ngairedith on Family Tree Circles

some of the STIMPSON marriages in New Zealand 1876 - 1930

the STIMPSON GROOMS


Charles Sydney Stimpson
- married Matilda Duren in 1918

Francis John Stimpson
- married Eliza Pont in 1897

Frederick Edwin Stimpson
- married Jessie Pirie Taylor in 1928

George Thomas Stimpson
- married Jane Elizabeth Woodhead in 1903

George Thomas Stimpson
- married Ada Johnston in 1913

Henry Stimpson
- married Fanny Claydon in 1876

Henry Benjamin Stimpson
- married Mary Neilsen in 1904

James Stimpson
- married Helen Muriel Matthewsn 1926

James Robert Stimpson
- married Alice Elizabeth Braggins in 1900

Ralph Edgar Stimpson
- married Ethel Mary White in 1930

Robert Stimpson
- married Emma Maria Fitzwilliam in 1880

Robert Stimpson Ord
- married Jane McNelly in 1886

Walter Stimpson
- married Elizabeth Parford Sutherland in 1883

Walter Timothy Stimpson
- married Mary Jane Edgecombe in 1879

William Albert Stimpson
- married Olive Mary Freeman in 1928


the STIMPSON BRIDES

Agnes Elizabeth Stimpson
- married Thomas Blackler in 1926

Caroline Annie Seymour Stimpson
- married Edward Arthur Griffiths in 1911

Edith May Stimpson
- married Randall Henry Topliss in 1921

Eliza Stimpson
- married Charles Norman Miles in 1860

Everlene Jane Stimpson
- married James Thomas Caldwell in 1920

Fanny Maria Stimpson
- married John William Laing in 1914

Hedwig Elizabeth Susannah Stimpson
- married Lars Peder Olsen in 1930

Jessie Moore Stimpson
- married Richard Attwood Gower in 1919

Louisa Stimpson
- married Valentine Lehrke in 1908

Marguerite Sophia Phoebe Hannah Stimpson
- married George Pont in 1902

Marjorie Evelyn Stimpson
- married Edward Alfred Jury in 1921

Mary Ann Stimpson
- married James Burrows in 1869

Rosetta Stimpson
- married Peter Joseph Cairns in 1897

Sarah Stimpson
- married William Tucker in 1908

some of the PEE marriages New Zealand 1880 - 1931


the PEE GROOMS

Harold Pee
- married Fanny Watts in 1908

James Pee
- married Rebecca Scarborough in 1882

John William Pee
- married Winifred Violet Wiseman in 1925

Norman James Pee
- married Emily Bidgood in 1917


the PEE BRIDES

Blanche Pee
- married William Heald in 1910

Daisy Pee
- married James Russell in 1923

Elsie May Pee
- married Edwin Collins in 1911

Ethel Mary Pee
- married Philip Verna Hargreaves in 1926

Hilda Pee
- married Bert George Greenwood in 1910

Mary Jane Pee
- married John Henry Mills in 1880

Olive Pee
- married Geoffrey William Sparkes Orin 1908

193 Olive Winifred Pee
- married Percy Cornell Totman in 1931

The ANTARES sailed from Downes, UK and arrived into Wellington, New Zealand on 17 October 1878

these are the passengers I have so far
- may not be the total number. Please leave comment if you can help

FRY W H

HILL George

HOBBS (Mrs)

LEETE Agnes
LEETE H.F.

MCOWEN Thomas H

ORGEN John

POTTER E H

PRIOR H.N.

SMITH S A - Mrs.
SMITH W H - Mr.

WATSON John E

WILLIAMS (Miss)
WILLIAMS (Mrs)
WILLIAMS Annie
WILLIAMS Daniel
WILLIAMS Ebenezer
WILLIAMS Edward
WILLIAMS John
WILLIAMS Rees
WILLIAMS William

the STIMPSON buried at Waitakere as at April 2011:

STIMPSON, ANTHONEY TREVOR aged 4 days 1977

STIMPSON, CHARLES SYDNEY aged 69 1949

STIMPSON, CHRISTINA OLIVE aged 89 1988

STIMPSON, ETHEL EMMA aged 69 1945

STIMPSON, ETHEL MARY aged 61 1957

STIMPSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM aged 40 1913

STIMPSON, JUNE VIVIAN aged 77 2009

STIMPSON, MATILDA aged 72 1940

STIMPSON, RALPH EDGAR aged 84 1980

STIMPSON, WILFRID FORSTER aged 86 1989

message received as date below ...
Subject: Waitakere Cemetery
To: ngairedith
From: Buckle
Date: 2015-07-26 21:43:26
Hi ngairedith, There is a listing of cemeteries on Family Tree Circles linked to Find a Grave for a Waitakere Cemetery. The cemetery name is Waikumete Cemetery not Waitakere.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2166897&CScn=Waikumete&CScntry=85& The Waitakere entries belong under Waikumete Cemetery and Crematorium. Waitakere was the city name but this area is now part of Auckland City New Zealand. There never has been a cemetery called Waitakere Cemetery. The entries can be found here in the search site for Waikumete Cemetery and Crematorium.http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/westcemeterysearch.aspx If you look on the map on this page you will see that it is Waikumete Cemetery and Crematorium. So all those folk recorded on the Waitakere list should be on Waikumete. Hope this makes sense! Cheers, Ruth Snashall.

the CHALMERS buried Waitakere cemetery Auckland to April 2011:

CHALMERS, AGNES age 72 1958

CHALMERS, AGNES ELEANOR MARY age 6 months 1897

CHALMERS, ANDREW age 62 1953

CHALMERS, ARCHIBALD age 67 1950

CHALMERS, CATHERINE LESLIE age 73 1951

CHALMERS, DAVID GEORGE age 68 1955

CHALMERS, DAVID LLOYD GEORGE age 90 2002

CHALMERS, DONALD SCOTT age 77 1988

CHALMERS, DULCIE GWENDOLINE age 83 1989

CHALMERS, DUNCAN GRAHAM age 73 1894

CHALMERS, EDITH KATE CNSTANCE age 83 1948

CHALMERS, EDNA GRACE age 88 1997

CHALMERS, ELIZABETH age 68 1901

CHALMERS, ELIZABETH ADELAIDE age 79 1971

CHALMERS, GEORGE EDINGTON age 70 1998

CHALMERS, GRACE age 47 1944

CHALMERS, JEANIE AGNES age 51 1951

CHALMERS, JESSIE MAITLAND 50 1953

CHALMERS, LAURA MICHELE age 1998

CHALMERS, LINDA age 2 1918

CHALMERS, MURIEL SOPHY FLORENCE age 78 1974

CHALMERS, NOELENE age 90 2002

CHALMERS, PATIENCE MARGUERTE age 85 2009

CHALMERS, PERCY GEORGE age 87 1978

CHALMERS, PETER CHARLES age 71 1962

CHALMERS, STEWART EDINGTON age 71 1956

CHALMERS, THOMAS ALBERT EDWARD age 79 1982

CHALMERS, TYRONE WILLIAM age 57 2000

CHALMERS, WAYNE ROBERT age 4 1948

CHALMERS, WILLIAM age 27 1886

CHALMERS, WILLIAM age 47 1901

CHALMERS, WILLIAM CHARLES age 71 1946

CHALMERS, WILLIAM JOSEPH age 38 1947


message received as date below ...
Subject: Waitakere Cemetery
To: ngairedith
From: Buckle
Date: 2015-07-26 21:43:26
Hi ngairedith, There is a listing of cemeteries on Family Tree Circles linked to Find a Grave for a Waitakere Cemetery. The cemetery name is Waikumete Cemetery not Waitakere.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2166897&CScn=Waikumete&CScntry=85& The Waitakere entries belong under Waikumete Cemetery and Crematorium. Waitakere was the city name but this area is now part of Auckland City New Zealand. There never has been a cemetery called Waitakere Cemetery. The entries can be found here in the search site for Waikumete Cemetery and Crematorium.http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/westcemeterysearch.aspx If you look on the map on this page you will see that it is Waikumete Cemetery and Crematorium. So all those folk recorded on the Waitakere list should be on Waikumete. Hope this makes sense! Cheers, Ruth Snashall.

most of the followng was taken from
Augustine Warner I (1610-1674)


AUGUSTNE WARNER I was born on November 28, 1610 in Norwich, England. He was one of the first Virginia Immigrants to sail to the New World under Captain Adam Thouroughgood in 1628.

The Warner family settled along the Piankatank River.
As some of the Warners moved into Maryland, Augustine Warner I, who received the earliest known land grant in Gloucester in 1635, was most influential in establishing a Gloucester settlement, later to become Gloucester County by 1651.
Augustine's wife Mary TOWNLEY immigrated to Virginia in 1638 by The Charles River Company. As Augustine's acquisition of land increased, so did his political influence in the area. He became important in government and a man of respect in the county.

- In 1642 Augustine Warner's wife gave birth to their second child on July 3, Augustine II.

By the 1650's, Augustine Warner had acquired over one thousand acres through land grants spanning Virginia, it has been rumored that he was granted nearly 33,333 acres total throughout Gloucester County. This may have included land covering the entire North side of the Severn River, out to the Mobjack Bay Finally, he became politically influential. Captain Warner was a member of the King's Council of the Royal Governor of Virginia until his death. This included being Justice and Burgess of York and Gloucester Counties between 1652 and 1658. This enabled him to advise the Governor on many important matters. He was named Speaker of the House and known as Speaker Warner at this time. He became Captain of the Virginia Militia and received commission from the Governor "Gentlemen." He aided the Dutch with the attacks on the Virginia Fleet of Hampton Roads. Augustine Warner was also famous for giving handsome service of communion plate to Abingdon Parish as well. He was considered an important man of the county as "Mister" was a term of respect. "Ordinary people had no handle on their names."

Augustine Warner I is the great grandfather of

* GEORGE WASHNGTON (1732-1799),

as well as ancestor to

* ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870),

* Captain MERIWETHER LEWIS (1774-1809) and the

* Queen of England.

Warner Hall was built in 1674 on the land granted to Augustine Warner thirty plus years before. It was the first brick home built North of the York River, which included a brick stable with three chimneys, the only one in the history of Gloucester County. Warner Hall surpassed all other homes as a monument of extreme wealth and culture, as Gloucester County has always been distinguished in Virginia as the residence of a large number of families of wealth, education and good birth.
It was the home of George Washington's great grandfather, Augustine Warner I as well as his grandfather, Colonel Warner II. Betty Washington's husband, FIELDING LEWIS, was even born there.

Warner Hall is set on the northern shore of the Severn River. It reveals three centuries of architectural development on the site. Through its history several fires have damaged or destroyed the home. The first fire in 1841 destroyed the five room house and in 1845/49, the central part of the mansion burned down leaving only the two wings. These two fires were only a fraction of the amount of destruction that has happened to the house since it was first built. The house has been restored as closely as possible to the original structure and design.

The first house on the site was built in 1674, although there may have been a house or a wing on this site earlier in the 17th century; a later house was certainly built about 1740. The circa 1905 Colonial Revival core of the expansive dwelling is attached to two colonial wings, original free standing dependencies, that remain from an 18th century house which burned circa 1940. The 18th century west wing was enlarged and remodeled ca. 1840s probably to house the family after the center portion was destroyed by fire. It is likely that this section of Warner Hall occupies the site of the 18th century dwelling which burned. The center portion of Warner Hall is underpinned by brick and sits on a full basement, there are no basements under the wings. Four giant Ionic columns support the steep pediment. The three center bays are closed by Ionic pilasters. Greek Revival moldings are used almost exclusively throughout the structure. Laid entirely in Flemish bond, the wing was raised from its original 1-1/2 stories to two stories. The north door lost its transom during this enlargement to allow for the installation of the stair. A dwarf portico shields the center bay of the north elevation. The wing has a beveled water table, and the first floor windows are capped by gauged brick jack arches. Corbeled interior end chimneys (one original, one rebuilt) terminate the gable ends. A box cornice with returns and unmolded entablature runs the length of the north and south elevations. This single pile, center passage structure has retained much of its interior fabric. Interior walls are laid in English bond and were originally plastered. The studs with lath were probably added during the 1840s rebuilding. The center passage contains the open string, dog-leg stair which has a carved newel and handrail and two square balusters per tread. A three light transom caps the south door, and both the south and north doors are Colonial Revival replacements. Fireplace openings have been rebuilt to facilitate the installation of stoves.

Three dependencies of note, a smokehouse, dairy, and stable, are associated with Warner Hall. The 19th century smokehouse is laid in seven course American bond and is utilized for storage. Partially constructed of 18th century brick with shell mortar, the dairy shows evidence of 19th century rebuilding. Its small windows and spatial division indicate that it may have been used as a stable. The large 18th century brick stable was enlarged with a frame addition in 1903 designed by the Richmond firm Noland and Baskervill. Exterior walls of the original section are laid in Flemish bond, while interior walls are English bond. The windows were originally like those on the dairy. A beveled water table circles the structure. Notches in the plate evidence an addition, now removed.

Warner Hall remained in ownership of the Warner family and its descendants until the last century when another family bought it to preserve the old home. The land around Warner Hall today includes the house, three dependencies and a circa 1900 tenant house. The total acreage is approximately thirty eight acres.

Also adding to Warner Hall's historic interest is the potential archaeological significance of the site. Artifacts from the 17th and 18th centuries, if they are preserved on the property, could yield valuable information about the settlement and expansion of early Virginia as well as important clues to the cultural history of Warner Hall. In the vicinity of the present 20th century structure are possibly the remains of a mid 17th century house, a dwelling built by John Lewis in the 1690s, the house built by John Lewis II for Priscilla Carter Lewis in the mid 18th century, and subsequent buildings erected on the site during the 19th century. The grounds were tested for archaeological evidence by the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology in the spring of 1980, and various l8th century artifacts were unearthed. As of 1980, no full scale archaeological investigation has taken place.

Today Warner Hall with its magnificent center frame construction having columnar fronts toward the land approach and toward the Severn, and two brick wings stands as majestically as ever in its grove of centuries old trees.


Colonel Augustine WARNER II (1642-1681)

Colonel Augustine Warner II succeeded his father and became political friends with NATHANIEL BACON, who was educated at Oxford and a Barrister in London. Bacon staged the first actual American Revolution in 1676, as he organized an army of three hundred to four hundred pioneers to cope with the Indians North of the York River. He was involved in a private fur deal spanning the entire Virginia frontier. By the end of the decade, Bacon's troops had taken care of all the Indian tribes. They marched on Jamestown as Governor William Burkeley fled, and sailed to the Eastern Shore. Nathaniel Bacon and his troops soon set up their headquarters at Warner Hall after the burning of Jamestown in 1676. This Virginia Colony was in charge of matters North of the York to the Potomac River. Beyond the Potomac, lay the Maryland Colony. It was at Warner Hall, where he sent notices for the people to assemble to take the "Oath of Fidelity" of his fellow countrymen. Bacon contracted Malaria and died within a year his troops then fleeing the Colony.

Augustine Warner II inherited Warner Hall at the death of his father in 1674. He married MILDRED READE, the daughter of GEORGE READE, founder of Yorktown, and after her death, ELIZABETH MARTIAN.

Augustine II was speaker of the House of Burgesses during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, and also was a member of the Council.

When Augustine Warner II died, he left three daughters his son dying June 19, 1681. Mary became the wife of JOHN SMITH, of Purton, on the York, and their son AUGUSTINE SMITH was said to have been one of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe with Governor Spotswood, on his famous expedition across the Blue Ridge in 1716.

Mildred (1671-1701), another daughter of Augustine Warner II, married LAWRENCE WASHINGTON (1658-1689), of Westmoreland, and her second husband was GEORGE GALE, of Whitehaven, England, a prominent merchant who helped forge trade links between Whitehaven, England and Virginia
Her three Washington children were John, who built Highgate, Augustine, father of George Washington (first President of the United States), and Mildred. Augustine Washington married MARY HALL, and named his son George for his great grandfather, George Reade, who founded Yorktown.

Elizabeth, the third daughter of Augustine Warner II, became the wife of JOHN LEWIS and inherited Warner Hall. Their son, John Lewis II was a member of His Majesty's Council, and was prominent in the county. For generations the Lewises lived here, and members of the family emigrated to all parts of the United States. Their descendants built Belle Farm, Eagle Point, Abingdon, Severby, and Severn Hall, all in Virginia. Elizabeth and John Lewis I's grandson, Colonel Fielding Lewis, of Belle Farm, married CATHERIE WASHINGTON, and after her death married ELIZABETH WASHINGTON, also known as Betty, sister of George. He built beautiful Kenmore for her in Fredericksburg.


the WARNER HALL COLONIAL FAMILY CEMETERY

The walled family cemetery of the Warner and Lewis families is located on the Warner Hall property, southeast of Warner Hall. Access to the Graveyard is from the road North of Warner Hall and not from Warner Hall or the Driveway to Warner Hall located West of the Graveyard.
The cemetery is the final resting place for many of the Warner and Lewis family members. The family cemetery, is also the resting place for such well known ancestors of George Washington, Robert E. Lee, The Queen Mother of England, and Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth has visited Gloucester where she placed a wreath upon her ancestor's grave. The cemetery has thirteen graves and plaques in memory of all the family. The cemetery is owned and maintained by the Association for Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (A.P.V.A.). The A.P.V.A. acquired the cemetery at Warner Hall in 1903, since which time the Association's Gloucester Branch, now known as the Joseph Bryan Branch, has zealously maintained it.



There are thirteen graves in the Warner Hall Grave Yard. they are:
1 Mary Warner (believed to be Mary Towneley Warner), 1614 - 1662
2 Augustine Warner I, 1611 - 1674
3 Augustine Warner II, 1642 - 1681
4 Mildred Reade Warner (wife of Augustine Warner II), 1694
5 Augustine Warner III, 1666 - 1686
6 Elizabeth Warner Lewis (d/o Augustine Warner II w/o Col John Lewis), 1672 - 1719
7 Col John Lewis (s/o John & Isabella Lewis h/o Elizabeth Warner), 1669 - 1725
8 Mary Chiswell Lewis (d/o John & Elizabeth Randolph Chiswell w/o Warner Lewis II, 1748 - 1776
9 Warner Lewis II (s/o Warner Lewis I & Eleanor Bowles Gooch Lewis & grandson of Col John Lewis & Elizabeth Warner Lewis), 1747 - 1791
10 Juliana Clayton (d/o Dr. Thomas & Isabella Lewis Clayton), 1731 - 1734
11 Isabella Lewis Clayton (d/o Col John Lewis & Elizabeth Warner w/o Dr. Thomas Clayton), 1706/7 - 1742 (the dates 1706/7 is exactly what is engraved on her stone)
12 (Dr.) Thomas Clayton (h/o Isabella Lewis), 1701 - 1739
13 Caroline Lewis Barrett (d/o Warner Lewis II), 1783 - 1811

Text from a plaque (located on face of wall):

MILDRED WARNER

DAUGHTER OF
AUGUSTINE WARNER II
AND
MILDRED READE
MARRIED LAWRENCE WASHINGTON
GRANDMOTHER OF
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
DIED AT WHITEHAVEN, ENGLAND 1701
HER BODY RESTS IN
ST. NICHOLAS CHURCHYARD
WHITEHAVEN, ENGLAND

THIS TABLET PLACED IN
HER MEMORY
BY THE POCOHANTES CHAPTER
VIRGINIA SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF
THE AMERICAN COLONISTS
1960

the Historically Significant Descendants
of Augustine WARNER & Mary TOWNLEY

Warner Hall

some of the GEDGE marriages in New Zealand 1862 - 1931:

the GEDGE GROOMS

Arthur James Gedge
- married Bessie Astley in 1916

Cecil William Gedge
- married Ayleen Vera Boyd in 1925

Charles Frederick Gedge
- married Laura Theresa Jacobsen in 1909

Jones David Gedge
- married Margaret Cooper in 1884

Eric Francis Gedge
- married Sylvia Daphne Matthews in 1931

Mary Ann Corke Francis Gedge
- married in 1871

George William Gedge
- married Matilda Johns in 1886

Herbert Jensen Gedge
- married Ethel Eva Plews in 1918

John Henry Gedge
- married Bessie Beatrice Webster in 1911

John William Gedge
- married Gertrude Ellen Metcalfe in 1917

Thomas Stephen Gedge
- married Elizabeth Ellen Jackson in 1906

William Gedge
- married Catherine Williams in 1868


the GEDGE BRIDES

Ada Rose Gedge
- married Arthur Huelin Gaudin in 1926

Alice Elizabeth Gedge
- mmarried Robert Marcus Madill in 1906

Alice Mary Gedge
- married Richard Charmley in 1897

Ann Maria Gedge
- married James Brouse Gilberd in 1869

Barbara Eliza Gedge
- married Septimus John Metcalfe in 1903

Elizabeth Rachel Gedge
- marrie Joseph William Roberts in 1891

Ellen Elizabeth Gedge
- married Lars Larsen in 1889

Emma Rose Gedge
- married Percy Roy in 1908

Laura Alice Gedge
- married Andrew Charles Barry in 1919

Martha Laura Gedge
- married Joseph Ryan in 1902

Mary Jane Gedge
- married George Alderton in 1862

Myrtle Matilda Gedge
- married George Barry in 1921

Olive Gedge
- married Leonard Harry Voyle in 1927u

Violet Gedge
- married Jack Dent in 1927

the HUTT RIVER flows through the southern North Island of New Zealand. It flows south-west from the southern Tararua Ranges for 56 km, forming a number of fertile floodplains, including Kaitoke, central Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt.
The river was named after Sir William Hutt, chairman of the New Zealand Company. One of the Maori names for the river was Heretaunga, which is also the name of an Upper Hutt suburb and secondary school.

It was along the banks of the Hutt River, south of White's Line, that the temporary huts of the first settlers were built.
Later permanent homes were erected higher up, showing that because of ease of water transport the population was drawn to the river banks. The Hutt river is notorious for its floods since the early 1850s

On Sunday night the 17th January 1858 in rained heavily and continued continually throughout the whole night. Around daylight on Monday the Hutt river began to rise and at 5o'clock it had swollen sufficiently to flood the valley from Mungaroa Hill to below the Hutt Bridge
Because it occurred at such an early hour when the whole population was in bed, the settlers were not able to make provision for their safely.
The ensuing flood claimed 14 lives including Mrs Hagan and the baby she had just given birth to and her nruse Mrs Price who had helped with the delivery


From the COLONIST 2 February 1858
- WELLINGTON - THE FLOODS AT THE HUTT
... FLOOD AT THE HUTT - In our last we gave such details of the disastrous flood which had occurred at the Hutt as had reahed us, we now furnish the followng particulars which we believe may be relied upon, as being substantially correct. The number of bodies at present actually recovered is nine, viz. - Mrs Stanway and two children, one four years od and the other six years; Mr Sollars, his wife and child; Mrs Hagan and infant, and Mrs Price; the oter persons known to be missing are the husband of Mrs Stanway, and three more of his children, who were all seen to be washed away together. The particular locality where this fearful loss of life occurred was near th "Barley Mow Inn," at the Upper Valley of the Hutt.
When the flood was at its highest (about 1 o'clock, a.m., Tuesday morning) the force of the water at this point is descrbed by an eye-witness as having been terrific.
... read more at the above link ...



A very small snippet of the disaster appeared in the OTAGO WITNESS 6 February 1858 which read:
... The establishment of a monthly steam communication between Australia and New Zealand is allded to; but the plan of the scheme as given would appear to be erroneous, as no mention is made of any communication with the southern parts of the colony. The news from the neighbouring Provinces contains nothing particularly exciting, excepting that there had been a great flood at the Hutt, in Wellington, which had done much damage, and fourteen lives were lost. Prices in the Australian grain markets are ...



From the TARANAKI HERALD 6 Fbruary 1858
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST
- this account mentions a few more names than the other publications:
... one family named STANNAWAY, consisting of the man, woman, and five children were thus lost, the only survvor of the family being a young girl, living with Mrs ROY in another part of the valley. ... Dr BUCK, the Coroner, proceeded to the spot on Tuesday afternoon, and we will shortly learn fuller particulars ... CORBETTs public houe is a complete wreck and has fallen into the river sideways ... the water is cut on the Petoni side as far as the bridge near to CUDBYs and on the other side has carred away the Waiwetu and Second River Bridges. ... The following are the names given of those that are drowned: Mr STANNNAWY, wife and five children; Mr Chas SILLARY, his wife and child; Mrs HAGAN and her new born infant, also Mrs PRICE the nurse; a person named HARTLEY succeeded in swimming to a tree and saved his life by hanging to the tree 1? hours. The bodies found are, Mr SILLARY, wife and child, Mrs HAGAN, Mrs PRICE, with the infant inher arms only born at six o'clock the same morning, and one of Mr STANNAWAY's little girls, aboutsix or seven years old, six og Mr STANNAWAY's family are not yet found. Four of the bodies are at BLADES's, the Traveller's rest and three at mr DEW's.
No lives were lost at the Lower Hutt, but considerable damage has been done to property. The Agliony Arms is tipped endways into the river and the river has found a new course near BUCKRIDGE's public house. The Hutt bridge stands but the Waiweta is carried from the piles and swept away



From the Hawkes Bay Herald 9 February 1858:
FLOOD AT THE HUTT
Flood at the Hutt. ? The late rains have caused a very heavy flood at the Hutt which, we are sorry to learn, has occasioned very serious damage and loss to persons living in the district. It commenced raining on Sunday evening, and continued without intermission until the following evening. The river rose to a greater height than has been known before, the water entering many houses above the level of the previous floods. Immense trees were brought down by the flood and left in different parts of the road, which is broken up in several places, and has become quite impassable. BUTLER's house is entirely washed away, and the river has broken through still further in that direction. CORBETT's, ? the Aglionby Arms ? is rendered uninhabitable, the river having swept away half of the houses and made a fresh course for itself, so as to leave the remainder of the building standing as an island in the middle of the stream. Mr. CORBETT had incurred an expense of ?100 the week previous in driving piles and forming a breastwork to protect the house against, future freshes. With great difficulty he, contrived to save the furniture from the upper rooms.

The river has broken the bank away on both sides (of) the bridge, which is now impassable. When the flood was at its height it was level with the floor of the bridge, many of the iron fastenings and cross sleepers of which have been carried away. Heavy losses have been incurred in the valley by the destruction of fences and other property, and the loss of sheep and other valuable animals which have been drowned by the flood. The damage to the road at BUTLER's and the parts adjacent caused by the previous flood has been further increased by that of Monday. Very much of this, it is said might have been prevented if timely precautions had been taken by the Provincial Government, who never interfere in these matters until all the mischief is done. To the above account of losses and destruction of property caused by the flood, we are concerned to add that news has this morning been brought of lamentable loss of life; the bodies of seven persons have been recovered; several other persons are reported to be missing.

The unfortunate sufferers are it is said, mostly new-comers who have recently settled in the district. Further Particulars of the Flood. ? In our last (edition) we gave such details of the disastrous flood which had occurred at the Hutt as had reached us, we now furnish the following particulars which we believe may be relied upon, as being substantially correct. The number of bodies at present actually recovered is nine, namely. ? Mrs STANWAY and two children, one 4 years old and the other 6 years old; Mr SOLLERS, his wife and child; Mrs. HAGAN and infant, and Mrs PRICE; the other persons known to be missing are the husband of Mrs STANWAY, and three more of his children, who were all seen to be washed away together. The particular locality where this fearful loss of life occurred was near the "Barley Mow Inn," at the Upper Valley of the Hutt.

When the flood was at its highest (about 1 o'clock a. m., Tuesday morning) the force of the water at this point is described by an eye-witness as having been terrific. The water was seen rushing along like an immense wave, crashing and roaring, and carrying everything before it; huge trees, portions of buildings, timber, furniture, and debris of every description, were borne away by the force of the current. To witness the havoc and destruction which the flood has caused is most painful and baffles all description. Many acres of land which only a few hours before to all appearance promised a plentiful crop, are now covered with sand and shingle, and not a particle of vegetation remains. The quantities of drift timber, in many instances large solid trees, which have been deposited by the flood is perfectly incredible, and will take many months to remove.

The unfortunate persons who have lost their lives by this sad calamity are mostly late arrivals in the country.
Mrs HAGAN (a daughter of Mr DEW an old settler at the Hutt) was living in a small wooden building near the first gorge; Mrs PRICE and a man named Charles HARTLY were also residing in the house. Upon seeing the water rising so rapidly some fear was entertained for the safety of the building, and the survivor HARTLY proposed to go for a rope to secure the house; when he left the water was up to the window, and the house was actually shaking. He almost immediately lost his footing, and was swimming with the current for nearly half a-mile, until he succeeded in getting up a tree, where he remained for 14 hours, until rescued by some passers by on the following day. From the position which he occupied he could see everything around him: he states that he soon after saw the house borne away with the current; the inmates Mrs HAGAN (who was only confined that morning) and the nurse Mrs PRICE, were climbing on to the roof of the house; they passed close to where he was in the tree, and he describes the shrieks of the women as fearful; a minute after the house turned over, and nothing mere was seen of them. The bodies were recovered about a mile from the spot on Wednesday morning, the infant was found firmly locked in the dying grasp of its poor mother, the nurse was found close to her, the body was very much mangled. The bodies were removed to the house of Mr DEW, and an inquest held on them, when a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. The husband of Mrs HAGAN is absent in the country and of course is ignorant of the desolation of his home. Mrs PRICE, who was much respected, and who arrived here by the Ann Wilson, leaves a family of young children behind her, her husband was absent from home at the time. The other family, Mr STANWAY, wife and five children were all seen together on the roof of their house, the water rose rapidly and submerged the whole of them, and they were seen to sink one after the other. The blacksmith SOLLERS with his wife and infant perished in a similar manner, they imagined themselves secure, but the house was borne away with the current, and he was heard by persons on the hills to say "good bye." The bodies were found mostly together, one completely buried in the sand. A man and his wife named SMITH living near to Mr DEW, were saved after remaining on the top of a building for many hours nearly all around them was borne away. To give any thing like a detailed account of the losses sustained by residents at the Hutt would be impossible, we may however state a few of the most important particulars of individual loss of which we have been informed: ? Mr. D (Daniel) RIDDIFORD has lost about 120 sheep; Mr BARTON has also lost a large number of sheep; Mr Thomas MASON a number of cattle; Mr ARNOTT, cattle and sheep; Mr John LEVERTON has lost entirely 50 acres of crops, and a large number of cattle; Mr C MABEY lost a number of sheep, and also a large quantity of fenced and cropped land; Mr BUCKRIDGE of the Albion Hotel, has had his crops destroyed and the river has taken a course completely through his property; at William TANDY's, the river now runs through his ground and has destroyed a large amount of property; Mrs SPEEDY's land is completely cut up in all directions by the different channels the rain has made, in many cases large fissures 12 feet deep have been formed; Mr STILL has lost a number of sheep, etc; Mr John RUSSELL 10 head of cattle; Mr DEW, an old settler, estimates his loss at not less than ?500; a property which a week ago was worth many hundreds of pounds is now comparatively worthless, five acres of grass land having been completely swept away.

A large number of men had volunteered to assist in removing a shingle bed which had been thrown up, and which prevents the River from taking its old channel, and nearly all the residents at the Hutt were endeavouring to contribute either in labour or otherwise to this object The destruction of the roads between POAD's public house and the Taitai (Taita) is almost incredible, scarcely a vestige remains at some places of the original road, at one place (a bridge near McDONALD's creek) the river runs right through the road, making it very dangerous for passengers at night; the banks descend abruptly to the depth of 15 feet; other dangerous places occur along the whole line of road. The Waiwetu and Second River bridges have both been carried away. It is to be hoped that the Provincial authorities will lose no time in removing the large quantity of drift timber now lying on the road, and in making it again passable.


those that lost their lives in the flood:
PLEASE NOTE, many other sourcs believe that 9 people died, even as late as 1925 in a graphic article in the Evening Post about the 1858 flood it says that Mrs Stanway and 2 children were lost, this may be so ...

I have also seen a list of 12 people ...

another (draft) list assuming 14 lives were lost:
1 Mrs Charlotte HAGAN aged ?
2 male baby of Charlotte Hagan aged hours old
3 Sarah PRICE, Charlotte's nurse aged ?
4 Mrs SOLLERS, Charles the blacksmith
5 Mary Ann SOLLERS, wife of Charles
6 Charles Samuel James SOLLERS, their son
7 MR Thomas STANAWAY/Stannaway
8 Mrs Sarah STANAWAY
9 Richard STANAWAY aged 17
10 Janie STANAWAY aged ?
11 Fanny STANAWAY aged an ifant
12 Eliza STANAWAY
13 ??? STANAWAY, child
14 ???

some BEETHAM marriages in New Zealand 1858 - 1929:

the BEETHAM GROOMS

Albert Beetham
- married Cicely Lefielliatre in 1858

Albert Beetham
- married Agnes Mary Hindmarsh Bolton in 1904

Albert Mayo Beetham
- married Flora Eliza Murchie in 1927

Attila Beetham
- married Estella Eugenia Innesin 1896

Clement Rice Beetham
- married Enid Theresa Prestidge in 1915

Harold Richmond Wardell Beetham
- married Muriel Edith Hindmarsh Bolton in 1911

Hugh Horsley Beetham
- married Ruth Bidwill in 1879

Montagu Beetham
- married Agnes Pattonin 1893

Montagu Beetham
- married Winifred Lena Mary Denyer in 1924

Montague Beetham
- married Pauline Mathias in 1928

Norman Beetham
- married Alice Wardell in 1881

Norman Trevor Beaumont Wardell Beetham
- married Ethel Sophia Hindmarsh Botton in 1902

Richard Beetham
- married ? in 1863

Richmond Beetham
- married Hilda Margrette Hamptonin 1911

Robert Roland Fred Beetham
- marriedAbigail Evelyn Thomas in 1929



the BEETHAM BRIDES

Agnes Mary Beetham
- married Edward Sidney Turner n 1927

Cicely Beetham
- married George Thomas Turnbull in 1918

Emily Beetham
- married Francis Hamilton Brown in 1892

Freda Beetham
- married James Henry Prestidge in 1921

Kate Beetham
- married George Turnbull in 1924

Kathleen Mayo Beetham
- married Stanley Owen Nicholas in 1926

Mary Margaret Beetham
- married James Nelson Williams in 1868

Myrtle Ruth Beetham
- married Charles Edward Claud Milner in 1919

Naomi Beetham
- married William Kirkpatrick Johnston in 1922

Olive Grey Beetham
- married Cecil Arthur Malcolm in 1927

Ruby Beetham
- married James George Moxham in 1922

Susannah Beetham
- married Cecil Augustus Fitzroy in 1878

Thysa Talavase Beetham
- married Marinduke Bethell in 1904

Weva Beatrice Richmond Beetham
- married Charles William Rene Nicholls-Broglie in 1913

the following list was taken from Papers Past and appeared in the WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT 4 January 1868

The Wairarapa farmers and where their Run or Freehold was in 1867
A
A. K. ARNOT - Moroa
William ANKETELL - Masterton

B
B. BOYS - West Taratahi
William BICKNELL - Featherston
Thomas BENTON - Featherston
C. R. BIDWELL - Pihautea
Messrs BEETHAM - Wainuioru
P. BRANNIGAN - Moroa
Richard BARTON - White ROck
H. BURLING sen - Featherston
BLATCHFORD - Opaki
George BURNETT = Tiwiti
Alex BRUCE - Whareama
J. BENNETT - Otahuao
BUCK and KEMBLE - Puniti
Henry BUNNY - Featherston
WIlliam BRIGHTWELL - East Taratahi
H. BANNISTER - Masterton
H. BURLING jnr - Teramea
W. BENNETT - Masterton
H. BELLISS - Monga Pakaha
J. W. BENNINGTON - Masterton
H. BRAITWAITE - Tutu

C
H. CALLISTER - Carterton
Stephen CARKEEK - Featherston
Pierce COTTER - Moroa Plain
G. CHAMBERLAIN - Masterton
H. CRAYNE - Masterton
MILLER and CAMERON - Taueru
John CAMPBELL - Taratahi West
H. CAMPBELL - Opaki
D. CAMERON - Blairlogie
R. COLLINS - Te Ore Ore
Messrs CAMERON - Taratahi West
R. COCKBURN - Manaia
J. CRIPPS - Whareama

D
R. DONALD - Manaia
Messrs DORSET - Opaki
Philip DALE - Tauanui
H. DAGG - Masterton
C. DIXON - Masterton
R. DIXON - Carterton
R. DAYSH - Taratahi
W. L. DORSET - Opaki

E
B. EGLINTON - Kiriwai
R. EDWARDS - Taratahi
EVERETT, "Murch & Hales - Flat POint

F
R. FAIRBROTHER - Carterton
W. FLOOD - Carterton
W. FRANCIS - Taraahi West
I. E. FEATHERSTO - Akiteo

G
John GROVES - Flag Creek
A. GILLIES - Otarai
Thomas GUTHRIE - Castle Point
GILES and HART - Turanganui
W. GAWLER - West Taratahi
Alex GRANT - Tu Pura Pura

H
Messrs HOLLARD - Tauherenikau
W. HODDER - Featherston
Peter HUME - Tauanui
HAMI - Te Kopi
Anthony HARRIS - Gautotar
M. HIRSEHBERG - Greytown
HARVEY - Opaki
HUNT, BROWN - Masterton

I
ISIAH - Manaia

J
H. JACKSON - STONESTEAD
K. JACKSON - Taratahi
Hugh JACKSON - Featerston
J. JURY - Huangaroa

K
Joseph KELLY - Turanganui
R. KIBBLEWHITE - Masterton
George KING - Carterton
Thomas KEMPTON - Greytown
Messrs KNIGHT - Teramea

L
R. LANGDON - Whareama
W. L. LUCENA - Pigon Bush
Messrs LEECH - Whareama

M
A. McLEOD - Opaki
James McLEOD - Pahawa
W. McLEOD - Wakapuni
E. MEREDITH - Riversdale
MARTIN (A. BUNNY) - Taratahi
J. MATTHEWS - Opaki
Joseph MASTERS - Masterton
George MACE - Kaumingi
D. McLEAN - Akiteo
A. and A. McKENZIE - East Taratahi
John McKENZIE - East Taratahi
Mrs McKENZIE - Maserton
Angus McMASTERS - Te Pur Puru
Malcomb McLEOD - Opaki
H. MORRISON - Waihakaka
J. MOORE - Waikaraka
Messrs MAUNSELL - Tinui
J. MOLES - Greytown
C. MATTHEWS - Kiriwai
D. McLACHLAN - Springbank

N
James NICOL - Taueru
NICOL - Featherston
NOPERA - Long Bush

O
O'MERA - Ahairuhi
S. OATES - Eas Taratahi

P
PROUDFOOT - East Taratahi
P. B. PERRY - East Taratahi
William PARKER - Carterton
E. and C. PHARAZYA - Watarangi

R
Mrs REID - West Taratahi
John RUSSELL - Wangaimona
William ROSSITER - West Taratahi
ROKEL - Matahewi
John RICHARDSON - East Taratahi
John RAYNER - East Taratahi
ROE (J. MARTIN) - Moroa
REYNOLDS - West Taratahi
A. RENALL - Masterton
ROE - Tauherenikau
J. ROBIESON - Carterton
D, RIDDIFORD - Tawhiti

S
W. J. SAUNDERS - Whareama
R. SIMPSON - Otahuao
James SMITH - Wainuioru
REVANS and SMITH - Huangaroa
George SMITH - Pahawa
James STRANG - Tu Puru Puru
V. SMITH - Matakuna
J. SUTHERLAND - Matakuna
G. SMITH - Taueru
STOODLEY - East Taratahi

T
J. TOCKER - Tauherenikau
James TAVERNER - Masterton
T. W. TANKERSLEY - Opak

U
A. UDY - Moroa

V
S. VENNELL - Moroa
John VILE - Tu Pura Pura
C. A. VALLANCE - Kaumingi

W
James WILLSHIRE - TARATAHI
W. WELSH - Opaki
WILSON and NICHOLS - Dry River
C. WILSON - Taratahi West
N. WILSON - Taratahi West
W. WILSON - Taratahi West