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A-I of biographies of local Franklin women who voted in the historic 1893 General Election in New Zealand.

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 3691 Surname: JOHNSTON
Given names: Harriet
Occupation: household duties Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

In 1892 an English immigrant, Miss Harriet JOHNSTON, arrived
in New Zealand.

She was to become a great benefactor to the district, her first
undertaking being the building of St Mary’s Church, Pokeno.

It is reported that the contract price to build it was £690,
which was defrayed by Miss Johnston and that price did not
include the fittings which are also her gift.

In the book, ‘St Mary on the Hill, Pokeno 1900 – 2000’, author
Dora Hessell writes – We have been unable to discover her antecedents or her reason for settling in
Pokeno. Her death certificate gives her mother’s maiden name as ROEBUCK and shows that she was
already sixty three years old when she came. She brought with her to the Pokeno district Francis
PYNE, probably a kinsman, who grew up in her household, married and continued to live there,
sharing her work for the church and becoming her heir.

Continuing from the book – A Mr Thomas BATES was Miss Johnston’s friend and gardener back in
England. He and his wife Sarah and family sailed for New Zealand in 1890, their passage being paid
by Miss Johnston. In the new land he would again be gardener and take care of her house. Miss
Johnston lived in some style in a handsome two and a half- storied house. Ground floor for the
servants, first floor living and upper floor for bedrooms. “The Springs” with an extensive garden was
on a site near the church.

It was recorded in the minutes of the Standing Committee of 12
October 1899 that Miss Johnston would give £50 a year towards
the stipend – a generous benefactor indeed. She also gave a
beautiful stained glass window, installed in 1910.

Apart from church activities, Harriet also enjoyed her tennis and it
was known that binoculars were used to see if there was any
activity at the courts and if so, she was soon on her way. When
she wished to play tennis a flag flew from the upper story of her
house.

Harriet Johnston died in 1916 at the age of 87 and is buried at
Pokeno cemetery.

Sources: St Mary on the Hill, Pokeno 1900 – 2000 – a book by Dora
Hessell
Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4057 Surname: JOHNSTONE*
Given names: Annie
Occupation: household duties Address: Buckland

Qualification: residential

Annie’s signature on probate records for William, 1950

Annie JOHNSTONE – actually JOHNSTON*, was born in New Zealand (probably Pukekohe) in 1872.
She was the daughter of Robert Johnston (1841-1920) and Elizabeth HEWITT (1849-1933) both long-
time residents of Pukekohe and Buckland. Annie was the second of ten children, 4 daughters and six
sons, so no doubt would have helped at home before her marriage to William McGOWAN in 1898.

Their only child Howard Gordon was born in Tuakau. It is probably safe to assume that William
McGowan was the blacksmith who was at Waiuku in 1896 but on the electoral roll in Tuakau as a
blacksmith in 1900, 1905 and 1911.

By 1914 Annie and William had moved to Papatoetoe and taken up farming. They were to spend the
rest of their days in this locality at their property they called Ashlynn.

Son Howard was a schoolteacher and later a Headmaster at several schools – in Kerepehi in 1950
and in Northland later.

William died on 29 May 1950 and Annie on 13 January 1953. They are buried side by side, with
separate headstones at the Papatoetoe cemetery.

Sources:
Probate records – www.familysearch.org; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk;
Old Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Headstone photo – www.findagrave.com
Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3620 Surname: JONES
Given names: Annie Pinfold Address: Buckland
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

When Annie Pinfold JONES appeared on the 1893 electoral roll she was the wife of Frederick Jones,
farmer Buckland, freehold part Lots 9 and 12 Buckland. She was the mother of Frederick Reginald,
Acheson John, Constance Mary and Esther Elizabeth who were also on the 1893 Franklin roll.

Other children were Hugh Kennedy, Edith Evening and Clarice Norah.

Annie had married Frederick in Melbourne Australia in 1866 – quoted in many family trees but not
confirmed. Frederick Acheson Jones was born in Mauritius in 1838.

The first two children were born in Redfern, Sydney and they had come to New Zealand via Tonga
where son Hugh was born in 1878 . Two children were born in NZ – Edith in 1879 and Clarice in 1882
with the mother’s name being recorded as Hannah Pinfold Jones.

In 1905 Annie and Frederick were living at Edendale, Mt Roskill, Auckland and that is where she died
in 1909. Annie is buried at Purewa together with her husband and daughter Constance.

Purewa cemetery burial record

Sources:
Family Tree
Jones Web site
My Heritage
Old newspapers- paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Australian birth records
Ancestry.co.uk
NZ electoral rolls

Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3621 Surname: JONES
Given names: Constance Mary Address: Buckland
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Her signature from her will

Constance Mary JONES was born in Redfern, Sydney,
Australia in 1869, the eldest child and daughter of
Frederick Jones and Hannah (Annie) Pinfold Jones,
who had married at St Kilda, Melbourne in 1866.
Constance’s brother Hugh was born in Tonga in 1878
and her next sibling was born in New Zealand in 1879,
so the family obviously moved about.
Although her father appeared on the 1893 electoral
roll as a farmer at Buckland, owning land there, his
usual occupation was given as gentleman.

Constance qualified as a nurse and this is her entry in the Register of Nurses in the NZ Gazette.

In her father’s will, dated 1 June 1911, when Constance had been in Woking, England, he wrote;

Constance nursed her father at their home in Sandringham Road, Auckland until his death 14
October 1930, aged 92. She died 15 November 1946, leaving a considerable estate, naming her
siblings or their partners and her 15 nieces and nephews as beneficiaries. She remained single and is
buried at Purewa cemetery with her parents.

Sources: Photo and info – Jones Family Tree on My Heritage; Probate – www.familysearch.org; NZ electoral
rolls – ancestry.co.uk; BDM – Australian & NZ records – ancestry.co.uk.

Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3622 Surname: JONES
Given names: Esther Elizabeth Address: Buckland
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Signature from her will

Esther Elizabeth JONES was born c1872, the daughter of Annie Pinfold Jones (1842-1909) and
Frederick Acheson Jones (1838-1930) and was the fourth child of seven – four girls and three boys.

She came to New Zealand in 1879 and her parents were farming in Buckland by 1886 when her sister
Edith started at Harrisville School.

In 1903 Esther married Huntley Spencer HAMLIN (1873-1945) and they went to Wellington to live
where Huntley was a stereotyper and printer.

They had five children – 1905 Frederick Spencer, 1906 Acheson Huntley, 1907 Mildred Annie, 1909
Gweneth Cora and 1910 Edith Roma.

Esther died 20 February 1934 while living at 41 Rata Rd, Haitaitai, Wellington and is buried at Karori
cemetery in Wellington. She had probate in England and in New Zealand and left a modest estate.

Sources:

Probate records – www.familysearch.org
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz;
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk;
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Headstone photo – biliongraves.com

Researcher: Judith Batt
Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1541 Surname: JONES
Given names: Mary Ann
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Buckland

Qualification: residential

Mary was born Mary Ann OVENS at McGillivray, Ontario, Canada on 2 March 1855. She was the
third child of at least ten born to Stewart Ovens and Mary CRUISE (10 children on the 1871 Canadian census,
see below), who were farmers of Irish descent.

On 17 March 1879 in Middlesex, Ontario, Mary married John JONES (1848-1941). John had been
born in Canada to Welsh parents and did not speak English until he went to school . They had three
children born in Canada – 1881 John Russel, 1882 Mary Edith Lloyd, 1884 Rubie Maud Martha Cruise

and one born in New Zealand 1895 Stewart Thomas.
Mary, John and the family came to NZ c1888.

They settled in Buckland where they farmed until
1905. They then farmed at Waiau Pa until 1911
when they decided to return to Canada. Unable to
settle and missing the New Zealand lifestyle, they
returned after a year and bought a house in Church
St, Penrose, where they lived until their deaths.

Mary died in 1932 and John in 1941 – they were
survived only by their two daughters as both sons
had died – John in 1908 and Stewart (spelt Stuart on
the memorial) was k.i.a. in 1918. They are buried in
Pukekohe Cemetery with their son and grandson
Stewart GILL.

Sources: Canadian census and BDM records; Obit for John –
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Headstone photo – Franklin Branch
NZS
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3626 Surname: JONES
Given names: Susan Address: Waipipi
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Susan was born Susan FAULKNER in Manchester, England and she went to
South Africa then Australia. It is not known when she met her husband – John
JONES but they married in 1855 in Australia, possibly at Bathurst at the
goldfields.

Susan was a bit of a renegrade – she cut her hair short.

Her mother had appointed her to accompany her father John, to look after
him. Early married life was pretty primitive and she related that her father
John Faulkner slept in the wagon and she and “Jones” – she always referred to
her husband in this vein – slept underneath. She apparently adopted this
method of differentiating between her father John, husband John, and son
John. They may have gone to Queensland to work in the cane fields.

Eldest daughter Margaret was born in 1856 in Australia probably at
Bundaberg. They must have returned to England between 1856-58 as Samuel was born in 1858 at
Doncaster where Margaret died of measles. They next moved to Cape of Good Hope where William
[1860] and Sarah [1863] were born.

The next move was on 18 August 1864 when the family left in the Hamburg barque “Steinwarder”
for New Zealand, arriving at Auckland on 14 October 1864. The family apparently received assistance
to emigrate. Son John was recorded as being born at Newton, Auckland in 1865 and George at
Waipipi in 1867 so this was when the connection to the Waipipi district started. They had a small
holding situated on Keogh Road between Craig Road and Creamery Road, Waipipi. Five more
children were born – Walter 1872, Matilda 1874, Mary 1874, Alfred 1876, and Henry 1879.

Early experiences at Waipipi were very severe also and relatives were told they had been forced to
dig up the seed potatoes for food at times.

Susan, along with John, is buried at the Waipipi Cemetery. She died on 28 September 1926.

Researcher: Irene Jones

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1597 Surname: KAVANAGH
Given names: Charlotte Amelia
Occupation: storekeeper Address: West Mauku

Qualification: freehold

Charlotte Amelia KAVANAGH was married to Charles Kavanagh. They raised four children in the
Mauku area. There was one daughter, Marcella, and three sons, Frank, Cecil and Vivian.

A newspaper article on 31 August 1917 reads that Vivian had been killed in action and shows his
mother’s address as Grey Lynn, Auckland.

Charlotte (by now a widow) passed away on 8 November 1936 at 140 Crummer Road, Grey Lynn.
Probate records show that Charlotte left an estate of £3000.
Charlotte is buried at Waikumete Cemetery with her son Francis (Frank).

Sources:

Paperspast
NZ Herald 31/8/1917
NZ Herald 9/11/1936
Auckland Star 1/12/1936

Researcher: Joan Taylor

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3627 Surname: KEITH
Given names: Louisa Mackwood Address: Pukekohe
Occupation: housekeeper Qualification: residential

Louisa was born at Arney Road, Remuera, Auckland on 1 October 1865. Her
parents James Hodgson KEITH (1919 - 1891) and Ann WARTERS (1823 - 1892)
had arrived on the Ulcoats in 1864 and settled on farm land in Auckland. She
was named after James’ much loved sister Ann, whose married name was
MACKWOOD.

Louisa was about 10 years old when the family moved to Mauku and she
stayed on the farm helping run the property with her father and sister Emily.
After her father’s death in 1891 Louisa moved to Pukekohe where for six
years she lived with her widowed brother John. She helped him bring up his
young family until he remarried in 1897.

Later Louisa trained as a Salvation Army officer, serving with the Army for a good many years until ill
health forced her to resign. She joined her sister Annie in keeping a boarding house in Grafton Road.

In 1910 she married James DAVIS and resided until her death in Balmoral Road, Mt Eden. They ran a
poultry farm combined with some nursery work. Throughout her life she was an active worker for
the Salvation Army.

On 3 January 1936, in her 70th year, Louisa suffered a stroke and died several days later. She is
buried at Purewa cemetery. James died in 1954 and is also buried at Purewa.

Auckland Star 10 Jan 1936

Auckland Star 3 Jan 1936
Sources:
Keith Family in New Zealand 1864-1993 – book, Pukekohe Library; Old newspapers - paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3628 Surname: KELLAND
Given names: Jane Address: Waipipi
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Jane KELLAND was born Jane WERRY on 22 John Wingent Werry (brother) arrived in New
July 1862 in Cornwall, England to William Zealand prior to Jane and further research
Werry and Ann Amelia WINGENT, one of nine shows Thomas (brother), Ethel (sister) and
children (six girls and three boys). Father, Ann (mother) followed, exactly when is
William, died in England in 1895 but had been uncertain. Mother, Ann, lived with Jane for
a farmer of 200 acres employing 3 men and a some time and they got involved with things
boy. like fundraising for the men at the front –
both making a financial donation to the SOCK
At that stage Jane fund while others knitted.
was living in New
Zealand and had met Frank passed away 2 January 1922 and is
and married Frank buried at Purewa Cemetery (Block A Row 30
Kelland – 27 July Plot 76).
1892 at St Barnabas
Church, Mt Eden, by Jane continued on the farm with the help of
the Rev. W.H. son William who married Kathleen FORDE on
JOHNSTON. Frank is recorded as living at 17 April 1926 at the Anglican Church, Royal
Sandridge, Waipipi and Jane in Remuera. Oak, Auckland and they had a daughter
Gwendoline Dorothy. (Allan John RAINBOW –
Jane and Frank had four children husband). Jane’s two daughters were still at
1893 – Ruth – only lived eight hours Waipipi on 1938 Electoral Roll.
1896 – Louisa May (also called Queenie)
1897 – William Harold However, life became difficult over the next
1902 – Gertrude Clara (also called Trudy). few years as Jane’s mother died 27 December
1931 and was buried at Waikaraka Cemetery.
Electoral Rolls have Frank owning 225 acres at In her will she left funds to Jane and her
Waipipi in the form of Lot 160, 186/7, part grandson William. William’s wife Kathleen
324. Kelland Road today joins on to Creamery died on 16 December 1932 after a long illness
Road at the junction of Coronation Road, and and William passed away on 11 November
on across Kohekohe/Karioitahi Road. 1938. Both were buried in Waipipi Cemetery.

A newspaper article acknowledges the quality Gertrude married Seymour BENT on 1
of the stock (sheep and fat stock) “…. and October 1942 and they farmed in Warkworth
arrive at one of the best-worked farms in the before moving to Otumoetai and then Te
district, that of Mr F. Kelland.” The setting for Puke.
the homestead must also have been well
chosen from a description in that same article. It is possible that Jane and her sister Ethel,
“Being invited for lunch I have the opportunity along with her daughter Louisa, were living
of viewing the magnificent outlook from Mr together in Sandspit Road.
Kelland’s verandah. The N.S.S. Weka can be
plainly seen all the way up the creek from Te Jane passed away at her residence in Sandspit
Toro Wharf, and a fine view of most of the Road on 27 January 1943 and was buried at
surrounding country is obtainable.” Other Purewa Cemetery Block A Row 30 Plot 75
articles tell of hunts being held over the beside Frank.
Kelland Farm and several neighbouring farms.

Sources:
Paperspast, NZ BDM Register, NZ Electoral Rolls
Photo – Ancestry Public Family Tree - MacKinnon

Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3631 Surname: KELLY
Given names: Hannah Address: Waipipi
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Hannah was born c1827 and came to New Zealand with her husband, Thomas KELLY and their two
daughters Hannah (c1861) and Margaret (c1863) on board the “Alfred” on 16 November 1864
having left Cape Town on 27 September. There were 251 passengers and cargo on the ship.

It appears many wanted to escape the climate of Africa and when advertisements appeared for free
passage to five acres of free land in New Zealand, there was a stampede to register. Many did not
stay for long as they found the cash income from the small acreage could not support their families.
Those who settled for life were named the ‘Cape Pigeons’ in memory of their origin. Their
allotments were sited off Craig, Creamery and Parakau Roads, Waipipi.

Thomas and Hannah were granted Lot 54, Part Lot 184,
Waipipi. Their family increased by two boys at Waipipi;
Michael (1865-1932) and Adrian Thomas (1871-1914),
and they continued to work hard on their farm.
However life in their later years was difficult as both
Thomas and Hannah suffered ill health. Hannah was
indeed an invalid for many years prior to her death.

Thomas died 2 October 1907 and Hannah died 16 June
1914. They are buried with their sons in Waipipi
Cemetery.

Hannah (known as Annie), the eldest child, entered a
religious order in her youth, but she was allowed to
return to private life to care for her aging parents.
When they passed she continued to care for her
brothers and she became a district legend for her
willingness to help any household in time of sickness or
other needs as she had been taught nursing and
hospitality at the Convent. She is especially remembered for having fostered an orphan girl, Annie
MALONEY (Mrs Alex DRUMMOND), who was her companion for life. A Post Office was built,
originally in a movable building on skids attached to her house, and Annie served as Post Mistress for
24 years from 1908.

Annie died 25 December 1941, aged 82, and the property was passed to Dromgool relatives; her
sister Margaret married James DROMGOOL. Annie was buried at Waipipi Cemetery after a Service
at the Waipipi Catholic Church.”

Sources:

“West of the Manukau” – Ben Westhead
“Of Pigeons and Pipis” and Waipipi District 150 years Booklet Article –Clyde Hamilton
NZ BDM Historical Records
Cemetery Records

Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1634 Surname: KENNEDY
Given names: Margaret Address: Buckland
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Margaret was born Margaret WATSON on 7 October 1840 at St Andrews, Lhanbryd, Moray,
Scotland, the second child of seven of John Watson (1813-1895) and Margaret PROCTOR (1816-
1877). The family arrived in New Zealand on 20 November 1861 on the ship Black Eagle and settled
in Pukekohe.

In 1867 she married John KENNEDY (1813-1895) and settled in Buckland where they farmed.
Although Margaret’s obituary says she leaves no children, in her will written in 1914, she names her
daughter Elsie Thompson Kennedy born 1891,who had married that year to Lawrence SPINLEY and
in John’s will probate of 1916, Elsie is a beneficiary and signed an affadavit.

Margaret signed her will with her mark-

Margaret died on 6 July 1915 and is buried at Waikumete Cemetery and John died on 21 January
1916.

NZ Herald 7 July 1915
Sources: BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Probate– www.familysearch.org
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1633 Surname: KENNELLY
Given names: Mary Ann
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe

Mary Ann KENNELLY married Thomas Qualification: residential
Kennelly in South Africa just before sailing
to New Zealand aboard the Eveline in 1864-
65. She would have been in her 21st year.

Mary Ann and Thomas were amongst a
small group of immigrants who, after
arriving in New Zealand, made the journey
by small boats from Onehunga to Drury,
and then made their way on foot to
Pukekohe.

In the dense bush that covered the district
they made a home and established the
Cape Settlement, which led to the starting
of the existing town of Pukekohe.

Mary Ann had seven known children one of
whom died young. Mary, Johanna, Joseph,
Ellen, John, James, Bridget were all born in
New Zealand however they were registered
with five variations of the surname.
Kennelly, KENNEALLY, KENEALLY, KENNEALY
and KENEALEY.

Mary Ann died on 24 March 1902
and is buried in the Pukekohe
Catholic Cemetery.

Sources:

www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
NZSG burial locator

Waikato Immigration Scheme passenger lists
Researcher: Judith Batt

Compiled: by Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3639 Surname: KEOGH
Given names: Johanna Address: Waipipi
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Johanna KEOGH was born in 1872, the youngest daughter of Mary and John Keogh, immigrants from
County Clare, Ireland who were farming at Waipipi near Waiuku. Johanna had two sisters and eight
brothers.

Johanna married John Edward POWELL on 22 January 1906 and they had three children.

On 26 October 1907 John Edmund was born. He married Violet May HOUGHTON in 1942. He was a
gunner during World War II and while he was away Violet spent part of her time with her parents in
Opotiki. It appears John may have returned and worked on the family farm at Waipipi. Violet passed
away on 13 May 1986 and her ashes are at Manukau Memorial Gardens. John died on 14 August
1988 and was buried at Papakura Cemetery in the Military Section.

On 9 November 1909 Linda Gertrude was born. She married Frederick WALTERS on 28 December
1937 and it is registered as Linda Gertrude Margaret. They lived in Pollok for a period before moving
to the Auckland area. Walter also fought in World War II. He was born on 4 June 1909 and died 26
September 1996. Linda died on 10 September 2006 and was buried at Waipipi Cemetery as was her
husband.

On 30 November 1910 Mary Phyllis was born. She married James Robert McGregor McFARLANE on
28 December 1935 and is registered as Mary Phyllis Ellen. They lived in the Auckland area. James
was born on 15 August 1911 and died on 16 July 1981. Mary died on 26 March 1986 and was buried
with James in Waikumete Cemetery. Cemetery records show a military listing for James (listed as a
Corporal in the NZ Provost Corps) and an additional entry:
“E M P McFarlane buried 29 March 1986“.

Johanna and John worked hard all their lives on the Powell farm on Creamery Road at Waipipi. They
saw all their family married and thankfully all return from World War II.

However, Johanna died on 28 August 1948 at the age of 76. John died on 31 May 1953 at the age of
85. They were both buried in the Waipipi Cemetery beside John’s parents Matthew and Johanna.

Sources:
“Of Pigeons and Pipis”; Waipipi School and Districts 125 years and Waipipi District 150 years Booklet
NZ BDM Historic Register and Cemetery Records
Researcher: Penny Prescott; Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3641 Surname: KEOGH
Given names: Margaret Address: Waipipi
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Margaret KEOGH was born in 1869, the middle daughter of Mary and John Keogh, immigrants from
County Clare, Ireland who were farming on the corner of Creamery and Keogh Roads at Waipipi near
Waiuku.

Margaret had two sisters and eight brothers.

On 22 January 1895 Margaret married Samuel JONES and lived on Warea Road, near New Plymouth.
They were to have the following children:

o John Noonan b. 15 November 1895
o Mary Victoria b.25 April 1897
o Annie Margaret b. 11 June 1898
o Millicent Johanna Veronica b. 10 April 1900
o Marjory Catherine b. 10 November 1901
o Samuel Faulkner b. 28 May 1903

They moved north to Towai between 1902 and 1904, then they returned to Warea in 1904 and
Samuel began flax-milling and was in charge of the Warea mill.
In May 1905 Samuel suddenly died from septicaemia after getting a tumour on his leg. Margaret
was 36 years old at the time and was heavily pregnant with their seventh child (Margaret Frederica
known as Peg, born 12 June 1905). After Samuel's death Margaret always wore black with her long
hair plaited and tied up on her head.

With the assistance of her brother, James, who then lived with her, Margaret farmed successfully and
brought up her family of five girls and two boys.

Margaret died at home on Warea Road on 11 September 1948, aged 79 years, and was buried at
Okato, Taranaki.

Sources:
Family Knowledge: Roger Derecourt, Michael and Shirley
Derecourt
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
OPUNAKE TIMES, VOLUME XXI, ISSUE 735, 2 MAY 1905
OPUNAKE TIMES, 21 SEPTEMBER 1948
New Zealand, Archives New...Probate Records, 1843-1998

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3640 Surname: KEOGH
Given names: Mary Address: Waipipi
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Mary KEOGH was born in 1841. She and her husband John were immigrants
from County Clare, Ireland.

They went to Cape Town, South Africa for at least four and a half years
where a son, James, was born but died young and a daughter, Mary, was
born in 1860. Mary, John and young Mary were passengers aboard the
Dutch barque “Alfred” from the Cape of Good Hope arriving 16 November
1864 and were among the pioneer settlers of Waipipi. The granted five
acres allotment was in Parakau Road, the land being described as very
uninviting in its original state of bracken, manuka and swampy bush.

By 1873 they had bought a further 27
acres on the west side of Keogh Road for
£33 15 shillings. Their farm reached
from the old home on Keogh Road to
Creamery Road passing behind what was
Kelly’s farm. The house later required a
two-storied addition for the growing
family of eleven:

Mary, b. Cape Town, South Africa in
1860, married Thomas Martin ROE, died
7 November 1950 aged 90 years. She is
buried at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland.

Stephen - married Catherine O’BRIEN in 1895 and Ruth WALKER in 1918, died 17 April 1951 aged 87
years and is buried at Waikumete.

Thomas - married Mary WELSH 1898, died 29 August 1931 aged 64 years and is buried at
Waikumete.

Margaret - married Samuel JONES 1895, died 18 Sept 1948 aged 79 years, Okato, Taranaki.

Johanna – b. 1872, married John POWELL 1906, died 28 Aug 1948, buried at Waipipi

John Patrick - b. 1874, married Bridget Maud LIVINGSTONE 1905, died 13 July 1938, aged 63, buried
Waikumete

Timothy - b. 1876, married Gertrude TIMPERLEY 1906, died 9 Aug 1944, age 68, buried Waikumete

Martin - b. 1878, married Mary TOHU 1906, died 1 May 1946, aged 68, buried Waikumete also
married Te Awe WHARERAU 1924 and Sarah Ann McNAMARA 1936.

James - b. 1880, not married, died 2 October 1954, age 74 years, buried Okato Cemetery, Taranaki

Michael - b. 1882, married Catherine BRITTON 1910, died 11 Jan 1969, aged 86 years, buried Waipipi

Daniel - b. 1886, not married, died 8 June 1947, aged 59 years, buried Waipipi.

Mary and John’s son, Michael took over the farm and their son, Dan, moved to a farm on Craig Road.
Mary died on 29 October 1907 after a fall aged 66. John died on 27 December 1915 aged 85. Both
are buried at Waipipi Cemetery with John’s headstone showing 1916.

Sources:
“Of Pigeons and Pipis”; Waipipi School and Districts 125 years
Family Knowledge: Roger Derecourt, Michel and Shirley Derecourt
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 13582, 30 OCTOBER 1907

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3638 Surname: KEOUGH
Given names: Elizabeth Address: Mauku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

George and Elizabeth KEOUGH arrived in Auckland on the 'Columbus', 10 October 1864 with
members of the 50th Regiment who were stationed in Panmure and Mt Wellington.

The New Zealander 15 April 1865

According to Wise's Post Office Directory George Keough was living in the Panmure area in 1876
where he had 5 acres of leasehold land.
George appears to have been involved in local body affairs in the Mt Wellington area, as a collector
of rates in 1874.
He died 11 April 1892 at Mauku and his death was investigated by the Coroner, 1892/258 (Archives,
NZ)
Public Notices. RE GEORGE KEOUGH, LATE OF MAUKU, SETTLER, DECEASED INTESTATE. All Persons
having Claims against this Estate are requested to send in particulars of same (in duplicate) forthwith
to the undersigned, HILL & MAHONY, Solicitors for Administratrix. 30, Shortland street, June 3,
1892.

NZ Herald, 7 June 1892

Elizabeth appears in the 1893 and 1896 Franklin Electoral rolls in Mauku, doing domestic duties and
with a residential qualification.
There is no further mention of Elizabeth after 1896.
There are other Keoughs enrolled in the Waipipi area-Johanna, John, Mary, Margaret, Thomas , but
George and Elizabeth do not seem to have had children born in New Zealand.
Elizabeth does not appear in Marriage or Death indices.

Resources:
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Wises Directories

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1645 Surname: KERN
Given names: Leah Lydia
Occupation: household duties Address: Rama Rama

Qualification: residential

Born on 28 June 1863, Leah Lydia was daughter of Luke BALLARD and Mary Elizabeth SMITH, the
second child of 10 and came to NZ with her parents and older brother on the ship Bombay. The
remaining siblings were born in New Zealand.

She married Cecil George KERN, of Ceylon, at her parent’s home on 13 November 1883 and they had
8 children: Edith Annie, Cecil Frank, Jessie Eveline, Mary Louise, Agnes Cecilia, Irene Laura, Charles
Theodore and Ruby Alice. Their eldest son, Cecil Frank was k.i.a. in WW1. The Kern’s farmed at
Ramarama and have a road named after them. In the NZ Herald of 10 February 1928, Mrs C. G. Kern
is advertising holiday accommodation available for permanent or casual paying guests at £2 per
week.

Lydia, as she preferred to be called, died on
1 November 1940 and is buried in Papakura
Cemetery with her husband. In her
obituary it said that she had resided at
Ramarama for 50 years taking a particularly
active part in church work. At her death
she had 20 grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.

Leah Lydia Kern (nee Ballard) and Cecil George Kern Photo from google images

Sources:

1893 Electoral roll
Auckland Star 5 Nov 1940
Births, Deaths & Marriages – www.dia.govt.nz
Family Tree on Geni by Ross Ian Cochran – www.geni.com

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1670 Surname: KING
Given names: Catherine
Occupation: farmer’s wife Address: Pukekohe East

Qualification: residential

Catherine was born Catherine WATSON in Eventually her father purchased a farm in
Ardoyne, Belfast on 16 April 1860. Her father Harrisville where seven more brothers and
John Watson and mother Sarah MANSFIELD sisters were born. He also helped build the
were linen weavers so Catherine grew up in the Harrisville School which the younger Watson
mill village where her sister Mary was also children attended. In her youth Catherine was
born. By 1864 Catherine’s parents had applied a dressmaker, a keen parishioner, and would
for the Waikato Immigration Scheme, and had have been a great help to her mother with her
to travel down to Queenstown to board the many siblings. By the age of 20 she had
ship Ganges for New Zealand. During the married Lewis Walter KING in her parents’
voyage Catherine’s sister Mary became ill with home on the family farm and it would be a fine
dysentery and was one of 56 children to die of guess that Catherine would have made her
similar illness on that voyage. own wedding dress.

Upon arrival a delay in receiving plot titles Lewis had emigrated with his family as a ten
meant many families had to wait it out at the year old from South Africa aboard the ship
Queen’s Redoubt in Pokeno so Catherine Maori in 1864. He already had a farm of his
would have started school there as a five year own on Jericho Road, Harrisville where they
old. settled and where Catherine described herself
as a farmer’s wife. Although there were no
children born to the couple, Jane BEGBIE lived
over the road with her nine children and, as
Catherine’s husband left Jane a sum of money
in his will, it seems the two families were a
great support to each other.

Catherine looked after her parents when they
sold the family farm until their deaths.
Catherine passed away in 1913 from a seizure
at only 54 years old. Her death notice
described her as having a ‘very charitable
disposition which endeared her to a wide circle
of friends’. She is buried in the Pukekohe East
Presbyterian Church Cemetery along with her
husband (who died in 1918) and next to her
parents, a brother and her three infant sisters.

Sources:
Pukekohe East Presbyterian Church Cemetery records
Watson family history (Private notes)

Researcher: Wendy Smith (nee Watson)

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4068 Surname: KING
Given names: Charlotte Dair
Occupation: household duties Address: Waiuku

Qualification: residential

At age 77, Charlotte KING was probably the oldest first-time voter on the 1893 Franklin electoral roll.

Charlotte Dair King (nee FISK) was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 11 January 1816 and immigrated to
New Zealand in December 1839 aboard the “Falcon”. She was the third child, eldest daughter of 11
children.

Her parents were Arnold Fisk and Mary Ann Campbell BUNKER, both of whom came to Australia in
the early 1800’s; Arnold as crew and Mary with her parents. Charlotte was named after a sister of
Mary’s – Charlotte Dair Bunker.

She met her future husband Phillip Hansen King in the Bay of Islands and they were married on 1 July
1840 in Auckland. Philip was the eldest son of Mr John King, first missionary settler in New Zealand
and Hannah HANSEN. John worked for 40 years among the Maoris, aided by Hannah.

Phillip and Charlotte had 12 children.

Isabella Jane 1841-1932, Elizabeth Mary Ann 1843-1943, Arnold John 1844-1899, Henry Holloway
1845-1873, Clara Hannah 1847-1925, Angelina Sarah 1849-1887, Lauretta Shepherd 1851-1942,
William Joseph 1852-1930, Charles Collingwood 1855-1920, Ernest James Edward 1857-1876, Minnie
Matilda 1861-1888 and Annie Eliza 1863-1878

Phillip Hansen King died on 30 August 1880, at his residence, Collingwood, after a long and painful
illness. Charlotte however, continued to live in Waiuku with her son, William King, until her death
on 26 February 1917 at the ripe old age of 101.

Source:
names.nzearlyhistory.com
Ancestry Public Tree – Bronwyn Jane Palmer
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Paperspast – OBITUARY AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME XLVIII, ISSUE 49, 26 FEBRUARY 1917
Compiled by: Dianne Jones

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1425 Surname: KINGSFORD
Given names: Charlotte Elizabeth
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Razorback

Qualification: residential

Charlotte Elizabeth KELSEY was born in Folkstone Kent between 1848 and 1850 and married
Frederick Bosworth KINGSFORD in the second quarter of 1872 at Hastings, Sussex, England.
Charlotte had only one child Leslie, who was born in Folkstone, Kent in October 1873. It is not
known when the Kingsfords
arrived in New Zealand but
by 1881 the family had
settled at Razorback farming
350 acres.

Leslie started school aged 5
at Bombay in 1882 and four
years later was transferred
to Auckland Grammar.
Charlotte became involved in
her community especially the
Presbyterian and Wesleyan
Churches where she played
the organ. Her services were
acknowledged with a small
gift in 1890.

NZ Herald 26 September 1890

By December 1893 Charlotte and her family are
preparing to return to England. The farm was advertised
for sale at the end of 1893 but wasn’t sold until late
1894. Charlotte’s home had been a substantial one,
with 12 rooms and a commanding view of the
countryside to the Waikato River. Charlotte died 15
April 1929 in Bristol, Gloucester, England.

Sources:
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
England and Wales marriage index 1837-2005
Familysearch. https://www.familysearch.org
Findmypast https://www.findmypast.com.au
Researcher: Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1675 Surname: KINGSFORD
Given names: Emily Ada
Occupation: lady Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Emily Ada KINGSFORD third daughter and one of fourteen children born to Charles and Sarah
Kingsford of Ponsonby, Auckland was born in 1871.

Emily Kingsford can be found on the 1893 roll where she identifies herself as ‘Lady’. Emily and her
sister Florence appear to be the only members of their family to be at Harrisville, Tuakau in 1893.

On 20 April 1898 Emily married Walter Hampton FRICKER, at St John’s College Chapel, Tamaki.

Walter and Emily made their home in Frankton and five children were born there.

• 1899 Walter John
• 1902 Kenneth Hampton
• 1904 Millicent Francis
• 1907 Philip Osborne
• 1911 Dulcie Isabella.

Sadly, Emily died aged 47 on 20 November
1918.

Walter remarried in 1920 to Elizabeth
Margaret Kingsford elder sister of
Emily Ada.

Elizabeth died in 1940 and Walter in 1961.
All three are buried together in Hamilton West Cemetery,
A2A-R-25.

Sources:
NZBDM: www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Paperspast – Auckland Star, 12 May 1898. Waikato Times, 21 Nov 1918
My Heritage – Mclean web site

Researcher: Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4070 Surname: KINGSFORD
Given names: Florence Eliza
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Charles KINGSFORD a baker from Kent, England arrived in New Zealand on the ‘William Miles’ in
November 1862 from London, England. He married Sarah JONES at her father’s residence on the 7
March 1867. Sarah was born in Sydney, Australia in 1846.

Florence Eliza KINGSFORD born 28 August 1872 in Ponsonby, Auckland was one of fourteen children
born to Charles and Sarah Kingsford.

Florence Kingsford can be found on the 1893 roll with Emily her sister. Florence and Emily appear to
be the only members of their family to be at Harrisville, Tuakau in 1893.

In 1900 Florence married Charles George LEE a butcher from Whitianga. Charles was born in
Whitianga and after their marriage he took Florence home to Whitianga where they raised their
family:

I. 1901 – 1983 Elsie
II. 1903 - 1996 Beryl Kingsford
III. 1907 – 1907 Florence Rose
IV. 1908 – 1978 Phyllis

Florence died in 1910 aged 38.

Sources:
NZBDM www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
My Heritage Mclean web site – photograph
Researcher. Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1677 Surname: KINSEY
Given names: Mary Elizabeth
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Patumahoe

Qualification: residential

FIRST WOMAN LICENSEE of logs, assisted by a team of bullocks, over the
five kilometres to a newly purchased site on
Mary Elizabeth KINSEY (1829 – 1907) was the the corner of Kingseat and Patumahoe Roads.
first woman licensee of the Mauku Inn in
Patumahoe. However, it appears that she Not long after they opened for guests, Mary
applied for the transfer from her late husband, was the victim of a fraudster who passed off a
Thomas, for the sole purpose of on- fraudulent cheque as payment for several
transferring it to a new licensee. Thomas died days’ accommodation. James McALISTER was
in February 1895 and by June of the same year arrested and charged but perhaps this kind of
she had successfully acquired and passed on clientele cooled Mary’s enthusiasm for hotel
the license to Robert WHITE. keeping on her own.

Thomas had been in possession of the license She and Thomas appear to have had no family
for only a few months before his death. The in New Zealand. She continued to live in
one storey hotel, containing six Patumahoe until her death, leaving behind the
accommodation rooms in addition to those for sum of £147 but no will. The Notice of
the use of the family, was built by George Deceased Estates indicated she emigrated
Gould WALTER in 1860 beside the busy Taihiki from England but there were no known
Inlet, on the corner of Glenbrook and Pearson relatives to whom to disburse the cash.
Roads. As roads opened up and Patumahoe
began to thrive, patronage dropped off and in
1883 G.G.Walter rolled the hotel on a series

The Mauku Inn, 1895 Family Search – Probate Records
Researcher: Wendy Clark
Sources:
Births, Deaths, & Marriages NZ, Papers Past, Patumahoe: History & Memories,
Informant: Howard Upfold

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1700 Surname: LAMAN
Given names: Jane
Occupation: music teacher Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Jane LAMAN was born in 1871 in Epsom, Auckland, the second surviving daughter of John Laman
and Emma TURNER who married at St Mathias, Panmure on 3 January 1863. John Laman and Emma
Turner had possibly arrived in Auckland on the Zealandia on 14 February 1861.

Jane's siblings were Margaret Emma, Annie Emily, Mary, William Henry and Eleanor. Only Jane and
Margaret survived childhood. Her father died on 10 November 1878 in Epsom and her mother died
in 1903, both are buried in Pukekohe.

Jane 'Jeannie' married James WYLIE on 24
June 1899 at St Andrew's Church, Pukekohe.
James Wylie was the son of Hugh Wylie and
Jane MOORE of Buckland. (Akl Star 7 July 1899)

From 1905 to 1914 James and Jane were
living in Buckland where James's mother,
Jane, was also living. In 1919, they were still
living at Buckland, (1914 Electoral Roll below).

It appears that Jane had no children.

Jane died suddenly on 2 June 1933
at home and is buried in Pukekohe
Cemetery.

James remarried in 1935 to Ethel
May COLES and continued to live in
St Heliers Bay Road as a farmer. He
died in Auckland on 8 October 1953.

Sources:
Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1706 & 3651 Surname: LANER*
Given names: Lucy Anna
Occupation: farmer Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

LUCY ANN LAUER*

(Note: that her surname was spelled incorrectly on
the electoral roll)

My great-grandmother, Lucy Ann Lauer, was a
Pukekohe East resident in 1893 at the time of
the Electoral Roll being opened to women
voters.

Lucy was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs
Benjamin TAYLOR of Lincolnshire, England and
she married Frederick Lauer in London in
1881. Frederick had spent 15 years as a sailor
on various trading ships and had visited many
parts of the world including New Zealand. The
couple later came to New Zealand and lived
for a short time in Wellington before settling
in Pukekohe about 1883.

Lucy and Frederick bought 101 acres of land
on East Street, Pukekohe where the housing
subdivision Anselmi Ridge is now. When their
family grew in number, they bought land across the road to expand the size of their farm.

The couple had eight children: Fred (married May O’NEILL, and farmed at Waimai), Charles (married
Minnie BAGULEY and farmed at East Street), George (returned from WW1 and lived at Pukekohe),
Lucy (married Mr CRAIG, Auckland), Jane (married Henry DELL, who had the saddlery and bag shop
at Dell’s Corner at the top of King St, Pukekohe – now a night club), Nell (married Frank CURRIE of
Auckland). Two sons Thomas and William were killed in action in World War 1.

Lucy was a real family person who adored her children and grandchildren. She was also regarded
with affection by a wide circle of friends. She was a widow for 14 years after Frederick passed away,
and died aged 90 at her home in Pukekohe East in 1943.

Photo: Lucy Lauer with three grandchildren – Victor, Tom and Vera.

Submitted by Anne Barker (nee Lauer, grand-daughter of Charles & Minnie)

Note: Lucy Anna LANER appears in the 1893 Franklin General Electoral Roll (no.1706) and on the
Supplementary Roll (no.3651) and in both cases the surname should be LAUER.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1715 Surname: LAPWOOD
Given names: Helen
Occupation: household duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Ellen HOLLAND was born at 6:55 p.m. on 5 December 1849 in
Leyland, Lancashire, England along with her twin sister Georgina
who had been born less than half an hour earlier. Her parents
were Henry Holland, bricklayer, and his wife Lavinia COOK who
had 16 known children. In the late 1850s, Henry’s brick making
business went into bankruptcy and he decided to start afresh in
Auckland, New Zealand where he arrived in early 1860 and
established a brick making business in Karangahape Road. It was
not until two years later in late June 1862 that Ellen and 8 of her
siblings and her mother could set sail for New Zealand - on board
the Romulus from London.

The family initially lived on the corner of Oxford and Regent
Streets in Newton, but when Henry’s business went into
bankruptcy in the late 1860s the family moved south to Onewhero. They lived on Lot 69 in the Parish
of Onewhero - a 55 acre Crown Grant of land located across the Waikato River from the Tuakau
Landing and allotted in March 1867 to Ellen’s older brother George Holland.

Ellen became known as Helen in New Zealand. On 18 November 1870 she married Alfred Octavius
LAPWOOD at the home of Charles T. HOSKING in Waiuku where she is believed to have been working
as a domestic servant. Alfred was born at Stoke Newington Green, Middlesex, England. He had sailed
to New Zealand as a crewman on board the immigrant ship Ganges and arrived in Auckland in early
1865. Helen and Alfred settled at Tuakau where Alfred worked as a labourer and then a farmer. Over
the years Helen and Alfred produced a large family of 12 children which included an unnamed son in
1880 who died when only three days old. The 11 children who survived infancy were successfully
raised and they, in turn, all married and all but one began their own families. Helen got to experience
the arrival of 46 grandchildren during her lifetime, but this would have been tempered with the loss
of five of them including the accidental drowning of two teenage granddaughters (Hazel PUTATAKA
and Beryl Alice Lapwood) in the Waikato River in early 1926. Helen also had to bear the loss of four
of her children as adults – sons Edward and Alfred Henry in the 1918 influenza epidemic; daughter
Lavinia in 1920; and son Arthur in a work accident in mid-1925. But the end of 1925 would hopefully
have been more a joyous time with the arrival of her first great grandchild (Gordon Alfred SANGSTER).

Alfred suffered a debilitating bad stroke late in his life and Helen was given legal power of attorney to
be his signatory for his final years. He died at his home in Tuakau on 8 November 1923. Helen died
at the same residence in Tuakau on 30 August 1926 from complications related to the diabetes she
had suffered from for 10 years. Both are buried in the Alexandra Redoubt Cemetery, Tuakau.
Sources:

GRO Birth Certificates for Ellen HOLLAND & Alfred Octavius LAPWOOD
Papers Past website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
NZ birth, marriage and death dates: http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Photo of Helen LAPWOOD [nee HOLLAND]: https://www.ancestry.com
“The Lapwoods of Tuakau – The Family of Alfred Octavius Lapwood (1844-1923)” Christine Headford, 1998

Researcher: Christine Headford

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1742 Surname: LEECH
Given names: Elizabeth
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Elizabeth (Eliza) CAMPBELL married Alexander Jamieson LEECH (c1833-1898) in 1868 in Auckland.

They had a daughter, Mary, born in 1877 who married George DIX in 1904. Mary was the sole
executrix of her mother's will, and had to make statements regarding her mother's probate as her
mother had evidently had a stroke (brain haemorrhage).

In 1873 Alexander requested to buy a section in Pukekohe West, Lot 160 Section2. James
DILWORTH, Elizabeth's previous employer, provided a mortgage for the land. Later, Alexander asked
for Lots 159. 160 and 164 to be sold to pay his debts and the remaining estate to go to Eliza and his
daughter (further details available archway.achives.govt.nz).

Pukekohe &
Waiuku Times 3
May 1921

Sources:
Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; Archives NZ – archway.archives.govt.nz; Cemetery collection – Franklin Branch
NZSG; Probate records – www.familysearch.org

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3658 Surname: LEGGETT
Given names: Ann Address: Maioro
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Ann was born in c1838 in Dundalk, Louth, Ireland to parents Patrick DEANE and Elizabeth Gertrude
FITZPATRICK.

Ann married Laurence NOLAN on 9 July 1859 in St Augustine Church, Lancashire, England.

Ann and Laurence came to New Zealand on the “Reiherstieg” on 24 December 1864. They were
housed with other passengers in tents at Onehunga for approximately a month then taken to
Maioro. Many were in tents until April when they were allotted their section.

Annie and Laurence farmed for a short period with John, Annie’s brother, at Maioro on a property
which today would be near the NZ Steel mine site on Forestry Road. Sadly Laurence died in
Auckland Hospital on 21 September 1867 and place of burial is unknown.

Annie received a land grant, Lot 62 in Maioro, on 6 September 1870
and records her as “Ann Nolan – Widow”, a housekeeper in
Onehunga.

Annie’s sister, Catherine married John McDONALD on 30 April
1872. John had come to New Zealand on the same ship as Annie
and Laurence.

Annie remarried on 21 February 1873 to William LEGGETT at St
Patrick’s Cathedral in Auckland. They had three children – James,
Elizabeth Ellen and Mary – and continued to live in Maioro.
However farming was not William’s main occupation as on
Electoral Rolls he appears as a stoker.

A neighbour, Mary Ann JOHNSON (nee BAILEY), was kicked by a horse while pregnant and died
(1896) through complications of the miscarriage that resulted. Her husband was left with a big, but
young family. Annie and William took in the two youngest boys, Lionel and Oliver (who was only 2),
and looked on them as their own. Their own children would have been young adults by that time.
Another neighbour took in the two eldest boys, the grandparents the two girls.

Ann and William continued to live in Maioro until a decision
was made to move to Waiuku and Ann sold the land to John
Martin and Catherine McDonald in 1902.

According to Alf GOODWRIGHT, a resident of Maioro, Ann was
well known and respected in the Waiuku area as a midwife.

William passed away on 20 April 1926 and Ann passed away
shortly after on 30 June 1926 and they are buried at Onehunga.

Sources:
Descendants’ Family Knowledge
Electoral Rolls, Cemetery Records, NZ BDM Historical Records
PapersPast – OBITUARY NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXIII, ISSUE 19372, 6 JULY 1926
Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1762 Surname: LISK
Given names: Jane
Occupation: flax dresser Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Jane HAWTHORNE was born in 1843 or 1844, possibly in Cheshire or York, England. We don’t know
what age she was when she arrived in New Zealand, but she married Edward LISK in 1867 when she
would have been 23 or 24.

Edward had arrived two years earlier, on the ship Louisa out of London. He landed in Auckland on
28 March 1865.

They lost little time in starting their family. Sarah was born in 1868, followed by William, Edward,
Mary Jane, David and John. Their last son, James, died as a newborn in 1881.

Edward worked as a platelayer for the railway. He stood for the school committee for Harrisville,
and narrowly missed election.

Their daughter Sarah was married to John COLLINS in 1892, which would have been a happy time.
The boys were athletic and played cricket. They may have also worked for the railway.

Jane died on 21 December 1893 at her home in Tuakau, and was interred on Tuakau Hill. Her
epitaph was ‘We knew no sorrow – knew not grief till thy bright face was missed.’ She was in her 50th
year.

There would have been several children still at
home. Possibly this was the reason Jane’s
husband Edward remarried, to Clara
Catherine NASH of Thames, less than a year
later. The following year, 1895, Edward and
Clara had twins. Only a few years after that,
Edward was involved in a horrific train
accident when a carriage in Buckland derailed
and crushed him. He survived and was
hospitalised, but died nearly 8 months later,
in 1898, less than 5 years after Jane’s death.
He was 57.

Jane and Edward’s children all lived much
longer than their parents, dying in their 70’s
and 80’s.

Sources:
Papers Past
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
Births Deaths and Marriages
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Cemeteries record and photo
https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz

Researcher: Joan Leitch

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1774 Surname: LODGE
Given names: Marion
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Mary Ann (Marion) LOCKE, daughter of Joseph Locke, was born in Dorchester, Devon in 1859 and
married Henry James LODGE in Auckland in 1880. Her obituary states she came to New Zealand as
an infant. Mary Ann's father was probably in the 14th Regiment and died aged 43, on 4 March 1869.

Henry had a boot making business, first in Auckland then in Pukekohe which he operated until his
retirement. Mary Ann was involved with the Pukekohe Flower Show, winning prizes for her flowers.

Mary Ann and Henry had three children: Emma Christina, Henry James and William Claude.

Sources:
Old newspaperspaperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG.
Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3666 Surname: LOGAN
Given names: Amelia Address: Tuakau
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Amelia LOGAN nee CREAN, was born in February 1841 and met her husband
John Logan, a 'Leader' in their Methodist Church. However, when they
married in January 1863, it was in the Church of Ireland, Irvinestown, County
Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

After the death of her father, Amelia and John worked the family farm in
Drumdron, Co.Tyrone but were both beguiled by talk of the lands in New
Zealand and decided to join with John’s parents and his seven sisters and
emigrate. Amelia and John’s son George was just eleven months old when
they embarked on the ship "Dauntless" in December 1864. Sadly, George
was one of the twenty people who died on the voyage.

Amelia was also 6 months pregnant and their first daughter; Elizabeth Jane Dauntless Moor was born
on 9 February 1865 and survived the journey arriving in NZ on 15 May 1865.

John and Amelia were billeted in the soldiers’ barracks in Onehunga until their new 'Land Allocations'
were made and in Aug/Sept 1865 they made their way by small boats to Drury and then by cart and
foot to Tuakau where the soldiers had erected rows of tents on the 'Domain' to house the women and
children while the men cleared their lands.

John built for Amelia a 'whare' which they called 'Tyrone'. By 1869, Amelia had four small children,
Elizabeth, George (October 1866), Joseph (May 1868) and William (August 1869). The Maori wars
were moving much closer along the Waikato River and John and Amelia, with their four children,
decided it would be much safer to move away for a while and boarded the ship "Hero" and sailed to
Australia, joining Amelia’s brother, Joseph and his family who lived in Araleun, near Geelong and the
goldfields. Nine months later, Amelia decided it was too hot in Australia and so in 1870, they all set
sail again on the "Hero" and returned to their lands in New Zealand.

John must have done well on the goldfields as he
bought the first wooden house built in Tuakau and
moved it onto his land and this is where Amelia
gave birth to Margaret Amelia (March 1871),
Letitia (September 1872), Thomas (September
1874), Mary-Ann (May 1875), Esther Lucinda
(May 1878) and Leonard (January 1880). John
purchased another 40 acres next to the old
Tuakau cemetery, land which reached right down
to the Waikato river, and built a two-storied
house which became known locally as 'Pine Hill'.
It was here that Amelia gave birth to their last
child, Edith Maris (March 1882)

Amelia died on 1 October 1925 aged 85 and is buried in the Tuakau Cemetery.

Information supplied by Laraine Meyer. Great-Granddaughter of Amelia and John Logan.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3673 Surname: LOWE
Given names: Emma Address: Waiuku East
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Emma was baptised on 27 May 1849 in St Margarets at Witton near North Walsham in Norfolk,
England.

Her parents were Daniel MORRIS and Anne SHREEVE who had been married in the same church in
October of 1835.

In the 1861 census Emma was a scholar aged 12 with her father being an agricultural labourer.

It is noted in the 1871 census records that Emma’s parents have a boarder, James LOW(E) stating his
age as 25 years.

Emma was 21 years old when she married James Low(e) in November of 1871 in St Margarets at
Witton, the same church where her family had always worshipped.

James, a labourer, and Emma left London on 10 October 1874 bound for New Zealand sailing on the
‘Warwick’, arriving in Auckland on 2 February 1875.

James was 27 and Emma was 25. The cost of the passage money to the Government was £29.

James and Emma farmed in Morley Road, Glenbrook,
Waiuku on land that was part of Hamlin’s Grant and this is
where they raised their six children.

o Herbert Morris born 1876
o Algernon James born 1881
o Benjamin George born 1883
o William John born 1885
o Emma Maria born 1887
o Elsie Sarah born 1889

Emma passed away on 1 April 1907 aged 57 years and is
buried in the Waiuku cemetery with James who passed
away many years later on 20 May 1938 aged 91 years.

Acknowledgements:

Ancestry, Historical BDMs, Findmypast.

Researched by: Gillian Conroy

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3674 Surname: LOWE
Given names: Kate Maria Address: Waiuku East
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Kate Maria WEBB was born on 5 January 1848 in Highborn, London and was baptised on 21
September 1860 when she was 12 at St Peters in the East at Oxford. Her parents were George, a
gunmaker, and Elizabeth.

She trained to be a teacher at Whitelands College and gained her Teachers Certificate 2nd class in
1868 and served her probation at Happisburgh National School in Norfolk.
John LOWE was born in 1849 in Walcott, Norfolk. They were married on 16 August 1874 at St Marys
in Happisburgh. John was late of the Royal House Guards and Kate Maria a schoolmistress.

They sailed for New Zealand on the ‘Geraldine Paget’ on 18 September 1874, arriving in Lyttleton on
27 December 1874, where their first known address was Oxford Terrace, Christchurch. John was a
police constable and Kate’s occupation was a 2nd schoolmistress for Colombo Street School (now
Sydenham). Her salary was £80 per annum. John purchased 40 acres at Wainui in 1876 but did not
get title until 1882. Kate Maria taught at Wainui school from 1877 to 1880.

Their first son John Benjamin (b. 25 August 1876, bapt. at St
Michaels Church, Christchurch) passed away aged 4 months.
Their second son William John (b. 26 August 1877, bapt. at
Okains Bay Church, Banks Peninsula) passed away aged 11
months. While living at Wainui four of their five daughters were
born: Kate Maria b.1878, Laura Elsie b.1880, Ellen Gertrude
b.1882, Jessie Louisa b.1885.
John sold the land in 1885 and the family sailed north to be
closer to his brother James who had previously settled in the
Glenbrook area of Waiuku. Edith Lucy was born in 1888.
Their farm of 106 acres, was part of Hamlins Grant (on the right
on the Glenbrook to Drury road opposite Mission Bush Rd).
They lived there for about 25 yrs before retiring to Colombo Rd,
Waiuku where they built a large new home, ‘Cheshunt’.
John milked a few cows and reared pigs and calves, while Kate
Maria made butter and bread. Every Friday the family went to Waiuku where Kate Maria sold her
butter, eggs and fruit, often enough to help pay for their groceries.

The family attended the local Church of England and she would make aprons for the church bazaar.
Kate was a gifted writer and sewer and a great reader. She loved to write letters and wrote many to
her relations in England as well as to her grandchildren. She taught her daughters to sew, crochet,
drawn thread work and patchwork.
John and Kate celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on 16 August 1924 with a celebration at
their home which was attended by 33 people.

They had been married 58 years when John passed away in 1932. Kate Maria continued to live in
the house with a housekeeper for a while, however eventually she went to live with one of her
daughters. The family still took her to Waiuku every Friday although she was very deaf and nearly
blind. She celebrated her 90th birthday with a party and a cake made and iced by Arkles.
Kate Maria passed away on 2 January 1941 aged 92 years. John and Kate Maria are interred
together at Waiuku cemetery.

Acknowledgements: ‘Norfolk to Waiuku’ by John Arthur (Jack) Wright, Freereg.co.uk
By: Gillian Conroy

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1526 Surname: LOWRY
Given names: Jessie
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Bombay

Qualification: residential

Jessie LOWRY was the daughter of James and Janet RAMSAY
of Clogher, Northern Ireland. Jessie was born in Ayrshire,
Scotland at the home of her maternal grandparents in 1844.

She married a farmer, John Richard Lowry in Lisbellaw, County
Fermanagh in 1865. With their 6 children they immigrated to
New Zealand on board the Northumberland in 1877 to Victoria
and then by the sailing ship Aloe to Auckland, a journey of
more than three months.

With them were John Richard, James, William, Jessie, Joseph
and Julia Mary, who was six weeks old when they left Northern
Ireland. They had three more children in Bombay, Fred, Daisy

and Harold.

They had a small farm on the Razorback Road (the old Great South Road) between Pokeno and
Bombay. They grew potatoes and tobacco and John worked as a Land Valuer.

Julia Mary REED’s daughters, Joyce and Isla, remembered visiting
their grandmother and recall that she was musical and could speak
Gaelic. She made cheese, loved gardening and was always ready
to help her neighbours. She taught Sunday School and was never
heard to speak an unkind word of anyone. She loved crocheting
lace curtains and often wore a black silk dress and beaded black silk
bonnet outdoors.

In 1911, she wrote in beautiful cursive script, to her daughter Julia,
who lived at Mangatawhiri and described the miserable weather
conditions that Christmas, with carts bogged in the mud and
farmers waiting for fine days to bring in the harvest.

One year later, she went out gathering firewood, caught a chill and
died in December 1912 of cardiac complications. This was before
the first cars arrived in Franklin and the doctor had to ride on
horseback from Pukekohe.

Jessie Lowry is buried with John in the cemetery at St Peter’s in the
Forest at Bombay.

Contributed by great granddaughter Colleen Williams

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1794 Surname: LUCAS
Given names: Harriette Annette
Occupation: household duties Address: Puni, Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Harriette/Harriett/Harriet Annette LUCAS was the second wife of Frederick Lucas and was born in
Painswick, England in the Sept qt of 1852. It is believed that she was Harriett LEWIS, daughter of
John Lewis, blacksmith, found as a 9 year old on the 1861 UK census and on the 1871 census as a
servant for the chaplain of the infirmary in Gloucester. According to her obiturary she came to New
Zealand about 1878 and worked as a nurse.

Frederick Lucas’ first wife, Margaret had died in 1885 leaving five children under 5, including new
born twins. It was this family that Harriette would raise when she married Frederick on 10
December 1886.

Harriette and Frederick had four children of their own – a daughter born in 1887 followed by three
sons. At the time of the 1893 election Harriette would have been 43, caring for nine children under
13 and acording to her obituary, helping other familes in the district, while living in trying conditions.

Frederick Lucas died on 10 June 1932 and
Harriet (spelt like this on the cemetery records)
died on 7 October 1934.

They are buried near each other in the
Pukekohe Cemetery and their graves are
marked with simple names plates. (photo below)

Sources:

Historical records – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz;
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
UK census – ancestry.co.uk
Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG

Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1795 Surname: LUCAS
Given names: Mary
Occupation: household duties Address: Puni, Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Mary, born Marie HARTUNG and her husband Matthias (there are many variations in spelling of his
name) LUCAS were both born in Brandenburg, Germany and were married there on 26 March 1848.

They came to New Zealand on the Maori from the Cape Colony, South Africa, departing on 8
November 1864 and arriving in Auckland on 23 December 1864. On the passenger list were Matties,
age 44, carpenter, Marie age 39, Fredrick age 8, Anna age 6 and Wilhelm age 1. The two older
children had been born in Brandenburg and Wilhelm in South Africa. It seems that there were no
other children born to this couple and it is likely that Frederick was their only child to reach
adulthood.

According to an obiturary for Frederick, (NZ Herald June 1932), the family settled at Pukekohe with
other families who had come from South Africa as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme.

Mary and Mathias took up Lots 50 & 52 Puni and farmed there for the rest of their lives.

In 1900 Mary, aged 75 and Matthias, aged 79, both of German descent, were naturalized as New
Zealanders.

Mary died at Puni on 18 February 1901 and Matthias died in Auckland on 19 October 1908. They are
both buried at Pukekohe Cemetery with simple name plates marking their graves.

Sources:
Historical records – ancestry.co.uk; NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk; newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Cemetery photo – Franklin Branch NZSG.

Researcher: Judith Batt, Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1798 Surname: LUDLOW
Given Names: Ann
Occupation: fruitgrower Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

On 27 January 1851 Ann McKELVY married George LUDLOW in Aghalurcher, Lisnaskea, Fermanagh,
Ireland. One son, named Robert, was born in Ireland.
The Tuesday edition of The New Zealander, published on 11 August 1863, reported the arrival in

Auckland of the Queen of Beauty. On board were George and Ann Ludlow and their son Robert. The

family initially lived in Dublin Street, Newton and were storekeepers in Ponsonby before heading to

Thames in 1869 where they carried on as storekeepers in the Star Store in Karaka Road.

Ann was widowed when George died, aged 50, on 17 July 1876.
He is buried in the Shortland Cemetery. After George’s death
Ann continued running the Karaka Road store and she regularly
placed advertisements in The Evening Star.
It appears that Ann kept up with the latest progress in the food
preservation industry. By the mid 1870s the tinning of fruit as a
method of preserving had become popular. On 3 February 1881
The Thames Advertiser reported that “…The fruit preserving and
tinning industry in the Thames appears to increase each season
… Mr R N Smith, Kauaeranga Valley and Mrs Ludlow, of Karaka
Creek, are also paying some attention to this industry.”.
In May 1882 Ann moved to Tuakau. She continued tinning the
fruit grown in her orchard. In 1894 the New Zealand Herald
reported that “…Mrs Ludlow has a fine orchard, and tins and
dries the fruit”. Ann continued to live in Tuakau until her death
on 20 July 1907.

Sources:
Ancestry.com. Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2014.
Newspaper articles: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Researcher: Sandra Brasell

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3677 Surname: LYONS
Given names: Anastatia Address: Tuhimata
Occupation: farmer Qualification: residential

Anastatia (also spelt Anastasia on some documents) was born Anastasia FLEMING in 1850. Family
legend has it that she was of Spanish ancestry but this has not been confirmed.

From Irish parish baptism registers – could this be her? She did name her first two children William
Edward and Ellena.

Our first confirmed record of Anastatia is her marriage to John Newman LYONS on 15 April 1869, age
19, at his residence, Tuhimata, near Drury.

She and John had at least nine children – 5 daughters and 4 sons, born between 1870 and 1886.

John died in 1900 and is buried at Lake Cemetery, Devonport, Auckland and Anastatia appears on
electoral rolls at many different addresses between 1900 and 1911. After this, she is living in Surrey
St, Auckland with her son John, a tinsmith and son, James a painter.

In 1935 and 1938 she is listed at Little Sisters of the
Poor, Auckland and she died in May 1939 as shown
on the cemetery records below.

Little Sisters of the Poor home, Tweed St, Auckland, photo
from their website

The family also believes that the 10th Prime Minister of Australia, Rt Hon. Joseph Aloysius, was her
nephew.

Sources:

Family tree – ancestry; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz and on www.familysearch.org; Waikumete cemetery records
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3346 Surname: MACPHERSON
Given names: Christina
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Rama Rama

Qualification: residential

Christina MACPHERSON was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and was christened on 3 Feb 1844. The
daughter of Daniel Macpherson (1807-1861) and Elizabeth FERGUSON (1814-1851), she had 2 sisters
and 3 brothers.

It appears that Christina travelled with her brother Daniel Jolly McPherson (note: different spelling)
to Australia then to New Zealand, arriving between 1866 and 1871. Daniel had married Margaret
Jane DUFF in Ballarat and two children were born before they arrived in Auckland where he set up
business as a draper.

Christina may have been the Miss Macpherson teaching at Bombay School around that time which
would account for the fact that she was on this electoral roll and her niece Janie Macpherson was
also on the roll living at Rama Rama. Both the McPHERSON and Macpherson spellings seemed to be
used for this family.

By 1900 Christina and Jane were living with Daniel at Selwyn St, Auckland and in 1911 she was living
at 47 Surrey St, Auckland but did not appear on any electoral roll again before her death on 13 April
1934.

Christina never married and is buried with her brother Daniel and his wife Margaret in Waikumete
cemetery, Auckland.

The headstone inscription as recorded by New Zealand Society of Genealogists members

Sources:

Family Tree – ancestry.com
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Cemetery records – www.genealogy.org now on ancestry

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 3348 Surname: MACPHERSON
Given names: Janie
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Rama Rama

Qualification: residential

Signature from her will

Janie (or Jane) MACPHERSON was the third child of Daniel Jolly McPHERSON
(note different spelling), (1833-1902) draper and Margaret Jane DUFF (1845-1898) and was born in
1871 in New Zealand, shortly after her parents arrived in Auckland. They had married in Ballarat in
1860. Jane had four sisters and four brothers.

The family had arrived in New Zealand shortly before Jane’s birth and appeared to have settled in
Auckland where Daniel had a drapery, according to the electoral rolls from 1880 to 1890, ‘operating
out of the dwelling in which he resides’ in Karangahape Road. In 1893 and 1896 Jane and her
parents are found on the electoral roll with Ramarama as their address.

It is not known when Jane started her nursing career but her death notice and headstone record her
involvement as a nurse during WW1.

Headstone inscription, Rotorua cemetery
Sources:
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; NZSG cemetery collection; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1815 Surname: MADILL
Given names: Annie
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Nancy Ann (Annie) was born in Drum, County Monaghan, Ireland in 1841. She was the daughter of
Robert HANNA (1821 - 1868) and Elizabeth CRAWFORD (1821- 1884) and the eldest of 12 children –
5 daughters and 7 sons. Annie's brother John Robert Hanna was an early photographer with a studio
in Queen Street, Auckland. Another brother, Andrew, was a solicitor in Auckland.

The Hanna family had arrived on the Ganges on 14 February 1865. Annie was 24 and her baby sister
Phoebe, aged 1, was one of the 54 children who died during the ill-fated voyage.

Annie married William Henry MADILL on 5 October 1865, in Hobson St, Auckland (her surname was
recorded as HANNAH on the marriage certificate). William had also been born in Drum and it is
likely they knew each other in Ireland. William had arrived in Auckland on 16 October 1864 on the
Eagle Speed.

After a short time at the goldfields in Thames, the Madills settled in Pukekohe on 107 acres on the
northern side of Cape Hill. Here they raised a family of eleven children – their youngest son Adam
was to give his life in active service in France in 1917.

Annie died at her residence ‘Woodside’ on 6 October 1896 and William died on 19 December 1901.
They are buried together with two daughters at Pukekohe Cemetery.

Sources:

Madill family Tree – ancestry.co.uk
Old newspapers - paperspast.natlib.govt.nz;
Headstone photo: Franklin Branch NZSG
NZ Electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1813 Surname: MADILL
Given names: Jessie
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Puni, Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Jessie was born Janet (Jessie) BROWN, the oldest
daughter but second child of John Brown and Christina
DISHART. She was born on 12 August 1857, in Govan,
Lanark, Scotland.

Her parents, both from Fife, had married in 1855 and
after Jessie was born they had gone with other settlers to
the Cape Colony, South Africa. Here two more children
were born and in 1864, the family set sail on the Eveline
for New Zealand, arriving in Auckland on 22 January 1865.
Jessie was 6, her siblings Alexander 8, Elizabeth 3 and
William 1.

They first lived at Mauku, then went to Thames during the
gold rush and came back to Puni (Lot 11, South Mauku) where Jessie would have no doubt helped
out at home with the younger children – six more had been born - and the household chores.

In 1877 she married Marcus MADILL who had come to New Zealand on the Queen Bee about 1867.

They developed land at Puni and raised a large family of ten children – six daughters and four sons.
In c1907 they moved to Papatoetoe where they continued farming, then moved to Stanley Bay.
Three of their sons went to WW1 and John was killed in action in France.

The Madills were strong Presbyterians and
very involved with church activities.

Marcus died at their residence in Stanley Bay
on 16 January 1919. Jessie was living at
Momana Rd, Greenlane on the 1919
Electoral Roll and died on 11 December
1920. They are buried together in the
Otahuhu cemetery.

Sources:

Spencer Family Tree, ancestry.co.uk – photo and
information.
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Researcher: Judith Batt
Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1816 Surname: MADILL
Given names: Margaret Ellen
Occupation: dressmaker Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

William Henry MADILL arrived in Auckland on 16 October 1864 on the Eagle Speed. Nancy (Annie)
HANNA arrived with her family on the Ganges on 14 February 1865. They were married in New
Zealand on 5 October 1865, in Auckland. Both had been born in Drum, County Monaghan, Ireland.

Their third child, Margaret Ellen Madill, was born in New Zealand on 6 March 1869. She was one of
at least ten children born to William and Annie. All the Madill children attended Pukekohe East
District School.

Margaret Ellen Madill oldest
daughter of W.H Madill married
Frederick Waterston MATTHEWS
of Northern Wairoa, on 3 June
1896 at her parents' home,
Woodview, Pukekohe. Frederick
was an accountant. (This notice says

oldest, but in fact Margaret was the
third.)

Margaret received £50 from her father's will in 1902. Frederick and Margaret were living at
Mangawhare, a thriving kauri timber port at that time.

Margaret gave her occupation on the 1893 Electoral Roll as dressmaker and she obviously used her
talents for community events, such as this one, found in the local paper - Margaret Matthews, as a
seamstress, provided costumes for the Franklin Spring Show Entertainment in Sept 1914:

Frederick was nominated as an Auckland City
Councillor in 1929 so the family were very
involved with local body politics, however he
was not elected despite gaining almost 4000
votes. In 1935 he was nominated for a
position on the Auckland Hospital Board, but
again was unsuccessful.

Margaret and Frederick had two daughters,
but Doris, born in 1897 died aged 11. Eleanor May born in 1901 married Russell GILSEN in 1946.

Margaret aged 78 died on 29 November 1948 and was buried at Purewa Cemetery and Frederick
was buried at Purewa Cemetery on 15 February 1949 aged 77 years.

Sources: Madill Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4077 Surname: MADILL
Given names: Mary Jane
Occupation: household duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Mary Jane was born in Ireland to David and Mary CARR (or CORR) of Kilmore. When she was about
20, she married Adam MADILL in County Monaghan.

They stayed in Ireland for the next 15 years, busy raising 8 children. Meanwhile, many of Adam’s
uncles and cousins moved to Ontario, Canada. So, in 1881 they took their brood of children to
Canada to learn new farming practices.

After 4 years and another child, in 1885 they travelled to New Zealand on the steamer ‘Australia’
and landed in Auckland. Two of Adam’s older brothers, Marcus and William, had already been living
in the Puni area for many years.

Mary Jane and Adam lived in Pukekohe for 3 years before moving to Tuakau. There they became
well known farmers in the district. Mary Jane was involved in the Presbyterian church, and their
children enjoyed being among cousins. As with many families, names were repeatedly used, so
there were multiple Mary Jane and Adam Madill’s, as well as Marcus and William.

In 1904 their son Adam died after a long illness, leaving a widow and young child. A complicated
probate followed as the widow sought to claim more money from funds set aside for her daughter.

Mary Jane and Adam celebrated their
golden wedding on 18 July 1916.
Adam died four years later in 1920,
aged 75. Mary Jane then spent her
remaining years in Hamilton and
Auckland with her married daughters,
until her death in 1932 aged 85 years.

Her tombstone reads ‘He hath done all
things well’, which would reflect Mary
Jane’s long and busy life.

Sources:
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
Births Deaths and Marriages https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Cemeteries record and photo https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz
Photo: Madill family archives

Researcher: Joan Leitch

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1814 Surname: MADILL
Given names: Phebe
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Photo of Phebe with Mabel taken c1905

Phebe MADILL was born in New Zealand on 29
September 1871, the daughter of William
Henry Madill and Nancy Ann (Annie) HANNA
(or HANNAH as it appeared on the marriage
certificate). She appears to have been named
for her mother's sister who died as an infant,
coming to New Zealand on the ill-fated Ganges.
Her father, William, had arrived in October
1864 on the Eagle Speed. Both her parents
came from Drum, County Monaghan, Ireland.

On 19 June 1895 she married Arthur Frederick
BROWN (known as Fred), a railway clerk. In
1900 they were living in Hunterville where Fred
was a railway clerk and telegraphist. Phebe
was living in Hunterville at the time of her
father's death in 1902 when she received £50 - the unmarried daughters received £100 each.

Phebe and Fred had seven children between 1900 and 1913.

Due to Fred’s work, the Brown family moved around - in 1905/1906 Fred was the station master at
Paeroa, in 1911 station master at Thames and by 1914 he was station master in Pukekohe and
Patumahoe. In Pukekohe they lived in the Station Master's House then in Totara Ave where Fred is
described as a produce merchant and in 1949 they were living in Victoria St, Pukekohe.

In 1929 Arthur Frederick Brown was elected to the Pukekohe Borough Council and he was also a JP.

Fred and Phebe both died in 1953 and are buried in
the Pukekohe Cemetery.

Sources:

Madill Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk; K Weston - photo
NZ Electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1589 Surname: MAHER
Given names: Mary
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Maketu

Qualification: residential

Mary MAHER was born in Ballinlassa, Tipperary, Ireland, the daughter of Daniel Maher and Anne (or
Nancy) MacKEY. She was baptized on 26 November 1826 –see Irish Catholic Parish Register record below

She was the eldest of at least 13 children and although unconfirmed, it is almost certain that she
arrived in New Zealand with her sisters Catherine, Margaret and Johanna aboard the ‘Royal Charlie’
as reported in the Daily Southern Cross, 6 August 1862. It seems that the four sisters arrived before
their siblings who came on the ‘Scimitar’ in 1864. Two siblings died young but the remaining three
also came to New Zealand.

Four of the five brothers died young – three in accidents and none of them married. From the family
of 13, only three did marry. When James Maher was killed in a mining accident he died intestate
and among the legal documents was this one with four of the sister’s signatures.

Mary Maher never married and died on 10 February 1910. She was buried in the Catholic section of
the Symonds Street cemetery in Auckland, along with at least six of her siblings. Many of these
graves were removed to enable the motorway to be built and a plaque records their names.

Sources:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Probate – www.familysearch.org
Irish Catholic Parish Registers

Researcher: Judith Batt
Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1590 Surname: MAHER
Given names: Mary Jnr
Occupation: domestic duties Address: RamaRama

Qualification: residential

Who was Mary MAHER Junior

?

Despite a collective best effort, no trace was found for any women fitting this description.

We do know that there was another Mary Maher on the 1893 electoral roll living at Maketu (a place
name which some people used instead of Ramarama). This one was a single woman who lived with
her bachelor brother Daniel Maher at that time. She was the eldest of thirteen children of Daniel
Maher and Anne MacKEY. Two of the children died young but the other eleven came to New
Zealand from Tipperary, Ireland. Four of the five males died young - two in mining accidents and
one fell from a hay loft. The remaining male, Daniel farmed at Ramarama until his death in 1921 and
is buried in the Catholic cemetery at Ramarama. None of the males married.

Of the six females who made it to adulthood only three, Johanna, Ann and Ellie married. Margaret,
Catherine and Mary remained single. This Mary died in 1910, aged 83.

So was Mary Maher Jnr – an illegitimate daughter, a cousin or some other relative and why did she
only appear on the 1893 electoral roll?

Sources:
Every possible source was looked at.
Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3679 Surname: MAKGILL
Given names: Margaret Isabella Address: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Margaret Isabella HALDANE was the 3rd daughter of Robert and Jane
Haldane of Cloanden, near Auchterarder in Perthshire, Scotland. She was
born on 5 January 1847. Her father was a Writer to the Signet and a
successful businessman. The Haldanes dynasty could trace their ancestral
lines back to Robert The Bruce, William The Conqueror, The Emperor
Charlemagne, King Alfred The Great and the Emperor Otto. The family
had a 7000-acre estate called Gleneagles which it still holds today. After
Margaret’s mother died in childbirth her father remarried and had a
further 5 children. Margaret was educated by governesses and she was
particularly interested in writing. She kept diaries, some of which we have
to this day. It is a delight to read of her life aboard the ship coming to NZ,
her trials and tribulations of being a pioneering woman and her
ponderings and ruminations on the day to day lives of her children.

Although only 4’11” tall, Margaret had great courage and forbearance.
She married her cousin Captain John MAKGILL (later the 10th Baronet of
Makgill) at the age of 18 and they immediately left for India where he was
commissioned by the Madras Engineers. They spent three years there, but the climate did not suit
Margaret and they returned to Scotland. They spent the next thirteen years in Scotland and by this
stage Margaret had given birth to nine children. She also adopted her husband’s daughter who was
born before they were married. The daughter’s mother was an unknown Indian woman who died
after giving birth. Her family disowned the baby and Captain John took responsibility of his much-
loved daughter. Margaret lost her first baby who was born in India and she also lost a baby at fourteen
months of age in Scotland after complications following measles. She gives a very moving and
harrowing account of baby Katherine’s last hours in her diary, certainly a terrible time for the family.
In her diary, Margaret laments the weather in Scotland and the repeated colds the children suffer.
Both Margaret and John disliked the conventions and limitations of life in Britain. They wanted liberty
and freedom. He was a very physical man who loved the sea and boating. In those days for a
gentleman do manual labour was unthinkable. Therefore, the decision was made to uproot the entire
household and immigrate to New Zealand.

They sailed from London on the Orient boat Cotopaxi on 12 October 1881, Margaret and John, eight
children, a farm manager, a dairy maid, a housemaid, and a “boy-of-all-work”. Mr MITCHELL - a
coachman at the Makgill estate of Kembach - and his family joined them later, as well as Mr SCOTT
the gardener from Kembach and his wife. It took three months of searching for the perfect farm and
they finally settled on land at Taurangaruru Road. They named their farm Brackmont and the whole
family lived in the top floor of the Kentish Hotel for six months whilst the house was being built. By
1900 Captain John had increased his holdings with adjoining lands to a total of 2,500 acres. They also
purchased 193 acres of land at Orua Bay. Although they sold some of the land they retained around
seventy acres and spent holidays at the “Top House” built in the Indian style with open verandas. It
was a wonderful get away for the family and to this day is enjoyed by many in the family. A further
three children were born in New Zealand (one died), and a town house was purchased in Onehunga
as a base for the education of the youngest daughter Grace at Diocesan School and as a retirement
home.

Lady Margaret returned several times to Britain with varying children and kept up a regular

correspondence with relatives. Many of her letters have been kept and give a very detailed and

personal glimpse into the day to day life of her family. She died on 18 March 1920 aged 73 at her

home in Onehunga.

References: The Pioneering Baronet By Heather Makgill and Val Loh Researcher: Val Loh

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3685 Surname: MANNING
Given names: Maria Address: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Maria MANNING was born in 1842 at Port Waikato, the eldest child of Charles MARSHALL and
Tiramate WEROHIA (Ngati Pou, Ngati Rangi). Charles was one of the earliest European traders and
lived near the Waikato River. He had 4 wives or partners, three of whom had children with
overlapping ages. Tiramate brought up the daughter of one of his previous wives. Tiramate later
left Charles possibly over land disputes and left her children with Charles for their education. Thus,
Maria would have been exposed to a range of personal, political and social upheavals.

Sometime in the mid-1860s Maria gave birth to a son, Henry Hitchens WILSON. Although she was
known as Mrs Wilson, a widow, whose husband had drowned in the South Island there is some
doubt about this with her father indicating in a letter that Henry may have been illegitimate. He
lived with Charles until the time of the fourth marriage made by Charles.

Maria married Arthur Wellesley MANNING (Captain Manning) at The Manse, Papakura in 1871.
Arthur, born at Corballis Castle, Wicklow, Ireland arrived in New Zealand via Australia in 1862.
Eventually, he came to Waiuku to manage a store for Edward CONSTABLE on the Awaroa near the
Waikato River before settling at Taurangaruru on property known as ‘Carbury Hill’. He was actively
involved in the community through the Waikato Cavalry, the Waiuku Mounted Rifles, the Roads
Board, Licensing Trust and was a Justice of the Peace. Maria, therefore, would have been very
aware of local affairs.

Maria and Arthur had no children and there is no record of her son, Henry, having married. She was
known as Aunt Manning to her extended family and was a keen gardener. Arthur was killed when
crushed by a roller in 1911 leaving the bulk of his estate to his sister in Ireland. With the help of a
family member Maria successfully challenged his will and was able to buy a home for herself in
Waiuku. Obviously, an independent woman.

Maria died on 22 June 1932 at the age of 90 in St Joseph’s Home,
Ponsonby survived by her son Henry Wilson. She was buried with
her husband in the Waiuku Cemetery following her funeral at the
Anglican Church, Waiuku on June 24.

References

Births, Deaths and marriages – www.dia.govt.nz
Auckland Star 12 September 1911 – Report of inquest into death of Arthur Manning
Auckland Star: 25 June 1932, page 10” Obituary for Mrs Maria Manning
Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 2, Auckland Provincial District, 1902 – Entry for Arthur
Manning
Evans; Rex D. Charles Marshall of the Waikato:whanau (1830 – 1992) Evigean, Auckland N
Z, 1992
New Zealand Cemetery Records – Ancestry.com New Zealand cemetery records online
database
“Pedigree Resource File” Database, Family Search (https://familysearch.org entry for
Arthur Manning, submitted 17 April 2000 by Dgriffiths2719444

Researcher – Ros McNaughten


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