Ann Allison

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Ann married William Aitken on 1 Jan 1813 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland. William (son of William Aiken and Margaret Little) was born on 26 Jul 1787 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 14 May 1833 in Hillhousefield, North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried on 18 May 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• _UID: 2543982B2D6D44F0A52BD186B987F6439920
• Emigration: 1851, Scotland
• Occupation: 1851; gardener
• Residence: 1851, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
• Immigration: 23 Nov 1851, Otago, New Zealand

Notes:

James, his wife, and three children sailed to NZ, on board the "Simlah", They departed from London and travelled via Wellington, on the north island of NZ, then on to Dunedin, Otago, in the south island. They travelled steerage class and arrived at Port Chalmers, (Dunedin), 23 November 1851.
Taking up land at East Taieri they called it Woodside. This was just off Bush Road, on the Riccarton Road, towards Silverstream

When the McNab Run was available for settlement in 1875, James and his two sons Peter and Thomas took up "Hawthornden".

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James married Isabella Galbraith on 15 Mar 1842 in Scotland. Isabella was born in 1819 in Birse, Aberdeenshire; died on 14 Jan 1903 in New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name: Janet Aitkin
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 6 Oct 1823
Birth Place: Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland
Baptism Place: Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland
Father: William Aitkin
Mother: Anne Allison
HL Film Number: 1066685 Reference ID: 2:17HQXH1

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• _UID: 7FB2F0012B2943CBB2216B1E325E943034DC
• Occupation: 27 Mar 1851; carpenter
• Residence: 27 Mar 1851, 258 Cannongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Emigration: 4 Oct 1857, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
• Immigration: 8 Jan 1858, Otago, New Zealand

Notes:

William, Jessie, Jane and William junior departed from Leith, for NZ, on board the "Strathallen", in 1857.
The ship left Leith on the 4 Oct 1857 arriving at Port Chalmers, Otago, 8 Jan 1858 after a voyage of 96 days. Even after that long journey they still had to wait four days before they could get ashore.
By the time the family arrived in NZ there had been an addition to the family, Johan Todd Strathallen Aitken. The boy was named after the master of the ship and the ship itself.
This is rather surprising given the report of the captain's conduct. An extract from the "Otago Witness" of Saturday January 16th, 1858, reads;
"We have to welcome the immigrants by the Strathallen which arrived in this port on Friday last, bringing 289 passengers.
She left Leith on Sunday 4th of October, and had a fine passage of 79 days from land to land, and landed her passengers on the 100th day from leaving the Leith docks. The voyage was, we understand, a very agreeable one. We have to regret the death of one adult and several children, the latter being chiefly infants born on the voyage. The ship was plentifully and well found, and the passengers were much indebted to Mr Greene, the chief officer, to whose hands the management of the ship chiefly devolved for his considerate attention. We regret to hear that the conduct of the Captain was not such as could be desired, but any definicies (sic) on his part were fully made up by the conduct of his subordinates. It is satisfactory to know that the conduct of Mr Greene, the chief officer, has met with its due reward, that gentleman having conceded to the command of the vessel, the captain having resigned his charge."
In an extract from "NZ Shipwrecks and Tragedies";
"When the Strathallen arrived in Otago in 1858, after a voyage on which her master, Captain John Todd, spent most of his time rip-roaring drunk, the whole crew struck and was imprisoned for its common sense."
On the same ship travelled Thomas Aitken, William's cousin
William lived in Mosgiel and later Outram, Otago, where he was involved in the building trade. In 1879 he built a school at Taieri Ferry on the Taieri Plain. The school was established on the condition that the settler's children and the local Maori children are allowed to be educated together. This was the only school on the plain where this was permitted. It remained this way until its closure in 1925.

Emigration:
Departed onbaord the Strathallen

William married Jessie Melville Threadgold on 27 Mar 1851 in 256 Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland. Jessie (daughter of John Threadgold and Jane Melville) was born on 15 Feb 1832 in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland; died on 24 Sep 1893 in Outram, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 27 Sep 1893 in East Taieri Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gender: Male
Birth Date: 5 Jul 1831
Baptism Date: 24 Jul 1831
Baptism Place: Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland
Father: William Aikin
Mother: Anne Allison
FHL Film Number: 1066685 Reference ID: 2:17HRDCK

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• _UID: DBB193A3962C4118A54460B103807FB992AA
• Residence: 1851, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland

Notes:

Christina was 8 years old when she arrived in NZ, with her parents and siblings, on board the Simlah

Christina was a member of the East Taieri Presbyterian Church from the time it was founded in 1854. Later she joined the Mosgiel Presbyterian Church as it was closer. She was also associated with the East Taieri School from its beginning in 1854.

Christine married Thomas Aitken on 13 Sep 1864 in East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. Thomas (son of Peter Aitken and Janet Pearson) was born on 12 Jan 1835 in Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 22 Oct 1922 in Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 25 Oct 1922 in East Taieri Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: farmer
• _UID: AE25623768124D36923C46B0F431C8789273
• Residence: 1851, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
• Immigration: 1864, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Notes:

James, his wife and 3 children sailed to NZ onboard the "SIMLA" arriving 23/11/1851 to take-up land @ East Taieri & called it 'Woodside'

William and all his brothers, excepting Andrew, the youngest, took up farming at Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley and Mataura Island areas.

Immigration:
Arrived no board the Simla

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William married Sarah Fraser on 7 Jul 1869 in Taieri Village, Otago, New Zealand. Sarah (daughter of John Fraser and Sarah) was born on 4 Jun 1846 in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland; was christened on 28 Jun 1846 in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 17 Jan 1914 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 20 Jan 1914 in Wyndham Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: B7402017D37D452FAF00EB4A1011AFC167B5
• Residence: 1851, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland

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Thomas and all his brothers, excepting Andrew, the youngest, took up farming at Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley and Mataura Island areas.

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Notes:

John and Ann's sons were well known in the early years of the 20th century as being the owners and operators of the traction engines and threshing mills on the Taieri.

Ann married John Brown on 15 Nov 1871. John was born in 1850; died on 6 May 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6325FE20617941BD915136CCBD0199530C48
• Residence: 9 Dec 1921, 4 Levy Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Margaret married William Cable on 2 Aug 1878 in New Zealand. William (son of Joseph Cable and Catherine James) was born on 17 Aug 1848 in Trottick, Dundee, Scotland; died on 8 Jul 1922 in Wellington, New Zealand; was buried in 1922 in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

James and all his brothers, excepting Andrew, the youngest, took up farming at Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley and Mataura Island areas.

According to "The Aitken's of Mosgiel": "James was born (on the 7 Sep 1856,) at East Taieri and educated at the local school. Working on his father's property he heard that land was available for settlement from the 'Knapdale run', he managed to secure section 13 of the Chatton survey district block 1. His two brothers, William and Peter, bought adjoining sections, 11 and 15. It took them three days from Kahiku to the Waikaka Valley where they found their land was covered with red tussock. He called his property Hawthorn Den. Breaking in the land immediately they sowed their first wheat crop. When harvested they carted the wheat to Tapanui where they waited whilst some of the wheat was ground into flour and taken back home. James was a very tidy farmer and a first class agricultururalist and stockman."

After Helen and James were married they travelled to Gore by train and then by dray to James's block.
James and Helen were prominent in their local Presbyterian Church, where James was the choir leader. James possessed a fine tenor voice and family and friends were encouraged to gather round the piano or tuning fork, which James preferred.
James purchased his brother William's property in 1882, when William went to farm at Longbush.
When James died his son William (Bill) took over the property.

James married Helen Stewart on 26 Jul 1881 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Helen (daughter of Alexander Stewart and Mary Downie) was born on 15 Aug 1859 in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland; died in Aug 1938 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A86396570444489EA37912D749DE040B613D

Notes:

Mary was the youngest daughter and never married. She lived with her parents at 'Woodside' and later in a small cottage in Glasgow St.(Mosgiel) where the carpark is now. She died aged 91.

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• Occupation: farmer
• _UID: A7D99AF37BF9493D9D0B50D9CD8E7E6C1DF8

Notes:

Peter farmed in the Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley & Mataura Island areas before retiring to Christchurch.

Peter and all his brothers, excepting Andrew, the youngest, took up farming at Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley and Mataura Island areas.

(Medical):Peter farmed in the Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley and Mataura Island areas.

Occupation:
He farmed in the Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley and Mataura Island areas.

Peter married Elizabeth Johnston on 3 Oct 1894. Elizabeth was born in 1862; died in 1896 in New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Annie Brown in 1900. Annie was born in 1870 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 19502660D2994CFAA62BEC80CBD8A31134D1
• Occupation: 30 May 1907; farmer
• Residence: 30 May 1907, Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand

Notes:

All his brothers, excepting Andrew, the youngest, took up farming at Kaihiku, Waikaka Valley and Mataura Island areas.
Andrew was a farmer at East Taieri and later in Central Otago near Clyde.

Andrew married Janet Law on 10 Jun 1896 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Janet died on 27 Mar 1955 in Clyde, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Mid Wife
• _UID: D321F90F1DB440D5A0D2C282472846D4215D
• Emigration: 8 Jan 1858, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1907, Middlemarch, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Notes:

William, Jessie, Jane and William junior departed from Leith, for NZ, on board the "Strathallen", in 1857.
The ship left Leith on the 4 Oct 1857 arriving at Port Chalmers, Otago, 8 Jan 1858 after a voyage of 96 days. Even after that long journey they still had to wait four days before they could get ashore.

Jane was a Midwife. The Johnston Journal says "the Strath Taieri District had reason to be very grateful to Jane Johnston for the excellent work as a midwife that she did for many years."

Emigration:
?b?Emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand?/b?

Jane married Thomas Johnston on 30 Apr 1875 in West Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. Thomas was born on 1 Jun 1834 in Perth, Tasmania, Australia; was christened on 24 Dec 1837 in Longford, Cornwall, Tasmania, Australia; died on 7 Sep 1910 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 9 Sep 1910 in Middlemarch Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farming Contractor
• _UID: 29E4459B729B45E4A57789A49C3B92956AF5
• Residence: 1916, 294 Vogel Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Occupation: 9 May 1923; motor mechanic

Notes:

William, Jessie, Jane and William junior departed from Leith, for NZ, on board the

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Block 97, Plot 33

William married Jane Turnball Oliver on 17 May 1877 in Mahenu, New Zealand. Jane (daughter of James Oliver and Margaret Carr Speid) was born on 3 Dec 1858 in Otepopo, Otago, New Zealand; died on 21 Feb 1931 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 23 Feb 1931 in Andersons Bay Cemetery, Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 728C7FA42C284828BEFAB1665DB7B962E3F1

Notes:

Johan was born whilst on passage to NZ with his middle names derived from the ship's Captain 'Todd' and the vessel's name 'Strathallen'

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• Name: Annie Allison
• _UID: 4B6D406C73E3404C80F9D535DB5B6FF56386

Notes:

Dianne Cable nee Smith, the great grandaughter of Anne, said that Anne was a very mysterious lady. Anne had an illegitimate son, James Allison Aitken. Eventually Anne disappeared and nothing much more is known of her.
She died on 16 Apr 1948 at her home at Papanui Road, Christchurch. It stated on her Death Certificate that she was commonly known as Anne Allison
From Trish (Patricia Watson nee Aitken); "Ann didn't actually disappear, she was living in Arden, Middlemarch, Central Otago in 1897, presumably with her sister Jane Melville Johnston nee Aitken as that was where the Johnstons lived. Her brother Richard Forrest Aitken was in Middlemarch at the same time. Then she appears again in Rangitikei in the North Island, as does her brother Richard. In 1893 she was a Housekeeper at the same address in Medbury, in the Ashley District of North Canterbury, as her brother Richard. School records show her son James Allison Aitken went to school in North Canterbury."

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Ploughman
• _UID: 0505DF6508FD41488F6D7C29603D2E6AB264

Notes:

Andrew was unmarried and died of an obstruction of the bowel. He was buried in E.Taieri Cemetery.

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Notes:

James died of Croup at the age of 3yrs.10mths, just two days before his brother John died, also of croup

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Notes:

Two year old John died of Croup, just two days after his brother James died of the same ailment!

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Janet married Alexander Hamilton on 2 Aug 1899 in New Zealand. Alexander was born in 1865; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Amy Lister Martin. Amy (daughter of William Martin and Sarah Ellery) was born in 1889 in New Zealand; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Railway Station Master
• _UID: F7D1FE32C5054696BDB95613CD15E0FD3C1C

Notes:

Working for NZ Railways, he was transferred to many locations. He ended his career as Station Master at Little River.

Family/Spouse: Annie Walsh. Annie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Builder
• Occupation: Carpenter
• Occupation: Gardener
• _UID: 2C23D1D1E03348B18BFD0134B96C691860F1

James married Bethia Fleming on 7 Oct 1903 in Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand. Bethia (daughter of James Fleming and Bethia Mitchell) was born on 2 Mar 1871 in Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 6 Dec 1955 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 7 Dec 1955 in East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Marine Engineer
• _UID: 0E3D20D67D4E46709D364AC94C6F5F39FB72

Notes:

He trained as a Carpenter and then became a Marine Engineer and worked for the firm of Messrs William Cable & Sons Ltd., of Wellington.
Peter wanted to further his studies and so he worked his passage to Scotland on board the ship "Tainui". Here he worked on many ships and jobs at Glasgow docks whilst he furthered his studies..
The 1st of January 1896 saw him in Edinburgh.
Thomas was "brought to a knowledge of Christ in the Carruber's Close Mission, Edinburgh. His conversion was pronounced and led to a deep desire to consecrate his life to his Master's service. His training as a carpenter and mechanic will make him of peculiar value on the Congo, where his sunny temperament will stand him in good stead."
He joined the East London Missionary Training Institute and sailed to the Congo, now Zaire, onboard the S.S. Leopoldville. Here he was to be responsible for the erection of the new steamer and steel canoes, which were being sent out to the Upper Congo River.
Peter was in Bolobo, on the Upper Congo River when he took ill with malarial fever and died there aged 26, on 14th Oct. 1896.
C. A. Aitken, 62 Main Road. Athenree, RD1 Katikati, NZ holds his diary. There is a photo of Peter taken from the Mission Books of the East London Missionary Training Institute held by Robert Carlyle Aitken, 6 Brinkley Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga.

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• Cremated: Andersons Bay Cemetery, Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
• _UID: F8E0018E5CF24F8B951692F21B6D9EC5A9AF

Notes:

The eldest daughter and remained unmarried. Isabella worked for several years at the woollen mill (at Mosgiel?) She remained at home and cared for her aging parents and continued to live there until her death aged 92. She died at her residence, 114 Bush Rd. Mosgiel. She is mentioned on a gravestone at Mosgiel Cemetery. But was cremated at Anderson's Bay Crematorium, Dunedin. Her ashes were interred scattered at the family plot in E. Taieri Cemetery on 25 Nov 1964

(Medical):Isabella worked for several years at the woollen mill (at Mosgiel?), then she remained at her parents home at 114 Bush Road, Mosgiel, where she cared for her aging parents. After her parents died Isabella continued to live there until her own death on 23 Nov 1964 aged 92.
Isabella is mentioned on a gravestone, at Mosgiel Cemetery, but was cremated at Anderson's Bay Crematorium, Dunedin

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Janet married George Alexander McLeod on 27 Oct 1903 in Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand. George was born on 27 Apr 1872 in Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand; died on 21 May 1944 in Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 25 May 1944 in East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: 13 Nov 1912; Gardener

Robert married Mary Helen Law on 13 Nov 1912. Mary was born on 30 Aug 1890; died on 28 Oct 1972 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 30 Oct 1972 in East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret married Robert Smeaton on 19 Feb 1908. Robert was born on 29 Aug 1875; died on 5 May 1944 in East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 5 May 1944 in East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: B6B643817C454042B36B58F6054CC99A9361
• Occupation: 30 Jul 913; Carpenter

John married Lily Agnes Rankin Shore on 30 Jul 1913. Lily was born on 5 Apr 1886; died on 24 Nov 1946 in Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 26 Nov 1946 in East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 00A77F58E15C49C698DFD527DD25DC001BB8
• Occupation: 15 Apr 1968, Wyndhak, New Zealand; Watchmaker

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Andrew was the last member of the family to reside at the Bush Road house.

Family/Spouse: Mary King. Mary was born in 1891; died in 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 8F5AEE3902E94A55A3B03B83864E93B6C8D2
• Occupation: 1922; Clerical Worker
• Residence: 14 Sep 1976, 9 Godwin Crescent, Wanganui, New Zealand

Notes:

Christopher left Mosgiel as a teenager and spent all his working life, except for the years he was overseas in WWI, in various parts of the North Island of NZ.

He was living in retirement in Wanganui where he celebrated his 90th birthday in 1976.

Christopher married Gwyneth Frances Swan in 1922. Gwyneth was born on 23 Feb 1887; died on 20 Jul 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5CADCDB1680B453C8CB446DF592C2E72053E
• Residence: 1905, Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand

Andrew married Isabella Ellen Adamson Fairmead on 31 Mar 1897 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Isabella was born in 1871 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; died on 16 Nov 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Margaret Moffat on 30 Dec 1908 in Kaihiku, Southland, New Zealand. Margaret was born in 1863 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Minnie Sarah Lowther in 1942 in Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand. Minnie was born in 1879 in London, England; died in 1952 in Auckland, New Zealand; was buried in Auckland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Mary Bain on 31 Mar 1899 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Mary was born in 1867; died on 31 Mar 1899 in Ngongataha, Rotorua, New Zealand; was buried in Ngongataha Cemetery, Rotorua, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 78C9415911634E97B623E83D1A6E881D5FE7

John married Theodocia Monson Craig on 20 Apr 1903 in Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand. Theodocia was born on 12 Apr 1875 in One Tree Point, North Auckland, New Zealand; died on 22 May 1919; was buried in East Invercargill Cemetery, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Boilerman
• Occupation: farmer
• _UID: B260081761674610967BF8B00E79283AF11A
• Occupation: 1892; Factory Worker
• Occupation: 1904; Engine Driver

William married Florence Abraham on 30 Mar 1904 in Midhurst, Taranaki, New Zealand. Florence (daughter of John Abraham and Alice Maria Bell) was born on 6 Feb 1871 in Arnley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died on 16 Apr 1965 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried in East Invercargill Cemetery, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5A1453B74CE2436DB94FF6FF9B2E23539299

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• Occupation: Diesel Engineer
• _UID: 6EE1C261C4094E38A538A1CCA3D850E3BD38

Peter married Jeanie Lowrie Simpson on 25 Mar 1911 in Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand. Jeanie (daughter of Andrew Simpson and Isobella Milne) was born on 15 Dec 1886 in Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand; died on 29 Dec 1942 in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand; was buried in Stratford Cemetery, Taranki, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hilda May Gall. Hilda and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A42686419F8542389B64160ACF0F7B5900D4

Isabella married Alexander Compton on 25 Jul 1899 in Mataura Island, Southland, New Zealand. Alexander was born in 1873; died on 4 Aug 1957 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 2A6FB64509C44AE9972C8B788AAD9330548E

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• _UID: A20503E00865415D92B0F6D39581B59E099D
• Occupation: 1916; grocers assistant
• Residence: 1916, Kaupokonui, New Zealand
• Military Service: 3 Oct 1916; Wellington Mounted Rifles
• Military Service: 25 Jul 1918; Trooper, S. No. 35854.Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.

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• _UID: A42DACA62A4E428E818EA4C05927AFC6D31C
• Residence: 1938, 235 Crinan Street, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

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119 Block VIII

Christina married Bertie Brayshaw on 7 Apr 1914 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Bertie was born in 1891 in Timaru, New Zealand; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Findlay married Matilda Atkinson on 31 Mar 1915 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Matilda was born on 13 Dec 1889; died on 13 Dec 1889; was buried in East Invercargill Cemetery, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D0EF8505D4014778B3FACFED2A568F6DC29F

Family/Spouse: Agnes Fowler. Agnes and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 1E65D3D019F3482E9B0E57C4E17C591F41D1

Family/Spouse: Margaret Taylor. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 18BC86CC6C6A494AA4C3218C4973FE015EB7

Family/Spouse: Margaret Isabella Fowler. Margaret was born in 1885; died on 27 Jan 1960 in New Zealand; was buried in East Taieri Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6C7A9D31519C4641B08C4F83849C182E9C7D

Family/Spouse: Janet Flemming. Janet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Harry Brown
• _UID: 7DE2F28F0EFE4DE1B1B87F3AB626AE40069C

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Passmore. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Matthew McKnight. Matthew and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C3200793E32441558FD432E8747338530984
• Occupation: 1905; engineer
• Occupation: 12 Jul 1922; engineer
• Occupation: 22 Nov 1938; engineer

William married Jeannie Watt Jones on 30 Jun 1926 in New Zealand. Jeannie was born on 24 May 1892; died on 27 Jun 1962 in Wellington, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 221E35120DB940FE8E693C83F4F4A7D0A0BF

Isabella married Edward Charles Pilkington on 13 Apr 1898 in New Zealand. Edward was born in 1871 in New Zealand; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 0F69AC04E35B435DA8041142077A04F680B7
• Residence: 11 Jul 1932, Lyttleton, New Zealand
• emmigration: 31 Aug 1939, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• emmigration: Sep 1939, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Residence: 15 Aug 1961, 6 Levy Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Notes:

Catherine was cremated and her ashes placed in a niche in the Old Chapel, Karori Cemetery, Wellington beside the ashes of her father

emmigration:
Departed on board the Niagra for Vancouver

emmigration:
Arrived on board the Niagra from Sydney, NSW

Catherine married Thomas Morison Hunter on 19 Apr 1905 in Wellington, New Zealand. Thomas was born on 21 Jul 1869 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanrakshire, Scotland; died on 29 Jun 1932 in Lyttleton, Wellington, New Zealand; was buried on 1 Jul 1932 in Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 730E8FB40669429ABDBB5348DAD5A42FA47E
• Occupation: 1911; engineer
• Residence: 1911, 10 Caroline Street, Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand
• Occupation: 12 Jul 1922; engineer
• Occupation: 22 Nov 1938; engineer
• Occupation: 1946; engineer
• Residence: 1946, 46 hawestone Road, Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand

James married Mary Ada Ford on 19 Jan 1910 in New Zealand. Mary (daughter of Francis Ford and Annie Sykes) was born in 1886 in England; died on 26 May 1985 in Wellington, New Zealand; was buried on 28 May 1985 in Wellington, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D2D4B0DC79754D02891BD9AF66D555446FAA

Margaret married Robert Finlay Mackay in 1922 in New Zealand. Robert (son of John Mackay and Euphemia McCorkindale) was born in 1883 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; died on 6 Jun 1967 in Wellington, New Zealand; was buried in 1967 in Timaru Cemetery, Timaru, South Island, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A57EA9DC5EBF4552A1469AEF52B0B70C9158

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Roy married Aileen Seed on 9 Jan 1923. Aileen was born on 6 Dec 1898 in Wellington, New Zealand; died on 6 Mar 1936 in Wellington, New Zealand; was buried on 9 Mar 1936 in Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married Walter Taylor in 1898. Walter was born in 1880; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isabella married David McNab Falconer on 14 Aug 1907 in Hawthornden, Waikaka Valley, New Zealand. David (son of Thomas Falconer and Susan McNab) was born on 10 Dec 1878 in Wardside, Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 16 Jun 1952 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 18 Jun 1952 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 372EB02672474074A7028CADA966DE40B76A

Notes:

It was in Gore that their first child was born.
"Dave then decided to move his family to South Canterbury. They first settled on a farm at St Andrews where the rest of their children were born. It was here that their eldest son Robert contracted polio. Unfortunately Dave had a fall off some sacks of potatoes and broke his neck, although there was no permanent damage he was never properly well again. The potato market was not doing well and they ended up losing the farm and having to move to Levels, an area just north of Timaru where they farmed on a property known as 'Gurteen'. Nellie apparantly didn't cope well with this and eventually took her own life on 12 Feb 1942. Dave lived only a further two years and died on 23 Dec 1944."
Kate Patterson nee France

Nellie married David Matheson France in 1914 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand. David was born on 2 Jan 1884 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand; died on 23 Dec 1944 in Levels, Timaru, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 32ACBB1CEDB5433F982C4319ED8E9EE7F916

Notes:

Stewart worked on his father's Farm in the Waikata Valley before enlisting in the Otago Mounted Rifles and joining the NZEF to serve in Gallipoli then Belgium. He was a L/Cpl. and had been awarded the MM before being Killed-in-Action.

Stewart worked on his father's farm in the Waikata Valley, Southland, NZ. Probably a reservist in the NZ Army as when war broke out he enlisted in the Otago Mounted Rifles. This was formed from reservist units and became part of the NZ Expeditionary Force.
Fighting in the Dardanelles in the Gallipoli campaign and in the trenches in Belgium, Stewart was awarded the Military Medal and was a lance corporal when he was killed in action in Belgium. Died 29 Apr 1918, Belgium.
There is a commemorative stone at Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ section) at Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, W.Vlaandered, Belgium.

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Notes:

First attended the Waikaka Valley School as a pupil in 1899.

Edwin married Mary Lavender MacNee in 1927. Mary was born in 1904; died on 13 Dec 1958 in Waikata Valley, Gore, New Zealand; was buried in Gore Cemetery, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

She was admitted to the Waikaka Valley School in 1904

Robina married James Oswald Brock on 1 Dec 1926. James was born on 22 Jun 1896; died on 2 Mar 1967; was buried on 4 Mar 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

She was admitted to the Waikaka Valley School in 1906

Family/Spouse: John Harvey. John was born in 1900; died in 1979 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 2 Mar 1979 in Gore Cemetery, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: electrician
• _UID: 81D87CD2006F44EFB9E8FD803AB28C07E6A9

Clarence married Evelyn Gale in 1924 in New Zealand. Evelyn died on 2 Jul 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Artist/Sculptor/Metal Work/Jewellery
• _UID: 499E887F1148437EBD4B78CC54884BBD38A1

Notes:

Chrystobel was a respected member of the Christchurch Art community. In 1925 she was awarded the School of Fine Art's medal for 'Special Excellence in Modelling' & upon her death a Scholarship Fund was set-up in her name(s).
Christobel was an artist of some repute and known as Chrystabel.
A student of the School of Fine Arts.
In 1925 she was awarded the School medal for "Special Excellence in Modelling"
This was the only time that the annual medal had been awarded to a sculpture student
She was a member of the Christchurch Group Art Collective from 1936 to 1966, an elected member of the New Zealand Society of Artists and a member of the Canterbury Society of Artists.
Some of her paintings and sculptures are in Dunedin gallery, whilst her medal and a number of her works is also in the Te Papa collection in Wellington.
Christobel resided at Chester Street, Christchurch before moving into a nursing home in 2002.
After dying at the age of 101 in Jan 2005, her will provided a legacy for a scholarship fund to be set up in Chrystabel's name at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury. The purpose of the fund "is to support students who face financial challenges which would otherwise prevent them from considering entry to tertiary education, or to assist with costs associated with Art History field trips for students."

Family/Spouse: Gordon J C McArthur. Gordon was born in 1902; died on 26 Jan 1991 in New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Annie was married twice. Her first husband, a Swede, jumped ship in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, where he set up a carpentry shop in Hawthorn.
She later married Jack Williamson

Annice married John Kenneth Williamson in 1927 in St Paul's Trinity Presb, New Zealand. John (son of John Williamson and Annie Duffy) was born on 21 Dec 1905 in Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

He served with the 2nd NZEF

Family/Spouse: Florence Jessie Wright Blekonsofh. Florence was born in 4 Feb1904; died on 28 Jun 1995. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Basil married Catherine Mary Morgan on 5 Jan 1932 in St Andrews Church, Christchurch, New Zealand. Catherine was born on 28 Jan 1912 in Croydon, Surrey, England; was christened on 14 Apr 1912 in Purley, Surrey, England; died on 14 May 1988 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Joyce died at 107, Chester St., Christchurch,Canterbury & was buried in Bromley Cemetery.

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Ruby married John Jackson on 11 Aug 1934 in Clyde, Otago, New Zealand. John was born on 27 Jun 1913 in Oamaru, Canterbury, New Zealand; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E79AB47EAC654B9EAA4DFB7610E57EF67E13
• Occupation: 27 Feb 1899; Railwayman

Notes:

The Johnston Journal, written by Edgar Deans, says; 'Thomas Charles was the eldest child and because of his parents occupations, which often took them away from home, he was considerably involved in looking after his younger siblings. He was a keen cyclist and a member of the Strath Taieri Cycling Club in 1894. He joined the staff of the NZ Railways in Dunedin as a porter. He married Edith and they had two daughters."
Edith was a religious and domineering woman and Sundays were strictly observed in Scottish fashion. She was a very good cook and excelled in dressmaking even making her own patterns. She also embroidered, crocheted, tatted and knitted, She had a liking for horses.
On the 14th Aug. 1909, Edith, along with five of her sisters, was granted a sixth share in 300 acres of land, being section 1 Block VIII Alton S.D. in Southland under the 'South Island Landless Natives Act 1906. The royalties from the timber allowed her to buy a Chevrolet Tourer, later replaced by a 1929 Essex Super Six Sedan.
"Thomas cleaned and polished every Saturday morning, when I was expected to be present and give my bicycle the same treatment. Thomas drove the car as well and as fast as he was allowed by Edith the 'back seat driver'. About 1922 they moved from Dunedin to Auckland and a few years later they moved to Frankton Junction. By now he was a Guard, 1st Class. He was retired early, during the depression in the 1930's.
Thomas was very interested in cricket and whenever there was sufficient space he and I spent much time with bat and ball. In 1933 he took me to Eden Park to see NZ play England, captained by Walter Hammond. Hammond hit three tremendous sixes in his total of 336. When we got home I tried to emulate him and succeeded in putting the ball through the bathroom window. On my twelth birthday he decided that I and a few friends should play cricket, so he took a small hand sickle and cut out a cricket pitch in an adjacent paddock."

Thomas married Edith Alma Baird on 27 Feb 1899 in South Dunedin, New Zealand. Edith (daughter of John Baird and Maria Lee) was born on 18 Apr 1870 in Dunrobin, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand; died on 23 Jul 1945 in Cornwall Hospital, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand; was buried on 24 Jul 1945 in Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Education: Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand
• _UID: 3522772925784922A86FA10F6159C463A7A9
• Occupation: 1902; bacon curer
• Occupation: 1903; shop assistant
• Residence: 1903, Helena Street, Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Military Service: 8 May 1915; Service No SA5925

Notes:

5925 WA Johnston served in South Africa with the 8th NZ Contingent, got dysentery, measles and pleurisy and had his health 'completely shattered'. There are many medical reports in his military service file in Archives NZ. He was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with clasps for South Africa 1902, Transvaal and Cape Colony. Enlisted 4 January 1902, returned 2 August 1902, 4 months served in Africa, mainly as Mess Sergeant in the Officers' Mess, 2 Regt 1 NZ Brigade. He contracted measles, pleurisy and bronchitis on the ship home (HMT Britannic). However, he was declared healthy and fit for work 18 February 1903
He served as a stoker in the Royal Navy (NZ Division) from June 1904 to January 1906; he was discharged from HMS Pyramus as an invalid in Sydney on 8 Jan 1906 . He was also an Instructor Sergeant on the NZ Defence Force during WWI from 1915 - 1919 (serving in NZ).
When he enlisted in 1902 his occupation was bacon curer; he is also variously a carpenter's improver, a tram conductor, a railways surface man and a dredge hand.


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Plot 295; Aramoho, Monument Area Block A, 5

William married Mary Ann Thompson on 26 Jun 1907 in St Augustine Church, Petone, New Zealand. Mary (daughter of James Thompson and Elizabeth Taylor Toms) was born on 24 Apr 1878 in Clive, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealnd; died on 19 Aug 1958 in Wanganui, New Zealand; was buried on 21 Aug 1958 in Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 7C939AB825FA432295E82CC571EC904E8E42
• Military Service: 15 Apr 1902; NZ Contingent, South African War
• Occupation: 15 Apr 1902; railway porter
• Occupation: 1916; evangelist
• Residence: 1916, Bridge Street, Newtown, , Australia
• Occupation: 1917, Yarram; school teacher
• Residence: 1917, Madayla, Gippsland, Australia

Notes:

David attended Strath Taieri School (Middlemarch) and was present at a School Jubilee in 1930 appearing in a photograph of pupils of the first decade (1880-1889

began military service on 15 Apr 1902 10th Contingent, Addington, Christchurch,, New Zealand,

David married Margaret Ann Forsyth in 1905. Margaret was born on 2 Jul 1882 in North Taieri, New Zealand; died in 1973 in Mosgiel, , New Zealand; was buried on 2 Feb 1973 in East Taieri Cemetery, Mosgiel, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: AAE404EAEC5748419D84547649D33EF683D5
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1911; mechanician
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
• Occupation: 1922; engineer
• Residence: 1922, Lindisfarne, Clarence, Franklin, Tasmania, Australia
• Residence: 1928, Flinders Naval Depot, Dromana, Flinders, Victoria, Australia
• Military Service: 1939-1948; Royal Australian Navy, S. No. 7968

Notes:

He began military service , Australia, WWII Royal Australian Navy.

Residence:
On board HMS Colossus

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Derwent Gardens, Niche Wall, Q, Number 16, A

Andrew married Jessica Johnston on 15 Apr 1914 in Tasmania, Australia. Jessica (daughter of James Johnston and Honor Harvey) was born on 8 Sep 1887 in Broadmarsh, Tasmania, Australia; died on 9 Aug 1976; was cremated on 10 Aug 1976 in Cornelian Bay Cemetery And Crematorium, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A5104D524B1849FEB98E8670C99211DE85CC
• Occupation: 9 May 1923; railway guard
• Residence: 9 May 1923, Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand

Notes:

He had three wives but I do not know which children were born to which mother.

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RSA Lawn Row J Plot 37

William married Louise Agnes O'Brien on 2 Aug 1908. Louise was born on 21 Nov 1877 in At Sea; died on 25 Sep 1920 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; was buried in 1920 in Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Ann Dougherty on 9 May 1923 in Roman Catholic Catherdral, Christchurch, New Zealand. Sarah (daughter of William Dougherty and Elizabeth Ashley Smith) was born on 26 Nov 1878 in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; died on 25 Nov 1937 in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 25 Nov 1937 in Port Chalmers New Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Josephine Griffen. Elizabeth (daughter of George Griffen and Henrietta) was born on 12 Feb 1897 in Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales, Australia; died on 2 Jul 1983 in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand; was buried in 1983 in Papakura Cemetery, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E1927B646DC24DD1AB1A90DF41C0C8E783BD

Notes:

Probate was granted on her will on 3 Nov 1954 at Wanganui

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Plot 104; Aramoho, Monument Area Block Q, 3

Margaret married Thomas Houghnay Noble on 19 Mar 1907 in Oamaru, Canterbury, New Zealand. Thomas (son of Alexander Noble and Margaret Heghnay) was born on 23 Aug 1875 in New Zealand; died on 6 Oct 1943 in Wanganui, New Zealand; was buried in 1943 in Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 800518717B6240B4817FAF50167EBB9BC834

Barabra married Charles Joseph Gordon Bennett on 13 Jul 1921 in New Zealand. Charles was born about 1885; died in 1967 in New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: journalist
• _UID: 8E1551B0B99A46418E710A5E9DCDE3629464

Notes:

Andrew was a Journalist for the Auckland Herald then transferred to Adelaide, SA

Andrew married Agnes Sinclair on 19 Mar 1907 in Methodist Church, Oamaru, New Zealand. Agnes (daughter of Henry Sinclair and Kate Crockett) was born on 24 Apr 1884 in Oamaru, Canterbury, New Zealand; died on 22 Sep 1951 in Auckland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frances. Frances and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 61F52515F9804E1FB370FF96E39F48564EB0
• Residence: 1 May 1941, Casterton, Wellington, NZ

Annie married William McPherson on 26 Dec 1913 in Oamaru, Canterbury, New Zealand. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 8B0AC70867E14B6B9E8DBC71521F4F128C7D
• Occupation: 30 Sep 1916; 1st Bn., Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F, Sergeant 8/2787

Notes:

Died at the Somme, France during World War 1 Military Service

They were living at 46 Douglas Street, St Kilda, Dunedin, when Robert joined the 1st Batallion, Otago Regiment.
His batallion was part of the NZ Expeditionary Force (NZEF) involved in battles on the Somme. It was here that Sergeant Robert Lyal Aitken, No. 8/2787,was killed on 30 Sep 1916. His remains were buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Robert married Margaret M A Groves in 1913. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 879023032195495F890205EB8120DAD5660D

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Row D, Plot 38

Agnes married James Allison Aitken on 13 Jul 1921 in New Zealand. James (son of Anne Laurie Allison Aitken) was born on 21 Sep 1892 in Woodville, New Zealand; died on 1 Aug 1970; was buried in 1970 in Weedons Cemetery, Selwyn, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5143D8366174412BAAFB03307BC688C54962

Notes:

Served Military Service during World War 1

John joined the 2 Batallion, Otago Reserves. At the outset of WWI he was sent overseas in the NZ Expeditionary Force. Serving as Private 12133 when he was wounded at one of the Battles of the Somme in 1916. He was taken to Lodgehill Hospital, Birmingham, WAR. England, for further treatment. However he died of his injuries on 8 Oct 1916.

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• Name: James Allison
• _UID: 582512CD40164F6A873E6AECEBE4EF95D99F

Notes:

On his Birth documents it gives his name as James Allison Aitken, illegitimate. His birth documents do not give the town. Just that he was born at Hazeldean Road, _______________, Otago.

He was born James Allison Aitken but dropped the Aitken name to become James Allison

In 1926 James paid 100 pound 5/- as deposit on a farm at Weedons, Canterbury, NZ.

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Row D, Plot 38

James married Agnes Janet Aitken on 13 Jul 1921 in New Zealand. Agnes (daughter of William Aitken and Jane Turnball Oliver) was born on 2 Nov 1891 in Totara Valley, Herbert, Otago, New Zealand; died on 18 Aug 1954 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; was buried in 1954 in Weedons Cemetery, Selwyn, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Constance Vivien Young. Constance (daughter of Peter Young and Caroline Isabel Irma Hinkley) was born on 30 Mar 1917 in anson, Wellington, New Zealand; died on 18 Dec 1987 in New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]