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James Thomas CAMP
In 1873 James had one acre in Cambridge - section 402 - and in 1874 he married *Miss Goodman.
James enrolled in the Cambridge Cavalry Volunteers in 1874 and became a member of the Cavalry and Cambridge bands in 1878. He ended his Cavalry days as a Corporal in 1882.
He was a storekeeper in Cambridge and became bankrupt in 1875. He took on hairdressing, then in 1880 sold off his Stationery and Fancy Goods business, plus 400 books from his lending library.
At that time he bought a site at Tamahere and built a 15-bed hotel where he became a storekeeper, hotelier and blacksmith. He also became the pound keeper and took on tailoring. He served on the School Committee and Church Building Committee and ran a very successful sports day.
Then tragedy struck - the hotel burnt down and the Camps lost two of their children - Albert aged 10 and Edward aged 3. Two weeks later they had Charles and Hilda baptised.
They sold up at Tamahere and moved to Auckland where James continued in the tailoring business and his wife became the proprietress of the Waikato Club.


* James Thomas CAMP married Mary Ann GOODMAN 5 Feb 1869 at Mary's residence in Motueka
- Mary was born in Nelson, a daughter of Thomas Goodman & Ann GROOBY

James was was born October 1843 in County Cork, Ireland
- he was a tailor and had a shop at the end of Grey Street Tamahere for several years and also had the Tamahere Hotel (aka the Half-way House) which was on the main road between Hamilton and Cambridge since its opening
Mary Ann was born 1 August 1849 in Nelson

their known children were:

1/ 1870 - 1936 Thomas James 'Henry' Camp
- Thomas married Mary SCHUMACHER in 1892
- Henry was badly burned in the Hotel Fire

2/ 1871 - 1929 Lydia Florence Camp
- Lydia married John Sissons GARRETT in Jan 1893 in Auckland

3/ 1873 - 1936 Maud Elizabeth Lucy Camp
- she married Thomas William Farrington SKINNER in 1897 in Ponsonby
- she married Henry 'Harry' BUTLER in 1922

4/ 1874 - 1885 Albert Montague Camp
- Albert was born 15 December 1874 in Cambridge
- he died 14 March 1885 in the Hotel Fire in Tamahere aged 10.3

5/ 1877 - 1954 Emma Mabel Camp
- Emma married Frederick Whilhelm RASSMUSSEN 19 Sept 1901 in her father's house Rose Rd, Auckland

6/ 1878 - 1943 Kathleen Rosina
- born in Tamahere, Hamilton
- Kathleen married Thomas WHITE 26 July 1902 in Ponsonby

7/ 1879 - 1958 William George Camp
- born in Camridge
- William married Charlotte Harriett LOISE (1886-1968) 16 May 1906 in his mother's house Grey Lynn, Auckland
- Willie was slightly injured in the Hotel Fire

8/ 1881 - 1885 Edward Hewett Camp
- Edward was born 30 December 1881 in Tamahere
- he died 14 March 1885 in the Hotel Fire in Tamahere aged 3.3 (see above)

9/ 1884 - 1967 Charles Graham Camp
- born in Tamahere
- Charles married Elizabeth Gourlay THOMSON (1878-1961) 7 November 1907 in her father's house Dunedin
- they both died in Wellington

10/ 1885 - 1969 Hilda Mayne/Maine Camp
- born in Tamahere
- Hilda married Albert Edward Anthony NIELD (1885-1963) 30 Dec 1910

11/ 1886 - 1971 Anne Violet Camp
- Ann married Thomas Manu MAWE (1898-1974) 11 Dec 1923

12/ 1888 - 1966 Ruby Ada Camp
- Ruby married Thomas James Keith CROPP (1889-1966) Xmas Eve 1913
- Thomas died in April 1966 aged 77
- Ruby died in July 1966 aged 7 days from 78

13/ 1890 - 1890 Albert Edward Camp
- Albert died aged 6 weeks

14/ 1891 - 1892 Ellen Camp
- Ellen died aged 10 days

15/ 1893 - 1952 Jessie May Camp
- Jessie married Arthur Edward GREY (1893-1959) in 1919
- she died in Helensville, Auckland


James Thomas CAMP died in 1923 in Australia aged 80
Mary Ann died in Auckland 29 Sept 1924 aged 75

Charles CLARK
Charles was born 31 March 1872 and joined the Duke of Cambridge Lodge 7 September 1897 aged 25 years, his occupation a groom. In March 1900 he married Alice Beatrice Layne


This was Charles Herbert CLARK (1872-1957)
- he married Alice Beatrice LAYNE (1878-1970) in 1900

Alice was a daughter of William LAYNE (1828-1918) & Maryanna/Mary Ann SENISCAL (1838-1919) who came to New Zealand on board the "Louisa" in 1864
- the possible (NZ) children of William and Mary Ann were:

1866 - ? Mary Ann Layne
- Mary Ann married James WALLACE in 1884

1868 - ? Ann Layne
- possibly married Daniel FRY in 1892

1870 - ? Fanny Layne
- Fanny married Martin WHELAN in 1895

1871 - 1956 Emily Layne
- Emily married Samuel John ATKINS (1869-1938) in 1906

1873 - 1939 William Seniscal Layne
- William married Sarah PIERCY (1870-1950) in 1899

1875 - 1959 John Layne
- John married Maria SIMPSON in 1898

1878 - Alice Beatrice Layne
- married Charles CLARK (as per this journal)

1880 - 1960 Ella Bernice Sensical Layne
- Ella married Daniel HICKEY in 1909
- they are buried in the Old Cemetery, Thames

1884 - 1955 James Norward Layne
- James married Laura Jane LASKEY (1883-1958) in 1913



the known children of Charles & Alice were:

1901 - 1968 Leonard Newton Clark
- Leonard married Lena Vere DALLEY (1901-1986) in 1929

1903 - 1985 Aileen Ethina/Ethena Clark
- Aileen married Roderick Donald WILSON (1901-1962) in 1927

Charles CHITTY
At the age of 29, Charles Chitty joined the Loyal Duke of Cambridge Lodge on 21 March 1874. *Charles and 'Minnie' were married in 1874 at Alexandra after Charles had joined the Commissariat Transport Corps at Auckland in 1863. As a Sergeant, he was placed on the strength of the 3rd Waikato Militia and served through the Waikato and Taranaki Wars of 1865/66 under Generals Cameron and Chute. At the end of the war he returned to his regiment at Cambridge and in 1868 joined the Armed Constabulary as a sergeant of the mounted troopers. He served as First Class Mounted Sergeant till 1881 and was a Sergeant Major during the Parihaka Maori disturbance in Taranaki in 1882. On his return to the Waikato he was transferred to the Justice Department, eventually leaving the Government service having completed nearly 21 years.
Minnie, who was born in Birmingham, arrived in Auckland in 1864 and came to Cambridge as a young bride in 1874.
Charles and Minnie lived on the rise above the Waikato River in Shakespeare Street and they took up farming, flax milling and raised two children. Minnie also taught the piano and played the organ at the Anglican church while Charles was a long standing lay reader.
Charles died in 1915, and Minnie in 1936


* Charles married Mary Susan 'Minnie' BRIGHT in 1874 as above

their children were:
(have found 3 at this time, may have been others)

1875 - 1876 Florence Mary Chitty
- Florence died aged 7 months

1877 - 1954 Charles Horace Thompson Chitty
- married Adelaide Maud SMITH (1884-1962) on 31 December 1909

1 July 1888 - 1978 Edith Eileen Boness Chitty
- married Frederick James ROBB (1889-1917) in 1913
- Frederick died aged 28
- Edith remarried in 1922 to Thomas HOUNSLOW


Charles died in 1915 aged 70
Minnie died in 1936 aged 82

the known ACLAND marriages New Zealand 1860 - 1929:


the ACLAND GROOMS

John Barton Arun Acland
- married Emily Weddell Harper in 1860

Thomas Acland
- married Flora Margaret Waitt in 1874


the ACLAND BRIDES

Adrienne Maude Acland
- married James Lyndon Macfarlane in 1929

Agnes Dyke Acland
- married Walter Empson in 1885

Elizabeth Dyke Acland
- married Charles Arthur Dunn in 1896

Ellen Eliza Acland
- married James Williams in 1895

Emily Rosa Dyke Acland
- married John Herbert Berthon Williams in 1915

Harriet Dyke Acland
- married Archibald Claude Douglas Spencer in 1908

Lucy Alice Dyke Acland
- married Oliver Scott Kerr Thomson in 1898

Mary Emily Dyke Acland
- married Frederick Villebois Lysaght in 1887

the known BOSTON marriages New Zealand 1877 - 1931

the BOSTON GROOMS
Albert Samuel Boston
- married Winifred Alice Cox in 1919

Hugh Boston
- married Maggie Griffiths in 1913

Hugh Henry Boston
- married Mary Phillips in 1909

Jeremiah Boston
- married Eliza Jane Morris in 1883

Samuel Torin Boston
- married Edna Margaret Carter in 1827

William Jeremiah Boston
- married Julia Mary Rooney in 1921

William John Boston
- married Olive Ernestine Cook in 1931

the BOSTON BRIDES
Isabella Boston
- married John Shine in 1877

Caroline Rose Boston
- married George Elsom in 1888

Amelia Elizabeth Boston
- married William Thompson in 1888

Alice Maud Boston
- married John Leonard Keeley in 1910

Flora May Boston
- married James Smith in 1912

Mabel Elizabeth Boston
- married Ernest Rudolph King in 1916

Polly Bertha Boston
- married David Hall in 1917

Dulcie Margaret Boston
- married Karl William Scholz in 1927

Grace Isabell Boston
- married Thomas William Holmes Barnett in 1928

the known ELSOM marriages in New Zealand 1881 - 1928:


the ELSOM GROOMS

Charles Henry Elsom
- married Olive Spence in 1924

Clarence Howard Elsom
- married Grace Campbell McKellar in 1919

Edwin Elsom
- married sarah Annie Reid in 1902

Edwin Charles Elsom
- married Elizabeth Jessie Scott in 1926

Frederick Charles Elsom
- married Mary Ann Griffin in 1893

Frederick Hayes Elsom
- married Maggie Beatrice Webster in 1922

George Elsom
- married Caroline Rose Boston in 1888

George Markham Elsom
- married Jane Alison MacKenzie in 1920

James William Elsom
- married Julia Andrews in 1881

John Matthew George Elsom
- married Helen May Tyrrell in 1926

Willie Elsom
- married Mary Ann Terris in 1920


the ELSOM BRIDES

Ada Elsom
- married Henry Clark in 1888

Elizabeth May Elsom
- married Francis Peter Shannahan in 1914

Ellen Elsie Elsom
- married Francis Ogilvie Popplewell in 1920

Esther Girwan Elsom
- married Arthur Gordon Scott in 1911

Ruth Martin Elsom
- married Ralph Emerson Drayton in 1928

Stuart NEWALL (baptised as Stewart)
Stuart was born in the parish of Durrisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on 9 May 1843, the son of Thomas Newall, a tailor, and his wife, Anne DALZIEL
he emigrated to Australia, and after a brief sojourn in Victoria arrived in Port Chalmers, New Zealand, in May of the same year. Newall spent a few months unsuccessfully seeking gold on the West Taieri diggings, then he enlisted in the 3rd Waikato Militia 2 December 1863 in Dunedin after goldmining in Otago. His Regiment Number was 1050. Stuart was appointed Colour Sergeant in July 1864 and Regimental Orderly Room Clerk in 1865, and in 1866 he became a member of the Alpha Waikato Lodge No.449, I.C. in Cambridge.
He acted as Post Master with the regiment - his house being used as the post office and for Mass for the Catholics on Sundays. The outlook was a fern-covered wilderness.
On the Cambridge rates assessment list for 1869-70 he paid 2 pence an acre on 51 acres - totalling eight shillings and sixpence.
On the disbandment of the 3rd Waikato Regiment, Sergeant Newall joined the Armed Constabulary. He took part in the West Coast campaign and Waitera on the East coast and in the Uruweras. He received his commission as Sub Inspector in June 1869. For about a year he was in charge of an Armed Constabulary party at the Ohinemuri goldfields making tracks and roads.
He married Georgina Roberts 12 March 1872 at Major Clare's residence in Cambridge (the younger sister of his close friend and fellow officer, John Roberts. Their happy marriage produced four daughters and a son before Georgina Newall's death on 22 June 1908.)
They had 5 children - Jessie Georgina died aged one year in 1879 and is buried at the Cambridge cemetery.
Stuart rose in the service, doing police work and exploring and supervising the construction of roads, until he became a Colonel.
He transferred to the Defence Force in 1883 and in 1900 took command of the 5th New Zealand Contingent, serving in South Africa. On his return he received the Distinguished Service Order, as recognition of his long and meritorious services to the colony.


the children of Stuart & Georgina were:

1873 - Mary Dalziell Newall
- nothing known of Mary

1876 - Stuart George Newall
- nothing known of Stuart

1878 - 1879 Jessie Georgina Newall
- Jessie died in 1879 aged 12 months

1881 - Nena Nithsdale Newall
- nothing known of Nena/Nina

1883 - Annie MacKintosh Newall
- Annie married David Kennedy PICKEN in 1911


another biography for: Stuart Newall who died 3 August 1919 aged 76 at his daughter's residence in Waihi and buried at Karori Welington, Area 8, Block B, Row 5, Plot 16

Georgina Newall died in 1908 aged 64


Colonel Stuart Newall served in the New Zealand Wars and the South African War

For his services in South Africa Newall was:
* New Zealand War Medal in 1871
* mentioned in dispatches
* Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) in 1901
* Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Rhodesia and Transvaal Clasps)


* 2 December 1863: Private, 3rd Waikato Militia Regiment
* June 1864: Colour Sergeant, 3rd Waikato Militia Regiment
* November 1865, Staff Sergeant, 3rd Waikato Militia Regiment
* 10 March 1868: Sergeant, Armed Constabulary, 4th Division
* 10 June 1869, Acting Sub-Inspector, Armed Constabulary, 4th Division
* 13 march 1869, action at Otautu
* May 1869 action at Ahikireru; Urewera Campaign
* January - February 1870: Ta Papa (Tauranga) campaign
* 17 August 1874: Captain, New Zealand Militia
* March 1875-June 1879: Officer Commanding the Armed Constabulary
* 5 November 1881: Parihaka expedition - arresting officer
* 1 January 1883: New Zealand Permanent Staff: Adjutant, Canterbury Volunteers District
* 21 April 1885: Major,Canterbury Volunteers District
* 18 January 1891: Lieutenant Colonel, Canterbury Volunteers District
* April 1891 : Officer Commanding Wellington, Wairarapa, Taranaki, Whanganui Military District
* May 1898: Rawene, Waima expedition
* March - December 1900: Officer Commanding 5 Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles
* 1901: Officer Commanding Wellington Military District
* January 1902: Brevet Colonel
* 1903: Retired (after 40 years service)
* October - December 1913: commanded Mounted Special Constables, Wellington during Maritime strike
* 1915, December to 1 June 1918: Commandant of King George V Hospital, Rotorua


Served during New Zealand Wars, Sub-Inspector, Armed Constabulary; commanded Wanganui, Taranaki and Wellington districts. Commanded 5th Contingent on S.S. Waimate. Returned to New Zealand 13 December 1900.

Arthur NEIL
Arthur was born 16 August 1877 and a blacksmith when he joined the Duke of Cambridge Lodge on 9 July 1901. He had been married to Mary Elizabeth Starkey in 1899. At the end of 1902 he took advantage of his sickness benefit for 19 days at ?3 3s 4d

Arthur and Mary had a son:
1900 - 1966 Arthur Neil
- Arthur married Margaret Hazel HEWSON in 1922

Arthur Neil was a son of Arthur & Agnes NEIL
- he died in 1959 aged 82

Mary Elizabeth Starkey was the 1st born (in 1880) of Patrick STARKEY & Elizabeth Donnelly GARVIN
- the children of Patrick & Elizabeth were:
1880 - Mary Elizabeth Starkey
1882 - William Starkey
1886 - George Starkey
1888 - Ellen Starkey
1907 - Joseph Roland Starkey

GEORGE JESSE NEAL

... also read on: NZETC
George was born at Sweet Briar Farm near Biggleswade, Bedford, England in 1840 and came to New Zealand on the ship 'Ulcoates' in 1864, landing in Auckland where he was employed in mercantile pursuits for some years, and for some months during 1867 was on the Thames goldfields. After serving as providore in coastal steamers, he proceeded to Cambridge in 1874 and for ten years acted as agent for the Waikato Steamship Company, besides being employed in other commercial occupations.

In 1878 George married ELIZABETH (nee CRAWFORD) and lived by the maxim of 'a healthy mind - a healthy body'

About 1890, he commenced business as a seed-merchant, and on being burned out, moved to a block of buildings, which he purchased, and also erected a bakery. He owned a small farm of forty acres near the town, including eight acres of orchard


About 1884 George commenced business as a seed-merchant which he sold to G E Clark in 1898. George also ran a bakery then drew a 160 acre farm in the Karapiro ballot of 1898. He developed an eight acre orchard.

He was interested in the study of phrenology and lectured on the subject

The family left for Auckland in 1907 and the residents of Karapiro gave them a silver tea kettle, sugar basin and tongs. Their daughter, who had been a Sunday School teacher at the Presbyterian Church for many years, was given a writing desk.


the children of George & Elizabeth were:

1880 - Mary Selina Neal
- spouse unknown

2 October 1883 - 1972 Charles Crawford Neal
- Charles married Elizabeth SANDERS in 1925

17 March 1893 - 1986 Marion Jacob Wilkins Neal
- spouse unknown


George Jesse Neal died 12 January 1909


PHOTO
George Jesse Neal taken about 1902
- from the link above -

the known FEAVER marriages in New Zealand 1882 - 1927:


the FEAVER GROOMS

Arthur Charles Feaver
- married Marjorie Jane JORDAN in 1914

Francis 'Frank' Feaver (1864-1928}
- Frank was born in England. He arrived in NZ about 1893
- he was a Fruiterer in Christchurch from about 1897
in Jan 1905 his Fruit shop was in Market Place until the land was sold & he moved to the corner of Colombo & Armagh streets, Central Christchurch
in 1911 he had up for sale his freehold farm of 170 acres at Templeton
in 1914 - 1928 he was in Kaiapoi
- he married Helen Elizabeth WRAY (1875-1933) in 1896
- Helen was born in Christchurch. In July 1902 she was fined 5s for riding her bicycle on the footpath
- they lived in McFaddens Road, St Albans, Christchurch
- their known children:
1900 - Francis Harold Bond Feaver
1906 - Helen Dorothy May Feaver
Frank died 16 Oct 1926 aged 64
- he is buried Plot 304 - Block 36 at Bromley cemetery
Helen died 16 Aug 1933 aged 58 & buried with Frank

Francis Harold Bond Feaver (1900-1971)
- son of Francis FEAVER & Helen Elizabeth WRAY
in Jan 1915 Francis qualified in the Educaiton Departments special examination (in Nov & Dec 1914) for Junior Free Places in secondary district high and technical schools
- he married Gladys Julia KNIGHT (1898-1972) in 1924
in 1928 he was in Kaiapoi
in 1935 he was in Riccarton
in 1946 he was in Hurunui
in 1954 he was in Selwyn
in 1957 - 1963 he was in St Albans

Geoffrey Feaver
- married May Beresford STRONGE in 1909

George Robert Feaver
- married Gertrude Anita PURDUE in 1926

John Feaver
- married Marie Josephine BRENNAN in 1907

John Thomas Feaver
- married Rebecca TAYLOR in 1913

Richard Feaver
- married Vida Te Aho FAMMOND in 1914

Samuel Russell Feaver
- married Catherine Louisa Gwladys LAYARD in 1904

Victor McPherson Feaver
- married Elizabeth Wakatipu BEER in 1927

William Feaver
-married Catherine THOMPSON in 1882

William Feaver
- married Lucy Gertrude TONS in 1922



the FEAVER BRIDES

Catherine Feaver
- married Andrew Campbell McBEATH in 1918

Eliza Feaver
- married Andrew SMITH in 1906

Eveline Rose Feaver
- married John FRIDD in 1927

Margaret Warren Feaver
- married Stanley Hamilton STRONGE i 1907

Mary Ann Feaver
- married John Gow CAMPBELL in 1906