NZSG Franklin: Suffrage 125 Vol1 2018 original

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4080 Surname: MANSFIELD
Given names: Margaret
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe East

Qualification: residential

Margaret KETT was a single young woman when she emigrated from Ireland to Cape Town, South
Africa on board the Zenobia on 6th June 1850. She was listed in the ship’s log along with a large group
of other young girls with various occupations of either housemaid, children’s maid, cook, needle
women or general servant of which Margaret was the latter. Back home in Ireland her father John
Kett worked as a coachman.

Within four years Margaret had met and married Henzell KING at St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town
on 11 April 1854 where Henzell is listed as a baker. Three children followed, Margaret Emma, Lewis
Walter, and Henzell Basil. By 1864 the King family had applied for the Waikato Immigration scheme
and immigrated to New Zealand on board the ship ‘Maori’.

They eventually settled on their allocated allotment of 5
acres on Runciman Road, Tuhimata, opposite the
Tuhimata/Runciman Road intersection and in 1867 a
fourth child Edmund was born. Henzell King snr’s death
is unknown but by 1870 Margaret had re-married to a
Robert MANSFIELD a farmer and widower of Tuhimata
and fellow passenger onboard the Maori which both
families had sailed out to New Zealand on six years
earlier.

Robert and his first wife Ann Mansfield had emigrated
from Larne, Ireland in 1860 to South Africa with their son
Robert John, continuing on to New Zealand four years
later. Ann passed away April 1870, less than a month
before her husband remarried. Margaret’s children
married into local families. Daughter Margaret Emma
King married Alexander HAMMOND (Otaua), Lewis
Walter King married Catherine WATSON (Harrisville) and
Edmund King married Margaret CROSKERY. Henzell King
jnr remained a bachelor.

SOURCES:
Searchforancesters.com (South Africa)
bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
NZ Archives records (Otahuhu)
Familysearch.org

Researcher: Wendy Smith (nee Watson)

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3680 Surname: MARKS
Given names: Amy Jane
Occupation: household duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Amy Jane CODLIN was born on 20 September 1862 in Waiuku, South Auckland to George Codlin and
his wife Anne [nee KELSEY] who had married over ten years earlier in St. Philip’s Church, Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia on 26 April 1849.

Amy is believed to have grown up in Onehunga, Auckland where her father assumed the licence for
the “Royal Exchange” hotel in the mid-1860s. Amy was likely one of the many children assembled to
greet the Governor of New Zealand, Sir George
BOWEN, when he made a visit to Onehunga in
April 1868. It was an exciting day as the local
population was increased considerably by many
visitors all hoping to catch a glimpse of the
Governor. Just over five years later Onehunga
was in celebration mode again with the opening
of the long-awaited Auckland to Onehunga
railway line on Christmas Eve 1873 when the
first timetabled trains ran. The official opening,
however, had been four days earlier when a
special passenger train, suitably decorated with bunting and evergreens and carrying nearly 200
passengers, had travelled from Auckland to Onehunga. What a fine spectacle the arrival of this train
must have been, especially for the local children such as Amy.

Amy’s father was very involved in local body affairs in Onehunga. He served on the first Onehunga
Borough Council in 1877 and was elected mayor for two separate periods in the early 1880s. This
must have made for many special occasions for Amy and her family. One of these would have been
Amy’s marriage to local plumber Frederick William MARKS on 5 March 1881 at St. Peter’s Church in
Onehunga. Frederick’s birth had been registered in early 1854 in Bristol, England to his parents
William James Marks and Elizabeth [nee SEALEY]. Accompanied by his parents, a very young Frederick
had arrived in Auckland on board the “Dinapore” in early August 1857 from London.

Amy and Frederick started their married life in Onehunga, but by 1890 the family was living in Tuakau
where Frederick was listed as a storekeeper on the electoral roll and their older children were
attending Tuakau School. Altogether, Amy and Frederick had 8 children – three girls and five boys.
The family’s stay in Tuakau was a relatively short one and by the mid-1890s they had moved back to
Onehunga where Frederick continued to work as a plumber. Frederick died at the residence of their
eldest daughter, Ada (Mrs. George H. BRAY), in Captain Street, Onehunga on 2 May 1924.

The year 1927 was of special significance in the history of Onehunga for the borough commemorated
its 50th anniversary. Thousands flocked to the celebrations which included a grand procession. As the

daughter of a past mayor and a long-time resident, Amy had many reasons to feel proud of this event.

Amy also died at the home of her eldest daughter at her then residence in O'Rorke Street, Onehunga
during the Great Depression on 23 October 1932. Amy was survived by all of her children and 27
grandchildren. Amy and Frederick are both buried in the Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga.

Sources:
Papers Past website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
New Zealand School Records on Archives New Zealand website: https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
Onehunga, Auckland in 1860s: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-952

Researcher: Christine Headford

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3681 Surname: MARKS
Given names: Elizabeth
Occupation: household duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Elizabeth SEALEY was born in Bristol, England in late 1829. She was the second daughter and second
child of John Sealey and Catherine [nee WATERS] who had married just over a couple of years earlier.
The family was living in Barton Hill, Bristol where John worked as a gardener when Elizabeth was
baptised in the local St. George’s Church on 6 December 1829.

Elizabeth grew up in the Bristol area and by mid-
1841 the family was living on Mugland Farm
situated to the east of the city with her father
continuing to work in the horticultural sphere as
a nurseryman – something he successfully did for
the rest of his life earning recognition in local newspapers with prize winning blooms at local and
county flower shows. In early April 1847 Elizabeth’s mother sadly passed away at the age of just 53
years.

Elizabeth married William James MARKS (a plumber) at Temple Church, Bristol on 26 March 1853.
William was the son of Thomas Marks and Harriet Maria [nee JAMES] who, like Elizabeth’s mother,
had already passed away. From census records it would appear likely that Elizabeth and William had
known each other since childhood as they seem to have grown up in the same neighbourhood and
only a few households apart.

Elizabeth and William are thought to have had only one child – a son called Frederick William who was
baptised on 29 January 1854 in St. George’s Church, Bristol. Just over four years after their marriage,
Elizabeth and William and their young son Frederick boarded the “Dinapore” in London in mid-April
1857 and set sail for Auckland where they arrived in early August after a relatively uneventful voyage.

Elizabeth and William settled into life in Auckland where William continued to ply his trade as a
plumber including assisting with the building of the first gas works in Auckland. The family lived in
Chapel Street in the central city for many years where William had established a successful plumbing
business near to the Aurora Hotel which stood on the corner of Chapel and Victoria Streets. Son
Frederick seems to have followed his father’s chosen trade and also became a plumber.

A special day for Elizabeth and William must have been the marriage of their son Frederick to Amy
Jane CODLIN on 5 March 1881 at St. Peter’s Church in Onehunga. Amy was the daughter of the then
mayor of Onehunga, George Codlin and his wife Anne [nee KELSEY]. Later that same year there was
surely more excitement in the Marks’ household with the arrival of their first grandchild in very early
December - a grandson called William George likely named for his two grandfathers. At around this
same time Elizabeth’s husband was sadly afflicted with paralysis and died on 2 November 1884 at their
then home in Mount St John in Epsom, Auckland aged 58.

Following William’s death, Elizabeth seems to have lived in part, at least, with her son Frederick. For
a few years she resided with Frederick and his family when they moved to Tuakau in the early 1890s
and then lived with them upon their return to Onehunga. Elizabeth would have witnessed many
changes in Onehunga during the time she lived there in her later years as the borough developed.
Elizabeth died at her residence in Fitzroy Street, Onehunga on 24 May 1917 when in her 89th year.

Sources:
Papers Past website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
1841 & 1851 Census Returns for England & Wales: https://www.ancestry.com
England, Gloucestershire, Bristol - Church records: https://www.familysearch.org
Researcher: Christine Headford

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1863 Surname: MATCHETT
Given names: Martha Jane
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Buckland

Qualification: residential

The signature on her will dated 1922

Martha was born Martha Jane WALKER c1870 at Belfast, Co Down, Northern Ireland. She came to
New Zealand about 1886.

In 1889 she married Robert David MATCHETT (1862-1922) and by 1890 they were farming near
Buckland. They then shifted to Matahura, Waikato where Robert took up the position of postmaster
and in 1915 moved to Auckland.

Martha and Robert had six children – one daughter, Ethel Mary and five sons, born between 1890
and 1909.

At the time of Robert’s death in 1922 they were living in Crummer Road where Martha stayed for
the next 30 years. Ethel married in 1928 and her and her husband lived with Margaret. They were
all living at this address, 12 Jesmond Tce, Grey Lynn on the 1957 Electoral Roll.

Martha died on 6 August 1959, aged
89 and 37 years after her husband
Robert.

They are buried at Waikaraka
cemetery, Auckland and have the
inscription on their headstone,
(below)

Sources: Obit for Robert – NZ Herald Oct 1922, NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk, BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Cemetery records – NZSG

Researcher: Judith Batt
Compiler: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1882 Surname: MAXWELL
Given names: Margaret
Occupation: household duties Address: Whangarata

Qualification: residential

Margaret (known as Maggie) MILLS was born in Armagh, Ireland. She was the daughter of Alexander
Mills and his wife Jane WILSON. The Mills family arrived in New Zealand in February 1865 on board
the Ganges, as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme. Margaret’s younger brother, 4 year old
Christopher, was one of the 54 deaths on the voyage.
Margaret married Alexander Kerr MAXWELL on 19 July 1877. The Maxwell family had emigrated on
the Helenslee, arriving in December 1864.
Margaret and Alexander settled on a 50 acre farm in Whangarata and records show that nine Maxwell
children attended Whangarata School in the 1890s.

One of those nine children, Lily, died at Whangarata on 26
April 1893. Lily was 12 years old at the time of her death.
More troubled times were ahead for Margaret as in January
1896 Alexander Maxwell was declared bankrupt.

Margaret was to suffer the loss
of another child when her 33
year old son Alexander Harold
Maxwell (pictured at right) was
killed in action in Ypres, Belgium
on 24 November 1917.

Margaret and Alexander were living at Matatoki, near Thames
when Margaret died on 4 October 1927. She is buried at
Omahu Cemetery in Hikutaia.

Sources:
Birth, death, marriage records:
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Whangarata School records: https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz
Newspaper articles: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Alexander Harold MAXWELL image: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph
Headstone image: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172915053/margaret-maxwell
Researcher: Sandra Brasell

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3689 Surname: MAXWELL
Given names: Mary Catherine Address: Pukekohe
Occupation: storekeeper Qualification: residential

Mary Catherine MAXWELL nee KENNELLY was born in Pukekohe 1 January 1866, daughter of Thomas
and Mary Ann Kennelly and daughter-in-law to Sarah Maxwell. Her birth would have taken place
barely a year after her parents had settled in Pukekohe.

Mary married Richard Maxwell in 1890 at Pukekohe. Eight children were born to Mary between
1892 and 1905.

• 1892 Gwendoline (married George FLYNN)
• 1893 Clyde (married Minne UPTON)
• 1894 Evelyn
• 1897 Roy
• 1897 Thomas. WW1, wounded in France, G. S. W. to his neck. Died in Australia 1942.
• 1899 Beryl
• 1901 Jack (married Agnes ROGERS)
• 1905 Cyril

Mary is listed on the roll as a storekeeper and this
may have been the store and bakery which burnt
down in 1895. Mr R. F. Webster's saddler's shop
and dwelling opposite was damaged. All the glass
in the front of Mr. MEE's hairdresser's shop was
also damaged, as were two large sheets of gilded
plate glass in Mr C. LaROCHE's jeweller's shop.

Mary died 28 June 1926 leaving a will in which she
left various amounts of money to her sons and
daughters.

Mary is buried in Pukekohe Catholic Cemetery.

Sources:

www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Auckland Star 15 July 1895 and 30
June 1926.
www.familysearch.org
Researcher: Judith Batt.
Compiled by: Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 1881 Surname: MAXWELL
Given names: Sarah
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Sarah was born c 1830 place unknown but presumably in Ireland. She married William MAXWELL in
Drumbo, Down, Ireland on the 6 April 1855.

They made the decision to immigrate to New Zealand and boarded the Dauntless
at Dublin on 30 December 1864 arriving in Auckland on 2 June 1865. Sarah was
27 years old and the mother of two, Thomas, 5 and Anna, 1.

After landing in Auckland the Maxwells first made their home at Howick but
about 18 months later came to Pukekohe and took up a section on the old
Paddock Settlement at the foot of Pukekohe Hill.
Mr Maxwell had the distinction of taking a prominent part in clearing what is
now King Street of standing bush, at one time or another he owned the greater
part of Pukekohe, his land purchase transactions having been many and varied.

Sarah raised a family of 12 children many of whom attended Pukekohe School.

Sarah died after a long illness in 1896 and is buried in the Presbyterian section of the Pukekohe
Cemetery, Row C, Plot 064.

Sources:

www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Waikato Immigration Scheme passenger lists

Researcher: Judith Batt
Compiler: Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3690 Surname: MAY
Given names: Anna Address: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Anna BRAUN was born 24 November 1861, at the Cape of Good Hope,
South Africa and was one of eight children born to Heinrich Wilhelm
Braun and Maria Henrietta Frederica MEERSHERN. A younger brother
George William (Louis) was also born in South Africa. The Brauns then
reconsidered their circumstances and set sail for New Zealand on board
the Steinwarder on 18 August 1864 arriving 14 October.

Anna married Anthony MAY, the son of Anthony and Susan MAY of
Waiuku, on 28 May 1884 at the Holy Trinity Church, Waiuku. Anthony had previously been married
to Ina BRENNAN who had died in1881.

Anna and Anthony farmed at Karioitahi and had nine children, six daughters and three sons: Mabel
(1885-1955), Rosa (1887-1970), Henrietta (Ettie) (1889-1978), Lillian (1890-1986), Ernest Charles
(1897-1918), Joseph Henry (1900-1983), William Rainsford (1902-1989) and Isabella Thelma (1906-
1992).

Anthony died 22 November 1918 in Waiuku
aged 60 from illness during the flu epidemic.

Anna died 29 February 1948 and they are buried
at the Waiuku cemetery.

Sources:
www.familysearch.org
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966,"
database, FamilySearch
Photo: Familysearch May Tree Charlene Newport

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3691 Surname: MAY
Given names: Josepha Tregtown* Address: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Josepha was born Josepha Treglown* (incorrectly shown as Tregtown in the electoral roll) HOSKING
in Penzance, Cornwall, England in September 1852, the tenth of 13 children of Francis Wills Hosking
(1811-1879) copper miner and Christian Cornish TREGLOWN (1816-1893).

Her eldest brother John Treglown HOSKING came to NZ prior to 1881 and lived in Putururu but no
record has been found of Josepha’s arrival.

Josepha married John MAY (1844-1913) in New Zealand on 5 April 1893. John had previously been
married to Sarah and had a son, but Sarah died aged 24.

Josepha and John had two children Cecil Mildred May (1896-1943) who married Owen Rees SELF
(1895-1988) in 1921 and Winifred Myrtle May (1898- 1893) who married Harold GREGSON in 1920.
Winifred remarried in 1954 to Robert CROW. There is no evidence of any grandchildren.

Josepha was on the electoral roll in 1896 with John, a farmer, freehold part Lots 14 to 22 Waipipi but
by the 1900 roll they were living at Hautapu. In 1911 they were living at The Drive, Epsom and John
was recorded as a settler. In 1919 Josepha was living at the same address with daughter Cecil.

Josepha travelled to Hawaii with her daughter in 1923 and in 1929 she spent 6 months with her
daughter Winifred and husband Harold Gregson in Santa Barbara, USA. Her arrival card in the States
describes her as 5ft 2inches, medium complexion, grey hair and grey eyes and that she paid the
passage on the ‘Makura’ herself.

Josepha died on 10 November 1932, age 79 at Beachlea Downs, Papatoetoe – her death recorded on
BDM as Josepha Tregbourn MAY. She was buried in St Andrews Anglican Church, Epsom.

Sources:

1851 & 1861 UK census – ancestry.com
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.com
Public Family trees – ancestry.com
Births, deaths & marriages – historical records on www.dia.govt.nz
Probate - archway.archives.govt.nz and www.familysearch.org
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XXX, ISSUE 9204, 19 MAY 1893, SUPPLEMENT

Researchers: Heather Maloney, Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3692 Surname: MAY
Given names: Rebecca Address: Waiuku
Occupation: dressmaker
Qualification: residential

Rebecca was born in 1831 in St Tudy, Cornwall, England, to Anthony MAY and Rebecca KENDALL, the
eldest of six children – four girls and two boys. Rebecca was baptised on 24 April 1931 – on Baptism
records as Rebekah to Anthony and Rebekah May. Her mother, Rebecca, died in 1859.

Rebecca sailed with her father, Anthony, and sister, Mary, third class, on board “Queen of the North”
from London to Auckland arriving on 11 June 1866. The ship had originally sailed from London on 27
January and Gravesend on 1 February but met with strong gales and stayed in sheltered Portland
Roads until the winds abated leaving on 18 February.

They joined other members of their family who had already settled in Waiuku – her sister Susan
(1856), sister Elizabeth and brothers John and Anthony (1859) - all the family were now in New
Zealand. For many years Rebecca continued her occupation as a dressmaker.

Mary, Rebecca’s sister, married Walter Hugh JAMES in 1870 and they had nine children – seven boys
and two girls.

Her father passed away on 16 April 1897 aged 94 and was buried in Waiuku Cemetery.

By the 1911 Electoral Roll Rebecca is living with Mary and Walter in Te Rore, Pirongia and when
Mary and Walter retired from farming to live in Pukekohe, Rebecca went with them.

Rebecca passed away 17 June 1922 aged 91 in the home of Mary and Walter in West Street,
Pukekohe. Mary passed away 8 March 1931 aged 87. Walter passed away 31 August 1937 aged 91.
They are buried together in the Presbyterian Section of Pukekohe Cemetery.

Source:

NZ Electoral Rolls
NZ Cemeteries
New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18121, 20 June 1922, Page 6
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch

Researchers: Penny Prescott, Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3693 Surname: MAY
Given names: Susan
Occupation: household duties Address: Maioro

Qualification: residential

Susan, the daughter of Anthony MAY and Rebecca KENDALL, was born on 3 September 1838 and
christened on 14 October 1838 in St Kew, Cornwall.

She married her first cousin Anthony May, the son of John and Mary May of Cornwall, (the fathers
were brothers), on 29 May 1856 in Stoke Damerel, Devon.

On 16 June 1856, shortly after their marriage, Susan and Anthony left London and came to New
Zealand on the “Martaban” arriving 8 October. They joined Anthony’s brother, Joseph May, a
member of the old provincial council, who had come to the colony previously, and engaged in
farming at Mt. Roskill.

Three years after their arrival, the Mays went to Waiuku. The Land War interfered with Anthony’s
farming operations and he became a member of the Waiuku volunteers. After serving some months
they went to Auckland but returned to Waiuku and took up farming land. This they later sold and
went to Maioro where they engaged in farming up ‘The Avenue’ (at the end of Maioro Road) until
about 1911 when they returned to Waiuku. They only spent a short time farming there and retired
soon afterward.

Susan and Anthony had ten children: Rebecca (May) DICKSON, Anthony May, Mary (May) Dickson,
Susan Ann (May) SCOTT, Philippa Jane May, Isabella May, Mabel May, Ernest Charles May, Frederick
John May and William James May.

Susan died 10 February 1925 at her home in Cornwall Road,
Waiuku aged 86.

Anthony remained in his little cottage on the outskirts of
Waiuku, living with two unmarried daughters. In 1930, at the
age of 98, Anthony was reported as Waiuku's oldest settler!

He died the day after his 99th birthday at home on 7 July 1931.
They are buried at Waiuku Cemetery.

Sources:
www.wikitree.com
‘Descendants of William May, John May and John Wilson’ by Paul
Bickerstaff

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3694 Surname: MAYNARD
Given names: Jessie Address: Parsonage, Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Jessie MAYNARD (nee LINNELL) was born 23 December 1867 at Redhill, Surrey, England to James
Thomas LINNELL, an artist, and Elizabeth Muskett YETTS. She was baptised on 3 June 1883 at St
Matthew’s Church, Redhill as a 15½ year old. Jessie was the sixth child of 13 (9 girls and 4 boys) and
had the nickname of Lottie.

At the age of 24 Jessie married Herbert Martin Maynard (25y) on 3 February 1892 at St Matthew’s
Church. Herbert was born/baptised 15 August 1866, Rangoon, Bengal, India (Rangoon, British
Burma). He was a Deacon 1889, a priest 1890 and Chaplain of Christ Church, Spitalfield 1889-92.
The third reading of the Banns (24 Jan 1892) is signed by Herbert himself.

New Zealand – Aug 1892 –There were difficulties finding ministers to fill vacant districts with several
areas being left without clergy in charge, but a gentleman had offered his services for the work, and
it was a golden opportunity for Waiuku and Mauku to secure the services of the Rev. H. M. Maynard.
Oct 1892 – A series of lectures given with proceeds split between the Home Mission and repair fund
for the Waiuku parsonage, as the residence was being put in order for the Rev. Mr. Maynard ... The
district was pleased to know they would have someone to visit the sick, elderly etc., in the district …
A pregnant Mrs Maynard would be arriving.
Jan 1893 – … there was a farewell for Rev. W. ROPER and the Rev. Maynard thanked all for the
kindness shown to him and his wife since their arrival.
Mar 1893 – A large gathering of natives has taken place at the settlement of the Chief Henare
KAIHAU, of Waiuku, in order to celebrate the opening of a new manga house. – An event of the
celebrations – “… The Rev. H.M. Maynard, B.A. the much-respected, incumbent of Holy Trinity
Church, and Mrs Maynard, being amongst the honoured number…”
1 May 1893 – Birth of their only child Forster Herbert Martin Maynard. On Probate records for
Herbert in 1941: ‘Forster Herbert Martin Maynard CB., A.F.C. Air Vice-Marshall R.A.F.’
Although now having a very young son to look after Jessie tried to keep active in the community.
Meanwhile Rev. Maynard undertook religious instruction in day schools as well as his other duties.
Apr 1894 – Jessie and Rev. Maynard participated in an evening of entertainment at Temperance and
Public Hall, to help pay off debt on the hall –a duet, " The Gipsey Countess," by Rev. and Mrs
Maynard.
Oct 1894 – MAUKU – “The Rev. H. M. Maynard, who has been residing in this district (Waiuku and
Mauku) in charge of the Episcopalian church work for two years, is about to … return to England,
having been offered work in the West-end of London. He has found no difficulty in carrying on the
work, Would that more of the clergy would work in the same way.…”

Whether it was the difficulties faced in New Zealand or whether the call of home and family (eldest
sister died July 1895), they, together, left the area better than when they arrived.
They returned to England and continued the work of the Lord at Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead in
Hertfordshire. Various placements were forthcoming and Rev. Maynard was active until his death.

1939 Census – Ealing, Middlesex, England, Rev. Maynard and Jessie were living at St Stephen’s
Vicarage; Jessie’s occupation is unpaid domestic duties even though they had a domestic servant.
Herbert was the Vicar of St Stephen’s.

The Reverend died 15 June 1941 at Littleham Cross, Exmouth. Jessie died 10 April 1944 at 8
Freeland Road, Ealing.

Sources
Papers Past – Country News, NZ Herald
‘Crockford; Berks., Bucks. and Beds. Contemporary Biographies’
England and Wales Probate Records and Ancestry

Researcher – Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3723 Surname: McCARTHY
Given names: Mary Address: Rama Rama
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Mary McCARTHY was born Mary Charlotte SHAW in New Zealand in 1866, the eldest child of William
Shaw and Sarah Jane MULLINS. She had 3 brothers and 4 sisters.

She married Thomas McCarthy (1846-1923) at age 16 and they farmed at Ramarama, then at
Papakura.

Mary and Thomas had 6 children

• William John (1884 – 1979) married 1926 Jessie Margaret BLAKE
• Mary (1886- 1972) spinster
• Annie Catherine (1888-1963) married 1916 Richard WHITFORD
• Thomas (1890 – 1964) married 1923 Margaret BOYLE
• John Albert (1892 – 1972) married 1919 Ellen McCABE
• Lily Lucy (1894 – 1962) spinster

She died on 4th July 1907 (aged just 40) and is buried at Papakura cemetery with two of her
daughters. Her husband Thomas is buried at Otahuhu cemetery.

Sources:

NZSG Kiwi Index
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Ancestry – NZ electoral rolls
Family Search probate – www.familysearch.com

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3725 Surname: McCONNELL
Given names: Anna Address: Mauku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Anna HILL was born in Ireland in 1856.

In 1883 Anna married Christopher McCONNELL in New Zealand. Christopher was born in Ireland in
1855. By 1880 he was farming in Union Road, Mauku and continued to farm there until his death in
March 1896 at the age of 41.

Anna and Christopher had 4 children:

• William Samuel born 1884
• Herbert James born 1886
• Frederick Edward born 1888
• Ivy Elizabeth born 1894.

After Christopher’s death, Anna moved to Thackeray Street, Frankton, Hamilton, where in 1900 she
was a storekeeper.

By 1919 Anna was living with Herbert and Ivy at 1 Prince Street, Wellington East.

In 1927 Anna was living at 11 Seafield View Rd, Auckland East.

Anna died on 26 December 1927 and was buried in the Hillsborough Cemetery.

Sources:
BDM-www.dia.govt.nz
N Z Electoral Rolls
Ancestry.uk
NZ Passenger Lists

Researcher: Barbara Raven

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3726 Surname: McCONNELL
Given names: Elizabeth Address: Mauku
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Elizabeth FULTON, daughter of Margaret Anne nee CAMPBELL and James FULTON, was born on 29
August 1864, in County Down, Northern Ireland. The family sailed to New Zealand on board the
Dauntless arriving on 2 June 1865. Sadly, Elizabeth’s sister, Jane, died at sea.

The family first settled in Drury, then moved on to Puni, and then finally settled in Tuakau.

In 1886 Elizabeth married William McCONNELL, son of William and Mary Jane McConnell. The
McConnell family had arrived in New Zealand on board the Helenslee on 22 December 1864.

Elizabeth and William had 12 children:

George (1887-1887) Mary Jane (1888)

John Ernest (1889) Margaret Gertrude (1891)

Charlotte Elizabeth (1893) James Edward (1895)

Sylvia May (1897) Nicholas (1898)

Dynes Fulton (1901) William (1903)

Stanley Hamilton (1905) Emily Ellen Phyllis (1907)

In 1896 Elizabeth and William were living in Mauku. The couple were
living in Onewhero in 1900, William working as a labourer. By 1905
they were living at Orini, Taupiri.

Elizabeth died on 10 November 1917 and was buried at the Taupiri
Cemetery. William died on 4 March 1944 and was also buried at the
Taupiri Cemetery.

Sources:
Bdm-dia.govt.nz; NZ Electoral Rolls; Ancestry.co.uk; Passenger Lists
Research: Barbara Raven

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3727 Surname: McCONNELL
Given names: Harriet Grace Address: Mauku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Harriet Grace BARTLETT was born in 1865 in New Zealand, the daughter of George Bartlett (1819-
1908) and Eliza DAW (1825-1908). In 1888 at Pakuranga she married James Edward McCONNELL
from County Armagh, Ireland.

Harriet (using only Grace on the birth registrations) and James had 8 children:

• James Edward born 1888
• George Roach born 1890
• William John born 1891
• Thomas Henry born 1893
• Mary Jane born 1895
• Albert Walter born 1898
• Sydney Phillip born 1898
• Lesley Gordon born 1905

From 1893 until James’s death on 1 April 1935, the couple farmed in the Mauku and Aka Aka areas.
Harriet Grace died at Mauku on 17 June 1951 aged 86 and is buried in Waiuku cemetery.

Sources:
BDM-dia.govt.nz
NZ Electoral Rolls
Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Researcher: Barbara Raven

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2050 Surname: McCRISTEL
Given names: Mary Ann
Occupation: settler Address: Patumahoe

Qualification: residential

The Dauntless passenger list records 27-year- captain were never seen again after they
old Mary Ann McCRISTEL (1838 – 1900) and manned lifeboats.
her husband, Richard, arriving in Auckland
from Northern Ireland in 1865 with their two The First Mate and seventeen other crew
young daughters, Anna and Maggie. However, members, who missed out on a place in the
the McCristels were childless. The girls boats, had been trying to control the fire for
belonged to the CRAWFORD family. three weeks. They were rescued and the ship
left to sink.
Had Mary Ann and Richard not claimed them
as their own, fellow passengers Sarah and The McCristels and the Crawfords settled in
Samuel Crawford, would not have been able to Patumahoe on land confiscated from the so-
emigrate with all their offspring; the rules called native rebels who had supported their
prohibited more than two children/family Waikato whanau during the Land Wars. The
under the age of twelve. McCristels farmed Lot 50 which, according to
electoral rolls, was freehold. The land needed
It turned out to be a long and eventful voyage clearing before they could earn their living
with twenty deaths being blamed on poor from it but the soil was fertile and wild pigs,
accommodation and provisions. Not only did eels, ducks, kereru and pheasants
the captain have to quell a threatened mutiny supplemented the larder.
but, five days out from Auckland, the Dauntless
chanced across a burning ship, aptly named the Richard outlived his wife. Mary Ann died on 22
Fiery Star. 78 passengers plus crew and April 1900 and was buried in the Protestant
Cemetery at St Bride’s.

Sources:

BDM NZ
Patumahoe: History and
Memories book
St Brides Cemetery
Dauntless Passenger List

Researcher: Wendy Clark

Rescue from the Fiery Star

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3728 Surname: McDONALD
Given names: Catherine Address: Maioro
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Catherine Eliza McDONALD was born in Liverpool on 8 September 1850 to
Irish parents Patrick and Elizabeth DEANE. Catherine left Liverpool in 1864
with her family bound for Capetown, South Africa. In 1866 the family set
sail from Capetown for New Zealand on the ship “Frederick Bassil”, arriving
in Auckland on 20 March 1866.

Her husband John Martin McDonald had arrived earlier on the ship
“Reiherstieg” on 24 December 1864. On board this ship was Catherine’s
sister Ann NOLAN and husband Laurence. Laurence died in 1867 and Ann
married William LEGGETT in 1874 and together they settled at Maioro.
“Annie” Leggett was a midwife to the area.

John Martin McDonald married Catherine Deane at Maioro on 30 April 1872 in the presence of Annie
Leggett and brother John Deane. John Martin and Catherine Eliza McDonald farmed alongside Annie
and brother John at Maioro on “lot 69” which is situated directly adjacent to the NZ Steel mine site
(on Forestry Road).

Lots 62 and 63 belonging to Annie were subsequently sold in 1902 to
John and Catherine and this is where they raised their 13 children.
John Martin Jnr, Anthony and William (twins), Elizabeth, Sarah, Kate,
Mary, Annie, James, Margaret, Thomas, Arthur and George. All 7 sons
became farmers.

The Catholic at Maioro assembled
at McDonalds’ residence for Mass,
and it was there the priest stayed, as the house was most central.
John Martin McDonald died on 6 October 1914 and Catherine
Eliza died on 7 July 1932 and they are buried at Waiuku Cemetery.

Their descendants farm in the district today (2018).

Sources: Family Knowledge, photos and documents
‘West of the Manukau’ by Ben Westhead
Researcher: Judy Garshaw

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2069 Surname: McDONALD
Given Names: Margaret
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe East

Qualification: residential

Margaret McDONALD was born in New Meanwhile the men, together with 10 special
Zealand in 1851. She was the daughter of constables under Sergeant PERRY, returned to
Alexander McDonald and his wife Agnes garrison the church and give some protection
HUNTER. Margaret’s parents had arrived in to their homes and farms. Margaret’s father
New Zealand together with her father’s Alexander, her grandfather James, and her
parents on board the Tyne which sailed from older brother James, who would have been
Gravesend on 6 April 1841 and arrived at Port about 14 at the time, were among the
Nicholson, Wellington on 9 August that year volunteers who started work on a stockade at
carrying 98 passengers. the little church at Pukekohe East. The
In October of 1859 Margaret’s parents and stockade was to be seven feet high all around
grandparents purchased 390 acres at but had not been completed when the place
Pukekohe East, recorded as Lot 30 Pukekohe, was attacked, and was not more than five feet
from the original grantee, a Mr McKENZIE. in height in many places.
They were among the earliest settlers in the On the morning of 13 September 1863 four of
Pukekohe East district. the volunteers were out visiting the farms
There were five siblings in Margaret’s family: about a mile west of their base at the
James, Margaret, William who died young, Presbyterian Church when they were fired on
Alexander and Agnes. by a party of some 20 Maori. The settlers
In July of 1863, when Margaret was about 12 managed to get back to the safety of the
years old, it seemed as if war in the district stockade although one had a narrow escape
would be inevitable. There were increasing when a bullet grazed his forehead. Much has
tensions between local Maori and the settlers. been written about the siege which followed
News came on Wednesday 15 July that when James McDonald jnr was to play a role
Michael MEREDITH and his 14 year old son had keeping the men supplied with ammunition.
been murdered on their farm at Ramarama The names of James jnr, his father Alexander
about half way between the Drury military and his grandfather James are recorded on the
base and Pukekohe East. The settlers hastily brass plaque in the church commemorating
mustered at the home of Mr Walter the men who defended the church that day.
RUNCIMAN for the night. The following day Most of the settlers did not return to their
William MORGAN and several other settlers farms until many months after the war had
rode into Drury to ask the authorities there for ended. These would have been unsettling
a military escort to bring out the women and times for a teenage Margaret McDonald.
children. The British Army and the Colonial When he died in 1890, Margaret’s father left
Militia were fully committed, protecting the her “that portion of my land lying on the south
convoys and redoubts along the Great South side of the aforesaid road leading from the
Road, so declined to provide an escort. The railway station and bounded on the South by
settlers and their families had to make their ‘Sunny Side’ and on the North by the above
way as best they could, along the narrow road containing thirty acres more or less, also
muddy bush track in the cold midwinter rain, her riding horse, saddle and bridle and all the
no doubt expecting at any minute to receive a poultry.” (‘Sunny Side’ was the name given to
volley from the trees on either side of the road. James McDonald snr’s original farm.)
Arriving safely at their destination, the families In 1900 Margaret married Matthew ROUTLEY.
were given shelter in the Presbyterian Church
(which then stood in the old cemetery opposite Sources: Nikki Hurst, Papers Past, NZ Historical bdm, Archives
the Drury School). Soon afterwards the NZ, White Wings by Sir Henry Brett, Early Days in Franklin by
women and children, including Margaret, her Nona Morris, A History of Pukekohe East 1863-1963 by Nona
sister Agnes and her mother, were sent on to Morris, The Original Pukekohe (article by Tim Ryan, Military
Auckland. Historian). Collated by Lynda Muir

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4098 Surname: McDONALD
Given names: Rosa
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pukekohe East

Qualification: residential

At the time of General Election on 28 November 1893, Rosa McDONALD was newly married, with her
first baby Elsie born just two months before, on 23 September 1893. Despite the short timeframe for
voter registration, 109,461 women – about 84% of the adult female population – enrolled to vote in
the election. On polling day 90,290 women cast their votes, a turnout of 82% (far higher than the 70%
turnout among registered male voters).

Rosa’s maiden name was BALLARD and she was born on 18 May 1868. In 1882 she married Alexander
McDonald. His parents, Alexander and Agnes McDonald, and his grandparents, James and Margaret
McDonald, had come to NZ from Scotland aboard the ‘Tyne’, reaching Wellington in 1841.

In October of 1859, the McDonalds purchased 390 acres at Pukekohe East from the original grantee,
a Mr McKENZIE. The property was situated on both sides of the present main road from Pukekohe
towards Bombay and extended up to the present Runciman Road. The McDonalds were among the
earliest settlers in the district.

Rosa and Alexander went on to have three more children after Elsie:
• Elsie Agnes McDonald - born 1893
• Helen (Cissy) Maria McDonald - born 1896
• Wilfred Alexander McDonald - born 1898
• Frank Hunter McDonald - born 1900.

On his death in 1890, Alexander’s father (Alexander the elder) had left Alexander that portion of his
land on the south side of the road leading from the Pukekohe Railway Station, and known as ‘Sunny
Side’, formerly his father’s property and being one hundred acres more or less. Alexander also
inherited “one single furrow plough and a set of harness and two horses known as Tom and Fanny and
plough harness for the same and a riding saddle and bridle also one third of my sheep and cattle.”

It was here that Rosa and Alexander raised their four children and worked hard to bring the farm into
the productive land that we see today.

Sadly, Rosa did not live long enough to see her children grown up as she died at the age of 33 in 1901.
A notice in the Auckland Star of 14 December 1901 advised of Rosa’s death at Whakapirau, a small
beach settlement on the shores of the Kaipara harbour. She was buried in the Maungatoroto
Congregational Cemetery.

Sources:
Nikki Hurst descendant
Papers Past
NZSG Cemetery Records
Historical NZ bdm
www.nzhistory.govt.nz
NZ Archives

Collated by Lynda Muir

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1743 Surname: McDONALD
Given names: Sarah
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Rama Rama

Qualification: residential

Sarah Ann HUNTER, daughter of William Hunter and Mary MURRAY was born on 5 Jan 1870 in New
Zealand. She had a younger sister, Isabella.

She married John McDONALD on 26 June 1888 at Thames and they had four sons. Robert born in
1891 received the Military Medal for acts of bravery in the field in WW1.

Entries on the electoral rolls show Sarah and John at Ramarama in 1893 and Hairini in 1905/06, away
from their normal residence at Edward St, Thames. Sarah remained at this address after John’s
death in 1907 until her own in 1939.

John was a miner and his death notice recorded his long illness. He was 20 years older than Sarah
and they are buried together at Shortland cemetery, Thames.

Sources:
Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz Probate and Family Tree – www.familysearch.org
Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2074 Surname: McDONNELL
Given names: Margaret
Occupation: household duties Address: Maioro

Qualification: residential

Margaret McDONNELL was born in Ireland c1838 as Margaret Ursula KELLY. She came to New
Zealand with her husband John as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme. John was born (c1834)
in Portumna, Co. Galway to Thomas McDonnell and Eleanor SHAUGHNESSY.

The Franklin Pioneer Register has them being married in Cape Town, South Africa on 17 October
1861. It was from there that they came to New Zealand.

They had seven children:

Margaret Agnes c1865 (Mrs GERAGHTY)
Bridget c1866 (Cis, Mrs MURPHY)
Thomas c1867
Mary Ursula c1870 (Mrs MICHIE)
Annie Elizabeth c1871 (Mrs O’BRIEN)
Johanna Florence c1873 (Florrie, Mrs NOLAN) and
Catherine c1874 (Kate, Mrs POWELL).

John was the holder of freehold land, Lot 11, 49 acres at Maioro. The family farmed this property
while it appears John may have sought outside work to help with the finances.

Margaret passed away on 4 August 1902 and was buried in Waiuku Cemetery.

John passed away on 23 September 1908 and was laid to rest with Margaret.

Sources:

Cemetery Records
Electoral Rolls
Franklin Pioneer Register for Pre-1900 Families

Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2076 Surname: McDONNELL
Given names: Margaret Agnes
Occupation: household duties Address: Maioro

Qualification: residential

Margaret Agnes was born in c1865 to John McDONNELL and Margaret Ursula KELLY in Maioro,
Franklin. John and Margaret had come to New Zealand as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme.

Margaret married Bartholomew Ganges GERAGHTY on 4 April 1894. Bartholomew (Bart) was born
to Patrick Geraghty and Bridget BRADY on 17 February 1865 while they were still aboard the Ganges
which was anchored in Auckland Harbour.

The Ganges came to New Zealand under the Waikato Immigration Scheme of the 1860s. She
became known as the death ship as, of the 474 passengers aboard, 54 children and two adults died
during the voyage mostly from bronchitis and whooping cough.

Margaret and Bartholomew had seven children: Mary/May Florence 1895, Bartholomew (Bert)
1897, Raymond John 1898, Elizabeth 1901, Cecil Michael 1905 and Francis Patrick 1906. It is
believed a daughter Veronica was born c1902.

Margaret and Bartholomew spent all their married life together in Tuakau. Bartholomew was listed
in the business directories of the day 1890-1920 as being involved with the flaxmills there. Mary
would have been active in all the children’s pursuits and behind the scenes as Bart became involved
in community affairs.

Bartholomew passed away on 22 December 1925, aged 61. He was a well-known and highly
respected resident of Tuakau and one of the pioneers of the district. For some time he had been a
member of the Town Board. A Requiem Mass was held at St Andrew’s Church before he was laid to
rest at Tuakau Cemetery.

Margaret died 27 December 1959, aged 93, and was laid to rest with Bartholomew.

Sources:

From the Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue
2363, 15 February 1865, Page 4.
NZ BDM Historical Records
Cemetery Records
Ancestry Public Tree – Hawkentk

Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2075 Surname: McDONNELL
Given names: Mary Ursula
Occupation: household duties Address: Maioro

Qualification: residential

Mary Ursula was born c1870 to John McDONNELL and Margaret Ursula KELLY who had arrived in
New Zealand as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme. Both parents were born in Ireland and the
Franklin Pioneer Register has them being married in South Africa on 17 October 1861. It is from
there that they sailed for New Zealand arriving c1865.

The family settled in Maioro, farming on the Allotment of 49 acres that Mary’s father received on
their arrival.

Mary married Alexander MICHIE on 23 November 1903 and moved to Waipipi where Alexander’s
parents Thomas and Hannah farmed on land on the corner of Awhitu and Parakau roads.
Alexander’s help would have been very necessary after his father had a serious leg injury and
Thomas ended up with a wooden leg.

Mary and Alexander had four children:

Thomas Gregory 1905

Margaret Mary 1906

Catherine 1908

Annie Phyllis 1911.

Mary and Alexander continued to farm at Waipipi until 1920s when they headed to Auckland. In the
1928 Electoral Roll they are living in Summer Street, Auckland West. Alexander was listed as a
carpenter and their son Thomas, a postal clerk, was living with them.

By 1935 the house was full again with family returning home to live. Alexander was a builder and
Mary very busy and the house remained full until peace came to both Alexander and Mary.

Alexander passed away 22 July 1940, aged 70. Mary passed away 3 July 1942, aged 72, and they
were laid to rest in the Catholic Section of Waikumete Cemetery.

Sources:

Electoral Rolls
Cemetery Records
NZ BDM Historical Records
Gavin Michie Family Research

Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1746 Surname: McDOWELL
Given names: Sarah
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Rama Rama

Qualification: residential

Sarah CARTER was born in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand in 1855, the daughter of Henry Carter and
his wife. She married Gordon McDOWELL (1851-1914) on 17 May 1877 and they had a family of 3
sons and 6 daughters.

Gordon died on 6 Nov 1914 and Sarah on 26 May 1931. They are buried in the Drury Presbyterian
Church cemetery.

This news item appeared in the NZ Herald 21 Jan 1905

Sources:
Old newspapers: paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz Family history – Karen McDowell

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3731 Surname: McEWEN
Given names: Sarah
Occupation: household duties Address: Kohekohe

Qualification: residential

On 8 June 1863 Sarah DUNCAN married Laurence MCWATT at
Stenhousemuir in the Parish of Larbert, a quiet coal mining village some 25kms
east of Glasgow. It was only two months since her 17th birthday. Her husband
Laurence was a miner and twice her age.

Barely two weeks later on 20 June the newly married couple caught the
train to the London port of Gravesend and boarded the New Zealand bound
sailing ship the ‘Ganges’. Joining her were other members of her wedding party,
her uncle's, Matthew and Philip NOTMAN, and Laurence's sister, Mary
SCOULLER. With her were her husband, Robert, and four children. Mary gave
birth to a fifth child before the ship had sailed. She named the baby girl, Sarah,
perhaps after her new sister-in-law.
Mary and Robert Scouller had lived in Glasgow and were members of the Pollokshaws
United Original Secession Church, a small tight-knit group of strict Scotch Presbyterians. 30
followers and their leader, the Rev. James Milne Smith immigrated to New Zealand. In return for
passage they would be granted land at Pollok on the Awhitu Peninsula where they hoped to create a
Special Closed Settlement. Sarah and her uncles were not part of the Church but connected through
her marriage to Laurence.
On 21 August, after two months at sea, Sarah gave birth in the stormy South Atlantic, 900
miles west of Capetown. Unfortunately, her little son only survived a few hours and was buried at
sea the next morning wrapped in the Union Jack. A fellow passenger described her as “a decent
Scottish woman”.
It was a breezy spring day, 12 October 1863, when the ‘Ganges’ sailed into Auckland
Harbour to a city under martial law. The Waikato Wars had recently broken out and it was
considered unsafe to take up land until the skirmishes abated. Most of the settlers waited in digs at
Arch Hill and Newton in Central Auckland and Sarah met up with her brother Alexander who had
arrived on an earlier ship. She also gave birth there to her second son, Robert on 17 October 1864.
When the Sarah finally moved to Pollok it was without her husband and brother. Public
work schemes were a good source of income while people waited for
land. Laurence and Alexander were tragically killed by falling rocks while
on one such scheme at Mangawhai Harbour in Northland on 13 August
1866. They were buried without family in unmarked graves.
A year later Sarah married Robert MCEWEN. They lived at Pollok
for ten years and then Kohekohe, where Robert organised the building of
both churches. While at Pollok Sarah had four daughters: Mary, Jessie,
Elizabeth and Jemima. Unfortunately, Elizabeth was drowned in
September 1872 in a pond on their farm while still a toddler. She had
been playing with the older girls while her father was bringing in the cows
and Sarah was baking. This was the third tragedy strangely all on, by or in
water. Sarah had eight more children, the last Andrew born in 1893, and
thankfully all survived into adulthood.
Sarah was only 53 when she died on 18 April 1899 probably from
tuberculosis. She is buried in a warm, sunny spot at Kohekohe Cemetery. A painting of Sarah baking, by

Deborah Illingworth

Bibliography: ‘In Good-Holding Ground’ by Bishop Robert Ponsford McWatt
‘The Far Away Land’ by Lloyd Walker
Various Articles from Papers Past
Researcher: Deborah Illingworth.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3731 Surname: McEWEN
Given names: Sarah
Occupation: household duties Address: Kohekohe

Qualification: residential

Sarah McEWEN was born Sarah DUNCAN to Alexander and Mary (nee NOTMAN)
on 9 April 1846 in Stenhousemuir, near Falkirk, Larbert, Scotland. Her siblings
were Alexander, Janet, Mary and William. At age 17 Sarah married Laurence
McWATT on 8 June 1863 just before they immigrated to New Zealand on the
Ganges which departed from London on 23 June 1863. During the voyage, on 21
August 1863, her male child was born, sadly he did not survive. The Ganges
arrived in Auckland on 12 October 1863.

Sarah and Laurence were part of a group which had broken away from the Orthodox Presbyterian
Church and their minister, Mr SMITH, had been to New Zealand, found land and then returned to
Pollokshaws, where he gathered followers who would leave with him to go to New Zealand. The group
settled on the Manukau Peninsula, naming their new land Pollok.

On 17 October 1864 Sarah and Laurence were blessed with a son, Robert McWatt, born in Auckland.
Then on 13 August 1866, while living in Newton, both her husband Laurence and her brother
Alexander Duncan were killed in a tragic accident at Mangawai Breakwater. With courage Sarah got
on with life and on 20 August 1867 married Robert McEWEN, an orthodox Presbyterian from Balfron,
near Loch Lomond, who had been a Ganges fellow passenger. Robert received an 80- acre land grant
at Pollok - but it was poor land, so he moved to a farm at Kohekohe. Sarah and Robert had 12 children
together but sadly lost one child, Elizabeth, by accidental drowning aged 15 months.

Before immigrating to New Zealand Robert had been
training for the ministry and at Kohekohe much of
their focus was on establishing the Kohekohe
Presbyterian Church where he conducted many
services. He was an Authorised Preacher for the
Presbyterian Church of NZ for 40 years. Sadly, Sarah
pre-deceased her husband by 24 years. She died in
hospital in Cambridge in April 1899, aged 53, with
tuberculosis. They are buried together in the
Kohekohe Cemetery.

KoheKohe Presbyterian Church 1886-1976

Sarah and Robert McEwen’s six surviving daughters.

left to right Mary, Jemima (Minnie), Jessie, Margaret (Peggy), Agnes
and Sarah.
Their sons were Alexander, James, William (Bill), Charles and
Andrew

Source: www.wikitree.com/genealogy/McEwen-Family-tree
Researcher: Janet Anderson

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2086 Surname: McFADDEN
Given names: Alice
Occupation: household duties Address: Patumahoe

Qualification: residential

Alice McFADDEN, daughter of James February 1897 when she left a kettle boiling on
McCOURT, married John McFadden, a farmer, the fire for another son’s late return from a
in Drumcree, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1858. race meeting at Onewhero. It was conjectured
John was only eighteen, and Alice a couple of that some of the banked up embers must have
years older. With their baby son, Thomas fallen from the open hearth, setting the house
James, they immigrated to New Zealand in on fire. “There were no effective means of
1864 on the Dauntless. Alice gave birth to a suppressing the blaze, owing to the settlers
daughter, Georgina Dauntless, while at sea. being scattered and water scarce. The house
They settled on a 10 acre farm in Patumahoe, was insured for £900, and the furniture and
raising several more children. piano for £150 in the South British.” The loss
was estimated at about £900 over the insured
Alice’s husband featured several times in Court sum. Sundry articles to the value of £5 were
records for bad debts, cattle trespass and saved.
assault of a neighbour. Newspapers carried
the story of their eldest son’s fatal fall from his Alice died in 1905, several months after her
horse at the age of twenty four. Alice was husband suffered a fatal heart attack. She rests
mentioned in the NZ Herald on 20 in St Bride’s Anglican Cemetery beside him and
Thomas James.

Sources:
St Bride’s Cemetery
Papers Past
BDM NZ

Researcher: H.
Rolinson
Compiled by Wendy
Clark

The McFadden homestead,
built after the original one
burnt down. It still stands
today on the corner of
Sedgebrook and Patumahoe
Roads.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2116 Surname: McGAHAN
Given names: Kate
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Catherine or Kate WALSHE was born in
Ireland and arrived in New Zealand
reportedly aboard the Ganges aged 15,
however there is no record of her under the
name Walshe; the name she used at the
time of her marriage to John McGAHAN in
1884.

John was on the railway staff at Tuakau but
they also had a freehold farm along
Dominion Rd not far from the railway
station.

Kate raised a family of seven children on this
property and remained there until her death
in 1934.

In 1915 just before he died John sold all his
livestock consisting of dairy cows, horses
and 17 purebred Bershire weaners. He
retained 32 acres which Kate resided on until her death. The
property was then sold in July 1934.

Sources: Waikato District Council Cemetery data base; Papers Past
Researcher: Mary Mercer.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2118 Surname: McGAHAN
Given names: Margaret
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Margaret McGAHAN aged 43 arrived in New Zealand with her four adult children on 23 May 1874.
When the Rooparell from London docked at Auckland with 367 immigrants abroad it was reported
as the largest ship to have arrived at Auckland.

Just when Margaret and her family settled in Tuakau is unknown, but the family stayed in the district
for a number of years.

Thomas married Mary FAGAN, John married Catherine WALSH, Catherine married Charles
DROMGOOL, and Margaret married William MOONEY.

Margaret died on 12 November 1900 and is buried at Tuakau.

Sources:
Papers Past
Familysearch.org
Waikato District Cemeteries – Photo of headstone.

Researcher. Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2117 Surname: McGAHAN
Given names: Mary
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Mary FAGAN married Thomas McGAHAN in 1880. Thomas had arrived in New Zealand in 1874
aboard the Rooparell with his mother, two sisters and a brother.

Mary and Thomas raised a large family, four girls and six
boys.

Thomas worked for New Zealand Railways for over 35 years.
Towards the end of his service in 1909 and due to an
oversight on his part he caused a partial derailment of an
empty goods train at Whangarata. He was dismissed but
appealed and was reinstated. However, his health suffered,
and he died in 1915.

Their youngest was only 9 at the time and with a large family
to feed with no income life would have been difficult for
Mary.

Two sons Thomas Bernard and Charles William lost their lives
on the Somme WW1.

Sources:
Papers Past, Waikato District cemeteries data base.
Auckland Cenotaph.
Family Search.
Researcher. Mary Mercer

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2100 Surname: McGEE
Given names: Janet
Occupation: teacher Address: Maioro

Qualification: residential

Janet (Jessie) was born to Richard and Helen McGEE (nee ROGERS) on 24 December 1864 at
Onehunga. She was registered on the 1893 Electoral Roll as a school teacher at Maioro School where
she stayed until 5 April 1895 when the school closed on the opening of Otaua School.

It was at Maioro that Jessie and John Thomas SPARGO met, possibly with Jessie being a boarder in the
Spargo home.

John had 152 acres of land on Bothwell Park Rd, Maioro. He was also appointed Postmaster for Maiora
in 1880. A small room in his house would be put aside for this purpose. He held this position till he
sold his farm to the NEIL Bros in 1894.

From Maioro John and his sister Elizabeth who had been living with him at Maioro went to
Morrinsville. He was employed in the General Store of H & J CLIFFORD, also becoming Clerk to the
Town Board. It was while in Morrinsville he married Janet McGee in 1905. They remained in the town
for several years, before moving to Parawai, Thames to run a general store.

1915 saw them in Whangarei and by 1916 he was employed at Portland Cement Co at Limestone
Island as store manager staying there till he retired to Northcote, Auckland. However it was not long
before he opened a grocery store in their home in Queen St, Northcote, near the Northcote Wharf.
John died there on 12 November 1929 aged 68 yrs.

Janet Spargo went to live with her brother, Richard James McGee (farmer), at 10 Central Avenue,
Papatoetoe, staying there till shortly before she entered Rosalie Rest Home before her death on 19
September 1951. Both Janet and John Thomas Spargo are buried in Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland.

They did not have any children.

Sources;
www.dia.govt.nz
Electoral rolls
NZ.Gazette 1860-1894
Otaua School Cenntennial 1895-1995 (Including Maioro School)
Spargo family papers – Gay Spargo
Hillsborough Cemetery Headstone
NZSG – Certificate collection
NZSG – First families.

Researcher; Rosalie-Ann Nicholson

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1757 Surname: McGILL
Given names: Adelaide
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pokeno

Qualification: residential

Adelaide McGILL was born Adelaide KIDD, the third daughter of Sussanah and George Kidd. She had
3 sisters and 4 brothers. Her parents married in Australia and their 1st 3 children were born there.

Adelaide was their second child to be born in New Zealand.

Adelaide had a daughter (Cassandra 1889-1971) to William McGill and on 2nd October 1890 they
married at Pokeno.

She became dissatisfied with life in the country, and ultimately, early in 1908, became a housemaid
in a hotel in Auckland, while William made arrangements to sell his farm. Later she took a position
in a Karangahape Road tobacconist's shop.

William's suspicions were aroused by his wife's doings, and ultimately, he taxed her with what he
believed had been going on, and she stated that she had “a boy who was good to her and gave her
presents.” They parted then, and since March 1908, when she had told him to go, they had not lived
together.

They were divorced in 1914.

In 1939 she married Thomas Andrew DAVIDSON. He died the following year and was cremated at
Waikumete.

Adelaide died 17 October 1948, at the age of 76, in Auckland and was cremated at Waikumete.

Her ashes are interred in the Nonconformist area of Waikumete Cemetery with her mother and
youngest brother’s ashes.

Her last known address was Station Road, Taupaki.

Researcher : Bea McGill

Sources: John Pemberton's Family Tree Project.
New Zealand Historical Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Papers Past - Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 170, 13 February 1914
https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3734 Surname: McGOWAN
Given names: Alice Address: Waiuku
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Alice McGOWAN (nee BARRISKILL) was born in the Armagh area, Ireland, in 1837.

She married William McGowan on 17 May 1860, at Portadown Church, Drumcree, Lurgan, Northern
Ireland. William’s occupation was weaver at the time of the marriage and they both were from
Ballyworken, Drumcree.

In 1864, the couple arrived at Onehunga, on the ship “Dauntless”. From Onehunga, they travelled to
Waipipi, where they were given 10 acres of land, and built a small house.

William and Alice farmed in the area all their lives.

There were seven children of this marriage: Three sons – Thomas, William and John, and four
daughters – Sarah, Ann, Jane, and Alice.

Alice’s husband, William, a man who was highly esteemed for his kindly and hospitable nature, died
10 April 1906.

Alice died at her residence, McGowan Road, Waipipi, on 31 October 1911, aged 74.

Alice and William were both buried at the Waiuku Cemetery.

Their descendants continue to farm in the same area today [June 2018].

Sources: - family knowledge and records
Researchers: Bev and Lyndsay Shuker

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3735 & 3737 Surname: McGOWAN
Waiuku
Given names: Annie & Sarah Address: residential

Occupation: dressmaker & domestic duties Qualification:

Sarah and Annie were daughters both born in 1870, Sarah being the elder, to William and Alice
McGOWAN, emigrants from Ireland who had travelled on the ship “Dauntless” and settled on 10
acres on McGowan Road, Waipipi.

There were three brothers – Thomas, William and John – and two sisters – Jane and Alice.

Sarah and Annie never married.

They lived together in a cottage across the road from their parents’ house.

Annie was a dressmaker which would have helped bring in an income and no doubt there were dairy
and meat contributions from family.

Sarah died 28 January 1942 aged 72 and Annie died two years later aged 74 on 2 February 1944.

Both died at Franklin Memorial Hospital were buried in the Waiuku cemetery.

At the time their brother John was farming at Waipipi and descendants farm in the same area today
[June 2018].

Sources
DEATHSNEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 79, ISSUE 24185, 29 JANUARY 1942
DEATHSNEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 81, ISSUE 24808, 3 FEBRUARY 1944
Family Information – Bev & Lyndsay Shuker

Researcher: Penny Prescott

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2127 Surname: McGUIRE
Given names: Annie
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

TWINS IN A TENT AND A HAMMOCK IN THE GUARD’S VAN

Annie McGUIRE was born in the small village of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Ireland in 1848. Annie
was the daughter of Owen and Rosetta Maguire. Owen Maguire died during the 1848 famine and
before Annie was born. Rosetta moved to a live-in job leaving Annie with her grandmother, the local
midwife. Seemingly Annie’s childhood was austere -spending long periods of time on her own. She
was taught to sew but she was never sent to school. An old priest taught her to read and she
remained an avid reader for the rest of her life although she never learned to write and couldn’t sign
her name.

Her granddaughter Rose wrote: “Grandma McGuire was a reader. She had a treasured collection of
books which she read over and over again. Most of them were paperback editions of the classics
which she had bought from hawkers who used to go round the country districts in the early days.
There was a Syrian hawker who was always sure of a good meal and a bed for the night because he
carried a stock of books at 3 pence a time. Whenever I felt a cold coming on and knew that it meant
a fortnight in bed, I would dart up to Grandma after school and she would give me a book to hide
under the mattress. I read Henry Esmond right through this way when I was seven.”

When Annie was 15, her mother Rosetta met and married widower William KEEGAN (two children)
The Keegans decided to emigrate; collected Annie, and boarded the clipper ship Ganges at Cork in
1864.

Annie met Laurence McGuire on the Ganges. Laurence had
been given the on-board job of helping the ship’s Purser
probably because he could read and write (and very few
passengers were able to read and write). Consequently
Laurence met all the other passengers -ordinarily young
female passengers were kept in strict seclusion. After
disembarking at Auckland the Ganges passengers were taken
to Onehunga where they were housed in the former military
barracks. Laurence then spent three years in the military. The
Keegans went onto their grant of land at Pukekohe and Annie
accompanied them.

When Laurence completed his military service he was given a
grant of land at Alexandra Redoubt Road Tuakau. He asked
Annie to marry him and return to farm his 32 acres in Ireland.
Annie refused to return to Ireland because her memories of
Ireland were quite different to Laurence’s memories. His
father had recently died and this may have influenced his decision to stay here in the new life Annie
desperately wanted. Annie married Laurence McGuire at William Keegan’s home in Pukekohe in
1868. Their initial dwelling was a tent on a town section while their Tuakau land was being
surveyed, and their eldest children, twins Hugh and Rosetta, were born there in 1869.

Tuakau life in the 1870s was pioneering, with no formed roads, only bush tracks. The old pioneers’
goal was to gradually cultivate their grant into pasture. Hardships such as walking or riding into
Otahuhu or Auckland are unimaginable to us today. Christian values and the church were an integral
part of Annie’s life -the marble altar at St Andrews Catholic Church Tuakau was gifted by Annie and
Laurence McGuire -an enduring memorial.

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Annie and Laurence brought up their family of ten children at Alexandra Redoubt Road Tuakau, five
sons and five daughters. Annie enrolled to vote in 1893 along with her daughters Margaret and
Mary Ann. Margaret later married Thomas DONOVAN, Paparata, and Mary Ann married Michael
MARKHAM, Ararimu. We found no record of daughter Rosetta enrolling in 1893 -she married
Laurence CARROLL in 1894. Daughters Alice, and Elizabeth who later married Jack GERAGHTY of
Harrisville were not of age in 1893.

One of Annie’s great grandsons and his family still farm this land.

Rose (granddaughter) wrote in Memoirs of Health: “It was in March of 1914 that Grandma McGuire
fell ill. She had developed a hernia from all the outside work that she had done and suffered greatly.
The doctor finally persuaded her to go into Mater Hospital and what a business that was getting her
there. Mr Finch had stables opposite the railway station, I was always puzzled why the sign said
‘Livery and Bait Stables’ and I don’t know yet! He had a horse bus known as ‘The Break’ which was
sometimes hired for picnics. This was ordered to come and collect Grandma and there was a great
fuss about getting the heavy vehicle drawn by two horses up the paddock to the house – no house
was ever built by the road then. Grandma was lifted into a cumbersome easy chair, swathed in rugs
and about six men hoisted her into The Break, chair and all, and the vehicle set off at a snail’s pace
for the station. I was watching in the background and with my usual lurid imagination thought they
were taking her off somewhere to put her on a funeral pyre. I’d recently read that widows suffered
this fate in India. The station master had ordered the guard’s van of the evening train to be prepared
for a patient. Mum said they used to have some sort of hammock strung to the ceiling for these
occasions and the ambulance met her at Auckland station. All this cost the earth and so did the
operation, which was performed by a brilliant Italian surgeon, Dr Marcazinni, who was spending a
year in NZ. She was months in hospital but recovered very well and her first act on returning home
was to start a new rhubarb bed. Dr M’s fee was 100 guineas and she had to sell the property left to
her by her mother in Pukekohe to pay for it.”

Source:
"McGuire A Brief Family Account of Laurence & Anne 1865 - 1990",by Elizabeth Coombes & Leonie Flower.

Compilation by Dianne Mizen and Noelene McGuire 2018.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2128 Surname: McGUIRE
Given names: Maggie
Occupation: household duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Laurence and Annie McGUIRE had ten children. Margaret (Maggie) was the second born after twins
Hugh and Rosetta. She was born on 28 November 1870.

Maggie married Tom DONOVAN at her parents’ residence on Alexander Redoubt Rd, Tuakau on 15
April 1903.

Upon her marriage to Tom Donovan, Margaret went to live at Paparata on a dairy farm where she
resided for many years. Tom and Maggie raised four children: Annie, Frank, Jim and Margaret.
When the farm was sold they moved to Karaka for a time before finally settling in Takanini, where
Margaret died on 30 December 1946 aged 76 years.

Little is known about what Margaret did before her marriage to Tom, but it is thought she worked on
the family farm and helped raise her younger siblings.

Maggie was referred to as a quiet, reserved person and a good mother. She was a keen gardener
and was a very prominent church worker.

Tom died in July 1955 and they are both buried in the Papakura Cemetery.

Source:
McGuire. A brief family account of Laurence & Anne 1865-1990.
By Elezabeth Coombes & Leonie Flower

Compilation by Erin Cannell.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2129 Surname: McGUIRE
Given names: Mary Anne
Occupation: household duties Address: Tuakau

Qualification: residential

Maryanne (Mary Anne on the Electoral Roll) McGUIRE was born in 1873, the 4th born to Laurence and
Annie McGuire of Tuakau. Maryanne married Michael MARKHAM in 1911, and they dairy farmed in
Ararimu.
She helped Michael with the farm and his contracting business for many years. They later moved to
Puni, onto a smaller farm, then retired to Pukekohe.
Maryanne was noted for her hospitality and kindness. They had two children Maurice and Mary.
Mary was un-married and Maurice married Sandra LESTER and they had three children.

Source:
McGuire. A brief family account of Laurence & Anne 1865-1990.
By Elizabeth Coombes & Leonie Flower.

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3738 Surname: McINNES
Given names: Catherine Address: Pollok Settlement
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Catherine was born on 9 or 10 November 1861 in Glasgow to Peter McINNES and Sarah McInnes.
Sarah had been a servant in the home of Peter’s parents, Neil and Janet McInnes (nee SMITH).
Sarah’s parents were John McInnes and Margaret MUNROE.

Peter and Sarah, with their children Janet, Margaret (listed as Mary), John and Catherine arrived in
New Zealand in November 1864 on “British Trident”. Alexander, Peter’s brother, had sailed with
them.

Catherine’s parents took an allotment on arrival in Auckland and set up a home and a store on the
banks of the Matakawau Creek which serviced the expanding community of Pollok. The family all
became involved in the store as the population expanded with settlers, gum diggers, and the Maoris,
all of whom took advantage of the supplies that became available.

Catherine married Thomas WILSON on 5 May 1897 and they had one child, Sarah, born 7 September
1898. Catherine and Thomas lived in several areas of Auckland City during their short marriage and
Thomas had a profession as a tailor. Unfortunately, Thomas passed away 12 October 1906.

Catherine remarried on 9 November 1910 to David Christie KAY who had been born in Scotland
c1856. With this marriage Catherine had come full circle and returned to her roots. On the 1911
Electoral Roll Catherine and David are living in Pollok and David’s occupation is “storekeeper”.

There is no record of children from this marriage.

Catherine re-entered to the community lifestyle that she had enjoyed early in her life with families
that she knew back then still living in the area. Again, the church became a special place for her.

Catherine passed away 3 November 1919, aged 57 and was buried in Waikaraka Cemetery.
Catherine’s headstone, from Cemetery records, reads “In loving memory of my dear mother … ”

David passed away 29 June 1921, aged 65. He was also buried in Waikaraka Cemetery, but it could
not be confirmed if they rest together.

Sources:

Descendants’ Family Sources
Electoral Rolls
NZ BDM Historical Records
Cemetery Records

Researcher: Penny Prescott and Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3739 Surname: McINNES
Given names: Elizabeth Address: Pollok Settlement
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Elizabeth was born in Pollok on 2 July 1872 to Peter and Catherine McINNESS and came from a
family of daughters who were accustomed to helping their father earn the family income. Peter ran
a store on the shore of the harbour on what is now known as McPike Road. He traded Kauri gum for
supplies as well as the usual cash economy. To keep his shop stocked he ran a small cutter and his
daughters were often the crew on the voyages to Onehunga and perhaps other places around the
harbour. The girls were said to be as capable as any of the boys of the district who thought that they
were sailors! After the long walk to Church each Sunday they were also renowned for providing a
virtual back-seat choir.

Other supplies such as vegetable and meat came from local sources, including the Hamilton family.
By general knowledge the store had a weekly “Meat Day”, when meat was available for those who
had not killed their own. For a period, this meat was provided by the Hamilton family and possibly
proved the most profitable way for them to sell their beef. Without refrigeration in the shop or
homes, meat had to be consumed within a few days before it began to smell and was fit only for
dogs. Through the constant contact with the McInnes Store, Chadwick Neilson HAMILTON (Chad),
had earlier met Elizabeth, and the friendship grew further when she came up to the Puketapu
homestead to help nurse Chad’s mother in her last year. Elizabeth was to spend the rest of her life
there in the old home.

Elizabeth and Chad married on 10 July 1901 –
“Our Pollok correspondent writes: — A quiet but pretty wedding took place in Pollok on July 10, at
the residence of Mr. John Maclnnes, when his sister, Miss E. Maclnnes, was joined in marriage to Mr.
C. N. Hamilton, the youngest son of the late Mr. James Hamilton, of Awitu. The-ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Robert BARR. The bride was elegantly attired in cream silk figured lustre,
trimmed with cream silk and lace, ribbon sash, with handsome veil and orange blossoms, and carried
a lovely bouquet of snowdrops and maidenhair ferns. Two of her nieces attended her as bridesmaids;
Miss HIGHAM, first maid, wore a very pretty dress of fawn lustre, with pink silk and lace, and Miss
Sarah HUDSON pale green, with pink silk and lace trimmings. The bridegroom was attended by his
nephew, Mr. Willie DICKEY, as groomsman. At the conclusion of the ceremony the company repaired
to the banquet room, in the large storeroom adjoining, which was tastefully decorated with New
Zealand ferns and palms and arum lilies. There the guests sat down to a fine breakfast. The centre
of the table was adorned with a handsome three-storeyed wedding cake. The bride was the recipient
of many very handsome and costly presents, among which were a beautiful writing desk, and ladies'
travelling case, containing a set of brushes, which was presented to her by the members of the Pollok
Church, where she officiated as organist for the last two years. Miss E. Maclnnes was very much
liked for her bright and cheery manner and has the good wishes of all who know her. Later on, in the
afternoon, the happy pair left through ‘showers of rice’ and blessings, for their new home in Awitu.”

After her first two children she followed advice and went to Onehunga and closer to proper
maternity care for each confinement, followed by a stay with her sister, Mary WATTS, until she could
make the journey to return to Puketapu. There were five children – Neil Vivian, Ian Campbell. Iris
Veronica, Elizabeth Annie, Brian Winston and Erica Verdun – on what was run as a dairy farm to
supply milk to the cheese factory owned by the family.

Her youngest son, Winton, would have been in the Army when she
died at Awhitu on 10 July 1944. Elizabeth was buried in Awhitu
Cemetery, Block 3, Plot 16. Chadwick was buried with his beloved
wife. He passed away on 20 July 1963.

Researcher: Clyde Hamilton from family information

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3740 Surname: McINNES
Given names: Jane Address: Pollok Settlement
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Jane was born Jean Roxburgh on 14 February/March 1870 in Pollok to Peter McINNES and Sarah
McInnes of Glasgow, Scotland. Sarah had been a servant in the home of Peter’s parents, Neil and
Janet McInnes (nee SMITH). Sarah’s parents were John McInnes and Margaret MUNROE.

Peter and Sarah, with their children Janet, Margaret (listed as Mary), John and a baby Catherine,
arrived in New Zealand November 1864 on “British Trident”. Alexander, Peter’s brother, had sailed
with them. On arrival in Auckland, Jean’s parents were granted an allotment at Pollok where they
built a home and store that served the community and district for many years.

Jean, or Jeannie as she was known, married William HARKNESS on 29 August 1901.

“A very quiet wedding took place at the residence of Mr John McInnes on August 29, when his sister,
Miss Jennie McInnes, was joined in the bonds of matrimony to Mr William HARKNESS, of Ramarama.
The Rev. Robert BARR performed the ceremony. … Two of her nieces attended her as bridesmaids –
Miss HIGHAM and Miss Sarah HUDSON. The bridegroom was attended by Mr George BRYANT as
best man. … After the ceremony, which took place at nine a.m. … The bride, who was born and
brought up in this district, and well liked for her kindly ways, and will be much missed … left with
her husband soon after in the S.S. Weka on their way to her new home, near Drury, taking with them
the good wishes of all.”

Jean headed for Ramarama where William had been farming for some time. They continued to farm
there until the late 1900’s when they moved to Waitoa and remained there until the mid-1920’s.
They again moved, this time to Kiwitahi, Morrinsville.

In each location they became fully involved with the farming community and business community,
and were highly respected members of them both.

Jean passed away on 31 March 1931, aged 61, at a private hospital in Auckland. A service was held
at the Morrinsville Presbyterian Church before she was laid to rest in the Morrinsville Old Cemetery.

Electoral rolls have William moving again to Kereone, which is still in the Morrinsville district, and
with him is a new wife, Robina Campbell HARKNESS, whom he married in 1939.

William passed away on 29 June 1953, aged 78. He was buried with Jean.

It appears that Jean and William spent some time in Australia, exactly how long is unknown, but
records of Deceased Estates are held for both of them.

Sources:

McInnes Family Knowledge
Electoral Rolls and Cemetery Records
Family Search
PapersPast – Local and General News – NZ Herald, Vol XXXVIII, Issue 11749, 3 Sep 1901 (Wedding)

Researchers: Penny Prescott and Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3741 Surname: McINNES
Given names: Sarah Address: Pollok Settlement
Occupation: storekeeper Qualification: residential

Peter McINNES, born 5 November 1825, and Sarah McINNES, born 15 March 1832, both of Scotland,
married in Glasgow on 14 December 1853. Sarah had been a servant in the home of Peter’s parents,
Neil and Janet McInnes (nee SMITH). Sarah’s parents were John McInnes and Margaret MUNROE.

Peter and Sarah, with their children, Janet b. 1854, Margaret (listed as Mary) b. 1856, Catherine b.
1861 and John b. 1863, arrived in New Zealand in November 1864 on “British Trident”. Alexander,
Peter’s brother, had sailed with them.

Peter and Sarah were granted land in Lot 1 alongside the Matakawau Creek. They had been
storekeepers in Glasgow, and intended following this occupation in the new land.

Sarah and the children waited in Auckland while Peter and Alexander travelled to Pollok to build a
house and get things settled. The site chosen for the store was sheltered and provided a safe
anchorage for vessels landing goods at the end of what is now McPike Road. The family was brought
down and house and store were settled. The store was considered more of a trading post with
settlers bringing their produce and exchanging for tea, sugar, and other needs. The family would
take the produce to Auckland to sell and bring back more stock.

When gum digging was in progress, they bought and sold gum and generally traded with the diggers.
Each week or so one of the settlers would kill a beast which would be sold in the store. On these
days there could be 200 diggers and settlers at the store. The McInnes family were noted for fair
trading and were held in high respect, especially by the Maori who called Sarah “Mother”.

Sarah was now a mother to nine children having had Sarah b. 1865, Ann b. 1867, Jean b. 1870,
Elizabeth b. 1872 and Mary b. 1874 – eight girls and one boy. Sarah and Peter were fully involved in
all things at the Pollok Settlement and when the whole family went to church the singing was said to
be something to remember.

Sarah, Peter and family continued the hard work at the store but
gradually it got harder to make ends meet.

Peter passed away on 25 January 1892 and was buried in Pollok
Cemetery. Son John took over the business when his father died and
helped support Sarah.

Sarah passed away on 7 February 1899 and rests with Peter.

Alexander passed away on 18 August 1914, aged 74, and is buried with
Sarah and Peter.

Sources:
NZ BDM Historical Records and Cemetery Records
The Far Away Land – The Story of Pollok Settlement
Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1777 Surname: McINTYRE
Given names: Elizabeth Binie*
Occupation: domestic duties Address: Pokeno Valley

Qualification: residential

Elizabeth Binney* McINTYRE was born on 11 February 1843 in Larbert,
Stirling, Scotland. She was the daughter of James BINNIE and Jean
WRANGHAM and one of their seven children – three daughters and four
sons.

She married Peter McIntyre (born c 1838) on 2 June 1864 in Scotland, before
coming to New Zealand.

From New Zealand birth records, eight children were born from 1866 until

1883.

Peter who was a ploughman in Scotland, was a storekeeper and farmer owning Lot 52 in Pokeno. In
1913 while returning from a trip to England, he died at sea aboard the ship Wilcannia on 17
December 1913 and was buried at sea, off the coast of Africa.

Elizabeth died on 9 July 1910 and is buried at Pokeno cemetery.

Sources:
Photo & info – McIntyre Family Tree – My Heritage
Headstone photo – Waikato District Council
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Waipa 1779 Surname: McINTYRE
First names: Margaret Address: Pokeno Valley
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Margaret (Nellie) McINTYRE was born on 8 February 1872 at Pokeno. She was the third child of
Peter McIntyre (1838-1913) and Elizabeth BINNIE/BINNEY (1843-1910) and had four sisters and
three brothers. Her parents had lived in Pokeno, owning Lot 52 and her father was a storekeeper
and farmer.

Margaret married Hector CAMPBELL in 1903 – he was a miner from Coromandel and had served in
the Boer War.

They had a family of four daughters and three sons born between 1904 and 1916. The family moved
around – from Whakapara in the north to Mamaku, near Rotorua in the south, where Hector plied
his trade as a bushman. They then went farming at Parua Bay before settling in Auckland, living at
several different addresses.

Margaret‘s death record and headstone
both say Margrette Buchanan CAMPBELL.

She died on 16 April 1940 and is buried at
Pokeno cemetery.

Sources:

Photo and info – McIntyre Family Tree on My
Heritage; BDM - www.dia.govt.nz;

NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3742 Surname: McKAY
Given names: Annie Isabella Address: Waiuku
Occupation: school teacher Qualification: residential

Miss Ann Isabella McKAY was born on 19 August 1871 to Roderick McKay and Christina McDONALD,
at Waipu, Northland, one of seven children (five girls and two boys). The McKays were a well-
established extended family in Waipu and fully involved in the community.

Ann, known as Annie, became a teacher in the Waiuku area and taught there until taking a transfer
in June 1898 to Waipu North. At that stage she had been teaching at Waiuku No.2 School (now
Waiuku Primary in George Street). The Board of Education named a Miss GILLMAN as her
replacement.

Annie took up her position at North River School, Waipu, and remained there for the next 12 years.
On 22 August 1910 she was given a special “Valedictory” function for the community to say their
goodbyes. “ … Items were given by pupils, ex-pupils, and others, all keen to acknowledge the efforts
made by Miss McKay. “

Mr J. N. McGREGOR spoke on behalf of the householders of the school district and the school pupils,
and presented Annie with a silver-mounted travelling bag and lady's dressing-case as a small token
of the recognition of her faithful services as teacher for the past 12 years. He expressed the hope
that her labours would result in the same satisfactory manner as they had done at North River at her
new school, as the examinations and the inspectors' reports had continually shown her efforts
equalled by few schools in the province.

Mr John C. McKay spoke on behalf of her ex-pupils and asked her to accept a nice hand-bag in slight
recognition of the interest she had always taken in them when under her charge; not only in their
school duties, but in their general welfare before and after they had left school. He hoped that she
would make as many friends as she was leaving behind her, and that her pupils there would be as
pleased with the result of her labours as they were at North River.

“Mr J. M. McKay, in endorsing the remarks already made, said that at one time he was prejudiced
against lady teachers, thinking they were not capable of giving the same satisfactory results as a
male teacher, but the work done by Miss McKay had convinced him that he was wrong in this
supposition. … Seldom was a teacher more popular with pupils and parents than she had been, and
he hoped, in conclusion, it would be even more popular and useful in her new place. He wished her
success, prosperity, and health.”

Annie attempted to reply expressing that she was taken by surprise and overwhelmed by their
kindness and flattering remarks and that the power of speech was almost taken from her, as she
always thought she had been quite repaid for all her efforts by the appreciation of the parents and
the committee.

As a researcher it is believed that this shows the value of Miss McKay as a teacher and person.

She left North River School and went to Rahotu School in Taranaki. We have not been able to find a
record of her retirement, but she returned to Auckland and lived there until her death on 22 April
1952. She appears to be buried (No.326) in a McKay Family section in the cemetery – Large
enclosure in Iron Rail – No. 313 to 332 – all McKay family – in Waikiekie Cemetery, Waipu.

Sources:
Electoral Rolls, Paperspast, NZ BDM Register
Special – Northern Advocate – 26 Aug 1910 - Valedictory
Researcher: Lois Hopping

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3746 Surname: McKERRAS
Given names: Elizabeth Address: Tuakau
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

When Elizabeth McKERRAS died on 13 August 1925 she had reached the grand age of 91 years.
Elizabeth was born on 25 May 1834, the daughter of Joseph BARLOW and his wife Ann. On 1
January 1856, at St John’s Church in Little Bolton, Lancashire, Elizabeth Barlow married Joseph
MOFFAT (sometimes spelt MOFFATT). At the time of her marriage Elizabeth was working as a
weaver.

Three sons and one daughter were born to Elizabeth
and Joseph. In 1878 the family decided to immigrate
to New Zealand. They left their home in Lancashire,
boarded the ‘May Queen’ and arrived in Auckland in
October 1878. The Moffat family settled in
Whangarata and it was while they were living there
that tragedy struck. In 1882 Joseph Moffat drowned in
a creek. At the inquest Elizabeth stated that he had
been subject to severe epileptic fits. It appeared likely
that Joseph had fallen into the water while having a
seizure. The following year, on 30 October 1883
Elizabeth married William McKerras who had been
widowed in 1876.

In September 1884 Elizabeth’s daughter, Elizabeth Ann,
married William Edward OLDHAM but sadly she died on 9
October 1893 at the young age of 29.
William McKerras died in March 1903 and is buried in the
Tuakau Cemetery.
When Elizabeth died in 1925 she was living with her son
Joseph in Mount Roskill. She is buried in the Hillsborough
Cemetery.

Sources:
Parish registers for St John’s Church, Bolton-le-Moors - https://www.familysearch.org Film # 1966167 Pg147, #293
NZ birth, death and marriage records: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Newspaper articles: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Researcher: Sandra Brasell

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3750 Surname: McMAHON
Given names: Kate Address: Patumahoe
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

LEFT BEHIND Eight days later the boat turned up in Suva
Harbour after being hove to for days while
Catherine (Kate) McMAHON was born circa breaking seas surged through the galley, the
1871 at Shannon River, County Clare, in engine room and the bilges, blocking the
Ireland. She appears to have been left behind pumps with fine coal dust and forcing the crew
when her parents, Richard and Mary (nee to continuously bale until engineers cleared
O’BRIEN) McMahon emigrated. At age 14 she the blockages. Newspapers reported six
was sent out to New Zealand where she met passengers on board – three ladies and three
them, and her five-year old sister Annie Cecilia children. It’s not clear whether the children
for the first time. were Kate’s.

She features on the 1893 and 1896 electoral Kate ended her days in Auckland. She bought
rolls and then disappears from New Zealand a home at 4 Bond St. Grey Lynn where she died
records for a number of years. According to on 23 May 1937, aged 65.
family history she married an Australian,
Frederick John MARRION, in 1904 in Suva, Fiji,
where they raised three children, Kathleen,
Richard and Beatrix, until Frederick’s death in
1918 during an influenza epidemic.

Kate sold the Suva house and returned with
her children to the family farm on Kingseat Rd,
opposite what is now the Searle subdivision.
She went back to Fiji on the steam ship, Ranadi,
to settle her estate but a cyclone overtook the
vessel and authorities feared her lost at sea.

Sources: The McMahon farm where Kate lived in her teenage years.
BDM NZ
NZ Cemetery Records
NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
Brady Family notes
Papers Past NZ

Informants: Dennis & Wilma Brady
Researcher: Kurk Brady
Compiled by Wendy Clark

Electoral Roll: Franklin 3757 Surname: McMULLEN
Given names: Margaret Jane Address: Pukekohe
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Margaret was born Margaret Jane McCRACKEN, daughter of
Robert Henry McCracken (1824-1879) and Martha CROZIER
(1833-1920). She was born on 11 June 1854 in Killyleg,
County Monaghan, Northern Ireland.

She was one of eleven children and had arrived on the Ganges
on 14 February 1865. The McCrackens took up land at
Pukekohe.

In 1869 Margaret married James McMULLEN and according to
the NZ Historical BDM, a family of eight children were born in
the next eleven years.

James died in 1895 and is buried in Pukekohe and in 1897
Margaret married John KEITH. In the Keith family book it says
that Margaret was the mother of 6 children when she married.

John had arrived on the Ulcoats with his family in 1864, initially settling in Remuera, then in 1875
they moved to Mauku, where he began farming. In 1884 John bought a property on Paerata Road,
close to what is now known as Keith Place. John’s first wife, Sarah, had died giving birth to her
youngest child and John’s sister Louisa became his housekeeper and helped raise the children until
he married Margaret in 1897.

The Keith home would have been busy with their combined family of 14 children and in 1899
Margaret and John had a son, Norman Henry, (photo of John’s eldest daughter, Rachel’s wedding, below).

In 1909 the Paerata farm was sold to his son Hodgson and Margaret and John retired to Epsom for
12 years. When their son Norman wished to go farming they bought a farm at Tuhimata where they
lived for 3 years. Not long before John’s death they moved back to Epsom where he died in October
1923. Margaret died on 26 November 1927 and is buried in the Mangere Cemetery.

Sources:

Book – Keith Family in New Zealand
1864-1993, Pukekohe Library;
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Heather Maloney

Keith Family home, Paerata Road, Pukekohe,
1905

Electoral Roll: Franklin 2200 Surname: McNALLY
Given names: Ann Jane
Occupation: household duties Address: Pukekohe

Qualification: residential

Anne Jane SIMMS was born around 1838 in County Armagh, Ireland and was the daughter of John
Simms. On Saturday September 29, 1857 Anne Jane married Robert McNALLY in the Tassagh Parish
Church near Keady in County Armagh. Robert was also born around 1838 in County Armagh and was
the son of John McANNALLY.

Anne and Robert decided to immigrate to New Zealand and they left Queenstown (Cobh) on board
the Ganges and arrived in Auckland on 14 February 1865. They were given a Crown Grant of 10 acres
of land in Pukekohe and a quarter acre town lot in Tuakau. The Ganges passengers were first billeted
at Onehunga and later some were sent to Drury, Anne and Robert among them and that was where
their first child, John, was born.

From Drury, it seems Anne and Robert may have been sent directly to
Pukekohe to their 10 acre block. Over the next few years they purchased
a further 20 acres. All of this land was on what is now known as McNally
Road, named in honour of the family, one of the earliest settlers in the
area. They raised a family of eight, four boys and four girls.

At 5.00 am on 17 November 1901 Anne passed away at her residence and was interred in the
Pukekohe Cemetery. Her death notice is
from the Auckland Star dated 29
November 1901.

Sources:
From County Armagh To A Land Afar – The Story of Robert & Anne Jane (nee Simms) McNally by Anne Miller
Papers Past – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Researcher: Anne (McNally) Miller