, cream, fresh butter, etc, at lowest prices."
Stones of 1886 says Bakers: Dapp & Thompson; J Wallis
Stones Directory of 1888 states "Richard Thompson and Emma Dapp, bakers and dairy keepers".
The Thompson's took over Dapp's share and the business wa sknown as Thompson & Son.
Medical Notes (Husband)
Buried in the same plot as Charlotte Lulham.
His headstone reads: "In loving remembrance of Edwin Dapp, native of Brighton, Sussex, England, died 26 Sept 1883, aged 56 years. Also Charlotte Lulham, native of the same place, died 13 Nov 1883, aged 80 years (Fraser and Sons, Invercargill)"
His will (have copy) dated 9 February 1877 left everything to Emma, describing her as "my dear wife", and named her as executrix. In the will Emma was initially named as Elizabeth Dapp, "Emma" being added in, probably this means Edwin called her Elizabeth rather than Emma. Witnesses were Colin Robertson, Stoutman, Switzers and John Francis Garry, clerk. Probate granted 16 October 1883, Lawrence Ready, Solicitor, Invercargill
General Notes (Wife)
Marriage cert. shows blanks for parents, but her address as 4 Stone st, Brighton. Likewise, on her death cert. parents unknown - but that would depend on the informant to some degree.
Emma's will is dated 4 July 1892, and parts are changed by a codicil dated 18 August 1893 (have copies).
The second paragraph of her will leaves sections numbers 18 and 22 of Block 13 in the town of Waikaia, with all buildings and improvements, to John James Thompson, Baker. The codicil revokes this, leaving the land instead to Herbert Dapp.
The third paragraph allows the payment to John James Thompson of £150 on his reaching 35 years of age, and should he die before Emma, that amount to go to Herbert Dapp. Again the codicil revokes that, and leaves that money to Herbert Dapp.
The fourth paragraph leaves £50 to Colin Robertson, farmer of Waikaia.
In the fifth para., to Edgar Dapp, miner, £12.10 shillings within three months of her death, and the further sum of £87.10 shillings in 7 half yearly instalments of £12.10 shillings each, the first of such 7 instalments to be paid at the expiration of 6 months from the day of payment of the first mentioned £12.10 shillings. If he was to predecease her, the said amount to go to Herbert Dapp.
The sixth para. leaves the rest to Herbert Dapp, the elder, of Brighton, England, Fishmonger and Poulterer.
Colin Robertson is appointed executor, and instructed to erect a tombstone. Witnesses to will: Duncan Matheson, and James Dean. To the codicil, Jas B Hutchinson, teacher
Miller (1966) says: "... Thompson's son took over Dapp's share and the firm was then Thompson and Son. As well as the farm they had the bakery business, tea rooms, and the local hall, where they would cater for about 80 patrons on a Saturday night...Mr Thompson died in 1909, leaving the farm and business to his son John who in 1912 sold the shop and shifted to the farm..."
Now, as can be read from the wills the Dapps did not leave their share to the Thompsons, but to Herbert DAPP. Did he sell the estate to them? or is the truth darker than that? The family say that when Emma made her will, her lawyer Colin Robertson placed his name on it instead of Marion's, her niece. Certainly he was named as executor, but the will and codicil do not bear this out, unless he altered the will for land transfer purposes? An investigation of the land transfer records should shed light.
Perhaps the nature of the inheritance was misrepresented to Herbert and he sold it cheap back to the Thompsons?
It is said that Marion could not afford to contest the fraud.
Medical Notes (Wife)
aged 63
buried alongside Edwin
Her headstone (have photo) reads "Sacred to the memory of Emma Elizabeth, beloved wife of the late Edwin Dapp, native of London, who died at Waikaia, Jan 30 1895, aged 63 years, "Her end was peace" ( J Fraser & Sons, In'gill)
Notes (Marriage)
Have marriage cert. 14/1853. It says Edwin was 25, and living at 84 Trafalgar st, Brighton, and was a butcher. Emma's age is stated as 22.
In presence of: Frederick Ewer, & Elizabeth Pettit
Frank Bray and Joyce MacKay
Husband Frank Bray
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Wife Joyce MacKay
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Father: John MacKay ( -1960)
Mother: Emma Elizabeth Robson (1889- )
Thomas Hunt and Elizabeth Brown
Husband Thomas Hunt 3
Born: 1786 or 1792 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1887
Buried: - Pitt island, Chatham Islands
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Brown
Born: 1793?
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Buried: - Pitt island, Chatham Islands
Children
1 M Frederick William Hunt
Born: 1817 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
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Buried: - Pitt island, Chatham Islands
Spouse: Mary Presswood ( - )
2 F Caroline Hunt
Born: 1821
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Spouse: Thomas Kemnis(?) Walseuster(?) ( - )
3 F Emma Hunt
Born: 1823 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1910 - Westport
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Spouse: Thomas Williams ( - )
Marr: Auckland
4 F Caroline Hunt
Born: 1825 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
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Buried: - St James, Lower Hutt
Spouse: Daniel West ( - )
Marr: 1842 - St James Church, Lower Hutt
5 M Brown Hunt
Born: 1828? - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
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Buried: - Masterton
Spouse: Sarah Chamberlain ( - )
6 F Lavinia Hunt
Born: 1830? - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
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Spouse: George Selwood ( - )
7 M George Lott Hunt
AKA: George Henry, George Lot
Born: 1826?, 1832? - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died: 7, or 8 Dec 1858 - Drowned at New River Heads (Bar), Foveaux Strait
Buried: body not recovered
Spouse: Jane Scobie McKay or Mackay (1834-1918)
Marr: 19 May 1852 - Church of England, Lyttelton Barracks, by Rev B W Dudley. (Widowed)
8 M Charles Hunt
Born: 1826 or 1832
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9 F Naomi Hunt
Born: 1825 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
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Spouse: Thomas K Warburton ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
he had been a tenant farmer, "all their money was stolen prior to departure" - J H Langdale
family came out on 'Martha Ridgway':
left London 5 Jul 1840, arr. Wellington, 20 Nov 1840 (NZ Company records 34/1 p. 146 in National Archives)
Thomas described as Agricultural labourer, aged 48, Eliz aged 47
Caroline 19, Emma 17, and Naomi 15, all named, & as a sempstress
plus unnamed boys 14, 12, 3, and girl of 10
bricklayer at the Chathams
General Notes for Child Frederick William Hunt
family came out on 'Martha Ridgway':
left London 5 Jul 1840, arr. Wellington, 20 Nov 1840 (NZ Company records 34/1 p. 146 in National Archives)
Thomas described as Agricultural labourer, aged 48, Eliz aged 47
Caroline 19, Emma 17, and Naomi 15, all named, & as a sempstress
plus unnamed boys 14, 12, 3, and girl of 10
Frederick named as 23, ag labourer, wife at 27, with 1 yr old boy
General Notes for Child Emma Hunt
connected with the Westport Times owners
General Notes for Child George Lott Hunt
sawyer, and boatman
butcher, 1852 (Marriage cert.)
From Invercargill Pioneers by F J Hall-Jones, 1946, p. 29-30, a sometimes erroneous account of the Hunts and McKays:
"George Hunt
George Henry Hunt came with his brother Frederick (went to Pitts island, Chathams and another brother Charles is stated to have discovered the Thames goldfield) to Lyttelton in 1851, and there married 19 May 1852 Jane McKay, who had come out from Sunderlandshire with her parents on the Cressy. Hunt lived at Rangiora for a while, and in the middle of 1856 drove a mob of cattle south to the Maroroa run for his wife's brothers John Clark and Donald. In Sept 1856 he was J T Thomson's guide from the Mataura to Invercargill, and was employed on the survey of the harbour. Mrs Hunt's father, Roderick, came south and settled at Wallacetown, taking over the property vacated by John Mitchell of New River Ferry. Of Roderick's family, J C McKay was a prominent runholder, versifier, member of the Provincial Council and owner of the hotel site at the cnr of Tay and Deveron sts; Donald was embroiled in litigation concerning his mental capacity; Barbara married Thomas Barclay, who came down with their four children to Longbush in Dec 1856; Anne married one Coutts, a flourmiller) The Hunts settled with their two children in Invercargill at the end of 1856 and their son Henry was one of the first children born in the town. Their home was on the site of H & J Smith's tearooms and at the rear towards Esk st was their sawpit, the first in Invercargill. Hunt also acquired a boat and engaged in lightering. He lost his life at New River Heads 7 Dec 1858 when taking the Wilson-Grieve wedding party across to Ruapuke.
He had taken up his sawpit section in Esk st in the name of his infant son George Henry, but was unable to secure a title to his Tay st section. This was taken up by W H Calder at the first sale of sections and was conveyed by him in 1859 to Hunt's daughter Jane. This was arranged by Hunt's brothers who had the property registered in the daughter's name not the widows as it would automatically pass to the latter's husband if she remarried. It was here that Alexander McNab's sister died. When she came of age, Jane Hunt transferred the section to her mother, then Jane Peters, widow, who sold it in 1879 to Price and Bulleid for €2000. In the latter year a section of Hunt's at Wallacetown (J P McGearty's) was also conveyed by his eldest son (as heir) to Jane Peters, and the Est st section was later sold by Henry Hunt to Peter M Peters, draper.
In Oct 1860 Mrs Hunt married Dr John McCrystal, and for some reason, William Stuart was appointed by the Court in 1864 as the legal guardian of her four children. On the doctor's death, she married Peters, and her fourth and last helpmate was Charles W Reid, a letter carrier. Of Hunt's first family, George McKay Hunt was a coachdriver for 27 years and a storeman at both Switzers and Invercargill; he died about 1900, leaving a family of 5 or 6. Jane Scobie Hunt remained single and John Hugh Hunt became a carpenter. George Henry Hunt was educated in Invercargill, worked on country stations and took up sawmilling., He married 9 Oct 1879 Frances Elizabeth, a daughter of John Henry Dawson, of Seaward Bush and grand daughter of William Dawson who was town engineer of Invercargill for 20 years. They left in the eighties for the North Island and celebrated their diamond wedding in 1939. Hunt could remember Puetellkow's boat being hauled down Tay st by a team of bullocks, also the opening of the Makarewa railway, when his brother George had to walk home in the rain.
By her marriage to Dr McCrystal, Hunt's widow had a second family - Caroline (married Richard Williamson Hall, solicitor), Fanny (married John Brown, valuer), Arthur (Invercargill and Otatara) and Onslow (died in infancy).
Obituary for his son John Hugh (Jack) reads: "With the death on Tuesday of Mr John Hugh Hunt, Invercargill lost another of its small band of early settlers. Mr Hunt, the 3rd son of Mr George Hunt and his wife Jane, was born 26 April 1858, the same year in which his father was to lose his life at nEw River Heads when taking the Wilson-Grieve wedding party across to Ruapuke.
He was born in a small shack where the store of H & J Smiths stands, in close proximity to the site on which the Moffat & Co bldg is situated, where the first sawpit in Invercargill was established - by his father. At the time of his birth there were scarcely more than a dozen houses in Invercargill. As a young man he was engaged in shearing in the Lake country and in parts of Central Otago as far up as Galloway and later engaged in sawmilling and carpentering. He lived for some years in Gore but when his wife died he returned to Invercargill, at one time living in a crib at Oreti Beach, before coming to the city to make his home in Yarrow street."
Medical Notes for Child George Lott Hunt
From Hall-Jones, Historical Southland, 1948, p. 190
"In the early sixties an imposing series of ships went ashore at Bluff, New River and elsewhere in the Straits, some to be refloated and others to find their last resting place. The only wreck of dramatic if melancholy interest involved the loss of a wedding party.
In the early days of settlement the only minister who could perform the rites of marriage was Rev J F H Wohlers of Ruapuke Island, to whom many a couple resorted by a voyage across the strait, rarely pleasant and often hazardous. On Dec 8 1858, Adam Wilson and Margaret Grieve, of Waianiwa, set out from Invercargill for Ruapuke in Hunt's 10 ton boat. With them were George Hunt, Robert Smith (a boatman from Dunedin), John Jackoways and his wife, formerly Kitty Kelly and a daughter of Invercargill's fitst townsman.
The weather deteriorated at the Heads and in crossing the bar the boat struck a sandbank and filled. From the shore several people witnessed the tragedy but no boat could have reached the spot and no attempt at rescue was possible. Only the bride's shawl reached the shore. Later when the tide rose and the weather abated, the Maoris took a boat to the spot and could see the body of Kitty Kelly beneath the waters. Plunged knee-deep in the sand she stood on the sea floor, her long dark tresses streaming like seaweed in the tide"
General Notes for Child Charles Hunt
discovered Thames goldfield?
Browne
Husband Browne
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Father: Frederick John Browne (1887-1957)
Mother: Freda Jackson ( -After 1957)
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Browne
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Father: Frederick John Browne (1887-1957)
Mother: Freda Jackson ( -After 1957)
Browne
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Wife Browne
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Father: Thomas Lionel Browne ( - )
Mother: Blanche Beadle ( - )
Browne
Husband Browne
Born:
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Father: Frederick John Browne (1887-1957)
Mother: Freda Jackson ( -After 1957)
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Browne
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Wife Browne
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Father: Thomas Lionel Browne ( - )
Mother: Blanche Beadle ( - )
Annis Browne
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Wife Annis Browne
Born:
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Died: in infancy
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Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Annis Mary Frances Browne
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Wife Annis Mary Frances Browne
AKA: Mary
Born: 1890 - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 5 Oct 1963 - Invercargill
Buried: 8 Oct 1963
Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Marriage: Never Married
General Notes (Wife)
baker at Langes Bakery
238 George st, Invercargill, 1963
Arthur William Browne
Husband Arthur William Browne
AKA: Artie
Born: - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 6 Feb 1974 - Riverton
Buried:
Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Marriage: Never Married
Wife
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General Notes (Husband)
soldier WWI 8/2542 Private, Gallipoli 1st NZEF
Nov 1952: Invercargill
Labourer
Charles Richard Browne
Husband Charles Richard Browne
Born: - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 4 Sep 1973 - 565 Cranford st, Papanui, Christchurch
Buried:
Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Marriage: Never Married
Wife
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General Notes (Husband)
WWI
WWII 8/3502 1st NZEF,
9 April 1940, left with Albert Caird of McMaster street, for Greece under engagement to an English alluvial gold mining ("concession") company in western Macedonia. A Southland Times report of April 21 1941 says "They were fortunate to escape the oncoming Germans and had heard that NZ troops were in Greece and anxious to meet them, but could not identify them because they were not wearing the customary peaked hat. Brown proudly displayed a tattoo mark which had been made in Cairo when serving with the NZ forces in the last war. These men had seen the smoke of German artillery as they made their way to safety. Brown has a brother in the signallers."
Manse st, April 1940
Nov 1952 at Ngahere, West Coast
Plumber
Gilbert Francis Clarke and Frances Jean Browne
Husband Gilbert Francis Clarke
AKA: Gib
Born:
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Marriage: 3 May 1943 - St Andrews Church, Invercargill by Rev E Gardiner
Wife Frances Jean Browne
Born: 29 Oct 1920 - 22 O'Hara st, Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 24 Jan 1973 - 53 Dublin st, Invercargill
Buried: 26 Jan 1973 - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Father: George Onslow Browne (1888-1965)
Mother: Florence Daisy Milligan ( - )
Children
1 M Peter Francis Clarke
Born: 25 Feb 1948
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Kathleen Kelly ( - )
Marr: 19 Apr 1969 - St Thereses, Invercargill, Rev Pearce
2 M Alan Richard Clarke
Born: 30 Jul 1952
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Raewyn Peterson ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
Clarkes Nursery, 1969, Waianiwa
Frederick John Browne and Freda Jackson
Husband Frederick John Browne
AKA: Frederic, Jasie
Born: 1887? - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 27 Jun 1957 - Williamstown, Melbourne
Buried:
Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Marriage: - Melbourne?
Wife Freda Jackson
Born:
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Died: After 1957
Buried:
Children
1 M Browne
Born:
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2 M Browne
Born:
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3 F Browne
Born:
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General Notes (Husband)
educated at the Tisbury and South schools, Invercargill
Obituary from 5 July 1957, Southland Times or Daily News (source not stated):
"Mr F. Browne, a man who saw much of the history of the coastal and intercolonial shipping trade in the early days of the present century and also served on trading vessels which visited many points of the globe was Mr Fred Browne, a native of Invercargill, who has died at Williamstown, Victoria, aged 70.
He was the eldest son of the late John and Frances Browne, and was educated at the Tisbury and South schools.
At the turn of the century he took up engineering with the Southland Engineering Co., a firm engaged in constructing gold dredges. It employed at the height of the boom about 270 men. On completion of his apprenticeship he went to England and joined the Cuban Shipping Line whose ships traded between English and continental ports and the West Indies and Central America.
He returned to New Zealand in 1910 and was engaged in the coastal trade including a period in the Kotare, a small vessel well known on the Dunedin-Invercargill-Riverton run.
Mr Browne sailed to Australia in the Dunedin dredge dredge 404, which had been taken over by an Australian concern. The vessel eventualy berthed at Melbourne after a long and stormy voyage.
He later joined the Commonwealth Line whose ships carried wheat to Britain during WWI. He was then employed by Huddart Parker Co. and served in several of their ships in the intercolonial and in the Australian coastal trade.
Before his retirement, he served on the Weeroona (Weerpona?) in the passenger ferry service between Melbourne and Launceston.
Mr Browne is survived by his wife formerly Miss Freda Jackson of Williamstown, and a family of two sons and one daughter. Three sisters and four brothers are living in Otago and Southland."
Obituary for George Onslow Browne: "A man who loved the sea and ships and who treasured the books of Joseph Conrad, Basil Lubbock and other writers of the sea, died at Peacehaven on Saturday. He was Mr George Onslow Browne, 77, who served all of his working life with the Post and Telegraph Dept, most of it in Invercargill, where he was born. He went to South School and with his brother Fred, he spent his boyhood years "messing about in boats" - flatties for a start, playing with them around the beach and then up to 16 footers, one half-decked. "It was our religion in those days" he used to say. He read all trhe books on ships he could, some of them, over and over again. "I would have liked to have been a ship's officer but you don't get that kind of chance served upon a platter" he once said. His brother, Fred however, went to sea and died in Melbourne in 1957. He was a marine engineer and served his time with the old Southland Engineering Company between Dee and Leven streets, under the late James MacAlister, building dredges.
George started with the PO in 1907 and retired on completing 40 years service in 1947. He went to Wellington 1912-13 and served in Dunedin 1929-30 and worked in various branches of the postal service, starting as a postal asst and when he retired he was supervisor of the Engineer's branch.
Throughout his life his love of the sea was expressed by his books and by his pictures of steamers, square-riggers and full rigged ships and by his log of the Cutty Sark. He is survived by his wife, and daughter Mrs G F Clarke"
George Onslow Browne and Florence Daisy Milligan
Husband George Onslow Browne
Born: 1 Apr 1888? - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 13 Mar 1965 - Invercargill (at Peacehaven)
Buried: 15 Mar 1965
Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Marriage: 19 Aug 1914
Wife Florence Daisy Milligan
AKA: Daisy
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Father: William Milligan (1846-1927)
Mother: Elizabeth Brundell (1853-1928)
Children
1 F Frances Jean Browne
Born: 29 Oct 1920 - 22 O'Hara st, Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 24 Jan 1973 - 53 Dublin st, Invercargill
Buried: 26 Jan 1973 - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Spouse: Gilbert Francis Clarke ( - )
Marr: 3 May 1943 - St Andrews Church, Invercargill by Rev E Gardiner
General Notes (Husband)
1912 transfer from mail staff to secretary's office, Wellington (promotion). "Mr Browne was very prominent among the sporting institutions in the south"
Southland Times of 31 Dec 1947: retiring after 40 years from asst supervisor NZPO Engineer's Office, Invercargill, presentation of a "suitably engraved writing desk"
Southern Football Club, First XV, 1912; Life member Southern Tennis Club
Obituary: "A man who loved the sea and ships and who treasured the books of Joseph Conrad, Basil Lubbock and other writers of the sea, died at Peacehaven on Saturday. He was Mr George Onslow Browne, 77, who served all of his working life with the Post and Telegraph Dept, most of it in Invercargill, where he was born. He went to South School and with his brother Fred, he spent his boyhood years "messing about in boats" - flatties for a start, playing with them around the beach and then up to 16 footers, one half-decked. "It was our religion in those days" he used to say. He read all trhe books on ships he could, some of them, over and over again. "I would have liked to have been a ship's officer but you don't get that kind of chance served upon a platter" he once said. His brother, Fred however, went to sea and died in Melbourne in 1957. He was a marine engineer and served his time with the old Southland Engineering Company between Dee and Leven streets, under the late James MacAlister, building dredges.
George started with the PO in 1907 and retired on completing 40 years service in 1947. He went to Wellington 1912-13 and served in Dunedin 1929-30 and worked in various branches of the postal service, starting as a postal asst and when he retired he was supervisor of the Engineer's branch.
Throughout his life his love of the sea was expressed by his books and by his pictures of steamers, square-riggers and full rigged ships and by his log of the Cutty Sark. He is survived by his wife, and daughter Mrs G F Clarke"
General Notes (Wife)
25 years member of the Victoria Memorial Home Trust Board, sec 1952-60; vice pres 1960-61, pres 1964-67, since 1967 on the exec
Ernest Alexander Grant and Isabel Harriet Jane Browne
Husband Ernest Alexander Grant
Born:
Christened:
Died: 9 Mar 1969 - Dunedin
Buried:
Marriage: - Invercargill
Wife Isabel Harriet Jane Browne
AKA: Totty
Born: - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 8 Jan 1974 - Dunedin (11A Duchess Ave - suddenly)
Buried: - Cremated, Andersons Bay, Dunedin
Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Children
1 M Gordon Grant
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Anne ( - )
2 M William Grant
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
3 M Ronald Grant
Born:
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Died:
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4 F Rosemary Grant
Born:
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: Ken White ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
WWI, 1st NZEF (4 years)
Accountant, Southland Hospital Board (30 years) - started "as a boy"
Secretary, Vincent Hospital Board, Clyde
5 Warden st, Opoho, 1969
General Notes (Wife)
gold medal, Royal College of Music, London, advanced grade violin
music teacher
General Notes for Child Gordon Grant
teacher, Invercargill
General Notes for Child William Grant
teacher
Dunedin, 1974
General Notes for Child Ronald Grant
doctor
Vietnam, 1969
Ohakea, 1974
General Notes for Child Rosemary Grant
Mosgiel, 1974
John Browne and Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall
Husband John Browne
Born: 20 Apr 1840 - Shepherds Bush, London
Christened:
Died: 14 Nov 1904 - Invercargill
Buried: - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Father: William Browne ( - )
Mother: Elizabeth Tracey ( - )
Marriage: 1883 - Invercargill
Wife Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall
AKA: Fanny
Born: 29 Aug 1866 - Long Bush, Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 14 Nov 1952 - Manse st "Ramornie", Appleby, Invercargill
Buried: - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Father: John McCrystal (alias) (1830-1873)
Mother: Jane Scobie McKay or Mackay (1834-1918)
Children
1 M Frederick John Browne
AKA: Frederic, Jasie
Born: 1887? - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 27 Jun 1957 - Williamstown, Melbourne
Buried:
Spouse: Freda Jackson ( -After 1957)
Marr: Melbourne?
2 M Charles Richard Browne
Born: - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 4 Sep 1973 - 565 Cranford st, Papanui, Christchurch
Buried:
Spouse: Never Married
3 M George Onslow Browne
Born: 1 Apr 1888? - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 13 Mar 1965 - Invercargill (at Peacehaven)
Buried: 15 Mar 1965
Spouse: Florence Daisy Milligan ( - )
Marr: 19 Aug 1914
4 M Arthur William Browne
AKA: Artie
Born: - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 6 Feb 1974 - Riverton
Buried:
Spouse: Never Married
5 M Thomas Lionel Browne
Born: - Invercargill
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Blanche Beadle ( - )
6 F Annis Browne
Born:
Christened:
Died: in infancy
Buried:
7 F Annis Mary Frances Browne
AKA: Mary
Born: 1890 - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 5 Oct 1963 - Invercargill
Buried: 8 Oct 1963
Spouse: Never Married
8 F Louisa May Browne
AKA: Dolly
Born: - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 3 Feb 1965 - Balclutha
Buried: 5 Feb 1965 - Lawn Cemetery, Balclutha
Spouse: William Miller ( -1974)
9 F Isabel Harriet Jane Browne
AKA: Totty
Born: - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 8 Jan 1974 - Dunedin (11A Duchess Ave - suddenly)
Buried: - Cremated, Andersons Bay, Dunedin
Spouse: Ernest Alexander Grant ( -1969)
Marr: Invercargill
10 F Leslie Tracey Belli Browne
Born:
Christened:
Died: 28 Dec 1899 - Ramornie, Invercargill
Buried:
11 M Roderick Browne
Born:
Christened:
Died: infancy
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
Bought land at Grove Bush, 1865
Mabel District, 1862, 1868, "on the edge of the bush"
county land valuer
Southern Cross of 19 Nov 1904: "A very old resident of Southland district passed away on Monday - Mr John Browne of Ramornie. He arrived in Invercargill about 1856 and was engaged in pastoral pursuits for many years. He had been engaged of late as Govt land valuer"
General Notes (Wife)
George Browne's bible says born 23 Aug 1865, and obituary says born Switzers, 1865
1874, Waihopai Park School (1st yr pupil)
Vera remembers visiting "Ramornie" in Manse st - very homely with a lovely garden
Southland Times Obituary, Tuesday, undated (G O Browne's scrapbook):
"Mrs Franes Browne, who died recently at her home in Manse street was born at Switzers (now Waikaia) in 1865. She was the daughter of the late Dr John McCrystal formerly of the Indian Army, and Mrs Jane McCrystal. Her father, who was the pioneer surgeon in Murihiku came to Riverton in 1858 and was in practice at Invercargill in the early sixties and later at Switzers, where he died in 1873.
Frances was 8 years old when her father died. As a young woman she came to Invercargill. In 1883 she was married to Mr John Browne, who in the fifties had taken up land in the Forest Hill district, besides a block near Mabel Bush known as "Druids Grove". Mr Browne died in 1904.
Mrs Browne was of a retiring disposition, and her hobby for many years was her flowers and garden, for which her pleasantly secluded home was ideally suited. She was also a diligent reader, and had a keen memory of people and events of the earlier days of Invercargill.
...survived by one brother Arthur..., and five sons and three daughters...Frederick (Melbourne), Charles (Ngahere), George, Arthur, Thomas (Invercargill), Miss Annis Browne (Invercargill), Mrs W Miller (Kaihiku) and Mrs E A Grant of Clyde."
Medical Notes (Wife)
private funeral in the garden of Ramornie, Manse st
General Notes for Child Frederick John Browne
educated at the Tisbury and South schools, Invercargill
Obituary from 5 July 1957, Southland Times or Daily News (source not stated):
"Mr F. Browne, a man who saw much of the history of the coastal and intercolonial shipping trade in the early days of the present century and also served on trading vessels which visited many points of the globe was Mr Fred Browne, a native of Invercargill, who has died at Williamstown, Victoria, aged 70.
He was the eldest son of the late John and Frances Browne, and was educated at the Tisbury and South schools.
At the turn of the century he took up engineering with the Southland Engineering Co., a firm engaged in constructing gold dredges. It employed at the height of the boom about 270 men. On completion of his apprenticeship he went to England and joined the Cuban Shipping Line whose ships traded between English and continental ports and the West Indies and Central America.
He returned to New Zealand in 1910 and was engaged in the coastal trade including a period in the Kotare, a small vessel well known on the Dunedin-Invercargill-Riverton run.
Mr Browne sailed to Australia in the Dunedin dredge dredge 404, which had been taken over by an Australian concern. The vessel eventualy berthed at Melbourne after a long and stormy voyage.
He later joined the Commonwealth Line whose ships carried wheat to Britain during WWI. He was then employed by Huddart Parker Co. and served in several of their ships in the intercolonial and in the Australian coastal trade.
Before his retirement, he served on the Weeroona (Weerpona?) in the passenger ferry service between Melbourne and Launceston.
Mr Browne is survived by his wife formerly Miss Freda Jackson of Williamstown, and a family of two sons and one daughter. Three sisters and four brothers are living in Otago and Southland."
Obituary for George Onslow Browne: "A man who loved the sea and ships and who treasured the books of Joseph Conrad, Basil Lubbock and other writers of the sea, died at Peacehaven on Saturday. He was Mr George Onslow Browne, 77, who served all of his working life with the Post and Telegraph Dept, most of it in Invercargill, where he was born. He went to South School and with his brother Fred, he spent his boyhood years "messing about in boats" - flatties for a start, playing with them around the beach and then up to 16 footers, one half-decked. "It was our religion in those days" he used to say. He read all trhe books on ships he could, some of them, over and over again. "I would have liked to have been a ship's officer but you don't get that kind of chance served upon a platter" he once said. His brother, Fred however, went to sea and died in Melbourne in 1957. He was a marine engineer and served his time with the old Southland Engineering Company between Dee and Leven streets, under the late James MacAlister, building dredges.
George started with the PO in 1907 and retired on completing 40 years service in 1947. He went to Wellington 1912-13 and served in Dunedin 1929-30 and worked in various branches of the postal service, starting as a postal asst and when he retired he was supervisor of the Engineer's branch.
Throughout his life his love of the sea was expressed by his books and by his pictures of steamers, square-riggers and full rigged ships and by his log of the Cutty Sark. He is survived by his wife, and daughter Mrs G F Clarke"
General Notes for Child Charles Richard Browne
WWI
WWII 8/3502 1st NZEF,
9 April 1940, left with Albert Caird of McMaster street, for Greece under engagement to an English alluvial gold mining ("concession") company in western Macedonia. A Southland Times report of April 21 1941 says "They were fortunate to escape the oncoming Germans and had heard that NZ troops were in Greece and anxious to meet them, but could not identify them because they were not wearing the customary peaked hat. Brown proudly displayed a tattoo mark which had been made in Cairo when serving with the NZ forces in the last war. These men had seen the smoke of German artillery as they made their way to safety. Brown has a brother in the signallers."
Manse st, April 1940
Nov 1952 at Ngahere, West Coast
Plumber
General Notes for Child George Onslow Browne
1912 transfer from mail staff to secretary's office, Wellington (promotion). "Mr Browne was very prominent among the sporting institutions in the south"
Southland Times of 31 Dec 1947: retiring after 40 years from asst supervisor NZPO Engineer's Office, Invercargill, presentation of a "suitably engraved writing desk"
Southern Football Club, First XV, 1912; Life member Southern Tennis Club
Obituary: "A man who loved the sea and ships and who treasured the books of Joseph Conrad, Basil Lubbock and other writers of the sea, died at Peacehaven on Saturday. He was Mr George Onslow Browne, 77, who served all of his working life with the Post and Telegraph Dept, most of it in Invercargill, where he was born. He went to South School and with his brother Fred, he spent his boyhood years "messing about in boats" - flatties for a start, playing with them around the beach and then up to 16 footers, one half-decked. "It was our religion in those days" he used to say. He read all trhe books on ships he could, some of them, over and over again. "I would have liked to have been a ship's officer but you don't get that kind of chance served upon a platter" he once said. His brother, Fred however, went to sea and died in Melbourne in 1957. He was a marine engineer and served his time with the old Southland Engineering Company between Dee and Leven streets, under the late James MacAlister, building dredges.
George started with the PO in 1907 and retired on completing 40 years service in 1947. He went to Wellington 1912-13 and served in Dunedin 1929-30 and worked in various branches of the postal service, starting as a postal asst and when he retired he was supervisor of the Engineer's branch.
Throughout his life his love of the sea was expressed by his books and by his pictures of steamers, square-riggers and full rigged ships and by his log of the Cutty Sark. He is survived by his wife, and daughter Mrs G F Clarke"
General Notes for Child Arthur William Browne
soldier WWI 8/2542 Private, Gallipoli 1st NZEF
Nov 1952: Invercargill
Labourer
General Notes for Child Thomas Lionel Browne
POSB official, soldier WWII SGMN 2nd NZEF (Signaller?), was a POW
452 Herbert st, Invercargill (1970?)
General Notes for Child Annis Mary Frances Browne
baker at Langes Bakery
238 George st, Invercargill, 1963
General Notes for Child Louisa May Browne
general nurse
lived at Kaihiku (btw Clinton & Balclutha), farmers
General Notes for Child Isabel Harriet Jane Browne
gold medal, Royal College of Music, London, advanced grade violin
music teacher
Leslie Tracey Belli Browne
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Wife Leslie Tracey Belli Browne
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Died: 28 Dec 1899 - Ramornie, Invercargill
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Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
William Miller and Louisa May Browne
Husband William Miller
AKA: Winks
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Died: 22 Feb 1974 - Balclutha
Buried: 25 Feb 1974 - Lawn Cemetery, Balclutha
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Wife Louisa May Browne
AKA: Dolly
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Died: 3 Feb 1965 - Balclutha
Buried: 5 Feb 1965 - Lawn Cemetery, Balclutha
Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Children
1 F Leslie Miller
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Spouse: Kitto ( - )
Marr: 1965 - Dunedin
2 M Tom Miller
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3 M Jeffrey Miller
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4 M Frank Miller
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General Notes (Husband)
L/Cpl 3/5035 1st NZEF
farmer, Kaihiku, Balclutha
General Notes (Wife)
general nurse
lived at Kaihiku (btw Clinton & Balclutha), farmers
Roderick Browne
Husband Roderick Browne
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Father: John Browne (1840-1904)
Mother: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
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William Browne and Elizabeth Tracey
Husband William Browne
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Wife Elizabeth Tracey
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1 M John Browne
Born: 20 Apr 1840 - Shepherds Bush, London
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Died: 14 Nov 1904 - Invercargill
Buried: - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Spouse: Frances Jupp (Martin) McCrystall (1866-1952)
Marr: 1883 - Invercargill
General Notes for Child John Browne
Bought land at Grove Bush, 1865
Mabel District, 1862, 1868, "on the edge of the bush"
county land valuer
Southern Cross of 19 Nov 1904: "A very old resident of Southland district passed away on Monday - Mr John Browne of Ramornie. He arrived in Invercargill about 1856 and was engaged in pastoral pursuits for many years. He had been engaged of late as Govt land valuer"