NZSG Franklin: Suffrage 125 Vol1 2018 original

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3120 Surname: CRAIG
Given names: Mary
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

Mary KING was born in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1843, the daughter of William King
and Rebecca CROOKS. She married Robert CRAIG on 2 August 1864. Just a few weeks later, on 10
September 1864, Robert (1835 – 1875), Mary and her 16 year old brother, John King left Glasgow
on board the Helenslee, bound for a better life in New Zealand with the promise of granted land.

They settled at Pokeno and a family of 6 children were born, although the youngest child Robert
died aged two, just after the death of his father. Life would have been tough for Mary with six
children under ten when her husband Robert died on 29 September 1875. He is buried in the Old
Soldiers cemetery in Pokeno.

Mary stayed on in Pokeno but is on the 1914 electoral roll in Beresford St, Pukekohe with her oldest
daughter Agnes, spinster. She remained there until her death on 25 February 1920, aged 76.

She is buried at the Pukekohe cemetery.

Sources:

Clarkson Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
Passenger list – Auckland Libraries

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3408 Surname: CRANSTON
Given names: Frances
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Frances Ann, or Fanny as she was commonly known was born on 22 December 1848 in County
Monaghan. She was the daughter of William Henry and Helen REYNOLDS. She came to New Zealand
on the ship Ganges.

She married Arthur CRANSTON on 27 March 1867 at the age of 19. The witnesses to the wedding
which took place at her father’s residence were James GRAHAM and John CATHCART who were both
listed as Settlers from Pukekohe. Arthur was a fellow Ganges passenger who was born in County
Fermanagh around 1844 and was an Agricultural Labourer. Shortly after his arrival at Auckland Arthur,
like many others, tried his luck on the Thames goldfields. From there it seems that he came back to
Pukekohe, got married and for several years he was employed as the representative of Messrs Alfred
Buckland and Sons. Around the turn of the century they shifted to the Waikato and settled at
Newstead and later on at Matangi. They had nine children Margaret Ellen; Mary Jane; Jack; Catherine;
Frances Ann Matilda; Phoebe; William Henry; Arthur and Robert.

Arthur died on 14 June 1926 aged 83 and Fanny passed away in Hamilton on 17 April 1930 and they
are interred in the Hamilton East Cemetery. At the time of their deaths Arthur and Fanny were
survived by four sons and four daughters.

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Sources:
Papers Past- paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Researcher: Ross Miller

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4004 Surname: CRANSTON
Given names: Margaret Address: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Margaret was born Margaret Ellen CRANSTON, on 17 November 1870. She was the eldest child of
Arthur CRANSTON (1845-1926) and Fanny REYNOLDS (1848-1930) who had both arrived as single
people with their families on the Ganges, as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme, arriving in
Auckland on 14 February 1865. They had married on 27 March 1867 in Pukekohe.

Margaret had four brothers and four sisters and they were educated at Pukekohe School, all
attending for at least some years.

In 1893 she married Samuel FULLERTON, a farmer, and they soon settled in the Waikato, first at
Whatawhata, then for the rest of their lives at Te Kowhai. This is where they raised their large family
of twelve - eight daughters and four sons. Four of those children lived to over 90 with one reaching
101. Longevity must have been in their blood as their Aunt Mary, sister to their mother Margaret,
reached 102 years.

Samuel died in 1926 aged 80 and Margaret died 1 October 1931, age 60. They are buried together
at the Hamilton East cemetery but do not appear to have a headstone.

Sources:
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Shipping lists – Auckland Libraries
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3409 Surname: CRANSTON
Given names: Mary Jane
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Mary Jane CRANSTON was born on the 9 August 1872. She was the daughter and second child of
Arthur Cranston and Frances (Fanny) REYNOLDS who had both come to New Zealand with their
families on the Ganges, arriving in Auckland on 22 February 1865.

Mary had four sisters and four brothers and they were educated at Pukekohe School – Mary
attending from 1880 to 1887.

In 1911 Mary was the only Cranston on the electoral roll in Franklin and in 1914 and 1919 electoral
rolls she is living at Matangi, her occupation given as lady help. Between 1928 and 1946 Margaret
had lived at five different addresses but settled at 8 Station Road, Hamilton for a long period in
1946.

She died on 30 May 1975 after reaching the amazing age of 102. She is buried in the Hamilton Park
cemetery with a simple headstone which reads -

A view of Hamilton Park cemetery

Sources:

NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Waikato Immigration shipping lists – Auckland
Libraries; Cemetery photo – Hamilton City Council

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0668 Surname: CRAWFORD
Given names: Elizabeth
Occupation: household duties Address: Puni

Qualification: residential

Elizabeth CRAWFORD was born in New Zealand in 1871. She was the daughter of John (1831-1912)
and Martha (1827-1905) who arrived in NZ on the Royal Stuart on 26 January 1864, bringing three
children with them – Letitia Ann, Joseph Irvin and John. They had a further three children – William
James, Matthew and Elizabeth after arriving here, making Elizabeth the youngest of the family.

Elizabeth was born in 1871, making her eligible to vote in 1893, so she was almost certainly the
Elizabeth Crawford, spinster, living in Puni at that time.

Her father, a farmer from Epsom, said to have come from Northern Ireland, died in 1912, leaving a
substantial estate and a monetary sum for his daughters.

Elizabeth married David HASTIE, a farmer, of Mangere in 1900.

They had a family of six – four sons and two daughters with Catherine dying age nine. In David
Hastie’s obituary it said they had farmed at Mauku, Clevedon and then settled at West Mangere and
were involved with the Presbyterian Church.

David died in 1940 and Elizabeth died on 15 August 1946. They are buried at the Presbyterian
Church Cemetery in Papatoetoe, Auckland with a son and daughter.

Sources:

Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Probate records – www.familysearch.org; NZ electoral rolls –
ancestry.co.uk; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Cemetery transcription records – NZ Society of Genealogists;

Researcher: Judith Batt

Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0699 Surname: CRAWFORD
Given names: Elizabeth Anne
Occupation: domestic duties Address: West Mauku

Qualification: residential

Little is known about Elizabeth Anne CRAWFORD before her voyage on the Belgravia that arrived in
Auckland, May 1865 from London. On board were her husband John and daughter Alice who would
have been about 12. (Daily Southern Cross, 11 May 1865)

From an obituary for Alice, it appears that the Crawfords lived in Auckland for a short time before
moving to Mauku.(NZ Herald 15 July 1929 – Obit for Alice Hogwood)

From Elizabeth’s will it is confirmed that she had a son William Rowan Crawford (1843 – 1923) who
is buried with her daughter Alice Sarah Anna Amelia HOGWOOD. Alice married Arthur Hogwood in
1892 and shortly after took over the Crawford property ‘Glen Fern’ in Union Road, Mauku.

Elizabeth was much younger than her husband John who died 25 April 1896, aged 91. She died on 17
September 1899, aged 79 and is buried with John at St Bride’s Church Cemetery.

The Crawford Homestead ‘Glen Fern’ Union Road, Mauku

Sources:
Old newspapers: paperspast.natlib;govt.nz; Probate –
www.familysearch.com; Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG;
Homestead photo – http://teara.govt.nz
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3410 Surname: CRAWFORD
Given names: Sarah
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Patumahoe

Qualification: residential

In 1864 Sarah CRAWFORD and her husband, On docking in Auckland, the immigrants
Samuel, were selected under the Waikato discovered they were arriving to the aftermath
Immigration Scheme to emigrate with their of war with Waikato Maori. The promised
family from Northern Ireland to New Zealand. allotments of land in Patumahoe were not yet
available and, instead of a government
There was only one catch. The rules allowed advance of £15 to build their houses, they were
no more than two children under the age of given 10 days’ rations and left to find building
twelve to accompany their parents on the materials from the bush. Most erected a dirt
voyage. The Crawfords circumvented this floor whare made of ponga trunks and
obstacle by enlisting the help of a childless thatched with raupo or nikau fronds.
couple, Mary Ann and Richard McCRISTEL.
Consequently, the passenger list for the A year after their arrival Sarah gave birth to a
Dauntless incorrectly records the Crawfords as son but he died at the age of 3. Another son,
having only two children, Samuel and Sarah also called William, was born the following
Junior, while their other daughters, Anna and year. Her husband died a few years later
Maggie, are listed as part of the McCristel (1875) aged only forty six. Making ends meet
family. must have been difficult for the young widow.

The voyage which began from Kingstown in When her time came, Sarah was buried (1908)
Dublin on New Year’s Eve 1864 was particularly with Samuel and young William Henry at St
harrowing; a long 135 days at sea with Brides, the site of the fortified church which
conditions so bad that 20 people died on had provided protection to the Mauku
board. Tensions over provisions and Volunteer Rifles and the guerrilla styled Forest
accommodation grew until some of the sailors, Rangers during earlier hostilities.
supported by a number of passengers,
threatened to mutiny. Captain MOORE put the
ringleaders into irons and armed his officers for
the rest of the journey.

Sources:
BDM NZ
Patumahoe: History & Memories
John Wilson, ‘The Voyage Out”, Te Ara
– the Encyclopedia of NZ
Researcher: Wendy Clark

Sketch by Captain Norbury of St Brides Church with fortifications and tents, 1863.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3411 Surname: CRAWFORD
Given names: Sarah junr.
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Patumahoe

Qualification: residential

Sarah CRAWFORD (junior) left Ireland on the In 1870 the school came under the control of
Dauntless with three siblings and her parents, the provincial council and the fee halved to
Sarah and Samuel. It was Christmas, 1864 and sixpence.
young Sarah was about five. The voyage
proved arduous with sweltering conditions in An Inspector’s report in July noted the
the tropics interspersed with gales. Living children’s knowledge of Comprehension,
quarters were cramped and the food Arithmetic and Geography were deficient, with
monotonous, a trial for those suffering from their Grammar and English History faring not
seasickness. 20 people did not survive the much better. He also noted the building lacked
journey. a fireplace and a lavatory. However, eighteen
months later, a report in the NZ Herald said the
Many of the disembarking passengers headed School Inspector was now “well satisfied with
for Patumahoe where the family lived for a progress.”
year in a dirt floor raupo hut with partitions
made of sacks; cosy with a fire in winter, By 1872 Sarah was twelve and her education
according to some. probably considered complete. Like most girls
her age, she would have been expected to
Formal education began in 1866 at 77 Mauku contribute to the family’s survival. Her father’s
Rd in the Presbyterian Church. Thirty children early death when she was only fifteen would
from Mauku and Patumahoe attended at a have made that even more imperative.
cost of one shilling a week, quite a sum for
many families. Sarah’s first teachers would Sarah featured on the 1893 electoral roll along
have been Mr McKEE (1866) and Mr with her mother. She was 36 at this time and
LAUGHTON(1870). unmarried. Therefore, we can assume the
headstone in St Brides, of a Sarah Crawford
who died in 1934, belongs to her.

Sources:
Patumahoe: History & Memories
(photo also)
BDM NZ
St Brides Cemetery, Mauku
John Wilson- ‘The Voyage Out’, Te
Ara- the Encyclopedia of NZ

Researcher: Wendy Clark

Raupo hut

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0701 Surname: CRISPE
Given names: Bessie Allen
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Mauku

Qualification: residential

Bessie Allen CRISPE b.1847 Dublin, the
youngest child of John and Anna Maria Sophia
MELLSOP (nee SPEEDY) arrived in NZ aboard
the Carnatic on 27 December 1855 with her
mother and four siblings.
After a short stay in Auckland with her cousin,
James BAYLIS, the family moved to Mauku to
cousin James SPEEDY, awaiting the arrival of
her father in 1856. In the meantime her mother
found work for the boys and a position of
governess for Anna in Auckland then Otawhao
(later Te Awamutu) with the Rev MORGAN.
Nine year old Bessie accompanied Anna and,
along with Maoris as porters, made their way to
Otawhao. Bessie spent the years 1856-1860 at
the school. On returning to Mauku she joined
her Speedy cousins who had a tutor to finish
her education.

Bessie Allen Crispe (nee Mellsop)1849-1924 Bessie married her cousin, Heywood CRISPE
son of Joseph and Jane Crispe (nee HEYWOOD)
Waikato. on 14 May 1874 at St Bride’s, Mauku. The
witnesses were Bessie’s brother, James
Mellsop, and cousin, Frances Eliza Baylis. Their
honeymoon was spent at a boarding house at Port

Bessie was a great scribe writing regularly for the New Zealand Herald (Southern Cross paper), The
North Shore Times, Franklin Times and Waiuku News. She was very interested in early history
particularly of the Franklin District. Of particular interest to the family were a series of articles she
wrote in late 1912 early 1913 entitled “Fifty years ago, some early recollections”.

Bessie spent her married life in Mauku where her husband was farming and a short time at Clevedon
with her youngest son, Colin. They had four sons: Heywood, Leslie, Clarence and Colin. Bessie survived
Heywood by 14 years. She died on 22 February 1924 and is buried in St Bride’s Churchyard, Mauku
alongside her husband.

Sources:
www.dia.govt.nz
The Mellsop family book
Crispe family scrap book

Researcher: Rosalie-Ann Nicholson

Electoral Roll: Waipa 0549 Surname: CROSBIE
Given names: Agnes
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

Agnes COCHRANE set sail from London in August 1863 on the sailing ship Green Jacket. She
appeared to be travelling alone and 121 days later arrived in Auckland on 13 December 1863. It had
been a harrowing trip with 151 passengers in a small ship, hit by a hurricane on November 14th
which carried away every stitch of canvas that was set, 1700 yards being lost. Also on board were
Thomas and William CROSBIE. It is not known whether they knew each other before the voyage but
in 1865 Agnes married William.

Agnes and William went to Queen’s Redoubt in Pokeno about 1868 with one baby and another six
children were to be born in Pokeno – a family of six daughters and one son.

After a few years at the Redoubt they moved to Pokeno Hill, Razorback where William continued his
trade as a butcher, also operating a slaughter house. Their land holdings were described on the
early electoral rolls as being Suburbs Of Pokeno Lots 1, 121, 137 and part 136, east of Great South
Road.

Agnes died on 6 November 1897. William remarried to Elizabeth CLEMENTS, a widow, but died a
year later in 1900. Agnes and William are buried together in Pokeno cemetery.

Sources: Newspapers – paperpast.natlib.govt.nz; NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk; Headstone photo –

Waikato District Council; Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 0550 Surname: CROSBIE
Given names: Agnes Jnr
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

Agnes CROSBIE Jnr was born in Pokeno in 1872. She was the fourth child of William Crosbie (1842-
1900) and Agnes COCHRANE (1843-1897) who had travelled seperately on the same ship, the Green
Jacket from London to Auckland, arriving on 13 Dec 1863. They were married in 1865 and settled
first at Queen’s Redoubt, Pokeno then at the Razorback, Pokeno Hill where William continued his
trade as a butcher, also operating a slaughterhouse.

Agnes had five sisters and one brother . She married Joseph LOGAN in January 1896.

Agnes and Joseph had three sons – 1897 Arnold (Jack) Crosbie, 1898 Leonard Norman and 1909
Joseph Alexander.

They lived at Onewhero where Joseph farmed for over 20 years before retiring to Dominion Road,
Tuakau. After Joseph’s death in 1944, Agnes moved to Park Avenue, Tuakau and on the 1957
electoral roll, shortly before her death on 6 Dec 1957, she is living at Pukekawa.

She was on electoral rolls for an amazing 64 years.

Sources:
Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz;
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
Headstone photo – Waikato District Council

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3418 Surname: CURRIE
Given names: Catherine
Occupation: housekeeper Address: Waiuku

Qualification: residential

Catherine 3 daughters married at Waiuku’s Holy Trinity
Church, the eldest remained single and lived
WATSON was the with her parents. [2] [24]

eldest daughter At the age 72 years Catherine passed away at
her home on 16 March 1902 of heart failure
of Mary following a haemorrhage and was laid to rest
at Waiuku Cemetery. She was reunited with
NICHOLLS and her husband William in 1907. [1] [25] [26]

engineer James

WATSON. [1] [2]

She was baptised

at St Matthews

Walsall,

Staffordshire, Researched by Catherine CURRIE using the following sources:
[1] CURRIE Catherine 1902/2654 Death Internal Affairs New
England on 14 Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
[2] The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1902, Christchurch, The
Catherine CURRIE c1902. Image June 1829. [3] Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 2 Auckland Provincial District
source: Catherine CURRIE p684
One of at least 7 [3] England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Family Search
FHL microfilm 497,336, 497,337, 497,338, 497,339, 497,340.
siblings, [4] [4] CURRIE Spencer WATSON family photo
[5] CURRIE Lawrence Letter to Stanley CURRIE 9/5/1960
Catherine’s mother passed away when she [6] Pars about People, Observer, 19 January 1907
[7] CURRIE Lawrence letter to Stanley CURRIE 29-3-1960
was a young girl and her father remarried. [5] [8] CURRIE William WATSON Catherine Marriage Volume VB 29
36B NSW Dept. Justice registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Catherine met Captain William CURRIE at St [9] The Sydney Morning Herald January 1850
Andrews Church Cumberland, Sydney, New [10] The Sydney Shipping and General Trade List 1850
South Wales, Australia and the couple were [11] Certificate of British Ship Registry
married there on 13 January 1850. [7] [8] [9] [12] SHIPPING LIST, Daily Southern Cross, 15 March 1850
Five days after their nuptials Mr and Mrs [13] The Sydney Morning Herald Dec 17 1850
CURRIE sailed for Auckland New Zealand with [14] SHIPPING LIST, Daily Southern Cross, 17 January 1851
passengers and cargo aboard the 75-ton [15] Hotel License Archives New Zealand Ref BADW A130/12
clipper ‘William and James’ part owned and 1852
commanded by her husband. [11] [12] [13] And [16] HEDLEY Philippa, The True Life Story of the MACKIE Family
from Auckland they embarked with cargo to [17] Deeds Book 7d 98 8967 Archives New Zealand Auckland
San Francisco. [14] Returning via Tahiti to [18] Auckland Highway Assessment Rolls Waiuku 1867, 1868,
Sydney on 15 December 1850. [13] A month 1869
later they came to Auckland by the Maukin [14] [19] Land Information New Zealand Plan R2144 Dec 1959
where they ran a grocery business before [20 Births: Citing 1851/1974 CURRIE James, 1861/6500 CURRIE
William obtained a licence for the Aurora hotel Edward, 1871/17420 CURRIE Jane, 1869/15411 CURRIE
the following year. [7] [15] Annie,1867/15450 CURRIE Samuel Decimus,1866/11574
CURRIE Herbert, 1865/9523 CURRIE Isabella, 1854/1668
The hotel was disposed of in 1856 [17] and CURRIE William, 1856/2203 CURRIE Catherine, 1856/2206
Catherine and William went to Waiuku where CURRIE Mary Helen, 1857/3728 CURRIE Henry, 1859/4452
they lived at Forest Farm on the corner of Hull CURRIE George, 1863/8387 CURRIE Herbert, 1862/7444 CURRIE
and Bright roads. [2] [18] [19] Mary Helen Internal Affairs New Zealand Births Deaths and
Marriages
Catherine gave birth to 14 children, 3 died due [21] Deaths: 1848/5582 CURRIE Mary Helen 26D, 1864/9780
to illness in infancy, [21] [22] 7 boys and 4 girls CURRIE Herbert 3M, 1873/10520 CURRIE Jane 2Y Internal
were raised to adulthood. Her 2 youngest sons Affairs New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
who had both given voluntary service to the [22] CURRIE George Military Personnel File Archives New
Waiuku Volunteers, served in the South African Zealand Ref R20519595 AABK 18805 W5515 14 / 0001327
War. [22] [23] [23] CURRIE Samuel Decimus Military Personnel File Archives
New Zealand ref R20524583 AABK 18805 W5515 68 / 006277
[24] Marriage THORPE CURRIE New Zealand Herald 27 Nov
1896, Marriage LANG CURRIE New Zealand Herald 22 July 1892,
Marriage KNIGHT CURRIE New Zealand Herald 27 January 1890
[25] Auckland Star 04 04 1902
[26] CURRIE William death 1907/244 Internal Affairs New
Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3419 Surname: CURRIE
Given names: Catherine junr.
Occupation: household duties Address: Waiuku

Kate CURRIE stands in the doorway of her Waiuku family Qualification: residential
home alongside family. Image source: Spencer CURRIE
THORPE in Princess St Ngaruawahia where she
On New Year’s Day 1856 twin daughters spent the remainder of her life. [17] [18]
Catherine and Mary Helen were born to Kate had been severely ill with stomach cancer
William and Catherine CURRIE of the Aurora for 7 months before she passed away in her
Hotel in Victoria St, Auckland city. [1] Mary 65th year at home on 11 February 1920 with
Helen became ill and passed away just 26 days her family at her side. [10] [19] [20]
later due to inflammation of the bowel. [2]
Kate was laid to her final rest at Ngaruawahia
The surviving twin Catherine was to be called Old Cemetery. Bella Thorpe passed away 2
Kate. It is interesting to note that Kate was the days after the 21st anniversary of Kate’s
name of the schooner that her father William passing and rests alongside her dear sister. [20]
sailed on from Sydney to the Bay of Islands in [21]
1840 [3] [4]
Researched by Catherine CURRIE using the following
By 1857 Kate’s family had settled in Waiuku sources:
where Kate grew up on Forest Farm located on [1] KENDALL Shirley, Early Auckland Births
the corner of Hull and Bright Rds. [5] [6] The [2] CURRIE Mary Helen Death 1848/5582 Internal Affairs
eldest daughter of 11 children, she remained New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
single [3] [6] and was dedicated to her family. [3] The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1902,
[7] [8] [9] Christchurch, The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 2
Auckland Provincial District p684
In 1902 Kate’s mother passed away after a [4] New Zealand Herald 19070110.2.104
short illness and on the day of her 51st [5] Land Information New Zealand Plan R2144 Dec 1959
birthday she lost her father. [13] Kate received [6] Auckland Highway Assessment Rolls Waiuku 1867,
a bequest of £1024 from the sale of the farm 1868, 1869
after his death [14] and she remained in [7] CURRIE Lawrence, Letter from Lawrence CURRIE to
Waiuku for a short time living with her brother Mrs BRUCE 16/03/1960
George and his 2nd wife Flo. [11] [12] [8] HEDLEY Philippa, The True Life Story of the MACKIE
Family
Later in her life Kate had both of her feet [9] CURRIE Lawrence, Letter from Lawrence CURRIE to
amputated. She was admitted to Auckland Mrs BRUCE 24/03/1960
hospital in January 1908 where she underwent [10] CURRIE Catherine probate Archives New Zealand ref
45 days of treatment for necrosis of the tibia. BCDG A973 4420 R6872407 59 1236
[15] [16] Around this time Kate went to live [11] New Zealand Electoral Rolls Franklin 1893, 1896,
with her sister Bella and her husband Bertie 1897, 1899, 1900, 1903,1905, 1908
[12] PIESSE Evie, Evie’s Story The Life of Eveleen Elvira
PIESSE nee CURRIE
[13] CURRIE Catherine death 1902/2654, CURRIE William
death 1907/244 Internal Affairs New Zealand Births
Deaths and Marriages
[14] CURRIE William Probate Archives New Zealand ref
BBAE A48 1569 199 6083
[15] CURRIE Bruce oral history 2004
[16] Auckland Hospital Admissions Archives New
Zealand Auckland ref YCAB A5391 pg192
[17] The Waiuku News 13 02 1920
[18] New Zealand Electoral Rolls Raglan 1911, 1914,
1919
[19] Death Notice New Zealand Herald 13 02 1920
[20] CURRIE Catherine Death 1920/8804 Internal Affairs
New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
[21] Waikato District Council Cemeteries Database

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3420 Surname: CURRIE
Given names: Isabella
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Waiuku

Isabella CURRIE. Qualification: residential
Image source: Spencer CURRIE
stayed for a short time with a brother and then
William and Catherine CURRIE welcomed their came to live with Bella and Bertie until the end
8th child into the family on April 5th 1865. of her days. [4] [15] [16]
Isabella CURRIE was born at Waiuku where she
grew up in a farming environment as part of a Later in her life Bella was afflicted with
family of 11 children. She was known as Bella. diabetes and suffered with chronic nephritis
[1] [2] [4] [3] [4] for 7 years prior to her death. She was aged 75
years when she passed away of heart and
The last of the CURRIE girls to be married at the respiratory failure due to uraemia at her
Waiuku Holy Trinity Church, [5] Bella and Ngaruawahia home on February 13th 1941, 2
Herbert Mathias THORPE took their marriage days after the 21st anniversary of the death of
vows on October 26th 1896. [6][7] Bertie was her dear sister Kate. [17] [18] [19] She was
a creamery manager said to be an English interred next to Kate at Ngaruawahia old
gentleman who came to New Zealand to learn Cemetery. Her beloved Bertie passed away 10
farming. [7] [4] years later and rests at her side. “In God’s
Keeping” [20]
Bella and Bertie lived at Waiuku, Paterangi
north west of Te Awamutu, and by 1905 they Researched by Catherine CURRIE using the following sources:
had moved to Ngaruawahia where they settled [1] CURRIE Isabella birth 1865/9523 1865 Internal Affairs New
in Princess St. [4] [8] Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
[2] New Zealand Electoral Roll Franklin 1893
Together Bella and Bertie raised a family of 2 [3] The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1902, Christchurch, The
boys. They also took in 2 of Bella’s young nieces Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 2
who grew up alongside their own children as [4] Evie PIESSE, Evie’s Story The Life of Eveleen Elvira PIESSE
part of the Thorpe family for around 8 years, nee CURRIE
and fondly remember Bella as seldom [5] Marriage LANG CURRIE New Zealand Herald 22 July 1892,
physically affectionate yet kind. [9] [10] [4] Marriage KNIGHT CURRIE New Zealand Herald 27 January 1890
[6] Marriage THORPE CURRIE New Zealand Herald 27 Nov 1896
Bella’s mother passed away in 1902 and was [7] Intention to Marry 1896 Waiuku Museum
laid to rest in Waiuku cemetery [11] She was [8] New Zealand Electoral Rolls Waikato 1900, 1905, Raglan
joined by her father in 1907 [12]. The farm on 1911, 1914, 1919, 1928, 1935
which Bella grew up was sold as part of her [9] THORPE Herbert Godfrey citing birth 1898/13865 Internal
father’s estate, of which Bella and her siblings Affairs New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
were beneficiaries [13] [14]. Her maiden sister [10] THORPE Wilfred citing birth 1902/13369 Internal Affairs
Kate who had been living with her parents New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
[11] CURRIE Catherine death 1902/2654 Internal affairs New
Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
[12] CURRIE William death 1907/244 Internal Affairs New
Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
[13] Conveyance 7 Nov 1907 186935 deeds book R139 p334
Archives New Zealand
[14] CURRIE William Probate Archives New Zealand ref BBAE
A48 1569 199 6083
[15] The Waiuku News 13 02 1920
[16] New Zealand Electoral Rolls Raglan 1911, 1914, 1919
[17] New Zealand Herald 14 Feb 1941 – Death THORPE Isabella
[18] THORPE Isabella death 1941/16115 Internal Affairs New
Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
[19] CURRIE Catherine death 1920/8804 Internal Affairs New
Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages
[20] Waikato District Council Cemeteries Database

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0715 Surname: DALE
Given names: Grace
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe West

Qualification: residential

Grace DALE was born Grace BOASE in Zennor, Cornwall, England in 1859.

Grace (aged 19) arrived in Timaru, New Zealand on the vessel Waikato on 18 January 1879 with her
parents William and Mary Jane Boase and six siblings. On 26 July 1883 in Timaru she married
Richard DALE (1857-1947) who had also arrived from Cornwall in January 1879 on the vessel
Hereford.

They settled in Pukekohe, Richard as a farmer, and together they had eight children - 5 boys and 3
girls.

Two of her sons, William and Charlie served overseas in WW1.

William Dale (1884- 1958) John Dale (1893-1976) - married Violet
WATSON 1916
Bertie Dale (1886-1931) – married Alice Lucy
ADAMS 1919 Josephine Dale (1895-1982) - married Walter
PLEYDELL 1926
Richard Henry Dale (1888-1965) - married
Mary APPLEBY 1913 Charlie Dale (1897-1975)

Alice Curnow Dale (1890-1931) - married Evelyn Selena Grace (1899-1989) - married
Adam NICHOL 1927 John APPLEBY 1926.

Grace died on 17 March 1910 aged 48 and is buried at Pukekohe
Cemetery.

Sources
BDM –www.bdm.dia.govt.nz
Cenotaph.Auckland Museum
Archway.archives nz
Paperspast.natlib

Researcher: Helen Gray

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0722 Surname: DALTON
Given names: Hannah
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe West

Qualification: residential

Hannah was born Hannah ROGERS in 1833 in Lisburn, Antrim,
Ireland. She married David DALTON (1838-1916) on 4 December
1860 in Lisburn, Ireland.

Hannah and David arrived in New Zealand as assisted Irish
immigrants in February of 1865, after enduring an extremely harsh
voyage aboard the ill-fated ship Ganges.
Even though many perished on the "Death Ship" their eldest
daughter Mary Ellen Dalton was born in the vicinity of the Three
Kings and at the time of the ship's berthing at Onehunga was three
weeks old.
Hannah and David settled in Pukekohe. In 1869 David Dalton
owned land in Pukekohe Lot 3, consisting of 20 acres.
They had 7 children-4 girls and 3 boys.
David died in March 1915. Hannah died in Auckland at her
daughter's residence on 6 February 1934.

Sources:
The Forgotten Settlers Pukekohe 1850-1950 -Heather A.
Walden
BDM -www.dia.govt.nz
My Heritage Berryman Family Tree
Papers past

Researcher: Helen Gray

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0731 Surname: DARLINGTON
Given names: Margaret
Occupation: housekeeper Address: Puni

Qualification: residential

John DARLINGTON, aged 23 and Ellen aged 21 arrived on the Eveline in 1865. They had at least two
children – William Charles born 1866, who was named in his father’s will and Sarah Jane (Jeannie)
born 1868 and who married Henry KERR in 1897. Ellen Darlington died in 1868, aged 24, probably in
childbirth.

None of this explains who “Margaret Darlington of Puni” might be.

However, when John Darlington wrote his will in 1903 he left his estate to “my housekeeper
Margaret Meek (or Thomas)”.

John Darlington died in 1903 and is buried in Pukekohe cemetery –his headstone simply says John
Darlington. There is no record of any Margaret Darlington marrying or dying after 1893 so we can
assume that Margaret was John Darlington’s common-law wife.

After John’s death she is recorded on the electoral roll in 1905/06 at Puni and 1911 to 1919 at three
different addresses in Auckland, as Margaret Darlington, widow.

A Margaret Meek (1845 – 1926) died in Auckland and is buried in Hillsborough cemetery.

Logically, if Margaret Meek was 81 when she died in 1926 she should have either recently arrived in
NZ or been on an earlier electoral roll. No evidence of this has been found. With Margaret’s use of
an assumed name, tracing her past becomes very much more difficult – it may take her own family
researching from the other direction to finally identify her.

Sources:NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Auckland Council cemetery records
Probate records: www.familysearch.org

Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3428 Surname: DAVY
Given names: Minnie
Occupation: household duties Address: Buckland

Qualification: residential

Mary Ursula (Minnie) BILKEY, the daughter of Robert
Bilkey (1821-1910) and Jenefer(Jane) EDWARDS (1817-
1911) was born in Cornwall, England and was two years
old when she embarked on the Bombay with her family
for the voyage to New Zealand. She was one of seven
children in the family.

On arrival in Auckland, the family lived in Onehunga
before moving to Pukekohe.

Minnie married William Vinicombe DAVY in 1886 and
made her home on the farm in the Buckland district. All
her life she was an ardent worker for the Church of
England and for many years was both the organist and
Sunday School teacher. During her early marriage she
would walk about 4 miles to church and then home again
for both services. She worked unceasingly to raise funds
to build a church at Buckland and was accorded the
honour of laying the foundation stone for St Paul’s Church on 13 October 1899.

With her gift for music, Minnie was in great demand for all the dances in the district. During
wartime she worked untiringly for the Women’s Patriotic League for which her daughter was Branch
Secretary.

Minnie and William had 3 children. Their first son Edmund Bromley, born 1887, was killed in action,
October 1917 in France, their second son, William Henry, born 1889, was a doctor who also served
in WW1 and lived in South Africa, and their daughter Mabel Jane Douglas, born in 1892, married
Amos Smith.

The Davys retired to Tauranga in 1919 to be near their daughter and Minnie spent her last days living
with her. William died in 1936 and Minnie in 1938 and they are buried together at Tauranga
Cemetery.

Sources:
Taken almost entirely from a very long obituary in the Bay of Plenty
Times, 6 August 1938 – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.

Photo: Martinovich family Tree – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 0629 Surname: DEAN
Given names: Catherine
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

Catherine was born Catherine WELSH, the daughter of James Welsh and Mary HASTIE, in
Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1843.

Catherine married William DEAN in 1861 and made the decision to go to New Zealand with other
members of the Dean family in 1864. For some unknown reason William sailed on the Helenslee,
departing on 10 September 1864 and Catherine followed a week later on the Matoaka with their
two children, William Hastie Dean, aged 3 and Jane Hastie Dean aged 1.

William was a trained mechanical engineer in Scotland but upon settling in Pokeno, owned and
operated flax mills in the area as well as farming.

Eight more children were born in Pokeno, making a family of eight daughters and two sons – sadly a
number of these children died very young.

The Deans were very involved in community life at Pokeno, including serving on the school
committee where all the children would have been educated.

The original Pokeno School

Catherine died on 26 February 1919 and William died in 1925. They are buried at the Pokeno Old
Soldiers Cemetery in Helenslee Road.
Sources:
Dean Family History: Matthew Dean; NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 0630 Surname: DEAN
Given names: Catherine Donaldson
Occupation: dressmaker Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

Signature from her will dated 1939

Catherine Donaldson DEAN was born in Pokeno in 1871, the daughter of William Dean and Catherine
WELSH, who had come to New Zealand as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme and had been
allocated land at Pokeno where William farmed and was a flaxmiller.

Catherine was one of 11 children, although some had died young. She appeared on the 1893
electoral roll as a dressmaker and with the same occupation on every roll until 1925, living at
Pokeno. On the 1935 & 1938 rolls she is listed as a spinster, living at Pokeno.

It appears that she lived at home in Pokeno but in an affadavit after her death her sisters declared
that she was late of Auckland but had died at Rotorua on 2 November 1943 and is buried at Kauae
cemetery, Rotorua.

She left her estate to her three sisters – Margaret, Daisy and Mary and to two nieces – Catherine
Annie BLACK and Jessie Evelyn HENDERSON.

Sources:

NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Probate: www.familysearch.org
Rotorua District Council: cemetery records

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 0631 Surname: DEAN
Given names: Elizabeth
Occupation: nurse Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

Elizabeth DEAN was the fourth of eight children born to John Dean ( 1831-1912) and Margaret
CUNNINGHAM (1841-1892). Her parents had married in Glasgow in 1858 and along with other Dean
family members, they made the voyage to New Zealand on the Helenslee, arriving on 22 December
1864, with two children Margaret, 3 and William, 1.

Elizabeth was born in Pokeno in 1867, where her father had a carrying business. He later moved to
Paeroa where he had a large stable of horses for the business.

Elizabeth qualified as a nurse, as this article in the Auckland Star 29 December 1892 shows and
remained a nurse all her life, serving in WW1 and ending her career at Rotorua.

Elizabeth Dean who remained single,
died in Rotorua and is buried in
Pukekohe Cemetery. The inscription
on her headstone reads;

Sources: Dean Family History – M Dean; Old newspapers, paperspast.natlib.govt.nz;
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Researcher: Heather Maloney

John Dean and family at Pokeno

Electoral Roll: Waipa 0636 Surname: DEAN
Given names: Rebecca
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

her signature in 1914 on an affidavit

On 10 September 1864 Robert CRAIG (1835 – 1875) and his wife Mary nee KING (1843 - 1920), along
with Mary’s 16 year old brother, left Glasgow on board the Helenslee, bound for a better life in New
Zealand with the promise of granted land.

They settled at Pokeno and a family of 5 children were born. Rebecca Craig was the second of these
children and on 23 June 1892 she married Thomas DEAN (whose parents had also arrived on the
Helenslee). Thomas was a carter, no doubt working for his father. Thomas and Rebecca moved to
Paeroa in 1896 where they continued to run the family carting business with a large stable of horses.

Rebecca and Thomas had 5 children ( 3 daughters and two sons) between 1893 and 1903 and then
Ruth, who only lived a few days, was born in 1911.

The Deans lived on property just out of Paeroa for the rest of their lives and they are buried together
with Ruth in the Paeroa cemetery.

Sources:

Headstone photo: Billiongraves.com
NZ electoral rolls: Ancestry.co.uk
Probates: www.familysearch.org
BDM: www.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4018 Surname: DEED
Given names: Frances Elizabeth Address: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Frances was born in Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, England in 1833 of humble parents, who were living
in a “charity house”. Her father was a gardener. Frances was unable to read or write and apparently
had very limited education, however she did learn to sign her name.

She met her husband to be, John Jackson DEED, while she was working at the Red Lion Inn at Steeple
Bumpstead as a housekeeper. John and Frances married in July 1863 and she was listed as a spinster
on the marriage certificate. However, she already had two children, whose surname was listed as
SUCKLING. John and Frances bore a child Edward Ernest Deed in August 1863.

John and Frances departed England for New Zealand in September 1864 on the Viscount Canning
along with Frances’ Suckling children and Edward as third class paying passengers. She was pregnant
with my grandfather William at the time of leaving.

Arriving in Auckland in January 1865, John and Frances took up residency in Auckland but were
noted has having been in Waiuku in the early 1880s.

John had trained as an accountant and in Waiuku was the accountant for Edward CONSTABLE who
built the Kentish Hotel. John also was recorded as managing one of Constable’s flax mills at Stoney
Creek.

Frances and John had permission from the Waste
Lands Office to reside on a portion of the land
the flax mill was established on. When the flax
mill venture collapsed John and Frances were
allowed to erect a house on the site. Their other
family were born there.

In 1893, when New Zealand women were given
the vote, Frances Elizabeth Deed was one of the
women who promptly put her name on the
electoral roll: she was one of New Zealand’s trail-
blazing women who was able to vote.

Researcher: Bill Deed

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0753 Surname: DEERNESS
Given names: Sarah Riley
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe East

Qualification: residential

Sarah Riley TAYLOR was born in 1836 at husband John Deerness, farmer, freehold,
St Leonards, Stafford England, the daughter of owning Lot 29, Pukekohe East.
Henry Taylor and Harriet RILEY. Sarah was one
of 11 children Just seven and a half years after her marriage
to John Deerness, the Auckland Star of 7 July
She married first in 1863 at the age of 27 to 1898 brought the sad news of Sarah’s passing:
Edward Richard PERKS, aged 30, a chemist. DEERNESS – at her late residence, Pukekohe
Edward had been acquitted on a charge of East, Sarah Riley, the beloved wife of John
manslaughter on 10 March 1862. This arose Deerness, in her 63rd year.
from the supply of medication to a customer
who subsequently died. The couple moved to Sarah’s death certificate stated she had two
New York, and Sarah was recorded as a milliner sons, aged 33 and 31 still living. No trace has
in the 1867 New Jersey Directory. By 1871 been found of either of them. One of Sarah’s
Edward was continuing with his occupation of brothers, Thomas Riley Taylor and a sister,
chemist and living in Brooklyn. Edward Perks Fanny, also came to New Zealand. Fanny
died suddenly from shock after suffering a fall married John BALLANCE who, after being
from the pier in New York on 29 December widowed and remarrying, would later become
1883. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery. Prime Minister of New Zealand.
There was also a child of a Mrs Perks, named
Edward R Perks, aged 3 years 29 days who died In 1903 John Deerness remarried, to Jane
on 16 February 1876 from diptheria, also Campbell ROGERSON, and passed away on
buried at Greenwood Cemetery, and who may 10 February 1921, at the age of 88.
have been a child of Sarah’s.
The original Deerness home, Pukekohe East.
Sarah is next found in New Zealand, at the age
of 54, as a widow, marrying John DEERNESS: It was here that church services were held from
NZ Herald, 24 February 1890: DEERNESS-PERKS 1857 until 1861, when a temporary meeting
– On February 5, at the residence of Mr R S house was erected on land given by Sarah’s
LINCOLN, by the Rev R F MacNICOL, John husband, John Deerness. The site was located
Deerness, of Pukekohe East, to Sarah Riley, on the highest point of the Pukekohe East–
relict of the late Edward R Perks of Lichfield, Drury Road. A rough slab hut, thatched with
England. nikau fronds and with an earthen floor, was
opened for worship on 10 November 1861.
Sarah’s second husband John Deerness, born
in 1832, had come to New Zealand in his mid Sources include The Original Pukekohe ISBN 0-473-
twenties with his parents from Kirkwall, 10164-5; A History of Pukekohe East 1863 to 1963
Orkney Islands, Scotland in 1856. He was by Nona Morris; Papers Past.
among the early settlers in Pukekohe East and Researched and compiled by Irene Taylor
had purchased Lot 29 in 1856. John too had (descendant), Christine Madsen and Lynda Muir.
been widowed. He had married his first wife,
Marjory MacINTOSH (born in 1822) in 1860.
Sadly she died in 1887 at the age of 65 and was
buried at the Pukekohe East Presbyterian
Church Cemetery.

The 1893 Electoral Roll shows Sarah Riley
Deerness listing her occupation as “household
duties” at Pukekohe East along with her

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3430 Surname: DELL
Given names: Eliza
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe West

Qualification: residential

Eliza DELL was born Elizabeth Jane DILWORTH on 19 May 1867 in Pukekohe West, New Zealand.
Her parents, James Dilworth and Sarah Dilworth (born WHITTEN) arrived from Ireland on the
“Ganges” and settled in Pukekohe.
Eliza married Henry Dell (1863-1949) in 1888 at Pukekohe. Henry established a saddlery business in
1885. He was also Lieutenant in the Pukekohe Mounted Rifles. He later set up a printing business
and became quite prominent in local business, politics and administration.
Eliza and Henry had 2 children –

• Henry Herbert Dell (1889-1956)
• Vera Margaret (Dell) SCHOFIELD (1892-1972)

Her daughter Vera married Roy Schofield (a Her son Henry Herbert Dell (43195) served in
Gallipoli veteran) in August 1918 in St WW1 and was sent overseas as a trooper and
Andrew’s Church, Pukekohe and Eliza and served in Palestine. He was assigned as a
Henry hosted a wedding breakfast in the saddler and returned with the rank of
Carnival Tearooms. Sergeant.

The wedding was reported in great detail in
the Pukekohe & Waiuku Times -16 August
1918 including this description of the bride:

“The bride, who was given away by her father,
looked dainty and winsome in a dress of ivory
silk taffeta and georgette, surmounted by the
orthodox veil and a crown of orange
blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of
delicate white flowers.”

Eliza died in 1938 at the age of 71 and is buried at Pukekohe Cemetery.

Sources:
BDM-www.dia.govt.nz
Paperspast-natlib.govt.nz
Cenotaph Auckland museum
Archway-Archives.nz

Researcher: Helen Gray

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3432 Surname: DENIZE
Given names: May Rose
Occupation: household duties Address: Waiuku

Qualification: residential

May Rose DENIZE nee APPLETON was born 29 May 1862, Parnell, Auckland to English parents Robert
Appleton, a draper, and Caroline MARSHALL. By the mid to late 1870s May’s father left New Zealand
for Australia, and her mother with May’s five other siblings soon followed. May was left in New
Zealand to be raised by her English grandmother Charlotte Rose.

On the 13th October 1886 May married
Philip Denize, the son of John Denize
(Lawrence, Jersey Island) and English
mother Hannah DAWSON, at St
Sepulchre’s church, Khyber Pass,
Auckland. Married life began in
Onehunga, and there saw their first child
Phillip Charles Stanley born.

Philip returned with his new family to the
farm at Aka Aka where May gave birth to
their second child Percy Dawson. May
and Philip’s last two children, May Lucy
Hannah and Bertram Lawrence were born
in Onehunga.

May was involved in the “Temperance Movement”. The Women's Christian Temperance Union
(WCTU), established in 1885, was also an important voice in the Suffrage campaign. Women were
widely thought to be among the worst affected by alcohol, in an era when they were largely
dependent on men for money to sustain the home and family. The WCTU would campaign strongly
for women's political rights, helping New Zealand women win the vote in 1893. May was also
involved with the Combined Protestant Church committee at Otaua.

Upon leaving the swamp land in 1917 where they milked shorthorn cows, they bought a sheep farm,
known as the Harbour block and the “Harbour House” at Whangapoua on the eastern side of
Coromandel. May was often in charge of the local PO and telephone exchange. May and Philip sold
the Harbour Block in 1929 and moved to back to Auckland where they retired to Alfred Street,
Onehunga.

May died 19th Jan 1940, aged 85, she was buried in the Waiuku Cemetery.

Sources:
• Reference: Audley Wylie, Pukekohe, Grand-daughter of May Rose Denize
• Reference: BDM New Zealand and genealogy research by Leonie Aspin, Great Great daughter of May
Rose Denize
• Reference: “Denize Family History and Family Tree” by Win Russell 1988, and “Denize Family
History”by Paul Denize 2011

Researchers: Audley Wylie and Leonie Aspin

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3433 Surname: DICK
Given names: Ellen Constable
Occupation: household duties Address: Pollok

Qualification: residential

Ellen Constable DICK was born circa 1846 in Pollokshaws, Scotland. Pollokshaws is a suburb of
Glasgow these days. Her maiden name was MUIR.

She was married to John Dick in 1864 and they had 7 children, four sons and three daughters. The
Muirs and the Dicks were two of 13 families which broke away from the Pollokshaws Presbyterian
church and came to New Zealand on the ship Ganges in 1863 and formed the Pollok Settlement.

Ellen and John lived at “Renwick Field”. From what has been read and researched life was pretty
hard for these families and many walked off.

John Dick was the first postmaster at Pollok and for many years the post office was conducted also
by Ellen.

Ellen was extremely obliging to everyone and was exemplary in her attendance on the public
ordinances in connection with the Church.

After a painful and protracted illness Ellen died at Pollok on 31 October 1896 aged 50 years. “She
bore her sufferings with true Christian fortitude and was esteemed by all who knew her”. The
funeral service was held at her late residence by Rev Robert BARR.

A large concourse of people from the local and adjoining districts, also the school children under the
care of their teacher, Miss CHAPMAN, followed her remains to their last resting place, Pollok
cemetery.

John died 30 years later on 26 October1926.

Ellen's sister went to live at Pokeno and it is believed that there are Muir descendants still living
there today.

Sources:
AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XXVII, ISSUE 260, 3 NOVEMBER 1896
AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XXVII, ISSUE 269, 12 NOVEMBER 1896
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 10287, 12 NOVEMBER 1896
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXIII, ISSUE 19469, 27 OCTOBER 1926
Family Information from Bev McGuinnness

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3435 Surname: DICKEY
Given names: Mary Jane
Occupation: household duties Address: Kohekohe

Qualification: residential

Mary Jane IRWIN and her twin sister Margaret Ann were born on 23
December 1855. Christened and married by Rev. Thomas MILNE.
Mary Jane spent her first three years of her life on a farm at
Ramarama which her parents John and Mary Irwin obtained from the
Government when arriving from Australia in 1854 until it was
discovered they had no title to the farm and were offered 120 acres at
Awhitu in exchange, so in 1859 John and Mary and their three young
children settled in “The Gully”.

Life for Mary Jane growing up on the farm was physically and mentally
hard, helping her mother with household chores all done by hand and
helping with her younger siblings. She was educated, and a school and church were attended at
Awhitu Central.

Mary Jane married Samuel DICKEY, a farmer at Kohekohe, on 18 October 1878 and lived at Dickey’s
Road where they built a two-storey house. The couple were married at her parents’ home at
Awhitu. She was a very capable housewife, and mother giving birth to eight children: Mary Lillian,
William James, John Irwin, Charters, Samuel Rainey, Charles Henry, Martha Rose Ann and Margaret
Elizabeth.

Mary Jane married in her late twenties and was known in the district as a good dressmaker,
gardener, homemaker and wife.

Mary Jane died 2 November 1947 aged 92 years, out-living her husband Samuel who died 21 May
1912 aged 65 years. They had a short life of 34 years together.

Mary Jane and Samuel are both buried at Kohekohe cemetery.

Source: Family information

Researcher: Cushla Bellingham

Electoral Roll: Waipa 0683 Surname: DONNELLY
Given names: Hannah
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Rama Rama

Qualification: residential

Hannah DONNELLY was the eldest child of Patrick Donnelly (died 1861) and Mary Langley PRIOR
(1810-1878). According to an account in the Hawkes Bay Herald, 12 Oct 1904, after the death of her
husband in 1861, Mary had brought her family of 3 daughters and 4 sons to New Zealand on the
recommendation of Captain HAMILTON who had been in NZ during the Land/Maori Wars. Hannah,
born in 1841 in County Tipperary arrived in New Zealand in 1862 on the Indian Empire.
Hannah’s brother, George Prior Donnelly married Airini, the daughter of Chief KARARURIA in Hawkes
Bay and went on to be a very large landowner, serving on many committees and was known to be
very loyal and generous to his family and friends.

Hannah remained single and died 9 Sept 1919.
She is buried with her mother in the Old Napier
Cemetery.

Thanks to Elizabeth Heaphy for the research and
information contained in this story.

NOTE: There is no evidence to confirm this is the same Hannah Donnelly on the 1893 electoral roll living at
Ramarama but no other Hannah has been found despite extensive research.
Sources: BDM – www.dia.govt.nz and old newspapers – http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 0685 Surname: DONOHOE
Given names: Anne
Occupation: domestic duties Address: RamaRama

Qualification: residential

Little is known about Anne DONOHOE.

We do know that her husband Hugh arrived on the Ganges on 14 Feb 1865 with wife Mary and
children Patrick and Mary. The family settled at Ramarama on Lot 182, Maketu comprising 25 acres.
Three children, Catherine (Kitty), John and James (1872) were born there. There is a death recorded
for Mary in 1872 age 30, so this was likely Hugh’s wife.

I have found a marriage of Hugh DONAHOE to Annie KILIE (but on the microfiche it is spelt KELIE) so
this is likely to be the Anne on the 1893 electoral roll. Hugh’s death was recorded with this spelling.

I have found accounts of Catherine’s marriage to John SLATTER in 1888 and sadly her death in 1892
in the Auckland Star, an obituary for Patrick who died in 1924 and a death notice for James who died
in 1939. The marriage of John to Ada RYLAND in 1891 was found on the NZSG marriage collection
CD and he is buried at Ramarama cemetery (died 1935). Hugh, according to his death notice in
December 1914, was buried at Maketu cemetery, Ramarama but there is no headstone.

I have not found a death notice nor burial information for Anne – having tried all spellings of
Donohoe/ Donahoe/ Donohue and variations of Anne.

No probate records have been found for Hugh or Anne.

Hugh, Anne and Ada (daughter in law, wife of John) appear on the 1905/06 electoral roll and all four
on the 1911 & 1914 rolls. Hugh died December 1914 but Anne is not with the family at Ramarama in
1919 nor on any subsequent rolls.

We can only guess that Anne, nee or formerly Kilie, died between 1914 and 1919 and is buried at
Ramarama cemetery. May she…

Sources:

BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Passenger lists – Auckland Libraries; NZ
electoral rolls – Ancestry.com

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3440 Surname: DOOLEY
Given names: Mary
Occupation: household duties Address: Waipipi

Qualification: residential

Mary Ann is listed on the Franklin Electoral roll 1893 when women
were given the vote, New Zealand being the first self-governing country
in the world to do this.

Mary Ann (nee BURNS) was the wife of John DOOLEY and she was born
27 July 1839 in Ireland.

They married 16 September 1857 in County Limmerick.

Due mainly to the potato famine John, Mary and their first child left
Ireland and went to South Africa with the promise of a better life which
did not eventuate as work was scarce. New Zealand advertised to the
South African Irish that they would be allocated land if they came to New
Zealand. Two more children were born in South Africa and after four years they came to New Zealand
on the “Alfred” arriving 16 November 1864 after a trip of 51 days.

They were allocated 5 acres of land in Waipipi and over the years they bought more land. By 1869
they owned 11 acres in 3 lots. In the book “Of Pigeons and Pipis” written for the Waipipi and Districts
125 year reunion it is said that land on the corner of Keogh and Creamery Roads was the home of the
Dooley family and later sold to Miss Annie MACKEY. John’s work was digging gum. They had 6 more
children.

It is said that neither John nor Mary could read or write as John signed his name with X on his Waikato
Immigration form 21 August 1874. Mary has managed to sign her name on a document 24 February
1891 following the death of John.

It is thought that John was buried in the Waipipi cemetery following his death 6 January 1891 and
buried with their daughter Bridget who died months earlier aged 20. It is also thought that some years
later Mary moved to the Dargaville area to be closer to one of her children as she is buried in the Mt
Wesley cemetery near Dargaville.

I am the great grand daughter of John and Mary with their youngest son John Edward being my
grandfather.

My main source of information is from a book compiled by Alan Morrison on the Dooley Family.

Researcher: Glennys McKenzie

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3441 Surname: DORRICOTT
Given names: Ruth
Occupation: farmer Address: Whangarata

Qualification: residential

The 1851 England census shows two-year-old Ruth OLIVER living with her parents Thomas and Sarah
Oliver and her older brother, Thomas, at Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire. By 1861 four more
daughters had been born to Thomas and Sarah. Wrockwardine Wood was inhabited by coal and iron
mine workers and their families and Thomas Oliver’s occupation on the census was a stone miner.
Also living at Wrockwardine Wood in the 1850s and 60s was the DORRICOTT family. By the time he
was 13, young Abraham Dorricott was working as a coal miner. Ruth and Abraham were married in
Wellington, Shropshire on 18 September 1870. Ruth was unable to write and placed an X beside her
name in the register.

In September 1883 Abraham and Ruth Dorricott and their four children; Sarah Jane, Gertrude, John
Albert and Eliza, immigrated to New Zealand on the steamship ‘Triumph’. The family first settled in
Hobsonville where the older children attended school. By 1890 the family were farming at
Whangarata and the Dorricott children were attending Whangarata School. Four more children were
born in New Zealand (twins Florence and Lilian, Lizzie and William).

Abraham died on 20 February 1907 at Whangarata “after a painful illness” according to his death
notice. Ruth had moved to Waihi by 1916. Her youngest child William named her as next of kin when
he enlisted in the NZEF during WWI. On 12 October 1917, just a few days after his 27th birthday, he
was one of the 843 young New Zealand men who made the supreme sacrifice for their country on the
battleground at Bellevue Spur, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium.

On 23 November 1938 Ruth had her last will and testament typed and read to her. At almost 90 years
of age Ruth was unable, through illiteracy, to write so she placed an X beside her name.

A few weeks later on 1 January 1939 Ruth died and was laid to rest beside Abraham at the Tuakau
Cemetery.

Sources:
1851 and 1861 England census: https://www.ancestry.com.au
Shropshire Marriages: https://search.findmypast.com.au
NZ school records – Hobsonville & Whangarata: https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
Abraham DORRICOTT death notice – NZ Herald, 30 March 1907: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
William DORRICOTT military personnel file: https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz
Ruth DORRICOTT probate: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1865481
Researcher: Sandra Brasell

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0794 Surname: DOUGLAS
Given names: Elizabeth Ann
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Elizabeth Ann ROUTLEY was born on 29 January 1849 in Tamerton, Devon, the daughter of Thomas
Routley and Mary BONE.

1861 UK census showing the Routley family and Elizabeth aged 12

The Routley family arrived in Auckland on the Lancashire Witch, on 2 June 1865 and settled in
Pukekohe. Elizabeth married John DOUGLAS in 1877.

They had seven children - James Thomas Douglas born 1878, Elizabeth Ann Douglas born 1880, John
Henry Herbert Douglas born 1881, Mary Jane Routley Douglas born 1883, William Roberts Douglas
born 1885, Emma Ellen Martha Douglas born 1887 and Andrew Daniel Douglas born 1889.

The Routley and Douglas families were farming in the Pukekohe area. In 1890 John Douglas had a
freehold farm of 20 acres.

Elizabeth's will dated 21 May 1905 asks that her property Lot 218 Section 2 be transferred to her son
John Henry Herbert Douglas, but she made monetary or chattels bequests to her other children,
including a piano and two sewing machines.

Her husband John had died on 6 March 1903
and Elizabeth died 24 April 1911 and they are
buried at Pukekohe Cemetery.

Elizabeth’s signature on her will with her witnesses1905

Sources:
UK census – ancestry.co.uk
Probate – www.familysearch.org
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3155 Surname: DOUGLAS
Given names: Flora
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

Her signature from probate documents 1897

Flora DOUGLAS was born Flora WIGHT, daughter of Robert Allan Wight (1823-1896) and Margaretta
Sarah HOLTZMEYER (1829-1911), in Melbourne on 7 November 1853. She was the third of twelve
children – six daughters and six sons.

Her marriage to Alexander Douglas in 1882 (below) refers to her being the widow of William
HOLMES but no record of this marriage has been found. There were, however, some children as the
obituary on the death of Bel shows (described here as the eldest daughter late of Christchurch).

Flora and Alexander had seven children born between 1883 and 1892, so she must have been
devastated to be widowed again in 1892 with so many very young children. Another child was born
in 1894 and in 1895 she married for a third time to James SWEET. A son, James, was born to this
marriage.

Flora was to experience the early death of three husbands and the tragic death of two of her sons –
Alexander drowned aged 34 and James in a shooting accident aged 38.

Flora died 9 October 1937 and is buried at Pokeno cemetery with her second husband.

Sources: Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Headstone photo Waikato Council
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3442 Surname: DOUGLAS
Given names: Jane
Occupation: household duties Address: Kohekohe

Qualification: residential

Jane DICKEY was born 18 May 1845 at Ballybeg, Ahoghill Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

At the age of seventeen she arrived in New Zealand with her parents.

Jane married Hugh DOUGLAS [ born Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland] at Auckland on 11 June 1873.

Their ten children were Mungo, Samuel, Agnes Spence, Jane Gault, Hugh, Elizabeth Brown, George,
Mary, John James,and Violet Ann.

Hugh and his brother William farmed at Kohekohe at the end of Douglas Road. For some four years
after their marriage Jane and Hugh and William and his wife Margaret, who had married a few
months previously, lived together in one house.

In October 1877 William bought out the share of Hugh and Jane allowing them to buy the next block
to the east. A house was built closer to the school and local population. Due to their location and
interest in the Presbyterian church, services were held were held in their home until a church was
built after Jane and Hugh offered a suitable roadside section of land for one.

In 1894 Jane and Hugh left their farm selling to MUIRs [later HARCOMBES] for one in the Te Puke
district on the No. 3 Road and Douglas Corner was named after the family.

Jane took a keen interest in the all the affairs of the district and the welfare of her family. Reaching
a great age, she remained bright and in good health until two days before her death at Oxford
Street, Te Puke on 5 March 1939.

She is buried in Old Te Puke Cemetery, Bay of Plenty.

Sources:
www.familysearch.org
‘Waipipi & Districts 1865-2015’ book
OBITUARYBAY OF PLENTY TIMES, VOLUME LXVII, ISSUE 12597, 8 MARCH 1939

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3446 Surname: DOUGLAS
Given names: Margaret Ann
Occupation: household duties Address: Waipipi

Qualification: residential

Margaret Ann was born to John IRWIN (born 1832, Omagh County
Tyrone Northern Ireland) and Mary MCGORLICK (born 1831, Omagh
County Tyrone Northern Ireland). She was born on 23 December 1855
and the twin of Mary Jane. They were the eldest of eight children.

John and Mary arrived from Australia in 1854 and obtained from the
Government a farm at Ramarama until it was discovered they had no
title to the farm and were offered 120 acres at Awhitu in exchange. In
1859 John and Mary and their three young children settled in “The
Gully”.

Margaret Ann married William DOUGLAS (born Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland)
10 September 1872 and they farmed at Kohekohe on land at the end of Douglas Road and the
homestead was on the left. When William’s brother Hugh married Jane DICKEY a few months later
both couples lived together in one house and farmed together until in October 1877 when William
bought out the share of Hugh and Jane.

Margaret and William had eight children, five sons and three daughters.

Margaret Ann Irwin died 19 April 1928 aged 71 at her daughter’s residence, Whiriwhiri. William died
23 March 1930 aged 90. They are buried at Kohekohe.

Sources:
▪ Family History from Ted Doell(Great
Grandson) and Cushla Bellingham.
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
▪ DEATHS.NEW ZEALAND HERALD,
VOLUME LXV, ISSUE 19927, 21 APRIL 1928
▪ OBITUARY.AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME
LXI, ISSUE 72, 26 MARCH 1930

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0801 Surname: DROMGOOL
Given Names: Catherine
Occupation: household duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: freehold

Catherine was born around 1857. Her maiden name is unknown, as
is her place of birth. She married Charles DROMGOOL, whose family
lived in Waiuku, and they settled in Tuakau.

Charles had arrived in New Zealand on the ship Shalimar on 23
December 1859, sailing from Liverpool. He was nearly 15, and
travelling with his parents, an older brother James and possibly
other siblings.

The Dromgools had come from Dundalk, County Louth in Ireland,
and were Catholic. They settled in Waiuku, but removed to
Onehunga when the Maori War made the area too dangerous.
Charles and his brother James remained and joined the Mauku Rifle
Volunteers. They distinguished themselves for their bush fighting,
but James was killed.

Catherine and Charles had seven sons and three daughters. Charles
served on the committee for the Tuakau School, and their sons won
scholarships to attend Auckland College and Grammar School,
travelling up each day. At least two of their sons became lawyers,
the eldest boy also standing for Parliament, but not elected. One of
their daughters was given to the church.

They were energetic in the community, benefactors of the Catholic Church and involved for many
years with the Pukekohe East Road Board. Charles was involved in flaxmilling, and felled and cleared
two farms. He helped open up access to Onewhero. He won an award for best farm horse at the
South Franklin Show, and another for flax at the Exhibition in Dunedin in 1890.

In 1892 Charles was charged and convicted with boarding a train while it was still moving. It may have
been this incident which sparked the family’s interest in the law.

Catherine died in 1912 aged 55 and Charles died in 1925. Charles left a bequest of land to the church
as a convent site, and a vacancy on the Tuakau Domain Board.

Sources:
Paper Past. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
Births Deaths and Marriages https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Joan Leitch

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3449 Surname: DROMGOOL
Given names: Jane
Occupation: household duties Address: Waiuku East

Qualification: residential

Jane was the second daughter of Samuel MOTHERELL of Londonderry, Ireland born in 1846.

She married Michael DROMGOOL, son of settlers, on 28 October 1873 and lived in Waiuku East.
They had three children:

• Percy born in 1875 [married an Elizabeth HOLMES]
• Thyrza born in 1878 [married 1) George CHALMERS, 2) Robert PATCHETT]
• Leopold born in 1884 died in 1907, did not marry.

Jane became the first school teacher in the Glenbrook area, when the school was called Brookside
and was appointed on the 13 January 1876 at a salary of 80 pounds ($160.00) per annum. It is
possible that the children were at first taught in a shed or some other building.
The first day pay pupils included Michael’s younger brothers James and Christopher.

Jane and Michael’s farm was near the school and they also had a farm at Aka Aka.

Jane died on 17 October 1903. She, Michael and Leopold
are buried in Waiuku Cemetery.

Sources:

“The Dromgool Family” Family Tree from 1823 to 1897.
Colleen Harper (nee Dromgool).
www.glenbrook.school.nz
AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 252, 22 OCTOBER
1903
OBITUARY.NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXIII, ISSUE 19255,
18 FEBRUARY 1926

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3450 Surname: DROMGOOL
Given names: Margaret
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Waiuku East

Qualification: residential

Margaret was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland in 1845. Her maiden name was MCARDLE.

She arrived in Auckland on the Shalimar on 22 December 1859.
Margaret came as a female servant and nurse maid helper to Susan and John DROMGOOL and their
eight children.

Land near Waiuku was bought to farm in two lots, the first in 1868 and the second in 1869. It was on
the left on the Waiuku side of Glenbrook hall and ran from the main road to the water. Beach Road
was the boundary.

Susan died aged 40. Margaret then married John Dromgool on 25 February 1864 and had five
children of her own, adding to the 10 children she looked after that were born to Susan before her
death.

Children of Margaret and John were:
• Anne (Polly) born in 1865 -1904 the eldest. She was a cripple and never married.
• James born in 1867 married Margaret KELLY.
• Christopher (Christie) born in 1869 married Mary Ann BRADY
• Henry born in 1871 -1873 the fourth child.
• Edward (Eddie) born in 1874 -1943 the fifth and last child married Jessie LITTLE in 1913 (he
was my great grandfather).

Margaret died in Waiuku on 17 May 1920 and was
buried in the Waiuku Cemetery.

Sources:

“The Dromgool Family” Family Tree from 1823 to 1897.
Colleen Harper (nee Dromgool).
(Great, granddaughter)

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3452 Surname: DROMGOOL
Given names: Margaret
Occupation: household duties Address: Waipipi

Qualification: residential

Margaret was born c1863 to Thomas and Hannah KELLY, their second daughter. Thomas, Hannah,
Hannah (born c1861) and Margaret came to New Zealand from Cape Town on the Alfred in
November 1864, sailing steerage. There were 251 passengers on the ship, as well as cargo.

Thomas and Hannah took the opportunity to escape the conditions in Africa when advertisements
appeared for free passage to five acres of free land in New Zealand. As with many of this type of
advertisement, the grass is always greener. Many found that the small acreage made it difficult to
support a family and many headed for the Thames goldfields.

Thomas and Hannah took up their grant at Lot 54, Part Lot 184, and farmed on Creamery Road,
Waipipi.

Two brothers were born there: Michael (1865-1932) and Adrian Thomas (1871-1914).

Margaret’s older sister, Hannah (known as Annie), joined a religious order in her youth, but was
released to return and care for their aging parents.

Margaret married James DROMGOOL on 21 October 1890. The marriage was celebrated by the Rev.
Father McMANUS in the Chapel, Waipipi. After the services they proceeded to the Dromgool home
for the wedding breakfast and an evening of dancing and other amusements.

James had been born in Waiuku in 1867 to John Dromgool and Margaret McARDLE in a family of
five.

Initially James remained in Waipipi but as finances became difficult he headed to Taranaki to gain
employment as a bushman, leaving Margaret with two young children, Michael Joseph (1891) and
Hannah Gertrude (1894). Margaret remained at Waipipi, possibly with her parents, while the
children were still young.

Prior to 1900 Margaret and James were able to make a home in Strathmore, Taranaki. James
continued to work as a bushman but as the nature of work changed he earned a living as a labourer.
All the time Margaret working hard to keep family together and make ends meet; hopefully saving a
little something toward their dream – a farm. This was achieved and the 1928 Electoral Roll lists
James as a farmer.

James passed away 7 March 1936 and Margaret 23 December 1949. Both are buried at Stratford-
Kopuatama Cemetery.

Neither of the children married. Michael died 1976 and Hannah died 1981 and they were buried
together in Pukekohe Public Cemetery.

Sources:
Articles – Clyde Hamilton – 150 years Waipipi District and from “Of Pigeons and Pipis”
Electoral Rolls
Cemetery Records
Paperspast – Country News – NZ Herald, Vol XXVII, Issue 8401, 31 Oct 1890

Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3453 Surname: DROMGOOL
Given names: Margaret Catherine
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Margaret Catherine BOYLE was born around 1868. The Boyles were a pioneering family in Tuakau. In
1889 she married John Francis DROMGOOL, younger son of another pioneering family.

The young couple moved around New Zealand in the first years of their marriage, but then returned
to Tuakau and took up farming. Their family grew, eventually producing five sons and five daughters.

John Francis had come to New Zealand from Ireland with his family when he was a young child of
about four. They were Catholic and would likely have continued this worship. One of their daughters
became the Rev. Mother Gonzala in Hamilton.

John Francis also served on the Pukekohe East Road Board with his older brother Charles.

At the time of the first election open to women, Margaret would have been a young married woman
of 25 with two small children. The next 15 years would have been busy with the arrival of the other 8
children.

Margaret died in 1928 at the age of 60. John Francis died seven years later, aged 79. Eight of their
children survived them.

Sources:
Paper Past. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
Births Deaths and Marriages https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Joan Leitch

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3457 Surname: DUNN
Given names: Eliza Jane
Occupation: household duties Address: Paerata

Qualification: residential

Born 21 November 1868 Dalton, Lancashire, England, Eliza’s parents were Daniel ROWE (1841 –
1914) and Eliza WILLIAMS (1842 – 1930). From the 1871 UK Census: Green St, Dalton, Lancashire
Eliza J (2)

Eliza married Alexander DUNN in 1891Thames, New Zealand.

Children: Mabel Evelyn 1893
Elsie Olive 1896
William Raymond 1898 - 1899
Eunice Ray 1900
Gladys May 1902

Electoral Roll Address:
1893 Paerata
1900 Thames (Alexander, Occup: Miner)
1905-06 Karangahake
1911 Gladstone Road, Waihi
1914 Gladstone Road, Waihi
1919 Gladstone Road Waihi
1928 Junction Road Waihi (Widow)

Moved to New Plymouth 16 March 1928
1928 Electoral Roll: Standish Hill New Plymouth
(Living with daughter Mabel)

Moved to Auckland
1935 Electoral Roll: 1 View Road Mt Eden (Living
with daughter Mabel)

Her husband, Alexander died 9 February 1923
and Eliza died 2 July 1937.

She was buried 5 July 1937, Waikumete
Cemetery (plot 26 Presbyterian)
“In Loving Memory Alexander beloved husband
of Eliza Jane Dunn who died 9 Feb 1923
Also his beloved wife Eliza Jane (Lyle) died 2 July 1937 (aged 69)”

Sources:
NZBMD on line
NZ Electoral Roll (Ancestry.com)
Waihi Daily Telegraph 17 March 1928 page 2
Auckland Council Cemetery online database
Kiwi Collection

Researcher Trisha Dunn

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3460 Surname: DUNN
Given names: Marion
Occupation: household duties Address: Paerata

Qualification: residential

Born Marion KERR on 1 July 1870 Penicuik Midlothian, Scotland, her parents were James Kerr and
Janet CURRIE.

Marion married Joseph DUNN on 17 June 1890.

Children: 1891 Marion
1891 Grace
1893 Archibald Leonard
1894 Ernest Clifford
1897 Evelyn Florence
1907 Marjorie Desma

Electoral Rolls: 1896 Paerata
1811 Naumai Kapara Northland (Joseph, Occup: Engineer)
1914 Naumai kaipara Northland
1935 Ruawai Northland

Joseph died in 1938 and Marion died 19 June 1957 in Dargaville.

They are both buried Mt Wesley Cemetery, Dargaville.

The headstone reads -

“Marion beloved wife of Joseph Dunn died 19th June 1957 aged 88
years also Joseph Dunn beloved husband of Marion Dunn died 4
September 1938 72 years”

Sources
Ancestry Family Trees
NZBMD
Kiwi Collection
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

Researcher Trisha Dunn

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0814 Surname: DUNNING
Given names: Isabel Buchanan
Occupation: household duties Address: Mauku

Qualification: residential

Her signature on Alec’s probate documents, 1915

Isabel (or Isabella on most documents) Buchanan GIBSON, daughter of William Gibson (1837-1909)
and Annie (1840-1927) was born in 1868. She married Alec Carson DUNNING in 1887.

From 1887 until 1891, Isabel and Alec were living at Waitekauri, Katikati where Alec was teaching.

They had two children – Alice Margaret (known as Madge) and Dorothy, both registered with the
surname CARSON-DUNNING.

It appears that Isabel did not live in Franklin long. In 1893 Alec was headmaster at Mauku School but
from the early 1900s, Isabel and Alec were living in Matakana and Matakohe, where Alec was a
school master.

Alec died in 1915 in Maromaku and is buried in Kioreroa Cemetery, Whangarei.

Isabella remarried in 1916 to Charles Edward CHOLMONDELEY-SMITH and died in 1955, aged 87.
She is buried with her parents at Torbay Cemetery.

Sources:
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz ; Cemetery records – ancestry.co.uk; Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt

Researcher: Barbara Raven

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3463 Surname: DYNES
Given names: Jane
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe West

Qualification: residential

Jane and John DYNES were immigrants from Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland and arrived in New
Zealand on the sailing ship “Ganges” in 1865 after a trip of 101 days.

After a stay in Auckland of three months they settled in Pukekohe. John followed the occupation of
farmer, his property consisting of freehold lot 45 -20 Acres in Pukekohe near the cemetery and 10
acres adjacent to the Wattle Reserve.

Jane and John had two sons: David John (1875-1877)

John James (1877-1913)

Jane died on 10 May 1911 and is buried in Pukekohe Cemetery.

After the death of his son, John James 2 years later, John went to live with his nephew Dynes
FULTON in Tuakau and died there in 1915. His will included a bequest to enable a monument to be
erected over the bodies of his wife and son.

Sources:
BDM:www.bdm.dia.govt.nz
paperspast.natlib.co.nz
Probate records at archway.archives.co.nz
Researcher: Helen Gray

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3465 Surname: EASTON
Given names: Mary
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe East

In 1870 Mary Elizabeth McHALE, born about Qualification: residential
1852 in Ireland, married James EASTON in New
Zealand, at the tender age of 18. Mary was the
only surviving daughter of James and Ann
McHayle, two other children having died in
infancy. Mary had come to New Zealand with
her parents about 1865, members of the body
of immigrants who arrived from the Cape of
Good Hope where they had lived for a time.
They farmed in Tuhimata, Pukekohe East for
some years. James was the only son of Mary
Jane Easton (nee MONEY-PENNY-WOOD) and
George Easton.

A notice in the Auckland Star of 22 July 1870
announced Mary’s marriage:

Mary and James had a large family of which Mary Elizabeth & James Easton on the left with James’
nine children survived: parents

• Annie Mary’s father, James McHayle, had died
• George intestate on 8 September 1885. Fifteen years
• Mary Jane later, after the death of her mother Ann in
• William 1900, Mary applied for administration of his
• Sarah estate and this was granted.
• Alfred
• Edward Mary Elizabeth Easton died on 13 July 1911
• Eleanore (Nellie) aged 59 years and is buried in the Pukekohe
• Walter. East Presbyterian Church Cemetery along side
her husband James who died three years later,
The 1893 Electoral Roll for Franklin records on 23 October 1914 at the age of 72. The
that Mary and James were farming, freehold, inscription on their gravestone reads: In
79 acres on part Lot 27 along with James’ Memory of Mary Elizabeth Easton who died 13
parents, George and Mary Easton (nee Money- July 1911 aged 59 years and James her
Penny-Wood). As with most women of the husband who died 23 October 1914 aged 72
time, Mary gave her occupation as “domestic years.
duties”, as did her mother-in-law, Mary Jane
Easton. Mary Elizabeth would have been Sources: Pauline Boyes, great-granddaughter of
about 41 at the time of the election. Mary Elizabeth & James Easton; Papers Past,
Historical NZ BDM; National Archives NZ.
Three of Mary’s sons served overseas during Compiled by Christine Madsen & Lynda Muir
WWI: Walter, William and Alfred Easton and all
returned safely to New Zealand.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 0824 Surname: EASTON
Given names: Mary
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe East

Qualification: residential

Mary Jane Easton lived to the age of 98, dying
on 17 November 1917, and is buried in the
cemetery at Pukekohe East Presbyterian
Church. She was remembered as a petite,
spritely lady who did beautiful needlework.

Mary Jane outlived her husband, her only son
James and his wife Mary Elizabeth Easton. She
was survived by nine grandchildren, (including
Private Alfred Easton, who served in both the
Boer War and WW1 and Privates Walter and
William Easton who servied in WW1), and
eleven great grandchildren.

Mary Jane MONEY-PENNY-WOOD who was Sources: Pauline Boyes, great-great-granddaughter of
born in 1819 married George EASTON in Mary Jane & George Easton; Papers Past. Archives NZ.
Edinburgh, Scotland on 31 August 1840. The Compiled by Christine Madsen and Lynda Muir
very next day the newly married couple
boarded the ship Blenheim and sailed for New
Zealand. George, a baker by trade, was 21. It
seems they did not have the blessing of their
families on their marriage. After a voyage of
four months Mary Jane and George arrived in
Wellington on 29 December 1840.

By 1842 George and Mary Jane had moved to
Auckland for it was here at Mechanics Bay that
the birth of their only son James Hume Easton
was recorded. During this time George was
following his trade as a baker. However,
farming engaged his attention and they took
up a section at Cabbage Tree Swamp, known
today as Sandringham, in Auckland.

About 1862 the family moved to Pukekohe
East where they farmed on land adjacent to
the Pukekohe East Presbyterian Church.
A brass plaque in the church records the names
of her husband George and their only son
James Easton among those who defended the
church during the attack by Maoris on
14 September 1863. At that time Mrs Easton
went for safety to Drury as did a number of
other settler families. In due course
Mrs Easton returned to Pukekohe East and
resided there until her death many years later.

The 1896 Electoral Roll records they were
farming 150 acres on part Lot 27.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3466 Surname: EGAN
Given names: Mary
Occupation: household duties Address: Waiuku

Qualification: residential

Mary EGAN nee RIELLY was born in 1837 and died in 1920.

She was married to Cornelius James Egan from Mallow, County
Cork, Ireland.

Cornelius, Mary and the family arrived in Auckland on 16 October
1864, on the barque Steinwarder commanded by Captain
ERICKSON. After staying at Devonport for some time, while their
sections were being surveyed, the couple and their family went by
cutter from Onehunga to Waiuku on approximately 12 February
1865. They journeyed to Pura Pura where they camped in army
huts and tents until the men moved into Whiriwhiri.

While they camped at Pura Pura their daughter Mary Isabella
(later Mrs J.T McNAMARA of Whiriwhiri) was kidnapped by the
Maoris. Search parties were made up and available men scoured
the neighbourhood for the missing child who was eventually found by Mr T.J HICKEY. She was
hidden away in some raupu near the maori canoes in which the Maoris had intended to escape after
night fall.

A tragedy for Mary and Cornelius on 12 August 1873, their daughter Ann Norah aged 2 years was
badly burned after falling into the fire and died two days later.

Mary raised 11 children with Cornelius on their farm on Whiriwhiri Road. Later in her life Mary lived
with her daughter Mary FURNISS in Matamata. She died on 10 May 1920 and she is buried in the
Matamata cemetery.

Sources:
Family tree
West Side of the Manukau – Ben Westhead
Waiuku and District – Brian Muir
Daily Southern Cross Newspaper

Researchers: Con & Lindsay Egan

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3469 Surname: ENGLAND
Given names: Mary
Occupation: household duties Address: Mauku

Qualification: residential

Mary HEWITT was born 1842 in Tipperary, Ireland, the daughter
of George and Susan Hewitt. She married Charles PRIEST at the
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in 1861. Charles Priest and
Mary arrived in Auckland 14 October 1864 on the Steinwarder.
Mary was 22 and Charles, a sawyer, was 30. They had with them
two children, William and Susan. The immigrants were housed
on the North Shore in a corrugated iron building which had
previously been used for prisoners. The facilities were totally
inadequate for 200 inhabitants. After staying at Devonport while
their sections were being surveyed, Mary and Charles came by
cutter from Onehunga to Waiuku in February 1865 and
journeyed to Pura Pura where they camped in army huts and
tents. Charles and Mary were to have another four children,
making a family of three daughters and three sons. In the 1870/1871 Electoral Roll, Charles's
qualification was freehold, lot 48 at Whiriwhiri.

Charles Priest died 15 May 1871 and is buried in the Waiuku cemetery.

In 1881 Charles ENGLAND was a farm servant in Waipipi. He and Mary married in 1883 and sadly he
died 21 January 1889 aged 56 and is buried in the Waiuku Cemetery with his parents.

In 1928 Mary England was living with her son, William James
Priest and his wife, Janet, at 4 Surrey St, Grey Lynn.

Mary England died 16 February 1928 aged 85. Her service was
held in the Waiuku Catholic Church and she is buried with her
first husband Charles Priest.
Henry, their 3rd child born 1879, died 1894, is interred with
them at Waiuku cemetery.

Inscription from the headstone, Waiuku cemetery

Sources:
Old newspapers: paperspast.natlib.govt.nz -Papers Past Auckland Star 22 Feb 1928 Obituary
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz ; Gillard Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk;
B Fahey – family history & photo
Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3470 Surname: ENRIGHT
Given names: Ruth Annie
Occupation: household duties Address: Waiuku

Qualification: residential

Ruth Ann ENRIGHT nee WILLIAMS known as Annie was born 28 June 1869
in Waiuku. Her twin sister Agnes was born 4 days earlier. Ruth's other
siblings were Charlotte (1873) and John Thomas Williams (1874).

Ruth's parents, John Williams, who was in the British Army and fought in
the Maori Land Wars, and Mary HOLLAND came to New Zealand from
Stamford England with her parents Thomas and Jane Holland, and siblings
Elizabeth, Fanny and Ruth on the “Josephine Willis” ship in 1854. Ruth's
grandmother passed away before she was born, but her grandfather
Thomas lived to 101 years old.

Tragedy struck when Ruth's father, John drowned in the Waikato River September 1874 before his
son John was born. He is buried at the Alexandra Redoubt Cemetery in Tuakau. Mary married Isaac
BETHELL in 1877 and had three more children: Henry (1878), William (1879) and Robert (1881).

Ruth married Irishman John Joseph Enright at St Peter's Anglican Church in Onehunga on 11 October
1886. They had 12 children: Albert (1887), Mary (1889), May (1892), Florence (1894), Michael
(1896), Margaret (1897), Ruth (1900), John (1902), Bertha (1904), Alma (1906), Ethel (1909), Joseph
(1912). John Enright, 15mths old, and his Irish parents, Michael and Ellen, came to New Zealand
from South Africa on the Steinwaeder in 1864.

Ruth and John bought their first farm in WhiriWhiri, 26 acres in a Government Auction in 1886, later
selling and buying a larger 108-acre farm. In 1906 they sold the frontage of the farm to the Auckland
Education Board to build the Aka Aka School, where many of the Enright children attended.

Ruth and John sold the farm in 1908 and moved to Tuakau, where Ruth ran a two storied boarding
house called Clifton House. John had a wood fire bakery next door with J Enright on the side of
building and also had horse stables. The older children, Mary, May and Florence, worked with their
father in the bakery.

Ruth won a ballot to lease land, so they could dairy farm in the very remote Hokianga, Northland
where their eldest son Albert was farming. Ruth longed to be with her son after he came back alive
from WW1. They sold up and moved about October 1913. They eventually bought the farm.

John built a 5-bedroom house where daughters Bertha and Alma (my
grandmother) lived with their husbands and Alma's two children,
Maude and Jim. Grandchildren Beatrice, Albert, Bertha lived with them
when their mother Mary died at a young age. Ruth was a very hard-
working lady who was very loved by her family.

Ruth Ann Enright passed away at her home in Kohe Road, Pawarenga,
on the 8 December 1931 aged 62. Her resting place is behind Our Lady
of Lourdes Catholic Church, Pawarenga, Hokianga.

Sources:
Family Knowledge
Certificates of Births, Deaths and marriages

Researcher: Carol Banks (Great granddaughter)