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the Obituary of Captain James Henry (1859-1933)
Evening Post 17 January 1933 - ADVENTUROUS CAREER
... The death of Captain James Henry, for the past 19 years Inspector of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, removes from public life a well-known figure.
The late Captain Henry was born in Ireland 74 years ago. He ran away from home when a lad, and, after becoming an apprenctice in the jewellery trade, enlisted in the 7th Dragoon Guards. With that regiment he served for 30 years, taking part in campaigns in Egypt and India. As Regimental-Sergeant-major, Captain Henry went to the South African campaign. During that period his Corps of Mounted Police, and Captain Henry's time with his regiment having run out, he was offered a commission with the new force and so became lieutenant in the police, which subsequently merged into the South African Constabulary. He rose to be captain and was placed in charge of the Hoopstad district, in what was then the Orange Free State. When the South African war ended, Captain Henry, who had been mentioned in dispatches, was presented with a very cleverly illuminated address signed by all the leading residents, regretting his departure and commending the tact and courtesy in which he had always carried out his duties as officer commanding the district.

For some time Captain Henry was engaged in farming in what was formerly the Orange Free State, but in 1910 he and his family came to New Zealand. For a time he farmed in the Eketahuna district, but nineteen years ago came to Wellington to take up the duties of Inspector for the Society of Cruelty to Animals, for which duties he was peculiarly qualified.

Captain Henry leaves a widow, four sons, and four daughters.
The sons are Messrs C. R., William and Phillip Henry of Miramar, and Lieutenant J. N. Henry, who represents the Defence Forces at Hawera.
The daughters are Mesdames D. O'Donoghue of Mahoenui, W. M. Walker of South Africa, D. Ginnane of Mangatainoka and Miss Henry of Miramar.
The funeral took place to-day


It says he had 8 children (possibly whilst in South Africa)
I only have 4 at this time
I also do not have his wife's maiden name
can you help ?

? 1887 - 1977 Helen Theresa Henry
- Helen married Daniel O'DONOGHUE in 1921

? 1889 - ? Frances Beatrice Henry
- Frances married William Morely Percy WALKER in NZ 1910
- may have lived in South Africa

? 1891 - 1957 James Norman Henry
- James married Kathleen MORGAN in 1919

? 1896 - 1975 Mary Agnes 'Molly' Henry
- Molly married David Paul GINNANE in 1920
Evening Post 24 July 1920
... The wedding took place at St Patrick's Church, Kilbirnie, recently, of Miss Mary Agnes Henry, third daughter of Captain and Mrs J. Henry, of Miramar, to Mr David Ginnane, youngest son of Mr and Mrs J. Ginnanne - Newman. The Rev Father Connelly officiated. The bride was given away by her father. She wore a French grey costume, and hat to match, and carried a shower bouquet of freesias and maiden-hair ferm. Miss K. Henry was bridesmaid and Mr P. Henry best man. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a fox fur and to the bridesmaids a gold bangle. The presents were numerous, including a Doulton salad bowl and set of stainless carvers, given by the Miramar Sports Club
- David was a son of John GINNANE & Winifred ROCHE

the children missing (as per his obituary)
sons:
? C. R. Henry
- tentative: Charles Robert (1885-1965)
? William Henry
? Phillip Henry
- tentative: Philip (1885-1955)
daughter:
? Miss Henry
HIS WIFE was:
Sarah Theresa ? ()
Evening Post 13 October 1941 At her residence, 49 Park Road, Miramar, on October 13, 1941, Sarah Theresa. relict of the late Captain James Henry; aged 82 years. R.I.P.


ANOTHER OBITUARY
Auckland Star 6 February 1933 - THE CAVALRYMAN
... There was a touch of unconscious swagger in his walk, the gait that goes with jingling spurs and sword clanking in its scabbard, the bearing of the old trooper. That powerfully framed, big shouldered, drooping moustached figure, over six feet, striding along a Wellington street, always suggested, or rather proclaimed, the veteran mounted man.
No foot-slogging soldier could ever achieve the commanding cavalier-like poise of the long-trained Dragoon Guardsman. There went a man who was a perfect product of the Regulars of the Victorian days, who knew more about the soldiering business than any general knew, for he was an old regimental sergeant-major of the old red-coat army. Thirty years as a trooper and a non-com. of the Forces had made of this Kilkenny lad a soldier of the type that Kipling delighted to write about. He had helped to chase Arabi Pasha over the sands of Egypt and he knew India from end to end in the days of Lord Roberts. He knew horses and he knew men. Thousands of recruits had passed through his hands, he had shepherded scores of raw young subalterns through the beginning of their military careers. His troop, his squadron, his regiment, he schooled them all. He lived the army life of "Soldiers Three"; Ortheris and Mulvaney and their like were his comrades and his problems.
For that old cavalryman, Captain James Henry, who died a few days ago in Wellington, one felt the admiration that is the due of a fine man physically and mentally, an example to the young generation in discipline and in the value of long-sustained training to a desired end.

Captain Henry received his commission in the South African War in a mounted constabulary claimed him for the best part of his life. A champion swordsman, a first-rate rifle shot, he was unexcelled in his regiment. When he gained his captaincy and had a local command in South Africa he showed that his long regular army service had not disqualified him for the task of dealing tactfully with a hostile people.
In Wellington he did duty for nearly twenty years as inspector for the S.P.C.A., and his care for dumb animals and his efforts to prevent and punish cases of cruelty were what were to have been expected from one who all his life loved horses and taught their handling.
A good soldier and a chivalrous and humane citizen


photo
Plot 2, Section ROM CATH at Karori, Wellington
GRAVE of Captain James Henry

Samuel John GAMMAN (1834-1901) was born in Sheldwich, Faversham, Kent
He was a private and later a corporal with the Royal Engineers, stationed at Shorncliffe and Chatham in Kent as well as Port Louis Mauritius.
He married Eliza WOODCOCK (1840-1930) on 22 Feb 1859 in Brompton, Kent. He emigrated to New Zealand 6 days later, from London, on the 1st March 1859 and arrived in Lyttelton on 11th July 1859, on the CAMEO
- Eliza followed him in 1863 on the METROPOLIS. Although married she travelled as a Single Woman with an Emily Gammon who may have been a sister of Samuel. They were listed as Domestic Servants from Middlesex

Samuel & Eliza had about 10 children (still researching) in Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand before they moved to the Manawatu in the North Island

TIMELINE for the GAMMAN FAMILY

12 April 1862 - CLAIMS TO VOTE
... ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF TOWN OF LYTTELTON
Samuel John Gamman attested the signature of the Claimant, Luke Parham, head of Akaroa harbor, leasehold, land in Barry's bay, Akaroa

14 March 1873 - IN CHRISTCHURCH COURT
... Samuel was fined 10s and costs for allowing his cattle to wander at large

27 June 1873 - MEETING AT OXFORD
... A preliminary meeting was held at the Oxford Hotel, Oxford, on June 24, for the purpose of making arrangements to call a public meeting to take into consideration the action taken by the inhabitants of East Oxford, in forwarding a memorial to the Minister for Public Works, praying that the terminus of the Rangiora and Oxford Railway may be on a section immediately behind the Harewood Arms Hotel. The meeting consisted of a number of sawmill proprietors, storekeepers and business men generally. Mr P. Briggs occupying the chair.
Mr Richard Walker proposed the above, seconded by Mr Gammon, carried unanimously

4 November 1873 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT
... An accident of a very serious nature occurred on Friday afternoon last, at Oxford, Canterbury, to a man named Jacob, an employee of Messrs Gamman and Davis, sawmill proprietors. He was employed feeding the saw, when by some means the log slipped and the left hand coming in contact with the machinery, was severed by the wrist. He was taken to Rangiora and attended to by Dr Downes, who recommended his immediate removal to the hospital. Mr John Burt, coach proprietor, took the sufferer to Christchurch

12 May 1874 - GOOD TEMPLARISM
... The Perseverance Lodge of the I.O.G.T. Oxford, held their usual weekly meeting on Friday, 8th May, when the following business was transacted; Twelve candidates were initiated and ten others proposed and duly elected. The following officers were installed for the ensuing term by the installing officer Bro J. W. Warboys
? Bro S. J. Gamman, W.C.T.
? Sister Gamman, R.R.S.
? Bro E. Griffiths, Acting P.W.C.T.
? Sister E. Griffiths, W.L.S.
? Sister H. Griffiths, W.G.T.
? Bro H. Marsh, W.T.
? Bro R. Morris, W.A.S.
? Bro H. Paget, W.J.G
? Bro F. Panal, W.D.M.
? Bro L. Parsons, W.S.
? Bro H. Pickeral, W.F.S
? Bro J. Symmonds, W.C.
? Bro H. G. Wilson, senr., W.M.
? Bro H. G. Wilson, W.O.G.
The members of the above lodge are increasing so rapidly that the U.F.M. Chapel kindly lent by that society for lodge purposes is found to be much too small, and they have resolved to erect a very commodious building as a Templar Hall

21 November 1874 - IN COURT
... S. J. Gamman, John Lee and Thomas Woodfield were each fined 20s and costs 6s 6d, for having weights and measures unstamped and incorrect. The Magistrates admitted that sufficient facility was not given by the authorities for the traders in the up country districts, to get their weights and measures periodically inspected and adjusted

7 January 1874 - OXFORD ROAD BOARD
... A meeting of the ratepayers of the East and West Oxford districts was called to elect three members, in lieu of Messrs Sladden, Sedcole, and Gamman, retiring on Jan 5th

17 February 1875 - OXFORD ROAD BOARDS
... Mr Pearson moved, Mr Cooper seconded that a new Board office be erected with a five-stall stable attached and plans and specificiations be prepared. A letter from Mr S. J. Gamman was read, offering to sell a quantity of 8 by 3 timber at a low figure, and it was decided the Board should take all that the surveyor passed

15 May 1875 - OXFORD RACES
... It is pleasing to note, that after a lapse of nearly ten years, the inhabitants of the Oxford district successfully resuscitated their annual race meeting on Thursday, in a manner which did the promoters credit, both as regards the manner in which the details were managed, and the liberal prizes offered.
Samuel was one of the Stewards

22 June 1875 - OXFORD RAILWAY
... Long looked for come at last was probably the remark passed by the majority of the Oxford public on Monday morning last as they witnessed the first passenger train steam through the township to the West Oxford terminus. The opening of this line of narrow guage railway has been seriously delayed ... much more at link ... on the buildings around there was a profuse display of flags, notably on Mr Gamman's store and the principal public-houses

25 October 1875 - APPLICATION TO PURCHASE
... a long argument of the Waste Lands Board Appeal Act, and re the Application of Samuel John Gamman to purchase eighty acres of rural land, situate in the Oxford District

31 August 1876 - OXFORD ROAD BOARD
... The secretary reported that the Bush road was finished, and that cattle were causing great damage to the drains and that willows be planted on the embankment at Gamman's Creek

27 February 1877 - WEST OXFORD SCHOOL COMMITTEE
... A meeting was held in the West Oxford school on Thursday night, the 22nd instant, for the purpose of electing two members in the place of Mess Portens and Youngman who have forfeited their seats from non-attendance. Mr McKenzie proposed and Mr Harry Marsh seconded, Mr S. J. Gamman as a member

31 January 1879 - OXFORD
... Samuel was fined 10s for allowing his cattle to trespass

4 July 1879 - INSOLVENCY NOTICE
... Samuel John Gamman, of West Oxford, sawmiller, Joynt and Perceval, solicitors

6 March 1884 - NOW in MANAWATU
... Mr S. J. Gamman, of the Bunnythorpe sawmill, is in want of a good bushman

3 June 1884 - MANAWATU
... A meeting of S. J. Gamman's creditors takes place to-morrow
5 June 1884 - GAMMAN'S ESTATE
... At a meeting of creditors in this estate held at the Court-house yesterday, an offer made by Mr Holland to purchase the estate for the sum of ?100 (June 2012 equivalent of $17,400), in two bills at six and nine months, was considered, and finally accepted. it is expected this will pay each creditor about 3s in the ?

28 January 1885 - RE OPENED
... Mr S. J. Gamman notifies that his saw and planing mills are now open and that he is prepared to supply timber at lowest current rates

3 February 1885 Feilding Star - BUNNYTHORPE
... To-day we publish an advertisement from Mr Gamman, in which he informs the public that the Bunnythorpe Sawmill is now open. As Mr Gamman has a splendid totara bush at his command his future success is certain, especially as timber has now an upward tendency

14 July 1885 - ASHLEY, Christchurch
... At the Kaiapoi magistrate's Court yesterday, upon the application of the Registrar of Electors of the Ashley District, the name of S. J. Gamman, formerly of Oxford, was ordered to be removed from the roll, he to pay cost of summons 10s to show cause

14 August 1886 - BUNNYTHORPE
... The bankruptcy is announced of Mr S. J. Gamman of Bunnythorpe. A meeting of the creditors will be held in Palmerston on Thursday next

11 December 1888 - NORSEWOOD SCHOOL
- Laura was Samuel's 5th born & 2nd daughter -
... Laura Gammon, Standard III at Norsewood School came 5th in class at the annual examination

25 August 1891 - SUPPLY OF SLEEPERS
... The following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply and delivery of totara sleepers for the Napier section of railway we publish for general information:-
? H. Carlson and Co., Dannevirke, 4000 at 2s 2?d per sleeper, to be delivered at Tamaki (accepted)
? G. A. Gamman and Co., Kumeroa, 3000 sleepers at 2s 4d, to be delivered at Oringi siding (accepted)
? G. N. Clausen, Maharahara, 2000 sleepers at 3s 3d, to be deliverd at Oringi siding (accepted)
? B. L. Knight, Hasting, 4000 sleepers, at 2s 9d, to be deliverd at Tahoraite, Tamaki siding, and Dannevirke (delivered)

8 October 1892 - ORMONDVILLE COURT
... F. W. Redward v Samuel John Gamman; judgment summons for ?7 2s; cost 10s (Oct 2011 equivalent of $1300). Mr Redward, sworn, deposed that defendant had promised to pay 30s per month, but this last month only ?1 had been paid, which he was not agreeable to accept. Judgment for amount to be paid forthwith, in default imprisonment for 14 days. Order to be suspended for three months

23 May 1895 - IN COURT
... At the Dannevirke Magistrate's Court yesterday, Gamman and Co, sawmillers were fined ?25 (May 2012 equivalent of $4500) and costs for having, on five occasions, made wilful misstatements of the quantity of timber loaded on railway trucks

4 March 1897 - NEW SCHOONER
... The three-masted schooner that Messrs Gannam & Co have secured as one of their vessels to carry timber to Australia will be able to take 150,000 feet on a draught of seven feet

19 October 1897 - PORT OF FOXTON
... Messrs Gamman and Co's schooner, the Whangaroa, is now waiting for a favourbale opportunity to get away for Sydney. She is heavily laden with timber from Messrs Gamman & Co's sawmill at Foxton, the deck-part also being utilised for storage to a line above the bulwarks. It is by far the largest quantity yet taken by any vessel trading to this port

1 November 1897 - CONCERT at ORMONDVILLE
... The concert and dance held in the Village Hall, Norsewood, last evening was a very fair success. there was a fairly good attendance. Mr Westall occupying the chair. In a brief speech he introduced the programme, which was replete with novelties. The conert playing of the Gamman Brothers was esceptionally good, while the quintette "Village Chimes" and the trio "Merry Sunshine" by members of the band were extremely well played. The tumbling performances of Messrs Gamman and Skipworth were of exceptional merit, being repeatedly applauded. Their horizontal-bar work was quite up to date, and deserving of great praise

17 January 1898 - GREAT DAMAGE IN FIRE
... Our reporter was informed that two settlers had been burned out during the night. On the return journey one of these settlers was met at Smith's siding and on being questioned as to his loss, said "Oh no, it is not as bad as that, I was not burnt out. I have been watching the house for three days and three nights without sleeping, but I think the fire has gone past me now. I had my fence, pigstye and poultry house burnt, together with the fowls" Then with grim humor he remarked, "had I know earlier that you were coming through I could have given you roast fowl for breakfast"
THE FINE PIRI PIRI BLOCK DESTROYED ~ BUSH FROM MAKOTUKU SOUTHWARDS FIERCELY BURNING
... almost every resident of the district had packed his furniture ready for speedy removal in the event of his
house going
... Mr Ashley, who occupied one of the houses burnt near the station, succeeded in saving his furniture and effects
... Smith's siding just past Makotuku, is burnt to the ground and 200,000ft of sawn timber which was stored there has also gone
... Mr Gammon's house at Makotuku it is thought will go, unless there is a change in the direction of the wind.
... The Waikopiro Block is on fire in many places, and it is considered certain that some of the houses there have been burnt
... At the Piri Piri siding, however, the full force of the fire had been felt. The whole of the mill buildings, stables and sheds, had been completely destroyed, together with five portable engines and the valuable mill plant and machinery which was lying on the ground, buckled and twisted almost out of recognisable shape. The immense stacks of slab timber, over 40 feet in height, had been consumed and the embers were still burning. The fire reached these stacks at about midnight on Saturday and Dannevirke residents who witnessed the immense volumes of flame which shot up into the air, say it was the finest sight they had ever seen

10 November 1898 - STAYING PUT
... Messrs Gamman and Co. are not going to shift their sawmill, as they have made arrangements for the disposal of all the yellow pine which may be cut. This piece of news will be much appreciated by the people in the district

23 March 1899 - BOSHER BROTHERS
... Messrs Bosher Bros., of Feilding, are erecting a sawmill in the Te Ohu block, near Matamau, having acquired Messrs Gamman and Simmonds lease of 1250 acres

2 June 1899 - SUPPLYING SYDNEY
... The late train to Napier last night brought from Messrs Gamman and Simmonds' mill a consignment of 30.000ft of timber, the first lot of a 210,000ft order which the firm has contracted to supply a Sydney firm

13 June 1899 - KOPUA
... Our Ormondville correspondent writes under yesterday's date:- The successful tenderers for the bushfelling at Te Ohu block were Messrs:
? C. A. Olsen
? F. Findsen
? Alf Olsen
? C. Larsen
? O. Lund
? Arnold Olsen
Messrs Gamman and Co's first mill at Kopua will shortly be removed to a new site, already being prepared in Prescott's bush, where there is several years' supply of timber. At their second mill, situated about three miles on the Ormondville side of Takapau, the Railway Department is about to put up a siding for their use, the tram line from the mill being already in course of construction

2 August 1899 - COLLISON AT SYDNEY
... The schooner 'Whangaroa', en route to Newcastle to load coal for Foxton, collided in the harbor with another schooner. The Whangaroa is slightly damaged. The Whangaroa is owned by Messrs A. Gamman and Co., sawmillers, of Dannevirke

28 September 1899 - ANOTHER MILL
... Messrs G. A. Gamman & Co., who have lately purchased the timber business of Mr C. A. Clausen at Palmerston North, near the railway station will necessitate Mr Simmonds, a member of the firm, residing there. Mr Simmonds has secured Mr Broad's fine residence, which is in close proximity to the timber yard

14 October 1899 - ANOTHER MILL
... Messrs Gamman and Co. are putting in a sawmill on the Piripiri flat to work their Otanga bush. The plant includes a 35-horse power stationary engine, which, in addition to driving the saws, will haul the logs up the steep bank from the stream at the edge of the flat

3 February 1900 - AN INVENTION
... An invention of immense advantage to sawmillers has been perfected and patented by Mr George Gamman. The machine is termed 'cutter heads' for planing machines, and is specially adapted for tongue and grooving seasoned flooring boards with dry edges. The cutter heads have been manufactured to Mr Gamman's order at the Vulcan Foundry, Napier, and they have been fitted up in Gamman and Co's Tahoraite, Kopua and Takapau mills, where they are running with great success, the clean nature of the work being greatly admired by experts. The improvement over the old style square disc is very marked. The new machine is of circular form, and as many knives can be inserted as there are teeth in a saw, and it can run twelve hours without sharpening. The new cutter heads will soon come into general use in every mill in the colony and we congratulate Mr Gamman on the success of his invention

22 January 1901 - FOUR MILLS
... Mr G. A. Gamman, who has four large sawmills in the dannevirke district, is inspecting the extensive bush at Motu, Poverty Bay. From what he has seen, he believes that if the Motu district were connected with Gisborne by rail, timber from it could be landed in Wellington at a lower rate that that at which he is now able to sell the output of his Dannevirke mills in this city. He estimates that there is sufficient timber in dannevirke to keep the mills there going for another fiftenn years

23 January 1901 - HORSES
... Messrs G. A. Gammon and Co's horses which were so successful at the Manawatu Show, have been entered for the Woodville Show. If the horses are turned out in the same condition as they were at the manawatu Show, Messrs Gamman and Co. should secure a number of prizes at Woodville

30 May 1901 - SUDDEN DEATH
... A sudden death occurred at Makotuku on Monday evening, when Mr S. J. Gamman, sen., contractor for the Hawke's Bay Timber Company, died at the Makotuku Hotel
... The Makotuku correspondent of the Waipawa Mail writes:- Quite a sensation was caused this afternoon when it was reported that Mr Gamman, senior, the sawmiller, had died at the Makotuku hotel. It appears that Mr Gamman had been in Makotuku since Thursday and Dr Francis had been attending him the last day or two. The cause of death is stated to have been heart disease
the INQUEST
... Mr S. Johnson, Coroner, held an inquest at Makotuku on Tuesday evening on the body of the late S. J. Gamman, who died suddenly on Monday. The following jury were empanelled:- Messrs J. Scholes (foreman), L. Wright, P. Olsen, L. Webb, J. McCann. and C. Mitchell.
Constable Baker watched the proceedings on behalf of the police. Evidence having been given by Messrs Gamman (deceased's eldest son), Geddes, Clayton, and Dr Halse-Francis, a verdict was returned that deceased died from failure of the heart's action, accelerated by excessive drinking and insufficient nourishment

3 May 1902 Wairarapa Daily Times - MARRIAGE
... GAMMAN-BROOM, At Palmerston North, on 30th April, by the Rev Lawry, Flora Beatrice 'Flo', elder daughter of Henry Broom, of Masterton, to Charles W. Gamman, of Makotuku, Hawke's Bay

27 May 1902 - IN MEMORIAM
... S. J. GAMMAN - Departed this life on 27th May, 1901 aged 66 years
He has gone but not forgotten
Never shall his memory fade,
Fondest thoughts shall ever linger
Round the spot whre he is laid
-- Inserted by his loving wife, Eliza Gamman

1907 - from NZETC
... Wood Trade - Gamman, G. A., and Company (G. A. Gamman, W. A. Gamman, and H. M. Simmonds, proprietors), Sawmillers, Timber and Coal Merchants, Dannevirke. Messrs G. A. Gamman first started business as proprietors of a mill at Kumeroa, gradually extended their operations, and now (1907) conduct four mills, situated respectively at Makotuku, Matamau, and Piripiri. The mills at Makotuku are situated at Smith's siding, and are fitted with first-class machinery. One is driven by a thirty horse-power engine, and the other by two portable twenty horse-power engines. They employ seventy persons, and cut about 18,000 feet of timber daily. The Matamau mill is driven by a twenty-five horse-power stationary engine, and turns out 9,000 feet of sawn timber daily, employing thirty persons. The mill at Piripiri is a re-cutting, planing, and moulding concern, possessing four planes and a complete plant of the latest moulding machinery, and employs about sixteen persons. The timbers cut are chiefly totara, rimu, white pine, and matai, which find a ready market. At Palmerston North the firm have established a large sash and door factory, which is fitted with the latest machinery, and employs fifteen persons. The firm also hold cutting rights over 6,000 acres in the King Country. Besides a large local and New Zealand trade, Messrs Gamman and Company export largely to Australia.

8 Oct 1935 - DEATH of ERNEST EDWARD Gamman
... The death occurred early this morning of Mr Ernest Edward Gamman at his residence in Edgecumbe Road. He was 58 years of age and was born at Oxford, Canterbury. Deceased was the fifth son of Samuel Gamman, who was well known in Oxford. As a child he accompanied his parents to Dannevirke, where his father carried on sawmilling at Seventy-mile Bush. Deceased with his brothers started sawmilling at Oropi, Tauranga, and carried on till 1918, when he joined the same industry at Whakamarama. He continued there till six weeks ago, when he became ill. He is survived by his widow and one son


NOTES
? Samuel died 27 May 1901 at Makotuku Hotel
? Eliza died 23 May 1930 in Dannevirke
they are buried with a granddaughter Plot 323, Block 1 at Ormondville Cemetery
14 August 1908 Bush Advocate
On 12th August, at Rakaiatai, Lilla Joyce, infant daughter of Arthur Frederick and Delia (nee Cole) Gamman; aged 5? months. Deeply regretted


PHOTO
Gammon Bros., Sawmill, Ohakune c1910
taken from the site Alexander Turnbull Library

in answer to janicej0362
on 2013-01-05 20:41:46 Kenna Family Australia & NZ
... I am currently doing research for the local Historical Society and am trying to find out more about Timothy KENNA who enlisted WWI in NZ. Father: John Kenna Mother: Margaret.
Timothy had a brother John or Patrick who was a school-teacher at Cawdor near Camden NSW. A letter from Timothy appeared in the Camden News in 1916. It would appear that Timothy may have had a falling out with family members prior to WWI. I am trying to find out more on Timothy; Which brother was the schoolteacher at Cawdor? Mother's maiden name ? Date of death and location for Timothy ? Did he marry? I believe the family arrived 26 August 1880 "Peterborough" and that Timothy was born c.1879 Tipperary, Ireland.
Any assistance much appreciated

timeline for TIMOTHY KENNA
17 April 1880 - BIRTH
... Timothy Kenna was born in Ireland
- (Tipperary or Kilkenny to be researched)

14 July 1906 - IN MEMORIUM OF FATHER
... KENNA - In loving memory of my dear husband, John Kenna, who departed this life at Clifton, South Coast, on July 14 1905, aged 60 years. May his soul rest in peace. Inserted by his loving wife margaret Kenna
... KENNA - In loving memory of our dear father, John Kenna, who departed this life at Clifton, South Coast, on July 14, 1905, aged 60 years. May his soul rest in peace. Inserted by his loving sons Patrick and William Kenna
... KENNA - In loving memory of our dear father, John Kenna, who departed this life at Clifton on July 14, 1905. Inserted by his loving son-in-law and daughter Sarah
... KENNA - In loving memory of my dear father, John Kenna, who departed this life on July 14, 1905, at Clifton. Inserted by his loving daughter, Mary Bright
... KENNA - In loving memory of my dear father, John Kenna, who departed this life at Clifton on July 14, 1905. Inserted by his loving son, Timothy Kenna

18 July 1907 - IN MEMORIUM OF FATHER
... KENNA - In loving remembrance of my dear father John Kenna, who died at his residence, Clifton, South Coast, July 14, 1905. Inserted by his loving son John, New Zealand

19 Jan 1910 - BROTHER WILLIAM changes SCHOOLS
... Mr W. J. Kenna, assistant teacher at the Clifton Public School, has been notified of his transfer to the charge of the Public School at Burragorang, near the Oaks
in 1948 William was the Teachers' Federation representative in Chatswood
in 1954 William's younger son, Charles Kenna, married Gabrielle Gould at Star of the Sea Church, Watson's Bay. Charles was a Lecturer at the University of Technology & his bestman was John Cahill, son of the Premier of NSW, Joseph Cahill (1891-1959)

20 March 1911 - DEATH OF MOTHER
... KENNA - The friends of the late Mrs Margaret Kenna (late of Clifton) are kindly invited to attend her funeral; to leave the Mortuary Station, Sydney, by Funeral train 2.23 p.m. this day, Monday, for Rookwood cemetery - OSBORNE and SON, Funeral Furnishers, Wollongong
... KENNA - The friends of Messra John, Patrick, Thomas, Timothy and William Kenna are kindly requested to attend the Funeral of the late beloved mother, Margaret Kenna ...
... KENNA - The friends of Mrs C. W. Bright are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of her late affectionate mother, Margaret Kenna ...
... KENNA - The friends of Mr and Mrs S. C. Kattie are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late mother and mother-in-law, Margaret Kenna...
... KENNA - The friends of Mr and Mrs Edward Bolton are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved mother and mother-in-law ... (who was this daughter?, Mary Kenna married Edward Bolton in Sydney in 1915 but daughter Mary Kenna married Charles Bright in 1896 - see 21 April 1931)

17 April 1915 - EMBARKING TO WAR
... Timothy Kenna served in WWI as:
Serial No: 12/2001
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: Mrs Margaret Kenna (mother), Clifton, New South Wales, Australia
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: c/o Mrs Payne, Hobson street, Auckland
Body on Embarkation: 4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit: Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date: 17 April 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington
Destination: Suez, Egypt

16 Aug 1915 - SICK
... Following disembarked at Malta from Hospital Ship, Aug 5, Slightly Sick:
Auckland Battalion - & Private T. Kenna

15 Oct 1915 - WOUNDED or SICK
... The following have been admitted to Bethnal Green Hospital:- & Private T. Kenna

13 Jan 1916 - WOUNDED or SICK
... The following are on furlough in London:
Auckland Battalion - & Private T. Kenna

Thursday 20 Jan 1916 - LETTER HOME TO HIS BROTHER
- thank you to janice for supplying it via the Camden News
FROM THE FRONT, In the course of a letter written to his brother, Mr. Kenna of Cawdor School (William Joseph Kenna), Pte. T. Kenna of New Zealand Forces, writes as follows: -
"After long years of silence I sent you that postcard, prompted to do so by the fact that when I wrote I was in the trenches at Quinn?s Post (Gallipoli), only 14 yards at its narrowest part from the Turks, and in the midst of slaughter, not knowing when a bullet or shell would quieten me forever. Then thoughts of my own folk came to me and I screwed up the moral courage to drop you a few lines, intending to later on write you a fuller letter. But that night we, the ?? made an advance and I was worn out from fighting, hunger and thirst, and if I had the paper I could not have written, as I assure you things were far more terrible than I can describe, and it took us all our time to dig ourselves into the ground for cover. I was awfully bad with dysentery and as soon as we were firmly entrenched I went to the doctor (Major Craig) and they took me out of the firing line and at once put me on a hospital ship and sent me to Malta, about five days sail. They nursed me like a child both on the ship and in hospital, and I was soon fit and returned to the Dardanelles. However soon had the ill-luck to have a shell explode very close to me, killing several of my chums and wounding more, and burying me up to the chest in earth. The concussion, which was of course intense, paralysed the left side of my face, also paralysed the muscles of my left eyelid, so that I cannot open the eye at all except to lift the lid with my fingers. In addition to that I got enteric fever. I was placed on hospital ship the ?Dover Castle? and brought to England. I am now at Royal Infirmary, Manchester, quite recovered from fever, and am now undergoing treatment and massage. They are putting strong batteries on to me to try and put my eye right, and at the same time let me smile on both sides of my face (I can only smile on the right side, when I am inclined to smile). I think my face is getting right for I can feel a little life in it but I can't yet open my eye only with my fingers. The chief surgeon says, however that if it is not alright in a week, he will operate and is confident that I will be OK. He is said to be the finest ophthalmic surgeon in England. I will cable you the result. I must caution you not to take too seriously what news you see in the papers, etc., with regard to men killed, wounded, etc. As a matter, of fact things get fearfully mixed, and after an engagement a man very often gets mixed up with another battalion or with the Australians, and cannot get back to his own lot. When the roll is called by the platoon commander and you do not answer be puts you down as missing. The news of casualties is then sent by field phone to the beach, and from there to Alexandra by transports or otherwise and is then cabled to N. Zealand or Australia before a chance is given to correct the error and of course it may be a week or more before one can get back to his own lot. I am telling you this for the simple reason that I accidentally picked up a paper here the other day, "The British Australasian" which gives all information concerning Colonial troops, and in it my name appears as ?wounded and missing." As a matter of fact, I had been carried away by Australian stretcher bearers to the hospital ship I also saw an old "Auckland Weekly," about three months old in which two brothers in my platoon were posted, as killed, also it gave their photos, and both chaps are very much alive here in this hospital. So don?t worry about me, I feel in my fingers that I am going to see it through. If I can?t write I will get a nurse to write you, and if I go under I guess the authorities will cable you, but as I have said I feel I will see you all again. I don?t suppose I will see the Dardanelles again till the New Year. I will feel pretty miserable when I do get back for nearly all my companions have been killed. My very best pal in New Zealand, the chap with whom I enlisted, was wounded the same day as I, and though he had no less than eight machine gun bullets in him he has only just died. Poor chap, he was the bravest of the brave ? an Irish Colonial, and the best of chums to me at all times. The people here are kindness itself to us. When the weather is good, and the doctor allows it, they take me out for motor drives for miles and miles and I thoroughly enjoy it. I could fill a newspaper with accounts of the kindness I have received at the hands of the English people, who I shall never forget. I shall give you lots of news when I write again. I am not too strong yet and it takes a lot out of one to do this much.?

22 Dec 1917 - WOUNDED
... Admitted to Hospital - Lance-Sergeant T. Kenna

1 Jan 1918 - NEW YEAR MILITARY HONOURS
... The Prime Minister, Right Hon W. F. Massey, has received from the High Commissioner a cable message announcing that New Year honours have been conferred upon members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces as follows:
Meritorious Service Medal - 12/2001 Timothy Kenna

8 Feb 1918 - WAR HONOURS
... The following is the official "identity list" of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who participated in the Royal honours at the beginning of the year. The list previously published contained the names of the recipients only:-
Lance-Sergeant Timothy Kenna, M.S.M. Next of kin, Mr W. J. Kenna, Camden, New South Wales

8 March 1918 - FROM LONDON
- (actual Citation was 2 December 1917 in France)
... the Distinguished Conduct Medal has been awarded to the following New Zealanders:-
& 12/2001 C.S.M. T. Kenna, Engineers, for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Though the enemy was shelling heavily with gas and H.E. (High Explosive) Shells, he volunteered to get forward a light railway train of ammunition to a battery which was in urgent meed of it. The train was derailed several times, but he made two journeys to the battery with ammunition, though he was suffering from the effects of gas. It was solely owing to his personal example that the work was accomplished"

13 April 1918 - DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL
... 12/2001 - Company-Sergeant-Major, T. Kenna,
- (Mr W. J. Kenna, Camden, N.S.W.)

18 June 1918 - BROTHER PATRICK HEARS THE NEWS
... Mr P. Kenna of Clifton, has been informed that his brother, T. Kenna, has been awarded the D.C.M. and the Meritorious Service Medal. He has been in a hospital suffering fron the effect of gas. He joined the forces in New Zealand and the High Commissioner of New Zealand has sent him a congratulatory message

29 Aug 1923 - 'DUD' TOTE TICKET
... A totalisator ticket that was not the real thing was the principal exhibit in a case wherin Timothy Kenna, a man with two service decorations, had to explain to Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M. at the Auckland Police Court to-day why he had presented it at the last Winter Meeting when it had been issued at the Easter Meeting. The evidence showed that Kenna had presented the ticket at a pay-out window after the last race. The assistance manager was called to the window and payment of the £13 6s 6d dividend was refused (this is a Aug 2012 equivalent of $1275).
Detective Robinson deposed that accused had been with a woman, and in her presence he had informed witness that they had agreed to pool the winnings, she having given him 10/ to put on 'Cool Stimulants', the understanding being that he would put 10/ on another horse.
Mr Inder, who represented accused, urged that the ticket presented might have been issued by a totalisator clerk. Kenna really believed he had been issued with the ticket and had persisted in presenting it at various windows.
In rebuttal, the assistant manager of the tote house gave evidence as to the system of tickets in use. Immediately the stop-bell rang, every roll of paper was removed and locked in a strongroom. That paper was never used again, and the code was changed for the next set of tickets. The tote clerks were well-known local men, who could not afford to turn criminal for 10/. One dishonest act and they would never be trusted again.
"I think he was trying a little dodge" said the magistrate. "It is a question of believing his story or believing that two tote employees deliberately cheated him with an old ticket. It would be like doubting a bank teller's integrity. Kenna was muddled - thought he was a bit smart no doubt" His character had been good and it was a case for a fine. He would be mulcted in the sum of £3 with witnesses' expenses £1

14 Jan 1924 - THE OLD TALE
... "I was suffering from dysentery, and I think I must have took too much brandy and port wine" said Timothy Kenna, 43 (birth year approx 1880), when charged with drunkenness in the Auckland Court.
"Yes, I believe I have heard that tale before" said Mr Poynton. "I see you have four previous convictions for drunkenness"
"I know, and I am sorry sir, if you give me another chance I will take out a prohibition order straight away."
"No, you got seven days last time. Fourteen days"

2 February 1924 - AUCKLAND POLICE COURT
... Timothy Kenna, aged 44 (birth year of 1879), a statutory fifth offender, was fined 40/-, in default 14 days, for drunkenness

2 November 1924 - GISBORNE COURT
... Timothy Kenna was before the court to-day, charged with trespassing on the Avondale, Auckland racecourse while a meeting was in progress. Accused said he did not know he was prohibited from attending races. He was the holder of the D.C.M. and Meritorious Service medals. Accused was convicted and discharged

30 September 1924 - PASSENGER INWARDS
... The Makura, which arrived at Wellington this morning after an uneventful voyage from Sydney, brought the following:
Second Class Passengers: - & Mr T. Kenna

26 June 1928 - DEATH of BROTHER PATRICK
... KENNA, June 24 1928 at Sydney, Patrick Kenna, formerly of Wollongong, aged 57 years. Requiescat in pace
... KENNA, The relatives and friends of Mr and Mrs T. Kenna, Mr and Mrs W. J. Kenna and family, Mrs M. Bright and mr and Mrs S. C. Kattie and family are kindly invited to attend the funeral of their late dearly-beloved brother and uncle, Patrick Kenna; to leave W. N. Bull's funeral parlour, King-street, Newtown, this (Tuesday)
afternoon at 2 o'clock for Catholic Cemetery, Rookwood by road, motor funeral
... KENNA, The relatvies and friends of Mrs M. Bolton and son John, are kindly invited to attend the funeral of their late dearly beloved nephew and cousin, Patrick kenna ...

21 April 1931 - DEATH of Mary Bolton??
... BOLTON, The relatives and friends of Mr and Mrs JOHN Bolton, 59 maccauley-road, Stanmore, are kindly invited to attend the funeral of their dearly beloved mother, Mary to leave her late residence 51 Percival-street, Leichhardt, this (Tuesday) afternnon, at 2 o'clock for Catholic Cemetery, Rookwood by road
... BOLTON, The relatives and friends of Mr and Mrs Thomas Kenna and family, Mr and Mrs William Kenna and family, Mr T. Kenna, Mr J. Kenna, Mr and Mrs C. Bright and family, Mr and Mrs S. Kattie and family, Mrs A. Kenna and son Patrick (& others) are kindly invited to attend the funeral of their late dearly veloved AUNT, Mary Bolton ??
NOTE at 20 March 1911, at the death of their mother Margaret, the following insertion was in the newspaper "KENNA - The friends of Mr and Mrs EDWARD Bolton are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved mother and mother-in-law" ??

25 Oct 1932 - WELLINGTON COURT
... Timothy Kenna, a labourer, aged 48 (sic), who did not appear, was fined £1 for casting offensive matter in Lambton Quay. On a further charge of drunkenness he was fined 10s

29 November 1934 - DEPARTING FOR SYDNEY
... Scheduled to sail at 3 p.m. for Sydney, the Monowai is taking the following passengers: CABIN CLASS: - & Mr T. Kenna

12 June 1939 - FUNERAL of BROTHER-IN-LAW
... KATTIE, Requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the late Mr Sydney Charles Kattie, of Kenilworth Flats, 182 Parramatta Road, Ashfield, will be celebrated at St Vincent's Church, Ashfield
... KATTIE, The relatives and friends of Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Kattie of Kenilworth Flats, 182 Parramatta Road, Ashfield, Mr and Mrs R. C. Kattie and family of Toomwoomba, Queensland and of Miss Doris Kattie are informed that the funeral of her late beloved husband and dear father and grandfather, Mr Sydney Charles Kattie, will leave St Vincent's Church, Ashfield, this Monday morning at 9.45 o'clock for Catholice Cemetery, Rookwood Mortuary
... KATTIE, The relatives and friends of Mrs M. Bright, Mr and Mrs T. Kenna, Mr W. J. Kenna and family are informed that the Funeral of their late beloved brother-in-law and uncle, Mr Sydney Charles Kattie ...

22 Dec 1943 - DEATH of BROTHER JOHN
... KENNA, December 22, at Wanganui, N.Z., John, eldest son of the late John and Margaret Kenna, of Pyrmont and Clifton, and brother of the late Patrick and of Thomas, Mary (Mrs Bright), Sarah (Mrs Kattie), Tim and Will

28 Jan 1948 - DEATH of SISTER-IN-LAW
... KENNA, Eleana Theresa - January 26 1948, beloved wife of Thomas Kenna of Gwynne street, Wollongong, and dear sister of Margaret Briscoe of Chatswood, sister-in-law of Will, Tim, Mary (Mrs Bright of Chatswood) and Sarah (Mrs Kattie of Byron Bay) aged 77

11 July 1951 - DEATH of BROTHER THOMAS
... KENNA, Thomas - July 11 1951 of 21 Gwynne street, Wollongong, beloved brother of Mary, Sarah, Timothy and William, aged 77 years. Requiscat in pace

29 Nov 1954 - DEATH of TIMOTHY
Timothy Kenna died in New Zealand on 29 November 1954 aged 74
- he was recorded as a Pensioner and was buried Plot 15 G/4, SOLDIERS Section at Karori cemetery, Wellington
- Timothy is the only Kenna buried at Karori

NOTES
TIMOTHY KENNA Company Sergeant Major, Railway Operating Section, NZ Engineers MILITARY AWARDS
? Distinguished Conduct Medal
? 1914-15 Star
? British War Medal
? Victory Medal
? Meritorious Service Medal

the 'Peterborough' left London, with 395 assisted immigrants, on 2 June 1880, arriving in Sydney 28 August 1880.
Timothy's family on board (birth years are tentative at this time)
father, John Kenna aged 35 (1845-1905 at Clifton)
mother, Margaret Kenna aged 36 (1844-1911)
brother, John Kenna aged 10 (1869-1943 at Wanganui)
brother, Patrick Kenna, aged 9 (born 1871-1928 at Sydney)
- did Patrick die in Drummoyne in 1928??
brother, Thomas Kenna aged 7 (1873-1951 at Wollongong)
- Thomas married Eleana/Helena Theresa BRISCOE (1871-1948) in 1903
- Eleana died 26 January 1948 Gynne stret, Wollongong
sister, Mary Kenna aged 6 (born 1874)
- Mary married Charles W. BRIGHT in 1896
- mary married Edward BOLTON in 1915
sister, Sarah Elizabeth Kenna aged 5 (born 1875)
- Sarah married Sydney Charles KATTIE (?-1939) in 1898 in Sydney
- Sydney died 10 June 1939 at 182 Parramatta Road, Ashfield
Timothy Kenna aged 1 (actual age 4 months, 1880-1954 at Wellington)
William Joseph 'Will' Kenna was born in Australia (1885-1973 at Chatwood)
- William married Elizabeth May PORTER (1883-1937) in 1912 in Waverley & had 3 children
- Elizabeth died 218 Pennant Hills road, Thornleigh
- William died 15 Arpil 1973 at Chatswood

Timothy's brother, John Kenna, (a Plumber by trade), also served from New Zealand in WWI. He was Sapper 17520 with the New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, 3rd Reinforcements. He embarked from Wellington 15 November 1916 on the HMNZT 69, the 'Tahiti', destination Devonport, England. His next of kin was his brother Patrick Kenna at Clinton, New South Wales, Australia.
The Tahiti left port 15 Nov 1916, called in at Cape of Good Hope and arrived at Devonport, England 29 Jan 1917. It carried the Units of the 19th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. (Roll No. 45), the 10th Reinforcements Maori Contingent and John's Unit, the 3rd Reinforcements NZ Engineers Tunnelling Company (Embarkation of 2 ships totalled 2036 men)

LOOKING FOR TIMOTHY's "very best pal in New Zealand, the chap with whom I enlisted, was wounded the same day as I, and though he had no less than eight machine gun bullets in him he has only just died"
POSSIBILITES:
John Gregory
serial number 12/1964 (same day enlistment)
same unit, same embarkation date
same destination
died at Gallipoli
SAME ENLISTMENT ADDRESS - c/o Mrs Payne, Hobson street
... however, killed in action? although photo says missing in action

* c/o Mrs Payne, Hobson street:
Mrs Elizabeth Annie Payne (nee Tregoning 1870-1941) & husband Henry Payne (1870-1919) lived at 126 Hobson street Auckland

see also Camden History


PHOTO
Timothy's plaque at Karori, Wellington

George Green BUCK (1818-1895) was born 1 April 1818 in Somerset, England, a son of Robert Buck & Alice Gregory (1795-1871)

George married Mary Ann Seldon SALMON (1817-1867) in 1840
He married Rebecca MONTEITH (formerly WHITEWOOD 1819-1903) in 1877

George, with his wife Mary arrived on the BIRMAN which had departed Gravesend on the 13th October 1841 and arrived in Wellington on 1st March 1842
He and Mary had 7 children, the last one, Edwin, born in 1860 - Mary died 7 years later.

George next married Rebecca Monteith - he was then 59 and she was 58, she was his son's mother-in-law .. her daughter Mary Ann Whitehead, (from her 1st marriage to William Whitehead), married George's son Alfred, from his 1st marriage to Mary Ann Salmon

12 October 1894
Mr George Green Buck, a very old resident at the Taita, died at his residence at 9 o'clock last night, after an illness of five months, at the age of 76 years. Mr Buck arrived at Wellington in 1842 in the ship Birman, and after residing for some time in Wellington, settled at the Taita, where he ultimately purchased the hotel, which he kept until 1869, at which time he retired, and he has since been living on his means. Mr Buck was looked up to at the Hutt as being practically the father of the settlement. To the assistance received from him in the early days many people owe the prosperous positions they now occupy and his death will be very widely mourned. Deceased had seven sons and daughters, five of whom survive him. He leaves a widow (his second wife). Mr Buck was a member of the first party who were lost for 15 days in the Rimutaka forest, from which they emerged at the Wairarapa Lake and were succoured and by the Maori brought round in canoes. Deceased is to be buried at 1p.m. on Sunday

12 October 1894
The Friends of the late George Green Buck, are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave his late residence, Taita, for the Taita Cemetery, on Sunday, the 14th, at 1 p.m. - COLLETT BROS., Undertakers

13 October 1894
The time of the funeral of the late Mr Buck has been altered to 3 o'clock

15 October 1894
The funeral of the late Mr. George Green Buck took place at the Taita yesterday afternoon, and the remains were followed to their last resting place in the village churchyard by a very large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends from all parts of the district.

The pall bearers were:
THREE GRANDSONS:
* William Seldon Pike
* Ernest Seldon Pike, who married Winifred Mary BROWN in 1907
* Arthur Seldon Pike, who married isabella FINCH in 1897
and
* Mr. W. NOLER(?), who had been in Mr. Buck's employ for about a quarter of a century

The chief mourners were:
THE 3 SONS:
* William Seldon Buck, who married Ngaiwikau HAUTU
* Alfred James Seldon Buck, who married Mary Ann WHITEHEAD
and
* Edwin Douglas Seldon Buck, who married Janet Ann FOX in 1888

2 SONS-IN-LAW:
* William Henry Reynolds DALE who had married Julia Mary Ann Seldon Buck in 1876
and
* George Hale PIKE who had married Elizabeth Seldon BUCK

* Cyril Seldon Pike (grandson) who married Mary Ann HARRIS in 1910

RELATIVES:
* T. W. McKenzie
* F Cohen
* J. Buck
* E. Buck (assuming this was Eli Buck who married Caroline DAYSH in 1868)
and
* Townsend

Dr. PURDY - Physician and Surgeon, Lower Hutt, practised at Oulton, Yorkshire, for seven years before coming to the Colony per s.s. 'Coptic' in 1891. On arrival he bought out Dr. Wilford's interest in the partnership with the late Dr. Whitehead, since whose death he has practised solely at Lower Hutt. Dr. Purdy is sole referee in the district for the Australian Mutual Provident Society and for the Government Life Office; he is also health officer for the Hutt County
and IMMEDIATE FRIENDS:
* Brandon
* C. Kemble
* A. R. Hislop
* R. Kemble and
* George Ross

and amongst the visitors from town we noticed the
* Mayor of Wellington, (the Hon. Alfred de Bathe Brandon)
* Dr. A. K. Newman, M.H.R (who was also the vice president of the Wellington Rugby Football Union)
* Rev. Herman Van Staveren - Rabbi of the Hebrew community, who has been in charge of the Wellington district for eighteen years
Messrs.
* J. M. Richardson
* J. G. Wilson, M.H.R.
* C. T. Richardson
* J. Plimmer
* S. Waters
* R. Mowatt

There were a number of Maori (by whom the deceased was held in high esteem) and a gathering of old identities, amongst whom were:
Messrs
* Russell
* James Read Welch, who married Isabella Whitewood HARPER in Taita 1866
* H. Pitt
* Mellow
* Death
* Peck - or any or all of the Pecks in Taita at that time
* Futter
* Avery - any or all of the Averys at that time
* Mabey - any of this family
* J. Brown
* Benge - any or all of this family
* Stewart
* D. Ross
* Daysh
* Meagher
* James William Fox - any or all of this family
* Charles Cudby
* Wilkins
* Heyward
* T. Allen
* William Dew, who married Annie Rebecca DAVIS

The Rev Mr. HARRISON conducted the burial service. The scene was a most impressive one as the cortege wound its way beneath the trees along the country road, which was flanked by the settlers from all parts, the bell from the village church meanwhile sending forth its minute tolls.

Mr Buck was laid to rest beside his former partner, Mr Kemble, with whom he had borne the heat and burden of the troublous times of the first settlement of the Hutt Valley.

Thus ends the history of one of our sturdiest and most generous pioneers - of whom, alas, not a great many now remain to tell of the trails incidental to the settlement of the district

PHOTO
PLOT 38 at Christ Church Taita
has the following 13 people:
* 1866 - Evelyn Pike - an infant
1867 - her grandmother Mary Ann Buck (nee Salmon) aged 50
1874 - her brother Cecil Pike - an infant
1894 - her grandfather George Green Buck aged 76
1901 - her mother Elizabeth (nee Buck) aged 56
1902 - her father George Hale Pike aged 62
1909 - her brother Gordon Seldon Pike aged 24
1919 - her uncle Willim Buck, her mother's brother aged 73
1929 - her brother William Seldon Pike aged 63
1932 - her sister Julia Catherine Pike aged 70
1957 - her cousin Percy Buck - her mother's brother William's son aged 67
Also Robert & Henrietta Kemble - friends and business partners of her parents

Daily Southern Cross 16 July 1861 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR AUCKLAND
... In the New Zealand Gazette, published last Thursday, we find the names of the following gemtlemen, designated as belonging to Auckland:-
(my additions to the list will be obvious)

? Hon Thomas Houghton BARTLEY (1798-1878)
He died on 25 December 1878 at his home in Stokes' Point (these days, the locality is the northern landing of the Auckland Harbour Bridge). He is buried in Parnell, Auckland

? William BARTLEY

? Thomas BECKHAM (R.M.) (1810-1875)

? Francis Dillon BELL (1822-1898)
- In Wellington Bell had met Margaret Joachim Hort, third daughter of the Jewish merchant Abraham Hort. They were married on 2 April 1849, although the refusal of the local Anglican minister, supported by his bishop, to conduct a marriage between partners of different religions, forced them to resort to a civil ceremony. They were to have six sons and one daughter

? Charles Hunter BROWN (1825-1898)

? Archibald CLARK (1805-1875)
- Archibald died 17 Oct 1875 at his residence in Remuera. For almost two years, he had not participated in public life due to failing health. He was buried at Symonds Street Cemetery

? William Crush DALDY (1816-1903)
- In 1841 William married Frances Pulham, who died in 1877. He later married Amey, nee Hamerton, who died in 1920. Daldy died at Ponsonby, Auckland, on 5 October 1903

? Francis Dart FENTON (1821-1898)
- On 9 December 1858 Fenton married Martha Connell at Auckland. They had four daughters and two sons

? Thomas Spencer FORSAITH (1814-1898)
- On 17 May 1838, at the Congregational Church in Old Broad Street, London, Forsaith married Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Robert Clements, of Hoxton ? their wedding being one of the first legally celebrated in a dissenting place of worship. Later in the same year he chartered the Coromandel, loaded it with trade goods and lumbermaking machinery, and emigrated to New Zealand

? Hon. John Anderson GILFILLAN (1821-1875)
- John married Gertrude Davies, daughter of William Davies, M.D., Provincial Surgeon, and Mrs Gilfillan survived her husband for ten years. The family consisted of five sons and three daughters.

? William OSBORNE

? Henry HALSE

? Charles HEAPHY (1820-1881)
- he married Catherine Letitia Churton, daughter of a leading local clergyman, at Auckland. There were to be no children of the marriage, although in time two children, a boy and a girl belonging to the Churton family, were taken in by the Heaphys as wards

? Hon Thomas HENDERSON (1810-1886)

? Thomas Brutton KENDERDINE (1822-1894)

? Alexander KENNEDY

? Charles KNIGHT (1808-1891)
- On 6 March 1844 at Adelaide, Charles married Caroline Symes. They had a family of two sons and three daughters

? Robert Baillie LUSK (1798-1891)
- arrived on the THAMES Nov 1849

? Henry MATSON (1788-1867)
- a veteran 1812 War of Independence and fought with Canada against the US
- he married Isabella de THIERRY
- he married Amelia CHANNING, the first woman to be elected in Auckland

? John Sangster MacFARLANE (1818-1880)
- He represented the Waitemata electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated

? Joseph MAY

? Edward MAYNE

? Donald McLEAN

? Frederick Ward MERRIMAN (1818-1865)
- On 4 May 1850 he married Susannah Augusta Atkyns (nee Greene) in St. Paul's Church, Auckland. She was the widow of Captain Ringrose Atkyns

? William MOIR, Mangawai

? Col. Thomas Rawlings MOULD (R.E.) (1805-1886)
- said to have been born on 31 May 1805; his place of birth and parentage are unknown, as are the details of his marriage, although he is known to have had six daughters

? Daniel POLLEN (1813-1896)
- He married 18 May 1846, Jane Henderson, daughter of Lieut. Essex, RN, of Demarara

? Henry SEWELL

? Lieut-Col. Charles SILLERY
- in 1859 he was listed as Deputy Quartermaster General, late of the 39th Regiment

? Thomas Henry SMITH

? Edward William STAFFORD (1819-1901)
- married Emily Charlotte, daughter of William Wakefield, at Wellington on 24 September 1846. There were no children of this marriage; Emily Stafford died aged 29 in 1857. On 5 December 1859 Stafford married Mary Bartley at Auckland. They were to have three daughters and three sons. Mary Stafford died in 1899

? Hon William SWAINSON (1809-1884)
- the first Attorney-General of New Zealand

? Hon Henry John TANCRED (1816-1884)

? Rev Henry Hanson TURTON (R.M.) (1818-1887)
- He represented the Town of New Plymouth electorate from 1863 to 1864, when he resigned

? John WILLIAMSON

? Reader Gillson WOOD (1821-1895)
- married Mary Jane Holland 20 May 1850, at the Church of St. Paul. He died on 20 August 1895 at Brighton Road, Parnell, leaving one son

? Lieut-Col Alfred Francis William WYATT
- 65th Regiment

? Gladwyn John Richard WYNYARD (1831-1871)
- 13 Feb 1871 on the 11th instant, at his residence at Devonport, Captain G. I. R. Wynyard, late of the 58th Regiment

? William Carr YOUNG


PHOTO
Francis Dart FENTON (see his link)

Charles Henry ZABELL (1832-1905) was born in Danzig, Pomorskie, Poland. He married Mary Jane FRANCIS in 1866 in Waihi, Coromandel. Mary Jane was base born to Sarah Ann Francis (1824-1906) who later married Stephen SWAN, in Lower Hutt in 1848, had about 12 children and later moved to the Wairarapa and had a further 1 or 2 children in Greytown

TIMELINE for Charles Henry Zabell
15 August 1881
... At the meeting of the Wairarapa West County Council on Saturday, the following tenders for the construction of the Waiohine Bridge were opened:-
A. Reece, Wellington - ?1444 (accepted)
Joseph Jay ?1590
O'Malley ?1653
Fred Chapman ?1650
W. Alexander ?1750
C. H. Zabell ?1978 (Aug 2012 equivalent of $318,000)
Wakelin & Hawkins ?2155 6s 2d
Samuel Brown ?2300

23 February 1882
... Messrs F. H. Wood and Co., held a sale at their rooms in Carterton on Wednesday afternoon of the unsold sections of the Belvedere estate.
? Section 16 and sub-sections 1 to 27, inclusive, and 43, containing nearly 48 acres, were knocked down to Mr W. H. W. Haines for ?773
? section 27, containing 18a 3r 4p, to Mr G. Penny at ?6 per acre
? and sub-sections 29 to 42 inclusive, containing 39a 2r 8p to Messrs C. H. Zabell and R. Hooker at ?8 per acre
? section 1 to 5, containing 50a 0r 19p, to Mr G. Dew at ?14 per acre.

26 January 1888
... The many friends of Mr Charles Zabell, settler, of Carterton, will be pleased to hear that since his right eye was so successfully taken out by Dr Kemp at the Wellington Hospital, he has made rapid strides towards recovery. His general health is much improved and his spirits are much lighter with the prospect that he may yet recover the sight of his other eye, and speedily be enabled to return home

24 November 1893
... Zabell v Taratahi-Carterton Road Board, claim ?300, damages to property and an injunction. Mr Travers for plaintiff, Mr Gully for defendants. The Judgment went for the defendant Board, with costs on the middle scale

24 June 1905
... I regret to hear that the health of Mr C. H. Zabell, a very old resident of this district, is causing his many friends anxiety

8 July 1905 Wairarapa Daily Times
... There is no improvement in the health of Mr C. H. Zabell, a very old settler of this district, which has been causing his friends anxiety for some weeks past

14 July 1905
... Still another old Carterton pioneer has passed away in the person of Mr Charles Henry Zabell, whose death occurred on Tuesday night. The late Mr Zabell, whose age was seventy-three years, was born at Dantzig in the year 1832, and from there went to Aberdeen and on to New Zealand. The vessel in which he sailed was the 'Princess of Fife' and touched at Port Chalmers in 1852.
He went to Auckland during the Maori War and also spent some time in the Waikato district and was in company with Sergeant Nolan when that officer was shot while carrying despatches.
He visited the Shotover and Gabriel Gully gold diggings and soon after was married at Waihi. From there he came on to the Wairarapa and engaged in the bridge-building trade, some of his work being still in evidence over the Waingawa, Taueru and Ruamahunga rivers and one at Castlepoint.
The late Mr Zabell purchased land on the banks of the Mangatarere river, Belvedere, and endured all the hardships of the early days.
He leaves a widow, four daughters and one son (all married) and a number of grand-children to mourn their loss

29 July 1905
... A typical pioneer of the right sort died the other day in the Wairarapa. His name was Zabell, and he enjoyed the distinction of having been twice in close contact with a personality who lives as a part of our national history - Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky - the first time in school and the second in the Waikato War. Both were Germans, natives of the old freeport of Dantzig. There they went to school and there they parted. Von Tempsky to go soldiering and Zabell to learn the useful art of building ships. Diverse as their callings were, it was these that served to bring the old schoolmates together again long years after. For Von Tempsky came to this part of the colony to fight the Maori and Zabell to repair the gunboats on the Waikato River. The latter had sailed from Aberdeen in the year 1853 for Port Chalmers and remained there for several years before he was engaged by the Government in connection with the military operations in the North.
After the close of the Waikato War, Zabell was sent to Waikaremoana to build pontoons there and it was there that he went through one of the most thrilling episodes of the East Coast campaign, so rich in events of a like character. He accompanied Sergeat Nolan, who was engaged to carry despatches from Wairoa. On the journey the two ran into a Maori ambuscade. Nolan and Mr Zabell's horse were shot dead, and Mr Zabell only escaped from his pursuers on the sergeant's horse after a hard struggle, during which the bullets came so close to him that they shot away portions of his clothes. He afterwards moved to the Wairarapa and engaged in bridge building and farming. For the last nineteen years of his life he was totally blind, but this calamity did not impair his activity or weaken his interest in public affairs. He was 73 when he died

26 January 1906
... Charles's estate of which probate duty was paid was certified by the Secretary of Stamps as worth ?1839 (January 2012 equivalent of $288,500)

NOTE
watch a 12 minute video on Gustavus von Tempsky
... Mike King presents the story of Gustavus Von Tempsky: swashbuckling colonial soldier of fortune, "flamboyant folk hero" and "our first pin up boy". The Prussian-born artist, self-promoter, romantic and adventurer, led an elite unit - the Forest Rangers - in the 1860s New Zealand Wars, garbed in trademark Garibaldi shirt, kilt and calvary sabre. His bush-fighting skill attracted respect from M?ori foes, who named him "manu rau" (many birds); but also controversy after an infamous raid. He met his demise fighting guerilla leader Titokowaru.

PHOTO
swashbuckling soldier, Gustavus Von Tempsky, school mate & fellow soldier of Charles Henry Zabell
from the site Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky

TAIHAPE is the Northern gateway town of the Rangitikei District, located near the middle of the North Island, town of the famous 'annual gumboot throwing competitions'

the SOMERVILLE buried Taihape cemetery

? ANN 'Annie' Somerville (nee NORTHE 1851-1907)
- married Robert Somerville in 1872
- their known children:
1872 - Georgina Elizabeth Ann Somerville
1874 - Ruth Eleanor Somerville
1877 - Gertrude Maria Somerville
1878 - George Arthur Somerville
1880 - Frederick William Oliver Somerville
1882 - Ernest Crawford Somerville
- Annie died 29 Oct 1907 aged 56
- buried Plot 16, Block 1, Row 7, Section Lawn, Area West

? BETTY ALICE Somerville (nee STEVENS 1910-1995)
- (aka McGLASHAN)
- died 18 July 1995 aged 85
- buried Plot 19, Block 2, Row 19, Section RSA, Area West
- Betty served in WWII as Private 818001 with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). Her next of kin was her mother Charlotte Helen Stevens (nee WATSON 1887-1951) of Hawera (Betty's father was Arthur Ernest Stevens 1887-1959)
headstone reads:
818001, 2ND NZEF NURSE, N.Z.W.A.A.C.

? DENISE ANN 'Jean' Somerville (1912-1990)
- born 29 October 1912
- died 22 October 1990 aged 1 week from 78
- buried Plot 6, Block 1, Row 39, Section Lawn, Area West

? ERNEST CRAWFORD Somerville (1882-1936)
- son of Robert SOMERVILLE & Annie NORTHE
- died 14 Dec 1936 aged 54
- buried Plot 7, Block 2, Row 29, Section RSA, Area West
- Ernest served as Driver 4/576 with the Field Engineers, embarking from Wellington 16 Oct 1914 for Suez, Egypt. He enlisted from the Coffee Palace, Dannevirke. His next of kin was his brother Frederick William Somerville in Taihape
headstone reads::
4/576, SPR E.C. SOMERVILLE, ENGINEERS

? EVALINE SARAH Somerville (nee ECCLESFIELD 1882-1942)
- Evaline married Frederick William Oliver Somerville (1880-1952) in 1906
- died 18 Sep 1942 aged 60
- buried Plot 6, Block 1, Row 39, Section Lawn, Area West
headstone reads::
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EVALINE SARAH 1882 - 1942 ~~ FREDERICK WILLIAM 1880 - 1952
VERA ELSIE 1906 - 1950 ~~ DENISE ANN (JEAN) 1912 - 1990

? FREDERICK 'Fred' WILLIAM Somerville (1880-1952)
- died 29 Nov 1952 aged 72
- buried Plot 6, Block 1, Row 39, Section Lawn, Area West

? VERA ELSIE (1906-1950)
- died 11 October 1950 aged 44
- buried Plot 6, Block 1, Row 39, Section Lawn, Area West

PHOTO
Plot 16, Block 1, Row 7, Section Lawn, Area West
ANNIE Somerville
headstone reads::
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANN SOMERVILLE
died 29th October 1907 Aged 53 years
WIFE OF ROBERT
and LOVED MOTHER of
Ena, Ruth, Gertrude, George, Fred, Ern

Alexander Cameron 'Alex' Scrimgeour (1840-1912) was born Methven, Perthshire, Scotland on 13 Jan 1840, a son of Peter Scrimzeur (1806-1876) & Isabella Rue (1813-1896). Although his parents died in Scotland, some of his siblings also emigrated.
Note If you go back to the 1760s, their name was Scrim, later Scrimzeur, later Scrimgeour and probably other variants.
Alexander's known siblings
* 1834 - 1883 James Scrimgeour
. emigrated into Nelson on the Gertrude, married Ann Valentine Greig in 1865, drowned in the Waiwhakaiho River aged 48. Inquest at link
* 1838 - Margaret Scrimgeour
. married Mathew Young
* 1840 - 1912 Alexander Cameron Scrimgeour
. emigrated into Napier with his sister Mary, on the Rangoon 23 July 1864 (names spelt Scrymgeour), Publican, married Isabella Gow 1876, (Alex & Mary married Gow siblings), Peter Gow was also his partner in the Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau, died Masterton.
* 1842 - 1910 Thomas Scrimgeour
. emigrated into Auckland on the Winterthur 23 May 1865, miner at Waikaka, died Waiaka.
* 1844 - 1935 Mary Scrimgeour
. emigrated on the Rangoon with her brother Alex (names spelt Scrymgeour), into Napier 23 July 1864, married Peter Gow (Alex & Mary married Gow siblings) died Waipukurau (read Alex's bios below).
* 1847 - Elizabeth Scrimgeour
. married James Wilson, died Perthshire.
* 1849 - Janet 'Jessie 'Scrimgeour
. possibly arrived into Nelson on the 'Gertrude 3 June 1868 (spelt Scrimgour on list), possibly with brother James (OR this was a misspelling and the passenger was James). Janet married Henry James Baker.
* 1852 - 1929 Peter Scrimgeour
. emigrated into Dunedin 1879, also a Publican, married Catherine Alderson in Napier 1883, 9 children, died in Hastings.
* 1855 - 1877 Francis Scrimgeour
* 1857 - 1928 John Young Scrimgeour

Alexander arrived in Napier on 23 July 1864 (with sister Mary as above) under engagement to the Hon Henry Robert Russell (1817-1891) of Mt Herbert, Waipukurau. In 1875 he took over the running of the Tavistock Hotel with his brother-in-law, Peter Gow, (Peter was his wife's brother & his sister Mary's husband).
Alexander married ISABELLA GOW (1847-1914) on 28 Nov 1876. Isabella was born in Watten, Highland, Scotland, the 8th of 11 known children of George Gow (1803-1874) & Jane Mackadam (1812-1896)
Alex & Isabella had 6 children
• 1877 - 1972 Jane Macadam Scrimgeour (spinster)
• 1878 - 1922 Peter 'Gow' Scrimgeour (+Johnson)
• 1880 - Mary Scrimgeour
• 1881 - 1964 Jessie Scrimgeour (+Vallance)
• 1883 - 1959 Amelia Rue Scrimgeour (spinster)
• 1889 - 1962 George Henry Scrimgeour (+Gawne)

NOTE A number of family trees online have THIS Alexander Cameron Scrimgeour (same dates, photo etc) as marrying Helen MacLeod. This is incorrect and shows the dangers of copying everyone elses mistakes from the net without doing your own research. There WAS an Alexander (no Cameron) Scrimgeour who married Helen Macleod (1841-1914) in 1866 but their 8 children, from 1866 - 1883, were born in Christchurch, Canterbury.
"Our' Alexander Cameron Scrimgeour arrived in Napier in 1864 & spent over 25 years in Hawkes Bay (1864-1890), married Isabella Gow in 1876 and their 6 children were born in Hawkes Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau etc, from 1877 - 1889. He spent 11 years in Masterton running the Club Hotel, returned to Waipawa and back again to Masterton where he died in his last hotel, the Prince of Wales, in 1912. Read the bios.

Waipawa Mail, 10 March 1887
Impounded at Waipawa - By Geo. Downey, on February 11th, 1887, 1 Black Gelding, branded PH on near shoulder, white blaze on face, white on all fore feet. If not claimed and all expenses paid, will be sold on the 15th march at noon. A. C. SCRIMGEOUR - Poundkeeper.

Waipawa Mail, 26 Sep 1895
A very pleasing ceremony took place in the Empire Hotel last night, when the Waipawa Brass band met for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr and Mrs Scrimgeour prior to their departure from Waipawa. After playing in the billiard room, the members of the band assembled in one of the parlors when Bandmaster B. Cosgrove, in a few well chosen words, stated the object of the gathering. He said that before Mr and Mrs Scrimgeour left Waipawa the band thought it only right to present them with some token to mark the many services they had rendered to that body. The fore of the presentation was a frame containing the photographs of the band, which he felt sure their guests would value, not for its intrinsic worth, but for the fact that it would recall to their memory some of the many friends they left behind them in Waipawa. The members of the band deeply regretted Mr and Mrs Scrimgeour's departure from the town, for they had always been most generous in assisting them and on behalf of the band, he wished them every success and happiness in their new home.
Mr Scrimgeour thanked Mr Cosgrove for his kind remarks and said that it had always been a pleasure to himself and Mrs Scrimgeour to render what aid they could to the band. He greatly appreciated the present they had made him. It was not necessary to have their photographs to remember then by, for it would take him a long while to forget the many friends he saw around him that night. He was, however, sensible of the kindly feeling which prompted them in making the present, which would be hung in a place of honor in his new home. He was sorry to part from them and he could assure them that he would always be happy to meet them in the future.
Mr Whittington briefly returned thanks on behalf of Mrs Scrimgeour and at her request invited the band to supper. The invitation was accepted with alacrity,
After justice had been done to the good things provided, the proceedings resolved themselves into a smoke concert, A number of songs and recitations were given in good style and a most enjoyable evening was brought to a close about 11 o'clock.

Waipawa Mail, 1 Oct 1895
We understand Mr A. C. Scrimgeour, who has for some years filled the officers of County Councillor and member of the Town Board will tender his resignations of those positions at the next meeting of the respective bodies.

Hawkes Bay Herald, 26 April 1900
Dannevirke All who have ever put up at Mr Scrimgeour's popular and excellent hostelry, The Masonic Hotel, here will be glad to hear that he is going to remain in possession. Mr Scrimgeour and his family would have been very much missed in Dannevirke. He has added several improvements to his popular hostelry, notably to the bar, which has been re-arranged, freshly painted, papered and varnished throughout. Mr Scrimgeour is determined to keep abreast of the times and has other improvements in contemplation.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 Jan 1901
Dannevirke Mr Alexander Scrimgeour has sold his interest in the Masonic Hotel to Mr Mitchell, late of Hunterville, who will take possession of the hostelry this week.

Bush Advocate, 9 July 1901
Mr A. C. Scrimgeour was a passenger to Masterton by the mid-day express to take over the Club Hotel in that town, There was quite a gathering of his old friends to meet him at the station.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 July 1902
A meeting of the General Committee of the Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon and Dog Association, held in the Club Hotel last evening, was attended by Mr F. Hill (chairman) and Messrs T. Barnes, A. C. Scrimgeour, E. Welch and L. J. Hooper. Mr A. H. Gardner tendered his resignation, which was accepted with regret.
* Alex was appointed Poultry Steward

Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 Jan 1902
Opening Of The New Club Hotel The new Club Hotel, which can be counted as amongst the finest houses in New Zealand, was opened yesterday by the proprietor, Mr A. C. Scrimgeour, for the reception of the public. The hotel has been most elaborately furnished with new materials and in matter of comfort and convenience cannot be excelled. The dining-room is indeed a spacious room and two immense mirrors have been hung at either end, which give a splendid effect. A second dining-room, quite as well appointed, but of smaller dimensions, has been provided, where the labourer can get a good meal and receive every attention and suites of bedrooms are also reserved for them. This is a want which has long been felt in Masterton and one which will be appreciated.
In the matter of wines and spirits the best brands are on the shelves and 'Staples' beer only is always on tap.
The proprietor will be pleased to conduct callers over the hotel and, as showing the appreciation of the travelling public for a good house, over twenty telegrams have been received from other parts bespeaking rooms in the Club Hotel.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 March 1904
Masterton Cadet Football Club. The annual meeting of the above club was held in the Drill Hall, last evening, Captain Hunn presiding. The election of officers resulted as follows:- Patron: Mr L. J. Hooper; President: Mr A. C. Scrimgeour; Vice Presidents: Captain Charters, Lieutenant Morton, Dr W. H. Hoskings and Messrs W. H. Beetham, A. Henderson and E. L. Leeks

Waipawa Mail, 22 May 1907
About twenty of the leading citizens of Masterton assembled in the Borough Council Chambers on Thursday afternoon, to make a presentation to Mr A. C. Scrimgeour, who had been licensee of the Club Hotel, Masterton, for a number of years and who is leaving Masterton to take over the Empire Hotel at Waipawa. The Mayor (Mr J. M. Cordine) occupied the chair.

.. written about 1908 ..
Mr ALEXANDER CAMERON SCRIMGEOUR, proprietor of the Empire Hotel, was born in the parish of Methven, Perthshire, Scotland, in the year 1840, his father, Mr Peter Scrimgeour, being engaged on the Balgowan Estate. He was educated in Perthshire, afterwards learned farming and in 1863 came to New Zealand under engagement to the Hon. H. R. Russell, of Mount Herbert, Waipukurau. The vessel in which he sailed, the "Rangoon," became almost a complete wreck on the Ramsgate Downs a day or two after her departure. Putting into Ramsgate, a delay of two months occurred for repairs and a second start was made on the 24th of January 1864. After a protracted time at sea the "Rangoon" was almost destitute of provisions when she made Sydney harbour, where another month was occupied in refitting. On the 24th of July, Napier was reached and an eventful voyage of eight months brought to a happy termination, though the ill-fated "Rangoon" had almost every vestige of her bulwarks washed away in a final storm in the Bay of Plenty. Mr. Scrimgeour landed in Napier and after four years with the Hon H. R. Russell was transferred to the estate of Mr P. Russell, where he remained for seven years. He then, in conjunction with Mr Peter Gow, took over the Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau and two years later (1877) became proprietor of the Tahoraite Hotel (Hawkes Bay) in the Seventy Mile Bush. After being there three years Mr Scrimgeour purchased a farm of 600 acres at Waipawa, but relinquished agriculture twelve months later, though still retaining the property.
Mr Scrimgeour afterwards purchased the Empire Hotel at Waipawa, which he conducted for twelve years. On his departure for Dannevirke in 1895, his fellow townspeople gave a ball in honour of himself and family and presented Mrs Scrimgeour with a beautifully jewelled gold bracelet and Mr Scrimgeour with a numerously-signed address, splendidly illuminated and framed.
Mr Scrimgeour afterwards removed to Masterton and took over the Club Hotel, but subsequently returned to Waipawa and again took over the Empire Hotel. He was for several years a member of the Waipawa County Council, Road Board, Town Board, School Committee, and various other bodies. He married Miss Gow, a sister of his old partner, in 1876 and has four daughters and two sons.

Waipawa Mail, 30 Nov 1909
A very pleasing ceremony was performed at the Empire Hotel last evening, when a few of the intimate friends of Mrs Scrimgeour met to present her with a souvenir in remembrance of her stay in Waipawa. The memento took the shape of a solid gold cross, suitably inscribed. Mr D. O'Reilly, in making the presentation, referred to the kindly disposition of Mrs Scrimgeour and hoped she would not be very far away from Waipawa. He was sure he was voicing the feelings of all present when he said that Mrs Scrimgeour would be very much missed. He hoped she would live long to wear the token given her by her friends. Mr H. Collett responded on behalf of Mrs Scrimgeour. He was sure, should she ever return to Waipawa, that she would always receive a hearty welcome. However, he hope she would not be very far away from here, so that all could see her often.
Mr Rathbone also spoke feelingly of Mrs Scrimgeour and proposed her health, which was drunk in champagne.

Wairarapa Age, 4 Dec 1909
Mr and Mrs A. Scrimgeour, formerly of Masterton, have severed their connection with the Empire Hotel, Waipawa. Mrs Scrimgeour was the recipient on Wednesday of several valuable presents as mementos of her residence in Waipawa. The Sisters of St Joseph gave Mrs Scrimgeour an autograph album, bound in Morocco leather. The lady members of St John's Church gave her a pair of handsome salt cellars, also a bread board, set in a solid silver stand. Several townspeople also presented her with a solid gold chain and pendant, the latter taking the form of a Latin cross bearing the inscription I.S., 1-12-09. During their residence in Waipawa Mr and Mrs Scrimgeour have, by their kind-heartedness and liberality and also by their willingness to assist in any local charity, gained the esteem of the townspeople and their departure will be regretted.

Wairarapa Age, 4 Aug 1910
Prince Of Wales Hotel, Queen Street, Masterton.
Mr A. C. Scrimgeour begs to inform the Residents of Masterton and district that he has taken over the above well known house. The Hotel will be conducted on the most approved lines, with the best accommodation at moderate rates. Temperance drinks at bar.

Masterton, 19 Jan 1912
James Hall was find £10 and costs in default one month, for keeping liquor for sale in a no-license district. The magistrate reserved his decision in a case in which a similar charge was preferred against Alex. C. Scrimgeour

Pahiatua Herald, 28 Feb 1912
Mr A. C. Scrimgeour, proprietor of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Masterton and well-known in this district, is dangerously ill.

Wairarapa Age, 1 March 1912
At a late hour last night the condition of Mr A. C. Scrimgeour, of Masterton, was regarded as exceedingly critical.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 5 March 1912
DEATH of Alexander Cameron Scrimgeour
Mr A. C. SCRIMGEOUR There passed away, at 10.45 o;clock this morning, one of Masterton's best known and most highly esteemed residents in the person of Mr Alexander Cameron Scrimgeour, proprietor of the Prince of Wales Private Hotel, at the age of 72 years.
Deceased took to his bed a little more than a week ago and since then he had gradually weakened, the end coming peacefully this morning.
The late Mr Scrimgeour was born in Perthshire, Scotland and came to New Zealand in the Rangoon in 1864, landing in Napier in June, after a stormy passage lasting eight months. He came under engagement to Mr Henry Russell, for whom he worked for a number of years. He resided in Hawkes Bay district for over twenty-five years and came to Masterton eleven years ago to take over the Club Hotel. As host of this famous establishment, he became well-known and greatly respected throughout the district and when he left here a few years ago to reside in Waipawa, he was presented with a token of esteem from the business people of Masterton.
He returned to Masterton about two years ago and took over the Prince of Wales Private Hotel, where he resided up to the time of his death.
The late Mr Scrimgeour was one of those citizens whose place in the community will be hard to fill. His kindly disposition and sterling qualities endeared him to all with whom he came in contact and to-day Masterton will mourn for the loss of one who was a friend of everybody and look up to by all.
Deceased leaves six of a family, including one married daughter, Mrs Con. Vallance, three single daughters and two sons; two sisters (Mrs Peter Gow and Mrs baker) and one brother Mr Peter Scrimgeour. All of the last-mentioned reside in the Hawkes Bay district.
The funeral will leave the Prince of Wales Hotel on Thursday at 2.30 p.m.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 8 March 1912
The funeral of the late Mr A. C. Scrimgeour took place yesterday afternoon, when a very long cortege of friends from all over the Wellington, Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay provinces were present to pay their last respects to one who was widely known and respected. The members of the Masterton Lodge, I.O.O.F.M.U., followed the procession to the cemetery in respect to their late brother, who for a great many years was a prominent member of the Waipawa Lodge. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev A. T. Thompson, B.A., B.D., of Knox Church, Masterton.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 April 1912
While Mrs A. Scrimgeour, of the Prince of Wales Hotel, was coming down the stairs on Saturday evening, she tripped and fell to the bottom, sustaining a broken wrist and a number of bruises. Medical Scrimgeour is now progressing satisfactorily.

After his death Isabella moved to Wanganui.
Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 Dec 1912
Mrs A. C. Scrimgeour has disposed of her interest in the Prince of Wales Hotel and will leave next week for Wellington (sic, Wanganui) where she intends to reside.

Wanganui Chronicle, 19 May 1913
Mrs A. C. Scrimgeour, wife of the late popular A. C. Scrimgeour, Esq., of Hawke's Bay, is prepared to take a limited number of gentlemen boarders at very moderate terms. The well-known Stirling House is only about three minutes from the heart of the town. The rooms are beautiful, airy ones and are furnished with every home comfort; gas in every room; fine baths and the dining room is a large and comfortably furnished one. The cuisine is of the best, combined with every courtesy. Anyone requiring a really comfortable home cannot do better than pay Mrs Scrimgeour a call before going elsewhere.

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 June 1913
Mrs A. C. Scrimgeour, Stirling House, 26 St Hill Street, has vacancies for six gentlemen boarders. Single rooms if preferred, Superior Board. Terms on application.

Pahiatua Herald, 2 July 1914
DEATH of Isabella Scrimgeour
The death occurred at Wanganui yesterday of Mrs Isabella Scrimgeour, relict of the late Mr Alexander C. Scrimgeour, of Masterton. The deceased lady, who was sixty-seven years of age, was favourably known in the Masterton, Waipawa and Dannevirke districts. Mrs Scrimgeour left Masterton some eighteen months ago for Wanganui.

ALEXANDER & ISABELL are buried at Archer Street cemetery, Masterton
. THEIR HEADSTONE .
ALEXANDER C. SCRIMGEOUR
Died March 5, 1912
Aged 72 Years
Nothing In My Hands I Bring
Simply To Thy Cross I Cling
~ Also ~
ISABELLA
Beloved Wife Of The Above
Died July 1, 1914
Aged 67 Years
Sorrow vanquished . Labour ended . Jordan passed.

PHOTO
Alexander Cameron Scrimgeour

the PATON buried Ashhurst, Dannevirke & Palmerston North to 3 Jan 2013
- unnamed infants not included
- some birth dates may be approximate, based on age at death

? AGNES Paton (nee WALKER 1855-1932)
- born in Airdrie, Scotland to David WALKER & Janet REID
- Agnes married Thomas Paton (1847-1921) in 1873 in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, had 4 daughters before emigrating into Port Chalmers in 1879 and they had another 9 children in New Zealand
- Agnes died 22 May 1932 aged 76
- her last address was Albert street, Dannevirke
- she is buried Plot 23, Block T at Mangatera, Dannevirke (with husband Thomas)


? AGNES ELLEN Paton (1878-1968)
- died 30 May 1968 aged 90 in Dannevirke Hospital
- Agnes was a spinster
- her last address was Rahiri Home, Dannevirke
- she was cremated at Kelvin Grove

? ALEXANDER Paton (1832-1913)
- died 22 February 1913 aged 80
- he is buried Plot 013, Block 020 at Ashhurst

? 'BESSIE' (Elizabeth Myrtle) Paton (1896-1903)
- last of at least 13 children of Thomas & Agnes PATON
- Bessie died 27 February 1903 aged 6
28 February 1903 The many friends of Mr Paton, stationmaster, will regret to hear of the death of his youngest daughter, Bessie, which occurred yesterday afternoon. The deceased, who was aged six years, was attacked with scarlatina, and despite medical skill and attention, she passed away after a brief illness. Mr and Mrs Paton have the sincere friends in the sad bereavement they had sustained. The funeral will leave her parents residence, Queen street, Dannevirke, to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon at 3p.m. for the local cemetery
- she is buried Plot 73, Block E at Settlers Cemetery, Dannevirke
2 March 1903 The mortal remains of the late Bessie, youngest daughter of Mr Paton, stationmaster, were interred in the local cemetery yesterday afternoon, a large number of sympathising friends joining in the mournful procession. A number of wreaths were placed on the coffin, including one from the staff of the local post and telegraph office. The Rev A. Grant conducted an impressive burial service

? BETTYE GRAHAM Paton (1924-1926)
- died 14 August 1926 aged 2 in Palmerston North
- she is buried Plot 018, Block 002 at Terrace End

? CAMERON GARRY Paton (1973-1973)
- died 25 August 1973 aged an infant in Ashhurst
- he is buried Plot 027, Block 005, Area O at Kelvin Grove

? ELIZABETH DAPLYN Paton (1931-1991)
- died 30 May 1991 aged 59
- her last address was R D 10, Colyton road
- she is buried Plot 004, Block 23A at Ashhurst (with Mervyn Ian)

? HILDA SARAH Paton (nee ALLEN 1900-1980)
- Hilda married John Naysmith Paton (1899-1967) in 1927
- died 21 June 1980 aged 80 in Palmerston North Hospital
- Hilda was a widow
- her last address was Bodell Place
- she was cremated at Kelvin Grove
NOTE her husband, John Naysmith Paton is buried in Makara, Wellington

? ISABELLA Paton (nee McGREGOR 1862-1943)
- Isabella married John Henry Paton 30 Dec 1881 in Marton
- their known children:
1884 - 1970 Mahalia McGregor Paton
1887 - Isabella Paton
1890 - Janet Elizabeth Paton
1892 - 1893 John Robert Alexander 'Jack' Paton
1894 - 1970 Theodore Paton
1899 - Phyllis Paton
- Isabella died 29 July 1943 aged 81
- she is buried Plot 028, Block 008 age Ashhurst (with John Henry)

? 'Jack' JOHN ROBERT ALEXANDER Paton (1892-1893)
- born Sep 1892 to John Henry PATON & Isabella McGREGOR
- he died 17 August 1893 aged 11 months
- buried Plot 031, Block 016 at Terrace End with his grandmother Sarah Elizabeth Paton (1835-1888)

? JAMES Paton (1927-2001)
- died 9 Jan 2001 at Cook street Nursing Home Palmerston North
- he was cremated at Kelvin Grove

? JAMES CAIN Paton (1952-2012)
- James died 3 June 2012 aged 60
- he was cremated at Kelvin Grove

? JAMES KNIGHT Paton (1891-1959)
- one of at least 9 children of Thomas & Agnes PATON
- James died 6 April 1959 aged 68
- he was a Chemist & lived Church street, Palmerston North
- he is buried Plot 018, Block 002 at Terrace End

? JOHN HENRY Paton (1858-1934)
- son of Alexander & Sarah Elizabeth Paton
Shooing and General Blacksmith. Coach-builder, etc., Victoria Shoeing Forge, Feilding Road, Ashhurst.
- John Henry Paton was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and left there with his father's family in 1867 for England. Some four or five years later he sailed for New Zealand per barque ?Sissie,? arriving in Nelson in 1872. He was educated at Picton, and learned his business with Mr. S. Ingram, of Marton, completing his apprenticeship in 1879. After continuing in the employ of Mr. Ingram for some two years, Mr. Paton removed to Ashhurst, and for another period of two years was in the employ of the late firm of Messrs. Warne and Beard. He then, in 1884, began on his own account (click his link for more)
- he married Isabella McGregor in 1881 (see the children at her name)
- John died 5 March 1934 aged 75
- he is buried Plot 027, Block 008 at Ashhurst with Isabella

? MARY McALPINE Paton (1926-1980)
- Mary died 28 May 1980 aged 51
- her last address was Tweed street, Palmerston North
- she is buried Plot 068, Block 006, Area P at Kelvin Grove

? MELVINIA VIOLET Paton (1927-1990)
- Melvinia died 20 Dec 1990 aged 63 in Palmerston North
- her ashes are buried Plot 072, Block 001, Area R at Kelvin Grove

? MERVYN IAN Paton (1919-2004)
- son of Theodore PATON & Mona May BISHOP
- Mervyn married Mona May BISHOP in 1918
- they were Farmers
- he died 23 June 2004 aged 85 in Palmerston North Hospital
- his ashes buried Plot 004, Block 23A at Ashhurst (with Elizabeth Daplyn)

? MONA MAY Paton (nee BISHOP 1896-1968)
- 1st of at least 5 daughters of Henry BISHOP & Linda Agnes DENNETT
- Mona married Theodore 'Tim' Paton in 1918
- they had 2 known children, Mervyn Ian & June Paton
- Mona died 12 June 1968 aged 72
- she is buried plot 014, Block 010 at Ashhurst

? OLIVER HOLT Paton (1899- 1973)
- 2nd of 4 sons of James PATON & Caroline PERRIN
- Oliver died 16 May 1973 aged 74
- his last address was Highbury Ave, Palmerston North
- he is buried Plot 072, Block 001, Area R at Kelvin Grove

? ROBERT SAMUEL Paton (1906-1971)
- son of Henry Davidson PATON & Jane Kitchener Mary SHRIMPTON
- Robert was a farmer
- he died 9 August 1971 aged 65
- his last address was Grey street, Feilding
- he was cremated at Kelvin Grove

? SARAH ELIZABETH Paton (1835-1888)
- mother of John Henry Paton
- Sarah died 2 January 1888 aged 52 at Ashhurst
- she is buried with her 11 month old grandson at Terrace End (see photo)

THEODORE 'Tim' Paton (1894-1970)
- a son of John Henry PATON & Isabella McGREGOR
- Tim married Mona May Bishop in 1918 (see Mona above)
- Tim died 22 September 1970 aged 76
- he is buried Plot 014, Block 010 at Ashhurst (with Mona)

? THOMAS Paton (1847-1921)
- born in Dairy, Scotland to George PATON & Ann GLASS
- Thomas married Agnes WALKER in 1873 in Airdrie. He was with the British Railway Service in Scotland from age 15. Stationmaster at Killeara, then Longriggend, then worked with the Railways in Dunedin as soon as they arrived in 1879 on the Oamaru (not found on passenger list), he was in charge of the first train from Waipahi to Kelso, stationmaster at Ngapara for 3 years then returned to stationmaster in Kelso, Otago. After 12 years there he became stationmaster at Lawrence, then in 1901 he transferred to Dannevirke as stationmaster where he retired in 1911
- Thomas died 20 March 1921 aged 73
- his last address was Albert street, Dannevirke
- he is buried Plot 24, Block T at Mangatera, Dannevirke (with Agnes)

? THOMAS KEITH JAMES Paton (1979-1979)
- Thomas was an infant who died in the Palmerston North Maternity Unit
- he is buried Plot 044, Block 006, Area O at Kelvin Grove

? VERA IRENE Paton (nee GRAHAM 1893-1935)
- Vera married James Knight Paton in 1918
- she died 7 November 1935 aged 42
- her last address was 171 Church street Palmerston North
- she is buried Plot 018, Block 002 at Terrace End

? WAYNE MAURICE Paton
- Wayne was an infant
- he died 8 February 1972 in Ashhurst
- he is buried Plot 027, Block 005, Area O at kelvin Grove

PHOTO
Grave of little Jack Paton & his grandmother Sarah Elizabeth Paton
mother and son of John Henry Paton

original list taken from Poverty Bay Herald, 24 January 1912
(go to that link to see the individual marks)

I have listed then here in alphabetical order
some birth/death dates are not verified
some names are suggestions only


SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS
... The following candidates have qualified for Hawke's Bay Education Board senior scholarships:-


H. J. ALLARDICE, - Dannevirke
- Henry Joselyn Allardice ?
- (1897-1917)
- then aged 15
- next of kin: Mrs J. Allardice (mother), Burns Street, Dannevirke

C. J. BAILEY - Dannevirke

Mary BLOOR - Waipawa

Vivian BRITTEN - Hastings
- (1889-1913)
- then aged 23

Charles H. BULL - Gisborne
- Charles Henry Bull ?
- (1897-1944)
- then aged 15

Mary CAMPBELL - Hastings

Mary E. CANNING - Napier

Henry F. CARSTON - Dannevirke
- Henry Fritz Carston ? (1896-1981)
- then aged 16

C. V. COLLINGE - Hastings

John V. COOPER - Napier
- John Vaughan Cooper (1896-1917)
- then aged 16
- next of kin: Mrs J. Cooper (mother), c/o F. Thorpe, Madeira Road, Napier

G. G. CORBETT - Napier

W. D. FALCONER - Gisborne

A. F. FYSON - Gisborne
- Arthur Forbes Fyson
- father, Albert Joseph Fyson, lived Kaiti, Gisborne

Ethel F. GIFFORD - Napier
- Ethel Francis Gifford (1896-1983)
- then aged 16
- married John FAIRCLOUGH in 1916

W. G. GRIFFEN - Napier

Eric HALE - Gisborne

Charles J. E. HENTY - Napier
- Charles Joseph Emmet Henty (1896-1983)
- then aged 15

E. R. HOGG - Gisborne
- Eric Richard Hogg ? (1896-1978)
- then aged 15

W. W. JONDSEN? - Dannevirke

I. L. KNIGHT - Napier

V. J. LANGLEY - Napier
- Victor John Langley ? (1896-1983)
- then aged 15

Madge McINTYRE - Waipawa

Ernest F. McKENZIE - Dannevirke

L. G. McMAHON - Dannevirke

Murdoch MUNRO - Waipawa
- Murdoch Might Munro (1896-1962)
- then aged 15

M. W. NICOLL - Gisborne

C. OSBOURNE - Napier

W. L. PACKER - Waipawa

F. W. PARKER - Waipawa

Charles R. PHILLIPS - Dannevirke
- Charles Rangi Phillips ? (1895-1943)
- then aged 16

Fanny PRICE - Dannevirke

Horace ROBB - Gisborne
- Horace Brewer Robb ? (1897-1986)
- born 24 Jan 1897
- then aged 15

Ida ROSS - Hastings
- (1897-1982)
- born 22 Feb 1897
- then aged 14
- Ida married Arnold Galloway JERRAM in 1929

R. H. SETH-SMITH - Napier

Emily G. SCOTT - Gisborne

K. G. SMITH - Waipawa

Thomas W. STOCKHAM - Hastings
- Thomas William Stockham (1897-1917)
- then aged 14
- born in Australia
- his next of kin was Mrs Stockham (mother), Boundary Road, Hastings

J. P. STOTHART - Napier

R. V. SYMONDS - Hastings
- Roy Vivian Symonds (1896-1968)
- then aged 15

Frank E. TANSEY - Waipawa

Thomas H. THORP - Hastings
- Thomas Howard Thorp ? (1896-1970)
- then aged 15

F. M. TICKNER - Hastings
- Frank Marshall Tickner (1897-1953)
- then aged 14

W. P. WALSHE - Dannevirke
- William Patrick Walshe ? (1896-1959)
- thena ged 15

Vera V. WEBB - Hastings
- Vera Victoria Webb (1897-1973)
- then aged 15
- married Francis William Henry MARDON in 1911

Allan WILSON - Dannevirke

Allan WRIGHT - Napier


PHOTO
Henry Jocelyn Allardice
KILLED IN ACTION Ypres, 4 Oct 1917