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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3684 Surname: MANN
Given names: Sarah Powley Residence: Buckland
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Sarah was born Sarah BARKER in 1860 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, the daughter of Samuel
Keer Barker and Susan MANNING.

The Manns and Barkers were well established farming
families and this marriage notice appeared in the local
paper. The church (on left) is known as St Michael’s.

For reasons unknown, Walter and Sarah made the
decision to travel to New Zealand and arrived before the
birth (and sadly the death) of their first child, Sarah, in
November 1886. They purchased land at Buckland,
described on the electoral roll as part Lot 9, Pukekohe
and five more children were born – two daughters and
three sons.

On 1 August 1899, Walter, Sarah and their five young children migrated back to England on the
‘Rakaia’ and were farming in College Road, Framlingham, where three more children were born,
making a total of eight surviving children. Their son Walter George was killed in action in August
1917 in Belgium. In the 1901 census they had two domestic helpers and in 1911, just one.

Walter died in 1925 leaving a substantial estate, naming Sarah and the two eldest sons as trustees.

Sarah died on 17 October 1930 and
she is buried with Walter in the
Framlingham cemetery.

Sources:

UK census – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – freebmd.org.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Tish’s Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk

Researcher: Judith Batt

Compiler: Heather Maloney

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

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

Researcher – Ros McNaughten

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 4080 Surname: MANSFIELD
Given names: Margaret Residence: Pukekohe East
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Margaret KETT was a single young woman when she emigrated from Ireland to Cape Town, South
Africa on board the Zenobia on 6 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)

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3680 Surname: MARKS
Given names: Amy Jane Residence: Tuakau
Occupation: household duties 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 time-tabled 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

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

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 3359 Surname: MASEFIELD
Given names: Elizabeth Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Elizabeth MASEFIELD, christened 2 May 1842, was born
in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, the fourth child and
third daughter of William AIRSTON/AUSTON and Jane
HARRISON. The 1851 Census for Staffordshire records
seven children in the family. Elizabeth was about 28
when she married Thomas Masefield on 15 September
1870. Thomas was from Edgmond, Shropshire, the son
of Robert Masefield and Sarah Palin.

The newly married couple arrived in Auckland on 8
February 1871 on board the Queen Bee along with 58
other passengers after a voyage of 100 days. They
settled in Bombay that same year and took up 60 acres
on the south eastern side of Bombay hill, Lots 90 and
105.

The early years here involved much hard work felling
the bush and developing the land. Elizabeth and
Thomas had a family of nine, six daughters and three
sons: Elizabeth, Sarah, Fanny, Jane, Annie, Jessie,
Thomas, Robert, and John. Daughter Elizabeth married
Henry Barnard Wingfield who became the Vicar at St
Mary’s Pokeno from December 1899 until November
1904. Fanny trained as a teacher and married Robert
Black Todd. Annie married Charles Henry Holland.
Jessie married Philip George Wyman. Jane and Sarah

did not
marry. Sarah
died in 1922,
just four
years after
her mother
at the age of
53.

There is a memorial tablet in St Peters in the Forest Church
paying tribute to Sarah’s faithful service as Superintendent
of the Sunday School and President of the Ladies Guild in
Bombay.

A notice in the Auckland Star of 27 March 1922 announced
the passing of Elizabeth. Her husband Thomas passed away
five years later, and they are both buried at St Peters in the
Forest Cemetery at Bombay. The inscription reads: Sacred
to the Memory of Elizabeth beloved wife of Thomas
Masefield who departed this life 24th March 1922 aged 80
years. “I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord.”
Also Thomas Masefield born May 2 1842 died July 26 1927.

Sources: NZ Historical BDM, Papers Past, 1893 Electoral Roll, familysearch.org, They Came by Ship Centenary of Bombay
1865-1965, The Little Church on the Hill by Bruce B Owen. Compiled by Christine Madsen and Lynda Muir.

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

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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3689 Surname: MAXWELL
Given names: Mary Catherine Residence: 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, gun shot wound 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 1881 Surname: MAXWELL
Given names: Sarah Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Sarah was born c1830 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3690 Surname: MAY
Given names: Anna Residence: 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3691 Surname: MAY
Given names: Josepha Tregtown* Residence: 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 New Zealand 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3692 Surname: MAY
Given names: Rebecca Residence: 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

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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3694 Surname: MAYNARD
Given names: Jessie Residence: 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 January 1892) is signed by Herbert himself.

New Zealand – August 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.
October 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.
January 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.
March 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.
April 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.
October 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3723 Surname: McCARTHY
Given names: Mary Residence: Ramarama
Occupation: domestic 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 4 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

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 3371 Surname: McCLUNE
Given names: Mary Ann Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Mary Ann McCLUNE (nee STURGEON) was born on 12 April 1851
in Clarkston, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She came out on the boat
Bombay in 1865 with her parents Andrew and Ellen Sturgeon and
her 5 siblings. It took 5 months. Mary Ann wrote an interesting
and detailed diary of her journey.

The family lived at Williamsons Clearing (which is between
Wootten Road and Fahey Road).

Mary Ann married Robert McClune on 31 December 1874 at the
Presbyterian Church in Drury. They had 10 children between 1875
and 1891. They lived on lot 29, Mill Road, Bombay. Their third
child Tottie Elizabeth was my Great Grandmother, she married
Archibald Ingram and they lived on Ingram Road, Bombay.

Mary Ann died on 15 August 1924 in her 74th year. She was
buried at Bombay Presbyterian Church in Bombay alongside her
husband. Both Robert and Mary Ann were active supporters of

the Bombay Presbyterian
Church. When she died
she left £100 to the
Church to help them build
the vestry and renovate
the church. This photo
can be found in the
church.

Sources: Scotland Census 1851, NZ Marriages 1874/12847.Obituary NZ Herald 20 August 1924 page 10, They
came by Sea- The Centenary of Bombay 1865-1965
Researcher: Liane Jackways

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 3371 Surname: McCLUNE
Given names: Mary Ann Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Mary Ann STURGEON was just 16 when her In loving memory of Robert, beloved husband
parents, Andrew and Ellen Sturgeon, and their of M A McClune who departed this life January
six children joined the passengers on the ship 8th 1920 in his 65th year. Sleep on beloved until
Bombay to come to New Zealand, arriving in the resurrection morn. Also his beloved wife
Auckland on 18 March 1865. She was the Mary Ann who departed this life August 15th
second eldest of their family: John, Mary Ann, 1924 aged 73 years. “At rest.”
James, Elizabeth, Margaret and Andrew, who
were all born in Scotland. The Sturgeon family Sources: Cemetery Records, NZ Historical bdm, Papers
had come from Monkland, Lanarkshire, Past, Centenary of Bombay 1865-1965, Bombay the next
Scotland to settle in Bombay. 50 Years 1865-2015. Collated by Margaret Cunningham,
Mary Ann married Robert McCLUNE on 31 granddaughter and Lynda Muir
December 1874. Robert had just returned
from the goldmines in Thames after arriving in
New Zealand on the ship Louise from Northern
Ireland on 28 March 1865. With his earnings
from gold mining Robert initially purchased
land in Mercer and then settled on 107 acres
on Mill Road. After clearing the bush, Robert
started a flour mill with his neighbours, the
O’Neils, by the pool and waterfall on Mill Road,
west of the Great South Road. As dairy farming
was more successful than milling, the mill was
eventually sold and relocated.
Mary Ann and Robert had ten children:
• Louise Ellen, married Robert Warnock
• Margaret Alice, married Hugh Ward

Farquhar
• Tottie Elizabeth, married Archibald Ingram
• James Robert, married Aimee Stella Kay

• Amy Mary, Edmund Campbell Purdie
• John Andrew, married Alice Rebecca

Adams
• Edith Sturgeon, married Clifford Douglas

Warren
• Hugh Frederick, married Elsie Laura

Coulthard, then Ida Bithell when Elsie
passed away
• Ethel Linda, married David Roy Cooper
• Joseph Stanley, married Ivy Holliday Smith.

Their silver wedding anniversary was
celebrated on 31 December 1899 and a notice
appeared in the New Zealand Herald the
following month on 3 January 1900:

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3725 Surname: McCONNELL
Given names: Anna Residence: 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3726 Surname: McCONNELL
Given names: Elizabeth Residence: 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3727 Surname: McCONNELL
Given names: Harriet Grace Residence: 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2043 Surname: McCORMICK
Given names: Esther Residence: Pukekohe West
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: freehold

Her mark on her will dated 1909

Esther was born about 1843, at Lurgan, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, the daughter of Matthew
WELLS. She married William McCORMICK, early in 1864 and they left for Queenstown, Cork, to
catch the ship Ganges leaving Ireland on 4 November 1864 (recorded as McCormach) and arriving in
Auckland on 14 February 1865. Esther and William spent their first few months recovering from the
trip in Drury before moving to Tuakau and later onto their land, part of the Paddock Settlement at
the foot of Pukekohe Hill. Their land grant details were Lots 31, 32 & 35, being 23 acres in total.
Their holdings had increased to 38 acres by 1882 and this is where they raised a family of eight
children – five daughters and three sons, born between 1868 and 1883.

Esther was left a widow in 1888 and with the help of the older children, remained on the farm. Her
address in subsequent electoral rolls changed from Pukekohe West to Pukekohe and by 1911 she
was living in Queen Street, Pukekohe where she lived until her death on 17 December 1929. This
may have been the same location all along, as her family believes the farm was where Lawrie Ave
meets Queen Street. She was survived by six of her children, including three single daughters.

The McCormicks were of Anglican faith which was unusual for Irish families of that time but Esther is
buried with William in the Anglican section at Pukekohe cemetery. Many other family members are
buried close by.

Sources: John Blair, great grandson; BDM; Paperspast; Probate
records; Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG.
Researcher: Judith Batt Compiler: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2044 Surname: McCORMICK
Given names: Rachael Residence: Pukekohe West
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Her signature on probate records for her mother 1930

Rachael (or mostly Rachel), was the eldest child of William (1842-1888) and Esther (1842-1929)
McCORMICK who had arrived on the Ganges in 1865. She was born in Pukekohe on 1 April 1868 and
had four sisters and three brothers. Her parents farmed on Lots 35 and 104.

She attended Pukekohe School with records showing that she started on 15 November 1874 and no
doubt she was required to help at home when she left school. According to the electoral rolls she
lived at Pukekohe West until after 1905 and by 1911 was living in Queen Street, Pukekohe with her
mother, where she remained until her death.

Rachael remained single and left her estate to her younger sister Esther. She died 30 September
1934 and is buried at Pukekohe cemetery.

Sources:
School records – NZ Society
of Genealogists;
Probate records –
www.familysearch.org;
Old newspapers –
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Headstone photo – Franklin
Branch NZSG

Researcher: Jusdith Batt
Compiler: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2047 Surname: McCOWEN
Given names: Margaret Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Her signature from her will dated 1930

Margaret was born Margaret Isabel SMITH, daughter of Benjamin Smith, a merchant in Tralee,
County Kerry, Ireland.

She married Richard McCOWEN on 1 November 1884 in Tralee. He was the son of an ironmonger
with a large business and it is unknown why Richard brought Margaret to New Zealand to start a
new life.

They purchased the General Store business at the top of the main street, described in the 1902 issue
of NZ Cyclopedia as being ‘a commodious shop and dwelling on half an acre’. Margaret and Richard
had three children born in New Zealand between 1888 and 1897. The eldest and only son, Richard
Oliver, was killed in action 1917 in France, and their next child, Eileen, died in 1929, single.

Margaret was very involved in the Methodist Church during their 25 years in Pukekohe and enjoyed
singing at various functions. After a short time in retirement in Auckland, they bought the Bombay
store and became very involved in the commmunity with Margaret belonging to the Ladies Guild and
helping at many fundraising activities. After the death of their son, they again retired to Auckland.

Richard died 23 November 1922 aged 73, retired and living in Bracken Av, Epsom at the time and
Margaret died at her daughter Nora’s residence in Epsom in 1935.

Sources:

Marriage record – irishgenealogy.ie
Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Probate records –
www.familysearch.org

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2050 Surname: McCRISTEL
Given names: Mary Ann Residence: Patumahoe
Occupation: settler Qualification: residential

The Dauntless passenger list records 27-year- and 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. Seventy-eight passengers plus crew 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2057 Surname: McCRORY
Given names: Elizabeth Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Elizabeth was born Elizabeth HOLT on 20 March 1857 in Panmure, New Zealand. She was the
daughter of James Holt and Catherine LAWLER. Her parents had arrived in New Zealand with two
children in January 1848 on the Clifton. James having been of the 46th foot from Sligo, Ireland came
as part of the Royal New Zealand Fencibles.

Elizabeth married Patrick McCRORY in 1883. In 1893 and 1896, Elizabeth and Patrick were living in
Pukekohe where Patrick worked on the railways as a plate layer and for some time they were
stationed at Pokeno. Other McCrory family were in Otahuhu, also working on the railways.

They had eight children born between 1884 and 1898 – two daughters and six sons. The children
appeared regularly on the St Patrick’s Pukekohe School prize giving lists.

Elizabeth was to feel the great loss of five of these children, most of who died in their early
adulthood, including both her daughters.

Patrick, who had been born in New Zealand in 1855, died at their home in Station Road, Otahuhu on
19 September 1922 and Elizabeth lived on another 23 years and died on 1 May 1945 at Otahuhu.
They are buried together at Otahuhu cemetery, along with several of their children.

Sources:
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Cemetery records – NZ Society of Genealogists
Headstone photo – findagrave.com
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2063 Surname: McCULLUM
Given names: Elizabeth Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Elizabeth McCULLUM was the youngest child of Charles McCullum and Jane LEE, who were farmers
at Puni, near Pukekohe.

She was five when she arrived on the ship Apelles in Auckland
on 27 January 1878. Her eldest brother had already been in
New Zealand for five years and her other 3 brothers and two
sisters were on the ship with her parents and herself.

Elizabeth remained single and at home after her mother died
in 1904 and her father in 1909. In his will he left the farm and
household items to her and her brother Thomas, as long as
they remained living together. Thomas married in 1911 and it
is not known if Elizabeth was still living there when she was admitted to the Avondale Mental
Hospital. She was to die there on 19 July 1919, a spinster, aged 44, according to her death certificate
which was attached to her probate records. Although that certificate said parents unknown, the
Public Trust named her two brothers as next of kin (as below) and two nephews, the sons of her
sister Margaret.

Elizabeth was buried in the Pukekohe cemetery. The
headstone reads -

In loving memory of Elizabeth 4th daughter of Charles
and Jane McCULLUM died July 17th 1919 aged 47 years
Peace perfect peace

Sources:

NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
Probate records – www.familysearch.org
Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG
Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2062 Surname: McCULLUM
Given names: Jane Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Jane was born c1836, the daughter of John LEE. In the 1851 census of Northern Ireland she was
single and living at Cootehill, County Monaghan. Also living there and single was Charles
McCULLUM, (also spelt McCALLUM or McCULLAM). They married on 13 August 1851 at Ematris, Co
Monaghan.

Jane and Charles had at least four sons – William, Charles, Hugh and Thomas and three daughters –
Margaret Anne, Mary Jane and Elizabeth, all born in Ireland.

The family arrived in New Zealand on the ship Apelles in 1877. Charles was 42, a farm labourer and
Jane was 38. The six children who accompanied them were aged from 5 to 18 and their oldest son,
William, had arrived in Auckland five years earlier.

The family quickly settled to farm on land near Puni and Jane lived there until her death on 6 August
1904. Charles spent his last days at the Costley Home, Auckland and died 7 February 1909. They are
both buried at Pukekohe and although the grave is marked by a concrete surround, there is no
headstone.

A memorial notice inserted in the NZ Herald in 1905 by her daughter Elizabeth and son Thomas

Sources:
Family information – Wiki Tree
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Probate records – www.familysearch.org
Cemetery photo – google maps

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3728 Surname: McDONALD
Given names: Catherine Residence: 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 Cape Town, South Africa. In 1866 the family set
sail from Cape Town 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 faithful 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2069 Surname: McDONALD
Given names: Margaret Residence: Pukekohe East
Occupation: housekeeper 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 keeping the men supplied with ammunition.
had been murdered on their farm at The names of James jnr, his father Alexander
Ramarama about half way between the Drury and his grandfather James are recorded on the
military base and Pukekohe East. The settlers brass plaque in the church commemorating
hastily 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 mid-winter 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 4098 Surname: McDONALD
Given names: Rosa Residence: Pukekohe East
Occupation: domestic duties 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 New Zealand 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

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 1743 Surname: McDONALD
Given names: Sarah Residence: Rama Rama
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Sarah Ann HUNTER, daughter of William Hunter and Mary MURRAY was born on 5 January 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

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

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

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

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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3729 Surname: McELWAIN
Given names: Charlotte Residence: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Charlotte PERCY was born c1835 in County Wicklow, Ireland to Philip Percy and Mary GLENN.
Although Charlotte and her parents were all born in Ireland, they moved to Scotland about 1838-
1839. She was the eldest of seven children, five girls and two boys.

She married Captain Augustus Bressan CALVERT, a widower, on 29 April 1861 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Augustus, born c1805 in Ireland, was a Veterinary Surgeon in the Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry
Cavalry then 2nd Dragoon Guards. The children from his first marriage came to New Zealand with
Charlotte and Augustus – George Augustus 1834-1918, Charles Augustus 1839-1900, Amy Elisa 1841-
1934, Amelia Elizabeth 1841-1930, Sylvester 1845-1863, Mary 1847-? and Leonida Augusta 1848-
1940.

Charlotte had two children with Augustus – Charlotte Augusta 1863-1864 (5 months) and Ann (Annie
Bressan) 1864-1865 (11 months). They lived on a farm of 110 acres in Hunua (Lots 30 and 31).

Augustus passed away 3 July 1965 after accidentally shooting himself, even though he was an expert
soldier. He was buried in the Papakura Cemetery, Auckland with his son, Sylvester.

Charlotte married Walter Richard McELWAIN on 17 January 1866, at Glenmore Lodge, Rocky Nook,
(Kingsland) Auckland. Walter was born c1824 to Richard McElwain and Mary Ann HUGHES in County
Louth, Ireland, the youngest in a family of eight, four boys and four girls.

Charlotte and Walter had seven children – Louisa (James HARRIS) 1866-1914, George Philip 1868-
1885, Maud Percy (Andrew HANNA) 1869-1959, Walter Richard 1871-1871 (3months), Percy (Mary
McLAUGHLIN) 1873-1930, Richard (Margaret GORDON) 1874-1959 and Kathleen Mary 1877-1879.
George, a seaman, died at sea from fever and the family were advised by letter from Captain Gill.

The family took a great deal of interest in community affairs and actively participated where they
could, both in Auckland and Waiuku. In 1895 they also showed their commitment to the Church by
opening a “strictly unsectarian” Sunday School. Charlotte and Walter raised the family at “The
Hermitage”, which in 1868 had a total of 389 acres. They spent most of their lives in Waiuku but a
year prior to Walter’s death they retired to their property in Auckland.

Walter passed away 28 December 1900, at Charles Street, Ponsonby,
aged 76, and was laid to rest in the Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland
with their daughter Kathleen (2).

In 1905 Richard (carpenter) and Margaret were living at Charles Street,
Percy (seaman) and Mary Ann at Rendall Place, Maud (masseuse) at
Mount Street and Louisa and James (monumental mason) at Victoria
Avenue – all in the Auckland area.

Charlotte passed away 10 November 1908, aged 72, at her residence, The
Brae, Rocky Nook, and was buried with Walter and Kathleen.

Sources: Glenbrook School: ‘Our Stories – 125 Year Jubilee’
NZ BDM Records Cemetery Records PapersPast FamilySearch.org
Family Trees – Watson AB Family (julieawk) and Burns-Turner (sandsburnsnz)

Researchers: Penny Prescott and Lois Hopping

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3730 Surname: McELWAIN
Given names: Julia Residence: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Julia was born Julia BROWNE c1859 at Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, the daughter of Thomas
BROWNE and Julia PATTERSON. She came to New Zealand on the Balaklava on 29 June 1865 with
her parents and several of the siblings, William, Mary and Margaret. There may have been other
siblings.

Julia married John Richard McELWAIN at “Woodbourne”, Hautapu, Cambridge on 28 May 1880, the
home of her mother (1822-1907), her father having died in 1877. John (born c1850) was also from
County Louth and since 1874 had been farming on lot 156, the property they were to name “The
Grange” on the left of McElwain’s Road. (It became Glenbrook Beach Road, now is Brookside Road).

Julia and John had six children:
Harry Clinton (1881-1960) m. 1922 Florence PATTERSON
Olive Noel (1883-1960) m. 1914 Matthew Gilmour ORR
Ruby Marie (1885-1963) m. 1910 Hector Kenneth BURNS
Julia Eileen (1887-1960) never married
Vera Gladys (1889-1971) m. 1914 Archibald Ivor PATERSON
Norman Ross (Ross) (1892-1983) m. 1922 Myrtle Rita WOOD.

The children attended Brookside School and often enjoyed picnics at “Reid Park” which bordered the
McElwain farm. Vera, a good singer, often performed in school activities and also when a concert
was held to raise funds for the local hall. After leaving school Ross worked on the farm and John
became very involved on dairy and other community committees.

John and Julia were proud of their farm and especially their homestead which was surrounded by
ornamental shrubbery and neatly kept lawn and flower beds. “The Grange” was famous for its
Lincoln sheep and milking Shorthorn cattle and they were often chief prize winners at local,
Auckland and the Sydney Royal Shows. In many local sales their stock often gained the top prices.

In December 1914 John returned on board the Turakina from a trip to Great Britain where he visited
relatives and toured the principal agricultural shows. Though impressed by the quality of stock
exhibited and having intended to buy stock he found prices too expensive. He left England 2
October with a war cloud settling over Europe. On leaving the Bay of Biscay they were fired on and
called to “heave to”; passengers concerned it was a German ship but it was a French Gunship. On
safe arrival in Hobart the passengers realised just how risky the trip had really been and how near
German cruisers they must have been.

In September 1919 John sold 140 acres at £60 per acre.to J McCrystal.
After farming for over 35 years and earning the reputation of having one
of the most cultivated farms in the district Julia and John left the farm and
retired to Hadyn Ave, One Tree Hill. Julia Eileen also lived with them, Ruby
was in Mangere, Harry and Vera also in Auckland, Olive at Pukekawa and
Ross continued to farm at Glenbrook.

John sadly passed away when on another trip overseas at Torquay,
England on 12 July 1926. It was at her residence that Julia passed away on
27 July 1935, aged 76, and was laid to rest at Waikaraka Cemetery.

Sources: Familysearch.org NZ BDM Records My Heritage Family Tree – Smith-Williams Family
PapersPast – NZ Herald, Vol LXXII, Issue 22171, 26 JULY 1935 Glenbrook School “our Stories”

Researcher: Penny Prescott and Lois Hopping

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3731 Surname: McEWEN
Given names: Sarah Residence: Kohekohe
Occupation: household duties 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. Thirty
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 Cape Town. 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 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.

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3731 Surname: McEWEN
Given names: Sarah Residence: Kohekohe
Occupation: household duties 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 Mangawhai 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 New Zealand 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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2086 Surname: McFADDEN
Given names: Alice Residence: Patumahoe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

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

Sources:
St Bride’s Cemetery
Papers Past
BDM NZ

Researcher: H. Rolinson
Compiler: Wendy Clark

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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3732 Surname: McFADYEN
Given names: Margaret Helena Residence: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Margaret Helena CRAWFORD was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 29 March 1863 and
was known as Maggie.
Her parents, Samuel and Sarah were married at St Aidans Anglican Church, Glenavy, County Antrim.
Samuel had served overseas with the British Army in the Crimean War.

Samuel aged 34 years and Sarah aged 32 years were accepted as assisted immigrants to settle in
New Zealand under the Waikato Immigration Scheme. They had a problem in that they had four
children under five, and the rules stated no more than two children were allowed under this age.
Fortunately, they met Richard and Mary McCHRYSTEL who had no children and who were willing to
take Maggie and her sister Anna under the McChrystel name. Samuel and Sarah looked after their
oldest child Samuel and youngest daughter Sarah. The families sailed on the Dauntless, leaving from
Kingston, Dublin on 31 December 1864 with the girls under false names. All the children’s ages as
noted on the ships manifest are also incorrect. The ship arrived in Auckland on 15 May 1865.

The family lived for a year in a raupo hut erected by Samuel, where a baby brother, William was
born, who passed away in 1869. The Crawfords were allocated an allotment of land in Patumahoe,

but later moved to their property ‘Glen Fern’ in Mauku where
Maggie grew up. Samuel passed away in 1875 at the early age
of 46 years.

Maggie married James Morrison McFADYEN on 9 June 1886 at
the Trinity church, in Waiuku, where she lived for many years,
busy raising her family of 2 sons and 4 daughters. James had
come from Dunedin and was a Blacksmith and Ironmonger who
eventually had his own businesses as well as having interests in
the gum bearing lands and owning several fine properties in
and around Waiuku and the King Country. James was also one
of the founders of the Masonic Lodge in the district and was a
member of the School Committee for some years.

Their daughter Euphemia May passed away in 1899 at only 11
years. Both of their sons, Hugh and Cecil saw service in WW1
and came home safely, Hugh becoming a local farmer and Cecil
a Bank Clerk. Cecil passed away in Epsom, Auckland in 1928 at
33 years.

James passed away two years later on 5 April 1930 aged 76 years and is buried at Waiuku Cemetery.
In the 1954 Electoral roll Maggie is living at 476 Manukau Road, S.E.3, Auckland, however she passed
away on 15 June 1958 at the great age of 95 years and is buried with James and other family
members.

Maggie’s grandson Cecil Todd said that as his mother was working full time in 1938 Maggie brought
him up until he was five, then he was returned to his parents in Morrinsville, and afterwards stayed
with her most of the school holidays until about 1952.

Sources: Papers past, Ancestry, Electoral rolls, Cecil Todd (Grandson), Historical BDMs, Cyclopedia of New
Zealand (Auckland Provincial District) Waiuku – Victoria University, John Wilson, The voyage out-Personal
accounts -1840-1899, Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

By: Gillian Conroy

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 1750 Surname: McFARLANE*
Given names: Frances Maria Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Frances Maria Duffus TAYLOR was born on 10 September 1867 in Wellington, New Zealand. Her
mother was born in Gloucestershire, England, and her father was born in New South Wales, Australia.
Her parents had married in Mangonui, Northland in 1866. They raised a family of five, four daughters
and one son. Frances was one of twins, eldest in the family.

An event of much local interest took place in WANGANUI CHRONICLE, 4 FEBRUARY 1888
Pukekohe on 19 January 1888, when Frances
married the local vicar, Edgar James
McFARLAND*. Edgar was born on 2 August
1857 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His
parents, Robert James and Dorothy
McFarland nee HUGHES had come from
Ireland with their family of six children. Edgar
received his education at Auckland Grammar
School, followed by training for the ministry at
St John’s College, Meadowbank, Auckland.
He gained a BA in 1882.

The Rev’d Edgar McFarland had been appointed Vicar at Bombay in February of 1886, two years before
his marriage to Frances so was well settled in the district. No doubt life at the vicarage would have
been busy for Frances. Three children were born during their time at Bombay: Kenneth James (who
followed in his father’s footstep as a Vicar), Robert Duffus and Mary, their only daughter. Another
child, Edgar Alan, was born the year after the family moved from Bombay. Frances must have been
well occupied raising their children as well as hosting parishioners and callers and having a husband
who was often away visiting, preparing sermons and attending to duties in such a geographically large
parish. In the early days the Bombay parish covered Bombay, Pokeno and beyond, and extended to
Pukekohe, Buckland, Harrisville, Tuakau and beyond.

The McFarlands remained at Bombay until November 1896 when Edgar was appointed Vicar of the Te
Aroha/Morrinsville parish. Then after five years there, Frances and her family relocated once more,
this time to the very different environs at St Barnabas, Mt Eden in Auckland. At some time during
these years Edgar was appointed honorary Canon of Auckland and Bishop’s Chaplain and so was
known as Rev Canon Edgar McFarland. After 20 years at St Barnabas retirement came in December
1921, along with a move to 28 Brighton Road, Parnell, Auckland.

In January 1938 Frances and Edgar
celebrated their Golden Wedding
Anniversary. Edgar died in 1945. Frances
died on 24 April 1954 at the age of 87 and
she is buried with her husband at Purewa.

NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 19 JANUARY 1938

Sources: They Came By Ship, Centenary of Bombay 1865-1965; Papers Past; The Little Church on the Hill by Bruce
B Owen; NZ Historical BDM; MyHeritage; Ancestry;

Collated by Lynda Muir and Christine Madsen.

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

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

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2117 Surname: McGAHAN
Given names: Mary Residence: Tuakau
Occupation: domestic duties 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 in WW1.

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

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

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 1757 Surname: McGILL
Given names: Adelaide Residence: Pokeno
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Adelaide McGILL was born Adelaide KIDD, the third daughter of Susannah and George Kidd. She
had 3 sisters and 4 brothers. Her parents married in Australia and their first 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/

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3733 Surname: McGOUGH
Given names: Margaret Ann Residence: Pukekohe West
Occupation: assistant housekeeper Qualification: residential

Margaret Ann McGOUGH was the eldest child of William John McGough (1837-1910) and Elizabeth
(1827-1913). She had five brothers and one sister born between 1864 and 1875.

Margaret came to New Zealand with her parents and her brother Robert on the ship Ganges,
arriving in Auckland on 14 February 1865. Unfortunately, Robert was one of the 54 children that
died during the voyage. Most of the settlers on this ship were housed at Drury, then Tuakau before
taking up their land grant in Pukekohe and it seems that the McGoughs did the same as son William
was born in Tuakau in 1867. They first settled on 25 acres, Lot 19 in Pukekohe West.

Margaret may not have gone to school like her siblings did as no school records for her have been
found but there would have been plenty of work around the home and farm to keep her occupied.

She gave her occupation as assistant housekeeper in the electoral rolls from1893 until 1900 but it is
not known where she worked or if she thought this was an accurate description of her role at home.

Margaret died in June 1901 – the papers say 14th and her headstone records the 13th. She is buried
in Pukekohe cemetery with the following inscription:

God is Love. In loving memory of Margaret Ann beloved daughter of William John & Elizabeth Mc
Gough died June 13th 1901 aged 42 years. She's gone forever with the Lord. Her battles are o'er. It
pleased her father king and God to take her to his best abode upon the golden shore.

Sources:
Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz;
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk;
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz;
School records – NZ Society of Genealogists
Cemetery records & Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG

Researcher: Judith Batt
Compiler; Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2112 Surname: McGOVERN
Given names: Maggie Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Maggie was born Margaret Elizabeth
FLOOD on 19 January 1856 in Pettigoe,
County Donegal, Northern Ireland. The
daughter of Thomas Flood and Mary
DUGGAN, she was one of nine children.

Maggie married Patrick McGOVERN on
12 October 1875 at Pettigoe and
immigrated on the Bebington, known as
‘the old tub’, to Auckland in July 1876. It
was an exceptionally slow voyage of 169
days and their first child, a daughter,
born on the ship, died within a week of
birth.

Maggie with 11 of her children taken c1919

Patrick had been with the Royal Irish Constabulary and within two days of arriving in New Zealand he
secured a position of lock-up keeper. They lived in Auckland for about ten months before moving to
Russell and then to Pukekohe about 1887.

Maggie and Patrick were to have a family of fifteen children – nine daughters and six sons.

For over twenty-five years Constable McGovern had charge of the Pukekohe Police Station and after
he retired from the police force, was working as a clerk in a solicitor’s office until he died.

Patrick died 8 March 1914 and Maggie lived on until 19 January 1938. They are both buried in the
Pukekohe Catholic cemetery.

Sources:

Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz;
Irish baptism records; Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZ Society of
Genealogists
Photo & info – Family Trees – ancestry.co.uk

Researcher: Rosemary Lewis

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