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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2766 Surname: SMITH Given names: Mary Residence: Patumahoe Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Mary FLANAGAN was baptised in the Roman Catholic parish of Pukekohe in 1868, the daughter of Daniel and Sarah née HENDERSON, who had arrived in Auckland on the Waikato Immigration clipper ship Ganges in February 1865. She was their third daughter, and fourth child of ten. We don’t know whether Mary had any formal learning before she entered Patumahoe school in October 1881, leaving when the family moved to Waiuku. Times were hard; her father had been injured on the farm, and she may well have been required to help with the farm and children. On 13 January 1888 Mary married Alfred Thomas SMITH, a brother to William Charles SMITH who had married her older sister Agnes in August of 1886. They were sons of Charles and Joanna, née ANSON. Joanna, born in Ireland, arrived here in 1849 aboard the Berhampore with her father, a Fencible settler at Howick. Living in the Waiuku and Pakington areas from the late 1880s, Mary had her family nearby and one imagines an enriched relationship would have developed between the two Smith households during the next period spent in Patumahoe and Mauku. By 1911 they were Waikato farmers, and the younger children were admitted into Gordonton school in July 1914. That area was to be their lifelong home as it was for other Flanagan and Smith families. Mary was mother to five girls and five boys: • 1888 - 1976 Lizzie went through adult life as Elizabeth Hilda, married Thaddeus WALSH • 1890 - 1962 Mary Helena married Walter Archibald McLEOD • 1892 - 1960 Gabriel Edward, registered as Gabe Edward • 1895 - 1979 Sarah Ellen married Neil McLEOD • 1897 - 1950 Alfred Leo married Elsie May BRADLEY • 1900 - 1970 James Henry when registered, he lived his life as Henry Maurice, perhaps because William and Agnes had a James Henry born in 1890 • 1902 - 1981 George Albert married Emily Blanche GEAKE • 1905 - 1985 Margaret Annie married Gordon Edward CARROLL • 1907 - 1966 Laurence Vivian • 1911 – 1997 Johanna Ada Benedicta married Ronald Martin McINTYRE. With five sons one wonders whether she gave thanks that only two, Gabriel Edward and Leo, were of an age to serve in World War One. Alfred Thomas was survived by five sons and five daughters when he died at Hamilton on 21 July 1936, leaving a large family to support and love Mary throughout her remaining fourteen years. Mary passed on 3 September 1950 and rests with her husband at Hamilton East in plot RC-K-094. Compiled by Val Gillanders Sources: ancestry.com, findmypast.com, NZSG, Papers Past, Archways, nzbdms online, Smith family

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4134 Surname: SMITH Given names: Mary Residence: Buckland Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Mary Emma SMITH (also known as Minnie) was born in 1870 at Tuakau, the third daughter of James Smith (1838-1906) and Ann CLARK (1838-1929). They had arrived on the Dauntless in 1865 with 8 month old son Mick, who sadly died a few months later. Mary had four sisters and a brother born in New Zealand and they attended the old Tuakau School in River Road from the mid-1870’s. On 23 November 1898, Mary married Frank McKEAN and they took up farming at Whangarata but later moved to Auckland where Frank ran a carrying business. In 1905 they purchased a farm at Buckland, remaining there for the rest of their lives. Mary and Frank had four children - John born 1899, Jeanie born 1900, Francis born 1903 and a child born in 1908 who only lived for a very short time. Mary and Jeanie were obviously good at handcraft and entered and won many prizes at the Pukekohe A&P shows. Mary died on 2 December 1940 and Frank died 1 October 1945. They are buried together at Tuakau Redoubt cemetery. Sources: Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4135 Surname: SMITH Given names: Mary Residence: Tuakau Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Mary MATCHETT (though some records spell it MATCHEL), was born in County Armagh, Ireland around 1845. She married John SMITH on 17 May 1864 in County Armagh. John was also born in County Armagh around 1842. Mary was pregnant when she boarded the Ganges and she gave birth to a son, David, born on 4 January 1865. Unfortunately, he died 19 days later on 23 January 1865. Mary and John first settled in Pukekohe, more than likely on their Crown Grant but 16 years later they moved to Harrisville where they remained for the rest of their lives. They raised a family of six daughters and four sons and in 1914 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. A report on the celebrations was in the Pukekohe & Waiuku Times on 2 June 1914. John died at his home in Harrisville on 29 June 1916 and Mary passed away on 22 January 1918 and they are interred in the Tuakau Cemetery. Sources: Papers Past- paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Waikato District Council Cemeteries database Researcher: Ross Miller

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4137 Surname: SMITH Given names: Rachael Residence: Waiuku Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Rachael was born in 1860 in Tandragee, County Armagh, Ireland. She was the third daughter of John and Ann McNAUGHTEN. The family arrived in New Zealand in March 1864 aboard the ship the Scimitar. In 1866 the McNaughten family settled in Taurangaruru where Rachael’s father took up farming. The family attended the Holy Trinity Church and in 1876 Rachael won first prize for attendance at Sunday school. Rachael married William Richard SMITH in the Holy Trinity Church, Waiuku, on 24 April 1889. She and William lived in Bowen Street on the northern side of the street. They had three children: John, Francis and Marion. Sadly, their first born, John, drowned at the age of four. There was a tidal arm of the Manukau Harbour that extended up adjacent to the northern aspect of what is today the car park of the [new] New World Supermarket. Apparently, young John and a friend went down to the estuary to play and it was here that he drowned. The family later moved to live in Ellerslie where William had a grocery shop and a Herald run. The Smith home was in the main street, opposite the Post Office. Rachael’s brother Joseph moved from Waiuku to Ellerslie to be cared for by Rachael in his final illness. He died in 1916. Rachael’s son Francis married and had one son Cedric. Cedric joined the navy in World War Two. He was killed in July 1944 during an air raid while off duty in London. Rachael’s daughter Marion never married so there are no living descendants of Rachael and William Smith. Rachael died on 19 October 1946 at her home in Ellerslie. Rachael, William, Marion and John are all buried in the Waiuku Cemetery. References: Cyclopedia of N Z Vol 2 Auckland Provincial District – 1902 McNaughten Family Tree – 1983 family reunion Personal Accounts – Various family members Papers Past – Daily Southern Cross 1 February 1876 Papers Past - N Z Herald – 20 May 1889 NZ Defence Force – C F Smith File WWII NZ Society of Genealogists – Five Significant Rolls – Vol 1 Researcher – Colleen van der Laan (nee McNaughten) Photo: Rachael and William Smith with daughter Marion and son Francis

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2774 Surname: SNELGAR Given names: Selina Residence: Karaka, Drury Occupation: (none given) Qualification: residential Selina SNELGAR (later Mrs Selina MERINGTON) nee SMITH was born c1858 in Coggeshall, Essex, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph SMITH. She came to New Zealand with her family in 1875 in the full-rigged ship, the Dilharee. The journey took 105 days and they had an exciting time with a fire on board ship and a lot of rough weather Soon after arriving in Auckland Mr Smith purchased land at Clifton Road, Parnell. Selina married James Snelgar in c1880 and they lived at Mt Albert for seven years. In c1887 they purchased land in Karaka under the village settlement scheme. The farm was located between Runciman and Paerata, as a washout of Snelgar’s Bridge is mentioned in the flood of July 1934. James Snelgar died on 7 October 1902 and Selina later married Richard Merington. She had five children by her first marriage – and was survived by three sons, Percy, Fred and John Snelgar and one daughter Mrs V. FARRAR, six grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Selina Merington died on 8 June 1932 and was buried at Drury. Sources: Obituary Auckland Star, Vol LXIII, Issue 138, 13 June 1932 Obituary NZ Herald, Vol LXIX, Issue 21205, 10 June 1932 Researcher: C Eggleton

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2777 Surname: SOMERVILLE* Given names: Martha Residence: Mauku Occupation: housekeeper Qualification: residential Martha was born Martha BULLA in Portadown, Co. Armagh, Ireland in 1845, but according to Weirs Burial Records was the daughter of James BULLEN and Matilda WALKER. In Portadown area there are a large number of BULLA families dating from the 17th century. There are no Bullen or BULLIN families recorded but there are a few named BULLER from 1821. They could be variations of the same name. Martha is found in PapersPastNZ and on the 'houseofnames' site as immigrating to New Zealand on the Assaye (Capt McRITCHIE) which left London on 2 September 1874 arriving into Auckland on 2 December. On the 'houseofnames' site there was a George BULLA arriving in 1865, on the Rob Roy, perhaps a relative. The marriage of Martha to Henry SOMMERVILLE* (sic) occurred on 2 November 1875. The name Bulla is registered by NZBDM to SOMERVILLE. Henry, b. Ireland c1839, had arrived on the Dauntless on 2 June 1865 with his brother John Thomas aged 26, with wife Margaret Somerville aged 24, and children Mary 4, and Robert 1, who all came from Ireland. Both John and Henry are found on the Freeholders List 1865 for the areas of Mauku and Pukekohe, both under the county of Manukau. Henry and Martha had the following children: Mary b. 1877, m. Charles James VINCENT in 1898, d. 1946 William James b. 1879, m. Eva Eugenie Phyllis WRIGHT in 1918, d. February 1956 Thomas Henry (twin) b. 1883, d. 21 January 1929 Rawhiti Hospital aged 45, and Matilda (twin) b. 1883 d. 1883 aged 14 days. Martha Sommerville died on 6 April 1931 aged 85 in Auckland Hospital. She is buried with her husband Henry who died on 19 August 1915 and son Thomas Henry, at Mauku Cemetery Plot 107. Sources: Rootsireland, irishgenealogy.ie, houseofnames.com, Armagh ancestry, national archives.ie, eneclan.ie, PRONI PapersPastNZ, NZBDM gov site, NZSG Electoral Roll, Marriage and Burial CDs NZSG Freeholders List CD, ancestry.com, findmypast.ie, familysearch.org incl Probate records Franklin NZSG Cemetery Records. Researcher: R H Eden.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3862 Surname: SOMMERVILLE Given names: Ann Jane Residence: Waiuku East Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Ann Jane was born on 21 May 1867 to parents Septima SMITH and James WRIGHT. James Wright was born in Armagh, Ireland c1841. Septima Smith was born in Buckinghamshire, England c1844 and they married in 1866 in Auckland, New Zealand. Ann was born at Mangere, Auckland, the eldest of eight children and had four sisters and three brothers. Ann married William SUMMERVILLE* on 4 June 1889 at St David’s Presbyterian, Khyber Pass, Auckland. Ann and William farmed land on Otaua Road near Waiuku and had five children: four daughters and a son – Amelia Margaret 1890, Elsie Elizabeth 1891, Annie Jane 1892, William John 1894 and Winnifred Theresa 1897. Ann passed away on 19 May 1906 in Otaua at the age of 39 years due to sickness and was buried at Waiuku Cemetery. William remarried in 1910 to Mary Ann McGREGOR. Mary Ann passed away on 9 March 1929 and was buried at Waiuku Cemetery. William passed away on 29 March 1954. William and was also buried at Waiuku Cemetery. Sources: www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Death certificate Family Knowledge Researcher: Hailee Minty, great great granddaughter

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3863 Surname: SPARGO Given names: Elizabeth Residence: Maioro Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Elizabeth was born on 22 February 1822 in Horsley, Gloucestershire, UK. She was the 2nd child of William and Ann GAZ(Z)ARD (nee PROUT). She sailed on the ‘Orestes’ from Plymouth, England, with her parents and her 1st husband, William TEAKLE arriving in Sydney in late 1839. She was one of six children. Ann, the youngest who was born in 1837, died on the voyage to Australia. The Gazzard family along with 20 members of the Baptist Church, Shortwood, Nailsworth all emigrated together. Elizabeth found work as a servant in Sydney, while William her husband left for the goldfields of South Australia, not to be heard of again as family folklore goes. In the meantime, William SPARGO had arrived in Sydney on the ‘Andromache’. Elizabeth and William were to meet, and they had a son, Henry, born in 1845 in Sydney. Several years later they settled at Waikato Heads but did not marry for some time. (It is unknown if the English law making it lawful for a couple to remarry if they had been ‘separated by water without contact for seven years’ was a factor.) Elizabeth Gazzard and William Spargo were married by Rev MAUNSELL on 16 July 1853 at Maraetai, Port Waikato. The witnesses were Rev Robert Maunsell and his 2nd wife Beatrice. Elizabeth and William moved from the Maraetai site to Kohanga, when Waata KUKATAI gave the (Church Missionary Society) Mission 750 acres (303.50 hectares) employing William as farm manager. They established a thriving farm until the land wars when the Mission closed and William and Elizabeth, along with their growing family, returned to Maraetai, Port Waikato. By 1876 they were living at Maioro, in Bothwell Park Road, where they were to remain for the rest of their lives. The following children were born to Elizabeth and William: Henry 1845-1902 m Margaret HUTCHISON, William b.1853 Waikato Heads d.1909 m Martha PAIN, Elizabeth b.1855 Kohanga d.1910 m James CHUBB, John Thomas b.1861 Port Waikato d.1929 m Janet McGEE, James b.1854 Waikato Heads d.1887 Maioro, and Edward (Ted) b. 1866 d.1935 Port Waikato m Matilda Janet TAYLOR. William died on 25 December 1884, Elizabeth followed nine years later on 7 November 1893, both at Maioro. They are buried in the Waiuku Cemetery, Waiuku. Sources: www.dia.govt.nz Electoral Rolls NZSG- certificate collection records Spargo Family papers – Gay Spargo. Anglican Archives - Auckland Researcher: Rosalie-Ann Nicholson

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2786 Surname: SPEAR Given names: Emily Louise Residence: Pukekohe West Occupation: dressmaker Qualification: residential Her signature in 1937 on her sister Susan’s probate records Emily Louise SPEAR was born 22 February 1871 in Launceston, Cornwall, England, the eldest child of Richard Spear (1822-1903) and Susan NICOLLS (1832-1896). She had a sister Susan who was 15 months younger. In 1879, at the age of eight, she made the journey to New Zealand with her parents Richard Spear (1822-1903) then aged 56, her mother Susan NICOLLS (1832-1896) aged 45 and her sister Susan, aged 7. The family travelled via Sydney and settled on land at Pukekohe West where Emily attended Miss Hutton’s school from January 1880 until 1886 with her sister Susan. Although Emily lived on her parent’s farm she gave her occupation on the 1893 electoral roll as dressmaker and likely had a regular clientele as ready-made clothes were not stocked in shops as they are today. After her mother died in 1896, the family moved to Yaldhurst, then central Christchurch where Emily lived with her sister until they both moved to Waitara, Taranaki and appeared there on the 1914 electoral roll. In 1922 Emily married Ernest Morton Victor CARRICK (1867- 1939), a farmer, and lived in Waitara until his death when she shifted into New Plymouth, living at two different addresses before residing at Belmont Rest home. She died here on 23 December 1961 and although buried with her husband at Awanui cemetery, New Plymouth, her name is not on the headstone. Susan married later in life and had no children. She left her substantial estate to several second cousins and various Methodist Church charities. Sources: UK census – ancestry.co.uk; NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.nz; School records – NZ Society of Genealogists; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG; Old newspapers – newspapers.com; Probate records – www.familysearch.org Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2788 Surname: SPEAR Given names: Susan Nevill* Residence: Pukekohe West Occupation: farmer Qualification: residential Susan Wevill* (not Nevill as on the electoral roll) NICOLLS was born on 11 October 1832 at Halwell, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England. She was the daughter and youngest child of John Nicolls (1795- 1886) and Elizabeth WEVILL (1791-1871) and had four sisters and one brother. Her parents were large scale farmers owning 500 acres and employing 12 labourers and several inside servants. Susan married Richard SPEAR on 11 May 1868 at Altarnun, Cornwall. In the 1861 UK census Richard owned 250 acres and employed eight people but in the 1871 census he was recorded as a general merchant. In May 1879 the Spears advertised their household effects, farming equipment and livestock and prepared to come to New Zealand. Susan’s eldest sister Eliza had come to New Zealand in 1861 and had no doubt persuaded the Spears to come too. They travelled via Australia arriving in Sydney in August 1879 – Richard age 56, Susan 45, Emily 8 and Susan 7. The family settled to farming in Pukekohe West and the girls went to Miss Hutton’s school from February 1880. Susan died 16 September 1896 and is buried at Pukekohe. Richard moved to Christchurch with his two daughters where he bought a farm at Yaldhurst, later retiring into Christchurch and died 2 March 1903. Sources: Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz and newspapers.com; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Probate records – www.familysearch.org; School records: NZ Society of Genealogists Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2787 Surname: SPEAR Given names: Susan Nicolls Residence: Pukekohe West Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Her signature from her will dated Susan Nicolls SPEAR was born on 14 May 1872 in Launceston, Cornwall, England. In 1879, at the age of seven, she made the journey to New Zealand with her parents Richard Spear (1822-1903) then aged 56, her mother Susan NICOLLS (1832-1896) aged 45 and her sister Emily, aged 8. The family travelled via Sydney and settled on land at Pukekohe West where Susan attended Miss Hutton’s school from January 1880 until 1889 with her sister Emily. After her mother died in 1896, the family moved to Yaldhurst, then central Christchurch where Susan lived with her sister until they both moved to Waitara, Taranaki and appeared there on the 1914 electoral roll. Susan remained unmarried and lived with her sister at Princess Street, Waitara until her death on 25 December 1936. She is buried with her mother at Pukekohe cemetery. Susan left her estate to several cousins and various Methodist Church charities. Sources: UK census – ancestry.co.uk; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.nz; School records – NZ Society of Genealogists Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG Probate records – www.familysearch.org Old newspapers – newspapers.com Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3867 Surname: SPROUL Given names: Marion Residence: Pukekohe West Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Marion Miller SPROUL was the daughter of Robert Johnston Sproul of Renfrewshire, Scotland and Mary Jane SCOTT.1 She was born 10 October 1869 in Auckland.2 Marion’s parents appear on the Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1889, on the ship ‘Prima Donna’: 2 June 1856.3 At first they resided in Auckland where Marion’s father was a gardener in the employ of Mr T.B.Gillies of Epsom. In 1870 he belonged to the “The Auckland Gardeners Mutual Improvement Association”. By 1873 the family had moved to Pukekohe.4 The 1896 Electoral Roll has Marion living with her parents in Pukekohe, her father described as a freehold farmer Lot 63.5 She married Christopher Trane PELLOW in 18986 and they had three children, Harold Trane, Christopher Roy and Marion Olive Pellow. By 1911 Marion and Christopher had moved to Te Awamutu. It seems they lived here for the rest of their lives as subsequent electoral rolls have them listed in the area. However, Marion and Christopher would still have strong ties to the Franklin District as some of their extended family stayed on in the area. For example Marion’s elder sister Ellen Flower Sproul had married William Henry HOWARD who was at first a farmer in Pukekohe West and then he became a butcher in Patumahoe. Christopher Trane Pellow died 16 October 1950 in Te Awamutu and Marion died there on 25 March 1953. They are buried together in the Te Awamutu Cemetery, Block X1A, Row 2, Plot 1536. 7 Sources: 1. Ancestry Family Tree: Carpenter Reiri Family Tree. https://www.ancestry.com.au/familytree/person/tree/70011771/person/350184315751/facts?_phsrc=Wjt132&_phstart=successSource 2. New Zealand Birth Index, 1840-1950 3. Auckland Libraries: Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals. 4. Papers past: OBITUARY, New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22487, 3 August 1936 5. New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981: Ancestry.com 6. Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. 7. Department of Internal Affairs: Births, Deaths, Marriages: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nzs Researcher: Caron Hoverd

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3865 Surname: SPROUL Given names: Mary Residence: Waiau Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Mary Jane SCOTT was born on 8 January 1833 at Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the daughter of Alexander Scott and Mary FAULDS. She was married to Robert Johnston SPROUL (born 1829) on 23 November 1855 at St Quivox and Newton, Ayrshire, Scotland. The next year Mary and Robert sailed on the ship Prima Donna, arriving in Auckland on 2 June 1856 and Robert soon became employed as a gardener for Mr T. B. GILLIES of Epsom in Auckland. Robert often exhibited at the local flower shows on behalf of Mr Gillies. On 11 August that year a daughter, Margaret Fall, was born but no other knowledge about her is known except she died the same year. Other children born were: William (1858–1945) m. Mary Ann SCOULLER Ellen Flowers (1860–1937) m. William HOWARD Mary Scott (1863–1936) m.1 John BROWN (widowed), m.2 Frank PELLOW Jessie Mitchell (Abt. 1865) m. Charles McDONALD Robert (1867 – 1960) 23 August 1866 m. Sarah WOOD Marion Miller (1869–1953) 10 October 1869 m. Christopher PELLOW Margaret Scott (1871–1957) 9 October 1871 m. Andrew HENZLER. In 1873 Mary and Robert moved to the Pukekohe area where three more children were born: Elizabeth Sproul (1874–1932) 16 March 1874 m. James Hodgson KEITH Alexander Scott Sproul (1876–1960) 5 April 1876 m. Ellen KEANE Annie Faulds Sproul (1879–1963) 7 August 1879 m. James Alfred MOORE. In 1886 Mary and Robert were part of a group of locals who approached the Education Board to consider the erection of a school between Pukekohe West and Patumahoe. Robert spoke in support of the petition. The 1893 Electoral Roll had the family in Waiau (Waiau Pa?) and three years later Robert was a freehold farmer of lot 63. The family were very involved in the Presbyterian Church with Mary and Robert on committees and Mary on flower duty, often with flowers from their own garden. She was also a “Sister” in the Temperance Movement in Pukekohe. Mary was a proud housekeeper and was only too happy to share her home, Clover Hill, especially when her daughters got married. Then she looked forward to the advent of grandchildren cherishing each and every one. Robert passed away at the District Hospital on 25 March 1904, aged 75, and Mary passed away at her daughter Mary’s residence in Pukekohe on 27 January 1913, aged 80. They are buried in the Presbyterian section of Pukekohe Cemetery. Sources: Pukekohe and Waiuku Times 28 Jan 1913 Papers Past familysearch.com NZ BMD Death Record Scotland Marriages 1561-1910 Ancestry Family Tree: Carpenter Reiri Family Tree Auckland Libraries: Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981: Ancestry.com Researcher: Penny Prescott and Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3866 Surname: SPROUL Given names: Mary Ann Residence: Patumahoe Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Mary Ann SPROUL was born Mary Ann SCOULLER to Robert (1815–1869) and Mary (1826–1903 nee McWATT or McQUATT) on 27 August 1858, in Calton, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. Her surviving siblings were Lawrence, Helen (her twin Mathew died as a baby), Sarah (born on the Ganges before they left London) and half-brother Robert (from Robert’s first marriage to Jean JAMIESON). They all immigrated to New Zealand on the ‘Ganges’ which departed from London on 22 June 1863. The ‘Ganges’ arrived in Auckland on 12 October 1863. Mary Ann’s Uncle Lawrence travelled with them with his new wife Sarah (nee DUNCAN). They were part of a group which had broken away from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and their minister, Mr SMITH, had been to New Zealand, found land and then returned to Pollokshaws, where he gathered followers who would leave with him to go to New Zealand. The group settled on the Manukau Peninsula, naming their new land Pollok. Robert Scouller was on the first council. A younger brother James Athol Scouller was born 21 March 1866 in Arch Hill, Auckland, New Zealand. A few months later in August 1866 tragedy struck the Scouller family when Mary Ann’s uncle, Lawrence McWatt, was killed along with his brother-in-law Alexander Duncan while working at a quarry at Mangawai breakwater. Her brother James Athol went on to marry Jemima McEWEN, daughter from the second marriage of Sarah, the widow of her uncle Lawrence McWatt, to Robert McEwen. Sadly in 1868 her elder brother Lawrence died of fever, aged 15 and a year later her father Robert died of consumption. It is believed they were buried in the Pollok Cemetery in the Scouller plot. Mary Ann was 21 when she married William Sproul. The NZ Herald 13 May 1880 reported: SPROUL—SCOULLER.— On May 6, at the Registry Office, Auckland, by the Register, William Sproul, eldest son of Mr. Robert J. Sproul, Clover Hill, Pukekohe, to Mary Ann Scouller, eldest daughter of the late Robert Scouller. They raised six children. Sarah Jessie 1881–1964 married Thomas Henry WILLIAMS, Ellen Mary 1881–1935 married Robert John Williams, Robert William 1885–1969 married Ethel May BURGESS, Maud May 1885–1950 married Arthur Frederick WEBSTER, Elizabeth Scouller 1889–1970 married John BANKS and James Alexander Sproul 1896–1971 married Inez Colonia JONES. Her mother Mary Scouller died on 20 June 1903 aged 77 at the residence of her daughter Mrs Mary Ann Sproul, Coddrington Street, Arch Hill, Auckland, New Zealand. Mary Ann herself passed away 13 January 1941, aged 82 at her late residence 30 Potatau Street, Grey Lynn and is buried in the Waikumete Cemetery with her husband who passed away on 21 February 1945 aged 87. Compiled by Janet Anderson Sources : ”150 years of Pollok settlement”, Family Records

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2816 Surname: STANLEY Given names: Mary Residence: Pukekohe West Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Mary STANLEY was born in Ireland about 1859, the daughter of George HASKISS and Phoebe MITCHELL. Mary married Frank Stanley on Christmas Day 1879 in Harrisville, Tuakau. Frank was also known as Francis and according to the Wise’s Post Office Directory of 1887-1888 he was a fruiterer in Pukekohe. 1893 would have been a memorable year for Mary as not only did she enrol as one of the first women to vote but she gave birth to her son Francis George. Her other children were Sarah Maria (1880), John (1883), Albert Edward (1885), Sarah Jane (1886), Violet May (1888), Mary Bertha (1890), Mary Helen (1891), Harold Alexander (1894), Dorothy Vickery (1896), Daisy Pretoria (1900) and Ruby Rebecca (1901). Francis died 19 December 1916 in Garfield Street, Parnell, he was 73 years old. Mary died 25th June 1929 in Auckland and is buried with her husband Francis in Purewa Cemetery, Block F, Row 42, Plot 105. Inserted in the Auckland Star, 13 July 1929 Sources: Ancestry.com: Ralph Byrnes Family Tree. https://www.ancestry.com.au/familytree/person/tree/34777971/person/18696093116/facts Births, Deaths & Marriages online: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/ Purewa Cemetery Records: https://www.purewa.co.nz/search/ Family notice – https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Researcher: Caron Hoverd

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2828 Surname: STEENSON Given names: Phebe Residence: Pukekohe Occupation: farmer Qualification: residential Phoebe (Phebe on the Electoral Roll) MATTHEWS was born in Auckland c1847 and was the daughter of John MATTHEWS, a Customs Officer and Ann Jane SOMMERVILLE. Phoebe married William STEENSON at the dwelling house of Mr STICKLEY on New North Road, Auckland on 14 January 1868. William was the son of James and Mary and was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. He had come to New Zealand on the Persia in 1860 and arrived in Auckland on his 21st birthday, as an assisted passenger sponsored by James CONLEY, a printer and married to William’s sister Susan. William lived with them for a while and in 1863 his mother Mary, brother John and sister Charlotte came to New Zealand on the Gertrude. William is listed on a Crown grant schedule dated 14 April 1864 for an allotment of land, which was swamp land and aptly named Cabbage Tree swamp (Cabbage Tree swamp, Mt Albert became Kingsland Road, then Sandringham Road). On William and Phoebe’s marriage certificate William’s occupation is farmer. William and Phoebe had been married over a year and expecting their first child when, in 1869, a fire broke out in the cottage in Union Street, Auckland where they were living in a rented cottage at the rear of a butcher’s shop and next to the Robbie Burns Hotel. It was confined to the original building but neither the building nor the contents were insured. They also lost the money taken in the shop that morning. William and Phoebe went on to farm in the Pukekohe area and in 1871 William was working as a farmer in Patumahoe, and in Mauku in 1877. William was a freeholder/farmer with 64 acres with a value of £500 in the ‘Returns of the Freeholders of New Zealand’. They lived for some years in Patumahoe, before residing in Pukekohe West where a number of the children attended Puni School. There were eleven children in the family. Annie, the eldest daughter born in 1869, died aged 20 years and is buried in St Bride’s Anglican Cemetery. William and Phoebe’s son James was born in Patumahoe in 1871, followed by Julia 1873, John 1875, William 1877, Andrew 1879, Robert 1882, Charlotte 1884, Walter in 1887 who died aged 33 years in 1920 after a lingering and painful illness born with Christian Fortitude. Frederick was born in 1890 and Joseph in 1892. Phoebe is noted on the women’s first electoral roll as a farmer and she would have been a very busy farmer’s wife feeding and clothing her large family. William died 9 July 1900 aged 61 years and was buried with their daughter Annie and it is said he was a most industrious and hardworking settler and tackled some of the bushland and which he, with the help of his sons, had left in a high state of cultivation. He had been an invalid for some years. In later years Phoebe lived with her son James and his family, and until advancing years prevented her from doing so, she took an active part in church work in the district and her efforts in this direction, coupled with her kindly disposition won her a wide circle of lifelong friends. A number of years before her death she was stricken with a stroke from which she never fully recovered. Phoebe passed away on 10 July 1925 in her 78th year and rests quietly in the Pukekohe Cemetery along with other family members. Acknowledgements: Steenson oral history, Lois Herdman, Historical BDMs, Paperspast By: Gillian Conroy

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3537 Surname: STEMBRIDGE Given names: Agnes Gertrude Residence: Rama Rama Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Agnes Gertrude GRIFFITHS was born in 1839 and christened at St Pancras, London on 2 February 1839. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Griffiths and as her marriage certificate shows, her father was a Minister. An Agnes G Griffiths was found on the passenger list of the ‘Glenmark’ as a governess, age 27, coming to New Zealand in 1867 but it is not confirmed whether this is the same Agnes. She married Robert STEMBRIDGE on 7 October 1890, a widower with no children, who had arrived on the ‘Maori’ on 23 December 1864, and had been living at Maketu (Ramarama) – see the advertisement below. Daily Southern Cross 31 Jan 1867 By 1900 Agnes and Robert were farming at Okoroire and that is where they remained until their deaths. Agnes died 23 June 1912 and Robert on 20 September 1912. No record of their burial has been found and Robert died intestate. Probate was granted to a nephew, John Thomas Stembridge who stated the deceased had two wives, both deceased and no children. Sources: Baptism & probate – www.familysearch.org NZ electoral rolls – Ancestry; BDM www.dia.govt.nz Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3542 Surname: STEWART Given names: Margaret Buchanan Residence: Pokeno Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Margaret BUCHANAN was born in Paisley, Scotland on 19 November 1834. She was the daughter of John Buchanan and Mary FAULDS and had a brother and sister. On 13 November 1857 at Paisley, she married Charles STEWART and two sons were born in Scotland. On 10 September 1864 they boarded the Helenslee and sailed to New Zealand together with others, under the Waikato Immigration Scheme – no doubt lured by the promise of free land. Two further sons were born in New Zealand and the family appeared to be involved in flax cutting and dressing at Pokeno. A report of Charles’ fall from a train, resulting in the amputation on his foot, appeared in many newspapers in July 1894. He died on 3 November 1901 and Margaret died 11 July 1907. Her death notice records the place of death as the Auckland Hydropathic Institute. They are both buried at Pokeno. Sources: Family Tree – www.familysearch.org; Shipping list – Auckland Libraries; Old newspapers – paperspast.naylib.govt.nz; Adv for Hydropathic Institute – Auckland Council, Local History Online; Probate records – www.familysearch.org Headstone photo – Waikato District Council Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2841 Surname: STOREY Given names: Maria Residence: Tuakau Occupation: farmer Qualification: residential Maria STOREY was a young widow of 34 with five young children at the first election in 1893. Her husband of nine years, William, had died two years previously at age 37. In that same year, 1891, Maria’s fifth child was born. Maria and William may have immigrated to New Zealand together. Their five children were born here; Francis in 1883, Mabel in 1884, Sarah Elizabeth in 1887, Ethel Maria in 1888 and little Henry William in 1891. There are no birth or marriage certificates for Maria in New Zealand, but her maiden name appears to have been Dynes. Maria didn’t remarry. In 1897 she bought land in Taupiri, and when she died in 1939 her estate in Waiterimu, near Ohinewai, had 70 Jersey and Jersey-cross dairy cows, as well as various other farm animals. She was 80 years old. Her oldest son, Private Francis STOREY, also known as Hack, died aged 34 during the First World War. He was part of the Australian Forces and was killed in action in France. His Roll of Honour notice in the New Zealand Herald read: ‘He lived an upright man and died for duty’s sake’. Mabel married Edgar POWELL, Sarah Elizabeth married John GRUNDY and Ethel married Arthur PEPPERCORN. Henry married when he was 43, to Isabella ROBSON. He may have stayed at home, helping his mother on the farm. We can speculate that Maria was a strong independent woman, raising her children alone and building up a farm in the Waikato. We don’t know whether she had any other family here to rely on, but her children appear to have been close-knit. Maria is buried in the Tuakau Hill Cemetery. Sources: Paper Past. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers Births Deaths and Marriages https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Researcher: Joan Leitch

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2615 Surname: STRATFORD Given names: Ethel Lilian Residence: Bombay Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Ethel Lilian Constance Dyer STRATFORD was born at Te Arai, Mangawai, New Zealand on 5 July 1867. Her parents were Samuel Henry Stratford J.P. and farmer (1831 – 1907) and Harriette Elizabeth DYER (1840-1916). Samuel was the son of a surgeon at Parnell, formerly of Toronto and India, with the 72nd Highlanders. Harriette was the daughter of William Dyer, an Honourable East India Company surgeon who had served in India with the 55th Regiment N.I. and had married Charlotte BAKER, the daughter of Colonel William Baker in India. Ethel was ten when the family shifted to a farm at Bombay, (Lots 7 and 35 Bombay) and she was enrolled at Bombay School on 22 July 1877. With such a stong family medical background it is little wonder that Ethel became a nurse. On the 1893 and 1896 electoral rolls she is living at Bombay with her parents but by 1900 she was living at the Auckland Hospital as a nurse. From 1905 to 1914 she appeared on the roll living at home, first at St Heliers then at Parnell with her widowed mother. In 1919 her address was given as Nurse’s Club, Mountain Road, Auckland. Ethel travelled to England in 1920, as reported in the Auckland Star, 27 August 1920 and her occupation on the passenger list was given as nurse. It is unclear whether she ever returned to New Zealand as her will was made in England in January 1932 and she died in London on 26 June 1932. Sources: Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Probate records – www.familysearch.org; Photo – Peter Dyer on GENi Researcher: Judith Batt and Lynda Muir Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2616 Surname: STRATFORD Given names: Harriette Elizabeth Residence: Bombay Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Her signature on Samuel’s probate records 1907 Harriette Elizabeth DYER was born on 26 June 1840 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire, England. She was the 5th child of William Dyer (1795-1877) and Charlotte BAKER (1799-1863) and had four sisters and four brothers. The first four siblings had been born in India where her father was an Honourable East India Company surgeon with the 55th Regiment N.I.. Her mother had been born in the East Indies and married her father, Colonel William Baker, with the 42nd Grenadiers N.I. in India. The Dyers had strong military and medical connections, so it was no surprise that Harriette married Samuel Henry STRATFORD, who had a similar background. By the time Harriette married in 1866, she had lost her mother, two brothers (William in England, aged 4 and Charles age 8 on the ship coming to New Zealand in 1853) and two sisters (Alice aged 1 and Mary aged 20). Harriette was the second wife of Samuel; his first wife had died within two years of their marriage and there were no children. Harriette and Samuel had two daughters, both born in Mangawhai - Ethel Lilian Constance in 1867 and Ida Beatrice Dyer in 1869. From 1877 until around 1900 the family farmed at Bombay (Lots 7 and 35) where they were active in community and church life at St Peter’s. They then lived at St Heliers where they called their property ‘Muritai’. By 1914 Harriette, a widow, was living in Maunsell Road, Parnell and called this property ‘Didmarton’ after the village she was born in. Samuel died on 30 July 1907, aged 76 and Harriette died 5 October 1916, aged 76. They are buried together at Purewa cemetery, Auckland. Sources: papers past; BDM; Probate records; Photo – Peter Dyer on GENi; GRO births; NZ electoral rolls Researcher: Judith Batt and Lynda Muir Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2617 Surname: STRATFORD Given names: Ida Beatrice Dyer Residence: Bombay Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Her signature from her will dated 1942 Ida Beatrice Constance Dyer STRATFORD was born at Te Arai, Mangawhai, New Zealand on 9 June 1869. Her parents were Samuel Henry Stratford J.P. and farmer (1831 – 1907) and Harriette Elizabeth DYER (1840-1916). Samuel was the son of a surgeon at Parnell, formerly of Toronto and India with the 72nd Highlanders. Harriette was the daughter of William Dyer, an Honourable East India Company surgeon who had served in India with the 55th Regiment N.I. and had married Charlotte BAKER, the daughter of Colonel William Baker in India. Ida was eight when the family shifted to the farm at Bombay (Lots 7 and 35 Bombay) and she was enrolled at Bombay School on 22 July 1877. She was on the electoral rolls in 1893, 1896 and 1900 living at home until her marriage on 6 April 1904 to Henry Montague HARE. Henry had been married previously and had been a postmaster, living in Nebraska, USA when his wife died in 1903, leaving him with five young daughters born between 1890 and 1900. He had gone back to England in April 1903 and in August 1903 left with his young family to join his two brothers living in Feilding, New Zealand. Ida and Henry added to their family with a daughter, Adeline Joyce Christian born 1905 and Humphrey John Christian born 1910. The family lived in Feilding where Henry was an insurance and land agent. Ida died 27 August 1943 and Henry died 5 July 1949. They are buried together at Feilding cemetery, where the headstone reads; Sources: Paperspast; BDM; Electoral rolls; Findagrave.com; Cemetery records – NZSG; Probate records Researcher: Judith Batt and Lynda Muir Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3543 Surname: STRONG Given names: Annie Residence: Bombay Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Annie STRONG was born on 4 September 1869, the daughter of Jessie and Joseph Strong. Annie’s mother had come to New Zealand as a teenager with her family in 1858 on the Breadalbane from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Annie’s maternal grandparents were among the settlers who came from Nova Scotia to settle in and around Waipu. They eventually settled at Whangarei Heads. It seems Annie’s mother may not have gone north but met and married Joseph Strong and the couple moved to Bombay. The 1893 Electoral Roll for Waipa records Annie living with her parents, Joseph and Jessie Strong. Her father was farming and owned Lot 163, Bombay which was about 48 acres. The following year Annie married Frank Patrick HARTNEADY. Frank was a blacksmith and worked in various places around the Waikato. They had four sons: Joseph (Joe) Justin Millar, Roy William Tennyson Bentick, Edmund (Eddie) Lytton Stanley Talbot and Allan Alva Archer. Schooling for the boys included time at Waikino and Paeroa Schools. Annie died in July 1936 at the age of 66 after a long illness and is buried at Waikumete Cemetery, in the Presbyterian Division. Also buried there is her son, Private Edmund Stanley Hartneady, who died 29 August 1940, born 1902 aged 38. Annie’s husband, Frank Patrick Hartneady, who died in 1953, is buried in the Catholic division. After Annie’s death, Frank placed a notice in the New Zealand Herald on 15 August 1936 expressing his thanks for the support received at the time of her death. Sources: 1893 Electoral Roll, Papers Past, Cemetery Records. Researched by Lynda Muir and Christine Madsen.

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3544 Surname: STRONG Given names: Jessie Residence: Bombay Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Jessie McDONALD was born in 1842 in Nova Scotia (probably on Cape Breton Island) to John McDonald and Margaret McLEOD. She was the second daughter and third child of nine. In 1858 Jessie arrived in Auckland with her parents and siblings on the Breadalbane. This was the fifth of six small ships that brought families from Nova Scotia to settle in and around Waipu. They were all associated in some way with the Highlands of Scotland – Jessie’s mother had been born in Assynt, Scotland, so for her it was a second migration. Jessie’s parents eventually settled at Whangarei Heads after staying in Auckland for a time. It is possible that Jessie did not go north with the family for on 8 June 1864, she married Joseph STRONG. Joseph was born in Caldbeck, Cumbria, England. On his marriage certificate he gave his occupation as miner from Coromandel, but it appears that Joseph and Jessie went to live in Ramarama. Jessie and Joseph Strong had a family of nine, three daughters and six sons: Joseph, Henry, Ann, Margaret, Jacob, Daniel, Malcolm, Sarah Jane and John. The 1893 Electoral Roll records Jessie and Joseph farming on Lot 163, Bombay. The very first marriage to take place in the Presbyterian Church at Bombay was of Jessie’s second daughter Margaret who married William Chapman Morgan on Tuesday, 12 September 1893. The church was well filled with friends to witness the ceremony and the couple were presented with a very handsome family Bible. At a farewell on leaving the district in 1906, 12 years after her husband Joseph died, Jessie was presented with a very nice black shawl by her friends and neighbours. She had lived in the district for nearly forty years and was moving away, having leased the farm out. Five years later, in August of 1911, the local newspaper reported that “Mrs Strong’s 150-acre farm has also been sold at a satisfactory figure.” Jessie died on 8 September 1916 at her home, 4 Buchanan Street, Glenmore, Auckland after a long illness. She is buried at the Bombay Presbyterian Cemetery, as are her husband Joseph aged 59, and sons Joseph aged 34, Jacob aged 29, Harry (Henry) aged 35, and Daniel aged 61. NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 9 SEPTEMBER 1916 Sources: Papers Past, NZ Historical BDM, NZSG Burial Index, MyHeritage, Clive & Jackie Craymer (descendants). Compiled by Lynda Muir and Christine Madsen.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2862 Surname: SUMMERVILLE Given names: Margaret Residence: Pukekohe Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Margaret McCULLAGH was born in 1846, in County Cavan, Ireland, daughter of Alexander McCULLAGH (1786 - 1877) and Elizabeth WILSON (1807 – 1870). She was the youngest daughter and had three sisters and four brothers. On 23 November 1864 she married John SUMMERVILLE at Bailieboro, Co Cavan and in December 1864 they left Ireland bound for New Zealand with Mary age 4 and Robert 1, arriving in June 1865 and settled in Patumahoe. John died 4 January 1928 and after a long illness Margaret died on 22 May 1930. They are buried together at Pukekohe Cemetery. Obituary Auckland Star 24 May 1930 Sources: Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG; Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2654 Surname: SWEETMAN* Given names: Catherine Residence: Bombay Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Catherine BROWN was born in Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland on 18 April 1840. She may have been the Catherine that arrived in Auckland on the ship Gipsy with her family on 26 October 1854. Catherine married John SWETMAN* (sometimes as SWEETMAN, as on this electoral roll) in New Zealand in 1866. Catherine and John lived at Kaponga, Waikino and Moanatairi, Thames where their first four children were born before moving to Lots 1 and 61 at Bombay before 1874. Another five children were born here, making a family of five sons and four daughters born between 1867 and 1882. The family were active in the community especially with the Bombay school and St Peter’s of the Forest Anglican Church, evidenced by various mentions in the newspapers of the time. By 1905 Catherine and John had moved to Waikino and it was here that John died on 12 April 1908 and Catherine on 11 February 1911. They are buried together at Pukerimu Cemetery, Paeroa The headstone reads: In loving memory of John SWETMAN who passed away 12 Dec. 1908 aged 75 years. Also Catherine his beloved wife who died February 11 1911 aged 71 years. Also Henrietta their beloved daughter who died June 19th 1906 aged 37 years. "Thy will be done." Sources: Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk Bell Family Tree – myheritage.com Cemetery records & photo – www.findagrave.com Researcher: Lynda Muir Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2655 Surname: SWEETMAN* Given names: Henrietta Residence: Bombay Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Henrietta SWEETMAN (usually known as SWETMAN*) was born in Waikino on 25 August 1868. She was the second child and eldest daughter of John Swetman (1833-1908) and Catherine BROWN (1840-1911) and had three sisters and five brothers. The family moved to Bombay c1873 where her five youngest siblings were born. Henrietta may have gone to school prior to this move but there are no records at Bombay showing she attended there. No doubt as the eldest daughter she would have plenty to do at home and on the farm with eight siblings. Henrietta never married and died at her parent’s place on 19 June 1906 and is buried at the Pukerimu cemetery, Paeroa. Her father died in 1908 and her mother in 1911 and they are buried with her. The headstone is broken and lies on the ground, but the inscription reads; In loving memory of John SWETMAN who passed away 12 Dec. 1908 aged 75 years. Also Catherine his beloved wife who died February 11 1911 aged 71 years. Also Henrietta their beloved daughter who died June 19th 1906 aged 37 years. "Thy will be done." Sources: Cemetery photo – www.findagrave.com; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz School records – NZ Society of Genealogists NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk Researcher: Lynda Muir Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3874 Surname: TAYLOR Given names: Florence Residence: Maioro Occupation: school teacher Qualification: residential Florence TAYLOR was born c1869 in New Zealand and made her early life one of preparing children for what may lie ahead – she became a teacher. In 1884 Florence was teaching at Kawakawa School with a Headmaster and female pupil teacher. In 1885 she was transferred to Beresford School in Auckland as Assistant Female Teacher, then in July 1886 Florence was sent as a replacement teacher from Beresford to Franklin Road School. By 1890 Florence was a sole teacher up in the Northland area at Oruru School (average number of pupils 22) and then Opuawhanga School where she remained for several years. She was again in sole charge however, in 1891 average number of pupils 16, but in 1892 32 pupils. In February 1892 the school had a picnic and a newspaper report ends “….This young lady has only been with us a few months, but during that time she has, through her genial manner and excellent teaching power, become a general favourite.” Again, a report in October 1892 advised that the Opuawhanga school examination results, under the management of Miss Florence Taylor, were of a very pleasing nature. The inspector expressed himself very well satisfied with the results and complimented Miss Taylor on the excellent behaviour and manners of the children. Since Miss Taylor had taken charge the school had increased very considerably, and that there were now 40 on the roll. She had had to teach that number unassisted but if the numbers continued to grow they hoped to be able to get a pupil teacher. Miss Taylor deserved the sincere thanks of everyone for her work. She had been untiring and had made attending school a great pleasure for her students. In January 1893 she applied for information on leave of absence and in February it was granted but the term of absence is uncertain. She was listed on the 1893 Electoral Roll for Franklin as being a school teacher with the address Maioro. No record could be found of her actually teaching at Maioro or any school in the local area so possibly she was still on leave. Official reports next have Florence teaching at Parua Bay No.1 School in 1895. She was again a sole teacher and the average pupils 25. In October 1895 the inspector’s report, “All the children in No.1 school passed into higher standards under Miss Florence Taylor, which speaks for itself.” By July 1896 Florence had earned the next level for teaching, Grade E1. After the annual examinations the pupils organised a tea party to say thank you to Miss Taylor. This was the last school Florence taught at as at the end of the year she resigned and on 21 January 1897 she married Richard Henry HARNETT. Richard (Dick) was the Postmaster at Parua Bay and had a freehold section – Lot 7, Owhiwa. He was the son of Richard and Dolina Harnett in a family of four boys and two girls. Dolina and her brothers were among the first Nova Scotian settlers. Their son, Raymond Richard Taylor Harnett was born in 1899 and he married Irene May MARTIN in 1920. Raymond and Irene had four known children – Richard Michael, Margaret Isabel Rona, John Raymond and Mary Florence. 1919 saw Florence and Richard still in Parua Bay but they moved to Wynyard Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland. Florence passed away at Auckland Hospital on 15 February 1928, aged 59. A Requiem Mass was held at St Benedict’s Church and she was laid to rest at Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland. Richard passed away at Auckland Hospital on 14 February 1936, aged 65, and was buried with Florence. Sources: PapersPast Electoral Rolls Cemetery Records Education Board Reports Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2693 Surname: THOMPSON Given names: Kathleen Edith Residence: Pokeno Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Kathleen Edith WATTS was born about 1871, the daughter of Cecilia Susan Watts, later Mrs Charles MOELLER. She had a sister Laura Cecilia, born 1869 who married William Frederick JONES in 1908. Little is known of Kathleen’s early life but this (part of) a wedding report appeared in the NZ Herald 6 November 1891; Kathleen (despite being named as Catherine in the wedding report) married Herbert THOMPSON and lived at Pokeno for a few years but moved around frequently. In 1896 they were at Waipipi, 1905 at East Tamaki and in 1911 at Mokopeka, Hastings –each time Herbert’s occupation in the electoral roll is farmer. In 1914 Kathleen and Herbert were living in Hastings St, Hastings where he is a book keeper. There appears to have been no children to this marriage and Kathleen died 16 January 1916 at the early age of 45. She is buried in the Hastings cemetery. Herbert is likely to be the death recorded at Carterton on 2 April 1940, age 64. Sources: NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk; Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Burial record – ancestry.co.uk Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3882 & 3883 Surname: TIERNEY Given names: Helen Residence: Kahawai East, Waiuku Occupation: housekeeper Qualification: residential NOTE: Franklin 3882 and Franklin 3883 both record a Helen TIERNEY of Kahawai East, Waiuku. Extensive research has revealed that there was only one Helen, although she did have a daughter Mary Alicia who was old enough to enrol and does not appear on any roll within New Zealand for 1893. Helen and Mary both appeared on the 1896 roll at this address. Helen, as Ellen ROONEY married Thomas TIERNEY in Sydney, Australia on 20 September 1853. Both were from County Carlow in Ireland and Thomas was the brother of Dr Daniel Tierney, a Member of Parliament for some years in Victoria. They had two children, both born in Warnambool, Victoria, Australia – Maria Alicia born 1857 and Thomas David in 1859. The family came to New Zealand on the Samuel Appleton, departing from Melbourne on 7 February 1863. Thomas appears to have bred or traded in horses and brought a good number across the Tasman to sell, with advertisements appearing at various times. From being in Otago in 1863 they eventually arrived in the wider Auckland region, where in 1870 the family was leasing 100 acres, part of the Lynch Farm in Mangere and had a dwelling in Wakefield Street in the city. In 1875 they were living in East Tamaki on leased land but by 1880 they had a freehold property at Kahawai East (Glenbrook area) of 112 acres – Lot 3. Helen and Thomas remained on this property which was on the waterfront near Glenbrook Beach until their deaths. In the Glenbrook School Centennial book, Thomas is referred to as ‘Warnambool Tierney’ and it was said that they lived on land but not a farm. Mary Alicia did not marry and it is likely she was the Miss M.A. Tierney teaching at Waipipi School in 1879/80. After the death of her parents she moved to Rotorua where she spent the rest of her life. She died 26 October 1929. Thomas David married Mary Alice MILLS in 1888. They had four children and spent the majority of their lives farming in the Waihi region. He died on 29 December 1931. Thomas Tierney snr died 4 April 1898, age 78 and Helen died 30 January 1899, aged 75. They were both buried in Waiuku cemetery but there is no headstone. Sources: Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Electoral rolls; NZ BDM Historical records; Glenbrook School Centennial Book 1977; Family Search; Trove Researchers: Lois Hopping and Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2911 Surname: TILBY Given names: Jane Residence: Pukekohe Occupation: music teacher Qualification: residential Note: Jane TILBY also appears on the Franklin Supplementary Roll No.1 (no.3884). In both cases her occupation is music teacher. Jane FELLOWS was born on 25 October 1829 in Gibraltar (British Naval Base). She was the fourth child of Lieutenant Colonel William Fellows (1795 - 1867) and Elizabeth HAYLOCK (1801-1882). She married James TILBY, born 1827 at Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA at St Pancras, London, England on 28 August 1849. James was a surgeon, a bachelor and full age while Jane was described as a minor and spinster. She would have been not quite 20 when she married. Their first two children, a son and daughter, both died very young – the daughter, Elizabeth had been born in London and died in Caithness, Scotland. Jane had travelled extensively as evidenced by her birth and the birth of her children. The third child, Adelaide, was born at sea but registered in Australia and the two youngest, William and John were born in the Nelson area where in 1855 James was certified as a Medical Practitioner. About 1890 the family shifted to Pukekohe where the two sons farmed at Buckland and James who was the local doctor was living with Jane on Part Lot 19, Pukekohe. Jane and her daughter both enrolled in 1893 with occupations, which was unusual for this period. Jane was a music teacher and Adelaide (by now Mrs LEWIS and living in Takaka) was a matron. Sources: Lewis/Tilby Family Tree – Ancestry Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz BDM – www.dia.govt.nz Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3884 Surname: TILBY Given names: Jane Residence: Pukekohe West Occupation: music teacher Qualification: residential Jane Follows TILBY was born on 25 October 1829 at the British Naval Base, Gibraltar. She was the eldest daughter of Lt-Col William FOLLOWS/FELLOWES, formerly 53rd Regiment and Elizabeth HAYLOCK/HELLOCK.1 On 28 August 1849, she married Dr James Tilby at the Parish Chapel, St Pancras, Camden, England.2 In 1851 Jane and her husband were living in Brick Lane, Whitechapel, Middlesex, at that time known for its Irish and Jewish population.3 An article in the Nelson Historical Society Journal mentions that Jane and James came to New Zealand on the “James Scott” in 1855. With them would have been their children Adelaide, Laura and William. Two other children had died previous to the family immigrating. John was born in Nelson in 1860. James was the first Golden Bay medical practioner. He ran the small Motupipi School, was registrar and post master. There is mention of a “Birtley Farm” and Motupipi, Takaka Road Board. They left the district in 1885. Sons farmed at Pukekohe.4 In the 1896 Electoral Roll, James appears as Surgeon, Buckland, freehold, part lot 19, Pukekohe. Jane is listed as a music teacher. The two sons, John and William are also living in Buckland as farmers.5 Jane died on 27 July 1899 and is buried at Pukekohe Cemetery, Anglican Area, Row A, Plot 001.6 James died in Auckland on 11 September 1908. He is buried at Waikumete Cemetery, Anglican C, Row 2, Plot 56a.7 Note: Jane TILBY also appears on the Franklin General Roll (no.2911). In both cases her occupation is music teacher. Sources: 1. Ancestry: Lewis/Trilby Family Tree: Accessed from: https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/80721280/person/30425888737/facts 2. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 3. 1851 England Census 4. Nelson Historical Society Journal (Volume 7, Issue 4, 2012) Accessed from nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tei-source/NHSJ07_ 5. Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010 6. DEATHS. Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 178, 29 July 1899 7. New Zealand Cemetery Records: 1800-2007 Researcher: Caron Hoverd

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2914 Surname: TINDALL Given names: Margaret Residence: Awitu Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Margaret was born on 31 December 1839 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland to Robert and Rebecca DAVIS. She came to New Zealand on board the Ida Zeigler arriving on 22 October 1866 after 88 days sailing. Margaret married Thomas Robinson TINDALL on 27 October 1868 in Otahuhu, Auckland. Thomas was born to William Tindall and Ann HUSTLER in Cayton, Yorkshire, England. He came to New Zealand c1863. Shortly after their marriage they headed to the Waikato. From the Waikato they headed north, on horseback, to investigate Thomas’s 40-acre land grant at Awhitu. On arrival at Hamilton’s Gap the land was found to be a swampy wilderness of flax, ti-tree and raupo. Workmen were draining the swamp, so Thomas took a position as head teamsman on Dr John Logan CAMPBELL’s estate at One Tree Hill until the drains reached their land. Margaret’s land grant adjoined Thomas’s and they later purchased extra land from the Government, making a total of 320 acres (Lots 95, Pt78, Pt79, 95, Pt96) and 20 years later bought a further 40 acres which eventually got sold to pay rates. In 1878 they came to live at Awhitu (on what is now Tindall Road off Awhitu Road near Matakawau settlement) arriving by cutter on the beach between Brook’s homestead and Cant’s Creek, the remainder of the trip was by horse and sledge. The kauri timber for the house, sawn in Onehunga, was brought up from the landing, carted up the hill and practically carried across the gully piece by piece and then to the site by horse and sledge. Margaret then set to and made it a home. Margaret and Thomas had seven children; William Davis b. 1869, Elizabeth Annie (Bess) b. 1871, Margaret Davis b. 1872, Edwin Davis b. 1874, Robert Davis b. 1875, Mary Josephine Pattison b. 1877 and Alfred Joseph b. 1880. Son, Robert, has told of the struggle they had when they first arrived on the farm with things going wrong. The horse died, cattle got stuck in the swamp, calves became sick and died and birds ate £60 worth of grass seed in a drought. The farm was a struggle and Thomas sought outside work which included working for his neighbour for five shillings a day. Margaret took special care of the vegetable garden and often sat up till midnight sewing for the children. Thomas passed away on 17 May 1920 aged 76. Margaret passed away 1 February 1921 aged 79. They are buried together in the Non-Conformist Section of Waikumete Cemetery. Sources: Heads, Harbour & Hills – An Awhitu History – 1999 Cemetery Records NZ BDM Historical Records Auckland Library - Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1889, 1909-1921 Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2716 Surname: TOOMEY Given names: Ellen Residence: Rama Rama Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Ellen TOOMEY was 4 when the family left London on board the ‘Maori’ on 28 July 1864. Her birth record has not been located but she travelled with her parents Nicholas Toomey and Johanna CUSSON (or CUSSEN on some records). Also present were her siblings Edward age 6 and Catherine age 2, her Uncle Richard Toomey and his wife and 4 children and Ellen’s grandfather Edward Cussen. After a long voyage of five months, the family were allocated land at Ramarama, or Maketu as it was then known. Before 1896 the family had moved to Waihi and apart from this mention at a church bazaar, little is known about Ellen. As the eldest daughter in a family of 12 children – eight daughters and four sons, she no doubt had to help out in the home from a very early age. When her mother died in 1901, she left her cottage on Section 351 at Waihi and all the furniture and belongings to Ellen and after her death they were to go to the youngest sibling, Richard Thomas Toomey. Ellen remained single and died in the September quarter of 1908. The Hauraki District Council record a burial with no date or other details, which is probably this Ellen. Sources: Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Probate records: www.familysearch.org; NZ Death index – ancestry Hauraki District Council – cemetery records Researcher: Anne Megget : Compiler: Heather Maloney From Ancestry Index NZ death records Auckland Star 26 Oct 1901

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2717 Surname: TOOMEY Given names: Johanna Residence: Rama Rama Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Johanna CUSSON was born on 5 December 1836 in Newport, Tipperary, Ireland, the daughter of Edward Cusson (1809 – 1874)and Catherine KENNEDY (1810 – before 1864). She married Nicholas TOOMEY on 7 September 1857 at St Patrick’s, Limerick, Ireland. The Toomeys – Nicholas and Johanna and their 3 oldest children – Edward age 6, Ellen age 4 and Catherine age 2 and his brother Richard with his wife and 4 children, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand on 22 December 1864. They had made the long voyage on the ‘Maori’ leaving London on 28 July 1864, calling at South Africa on the way. Also on board was Johanna’s father Edward CUSSEN (surname as on the passenger list but also spelt Cusson and COSSIN on other documents), who died in New Zealand in 1874. Johanna and Nicholas were to have another nine children born in New Zealand, with two sets of twins, between 1865 and 1880. They took up land at Maketu –now known as Ramarama, where they had a dairy farm and Nicholas worked as a sawyer. This advertisement appeared in the NZ Herald many times between April and June 1893. By 1896 they have moved to the Waihi area where they were to live until their deaths. Johanna died after a long illness on 15 December 1901 at Waihi but is buried at the Maketu cemetery in Ramarama and Nicholas died on 29 May 1920 and is buried at Waihi cemetery, with his brother and two daughters. Sources: BDM – www.dia.govt.nz NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk McKernan Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk Old newspapers: paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Researcher: Anne Megget; Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3887 Surname: TORBET Given names: Janet Stephen* Residence: Pollok Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Janet Stevens* was born 18 May 1855 at Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, the 6th child of James Bain PYE and his wife Elizabeth nee McLEISH. Elizabeth died following the birth of her last (10th) child in 1862. Janet arrived in Auckland on the ‘Ganges’, aged 8, in October 1863, with her father and surviving siblings – Isabella (15) Mary (14) James (6) and baby Margaret, as part of the ‘special’ settlement of Pollok. A house was built against the hillside on the rugged land, below Barthow Road. Before leaving Scotland, James had arranged with a lady – Helen McKINNELL – to follow the family to New Zealand. They married on her arrival about a year later. Janet’s education would have been very basic, conducted in the church by Rev. SMITH, the minister who accompanied the settlers. Janet married John TORBET 10 November 1882 and settled on his farm (Lot 15) ‘Dunlea’ on what is now Dominikovich Road. Janet and John’s children were: John Torbet b. 1883 married Gertrude Alice ROBINSON 1909 James Bain Pye Torbet b. 1884 married 1) Elsie Lock 1914; 2) Gladys Helen? Robert Jardine Torbet b. 1887 married Mary Agnes DOUGLAS Elizabeth McLeish Torbet b. 1889 married Robert Goldie Gibbs CLARK 1911. Janet’s husband John died 5 November 1902 and was buried at Pollok. With her family to help, Janet lived on at the farm for many years. It was sold to the Dominikovich family. In 1927 Janet had retired to 1 Rewi Road Epsom, but through the 1930’s and 40’s took extended visits to relations in the Waiuku area. Janet was short in stature, sturdy, with a distinct canny Scots flavour to her character. Janet Stevens Torbet died 29 June 1945 aged 90 at a private hospital in Auckland. Her ashes were interred at Pollok. Sources: “A Far Away Land” by Lloyd Walker Obituary notices N.Z. Herald Photos, diaries – Family Collections (Mrs. Allonby & Elizabeth Hull) Researcher: Nelda Wormald

Electoral Roll: Waipa 2722 Surname: TOWNSEND Given names: Margaret Residence: Rama Rama Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Margaret McDOWELL was born in Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1850. The daughter of Robert and Jane McDowell, she had three sisters who died young, a brother who remained in Ireland and a brother, Gordon who also came to New Zealand and who settled in the same district. Margaret married Alexander TOWNSEND on 22 May 1870 at Raloo, Co Antrim and came to New Zealand in 1871 on the Aboukir. They had 13 children – 7 daughters and 6 sons. Alexander died in August 1918 and Margaret on 28 August 1934. They are buried together at Papakura cemetery. Sources: Family Tree – My Heritage – Karen McDowell Headstone photo – findagrave.com Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3892 Surname: TUCKER Given names: Elizabeth Residence: Waiuku Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Elizabeth, eighth child of ten born to William SILCOCK and Louisa née BUSH, was baptised on 29 June 1834 in the parish church of St Stephen, Sneinton, Notts. George TUCKER, son of Samuel and Sarah had been christened there on 27 September 1825. In 1837 a new church (pictured) was built at a cost of £4511 and it was in this new building that Elizabeth and George married on 9 December 1850. Louisa’s father William was a publican (victualler), but by 1841 he is working as an agricultural labourer. Her brother John and his three sons worked as whip makers. The 1851 UK census enumerated George, agricultural labourer and Elizabeth, laundress, living with his father Samuel TUCKER and younger brother Nathaniel. His mother Sarah had died in January 1851 and father Samuel died three years later in January 1854; both are interred at St Stephen’s. In 1861 Elizabeth is enumerated with George and two daughters, Sarah (9) and Elizabeth Emily (1) living in Greendale Place, Sneinton. George is labouring; harsh and often uncertain work. The promise of free passage and a grant of land with the Waikato Immigration Scheme was enticing. The family sailed from London on 17 September 1864 on the ‘Matoaka’, landing in Auckland 108 days later to begin a new life on their allotted land Lot 14 Kariotahi (Honey Rd). Settlers in the district shared a common bond having emigrated under the Waikato scheme. Community soon developed; new family connections developing as their children grew and married fellow immigrants. On 2 July 1874, at St Andrew’s in Auckland, 22-year-old Sarah was joined in matrimony with Alfred James HOLMES who, with his family, had also arrived on the ‘Matoaka’. Elizabeth Emily married Richard Henry HONEY on 19 May 1877. Twenty-two grandchildren were born of these unions. George was only to work the land for ten years; Auckland Hospital records several spells as an inpatient with pulmonary phthisis (tuberculosis) and he died at home on 17 February 1876 aged 51. He bequeathed all to Elizabeth for her lifetime, to pass in equal shares to his daughters on her death. Elizabeth had also been ill during these years, hospitalised with bronchitis during March 1874. Elizabeth, Sarah and Elizabeth Emily all enrolled to vote in 1893. On 1 November 1898, in another world first, the Old Age Pensions Act was introduced giving a small means-tested pension to elderly people with few assets who were ‘of good moral character’. Elizabeth applied and, at a hearing in the Waiuku S.M. Court, was granted a pension of £18 per year. Elizabeth died on 16 October 1916 and is buried with George at Waiuku Cemetery. Sources: Papers Past/Ancestry.com/findmypast.com/ bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/ The Holmes Story/ Archives NZ Auckland Hospital Admission Registers Compiled by Val Gillanders Parish church of St Stephen, Sneinton

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2948 Surname: TURBOTT Given names: Catherine Residence: Tuakau Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Catherine was born in County Tyrone around 1841. She was the daughter of John GRAHAM and her place of residence at the time of her marriage was Claremore, a townland of Clogher parish, and her father John a labourer. She married James TURBOTT in the St Macartan’s Cathedral Church at Clogher township on 20 May 1858. James was born around 1837 in County Tyrone and his occupation was listed as labourer and his place residence as Farnetra townland of the Clogher parish. His father was James TURBITT who was a shoemaker. Catherine and James remained in the Clogher parish for six years before immigration to New Zealand in 1864. They had three children Margaret Jane (1859) who died as a child, John (1862) and Mary Jane (1863), all baptised at St. Macartan’s. They initially were housed at the military barracks in Onehunga, which is where John died on 2 March 1865 of purpura, almost certainly the aftermath of illness on the voyage. James supported the family by hay making at the estate of James DILWORTH on Mount Hobson in Auckland. They were allocated ten acres of land in Harrisville along with a small-town lot in Tuakau North, and after a period of recovery shifted south to begin the process of land clearance and developing a farm. They purchased a further ten acres for £8 in April 1869. The family were largely self-supporting as they grew a variety of grain crops and vegetables, had dairy cows, horses, pigs and poultry. Oats and chaff, for horse feed, butter and later cream, provided a small cash flow. There were nine further children, Henry (1866), Margaret (1869), John (1870), James (1872), Catherine (1874), Sarah Ann (1876), William (1878), Matthew (1880) and Thomas (1882). They lived on their Harrisville farm until their deaths. Catherine died on 8 September 1919 aged 83 and James died on 28 October 1923 aged 89 and they are buried in the Tuakau Cemetery in a grave with their drowned son Matthew, later joined by their oldest daughter Mary. Sources: Garth John Turbott Waikato District Council Cemeteries database Researcher: Ross Miller

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2955 Surname: TURNER Given names: Cecilia Residence: Awitu Central Occupation: postmistress Qualification: residential Cecilia, the eldest child of Louis and Sarah PANORMO, was born on 1 March 1823 and baptised on 4 May at St Annes, Middlesex. Louis, from Italy but born in Paris, was a famous guitar and violin player. He had met and married Sarah SUTTON in England. In 1841 they were living in High Street, St Giles In The Field, Middlesex, and Cecilia had two sisters and four brothers. When she was 27 Cecilia sailed on ‘Tory’ to Australia to take up the position of governess on an outback sheep station. On the ship she met Captain John MILLETT (born 5 September 1825 in Kent, England, John had served in the Royal Navy then was invalided out). Cecilia and John got engaged and John obtained a position at the sheep station. After their marriage in Melbourne on 18 March 1852 they worked as a married couple. A lot of changes for Cecilia! Five children were born – Maurice (at Sydney), Walter, Bertrand, Ivy and Ralph (at St Leonards, N.S.W.) – and in 1860 the family came to New Zealand to join the PANORMO family at Orua Bay, Manukau Heads to help build a sawmill. A cottage was built (opposite Morrison Road) and Leonard and Elizabeth were born. In 1864 with the saw mill built, the Millett family moved to Onehunga. There John decided to build a small schooner and trade along the coast. The boat ‘Petrel’ was built at Orua but in March 1865 on its first voyage outside the harbour the vessel was wrecked. Luckily the crew, including son Maurice, survived. It was strange, for at that time John was ill in Onehunga, and he died that night leaving Cecilia destitute. A month later Ivy, aged eight, died. Shortly afterward Cecilia decided to return to Orua Bay. Her youngest was only two months old. In 1869 Cecilia married Thomas TURNER. They moved to a cottage at Awhitu Central on Taylor’s land where a daughter, Emily, was born. While here, Cecilia was in charge of the Awhitu Central Post Office. In 1895 Cecilia and Thomas moved back to the shores of Orua Bay and were staying with her son Ralph when Thomas died. Cecilia then lived in a little cottage next to the beach. Cecilia was in Ponsonby when she passed away on 27 March 1907, aged 84, and she was buried at Waikaraka Cemetery. Sources: England and Wales Census 1841 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch ‘Heads Harbours and Hills An Awhitu History’ Edited by Rachael Hawken and Lloyd Walker Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3893 Surname: TURNER Given names: Elizabeth Residence: Awitu Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Elizabeth was born in Scotland and came to New Zealand with her parents and other members of the family in the ship “British Empire” arriving at Auckland on 4 February 1880. Elizabeth was aged 12. They were among 400 passengers. There were eight DUNCANs listed – Alexander, Eliza, Charles, Lizzy, Alexander, Harry, Bella and Ralph. Unfortunately, there was measles and scarlatina/scarlet fever on board and there is family knowledge that a brother or sister died on the ship. Elizabeth married John TURNER in Auckland on 8 November 1886. He was at school with her brothers and they had taken him home. “John had been born to William (Piri) TURNER and Tamar COWELL in 1858 in Auckland. His father was the pilot of the gunboat “Pioneer” during the Land/Maori Wars. John was educated at St Stephens School, Parnell, Auckland and being fluent in Maori was later appointed as a Government interpreter acting for notable people such as King MAHUTA and Sir Henare KAIHAU. He also acted as guide to Kerry NICHOLS (English traveller) through the little known Urewera and King Country and assisted in the rescue of Maori people engulfed by the Tarawera eruption.” Both Elizabeth and John must have been in the same area at that stage for when Elizabeth left school she gained employment at Lake House, Ohinemutu, and witnessed the Tarawera eruption. On marrying Elizabeth, John resigned from Government Service to take up land in Awhitu Gully. John built a small two-roomed home where they lived until a larger home was built. John purchased an empty house from the Huia area, pulled it down, shipped across the Manukau Harbour, then took it to site by bullock team and rebuilt it. They farmed at what was known as Wattle Gully. They had two children when they were in Auckland, Richard (Dick) in 1887, and Martha 1888. They then had eight more children in Awhitu; Eliza 1889, Henry 1891, Isobella 1893, George 1896, Miriam 1897, Elizabeth 1901, Cedric 1908 and Molly 1909. Having returned from World War I, Dick Turner in 1922 set to and built Te Kauri Lodge, Wattle Bay. For many years Molly Turner, his young sister, ran this house as a guest house. Her generous hospitality was a legend in the area. Elizabeth died 14 February 1931 aged 63, and John 1 March 1934 aged 76. Both died at their home and were buried at Awhitu Central Cemetery. Private R.A.D. Turner of the Maori Pioneer Battalion, died 4 November 1965 aged 78 was buried next to them. Source: Family Knowledge Heads, Harbour & Hills – An Awhitu History NZ Herald, Vol LXVIII, Issue 20804, 21 Feb 1931 Compiled by: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3571 Surname: TURNER Given names: Rebecca Jane Residence: Pokeno Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Rebecca was born Rebecca Jane BROWN on 27 April 1841 at Waringstown, Co Down, Northern Ireland, daughter of James and Rebecca Brown. On 11 February 1861 at Donghcloney, Co Down, she married Christopher LEATHEM (1840-1876) (spelt LEATHAM on some documents) and a son, John was born in 1863. On 4 November 1864 the young couple and John boarded the Ganges at Queenstown, Ireland no doubt lured with the promise of free land in New Zealand. They arrived in Auckland on 14 February 1865 but sadly, John was one of the 52 children to die on the voyage. Rebecca and Christopher took up land in Pokeno, in the Parish of Maungtawhiri and another six children were born, 4 daughters and two sons, between 1866 & 1876. Christopher was killed by lightning 11 November 1876, leaving Rebecca to cope with the farm and a young family. The farm, pictured above was on the main road and a sign naming the stream and bridge after the family, is still visible on State Highway 2. Rebecca married again in 1890, to William de Renzie TURNER, a schoolteacher who had been an Ensign in the Auckland Militia. Two sons were born to this marriage in 1880 and 1883. According to family, William was transferred to Hamilton as a teacher, but Rebecca decided to stay on her farm and in 1902 he died in Sydney, Australia. Rebecca died in 1912 and is buried in Pokeno cemetery. Sources: McAlister Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz ; Probate – www.familysearch.org; Headstone inscription – Waikato District Council Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3894 Surname: TWIDLE Given names: Ada Residence: Pukekohe West Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Ada TWIDLE (nee HARRIS) was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England on 3 January 1860.1 She was only 4 years old when she came to New Zealand with her parents William Benjamin Harris and Mercy Amelia BROWN. They had sailed on the ship “Jumna”, 820 tons, (Captain Garrick) which left Gravesend on 4 July and arrived in Auckland on 24 October 1864. They lived in Auckland for some years.2 On 2 January 1879, when Ada was only 17, she married Mr David Halliday SCOTT 3 Ada and David lived in Thames where they had 2 children, James Benjamin Scott (1879) and David John William Scott (1881).4 David snr died at the age of 37 in 1886 5 . In 1887 Ada then married Mr George Stephenson Twidle.6 Their children were: William Herbert Cecil (1888), Ada Mercy Amelia (1890) Violet Florence (1892), David Arthur Norman (1894), Ernest Oswall Stephenson (1895), Reynold Oliver Bert (1897) and Hector Ian Hamilton (1900). During the war, Ada was prominent in patriotic societies and was an ardent worker in the Presbyterian Church. She served for many years as a nurse in Pukekohe. George Stephenson Twidle died on 21 September 1901, leaving Ada widowed for the second time.7 George was only 45 and Ada 41. In 1902, Ada married John James HOOEY who was one of the small number of survivors of the Patumahoe Special Settlement. Ada died on 24 December 1934 at her residence “Willowgrove”, Princes Street, Pukekohe.8 John and Ada Hooey are buried in the Pukekohe Cemetery. Bibliography: England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837- 1915 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 1. Ancestry.com: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. 2. Paperspast; New Zealand Herald, Vol LXX1, Issue 21993, 27 December 1934 3. Paperspast: Marriage, Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2717, 7 January 1879 4. Births, Deaths & Marriages online: www.dia.govt.nz (1879/16445 & 1881/17552) 5. Ancestry.com: New Zealand Death Index, 1848-1966. 6. Births, Deaths & Marriages online: www.dia.govt.nz (1887/2044) 7. Paperspast: Deaths, Auckland Star, Volume xxx11, Issue 215, 21 September 1901 8. Ancestry.com: New Zealand Cemetery Records, 1800-2007. Sources: Ancestry.com: Family Tree. Lever Family in New Zealand Researcher: Caron Hoverd

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3574 Surname: TYLER* Given names: Ann Residence: Bombay Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Ann TURPIN arrived in New Zealand on board the Bombay in 1865 with her husband William. Ann was 34 and her husband 36. Along with many of the other settlers from the Bombay, Ann and William settled in the district named after the ship they had come on. An early map shows William owned two sections, Lot 33 and Lot 36, on Portsmouth Road, Bombay. The Daily Southern Cross of 6 June 1874 brought a report of William’s untimely death the previous month from an accidental gunshot wound. He had gone out to shoot pheasants. When he did not respond to his wife’s calls to return for dinner she went to investigate and found him deceased. The 1893 and 1896 Waipa Electoral Roll shows Ann living at Bombay with her new husband Frederick TYLOR*. Ann had married again in 1876 at the age of 46. Frederick is recorded as owning Lots 33 and 37, Bombay and he gave his occupation as poundkeeper. Ann’s new husband had been appointed poundkeeper at Bombay in August 1879, taking over from Mr C Flay. Frederick held the position until July 1895 when he resigned, and Mr J Evans took over. Ann must have been well used to Frederick being involved in rounding up straying stock, sorting ownership disputes on impounded cattle or horses, following up payment of impoundment fees, arranging the sale of unclaimed impounded stock and all the many duties involved in keeping the local pound, as well as running the farm they owned. In a court case, on one occasion the defendants had wrongfully seized 16 milking cows from the plaintiff’s land in Pukekawa and driven them to the public pound at Bombay! A very brief notice in the Auckland Star of 2 August 1899 alerted readers to Ann’s death at the age of 69 Years. Ann was buried at St Peter’s in the Forest, Bombay, in an unmarked grave. Sources: 1893 Electoral Roll, NZ Historical BDM, Death Certificate 1899/3787, Papers Past, old Lot Map of Bombay, researched by Lynda Muir and Christine Madsen.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2963 Surname: UNSWORTH Given names: Margaret Residence: Tuakau Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Margaret UNSWORTH nee COCKER, born in Pilsworth, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England on 28 July 1854, married James William UNSWORTH on 18 February 1879 at Middleton, St Leonard, Lancashire. In 1881 Margaret and James can be found in Bury, Lancashire. James is a farmer, farming 3.5 acres and employing 3 labourers. They have a daughter Margaret aged one year. Two more children were born to Margaret before they decided to immigrate to New Zealand in 1887. The ship (possibly the Rimutaka) was bound for Wellington. It is difficult to know whether the family spent time in Wellington before settling on Lot 18 at Tuakau. Three more children were born in New Zealand bringing the family to six. Margaret died in 1914 aged 60 and is buried at Birkenhead/Glenfield Cemetery. Sources: Findmypast MyHeritage – family tree Billion Graves Family search Researcher Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3897 Surname: UPSON Given names: Teresa Residence: Waiuku Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Teresa/Theresa was born 12 December 1849 to George BREGMEN and Catherine SHEPPARD, in Titirangi, Auckland. Both her parents were from England but married in Australia before heading to New Zealand. She was from a large family of 13 children. Theresa married Charles UPSON on 28 January 1870 in Waiuku. Charles was born 25 May 1842 to John Upson and Mary Ann PIPE in Flinchley, Middlesex, England, and was from a family of five children. In 1872 Charles was a stockman for Mr Constable of Lamb Hill and Windsor Park, Waiuku. Lamb Hill was a large amount of land, coastal and rolling, with Karioitahi Beach Road as one of its boundaries. In 1882 he was appointed to the Waipipi Highway Board. Theresa and Charles had nine children – Arthur Charles 1870, Edith Elizabeth 1871, Herbert Henry 1876, George Edward 1877-1877 (3 weeks), Ernest Albert 1881, George Edwin 1882-1882 (5 months), James Walter 1883, Julia 1888-1888 (6 days), and Hazel Louisa Alberta 1890. There is a possibility of three other children – Selina 1874, Alice Maude 1879 and Kathleen Stapleford 1893. Sadly, Charles passed away 3 July 1894, aged 54. He was at the residence of his mother-in-law, Mrs Bregmen, in Waiuku. He had been unwell for several months and even with the best medical advice his condition deteriorated. This left Theresa with young children to care for alone. Theresa moved to Auckland not long after the death of Charles but then moved to the Egmont/New Plymouth region where three of her sons were farming – Herbert, James, and Ernest. She again moved, but this time to Auckland to share the home of her daughter Hazel. Hazel married Robert Roy Arthur MURPHY in 1918. Robert was a mill hand in Auckland, but they later moved to Rangataua in the Bay of Plenty. At that stage Theresa returned to the New Plymouth region where Arthur and Ernest, and their families, were still living. She passed away on 18 March 1933, aged 83, and was buried at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth. Sources: PapersPast – Thames Advertiser, Vol. XXVI, Issue 7859, 5 July 1894. Cemetery Records NZ BDM Historical Records Electoral Rolls Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3896 Surname: URQUHART Given names: Eleanor Sarah Residence: Karaka, Drury Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Eleanor Sarah Urquhart was born in Mhaw, India in 1832, the third child of George Urquhart (65th Bengal Native Infantry) and Cecilia Mary Urquhart. As a child Eleanor returned to England, then moved to Europe, where she had a tutor for her schooling. Later, the family lived in Nottinghill Gate, London and she attended St John’s Church of England. Eleanor’s older brother George, and two younger brothers Alexander and Arthur aged 28, 21 and 17 sailed for New Zealand on the SS William Watson in 1856, landing in New Plymouth. In the late 1850’s Eleanor’s older brother Henry went as an inspector of police to India and she accompanied him. In 1859 the 3 brothers travelled north to The Karaka, and their parents together with their daughter Cecilia, decided to set sail for New Zealand. They resided in Parnell before moving out to the newly built Kauri family homestead named “The Karaka Ghur”. It was built on 220 acres of land at the harbour end of what is now Urquhart Rd. On hearing of the tragic death of brother George and his new wife en-route to New Zealand from England on the SS London, wrecked in the Bay of Biscay in 1865, Eleanor and Henry journeyed to New Zealand to join the family at The Karaka Ghur. Here Eleanor, who remained a spinster, became the beloved housekeeper/homemaker and genteel friend of the wider Karaka/Mauku district. She often hosted Bishop Augustus SELWYN and young Bishop PATTERSON as they journeyed back to Auckland on horse-back, crossing from the Karaka Point to Weymouth. After her brother Alexander’s marriage to Mary Jane WORTHINGTON in 1883, who later moved to Kempfield 2 miles up the road with their 4 children, Eleanor remained at The Ghur looking after her 2 bachelor brothers until her death on 11 June 1898 aged 66. She is interred in plot 148 beside St Stephen’s Chapel, Judges Bay, Auckland alongside her parents. Source: Family history Contributed by Juliette Kemp (formerly URQUHART) "The Ghur" - painted by Alexander Urquhart St Stephen’s Chapel, Parnell, Auckland

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2966 Surname: URQUHART Given names: Mary Jane Residence: Karaka, Drury Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Mary Jane URQUHART (nee WORTHINGTON) was born in 1853 in Dublin, Ireland, to Richard Benson Worthington and Mary Jane Levers Worthington. Her father was a solicitor. They immigrated to New Zealand and lived in Drury and Taupiri. Their names along with her brother Private William Worthington, who was killed in the Maori wars on 23 October 1863 at the Battle of Titi Hill, Mauku, are recorded on a memorial erected in 1927 in the lower Mauku cemetery off the Glenbrook Road entitled “Maori War and Pioneer Cemetery”. Mary Jane married Alexander Vesey Urquhart (of the Karaka Ghur, and born in England in 1835 having emigrated with two older brothers in 1857 on the SS William Watson) on 28 February 1884 in Taupiri, at the age of 31. She was 18 years younger than her husband. They lived in a small cottage in the Urquhart homestead garden until an addition was built on the main house. They had four children: Alexander (Dick) in 1884, Cecil in 1886, after which Mary Jane became very unwell and recuperated in Auckland for many months, Gwendoline, a much beloved daughter, in 1888 and Eugene Augustus (Gus) in 1891. In 1894 the family purchased land 2 miles inland near Number 1 School. This block was later to be called Noaksland after the Urquhart residence, Noakes Place in Essex, England. At first, they lived in Kempsfield built by John GLASSON, then in 1914 in a kauri house still occupied today (2018). Alexander died in 1900 aged 65. Mary Jane looked after her brother in law, Arthur, from 1914-16. Her daughter Gwendoline never married and lived with her mother at Noaksland. In 1920 her youngest son Gus purchased the first car on the Karaka, a Dodge, and loved to take the ladies for a drive. Mary Jane had four grandchildren living close by before she died in 1932. She is buried alongside her husband at St Bride’s Church. Source: Family history Compiled by: Juliette Kemp (formerly URQUHART)

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2970 Surname: USHER Given names: Annie Residence: Pukekohe Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential Annie USHER was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on 23 November 1870. Her parents had married in Wales in 1862 and left England on the Melmerby on 12 May 1865 arriving in Merton Bay, Australia on 11 September after a terrifying voyage. The main masthead broke then they encountered a violent hurricane storm, however the ship survived as did the passengers. Annie was the third of seven children – the first five were born in Australia and the last two in New Zealand in 1879 and 1881. The family first lived at Kawakawa, Bay of Islands then settled in Pukekohe in the early 1880s, residing in a property in King Street that is now at the top of the main street. The family were involved in the community, particularly in the affairs of the Methodist Church. On 26 September 1900, Annie married John PATTERSON, a stationer, with a business in the main street of Pukekohe. (The Ushers lived on the left in the photo below and Patterson Stationery would have been on the right.) The couple had two children: Wilfred Gray Patterson (1901 – 1982) who married Doris Mable Florence VEALE in 1927 and carried on the stationery business in Pukekohe after his father’s death in 1955 Allan John Patterson (1905-1973), a hotel proprietor in Hastings. Annie died in 1950 and John died on 12 April 1955. They are buried in Pukekohe Cemetery but do not have a headstone. King Street, Pukekohe about 1900 – the time of Annie’s marriage to John Patterson. (photo – nzetc.victoria.ac.nz) Sources: BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Usher Family Tree – Ancestry – Mark Usher; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2971 Surname: USHER Given names: Elizabeth Residence: Pukekohe Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential Elizabeth PARROTT was born in 1843 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England and married Thomas Gray USHER on 2 August 1862 in Glamorgan, Wales. (Note: this information has come from a family tree on My Heritage and has not been able to be verified, although the 1862 marriage below, was found under the name of Thomas GRAY.) Elizabeth and Thomas left England on 12 May 1865 and arrived in Queensland, Australia on 11 September 1865 aboard the Melmerby. This was to be quite a voyage as the main masthead broke and the ship was buffeted by violent hurricane winds. The Brisbane Courier 11 September 1865, reported that the ship was bringing a hardy race of emigrants, consisting mainly of navvies, to work on the railways being constructed in Queensland. Their first child Mary Elizabeth Usher was born in Rockhampton, Queensland in February 1866. The next four children were born in various parts of New South Wales, Australia and there is a report of Thomas, a miner, being badly hurt in a fall of coal at the Warataha Mine in the Newcastle Chronicle, 18 March 1873. The youngest two children, William and Winifred were born in New Zealand in 1879 and 1881, making seven children in total. Thomas and Elizabeth lived in Pukekohe where for some years he was a butcher at the Pukekohe Temperance Dining Rooms. From 1911 to 1919 their address in the electoral rolls was given as King St, Pukekohe. The 1928 Electoral Roll records Elizabeth living at 7 East St, Eden, Auckland with her daughters Mary and Agnes. Thomas died on 19 October 1920 and Elizabeth on 19 September 1932. They are buried at Pukekohe Cemetery with their second son Gibson who died in 1912 age 35. Sources: paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM www.dia.govt.nz; Family tree – My Heritage, Brent Usher, Family Tree – Ancestry, Mark Usher; Probate www.familysearch.org Researcher: Heather Maloney