Husband Sydney Williamson Hall
AKA: Bill, Syd
Born: 28 Jan 1900 - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 12 Jun 1977 - Wellington
Buried:
Father: Richard Williamson Hall (1856-1932)
Mother: Caroline Elizabeth McCrystal (1862-1942)
Marriage: Never Married
Wife
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General Notes (Husband)
Surveyor
12 Dunns Rd, Silverstream
Thomas Richard Hall and Helen Tocker
Husband Thomas Richard Hall
Born: 27 Jan 1901 - Invercargill
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Father: Richard Williamson Hall (1856-1932)
Mother: Caroline Elizabeth McCrystal (1862-1942)
Marriage: 19 Oct 1943 - Invercargill
Wife Helen Tocker
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Children
1 F Janice Helen Hall
Born: 15 Nov 1944 - Invercargill
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: Ray Caird ( - )
Marr: Dec 1968 - Christchurch
2 M John Richard Hall
Born: 27 Mar 1946 - Palmerston North
Christened:
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3 M Robert James Hall
Born: 12 Feb 1947
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: Joy Hislop ( - )
Marr: 16 Aug 1971
4 F Moira Elizabeth Hall
Born: 30 Mar 1949
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: Dr Brent Taylor ( - )
Marr: Jan 1970 - Christchurch
5 M Allen George Hall
Born: 31 Oct 1952
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6 F Allison Mary Hall
Born: 25 Nov 1955
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General Notes (Husband)
telegraph engineer, Palmerston North
General Notes for Child John Richard Hall
Farm consultant
General Notes for Child Robert James Hall
civil engineer
General Notes for Child Allen George Hall
TV journalist
Thomas Williamson Hall and Sarah Young
Husband Thomas Williamson Hall
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Wife Sarah Young
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Children
1 M Richard Williamson Hall
Born: 9 Dec 1856 - Rakaia
Christened:
Died: 30 Jul 1932 - Wellington
Buried: - Karori Cemetery
Spouse: Caroline Elizabeth McCrystal (1862-1942)
Marr: 2 Oct 1901 - All Saints Church, Invercargill
General Notes for Child Richard Williamson Hall
solicitor, Invercargill
family moved to Ohakune, Dec 1908 includ Mabel Matthews; later to Eltham, then Wellington
Medical Notes for Child Richard Williamson Hall
"after years of bad health, and seizures (suddenly and late at night)" - Tui
Alistair Lundie-Robertson and Tui Sybil Gratwicke Hall
Husband Alistair Lundie-Robertson
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Marriage: 20 Sep 1941 - Sydney
Wife Tui Sybil Gratwicke Hall
Born: 13 Jul 1897 - Invercargill
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Father: Richard Williamson Hall (1856-1932)
Mother: Caroline Elizabeth McCrystal (1862-1942)
General Notes (Wife)
bad bronchitis much of her life apart from when in Australia
Auckland, 1932
lived in Warwick, Queensland
Thomas Hastings and Jane Hanlon
Husband Thomas Hastings
Born:
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Father: John Hastings (1825-1909)
Mother: Ann Bradnock (1829-1906)
Marriage: 11 Feb 1875 - Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Wife Jane Hanlon
Born:
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Father: Peter Hanlon ( - )
Mother: Mary Berry ( - )
Children
1 M John Hastings
Born: 1878
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2 F Mary Hastings
Born: 1877
Christened:
Died:
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3 F Jane Hastings
Born: 14 Sep 1876 - Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Christened:
Died: 15 Oct 1967 - Invercargill
Buried: - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Spouse: Sydney George Tuffery (1872-1942)
Marr: 10 Jun 1902 - St Johns Anglican Church, Invercargill
4 F Edie? Hastings
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5 F Nel? Hastings
Born:
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General Notes (Husband)
large family
Notes (Marriage)
Thomas m. at age 19, Jane aged 17
sailed from Glasgow 12 Nov 1879 on "Canterbury", arriving Port Chalmers 27 Jan 1880 also with his sisters Jane, Emma & Mary A.
General Notes for Child Jane Hastings
the eldest
Medical Notes for Child Jane Hastings
newspaper death notice seen
General Notes for Child Nel? Hastings
"crabby" says Vera
David Harrison
Husband David Harrison
Born: 14 Mar 1974
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Father: John Raymond Harrison (1945- )
Mother: Irene Olorenshaw ( - )
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
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Robert Rex and Elizabeth Mary Harrison
Husband Robert Rex
Born:
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Marriage: 7 Feb 1976 - Melbourne
Wife Elizabeth Mary Harrison
Born: 13 Jan 1947 - Rangiora
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Father: Joe Harrison ( - )
Mother: Moira Winnifred May Matthews (1914-1973)
Children
1 M Benjeman Rex
Born:
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Joanne Harrison
Husband
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Joanne Harrison
Born: 29 Mar 1968
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Father: John Raymond Harrison (1945- )
Mother: Irene Olorenshaw ( - )
Joe Harrison and Moira Winnifred May Matthews
Husband Joe Harrison
Born:
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Marriage: 9 (18th?) May 1944 - Glenmark church, Waipara, North Canterbury
Wife Moira Winnifred May Matthews
Born: 8 Mar 1914
Christened:
Died: 28 Oct 1973 - Christchurch
Buried:
Father: Harold Humphrey Matthews (1884-1969)
Mother: Winnifred Alice Marion Dawson (1882-1971)
Children
1 M John Raymond Harrison
Born: 27 Apr 1945 - Christchurch
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Irene Olorenshaw ( - )
Marr: 1964 - Ashburton
2 F Elizabeth Mary Harrison
Born: 13 Jan 1947 - Rangiora
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Robert Rex ( - )
Marr: 7 Feb 1976 - Melbourne
3 M William Harold Harrison
Born: 18 Jul 1950 - Waikari
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Leigh Muir ( - )
Marr: 24 May 1975 - Christchurch
4 F Barbara Ann Harrison
Born: 2 Feb 1952 - Waikari
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: Rodney Armstrong ( - )
Marr: 15 May 1974 - Christchurch
General Notes (Husband)
farmer, managing his father's farm at "Pinaki", Greta Valley until he took over the farm when his father died 17 Jul 1958.
April 1969 they sold the farm to their eldest son and went to Motunau Beach to live.
General Notes (Wife)
Greta Valley, 1969
teacher (trained at Christchurch) and taught in Dacre and Thornbury, Greta Valley
John Raymond Harrison and Irene Olorenshaw
Husband John Raymond Harrison
Born: 27 Apr 1945 - Christchurch
Christened:
Died:
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Father: Joe Harrison ( - )
Mother: Moira Winnifred May Matthews (1914-1973)
Marriage: 1964 - Ashburton
Wife Irene Olorenshaw
Born:
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Children
1 F Wendy Harrison
Born: 4 Oct 1964
Christened:
Died:
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2 F Joanne Harrison
Born: 29 Mar 1968
Christened:
Died:
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3 F Paula Harrison
Born: 16 Sep 1970
Christened:
Died:
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4 M David Harrison
Born: 14 Mar 1974
Christened:
Died:
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Paula Harrison
Husband
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Paula Harrison
Born: 16 Sep 1970
Christened:
Died:
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Father: John Raymond Harrison (1945- )
Mother: Irene Olorenshaw ( - )
Wendy Harrison
Husband
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Wendy Harrison
Born: 4 Oct 1964
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Father: John Raymond Harrison (1945- )
Mother: Irene Olorenshaw ( - )
William Harold Harrison and Leigh Muir
Husband William Harold Harrison
Born: 18 Jul 1950 - Waikari
Christened:
Died:
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Father: Joe Harrison ( - )
Mother: Moira Winnifred May Matthews (1914-1973)
Marriage: 24 May 1975 - Christchurch
Wife Leigh Muir
Born:
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Edie? Hastings
Husband
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Edie? Hastings
Born:
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Father: Thomas Hastings ( - )
Mother: Jane Hanlon ( - )
John Stirling and Emma Hastings
Husband John Stirling
Born: 1847
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Marriage: 25 Nov 1879 - home of John Hastings, Otatara Bush, Rev C E Ward
Wife Emma Hastings
Born: 1862
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Father: John Hastings (1825-1909)
Mother: Ann Bradnock (1829-1906)
Notes (Marriage)
Emma was 17 at marriage
Sydney George Tuffery and Jane Hastings
Husband Sydney George Tuffery
AKA: Sid
Born: Nov 1872 - Berkshire
Christened:
Died: 9 Feb 1942 - Invercargill
Buried: - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Father: Isaac Tuffery (1850- )
Mother: Jane Whitehead (1851- )
Marriage: 10 Jun 1902 - St Johns Anglican Church, Invercargill
Wife Jane Hastings
Born: 14 Sep 1876 - Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Christened:
Died: 15 Oct 1967 - Invercargill
Buried: - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Father: Thomas Hastings ( - )
Mother: Jane Hanlon ( - )
Children
1 F Ivy Jane Tuffery
Born: 23 Mar 1903
Christened:
Died: 24 Feb 1975 - Invercargill
Buried:
Spouse: Never Married
2 F Gladys Tuffery
AKA: Glee
Born: 23 Oct 1904-1905
Christened:
Died: 19 Mar 1953 - Invercargill
Buried:
Spouse: Never Married
3 M Norman Tuffery
Born: 23 Apr 1916 - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 29 Mar 1992 - Invercargill
Buried: - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill (Block 43, no 299)
Spouse: Vera Marion McCrystall (1917- )
Marr: 30 Mar 1940 - St Johns Anglican Church, Invercargill, Archdeacon J A Lush
General Notes (Husband)
very amiable, social, had good head of dark hair - Vera
farmer, later nightwatchman for the police
Otatara
74 McMaster st, Invercargill, 1953
Medical Notes (Husband)
newspaper death notice seen
General Notes (Wife)
the eldest
Medical Notes (Wife)
newspaper death notice seen
Notes (Marriage)
have copy marriage cert. Sydney was aged 30, labourer of Otatara; Jane 25 "domestic duties" of Invercargill
in presence of:
Alfred Tuffery, labourer, Otatara
Nellie Hastings, Invercargill, spinster
Medical Notes for Child Ivy Jane Tuffery
newspaper death notice seen
Medical Notes for Child Gladys Tuffery
newspaper death notice seen
Chas Mann and Jane Hastings
Husband Chas Mann
Born: 1846 ?
Christened:
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Marriage: 25 Feb 1880 - House of J G Paterson, Invercargill
Wife Jane Hastings
Born: 1861 ?
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Father: John Hastings (1825-1909)
Mother: Ann Bradnock (1829-1906)
General Notes (Husband)
Husband John Hastings
Born: 1878
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Father: Thomas Hastings ( - )
Mother: Jane Hanlon ( - )
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
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Children
1 M Walter Hastings
Born:
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Mary Hastings
Husband
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Mary Hastings
Born:
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Died: - Infancy
Buried:
Father: John Hastings (1825-1909)
Mother: Ann Bradnock (1829-1906)
Mary Hastings
Husband
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Mary Hastings
Born: 1877
Christened:
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Father: Thomas Hastings ( - )
Mother: Jane Hanlon ( - )
Nel? Hastings
Husband
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Nel? Hastings
Born:
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Father: Thomas Hastings ( - )
Mother: Jane Hanlon ( - )
General Notes (Wife)
"crabby" says Vera
Walter Hastings
Husband Walter Hastings
Born:
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Father: John Hastings (1878- )
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
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William Hastings
Husband William Hastings
Born:
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Died: - Australia
Buried:
Father: John Hastings (1825-1909)
Mother: Ann Bradnock (1829-1906)
Marriage: Never Married
Wife
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General Notes (Husband)
teamed up with a man Townshend, going to gold diggings in C Otago, later Australia
Newlands and Amy Heasman
Husband Newlands
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Wife Amy Heasman
Born:
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Father: Heasman ( - )
Mother: Amy Gratwicke ( -1798)
Children
1 F Mary Newlands
Born:
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Spouse: Corney ( - )
John Gratwicke Heasman
Husband John Gratwicke Heasman
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Father: Heasman ( - )
Mother: Amy Gratwicke ( -1798)
Marriage:
Wife
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Charlie Henderson and Jane Tuffery
Husband Charlie Henderson
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Jane Tuffery
Born:
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Father: Isaac Tuffery (1850- )
Mother: Jane Whitehead (1851- )
Children
1 F Edna Henderson
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Spouse: Dave Lindsay ( - )
Dave Lindsay and Edna Henderson
Husband Dave Lindsay
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Edna Henderson
Born:
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Father: Charlie Henderson ( - )
Mother: Jane Tuffery ( - )
Herron and Annie Manson
Husband Herron
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Wife Annie Manson
Born:
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Father: Donald Manson (1839-1904)
Mother: Barbara Barclay (1848-1920)
Holmes and Charlotte Jupp
Husband Holmes
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Wife Charlotte Jupp
Born:
Christened: 17 Apr 1763 - Rustington, Sussex
Died: After 1832
Buried:
Father: George Jupp (1736- )
Mother: Philadelphia Gratwicke ( -1832)
Christine Houston
Husband
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Wife Christine Houston
Born:
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Father: Joe Houston ( - )
Mother: Marjorie Aicken (1940- )
Debbie Houston
Husband
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Wife Debbie Houston
Born:
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Father: Joe Houston ( - )
Mother: Marjorie Aicken (1940- )
Joanne Houston
Husband
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Joanne Houston
Born:
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Father: Joe Houston ( - )
Mother: Marjorie Aicken (1940- )
Karen Houston
Husband
Born:
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Wife Karen Houston
Born:
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Father: Joe Houston ( - )
Mother: Marjorie Aicken (1940- )
W Limbrick and Alma V Hunt
Husband W Limbrick
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Wife Alma V Hunt
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Father: George Henry Hunt (1858-1946)
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Dawson (1859- )
General Notes (Wife)
Milford, 1945
Wait and Bertha E M Hunt
Husband Wait
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Wife Bertha E M Hunt
Born:
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Father: George Henry Hunt (1858-1946)
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Dawson (1859- )
Daniel West and Caroline Hunt
Husband Daniel West
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Buried: - St James Church, Lower Hutt
Marriage: 1842 - St James Church, Lower Hutt
Wife Caroline Hunt
Born: 1825 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
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Died:
Buried: - St James, Lower Hutt
Father: Thomas Hunt ( -1887) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - )
Thomas Kemnis(?) Walseuster(?) and Caroline Hunt
Husband Thomas Kemnis(?) Walseuster(?)
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Marriage:
Wife Caroline Hunt
Born: 1821
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Father: Thomas Hunt ( -1887) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - )
Children
1 M James Walseuster(?)
Born:
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2 F Walseuster(?)
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General Notes for Child James Walseuster(?)
3rd and first NZ born public trustee
Charles Hunt
Husband Charles Hunt
Born: 1826 or 1832
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Father: Thomas Hunt ( -1887) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - )
Marriage:
Wife
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General Notes (Husband)
discovered Thames goldfield?
Marshall and Dolly (Hetty) F Hunt
Husband Marshall
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Marriage:
Wife Dolly (Hetty) F Hunt
AKA: Dol
Born:
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Father: George Henry Hunt (1858-1946)
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Dawson (1859- )
Thomas Williams and Emma Hunt
Husband Thomas Williams
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Marriage: - Auckland
Wife Emma Hunt
Born: 1823 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1910 - Westport
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Father: Thomas Hunt ( -1887) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - )
Children
1 M Thomas P Williams
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2 M William Williams
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General Notes (Wife)
connected with the Westport Times owners
Ethel Hunt
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Wife Ethel Hunt
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Father: George McKay Hunt (1853-1901)
Mother: Emily Jane McIvor ( - )
Frank N Hunt
Husband Frank N Hunt
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Father: George Henry Hunt (1858-1946)
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Dawson (1859- )
Marriage:
Wife
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Frederick A Hunt
Husband Frederick A Hunt
Born:
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Died: 1866 - Lost at sea on "Sea Serpent"
Buried:
Father: Frederick William Hunt (1817- )
Mother: Mary Presswood ( - )
Marriage:
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Frederick William Hunt and Mary Presswood
Husband Frederick William Hunt
Born: 1817 - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried: - Pitt island, Chatham Islands
Father: Thomas Hunt ( -1887) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - )
Marriage:
Wife Mary Presswood
Born: - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried: - Pitt island, Chatham Islands
Children
1 M William Hunt
Born: 1839? - South Rauceb, nr Stafford, Lincolnshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1894? - Lyttelton
Buried: - Lyttelton
Spouse: Francis Black ( - )
2 M Joseph Hunt
Born: 1844
Christened:
Died: - Chatham islands
Buried:
Spouse: Never Married
3 M Frederick A Hunt
Born:
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Died: 1866 - Lost at sea on "Sea Serpent"
Buried:
4 F Elizabeth Hunt
Born:
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Spouse: Matthew W Gregory ( - )
5 F Mary A Hunt
Born: 24 Dec 1845 - Pitt island, Chatham Islands
Christened:
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Spouse: James Langdale ( - )
Marr: 9 Oct 1871 - Waitangi, Chatham islands
6 F Naomi Hunt
Born: 1848
Christened:
Died: 1866 - Lost at sea on "Sea Serpent"
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
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
George H Hunt
Husband George H Hunt
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Father: George Henry Hunt (1858-1946)
Mother: Frances Elizabeth Dawson (1859- )
Marriage:
Wife
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George Lott Hunt and Jane Scobie McKay or Mackay
Husband 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
Father: Thomas Hunt ( -1887) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - )
Marriage: 19 May 1852 - Church of England, Lyttelton Barracks, by Rev B W Dudley (Widowed)
Wife Jane Scobie McKay or Mackay
Born: 1834? - Sutherland, Scotland
Christened:
Died: Sat 1 Jun 1918 - Anne st, Gladstone, Invercargill
Buried: Mon 3 Jun 1918 - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, no 180, Block 8 - no stone
Father: Roderick McKay (1803- )
Mother: Barbara Gunn ( - )
Other Spouse: John McCrystal (alias) (1830-1873) - 4 Oct 1860 - Registrar's Office (J Blacklock), Invercargill (no 8.)
Children
1 M George McKay Hunt
Born: 30 Oct 1853 - Christchurch
Christened:
Died: Thurs 21 Feb 1901 - Southland Hospital, Invercargill
Buried: Fri 22 Feb 1901 - Waikaia
Spouse: Emily Jane McIvor ( - )
Marr: 1881
2 M George Henry Hunt
AKA: Harry, Henry
Born: 26 Apr 1858 - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 5 Sep 1946 - Auckland (residence, Crown Hill, Milford)
Buried: - Private interment
Spouse: Frances Elizabeth Dawson (1859- )
Marr: 9 Oct 1879 - Seaward Bush, Invercargill
3 M John Hugh Hunt
Born: 26 Apr 1858 - Invercargill
Christened:
Died: 12 Sep 1950 - 362 Yarrow st, Invercargill
Buried: 14 Sep 1950 - Invercargill
Spouse: Jane Ferguson Reid (1850-1931)
Marr: 7 Jul 1926 - her residence, Mersey st, Gore
4 F Jane Scobie Hunt
AKA: Jean
Born: before 1856?
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Never Married
General Notes (Husband)
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 (Husband)
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 (Wife)
she was "addicted to the bottle" - Tui Lundie-Robertson. No wonder perhaps, after all, her first husband drowned at around age 30, leaving her to cope with four young children. Her second marriage ended 13 years later, leaving her again with three young children (two had died in infancy), and unprovided for.
and no wonder she reputedly jumped on Dr McCrystal's grave and cursed him, especially as she was aware of an inheritance which had only started to arrive (the €500 bank draft) or had been at his fingertips.
Tui also says she apparently wasn't good with money - no "business head".
heard on Radio Southland's pioneer diary 2 April 1976 (Station 4ZA):
"Mr and Mrs McKay & daughter Jane came out in the late 1840's to Lyttelton on the ship Cressy and were the first settlers in Wallacetown.
A brother J C McKay had a run in Te Anau. George Henry Hunt was drowned coming from Ruapuke island. His widow was given a large property where Smith and Calder McKays stands today. If she remarried it was to revert to her daughter Jean. She did remarry to Dr McCrystal who practiced medicine and surgery in Riverton and Invercargill, before moving to Switzers in 1869. There he died in July 1873"
"Sawpit section 1856-57 in Esk st by present site of H & J Smiths tearooms - title to George Henry Hunt. Front Tay st section taken up by W H Calder at first sale of sections and conveyed to Jane Hunt in 1859, who transferred it to her mother Jane, who sold it to Price and Bulleid in 1879 for €2000. In the latter year a section of Hunts at Wallacetown (J P McGeartys) was also conveyed by his eldest son as heir to Jane Peters and the Est st section was later sold by H Hunt to Peter M Peters, draper"
(source?)
Medical Notes (Wife)
Copy death cert.
Notes (Marriage)
source: copy of marriage cert. (Jane stated as 18 years old)
witnesses Moses Walsh, Anne Mackay
General Notes for Child George McKay Hunt
mail contractor/coachdriver for 27 yrs
Stones Directory 1886:
"Rail to Riversdale via Gore, thence Hunt's coach, meeting trains daily and arriving at Waikaia at 7pm, return daily from Waikaia at 8am. Coach fares single 7s6d, return 12s6d"
No accidents in all his coach driving career
see Lovell-Smith's Old Coaching days in Otago and Southland (1931)
At his death 1901, 2 Male Children 14 And 4; 4 Female 15,12, 10 And 3
General Notes for Child George Henry Hunt
from obituary NZ Herald 10 Sept 1946, p. 8, and sources below:
first male European child born in Invercargill
began working for 5s a week on a back country station about 60 miles from Invercargill
shearing on the Waimea Plains, then in sawmills in Southland
1887 they moved to Hawkes Bay working in sawmills about Dannevirke and Woodville; later he farmed at Dannevirke, and in 1907 at Putaruru (700 acres), later at Buckland.
Came to Auckland in 1927, diamonding wedding 1939
came south around the time of their Diamond wedding (60th) in 1939 (Hall-Jones / Invercargill Pioneers) - Vera Tuffery remembers their visit
Ray Matthews has photos of Harry and Fanny
birth date from Registrar General's Office
sources:
"65 years married" [platinum wedding anniversary] article NZ Herald 9 Oct 1944, p.2
"both enjoy fair health and are able to work in their garden"
"66th anniversary" article NZ Herald, 15 Oct 1945, p.2 "he remembers the opening of the Invercargill-Makarewa railway, the rails of which were made from lengths of eight by eight inch timber. The rails became so slippery with the rain that the train was unable to return to Invercargill" "have seven children, 20 grandchildren, and six great grandchildren"
death notice "beloved husband of... and loving father of..."
a few days later "Hunt, On Sept 5 1946 at his residence Crown Hill, Milford, Henry, very dearly-loved grandfather of Georgie; aged 88 years"
General Notes for Child John Hugh Hunt
Invercargill, Gore, Switzers
carpenter, 1926 (Marriage cert.)
his late marriage apparently ended disasterously, with Jack Hunt transferring much of his property to his wife, who later turfed him out, leaving him penniless (source: Vera Tuffery)
the marr cert cites George HENRY Hunt as the father's name, a sawyer
Southland Daily News of 26 April 1948 page 2:
"Mr John Hugh Hunt of Yarrow st, will celebrate his 90th birthday today. He was born in a small shack where the premises of H & J Smiths now stands. For 20 years of his life he worked around the district as a carpenter and later shifted to Switzers. For about 10 years he worked all round the Lakes District and Central Otago and later he was employed as a coachdriver.
He was married in 1908 and with his wife settled in Gore. When his wife died, he bought some property at Oreti but the soil there, being too sandy for his hobby of gardening, he moved to Yarrow street. He still enjoys reasonably good health."
Obituary 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 John Hugh Hunt
his will left all to Vera Tuffery
George McKay Hunt and Emily Jane McIvor
Husband George McKay Hunt
Born: 30 Oct 1853 - Christchurch
Christened:
Died: Thurs 21 Feb 1901 - Southland Hospital, Invercargill
Buried: Fri 22 Feb 1901 - Waikaia
Father: George Lott Hunt (1826- )
Mother: Jane Scobie McKay or Mackay (1834-1918)
Marriage: 1881
Wife Emily Jane McIvor
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M George Lott Hunt
Born: 1887?
Christened:
Died: Bef 1980 - 9 Avenal st, Invercargill
Buried: Fri 20 Dec of ? - Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Spouse: Hannah Dawson (1893-1980)
2 F Gladys Hunt
Born: 1886?
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 F Hannah Hunt
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
4 F Rose Hunt
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
5 F Ethel Hunt
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
6 F Violet Hunt
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
mail contractor/coachdriver for 27 yrs
Stones Directory 1886:
"Rail to Riversdale via Gore, thence Hunt's coach, meeting trains daily and arriving at Waikaia at 7pm, return daily from Waikaia at 8am. Coach fares single 7s6d, return 12s6d"
No accidents in all his coach driving career
see Lovell-Smith's Old Coaching days in Otago and Southland (1931)
At his death 1901, 2 Male Children 14 And 4; 4 Female 15,12, 10 And 3
Medical Notes (Wife)
later became a cripple?
General Notes for Child George Lott Hunt
a Baker. Supposed to have had Dr McCrystal's pistol, later given to Southland Museum?
Gladys Hunt
Husband
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Gladys Hunt
Born: 1886?
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George McKay Hunt (1853-1901)
Mother: Emily Jane McIvor ( - )
Hannah Hunt
Husband
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Hannah Hunt
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George McKay Hunt (1853-1901)
Mother: Emily Jane McIvor ( - )
Jane Scobie Hunt
Husband
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Jane Scobie Hunt
AKA: Jean
Born: before 1856?
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George Lott Hunt (1826- )
Mother: Jane Scobie McKay or Mackay (1834-1918)
Marriage: Never Married