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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2594 Surname: RUSSELL
Given names: Sarah Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Sarah LAIRD was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1855. She married George RUSSELL in Belfast
on 29 October 1874.

They had two children in Ireland, Matilda 1876 and Elizabeth Knox 1878, before arriving in New
Zealand. Their next child Andrew Hampton was born in 1879 in New Zealand and their family of
eleven children were born between 1876 and 1896. The oldest seven attended Pukekohe School.

In 1880 George and Sarah owned 200 acres at Pukekohe and they farmed there until they moved to
Franklin Road, Auckland in 1895 where they had a grocery. George was very active in the Pukekohe
community - serving on juries, the school committee, President of the A&P Association, as a dairy
factory instigator and as a J.P.

From the NZ Herald 26 April 1895

From 1900 until their deaths they lived in College Hill, Ponsonby. Two of their sons drowned –
Andrew at Tauranga in 1911 and Charles in Auckland in 1922.

Sources:
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
Parkinson Family Tree – My Heritage
Cemetery records – NZ Society of Genealogists

Researcher: Heather Maloney

They are buried together at Waikaraka cemetery, Auckland.

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 2382 Surname: RUTHERFORD
Given names: Rebecca Jane Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Rebecca Jane SIMMS was born in 1859, the eldest daughter of Nicholas and Mary Simms. Her parents
had both come to New Zealand from Ireland in the early 1840’s. At the time of Rebecca’s marriage
on 25 January 1882, the Simms family were
living on Newton Road, Auckland.
Amongst items noted in the Observer of 4
February 1882 was mention of the
wedding.

By 1882 the RUTHERFORD family was well established in New Zealand. James Gillies Rutherford’s
parents, James Rutherford and Sarah GILLIES were also among the early settlers from Ireland in the
new colony. By virtue of thrift and hard work Mr Rutherford senior had acquired significant holdings
in Auckland, Remuera, Rama Rama and Te Awamutu.

Born in 1849 in Auckland, James Gillies Rutherford was one of five siblings, four boys and one girl.
James was educated at Wesley College which was at that time located in Upper Queen Street,
Auckland. This was followed by a period at Mr Farquhar McCrae’s High School. On leaving school
James engaged in farming, initially in the Waikato and then in the Bombay district at “Pukewhau.”
This was a splendid farm of some 1,000 acres lying between the old Great South Road at Bombay and
the Pukekohe East Road, about two miles to the west.

It was to the homestead here that James brought his new bride Rebecca. The home with its lovely
gardens would have been a fitting place to raise their family and Rebecca was a gracious hostess when
visitors called.

Rebecca and James had three sons: William James Rutherford born 1883, Charles Gillies Rutherford
born 1884 and Kenneth McKindley Rutherford born 1886. No doubt the boys were involved in the
family farm as their father had a stud of Lincoln sheep along with cattle and horses. A local boy,
William Flay, was engaged to help with the farm work and eventually in 1895 he was appointed farm
manager at “Pukewhau.”

Life was not without challenges for Rebecca and
her family. The Auckland Star of 25 January
1894 reported a fire the previous December
which destroyed the Rutherford’s stables and
implement shed. Then in July 1894 another fire
was reported, this time in a flour mill erected by
James a few years before. The water wheel was saved but a quantity of wheat was lost.

About 1902 Rebecca and James moved to
Remuera where they spent their last years.
Rebecca Jane Rutherford died in 1934 at the
age of 75, after 12 years of widowhood. She
is buried at the Otahuhu Anglican Cemetery.

Sources: NZ Historical BDMs, Papers Past,
Cyclopedia of New Zealand, NZSG Burial Index.
Researched and collated by Christine Madsen
and Lynda Muir

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2601 Surname: RUTTER
Given names: Mary Jane Residence: Pukekohe West
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Her signature from her will dated 1929

Mary Jane SPENCE was born 2 April 1859 at Leeds, Yorkshire, England. She was the oldest child of
Joseph Spence (1823-?), a joiner, and Mary Elizabeth BLAKEY (1829-1871), and had one brother and
two sisters. Her father remarried after the death of her mother and Mary also had two half
brothers. Her brother Joseph returned to England to live and sister Sarah immigrated to Canada.

She married William Charles RUTTER (1855-1945), a tailor, on 23 July 1884 at St Matthews, Leeds,
Yorkshire (pictured below).

Mary and William had one child, Charles Lionel, born
in 1885 when they immigrated to New Zealand,
arriving on the Ionic on 23 September 1887. Another
three sons were born in New Zealand between 1888
and 1896.

By 1901 the family was living in Cambridge and it was
from here that Mary and William made a six month
long trip back to England in 1924.

Mary died on 7 December 1936 and William on 12
July 1945. They are buried together at Hautapu cemetery,
Cambridge.

The inscription on their headstone reads:

Sources:
Newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz;
Probate records – www.familysearch.org; Cemetery records – NZSG
Researcher: Judith Batt
Compiler: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3822 Surname: RYAN
Given names: Mary Residence: Waipipi
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Mary arrived on the ‘Alfred’ on 16 November 1864, having left from Cape Town, South Africa on 27
November. It was part of the Aided Immigration Scheme. Mary was with her husband Thomas,
Michael their son, and Thomas AYLWARD, Mary’s son from her first marriage.

Mary Aylward (nee SPAIN) was the widow of a Railway employee who had died as the result of an
accident, leaving her with her son, Thomas. She married Thomas RYAN on 21 January 1862 in Cape
Town, and together they had a son, Michael.

At Waipipi the immigrants were given 5-acre sections and those who settled for life were named the
’Cape Pigeons’ in memory of their origins. The Ryans settled on land on the left of Craig Road, on
the corner with Keogh Road.

By 1880 Thomas and Michael had both died and Thomas Aylward was left to see to the running of
the farm and the care of his mother at the age of about twenty-three years.

The newspaper report on the funeral for young Michael states that children from the Waipipi public
school walked in front of the cortege with intimate friends next and parents and friends following.
Many residents from Maioro and Waiuku also attended the service to pay respect to the family.

Thomas Aylward, in due course, married Matilda WADDOUPS
from the farm next door off Craig Road. Descendants of the
Aylwards farmed in that area for many years.

Thomas, Mary and son Michael were laid to rest together in
Waipipi Cemetery.

Sources:
Waipipi & Districts 150 Year Book
PapersPast – WAIPIPI DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS, VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE
5216, 30 JUNE 1876

Researcher: Penny Prescott

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3823 Surname: RYNOLDS*
Given names: Mary Ann Residence: Puni
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Mary Ann McCRACKEN was the wife of William Henry REYNOLDS*
Jnr. Born in Ireland in 1861, she was the daughter of Robert Henry
McCracken (1824-1879) and Martha CROZIER (1830-1920) and
came to New Zealand on the ‘May Queen’ in 1878. Her parents and
most of her siblings had come to New Zealand in 1865 on the
‘Ganges’, with 2 year old Martha being among the 54 children who
died on this voyage. Owing to restrictions on the number of
passengers, Mary Ann and her brother George remained with their
grandparents and she was 17 when she finally rejoined the family.

Mrs Martha McCracken – Mary Ann’s mother

Mary Ann married William Henry Reynolds (who had come to New Zealand with his parents on the
‘Ganges’) in 1879 and they had a family of 6, with their last child being born in 1897.

William died in 1909 and Mary Ann died at her residence in
Tobin St, Pukekohe on 31 March 1927. They are buried
together at the Pukekohe cemetery. Mary Ann made a
number of bequests to the church and community groups, as
reported in the NZ Herald.

The family placed memoriums in the paper every year for their
father, then their mother for many years after their deaths.

Sources: Family Tree – Ancestry; Old newspapers –
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz; Cemetery photos – Franklin Branch NZSG
Researcher: J Batt, Writer: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3824 Surname: SALISBURY
Given names: Ann Residence: Puni
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

The first definite trace of Ann SALISBURY is of the death of her only daughter Annie (Ann), age 23,
recorded in the NZ Herald 26 January 1891.

William Salisbury, Ann’s husband is on the 1875 electoral roll, leasing 40 acres at South Mauku
where he appeared to farm until just before Ann’s death. Although on her son John’s death
certificate it says her maiden name was DEANE, the marriage below seems more likely, especially
coupled with the fact that in William’s probate it was stated that he was from Lancashire. On an
1861 UK census record there is an Ann, age 27, William also age 27 with two small children, Thomas
and Richard (the names of both fathers of this couple), living in this area - also a likely record of the
family. The death of this infant Richard was also found. None of this has been confirmed however.

It appears that four more children were
born in New Zealand – deaths have been
found of Thomas in 1884 (despite what the
headstone says), Ann in 1891, John William
in 1918 and Samuel in 1931 that show a
definite connection.

Ann died in 1908 and is buried in Pukekohe
cemetery – her headstone has fallen over, and the large plot is smothered with agapanthus, which
reflects the sad life we have been able to piece together for her.

Sources:

NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
UK census & marriages – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Researcher: Judith Batt
Compiler: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 4127 Surname: SANDERS
Given names: Gertrude Residence: Awitu
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Gertrude was born c1871 in Hamworthy, Dorset, England to Frederick George SANDERS and Hannah
FIELD in a family of ten – four girls six boys. Frederick was involved in the manufacture of tile
pottery. The family migrated to New Zealand on board the British Queen in October 1883 landing in
Dunedin (listed as Mr and Mrs F G Sanders and family of eight). From there they sailed on the
Wanaka to Lyttelton and the Wairarapa to Auckland.

The full English family were Emma c1867,
Frederick Gould Bale c1868, Gertrude c1871,
Robert Frederick Henry c1872, Isabel/Isabella
Gould Bale c1877, George Hanbury c1878,
Charles Herbert c1879, Clara Bale c1881 and
Philip Gould Bale c1881-1881. They also had a
child born in New Zealand – Henry c1884.

Bale was the surname of Frederick’s mother
Emma, and Gould was also a family name from
Emma’s side.

Father, Frederick, appears on the 1885-86 Electoral Roll as a freehold farmer with Lot 6, Papakura,
100 acres. In 1890 he appears with son Frederick in Drury, father as a settler and son a farmer.
However, in the early 1890’s the family spent time at Awhitu where they became fully involved in
school and community activities, whether it was providing supper for socials or like young Belle, by
singing as part of the entertainment. 1896 saw the family settled in Lincoln Street in Auckland.

Sadly, both parents passed away in 1899. Frederick passed away at home in Mackelvie Street,
Ponsonby on 7 May, aged 78, and Hannah, at Auckland Hospital after a long illness, on 6 November,
aged 58.

Gertrude re-settled in Murdoch Street, and with the death of their parents the younger members of
the family appear to have made a home with Gertrude, as George (Carpenter), Isabella and Clara
(Dressmakers) were all sharing her home. Emma had a home of her own in the same area.

By mid-1905 the family group moved to Wellington where they again set up a family home with
Gertrude, Robert (Contractor), Isabel, Clara and Henry (Builder) all in Roseneath. All three women
were simply listed spinster. The family group was listed in the 1907 Wise’s Post Office Directory with
their brother Frederick Gould Bale also included.

By late 1910s Gertrude was by herself at Pahautanui with the family now settled in their own way.
As age began to catch up Gertrude moved and settled for the last time at Golden Gate, in the
seaside resort of Paremata. Brother George was living nearby.

Gertrude passed away 23 December 1945, aged 74, and was laid to rest at the Pauatahanui Anglican
Cemetery in Wellington. Her brother George passed away 3 November 1949, aged 72, and was laid
to rest with her.

Sources:

Electoral Rolls NZ BDM Historical Records Cemetery Records

PapersPast – Evening Star, Issue 6416, 9 Oct 1883 English Census – Hamworthy, Dorset, England 1881

Ancestry Public Trees – Coulson Family Tree (J vander Veen) and Main Family DNA (Ron Field)

Researcher: Lois Hopping

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 3501 Surname: SAWYER
Given names: Margaret Ann Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Margaret, born in Liverpool on 17 March 1862, had just had her third birthday when she arrived in
New Zealand aboard the ship Bombay, on 19 March 1865.

Her parents John WILSON (1831-1905) and Sarah HOLLINGSWORTH (1843-1910) and her young
brother John, 3 months old, had just completed four months at sea and were about to settle at
Bombay (or Williamson’s Crossing as it was then known). John was a Late Sergeant of the 6th
Inniskilling Dragoons and was no doubt lured to New Zealand with the promise of free land.

On the same ship Margaret arrived on was a young John SAWYER, then age 15. Margaret Ann
Wilson and John Newman Sawyer were to marry on 10 December 1884 at Bombay.

The couple settled on John’s 80 acres at Bombay and had a family of seven children, five daughters
and two sons, born between 1886 and 1897.

Margaret lived on this property for the rest
of her life and is buried with John at the St
Peters of the Forest Anglican Church,
Bombay.

Sources:
Thomas & Gebbie Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Probate records – www.familysearch.org
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 3502 Surname: SAWYER
Given names: Mary Ann Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Mary Ann was born circa April 1826 at Broadwater, Sussex, England, the daughter of William
NEWMAN and Elizabeth.

She married William SAWYER (1823-1905) on 18 August 1845 at Brighton, Sussex and they had at
least 9 children born in England.

Mary and William and nine children boarded the Bombay, which left London on 26 November 1864,
to make a new life in New Zealand. After their arrival in Auckland on 18 March 1865, they settled on
80 acres of land at Bombay where Mary was to live for the rest of her life. On the 1880/81 electoral
roll their land was described as Lots 14, 16, 26 and 27 Bombay.

Three more children were born in New Zealand making a total of 12 children – seven sons and five
daughters born between 1846 and 1871.

They were to lose two sons early – Charles died in 1869 and William in 1882 and they are
remembered on the headstone for Mary and William.

Mary died on 14 August 1898 and William on 30 May 1905. They are buried together at St Peters in
the Forest Church cemetery at Bombay.

Their headstone reads;

In loving memory of William SAWYER died 30th May 1905
aged 82 years and of his wife Mary Ann died 14th August
1898 aged 71 years also their sons William died 6th Oct 1882
aged 36 years and Charles killed in the Maori war at
Ngatapa, East Coast 2nd Jany 1869 aged 20 years

Sources:

Karen Barber Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Probate records – www.familysearch.org
Shipping lists – Auckland Libraries

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3830 Surname: SCHUMACHER
Given names: Isabella Residence: West Mauku
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Isabella SCHUMACHER (also Schumaker), was born Isabella BROWN in 1842.

Isabella married Adolphus Schumacher in 1865. They lived initially at Moanatairi Creek, Thames and
would then make their home in the Mauku area. Some years later they moved to Auckland.

Adolphus passed away on 3 May 1912, his death recorded as Aloph. In his will written on 15 March
1912, he left 1/3 of his estate to his wife who was also living at the Little Sisters of the Poor and the
remaining 2/3 was left to the Little Sisters of the Poor, Ponsonby, where he had spent the latter
years of his life.

It would appear that they had no children.

Isabella passed away on 8 June 1916, aged 74 years, Green Lane, Epsom. They are both buried at
Waikumete Cemetery.

Little Sisters of the Poor, Tweed St, Ponsonby

Sources:
Papers past - NZ Herald 10/6/1916
BMD – www.dia.govt.nz
Probate – www.familysearch.org
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk
Researcher: Joan Taylor

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3831 Surname: SCOPES
Given names: Catherine Laura Residence: Manukau Heads
Occupation: farmer Qualification: residential

Catherine Laura CLARKE (known as Laura) was born c1850 to Herbert Clarke and Louisa WALKER in
England. The family with children Laura (22), Charles (19) and Lucy (4) sailed on the Adamant from
England on 16 July and arrived in Lyttleton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 17 October 1873.

Laura married Charles Witherington SCOPES on 7 February 1874. Charles was born c1848 to Charles
Scopes and Lydia MITCHELL in Mistley, Essex, England.

Laura and Charles had seven children – Lydia Louisa 1874, Agnes Ellen 1876, Charles Herbert 1879,
Millicent Laura 1881, Ethel Ivy 1883, Eliza Alice 1885 and Alfred Witherington 1887.

Charles, Laura and family travelled up from the Portland Island Lighthouse to Auckland by ship. They
stayed a few days in Auckland while all their belongings were taken by horse and cart to Onehunga
and then by boat across the Manukau Harbour. They were met and assisted to get their goods up
the steep hill by use of bullock and sledge. Laura was provided with a horse, but Charles and the
children walked. They soon settled in and the children attended Manukau Heads School and made
friends. Charles bought a farm nearby thinking it would be work for his son, Bert, when he left
school.

As a mariner Charles would have appreciated the dangers of
crossing the Bar. While in England he had actively pursued his
Mates and Masters Certificates – the level he attained has not been
ascertained – Certificate No. 96.792 (aged 24). Sadly, due to
Charles’ untimely death, their stay at the lighthouse was short. He
served from March 1892 to January 1893 but died on 1 January
1893, aged 44 and place of burial is unknown.

Laura then made her home on the farm at the Manukau Heads.
With the help of family and the Manukau Heads community, she
kept everything operating, smoothly or otherwise, and proudly
called herself a farmer on the 1896 Electoral Roll. Over the years
the children took on more of the work, house and farm, and many
remained in the district after their mother’s death. Bert (Herbert)
did what he could as he followed in his father’s footsteps, a Master
Mariner.

In 1904 Laura’s daughter Lydia married Edward GARLAND. She was the only daughter to marry. In
1906 daughter Alice took over as post-mistress at the Manukau Heads Post Office and was known
for a friendly smile and hearty welcome. Bert married Hilda Mabel CLOTHIER in 1923.

Catherine Laura passed away on 4 March 1911, aged 60, and was buried with her son Alfred in
Awhitu Cemetery.

Sources:
Cemetery Records, NZ BDM Historical Records, Electoral Rolls
Ancestry Public Trees – Dally/King Tree
Heads, Harbour & Hills – An Awhitu History – 1999
Researcher: Lois Hopping

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 2441 Surname: SCOTT
Given names: Mary Residence: Rama Rama
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Mary SCOTT arrived in New Zealand with her husband and only child Mary Campbell Scott (born
1874 in Scotland) about 1882. Her husband Andrew had been engaged in farming operations in
Lanarkshire, Scotland and they took up land at Ramarama. For some years carried on mixed farming
there.

Relinquishing the farm, by 1900 they had a store in Dominion Road, Auckland and after 10 years
they retired to 100 Victoria Road, Devonport, Auckland.

Daughter Mary remained in
this house until her death in
1948. (photo from Google maps

2015)

Mary Campbell Scott died on
30 September 1915 and her
husband Andrew on 14
December 1922 and they are
buried with their daughter at
O’Neills Point cemetery in
Auckland.

The wording on their headstone, now in bad condition and hard to read.
Sources:
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
NZSG cemetery collection

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3836 Surname: SEDGWICK
Given names: Kate Residence: Mauku
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Long distance sweethearts Kate FRENCH and Thomas James
SEDGWICK were finally able to marry when Kate came to New
Zealand to join her husband-to-be after a separation of seven years.
What a joyful reunion that must have been.

Kate and Thomas were both born in Chatham, Kent, England and
they were both baptised in the same church – St Mary’s, Chatham;
Thomas on 18 April 1851 and Kate on 29 February 1852. Kate, born
21 December 1851 at Ordnance Place, Chatham, was one of four
children born to John and Mary Ann French (nee FEAKINS).
Although a police constable at the time of Kate’s birth, John French,
in the early 1860’s was the licensed victualler of the Hit or Miss Pub
in Sheerness, Kent.

In 1871 Thomas Sedgwick took the opportunity to come to New
Zealand and sailed on the ‘Queen Bee’ from London to Auckland arriving on 8 February 1871. Kate
remained in England nursing her ailing mother Mary Ann French. After her mother died, Kate sailed
to New Zealand where she was reunited with her fiancé. They married on 24 June 1878 at Waiuku at
the home of Edward Constable, owner of the Kentish Hotel. In 1876 Thomas had applied for and been
granted the licence of the Kentish Hotel and he continued to lease the hotel until Edward Constable’s
death in 1893.

Their time at the Kentish Hotel must have been a very busy one for the newly married couple as they
managed a business and raised a family of six children. Little did Kate know as a child back in 1861 –
1862, living at the Hit and Miss pub in Sheerness, that one day she and her husband would be
managing a hotel on the other side of the world.

After he relinquished his interest in the hotel,
Thomas turned his hand to storekeeping and built
a large store on Bowen Street with accommodation
above and beside for both family and travellers.
They were well respected and liked members of the
community, always interested in the welfare of the
district. After Thomas’ untimely death at the age of
51 on 14 December 1902, Kate continued to
manage the store and the boarding house with the
help of her family. Sadly, Kate died 30 December
1911 at the early age of 59 and she is buried at
Waiuku Cemetery with her husband Thomas.

Researcher: Madeleine Judson

Sources: Sedgwick Family; Family Search; My Heritage; Ancestry; BMD NZ; Free BMD UK; Papers Past; Archives NZ; GRO;
Photo of Sedgwick’s Building, cnr Queen & Bowen Street, Waiuku abt 1905. Courtesy Waiuku Museum Society, Auckland
Libraries, Footprints 04560. Photo Kate Sedgwick – courtesy of Judy Bischoff/Sedgewick Family

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3837 Surname: SELBY
Given names: Eliza Jane Residence: Mauku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Eliza Jane was born in 1871, possibly on the farm at Mauku, the third child of George Holmes SELBY
and Mary Charlotte MAY. Her mother and her older sister Mary Rebecca Selby are also on the 1893
Electoral Roll, so there would be three female members of this family entitled to vote for the first
time.

Eliza Jane remained a spinster, living on Bald Hill Farm,
near and on Hull's Road, Waiuku, and she is seen in
Electoral Rolls 1893, 1896, 1911, and in 1925. She is
also found to have leased some land off Goodwin Road,
Waiuku, probably from part of an inheritance from her
mother who died 1901. She died on 17 November 1941,
aged 70, and is buried at Waiuku Cemetery, Row 31, Plot
032.

Eliza Jane's father, George Holmes Selby, was born in
1835, baptised 16 May 1835 at Stoughton,
Leicestershire, England, and he immigrated to New Zealand about 1856.
He resided in Avondale, then Papatoetoe, and during the Land Wars had a contract to supply
firewood to the troops at Otahuhu, as well as delivering hay to Drury.

Her parents married on 28 May 1866, at St Andrew's, Epsom. Her mother, Mary Charlotte was the
daughter of Joseph May of Mt Roskill.

Eliza Jane’s siblings, children born to George Holmes and Mary Charlotte SELBY were:

Joseph Henry, b 1867, d 5 July 1919. He and his brother helped their father build up Bald Hill Farm.
Mary Rebecca, b 1869, d 9 July 1940, aged 71
Eliza Jane, b 1871, d 17 November 1941
George Holmes, b 1873-1930 m. Isabella JOLLY in 1916.
Alice May, b 1876, died one month later, 1876
Ada May, b 31 October 1878 -1972 m. William James May in 1911
Ellen May, b 1884, m. Conway Grey MURPHY in 1915.

Sources:
NZBDM online, PapersPastNZ, FindMyPast UK, Ancestry UK,
NZ cemetery Index, Auckland Council cemeteries, Find A Grave,
Shipping records, NZSG Marriage, Burial Locator and 5 Electoral Rolls CDs
Local old district maps, NZSG Library fiche.
Researcher, R H Eden.

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3838 Surname: SELBY
Given names: Mary Charlotte Residence: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Mary Charlotte was born on 14 May 1846 in Auckland, New Zealand, the eldest daughter of Joseph
and Helen MAY.

She married George Holmes SELBY on 28 May 1866 in St Andrews Anglican Church, Epsom.

They came to the Waiuku district in 1870 settling at the farm known as the Bald Hills at Waitangi
(Pukeoware).

Mary and George had seven children, two sons and five daughters. Some children were born in
Auckland and some in Waiuku.

Joseph Henry (Harry) 1867-1919 – buried Waiuku Cemetery,
Mary Rebecca (Beckie) 1869-1940 – buried Waiuku Cemetery with sister Eliza,
Eliza Jane 1871-1941 – buried Waiuku Cemetery with sister Beckie,
George Holmes 1873-1930 – married Isabella JOLLY 1916 and they had one known child,
Alice May 1876-1876 – died 1 month old – buried Waiuku Cemetery with parents,
Ada May 1877-1972 – married William James MAY 1911 and they had two children – both were
cremated and ashes scattered,
Ellen May 1884-1959 – married Conway Grey MURPHY 1915 and they had two known children –
buried separately in Otorohanga Cemetery.

In early May 1901 Mary was unwell and sought medical advice in Auckland not knowing the
seriousness of the problem.

She died on 19 May 1901, aged 55, at her brother’s
residence in Mount Albert. It was said Mary was
‘beloved by all with whom she came in contact for her
kindly sympathetic nature’.

George died on 17 November 1903. They were buried in
Waiuku.

Sources:

Descendants of William May, John May and John Wilson by
Paul Bickerstaff

OBITUARY.NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XL, ISSUE 12429,
26 NOVEMBER 1903

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME
XXXVIII, ISSUE 11660, 23 MAY 1901

Researcher: Penny Prescott

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3839 Surname: SELBY
Given names: Mary Rebecca Residence: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Mary Rebekah was the daughter of Mary Charlotte (nee MAY) and George Holmes SELBY.

Her father’s mother was Rebekah so that is probably the correct spelling for Mary’s second name.
With her mother being Mary, this daughter was known as “Beckie”, although it appears all New
Zealand records have her listed as Rebecca.

She was born about 1869 in Auckland and her parents came to the Waitangi (Pukeoware) area of the
Waiuku district in 1870 settling at the farm known as the Bald Hills.

Beckie never married but spent the early part of her life in Waiuku. She then moved to the Auckland
area about 1914. An Auckland Street Directory of 1920 has Miss Mary Rebecca Selby along with
Miss Ada May and a Mrs Emily Annie JAMES who all seem possibly to be running the Auckland
Probationary Boys' Home. There is a Rebecca worked or lived at "Stonehurst" Hotel in Symonds
Street at that time.

However, she returned again in the late 1920s. Beckie joined her sister Eliza to live in Kaiwaka Road
not long after her return. They shared this home until Beckie passed.

She died on 9 July 1940 and is buried in the Waiuku cemetery in a double grave with her sister Eliza
Jane who died 15 November 1941.

Sources
Descendants of William May, John May and John Wilson by Paul Bickerstaff
www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Researcher: Penny Prescott

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 3512 Surname: SHANAHAN
Given names: Margaret Agnes Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Margaret Agnes COCKEY was born in 1853 in Glasgow, Scotland. Her mother was Agnes RAILTON from
a Glaswegian family and her father was William Cockey. He was from a prosperous iron foundry family
in England. Margaret Agnes’ mother died in childbirth and Agnes, as she was called, was brought up
in Glasgow by her father and Anne, one of his unmarried sisters. She appears to have had a
comfortable upbringing as a census return in 1871 shows that at the age of 17 she was a boarder at a
private school for girls in Bristol.

In November 1878 at the age of 25, Margaret Agnes married
Edward SHANAHAN in Peterborough, Northamptonshire. Born in
Killarney, Edward was a former Roman Catholic priest in Ireland,
but a change of faith saw him licensed as an Anglican Curate in
Hanging Heaton, Yorkshire.

Two children, Edward William and Margaret Agnes were born in
Ironville, Derbyshire before their parents decided to immigrate to
New Zealand, influenced it seems by Edward’s friendship with
George Vesey STEWART.

The Shanahans arrived in Auckland in early 1884 and Margaret

Agnes lived the life of a clergyman’s wife, firstly in the city where

Edward was the vicar of the Church of the Epiphany, then in

Ngaruawahia. Here Mary Ethel, the first of their New Zealand

children, was born in 1885 followed by twin boys Walter Edmund

and John Henry. Margaret Agnes and Edward Shanahan
with their two eldest children, Margaret

Shortly after the death in infancy of John Henry, the Shanahans Agnes and Edward William.

moved to Bombay where they bought 40 acres of farmland and built a spacious villa. Margaret was

no longer a clergyman’s wife but lived a full life with the births of three more children; Edith Florence,

Robert and Kate. Local newspaper reports note her community involvement with fundraising for the

St Peters Church. The memoirs of her daughter Kate show us a strong, practical, well-educated and

intelligent woman.

Two of her sons were soldiers in WW1 and like other women
around her Margaret had to endure the anxieties of the report
of their life-threatening injuries. She also had to cope with farm
work with just the help of two daughters when her husband died
in 1917. As it happened her sons were both still alive at the time
of her own death in early 1918 aged 64.

Margaret is buried with Edward in St Peter’s in the Forest
Cemetery at Bombay. The inscription reads: In loving memory
of Edward Shanahan, died March 1, 1917, aged 71 years. Also
Margaret Agnes, beloved wife of the above, died 30 March 1918
aged 64 years. Peace, Perfect Peace. The adjoining side of the
tombstone bears a tribute to Margaret’s son, Robert Shanahan
who died of illness while on active service in Palestine on 20
October that same year.

Contributed by great granddaughters Jenny Sharpe and Christine Carter.

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2674 Surname: SHARP
Given names: Anna Residence: Mauku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Anna (or Hannah as she was also known) KEHU or KAHU, married John SHARP at Mauku on 8 April
1879. She was born about 1862, calculated from her age at marriage.
She was on the electoral rolls for 1893, 1896 and 1905/06 at Mauku and John is there 1890 – 1896
and son William in 1905.
The children of Anna and John SHARP;
1880 William, a framer of Ellerslie in 1916 and next of kin for Herman when he enlisted,
1882 Emily Elizabeth, probably Emily SHARPE b. 23 November 1882, died 1975,
1884 Alfred John David, on his death cert – born Waiuku, died 17 July 1935,
1886 Herman d. 1955,
1887 Samuel SHARPE, d. 14 September 1966, m. Helen Josephine O’NEILL, 6 children,
1888 Charlotte Sophia m. 1909 Walter Frederick BUTTERS, div 1912, d. 1931,
1891 Henry d. 1891 age 11 days,
1892 Robert Louis d. 1973, m. 1935 Evelyn Martha GOODARE.

The children have all been traced through BDM’s, school records, Herman’s military record, and two
family trees. John Sharp died in Auckland Hospital on 6 November 1901 and is buried at Waikumete
cemetery, verified by his death certificate. There is no official record of the birth or death of Anna or
Hannah Sharp. The Walker Family tree on ancestry gives a precise date and place of death for Anna
though – 9 December 1914 at Patumahoe.

Sources:
Walker Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk
Alfred’s Family Tree (ancestry) and death certificate- Antoinette Sharp
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
NZ electoral rolls
School records (mostly at Puni and Patumahoe schools)

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2678 Surname: SHARP
Given names: Cecilia Brown Residence: Pukekohe East
Occupation: teacher Qualification: residential

Cecilia Brown DOULL, a native of Scotland, Sources:
married William SHARP on 25 February 1869. Alan Sharp descendant; Papers Past; NZ Historical
William was born in 1845 in New Zealand. His bdm; Cemetery Records; Archives NZ, A History of
parents had arrived on the Duchess of Argyle in Pukekohe East 1863-1963 by Nona Morris.
October 1842 after their marriage in Scotland
in April that year. Collated by Christine Madsen and Lynda Muir
Cecilia Brown Sharp played a key role in
education in the district, taking up teaching at
Pukekohe East School on 5 July 1869, a few
months after her marriage to William Sharp
jnr. The school had originally opened in 1863,
initially in the temporary meeting house, then
in the present church building, although
disrupted for a short time when war came to
the district. In 1880 the present school
building opened, located just down the road on
land purchased from the Sharp family for £25.
The Sharp family had purchased 203 acres
there in 1868. Cecilia continued teaching for
over 21 years until September 1891, and made
a most valuable contribution to education and
district life generally. She became the first
woman head teacher at Pukekohe East School
in 1877 and remained so until the end of her
tenure in 1891.
In 1870 Cecilia and William had a son, William
John Dunbar Sharp followed by a daughter,
Cecilia Jane in 1872. They also had a daughter,
Elizabeth Agnes, born 7 March 1874 but who
lived only a very short time.
In 1882, at the age of 12, Cecilia’s son William
became the organist for the Pukekohe East
Church, and continued until Mrs Watkin
ROBINSON took over some 12 years later.
On retiring from her position as head teacher
at the school, Cecilia and her husband moved
to ‘Springfield’ at Ramarama sometime after
1893 where they continued farming and
breeding Lincoln sheep and Ayrshire cattle.
The Auckland Star of 3 October 1904 reported
Cecilia’s death: “SHARP – On October 2, after
a short illness, Cecilia Brown, dearly beloved
wife of William Sharp, Springfield, Ramarama.
Home papers please copy. Funeral will leave
her late residence for the Presbyterian
Cemetery, Bombay, at 1.30 pm on Tuesday,
October 4th. Friends please accept this
intimation.” A brief obituary appeared in the
New Zealand Herald of 4 October 1904:

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2676 Surname: SHARP
Given names: Cecilia Jane Residence: Pukekohe East
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Cecilia Jane SHARP was the daughter of On coming to Auckland in the late 1890s Philip
William Sharp and Cecilia Brown Sharp nee Henry Fox settled on a farm on the Great
DOULL. She was born in 1872. South Road at Ramarama and it was here that
he and Cecilia lived out their married life.
Cecilia Jane’s father farmed Lot 5 Pukekohe
East and their home was just below the Cecilia and Philip had two children, John
present Pukekohe East School. Her mother William Herbert Fox born in 1902 and Cecilia
was head teacher at the school for more than Frances Fox born in 1907.
21 years from 1869 to 1891. The family moved After 32 years at Ramarama, Cecilia and Philip
to ‘Springfield’, Ramarama some time after moved closer to Papakura. Philip died in
1893 and it was there that Cecilia Jane was January 1932 at the age of 61, leaving Cecilia a
married in 1901. widow for just over 18 years. They are both
buried at the Papakura Cemetery.
NZ Herald 3 May 1901:
FOX-SHARP – On April 30, 1901, at the In loving memory of Philip Henry beloved
residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. T husband of Cecilia Jane Fox died 31st Jan 1932
Norrie, Philip Henry, youngest son of J H Fox aged 61 years. To memory ever dear. Also his
Esq., Nelson, to Cecilia Jane, only daughter of beloved wife Cecilia Jane died 2nd Feb 1950
William Sharp Esq., ‘Springfield’, Ramarama. aged 77 years.

Philip Henry FOX was born at Axbridge,
Somerset, England, in 1870. He came to New
Zealand in 1879 with his parents. They settled
first in Christchurch before moving to Dunedin
and then Nelson where he worked with his
father, who was a civil engineer, on building
the Lyall Bridge over the Buller River. A
description of Cecilia and Henry’s wedding was
posted in the New Zealand Herald of 8 May
1901:

Sources:
Papers Past, Cemetery Records, NZ Historical bdm,
Archives NZ.
Collated by Christine Madsen and Lynda Muir

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2672 Surname: SHARP
Given names: Helen Residence: Pukekohe East
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Helen SHARP was born on 8 April 1834 at About 1907 Helen and her husband moved to
Cathkin House, Carmunnock Parish, Gordonton where their sons Alexander and
Lanarkshire, Scotland. She came to New James had gone to farm. William Sharp died
Zealand with her younger brother John on the not long after in September 1907.
ship Harwood in 1858.
An obituary in the Auckland Star of 19 July
1924 gave tribute to Helen Sharp’s hospitality
and the high regard in which she was held by
the community:

Helen Sharp in later life She had been a widow for 17 years and
outlived all but three of her children. Helen
On 7 March 1862, Helen married her relative died in 1924 and she and her husband William
William Sharp who had been recently are buried at the Taupiri Cemetery.
widowed. William’s first wife, Jane Sharp nee
DUNBAR had died in October 1860 at the age Sources: Alan Sharp descendant, Papers Past, NZ
of 46. There were three living children from Historical bdm, Archives NZ, A History of Pukekohe
William’s first marriage: John, William and East 1863-1962 by Nona Morris.
Jane. By 1862 they would all have been in their Collated by Lynda Muir.
teens. Helen and William Sharp went on to
have a family of seven:

Humphrey Ewen 1862- 1864
Elizabeth Marshall born 1864
Agnes Marshall born 1866
Alexander William John born 1869
Mathew Smith born 1872 – 1880
James Thomas born 1875, and
Mary Helen born 1878.

Initially the family farmed near the Harp of Erin
in Auckland. Then in 1874 they moved to
Pukekohe East where William had purchased
Lot 5 on Runciman Road in 1868. His son
William from his first marriage was likely
already farming there. This William jnr married
Cecilia Jane DOULL who contributed so much
to the school at Pukekohe East.
In 1879 the Sharp family made land available
for the sum of £25 for a much needed larger
local school.

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 2469 Surname: SHARP
Given names: Mary Elizabeth Residence: Bombay
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Mary Elizabeth SHARP was born in Bombay, New
Zealand in 1871. Her parents were William George
Sharp, known as George (1838-1890) and Mary
Rebecca WOOTTEN (1841-1922) and they had settled
in Bombay to farm.

As the eldest child of six, Mary would no doubt have
had to help her mother with household and farm
chores after the early death of her father. She did
have two brothers, but they were much younger.

In 1902 at her home, she married Felix Harry ROKE.
Known always as Harry, he was a sawmiller and farmer
and had lived on the East Cape in 1900. In 1905 Mary
and Harry were farming at Paparata and it was here
that four children – 1 daughter and three sons were
born.

By 1911 the family were living at Matakana, where Harry was sawmilling with some of his brothers.
The family were active members of the Methodist Church where Harry was a lay preacher.

Mary was obviously a good cook as she entered and won prizes with her baking at the Rodney A&P
shows.

Mary died in 1923 and is buried in the Matakana cemetery.

The inscription on her headstone reads, ‘In fond memory of
Mary Elizabeth dearly loved wife of Harry Roke. Died 6th Jan
1923 aged 50 years. At rest’

Sources:
Roke Family website – www.rokefamily.org
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 2470 Surname: SHARP
Given names: Mary Rebecca Residence: Bombay
Occupation: farmer Qualification: residential

Mary Rebecca SHARP nee WOOTTEN was born on 25 February 1841. Her parents were Joseph
Wootten (1813-1876) and Sarah SANSON (1812-1847). They lived in Bromham, Wiltshire, England.

Her mother, Sarah, died on 5 July 1847 and Joseph remarried Constance FENNELL before the family
came to New Zealand on the ship Bombay arriving on 18 March 1865.

Mary Rebecca (known as Rebecca) married George SHARP (1838-1890) on 12 December 1871. They
had 6 children, 4 daughters and 2 sons born between 1872 and 1883.

George died in 1890, leaving Rebecca with a young family to raise. She remained on the farm at
Bombay until she died in 1922 aged 82 years old. Rebecca is buried at St Peters of the Forest Church
cemetery at Bombay but does not have a headstone.

Sources:
Family History – C Landon; Old Newspapers –
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz;
Website: www.rokefamily.org
Google: photo of cemetery
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz

Researcher: C Landon

Below: St Peters of the Forest Church & cemetery

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3841 Surname: SHARP
Given names: Susannah Residence: Mauku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Susannah SHARP was born on 1 November 1833 and baptised, with her twin
brother Charles, on the 22nd of that month at the Church of St Peter and
St Paul, Mitcham, Surrey. Their parents were David Sharp, and Mary
Ann née CONSTABLE who had married on 6 June 1831 by banns. Both
parties signed the register. The family lived in the High Street in Sutton
near Croydon in 1841, but by the 1851 census David and Mary Ann are
living apart; each claiming widowhood. Susannah is working as a
‘servant of all work’ for Samuel and Susan NEWELL and their two young
granddaughters; a job of long days and hard work. When Susannah’s
grandfather John Constable of Boxley Abbey, Kent died in 1852 his

widow’s eyes turned toward New Zealand.

In 1856 Susannah joined the family party travelling to New Zealand on the ‘Sandford’. Also on board
were her widowed grandmother Esther, her mother Mary Ann, a cousin Edward KNOWLES, Susannah,
Mary Ann’s brother Edward, and his estranged wife Jane. Edward had immigrated to New Zealand in
1838 with his wife Jane and, showing an entrepreneurial streak, soon improved his situation through
diverse operations in business and farming. They arrived in Auckland in July 1856 to a new life.

Susannah’s first child Louisa was born on 7 December 1856 in Waiuku, and her second, Ellen, on 25
September 1858 in London. Sadly, little Louisa did not see New Zealand again as whooping cough
claimed her life just as the ‘John Scott’ reached New Zealand waters on their return voyage. She was
buried at sea.

Susannah was an accomplished pianist and singer and newspaper reports tell of her solos and duets,
often accompanied by young Ellen, at the soirees in the district. She was also a frequent contributor
of ‘trays’ for the refreshment break between entertainment and clearing the floor so that young and
old could ‘trip the light fantastic’ until dawn.

Her daughter Ellen married Alfred Martyn BARRIBALL and the arrival of twelve grandchildren in fifteen
years gave Susannah much joy as she assisted her daughter. Susannah lost Ellen far too soon as she
died on 29 January 1903, after twelve months of suffering with breast cancer.

Susannah had moved into Vincent Street, Auckland by 1900. She had inherited the Kentish Hotel and
other property from Edward Constable and was now a woman of means – a gentlewoman in the
electoral rolls. It was here that a tragic sequence of events led to a hauntingly sad death. Susannah
had been ill in bed for some weeks. During the night she enquired of her companion the time. A
candle was lit, but not extinguished. The curtain of the bed caught fire and Susannah’s night apparel
caught alight. She was badly burned and died from kidney failure on 7 September 1912.

Susannah’s will left individual legacies of her precious possessions, to each of her twelve
grandchildren. She was buried ‘with plainness and dignity’ at the Waiuku cemetery.

Sources: ArchivesNZ/ancestry.com/RGO/GRO/NZ SG
Researcher: Val Gillanders

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3844 Surname: SHEA
Given names: Alma Campbell Residence: Whangarata
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Alma Campbell HOLLAND was born in Leyland, Lancashire,
England on 7 June 1855 to Henry Holland, bricklayer, and his wife
Lavinia COOK – one of 16 known children. In late June 1862, at
the age of seven, Alma and 8 of her siblings and her mother
boarded the “Romulus” in London and set sail for New Zealand.
Her father, Henry, had arrived in New Zealand in early 1860 to
undertake a fresh start after his brick making business in Leyland
had gone bankrupt in the late 1850s.

The family initially lived in Newton, Auckland where Henry had
set up business as a brick maker in Karangahape Road. In the late
1860s the family moved south to Onewhero after Henry’s
business went into bankruptcy. The family lived on Lot 69 in the
Parish of Onewhero - a 55-acre Crown Grant of land located
across the Waikato River from the Tuakau Landing and allotted
to Alma’s older brother George Holland in March 1867. After the
death of her father in 1875, Alma was given a vested interest in
this property by her brother George, but she chose to relinquish this claim in 1896 for the sum of £20.

Alma married Edward SHEA in Tuakau on 21 March 1879. Edward (born in Tipperary, Ireland) had
sailed to New Zealand on board the “Fernglen” in early 1875. Upon arrival he went to Whangarata
where his sister, Jane (who had immigrated to New Zealand in 1865 on the “Caduceus”), was then
resident with her husband Patrick McKEAN. Alma and Edward settled at Whangarata where Edward
was a farmer and, between 1881 and 1900, they had 11 children – 6 boys and 5 girls. Tragedy was to
strike the family in 1895, however, when there was a serious throat infection epidemic at Whangarata.
The Sheas lost all three of their young daughters in less than a fortnight - Margaret Jane (12), Lavinia
(11) and Annie Elizabeth (9).

By 1898, the family had moved to Te Mata, near Raglan where Edward continued farming. Sadly,
tragedy entered their lives again when in mid-1900 their son Charles William, 11, died from syncope
while under chloroform at the hospital in Hamilton. Alma is remembered by family as being an
accomplished dressmaker – an invaluable skill when providing for a large family.

Edward died at Waikato Hospital on 23 October 1921; and Alma died at Hamilton on 8 May 1931.
Both are buried in the Alexandra Redoubt Cemetery, Tuakau alongside their four children who
predeceased them. When Alma died she left her entire estate (both personal and real valued at just
under £660) to be shared equally between her daughter Alma Campbell Shea and her son George
Robert Shea.

Sources:
GRO Birth Certificate for Alma Cambell [sic] HOLLAND
Papers Past website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
NZ birth, marriage and death dates: http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
NZ Land Records held at National Archives Auckland
Photo of Alma Campbell SHEA: https://www.ancestry.com
“Family History & Memories of the Shea Family” – 1999 [1st draft] – Doreen E. A. Lightfoot [nee Shea]
Researcher: Christine Headford

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3845 Surname: SHEA
Given names: Margaret Residence: Tuakau
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Margaret BOLAND was born c1816 in Ireland according to the age of 80 given on her death registration
record, but this does not agree with the information given for her age at marriage in the same record
which would suggest that her birth was c1823 instead. This latter date is also supported by other
information given below. Death record information is always deemed to the least reliable for an
individual because it is given by a third party and not by the individual themselves. Margaret’s parents
noted on her death registration record were James Boland and Jane DELAHAY.

Margaret married James SHEA on 12 February 1839 in the Roman Catholic Church in Cloughjordan,
Killaloe, County Tipperary, Ireland. Two of Margaret and James’ children are known to have
immigrated to New Zealand. Their daughter Jane sailed to New Zealand on the Caduceus in early 1865
and by mid-1867 had married Patrick McKEAN and settled at Whangarata. Their son Edward travelled
to New Zealand on board the Fernglen in early 1875 and also settled in Whangarata.

It is unknown when Margaret’s husband died, but in mid-February 1876 Margaret herself set sail for
New Zealand on the Bebington from London. She is listed as a single woman aged 53 on the ship’s
passenger list. The voyage of the Bebington was ill-fated right from the start. The night after sailing
the ship had a collision with another vessel and the Bebington had a big hole ripped in its bow. The
damage required the ship to head to Portsmouth for repairs where it took 10 days to ready it for sea
again. Even before the Bebington was underway again illness set in on board, and the ship has been
described as becoming nothing but a floating hospital. During the voyage there were 67 cases of
sickness recorded including scarlet and rheumatic fever, measles and infantile disease and 16 deaths.
When the Bebington reached Auckland on 15 July 1876, it was required to anchor in the quarantine
ground for the safety of the city. The following morning the immigrants were taken off the vessel and
conveyed to the Quarantine Station on Motuihe Island where provisions were provided. It was
probably not the arrival in her future homeland which Margaret had expected and, as the uncertain
quarantine period extended, she posted an advertisement in The New Zealand Herald in early August

asking her son Edward to contact her.

It was 19 August before Margaret and her fellow
immigrants were finally released from their lengthy
confinement in quarantine and brought ashore at
Auckland. Margaret at long last got to be reunited with
her children Jane (already widowed) and Edward, meet her McKean grandchildren for the first time,
and settle into life in Whangarata. Here she was able to acquire a piece of land (the western portion
of Lot 89 – nearly 5½ hectares) and got to witness the marriage of her son Edward to Alma Campbell
HOLLAND in 1879 and the births of at least 9 more grandchildren. But she sadly also got to experience
the loss of three of these grandchildren in 1895 when a serious throat infection struck the district.

Margaret herself died the following year on 20 November 1896 at the Whangarata residence of her
daughter Jane. Her causes of death were given as old age and heart valve disease. Margaret was
buried on 22 November in the Alexandra Redoubt Cemetery, Tuakau.

Sources:
Papers Past website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915: https://www.ancestry.com
Researcher: Christine Headford

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3846 Surname: SHEEHAN
Given names: Mary Residence: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

The SHEEHAN family came to New Zealand on the Reiherstieg which had sailed from the Cape of
Good Hope in October 1864, arriving in Auckland on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1864.

This ship was the third immigrant ship to arrive in 3 days and as there was no room for the
passengers at the Onehunga Barracks, the families were put in tents. On 23 January 1865 they were
forwarded to their settlement of Maioro, where some of the men were able to find employment,
however it was not until 31 March that they were put in possession of their individual allotments.

The family comprised of Edward aged 27 years, a Labourer, his wife Honora nee MULVANY, aged 26
years, a young girl Mary whose stated age was 14 years but this seems in error if she was their
daughter. They are accompanied by Edward’s sister, also called Mary, aged 24 years.

Edward, Honora and young Mary are mentioned on the website ‘House of Names for Sheehan’ as
the Sheehan family to the New World and Oceania-Emigration to New Zealand including settlers in
New Zealand in the 19th century arriving in Auckland aboard the ship Reiherstieg.

It appears that Honora was expecting during the voyage as the first of the families 2 sons, Cornelius
John was born in January 1865 at Waiuku River. Their second son Patrick was born at the Maioro
settlement on 20 May 1867.

From the land information of 1867 there was a grant to Edward Sheehan of Maioro, of allotment 26
in settlement of Maioro, Suburan secton 2, parish of Waiuku, County of Eden and in 1870, Edward of
Maioro has freehold land, lot 14 at Waiuku West.

Both Cornelius and Patrick left New Zealand at a young age to work in Queensland, Australia living in
the Rockhampton region, however Patrick passed away aged 28 years in 1895, having married 2
years previously and having a son. Cornelius married and had 10 children, including 2 sets of twins.
He named his eldest son Edward, born in 1892 and his youngest daughter, Mary who was born in
1908.

Cornelius died in 1931 and his obituary notes that he was educated at Waiuku school and was a
member of the Waiuku Cavalry. He was employed by the Mt Morgan Goldmining Company of
Rockhampton for over 40 years. Seven years previously, accompanied by his son, he paid a visit to
New Zealand, staying with Mr T Williams of Pinedale, Patumahoe, and spending several weeks
renewing acquaintance with boyhood friends in the Waiuku district.

We have been unable to confirm which Mary is still in Waiuku on the 1893 electoral roll with
‘household duties’, however in the NZ Herald of 1930 Mary Sheehan of Orua Bay has been
acknowledged by ‘Peter Pan’ a column in the paper for jokes, riddles, sketches etc.

On the electoral roll of Franklin for 1935 Mary Sheehan of Waiuku is shown as a spinster. The
whereabouts of Edward and Honora have also proved elusive.

Sources: Historical BDMS, Paperspast, Electoral Rolls, Ancestry, My Heritage, Early days in Franklin-Nona
Morris

Researcher: Gillian Conroy

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 2482 Surname: SHEFFIELD
Given names: Eleanor Louise Residence: Pokeno
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Eleanor was born Eleanor Louise (Louisa) HASELDEN, the tenth
child of 12 of Charles Haselden (1818-1896) and Maria Simpson
MOORE (1814-1905). She was born in London on 15 January
1852. Her father was in business as a publisher and bookseller in
London.

In 1860 he decided to bring the family to New Zealand on the ship
Mermaid. The ships documents record that a number of
passengers bound for New Zealand disembarked at Melbourne,
including Chas Haselden, his wife and 11 children, although this
has not been confirmed. The family settled at Te Arai and it was
here that Eleanor met and married Duncan Campbell SHEFFIELD.
Duncan had arrived on the Ida Zieglar in October 1867 and after trying his hand at gold mining near
Thames, he went farming at Port Albert.

Eleanor and Duncan had six children – two daughters and four sons. Daughter Alice was a nurse
who was drowned in the river at Gisborne aged 25 and Eva was a school teacher until her marriage
at 27.

After farming at Bombay, Pokeno for 19 years and
Taniwha, then the Sheffield’s retired to
Henderson. Eleanor died 21 July 1928, aged 75
and Duncan 4 November 1935, aged 88. They are
buried together at Waikumete cemetery.

Sources:

Muir Family Tree – ancestry.co.uk
Photo – google
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Burial records – NZ Society of Genealogists

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 4129 Surname: SHERDIAN*
Given names: Bridget Residence: Patumahoe
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

A SUPERSTITIOUS LOT

Bridget SHERIDAN* was born in 1868 to Irish Catholic parents, Mary and Andrew Sheridan. She
spent her entire 72 years on the family farm in Patumahoe where she continued to reside with her
unmarried siblings, Jack and Kate, after her parents’ deaths in 1915 and 1916.

Neighbour, Bert WOODS, recalled visiting the Sheridans one Sunday afternoon with his parents. “It
was the only time I think I ever went inside their house,” he said. “We entered through the back
door because there was no way round to the front door as the garden was overgrown. The back of
the house was a real mess. I can still remember the half-eaten scraps and the dirty dishes. Beyond
the kitchen there was a narrow passage you could just squeeze through as old newspapers were
stacked from the floor to head height, taking up all the room.”

Bert described Bridget’s brother, Jack, as always dressed in an old overcoat tied with a piece of string
around the waist, no matter what the weather, and an old felt hat pulled low over the eyes. They
were a superstitious lot and when Jack’s horse died he swore that a rejected buyer had put ‘the evil
eye’ on the horse as revenge.

Bridget’s father specified in his will that Bridget care for younger sister, Kate, and that if Kate left the
family home, she would receive £200 set aside in trust for her. Jack’s will indicated that Kate
suffered from mental illness. Jack, himself, ended his days in Kingseat Hospital. Kate outlived her
siblings and was amply provided for in Bridget’s will even after substantial bequests from the estate
were made to religious and charitable institutions in Pukekohe and Auckland.

Sources:
Papers Past NZ
Pukekohe Catholic Parish Records
Pukekohe Catholic Cemetery
Births, Deaths & Marriages, New Zealand
Family Search, Probate Records
“A Man of His Time”, an oral history by Helen
Woods, University of Auckland, 1981
Researcher: Wendy Clark

323

Electoral Roll: Franklin 4131 Surname: SHERDIAN*
Given names: Mary Residence: Patumahoe
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

BELIEVERS OF THE EVIL EYE whack her with his stick and intone, ‘Begorrah
be devil, the devil get out of ye.’
Mary McANDREW, native of Ireland, married
Andrew SHERIDAN* of Co. Cavan a few months Andy unsuccessfully appealed his call-up to
after he arrived in Auckland on the Dauntless. WW1 and was killed in action in France in
At 29, Mary was nine years his senior. 1918 just before the Armistice was signed. He
was 43. As an Irish Catholic, Mary may have
They were granted an allotment of farmland felt embittered that her son had been
on the Patumahoe Rd where they raised five sacrificed in an English war.
children – Bridget (1868), Mary Ann (1870),
John (1873), Andrew (1875) and Kate (1878) – At least four of her children spent their lives on
all of whom were baptised and confirmed in the family farm, unmarried. The fifth, Mary
the Pukekohe Catholic Church. Ann, was not mentioned in Mary’s will. Mary’s
husband died in 1915, four months before
A neighbour, Bert WOODS, remembers the Mary’s own demise. She was an executor of
family as having ‘Irish bog superstitions.’ He her husband’s will but by then was crippled
said they believed in the ‘evil eye’, the ‘wee with rheumatism and “incapable of carrying
folk’ and ‘maggots on the tongue’. His mother out the duties of Executrix on account of old
once asked Mary’s son, Andy, to take a look at age and feeble health.” These infirmities
a sick cow. rendered her incapable of leaving the house.

He diagnosed the cow as having the ‘evil eye’ Mary and Andrew Sheridan might well have
put upon her. His cure was to paint her rump considered they ‘made good’ by immigrating
and spine with tar in the sign of the cross, to New Zealand. They left behind an estate of
60 acres, valued at ‘under £4000’

Sources:
Papers Past
Pukekohe Catholic Parish Records
Births, Deaths, & Marriages, NZ
Family Search, Probate Records
“A Man of His Time” – an oral history
collated by Helen Woods, University of Auckland, 1981
Researcher: Wendy Clark

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 4130 Surname: SHERDIAN*
Given names: Mary Ann Residence: Patumahoe
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

THE DAUGHTER WHO DISAPPEARED He recalled cows painted in tar as a cure for
‘evil eye’ sickness, and ‘Old Jack’ putting out
Not a lot is known about Mary Ann food for the Wee Folk in the centre of
SHERIDAN*, second daughter of Mary and mushroom rings because ‘that was where they
Andrew. She was born into a superstitious, met and danced at night.’
Irish Catholic farming family. Her parents,
having immigrated to the other side of the Pukekohe Catholic Parish records note Mary
world, established themselves in Patumahoe Ann’s baptism in 1870, and confirmation in
and never moved again. Their original 1887. She features on the 1896 Electoral Roll
allotment was located on the corner of along with her mother and older sister,
Patumahoe and Gun Club Roads but, over Bridget, and then disappears. She is not
time, the business expanded to a valuable 60 mentioned in her father’s will in 1908, or her
acres. Her siblings, Bridget, Jack and Kate mother’s probate in 1916. Nor was she a
remained, unmarried, on the family farm. beneficiary of Bridget’s probate when the
Brother Andy, also a bachelor, left home to go estate was distributed in 1940 to Kate and
to war and was killed in action in France in various religious and charitable institutions.
1918 at the age of 43. Did she die early, or marry, or ‘bring shame’
on the family? Could she have suffered
Next door neighbour, Bert Woods, described mental illness like her younger sister, Kate,
their home as unkempt and cluttered with old and been institutionalised? Or did she enter a
newspapers stacked head high, with a garden convent? We know her four siblings left no
so overgrown it blocked access to the front descendants to keep alive the Sheridan family
door. history. It seems likely Mary Ann’s lineage
also ended with her death.

Sources:
Pukekohe Catholic Parish records
Pukekohe Catholic cemetery
Births, Deaths & Marriages, NZ
Papers Past NZ
Family Search - Probates
‘A Man of his Time’- H.Woods
Researcher: Wendy Clark

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2693 Surname: SHIPHERD
Given names: Alice Sila* Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Alice’s signature from her will dated 1906

Alice Lila* (not Sila, as on the electoral roll) SALMON was born in New Zealand on 17 June 1855. Her
parents John Salmon (1808-1873) and Alice PORTER (1824-1857) were very early settlers in New
Zealand, having married in Auckland in 1853.

Alice had one sister – Agnes Amy (1854-1916) who married William HALL. In 1880 Alice married
Charles SHIPHERD, a farmer and owner of some large landholdings, including 2000 acres near Puni,
Pukekohe. This land was largely covered in bush and Charles had a sawmilling business as he cleared
the land. Today, some of the bush has been preserved and forms a scenic reserve.

Alice and Charles had three children.

•1882 Ester Amy Mabel
•1884 Charles Francis (Frank)
•1886 Thomas Stanley (Stan)

The Shipherd family initially lived in Pukekohe but
shifted to Puni, their house overlooking the Waikato
River, where they lived for the rest of their lives.

Alice died on 7 September 1922 and left a considerable estate in her own name and Charles left an
even larger estate when he died on 3 July 1928. They are both buried at Pukekohe cemetery.

Sources:

Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Probate records – www.familysearch.org
BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Reserve sign – google
Headstone photo – Franklin Branch NZSG

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3849 Surname: SHORT
Given names: Frances Eleanor Residence: Awitu
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Frances Eleanor (Nellie) SHORT (1873 - 1945) was the fifth child and third daughter of William and
Marianne Short who had arrived in New Zealand on 3 January 1865 aboard the ‘Matoaka’. Frances
was born at the family property on Manukau Heads Road in Awhitu.

At the age of 22 she married Onesimus HOWE (1873 – 1945) on 28 February 1895 at St Benedict
Church in Newton, Auckland.

However, the marriage appears to have been short-lived with Nellie petitioning for and being
granted a divorce on 25 May 1910 (decree absolute 1 September 1910) on the grounds that she had
been deserted by the father of her two sons, Onesimus William (Bill) Howe (1895 – 1977) and James
Arthur Howe (1896 – 1971), having had no contact from him since prior to the birth of her second
child.

On 11 November 1910 she was married for a second time to Henry MERRICK and lived at Waipipi
(now Boundary Road West).

Nellie died in Auckland on 30 October 1945 and is buried at Waikumete.

Nellie (second from left – front row) with her parents and family members

Sources:
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
https://www.wikitree.com
https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Researcher: Dianne Elizabeth Akast

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3850 Surname: SHORT
Given names: Margaret Ann Residence: Awitu
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Margaret Ann was born on 17 July 1872 at Awhitu, Manukau Heads to William SHORT and Mary Ann
CALLAN. Both parents were from Ireland but married in St Ann’s Chapel, Manchester, England on 22
September 1861. Margaret was the sixth child of twelve.

William and Mary Ann emigrated from England aboard “Matoaka” on 3 January 1865 with children
Ellen (2½) and William Charles (6 months). They were entitled to land in Kohekohe but preferred to
work for the large Grahame farm in Awhitu for the cash income it could provide. With help from
William Aitchison, another settler, a rough 3-bedroomed house was built. There were several moves
around the district including Lot 20 off Boiler Gully Road which they were able to buy.

Margaret Ann, known as Maggie, married Robert James McPIKE on 19 July 1904 at her mother’s
residence at Awhitu by the Rev. Father KING. Robert was born on 14 January 1878 to John McPike
and Mary DAVISON, one of ten children. John, who was from Scotland, and Mary settled in the
Thames, Coromandel Region.

Maggie and Robert also settled in the Thames area and in 1905 they were living in the beautiful area
of Kennedy Bay. Robert worked as a bushman, often with his father, in and around the Thames
Coromandel coast.

They had two boys, Robert James (1905) and William John Henry (1907).

Maggie passed away on 18 October 1910 at Vermont Street, Ponsonby, Auckland from health issues
that may have been aggravated by the fact that she had been an invalid for at least the last three
years of her life. Sadly, Robert was away working in the country when Margaret fell ill and passed.
She was buried at Waikaraka Cemetery. The headstone is in the loving name of Maggie McPike.

Sources:

PapersPast – MARRIAGE – Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10672, 29 July 1904
Cemetery Records
NZ BDM Historical Records
Ancestry Public Family Tree – Holland Family (hollyweld)

Researcher: Lois Hopping

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3851 Surname: SHORT
Given names: Mary Ann Residence: Awitu
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Mary Ann CALLAN was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1841, daughter of Owen and Eliza (née MORAN).

Owen, a portmanteau maker, and Eliza moved their young family to Manchester, Lancashire during
the early 1850s. In the 1861 census Mary Ann is recorded as a dressmaker living with her family at 40
Bonsall Street, the oldest child still at home. Mary Ann had already met her future husband William
SHORT as they are both recorded as sponsors at the baptism of Mary Ann’s youngest brother James
Arthur (born 12 August 1860).

On 22 September 1861, aged 20 she married William aged 23. Two children, Charles William and
Ellen, were born at Chorlton before they emigrated with the Waikato Immigration Scheme, arriving in
New Zealand on the ‘Matoaka’ on 3 January 1865, after a voyage of 102 days.

Mary Ann and William lived in Onehunga for some time, then travelled to Waiuku by boat and lived in
Coopers Road, Kohekohe, before finally settling in Awhitu when they purchased a block of land on G
Irwin Road. They raised their family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. Sadly, their
daughter Ellen died in infancy.

Mary Ann was a very hard-working wife and mother. She would travel by horse to Waiuku for
groceries, spending the night in Waiuku and then returning on foot along the West Coast the following
day with the groceries on a pack on the horse.

The Callans were a devout Roman Catholic family (younger
sister Agnes is remembered as Sister Agnes Corsini by the
Sisters of Charity in Dublin) and Mary Ann raised her family to
have a strong faith. Daily family Bible reading around the table
took place morning and evening. Woe betides any sleepy child
who dozed.

Mary Ann passed away on 21 August 1915 age 71 and she is
buried at Waipipi Cemetery.

125 years on, Mary Ann’s descendants still reside in the
Franklin District. She is remembered by her family at various
reunions over the years, from the 100-year Short centennial to
just recently a 150- year celebration of Mary Ann and William
Short arriving in Auckland.

Information compiled from family record by Mary Hull, great granddaughter of Mary Ann Short.

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2696 Surname: SHORT
Given names: Mellicent* Olivia Residence: Mauku
Occupation: settler Qualification: residential

Thomas and Lucinda HOLLYWOOD from Lisburn, Ireland sailed to New Zealand with their family on
the ship Dauntless as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme arriving in 1865. Millicent* Olivia
(Mellicent on Electoral Roll) was their youngest daughter born c1858.

Millicent married John SHORT, son of John and Clarissa Short of Te Awamutu, at St Matthew’s
Anglican Church, Auckland on 3 November 1877. They had four children: John Thomas 1878,
William Ernest Alexander 1881, Millicent Annie Lucinda (Dot) 1883 and Clarissa Olivia Eda (Babe)
1885.

In 1881 the Government offered by auction excellent fertile land in the Okaiawa area of the
Waimate Plains. John and Millicent SHORT with two sons, one a toddler and one a babe in arms,
were amongst these first settlers to the district. A condition of the sale was that purchasers must
occupy their land so building a house for the family to live in would have been a priority.

Sadly, John died at New Plymouth on 5 December 1886, “after a painful illness, borne with Christian
fortitude”, leaving Millicent and four very young children. He was 44 years old and they had only
been married for nine years. John’s funeral cortege departed from Onehunga Wharf, having
travelled by sea from New Plymouth and proceeded to Waikumete Cemetery on 8 December.
Millicent being the sole beneficiary of her husband’s estate, sold the farm, lock stock and barrel, and
moved with her children to Auckland. In 1893 she was living at Mauku with her parents.

In February 1900 Millicent married Richard Owen HENDY. Born at St Florence in 1851 of a very old
Welsh family, Richard left Wales at the age of 18 for Australia before sailing to New Zealand where
he became the first settler in the Okaiawa district in 1881. He owned large tracts of land and had
various commercial interests in Auckland. They lived at ‘Garthowen’ a very substantial home that
still stands today at 174 Dominion Road, Mount Eden and spent time at Auckland and at Okauia.

Again, Millicent became a widow when Richard died in 1912
while on a visit to his estate at Okauia near Matamata, leaving
her a considerably wealthy woman. By this time, her eldest
daughter Millicent (Dot), a teacher, had married as had her
son John. Son William was farming at Okauia and remained a
bachelor. Clarissa never married and was living with her
mother at 26 Claude Road, Epsom at the time of Milllicent’s
death in 1940. The two Auckland houses remained in the
family for many years. Millicent is buried at Waikumete
Cemetery with her first husband John SHORT, where their
headstone reads, “Reunited”.

Sources: PapersPast; BMD NZ; NZ Archives; Family Search; Ancestry;
Google; books “Centennial History of Hawera & Waimate Plains”by C.J.Roberts & “Patumahoe History &
Memories”
Researcher: Madeleine Judson

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2703 Surname: SHORTT
Given names: Matilda Jane Residence: Harrisville, Tuakau
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Matilda Jane WHITING was the eldest child of Jabez Whiting (carpenter) and Catherine Dorothea [nee
FAWKES] who had married on 18 December 1854 in Stroud Registration District, Gloucestershire,
England. Within a few months of their marriage, and aged c20yrs, they left England for a new life in
Australia accompanied by other members of the Fawkes family. They arrived in Australia on the Truro
in the middle of 1855 and Matilda, the eldest of 5 known children, was born on 9 January 1856 in
Darling Downs, NSW. By early 1860 the Whiting family had moved to New Zealand.

On 25 January 1876 Matilda married Arthur SHORT
(SHORTT on Electoral Roll), a school teacher, at St.
Matthew’s Church in the heart of Auckland city. Arthur
had been born in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England
in late 1849 where his father James Short worked a
straw plaiter. It is believed that Arthur took up the
profession of teaching after arriving in New Zealand
around 1870.

During the period 1876-1893 Matilda and Arthur had
eight children – five daughters and three sons. The
family moved around the Auckland Province on a fairly regular basis as Arthur pursued his career in
teaching. For Matilda this would have meant having to cope with the regular setting up of a new
household for her growing family. During his career, Arthur served as headmaster at various schools
including Maungakaramea (Northland), Patumahoe, Paparata, Harrisville, Flat Bush and East Tamaki.
In 1914 when Arthur was aged 65 he and Matilda settled into retirement - initially in Ashton Road,
Mount Eden, Auckland, and then in Pencarrow Avenue in the same suburb.

Any celebration of the Silver Wedding anniversary for Matilda and Arthur in late January 1901 would
almost surely have been affected by the death of Queen Victoria in England just a few days beforehand
which sent New Zealand into widespread mourning; and a sombre mood generally pervaded the
whole country. Many wore the tokens of grief requested by New Zealand’s Acting Premier, namely, a
band of black ribbon on the right arm for women and a piece of black ribbon on the lapel of the coat
for men; and most also avoided wearing clothing of colour as a mark of respect.

Sadly, Matilda lost both of her parents within the space of a couple of years. Her mother, Catherine,
died in early October 1910 and her father, Jabez, died at the end of July 1912. Jabez must have held
Matilda in considerable regard as, along with a solicitor, he appointed her
as one of the two executors of his Will. Additionally, other than a personal
individual bequest, all of Jabez’s real and personal estate was bequeathed
absolutely to Matilda. The estate had a total value of about £780.

Arthur died on 18 February 1930 just two weeks after the heartfelt death of the couple’s eldest
daughter, Catherine [Mrs. Albert GLASSON], at only 53 years of age. Matilda died on 27 April 1941 at
the residence of her third daughter, Winifred [Mrs. Minchin RUDD], in Mount Eden. Matilda and
Arthur are both buried in the Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland as is their daughter Catherine.

Sources:
Papers Past website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary
St. Matthew’s Church, Auckland: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 918-11
Will of Jabez WHITING: https://www.familysearch.org

Researcher: Christine Headford

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Electoral Roll: Waipa 3520 Surname: SINCLAIR
Given names: Ellen Residence: Rama Rama
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Ellen SINCLAIR nee MONTGOMERY was
born in Ireland about 1832. By the 1850’s
she was living in Glasgow.

She had a child with John YOUNG, a
saddler, in 1851 and the child died in May
1853. Three days after the burial, Ellen
and John married on 18 May and they had
two more children. Two months after the
younger was born, John Young died at the
age of 25. Seventeen months later she
married Robert Sinclair, a plumber from
Glasgow. Their first three children all died
in infancy, and the fourth survived. In
1865 the family of five arrived in New
Zealand on the “Resolute” as part of the
Waikato Scheme. Ellen was pregnant
whilst on the journey and a son was born
in Auckland later that year.
Unfortunately, they lost this child at 4
years old with diphtheria.

With the discovery of gold at Thames, they, like many other immigrants went to the goldfields,
where Robert used his plumbing skills in the mines. They had two more girls born in New Zealand, in
1867 and 1870.

When Ellen’s eldest daughter died in 1887 at the age of 33 years, leaving behind children aged 16, 9,
7, 4 and 14 months, Ellen and Robert took on looking after the youngest four children from this
family.

Robert and Ellen‘s original piece of land was Opaheke Lot 150, though it was understood they
bought more land later. Towards the end of her life, they bought a section in Central Auckland and
it was registered in both their names, thanks to women’s emancipation.

Ellen Sinclair died in Auckland on 13 October 1902 aged 70 years and is buried in Drury Cemetery.
Robert Sinclair died on 30 October 1906 aged 71 yrs. He too is buried in Drury Cemetery.

Sources: Family history; Old newspapers – paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; BDM – www.dia.govt.nz
Researcher: Jean Phillpotts

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2722 Surname: SMALLFIELD
Given names: Arabella Residence: Karaka, Drury
Occupation: settler Qualification: residential

Arabella SMALLFIELD (nee SCOTT) was born in England c1828.

She came to New Zealand on the Joseph Fletcher in 1855.

Arabella married Octavius Smallfield in 1857 and they later settled in the Karaka/Drury area – Lot 18
of the Karaka Village Settlement Scheme.

Octavius was returning officer for the Karaka Road Board in the 1880s.

They had three sons - Percy, Frank and Edgar.

Arabella died on 13 November 1906, at the age of 78, two years after her husband.

An obituary in the NZ Herald describes her as “another of the fast diminishing band of early
colonists…” who had lived “in or near Auckland ... sharing fully in the hardships of the pioneer
colonists”.

Arabella was buried at Papakura Cemetery.

Sources:
Papers Past; Obituary, NZ Herald, Vol XLIII, Issus 13343, 24 November 1906; NZ Births, Deaths, Marriages.
Contributor: C Eggleton

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3854 Surname: SMART
Given names: Catherine Florence Residence: Whangarata
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Catherine Florence SMART was born in Auckland on 27 July 1872. She was the daughter of Thomas
Smart and his wife Jean LOWSON.

The Smart family moved to Whangarata prior to 1890 and lived in ‘Glencairn’ in Ewing Road. By 1896
Catherine was living in Batley in Northland with her parents. Catherine’s sister Jane had married
William Ewing who was the manager of a fish canning company at Batley.

Catherine’s father Thomas died in November 1897 and by 1900 Catherine had moved to New
Plymouth with her mother Jane. Her brother Herbert and his wife were also living in New Plymouth
by 1900 and her sister and brother-in-law, Jane and William Ewing, settled there in the early 1900s.

Catherine married Arthur John JARMAN on 28 April 1903. Shortly after their marriage they
immigrated to Australia. It was here that Catherine’s two sons, Arthur Allan and Kenneth Ewing, were
born in 1904 and 1909.

The Jarman family settled in Geelong, Victoria. Catherine was 69 years old when she died on 31
January 1942. She was buried in the Geelong Western Public Cemetery.

Sources:
Headstone - https://billiongraves.com/grave/Arthur-John-Jarman/8411033
Australian newspaper - https://trove.nla.gov.au
New Zealand newspaper - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
NZBDM - https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Researcher – Sandra Brasell

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2724 Surname: SMART
Given names: Jane Residence: Whangarata
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Jean LOWSON (also known as Jeanie or Jane) was born on 20 February 1833 in the parish of Lundie
and Fowlis which is situated north-west of Dundee in Scotland. It is not known when Jane arrived in
New Zealand, but she was married in Auckland on 12 September 1861 to Thomas SMART. It was a
second marriage for Thomas who had been widowed the previous year when his wife Janet (Jessie)
died at the young age of 31, leaving him to care for their three children.

Between 1862 and 1875 Jane was to give birth
to seven children; five sons and two daughters.
Tragedy struck 18 months after their marriage
when Jane’s stepson Thomas was drowned in a
well.

It is not known exactly when the family moved to
Whangarata and settled in ‘Glencairn’ on Ewing
Road, but they were living there by 1890 when
Thomas was elected to the local householders
committee. By 1896 Jane, her husband Thomas and
daughter Catherine had moved to Batley in
Northland where her elder daughter Jane was living
with her husband William Neilson EWING. Thomas
died in November 1897 and by 1900 Jane was living
in New Plymouth with her daughter Catherine. Her
son Herbert and his wife were also living in New
Plymouth. Jane and William Ewing also settled there
in the early 1900s.
Jane’s younger daughter Catherine married Arthur
John JARMAN in 1903 and by 1904, when their first
child was born, they were living in Australia. Jane
was at Catherine’s home in Geelong, Victoria when
she died on 27 March 1911.

Sources:
Birth registration - Scotland OPR 306/30 30 Lundie and Fowlis
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Newspaper records - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Researcher - Sandra Brasell

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2723 Surname: SMART
Given names: Jane Arnott Residence: Whangarata
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Jane (also known as Jeannie) was the third of seven children born to Jane (nee LOWSON) and Thomas
SMART. She was born on 26 January 1866 in Auckland. Her name was registered at birth as Jane Ann
Smart, but she appears in electoral rolls as Jane Arnott Smart in 1893 and Jane Arnot EWING in 1896
and 1900. In later electoral rolls she is registered as Jane Ann Ewing.

On 28 March 1894
Jeannie married William
Neilson Ewing at
Whangarata. By 1896
Jane and William were
living at Batley in
Northland where William
was manager of a fish
canning factory (Ewing &
Company).

Jane and William had three children –
Kenneth Strathie (1896), George Harry
Willard (1897) and Kathleen Ailsa (1901).
The Ewing family moved to New
Plymouth about the time of Kathleen’s
birth. William was a partner in the
accounting firm of Messrs Smart Bros
until his death on 24 June 1924.

Both of Jane’s sons fought overseas in
WWI and she was fortunate to welcome
them both home at the end of the war.

Six months after William’s death, Jane’s
daughter Kathleen married Oswald
Connell STEPHENS on 30 December
1924. The newspapers reported that “…
Mrs Ewing received the guests, wearing
a frock of grey silk marocain, with an overdress of Parisian lace, hat of grey pan velvet, feathers and
flame ribbon, and carrying a bouquet of autumn tints.”

Jane was to live a further 23 years before she died on 17 January 1947. She is buried beside her
husband in the Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth.

Sources:
Newspaper articles - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM records - https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
NZ Cemetery Records 1800-2007 - https://www.ancestry.com.au
WWI records - https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz
Researcher – Sandra Brasell

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2726 Surname: SMEED
Given names: Edith Residence: Tuakau
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Edith SMEED (nee GILL) was born 10 January 1867
in England to Edmund GILL and Jane (nee
SAUNDERS) GILL.

She was the 9th of 18 children.

At the age of 8, her family (parents and 11 children)
sailed from London to Auckland on the Dunedin,
arriving on 18 May 1875. They were part of the
assisted immigration scheme.

Edith married Thomas SMEED on 30 June 1885 in
Tuakau. Theirs was an industrious marriage
producing 9 children between 1886 and 1905.

Edith would have been 26 years old in 1893. Her
sister-in-law Helen SMEED (Franklin Roll No.3855)
and mother Jane GILL (Franklin Roll No.1069) were
also enrolled to vote in 1893.

Edith died on 23 August 1948 aged 81 years and is
buried in Tuakau Cemetery with her husband.

Sources:
"New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973,"
Family trees from Ancestry and MyHeritage
Births, Deaths, Marriages NZ
Personal family records

Researcher: Sheryn Hull
New Zealand Society of Genealogists #27060

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3855 Surname: SMEED
Given names: Helen Residence: Tuakau
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Helen McMILLAN was born in Campbelltown,
Argyll, Scotland, on 2 May 1859.

One of 12 children of Colin and Barbara (nee
McGEACHY) McMillan.

Her father came to New Zealand in 1859, on the
‘Spray of the Ocean’. A year later, as an infant,
she and her mother arrived on the ‘Northern
Bride’ (arriving Auckland 11 October 1860) after
being at sea for 117 days.

As the eldest child and daughter, Helen would
have been kept busy helping her mother with her
11 siblings.

Her father was one of the founders and builders
of the Presbyterian Church of Tuakau.

Helen married William SMEED on 20 June 1880 in
Tuakau. Theirs was an industrious marriage
producing 10 children between 1881 and 1902.

Helen would have been 34 years old in 1893. Her
sister-in-law Edith SMEED (Franklin Roll No.2726)
was also enrolled to vote in 1893.

Helen died on 29 December 1950 aged 91 years,
and is buried in Tuakau Redoubt Cemetery.

Sources:
Papers Past
Personal family records
NZ BDM online

Researcher: Sheryn Hull
New Zealand Society of Genealogists #27060

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3857 Surname: SMITH
Given names: Agnes Residence: Patumahoe
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Agnes Mezena FLANAGAN was born in Drumrainey, Lisbellaw,
Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh on 7 August 1864. Three months later she
left Ireland as a babe in arms with her parents David Flanagan and
Sarah (née HENDERSON). The young couple, married in February
1864, boarded the clipper ship Ganges in Queenstown, Ireland, full of
hope for the new lives promised in New Zealand. Agnes was their first-
born and her mother was young and healthy, factors which would help
protect the infant from illness on that journey. The Ganges left London
with 474 passengers. On arrival in Auckland, on 14 February 1865, two
adults and 54 children had died and been buried at sea, most from
whooping cough and bronchitis.

The oldest of five sisters and three brothers Agnes would take responsibility from an early age for
assisting in their Patumahoe home. There is no record of her attending school, although some of her
siblings were admitted to Patumahoe School. State education began in 1870, but an attendance fee
of sixpence per week made formal education unaffordable for many.

Agnes married William SMITH, son of Charles SMITH and Joanna ANSON, on 4 August 1886. Their first
child, named for his father, was born on 6 May 1887, but sadly lived for only six days. He was followed
by three daughters and four sons.

• Florence Beatrice 1888-1968
• James Henry 1890-1970
• Ernest Claude 1892-1946
• Herbert Charles Edward 1894-1978
• Harold Robert 1897-1975
• Teresia Emillia 1900-1951
• Maizanzen Mary 1902-1976

The Smith family moved from Patumahoe after 1896, and lived in various places including Waipipi,
Karaka, and Papakura until July 1910 when they settled in Onewhero. During the 1920s they joined
other Flanagan and Smith family members and moved to settle in the Gordon area of Te Aroha.

Agnes died in Hamilton on 28 April 1931, and William at Waharoa on 29 January 1942. They rest
together in Plot E-922 of the Roman Catholic area at Hamilton East cemetery.

A granddaughter speaking of her said, “Nana Agnes was a quiet and gentle lady.”

Compiled by Val Gillanders

Sources: ancestry.com, bdmhistoricalrecordsonline.govt.nz, paperspast.natlib.govt.nz, irishgenealogy.ie, New
Zealand Society of Genealogists, Smith family

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3856 Surname: SMITH
Given names: Ann Residence: Waiuku
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Ann SHARP was born c1836 at Barrow Upon Trent, Derbyshire, to William SHARP and Mary HUNT.

Ann married Thomas SMITH 26 June 1858, by Banns, in Swarkestone, Derbyshire, England. Thomas
was born 5 February 1835 in Swarkestone, to Joseph Smith, and Sarah DAWES.

Thomas and Ann arrived in New Zealand on 31 July 1872 on board the Celestial Queen with their
four children, Joseph c1859, William c1861, Agnes born 10 March 1869 and Sidney Thomas born 23
July 1871. On arrival Thomas sought employment and he had brought with him a testimonial from
Midlands Railway, covering 12 years of continuous employment. This served him well as
employment requests were actioned almost immediately the immigrants came ashore. The family
settled in Waiuku on virgin land, 138 acres in Waiuku East. Thomas also had skills as a sawyer which
may have been used to supplement their income.

Ann had two more children; Walter Edward born 2 July 1874 and Frank Alfred born 20 October 1876.
Unfortunately, Joseph, aged 15, died as a result of a fall from his horse while riding and he died the
next morning 1 December 1874.

Records show that the younger children started school at Waitangi, then were at Waiuku.
Agnes left school to work at home 10 December 1883, Sidney Thomas had his last day 17 October
1884 and Walter Edward left to work at home 19 May 1887. William was already working on the
farm.

On 24 April 1889, at the Holy Trinity Church, Waiuku, William married Rachel, daughter of John
McNAUGHTEN. Agnes married George HEDGE on 2 June 1892 at St Peter’s Church, Onehunga,
Auckland.

On 17 June 1899 a serious accident occurred to Walter, for when mounting a young horse, he was
thrown violently to the ground, striking his head on a puriri mounting block. Thomas, who had
witnessed the event, carried the unconscious Walter home. Ann, who suffered from heart problems
and had been advised to avoid any excitement, was shocked by seeing her son in such a state. It was
a terrible blow for her. However, she went about her household duties as usual and nursed Walter
for about a week when she was seized by a paralytic stroke effecting her speech and one side of her
body. Walter recovered slowly but was deeply affected by the condition of his mother. The district
showed great sympathy with neighbours giving assistance to nurse the sick and in other ways.

Sadly Ann passed away, peacefully on 26 June 1899, aged 63, at her residence, “Thornhill”. She was
laid to rest in Waiuku Cemetery. Her last words were recorded as “Glory to God in the highest”.

On 24 January 1900, at the Wesley Church, Waiuku, Walter
married Eliza (Edda) BARRIBALL, daughter of Mr C.T. Barriball of
Brooklyn, Waiuku East. Frank married Martha (Marella) GRIBBLE
on 22 August 1900 at the Kingsland Church, Auckland.

Not long after the passing of Ann, Thomas moved to Auckland
where he passed away on 8 June 1922, aged 87. He was laid to
rest with Ann. He left behind four sons, one daughter, 16
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Sources:

PapersPast – NZ Herald 2 Aug 1872, Auckland Star 21 Jun 1899, Auckland Star 29 Jun 1899, NZ Herald 28 Jun

1899, Ohinemuri Gazette 29 Aug 1900 Cemetery Records

Researcher: Val Gillanders Compiler: Lois Hopping

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2767 Surname: SMITH
Given names: Anna Residence: Pukekohe
Occupation: music teacher Qualification: residential

Anna SMITH died 22 June 1918, age 60 and is buried at Waikumete cemetery, Auckland. She died
intestate, late of Bombay and this is her schedule of assets.

There was a coroner’s inquest – report COR1918/675 Wellington.
She lived at the following addresses (only one Anna SMITH on the electoral roll for this period):

• 1893, 1896, 1900, 1905/06 – Pukekohe
• 1911 – 20 Shelley Beach Road, Auckland
• 1914 – Bombay
• 1914 supplementary - Hall Street, Pukekohe.

Sources:
NZ electoral rolls – ancestry.co.uk; Probate records – www.familysearch.org; Burial records – Auckland Council

Researcher: Heather Maloney

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2765 Surname: SMITH
Given names: Anne Residence: Tuakau
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Ann[e] CLARK was born on 1 June 1838, in Killinkere, County Cavan, Ireland.
She is believed to have been the only daughter of Andrew Clark, a
blacksmith and wheelwright, and she lived in County Cavan until her
marriage to James SMITH in ca. 1863.

Two years after their marriage, Ann and James and their first child left for
New Zealand as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme on the ship
Dauntless sailing from Kingstown (now known as Dún Laoghaire) in Ireland
on 31 December 1864. The voyage to the Antipodes was a long and
eventful one. Just two weeks after leaving Ireland, a massively storm-
damaged cargo ship was sighted off the coast of Spain and offered
assistance. Ann retained a vivid, life-long memory of the battered vessel
wallowing helplessly in the rough seas, the torn shreds of the sails still flapping from the broken masts.
Further incidents included various members of the crew mutinying on several occasions and when off
the coast of Australia, the Dauntless picked up the survivors of the Fiery Star, which had left Brisbane
for England in April 1865, and had been destroyed by fire when only 12 days out. There were also 20
deaths during the voyage of the Dauntless (including 17 children) and so it must have been a huge
relief for all on-board when the ship finally reached the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland on the
morning of 15 May 1865.

James initially procured land in the Mauku district, where the family built a whare and farmed for
about three years. The country was very heavily wooded, and the bush had to be cleared and burnt
before the land could be used productively. The family left the Mauku area when there were rumours
of a Maori uprising and relocated to Auckland for a while. James later took up land at Tuakau, where
the family farmed successfully for over 25 years. The family finally moved to Buckland where their
residence was called ‘The Arch’.

Ann and James are thought to have had six children in New Zealand – five daughters and one son. The
children attended the old Tuakau School in River Road from the mid-1870s.

James died at the family’s Buckland residence on 16 March 1906 from complications caused by an
injury suffered to one of his hands about two years earlier that refused to heal. His funeral was
reported as being one of the largest ever seen at Tuakau at that time, with upwards of 50 vehicles and
many others on foot and horseback in attendance.

Following the death of her husband, Ann went to live with her daughter, Mary [Mrs. Francis McKEAN],
at Buckland. While paying a visit to her youngest daughter, Louise [Mrs. Joseph HANFLING], in
Auckland, the milestone celebration of Ann’s 91st birthday on 1 June 1929 was reported in both The
New Zealand Herald and the Auckland Star newspapers along with reminiscences of Ann’s early days
in New Zealand. Ann died at the home of her daughter, Louise, at 8 Mary Street, Mount Eden,
Auckland on 9 December 1929. James and Ann are both buried in the Tuakau Cemetery, Tuakau.

Sources:
Papers Past website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
New Zealand School Records on Archives New Zealand website: https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
Researcher: Christine Headford

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 2768 Surname: SMITH
Given names: Elizabeth Residence: Tuakau
Occupation: domestic duties Qualification: residential

Elizabeth [Lizzie] SMITH is believed to have been born in
Mauku c1869. She was the second daughter of James SMITH
and Ann [nee CLARK] who had immigrated to New Zealand
from Ireland on the Dauntless in 1865 as part of the Waikato
Immigration Scheme. Lizzie spent most of her childhood in
Tuakau where she attended the old Tuakau School located
down in River Road for a few years from mid-1876.

After an earlier business career, Lizzie took over as
proprietress of the Hotel Fernleigh in Auckland in 1914.
Located at no. 28 on the east side of Symonds Street, the
private hotel was popular with visitors to Auckland. The
establishment seemed to gain good reviews as shown in the
adjacent article from The New Zealand Herald of late 1921.

Lizzie was an active member of the Roman Catholic Church,
and its organisations for women. She is understood to have
been a member of the congregation at St. Benedict's Catholic
Church in Newton. She was active in fundraising for the
church. An example of this was the combined bridge, 500,
musical evening and dance which she hosted at Fernleigh in
mid-October 1937 that attracted a large number of people.

Lizzie retained a close connection to her siblings throughout
her life. The death of her younger sister Mrs. Maggie BRUCE
in mid-1904 following childbirth must have been painful.
And then her brother James became a victim of the influenza
pandemic which swept the world at the end of 1918.

Lizzie died at the Mater Hospital, Auckland on 16 March 1940
after being in ill-health for about three months. For her
family her death was part of a double tragedy as her older
sister, Mrs. Rose BARKER, had predeceased her by only three
weeks. Lizzie was buried next to her parents in the Tuakau
Cemetery, Tuakau on 18 March 1940.

Lizzie had had a successful life and her estate was valued at
just over £9000. Her main bequests were to her siblings and
their children. Her niece Madeline [Madge] HANFLING
seemed to have been a particular favourite being left all of
Lizzie’s jewellery in addition to a monetary bequest.

Sources:
Papers Past website: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
New Zealand School Records on Archives New Zealand website: https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
Researcher: Christine Headford

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Electoral Roll: Franklin 3859 Surname: SMITH
Given names: Julia Annie Residence: Waiuku
Occupation: household duties Qualification: residential

Julia, the daughter of William and Marianne HALLIDAY, was born 12 April
1856 at Low Moor, Bradford, West Yorkshire. Her name was registered as
Julia Anne, her baptism on 24 May 1856 records her name as Juliane;
variations of these names have been recorded. William worked as a
foundry labourer and Julia was working as a factory hand by age
fourteen. The benefits of emigration and reports of excellent wages for
workers in New Zealand no doubt influenced Julia’s decision to join the
ranks of single women aboard the Wanganui and on 12 October 1880,
after a journey lasting 89 days, she arrived to begin a new life in Auckland.
Her surname was recorded as HOLLIDAY.

Right Rev Bishop Cowie officiated at Bishopscourt, Parnell when Julia married
William Alfred SMITH on 16 December 1885. Her husband was born in
Salisbury, England and had arrived in New Zealand, with his brothers, aboard
the Royal Stuart in 1864. He established butcheries in Auckland and the

Thames goldfields and, with his brother, farmed extensive lands at New Brighton, Miranda for fifteen
years. By the time he married Julia he had returned to butchery at Ponsonby Road and it was here
that they lived and worked until 1891.

Julia and Alfred welcomed William Alfred into their lives on 2 January 1887. Sadly, the wee boy lived
for only four months and passed away at home on 30 April 1887. Harold Maton arrived on 30 March
1888 and Alice May on 18 September 1889. In January
1891, with toddlers at foot, and a new baby (Winifred)
due in April, Julia advertised for help. Perhaps she was
already packing for their move that year to Bothwell Park, Otaua, a property with 2000 acres of land

and a mansion. Did her luggage include the precious brooch
which had been lost in December 1890? Did Alfred lose a
Christmas gift planned for Julia, or had it fallen from her
costume? Ivy Holliday was born at Surrey Hills, Auckland on 16
October 1894, completing their family.

The family lived at Bothwell Park until November 1901 when they moved to Remuera where their
property at 77 Orakei Rd was named Hollicrest, no doubt in tribute to Julia’s family. It would have
been a dramatic change for the children moving from rural Otaua School to the city.

They moved to 39 Campbell Road, Royal Oak shortly before William Alfred’s death at home, aged 78,
on 26 September 1920. Alice and Winifred lived with Julia in the family home until they married. Ivy
and her daughter Vorrei were also regular visitors from their Hauraki Plains home during Julia’s later
years. Julia died at Campbell Road, in her 86th year, on 22 May 1941 and was interred at Purewa
cemetery following a service at St John’s Church, Royal Oak.

Julia’s legacy was one of longevity, her children all living well beyond their three score years and ten.

Winnifred married Robert George CUNNINGHAM in 1926 and lived to the age of 102.
Ivy Holliday married Joseph Stanley McCLUNE in 1916 and lived to be 97.
Alice May married Arnold Hodgson SMITH in 1923 died 1978 aged 89.
Harold Maton married Charlotte Smith MARTIN in 1915 died 1966 aged 78.

Sources: nzbdmhistoricalrecords.govt.nz; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz; NZSG; Ancestry.com

Compiled by Val Gillanders

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