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some TOBECK marriages 1887 - 1903:

Alfred John Tobeck
- married Violet Matilda Neale in 1920

Allan Anthony Tobeck
- married Millicent Strangward Niccolls in 1917

Charles Frederick Tobeck
- married Doreen Rudkin in 1922

Charlotte Annie Tobeck
- married Edward Ryde in 1903

Clarence John Colyton Tobeck
- married Ivy Pearl Edwards in 1917

Ella May Tobeck
- married Herbert Spencer Peryman in 1924

Eunice Emma Tobeck
- married Leonard David Wilson in 1928

Evelyn Lucy Tobeck
- married Harold Eustace King in 1913

Freda Doris Tobeck
- married John Thomas Rogers in 1930

Frederick Tobeck
- married Emma Eliza Singleton in 1895

George Hermann Tobeck
- married Jane Helen MacKenzie in 1918

Helena Christina Tobeck
- married John Sutherland Macartney in 1907

Hubert Spencer Tobeck
- married Amy Agnes Knox in 1924

Ivy Grace Tobeck
- married Keith Lavington Peryman in 1923

John Tobeck
- married Lucy Pearson in 1894

John Tobeck
- married Elizabeth Hannah Thompson in 1919

John Henry Tobeck
- married Alice Leney in 1896

Lucy Tobeck
- married Frederick Witty in 1888

Margaret Tobeck
- married Thomas Barnett in 1887

Reginald Gibert Tobeck
- married Sarah Pearson in 1928

Vera Margaret Tobeck
- married Charles George Paterson in 1926

William George Tobeck
- married Alice Minnie Currin in 1897

William George Tobeck
- married Johanna Juliane Edith Stranch in 1904

William George Howard Tobeck
- married Mabel Elizabeth Peryman in 1924

George Robert RUDKIN (1842-1906)
- married Amy Jane SPONHEIMER (1861-1916) in NZ 1879
- George & Amy lived in Kumara Greymouth

- neither of them lived to see 3 of their sons die in war
- Amy died on 13 May 1916, 14 days before Gerard embarked

ORDER OF DEATH:
Gerard Noel died 12 October 1917
Ernest Edward died 9 December 1917
Edgar Ralph 13 September 1918

The 12 known chldren of George & Amy,
8 boys & 4 girls:

... 1
1880 - 1951 George Francis Rudkin
- married Charlotte Anne DAVEY in 1907


... 2
1881 - 1961 Horace Herbert Rudkin
- married Anita Elsie PETERS in 1913
- married Emily Sarah BULIFF in 1920


... 3
1883 - 12 Oct 1917 Gerard Noel Rudkin
- Alfred was a Farm Labourer
- he served in WWI as Rifleman 23256
- NZRB 4th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company
- NEXT OF KIN, mother Amy of Kumara, greymouth
- embarked from Wellington HMNZT 55 OR 56 27 May 1916
- destination Plymouth or Devonport, England
- KILLED IN ACTION in Yrpes Belgium 12 October 1917 aged 33
- Grave/Memorial Reference: N.Z. Apse, Panel 7. Tyne Cot


... 4
1885 - 1963 Leland Leopold Rudkin
- no wife found at this time


... 5
1887 - 1956 Mildred Alice Rudkin
- married Duncan Barclay McLAREN in 1919


... 6
1890 - 9 Dec 1917 Ernest Edward Rudkin
- Ernest was a Sheet-metal Worker
- he served in WWI as Rifleman 56032
- NZRB Reinforcements G Company
- married Dora May Emma TREANOR in 1915
- NEXT OF KIN, wife c/o Mrs J. MORRIS, Hainui via Eketahuna
- ALSO: husband of Dora May Emma Rudkin, "Montrose" 49 Cecil St, Ashfield, Sydney, NSW
- embarked from Wellington on HMNZT 90 ULMAROA 26 July 1917
- destination Plymouth England
- KILLED IN ACTION in Ypres Belgium 9 Dec 1917 aged 27
- Memorial: Buttes New British cemetery (NZ) Polygon Wood


... 7
1892 - Amy Augusta Rudkin
- no husband found at this time


... 8
1894 - 1968 Alfred Robert Rudkin
- Alfred was a School Teacher
- he served in WWI as Lance Sergeant 31893
- NZ Rifle Brigade 10th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company
- NEXT OF KIN was sister Mildred Alice Rudkin, Main St, Kumara
- embarked from Wellington on the HMNZT 68, MAUNGANUI 15 Nov 1916
- destination Plymouth England
- married Elsie Mildred JUDD i 1920


... 9
1896 - 13 Sep 1918 Edgar Ralph Rudkin
- Edgar was a Bank Clerk with the BNZ in Wellington
- he served in WWI as Rifleman 70651
- NZEF 35th Reinforcements B Company
- NEXT OF KIN was sister Mildred Alice, Nurses Hospital, Wellington
- embarked from Wellington on the HMNZT 101 TOFUA 2 March 1918
- destination Southampton, England
- DIED OF WOUNDS 13 September 1918 on Somme France aged 22
- Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 6. Euston Rd Cemetery Colincamps


... 10
1898 - 1983 Juliana Teresa Rudkin
- married Leslie O'Loughlan SMITH in 1927


... 11
1900 - 1973 Frederick William Rudkin
- no wife yet found


... 12
1902 - 1985 Catherine May Rudkin
- married Eugene Esmond DARBY in 1928

some SPONHEIMER marriages New Zealand 1879 - 1923:

Albert Sponheimer (1891-1979)
- Albert was a Bakers Assistant in Waihi
- he was called to war in August 1917 but appealed against it at the euest of his employers because he was essential to carrying on the bakery business. His employer said he could not get men, fourteen bakers had been called in the recent ballot, his bakey was not fited with machinery, rents were high, bread was being retailed in Waihi at the same price as in Auckland despite extra freights and that Sponheimer's parents were dependent upon him
- he married Helen Elizabeth Ridsdale (1890-1966) in 1923

Amy Jane Sponheimer (1861-1916)
- married George Robert Rudkin (1842-1906) in 1879
- they had 12 chldren

Ethel Sponheimer (1896-1981)
- married George Louis Fairweather (1891-1965) in 1920

Teresa Sponheimer (1877-1952)
- married James Samuel Foster (1870-1952) in 1894

Teresa May Sponheimer (1895-1964)
- marrid Basil Dorofaeff (1894-1966) in 1921

some RIDSDALE marriages New Zealand 1885 - 1931:

Alfred Thomas Ridsdale
- married Emily Blaxall in 1914

Arthur Parker Ridsdale
- served in WI as Trooper 7/1509
- 6th Reinforcements Canterbury Mounted Rifles
- enlisted from Bealey Flat (now named Arthur's Pass, Canterbury)
- NEXT OF KIN: Mrs W.H. Ridsdale (mother), Silverton Rd, Waihi
- married Alice Maude Dormer in 1921

Doris Amy Ridsdale
- married Robert Allen Rogers in 1931

Dorothy Venie Ridsdale
- married James Frederick Brown in 1915

Edith Martha Ridsdale
- married Frank Garth in 1908

Edith Martha Ridsdale
- married Frank Garth in 1923

Henry Walter Ridsdale
- married Annie Daphne Cumming in 1925

Lillian Alice Ridsdale
- married George Leslie Stewart in 1927

May Ridsdale
- married Herbert Hugh Wilsher in 1924

Richard Ridsdale
- married Rose McKearney in 1917

Richard Archibald Ernest Ridsdale
married Mary Graceson Warren in 1894
- Richard died in Wellington 21 August 1943 aged 73
- Mary died 30 December 1953 in Wellington aged 79
- they were both Cremated Karori

- DEATH NOTICE for Richard: .. At his residence, 20 Resolution St, on August 21, 1943, Richard Archibald Ernest Ridsdale, beloved husband of Mary and loving father of Dorothy, Thelma, Ngara and grandson Dick (overseas)

- FUNERAL NOTICE for Richard: .. The Funeral of the late Richard Archibald Ernest Ridsdale, of *20 Resolution St, will leave our Chapel, 25 Kent Tce, tomorrow (Tuesday), August 24, 1943, at the conclusion of the Service, which commences at 10.30a.m. for the Crmatorium, Karori. - E. Moiis, Jun. Limited
*Resolution St Wellington is in Lyall Bay

Thelma Claudia Ridsdale
- married Thomas Leslie King in 1923

William Henry Ridsdale
- married Alice Mary Brain in 1885

the known BLAXALL marriages New Zealand 1882 - 1928:

Norris BLAXALL (1835-1887) was born in Tolleshunt, Darcy, Essex, to James William BLAXALL (1804-1861) & Lucy ROYCE (1805-1841), who both died in Maldon, Essex. He married Martha SCOTT (1834-1910) in Victoria, Australia in 1859 and they moved to New Zealand in 1873. In December that year they were in Westport where Norris had a Bakery Business

Westport Times, 25 January 1876
... FOR SALE, with early possession, the BAKERY BUSINESS now carried on by the undersigned. Also premises in Bright and Wallabi street. Apply to Norris Blaxall
The Westport Times, 5 June 1877
... Some months ago a resident of the Mokihinui reported seeing there some birds of English breed, which had evidently come across the ranges from the Nelson side of the country. For a day or two past Mr Norris Blaxall has noticed, near his bakery in Bright street, a veritable English sparrow, a traveller from afar
about 1906
... Adam Gibson, Baker and Confectioner, Essex Bakery, Palmerston Street. Westport. This business was established by Mr Blaxall in the year 1875, and was acquired by its present owner in December, 1904. The premises are freehold, and measure 63 links by 144 links. The building is of wood and iron, and contains a shop, a residence, and a bakehouse
Grey River Argus, 26 Feb 1910
... Mrs Martha Scott Blaxall, mother of W. J. N. Blaxall, manager of the Bank of New South Wales and Messrs E. R. S,, F. E., and A. R. Blaxall, and Mrs A. D. G. Cumming and Mrs S. Falla, died at the residence of Mrs Cumming at Westport. Deceased was a native of Forebridge, Stafford, England and was 75 years of age. She arrived in Melbourne in 1852 with her father and came to Westport in 1873. Her husband pre-deceased her by 23 years

NOTES
CHILWELL, is part of Newtown, Victoria and together Newtown and Chilwell were a municipality from 1858 to 1993 after which they were amalgamated with other municipalities to form the City of Greater Geelong in 1993. Chilwell Post Office opened on 1 April 1912 (closing in 1993). Queens Park is also the home ground for the Newtown and Chilwell Cricket Club, the most successful team in the Geelong Cricket Association in terms of senior premierships won. Chilwell has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League
CHILTERN, is a town in Victoria, located in the north east of the state between Wangaratta and Wodonga, in the Shire of Indigo, (about 350km from Geelong). The area of Chiltern was on the Wahgunyah cattle run and was known as Black Dog Creek. The township, named after the Chiltern Hills in England, was surveyed in 1853 but not established until gold discoveries in 1858-59 during the greater Victorian Gold Rush period. The Post Office opened on 1 September 1859
FYANSFORD, is a township on the western edge of Geelong, Victoria, named after Captain Foster Fyans who came to Geelong as a Police magistrate in October, 1837. It is located at the junction of the Barwon and Moorabool rivers. It is one of the earliest places of settlement in the Geelong region. Fyans established his police camp nearby where the Moorabool could be forded - giving the name Fyan's Ford

Geelong Advertiser, 29 May 1869 - ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH - On Thursday afternoon between five and six o'clock, an old man named Glasscock was engaged in killing a pig for Mr Blaxall, the baker, in Fyans-street, Chilwell; he had just placed the carcase in water to scald it, when, without a moment's notice, he dropped down dead. Glasscock formerly followed the calling of a carter, and was an old resident in Chilwell.


NORRIS & MARTHA had 9 known children:
* 1860 - 1910 Lucy Maria Blaxall
* 1861 - 1959 Emily Martha Blaxall
* 1864 - 1945 William James Norris Blaxall
* 1866 - 1866 Florence Mary Blaxall (in Chilwell, Geelong, aged 3 months)
* 1867 - 1938 Edward Robert Scott Blaxall
* 1871 - 1871 Arthur Royce Blaxall (in Chilwell, Geelong, aged 4 months)
* 1872 - 1939 Frederick Ernest Blaxall (a Weigh Clerk in Westport in 1917)
* 1875 - 1876 Herbert Henry Blaxall (in Westport, NZ, aged 10 weeks)
* 1878 - 1955? Alfred Royce Blaxall (a Farmer, 24 Rintoul St, Westport in 1917)
NOTE Mary Florence (12 Aug 1866) & Arthur Royce (3 May 1871) Blaxall are buried together, COEO*X***X, Geelong Eastern Cemetery, 141 Ormond Road


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? Edward Robert Scott Blaxall
- born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia 1857, to Norris BLAXALL
- Edward was a Baker in Westport
- he married Jessie Jo Ann McLeod (1868-1920) in 1890
their known children:
* 1891 - 1959 Emily Blaxall
* 1893 - 1981 Norris Blaxall (was a Jeweller in Petone)
* 1895 - 1963 Madeline Ruby Blaxall
* 1897 - 1917 Edward Leslie 'Les' Blaxall
- 'Les' served in WWI as Private 49326 with the NZEF, 26th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company, embarking from Wellington 9 June 1917. His next of kin was his mother Jessie Blaxall c/o Railway Bookstall, Palmerston North. Edward was KILLED IN ACTION in Ypres, Belgium 12 Oct 1917. At the Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. On enlistment he was recorded as a Saddler of Dunedin
* 1904 - 1982 Richard 'Alfred' Blaxall
- Richard married Gwendolyn Madge PORTER (1898-1989), daughter of John Herbert PORTER (1873-1919) & Annie Kingston FASSNIDGE (1876-1940)
EDWARD died 10 March 1938 of Stomach Cancer aged 71
- he is buried Plot 181 - Block F at Orowaiti Cemetery, Westport
Evening Post, 4 November 1920 On the 3rd November, 1920, at her daughter's residence, 106 Clyde-quay, Wellington, after a prolonged illness, Jessie Blaxall, beloved mother of Norris, Alfred, Emily and Madeline Blaxall, in her 53nd year


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? Emily Blaxall Blaxall (1891-1959)
- born 20 June 1891 in Westport
- daughter of Edward Robert Scott BLAXALL & Jessie Jo Ann McLEOD
- Emily married Alfred Thomas 'Alf' RIDSDALE (1890-1961) in 1914
Alfred was born in Oamaru, the 2nd of 12 known children of William Henry RIDSDALE & Alice Mary BRAIN
EMILY died 25 Oct 1959 aged 68
ALFRED died 2 Jan 1961 aged 73
- they are buried Plot 64, Block F at Orowaiti cemetery, Westport


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? Emily Martha Blaxall (1861-1940)
- daughter of Norris BLAXALL and Martha SCOTT
- married Stephen FALLA (1858-1925) in 1882
- on July 12, 1882, at the residence of the bride's parents, Bright street, Westport, by the Rev P. R. Monro, Stephen, second son of the late George Falla, Westport, to Emily Martha, second daughter of Norris Blaxall, Westport
the known children of STEPHEN & EMILY:
* 1883 - Norris Stephen Falla
* 1884 - Ethel May Emily Falla
* 1886 - Jessie Harriet Emily Falla
* 1889 - George Stanley Falls
* 1891 - Florence Dolly Evelyn Falla
* 1893 - William Frederick Falla
* 1897 - Edith Lucy Falla
* 1904 - Arthur Alfred Edwin Falla
NOTES
... written in 1906 - Mr. George Falla, formerly Stationmaster at Hokitika, was born in Sydney, Australia, but was educated in Nelson, New Zealand, and joined the railway department in the year 1879 at Westport. He took an active part in the Hokitika Horticultural and Poultry Societies, of which he was vice-president. He is not now (1906) a resident of Hokitika
... Robert Alexander Falla (1901-1979), son of George FALLA & Elizabeth KIRK, Shipping clerk, ornithologist, teacher, museum director


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? Gordon William Blaxall (1903-1983)
- son of William James Norris BLAXALL & Edith Muriel JULIUS
- married Doris May ROWE (1900-?) in 1928
- lived in Lower Hutt, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Invercargill
Evening Post, 14 January 1929 On the 12th January, 1929, at "Kuhuwai", Lower Hutt, to Mr and Mrs Gordon Blaxall, Palmerston North - a son; both well
Evening Post, 25 January 1933 Mrs Gordon Blaxall, Invercargill, and her small daughter, are the guests of Mr and Mrs W. Blaxall, Eastbourne
Evening Post, 27 January 1936 Mrs Gordon Blaxall, Invercargill, and her small daughter, are the guests of Mrs W. Blaxall, Eastbourne
Evening Post, 24 January 1945 Mr and Mrs Gordon Blaxall and their two children, are spending the holidays at Day's Bay, Wellington, where they have taken Mr and Mrs Malcolm Barnett's house
Evening Post, 17 November 1945 Among the New Zealanders enjoying the Melbourne Cup at Flemington is Mr Gordon Blaxall


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? Lucy Maria Blaxall
- daughter of Norris BLAXALL and Martha SCOTT
- married Alexander David Gordon CUMMING in 1882
the known children of ALEXANDER & LUCY:
1883 - Lucy Lilian Gordon Cumming
written about 1906 ... Mr. Alexander David Gordon Cumming , Town Clerk of Westport, has filled that office since 1882. He was born in Nethermuir, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1858, and came to New Zealand, landing at Lyttelton with his parents when only a year old. He opened the state school at Waimangaroa in 1877. In 1882 the position of town clerk to the Westport Borough Council became vacant, and he was the successful applicant. Mr Cumming was married, in 1882, to a daughter of Mr. Norris Blaxhall, of Westport, and has one daughter
Grey River Argus, 11 June 1910 The community have learnt with sincere sorrow of the death of Mrs Cumming, wife of Mr A. D. G. Cumming, Government Valuer, and for many years Town Clerk of Westport. Mrs Cumming had been in ill-health for some months past, but it was only within the past few days that her sickness took a dangerous turn. She passed away on Wednesday evening at the residence, Lyndhurst street. Mr Cumming and Miss Cumming have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement. The deceased lady was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs N. Blaxall and was born in 1859 at Geelong, Victoria. As a young girl she came to Westport, with her parents and had resided here ever since. Before her marriage Mrs Cumming was a teacher in the Westport State School, and numerous Westportians received the foundation of their education from her. She was an exceeding kind and charitable lady and will be greatly missed in many quarters


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? Madeline Ruby Blaxall (1895-1963)
- daughter of Edward Robert Scott BLAXALL & Jessie Jo Ann McLEOD
- married Henry Martin CONNOR (1893-1961) in 1917
- 7th of 10 known children (9 sons) of George Warningham CONNOR (1850-1924 of Waterford, Ireland) & Maria NOKES (1861-1940)
- Henry Martin Connor's known siblings at this date:
* 1880 - 1946 George Connor (ashes at Karori)
* 1882 - William Connor
* 1884 - Walter Connor
* 1886 - 1886 John Connor
- aged 5 weeks, buried 12 Oct 1886, Plot 136 O, Bolton St with sister Isabella
* 1887 - 1887 Isabella Connor
- aged 3 months, buried 25 Oct 1887, Plot 136 O, Bolton St with brother John
* 1889 - Arthur Connor
* 1893 - 1961 Henry Martin Connor - 6th of 9 sons (& 1 daughter)
- buried 22 July 1961 Plot 37Z/1 at Karori, with Madeline
* 1895 - 1963 Richard Connor
- buried 30 Sep 1963, Plot 065, Block 002, Area Q at Kelvin Grove
* 1905 - 1970 Charles Connor (twin, born 17 Sep 1905)
- buried 7 Oct 1970, 31 U/5 SOLDIERS, Karori
* 1905 - 1992 Ernest Connor (twin, born 17 Sep 1905)
- cremated 11 May 1992 at Karori
8 Feb 1924 at his residence, 16 McGiffert street, Palmerston North, George Warningham Connor, brother of the late Captain John Connor, Harbourmaster of Greymouth. Funeral at Palmerston on Sunday, at 2 o'clock (West Coast papers please copy)... He was buried 10 Feb 1924, Plot 054, Block 032 at Terrace End
- George was a Bookseller in Palmerston North.
- His brother, Captain John Connor (1839-1913), was at Inangahua and districts. He went to sea as a young man and traded in many parts of the world before coming to New Zealand in 1858 & was Harbourmaster at Greymouth for at least 28 years (see photo). He died 20 September 1913 in Greymouth aged 74


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? Marjorie Hilder Blaxall
- daughter of William James Norris BLAXALL & Edith Muriel JULIUS
- married Eric LAWSON in 1924
- lived in Wellington
Evening Post, 8 June 1923
... The engagement is announced of Miss Marjorie Blaxall, daughter of Mr and Mrs W. J. N. Blaxall, of Oriental Bay, to Mr Eric Lawson, of Wellington
Evening Post, 15 February 1924
... A wedding in which much interest was taken, specially by the Boy Scouts of Wellington and those interested in the movement, was celebrated on Monday evening, when Miss Marjorie Blaxall, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs W. J. N. Blaxall, of Oriental Bay, Wellington, was married to Mr Eric Lawson, youngest son of Mrs Lawson, of Talavern terrace, Wellington. The ceremony took place at St mark's Church, the Rev T. H. B. Page officiating. The bride was given away by her father. She wore a handsome gown of white brocaded satin, draped and caught with orange blossom and silver leaves. Her long veil was whipped with silver thread and arranged with silver in mob cap fashion. Her shower bouquet was of white and pale mauve flowers, with streamers to match. The bridesmaids, Misses Kitty Blaxall and Enid Lawson, were in charming dainty frocks of white crepe de chine, wearing respectively pink and blue tulle veils with wreaths and blue rosebuds. Their shower bouquets were of pale pink flowers. Mr R. C. Ross was the best man, and Mr Gordon Blaxall was groomsman. As the bride and bridegroom left the church they were met by a guard of honour composed of Boy Scouts, who escorted them to the house of the bride's parents, where the wedding reception was held, and who cheered lustily. The bridegroom has been associated with the Boy Scouts as a scoutmaster, and has done good work in the movement altogether. The decorations at the house were carried out in pale pink and mauve, with very artistic effect, and a number of friends gathered to wish the bride and bridegroom the best of luck. Later Mr and Mrs Eric Lawson left for the South, the bride wearing a costume of dove grey cloth, and a hat to match, trimmed with lime coloured forget-me-nots


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? Norris Blaxall
- son of Edward Robert Scott Blaxwell & Jessie McLEOD
- married Elizabeth Theodora LAURIE (1893-1926) in 1914
- daughter of Frederick Arthur LAURIE & Margaretta Annie JULIUS (1867-1956)
Margaretta was a sister of Edith Muriel who married William Blaxall (next)
Evening Post, 1 July 1926
... On the 1st July, 1926 at 23 Beach Street, Petone, Elizabeth Theodore, dearly beloved wife of Norris Blaxall, and daughter of Mr and Mrs F. A. Laurie, aged 32 years. Private interment
- Norris next married Ellen Mary GARTHWAITE (1891-1959) in 1927
- daughter of Edwin Newson GARTHWAITE & Mary Jane McINTOSH
written about 1897 Mr. Frederick Arthur Laurie, Leading Fitter in the Erecting Branch of the Eastown Workshops, was born in Richmond, Surrey, in 1862. He came with his parents to Auckland by the ?John Duncan? in 1869. Mr. Laurie served an apprenticeship of seven years at the Auckland Railway Workshops. After completing his time he had a trip to England, and on his return to the Colony he was engaged as a fitter at the Hillside Workshops, Dunedin, where he remained for over six years, when he was transferred to Eastown as leading fitter. Mr. Laurie is a member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. In 1890 he was married to a daughter of Mr. F. Julius, of Milton, settler, and has a daughter.


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? William James Norris Blaxall
- son of Norris BLAXALL and Martha SCOTT
- born in Geelong, Victoria in 1864, died 1945
- served with the Bank of NSW, at Westport, Charleston, Hokitia, Kumara, Grymouth, Blenheim, Naseby & Feilding
- Founder of the Westport Gold Club
- good Tennis player and won a number of West Coast Championships
- he also won a number of rifle shooting contests on the Coast
- William married Edith Muriel JULIUS (1869-1951) in 1896
11 November 1896 A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated in St John's Church this (Wednesday) afternoon, when the Rev T. B. MacLean united in the bonds of holy matrimony, Mr William Blaxall, of Westport and Miss Edith Julius, second daughter of Mr F. Julius of Dunedin. The bride, who wore a handsome diamond dress-ring, the gift of the bridegroom, was attired in a travelling dress of chocolate colored cloth, trimmed with heliotrope, and was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr F. Laurie. Miss Knapp, B.A., of Palmerston North and Miss Bessie Laurie, attended as bridesmaids, each wearing a handsome gold brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr F. Bloxall officiated as best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony the party adjourned to the residence of Mr F. Laurie, where a large number of friends sat down to a sumptuous wedding breakfast at which the toast of the newly-wedded pair was given. Mr and Mrs Blaxall left by the afternoon train for New Plymouth en route for Westport, where the former is acting manager of the Bank of New South Wales
- Edith was the 2nd of 11 known children of Franz JULIUS & Margaret ROBERTSON & sister of Margaretta Annie Julius above
the 4 children of William & Edith:
* 1899 Franz Norris Blaxall, died aged 2
* 1900 Marjorie Hilder Blaxall married Eric Lawson in 1924
* 1903 William Gordon Blaxall married Doris May Rowe in 1928, lived Lower Hutt
* 1907 Kate Evelyn 'Kitty' Blaxall married Joseph Bower Black 7 October 1936 in Eastbourne. (She was first engaged to James Fullerton GAVIN in 1928. He married Ola Downes in 1933)
Feilding Star, 5 September 1913 Mr W. J. N. Blaxall, manager of the Bank of New South Wales, has accepted the honorary secretary ship of the Dr Barnardo Fund for Feilding, in succession to Mr Glasgow. A committee of 16 active workers will be associated with Mr Blaxall, in collecting the donations to this very deserving mission to London's neglectd children
Feilding Star, 10 February 1916 Major Falla, who received the D.S.O. from the King, is a cousin of Mr Blaxall, of the Bank of New South Wales, Feilding
- William retired to Eastbourne Wellington in 1918
Feilding Star, 3 May 1919 Mr W. J. N. Blaxall, who has been a popular figure in banking and social circles in Feilding during the past six years, has retired from the service of the Bank of New South Wales on a well-earned pension. Mr Blaxall entered the Bank's service 40 years ago and for 30 years had a large and varied experience on the goldfields of the West Coast of the South Island. He was transferred to Feilding from Westport and it is a coincidence that his successor in Feilding, Mr F. Fish, is also coming from Westport. Mr and Mrs Blaxall have been closely identified with the social, patriotic and other phases of Feilding's life, and have actively participated in the S.P.C.A. work and in the Barnado Homes funds. Their many friends will wish Mr and Mrs Blaxall a long and enjoyable life in their retirement. It is understood that they will live in Wellington
Evening Post, 12 March 1945
... BLAXALL - On March 11, 1945, at Eastbourne, William James Norris, loved husband of Edith Blaxall, Eastbourne. His Obituary


PHOTO
Mawhero Quay, Greymouth
see Captain John Connor above

1883 some CLOSS marriages New Zealand 1863 - 1930:

Charlotte Closs
- married William Hitchcock STEVENS 9 Feb 1863 Port Chalmers, Otago

David Closs
- married Margaret McCABE in 1928

Emily Closs
- married Gustave MESKIE in 1885

Flora Closs
- married Archibald McDONALD in 1890

Jane Stewart Closs
- married Charles Eardley AUSTIN 29 Dec 1920 St Andrew's Westport

James Gunning Closs
- arrived in Otago in 1851
- was the headmaster of the Alexandria School
- married Jane LONDON on 9 March 1882 at Waitahuna Parish, Otago

James Robert Closs
- married Emily Kate DIX in 1918

Mary Tanner Closs
- married Frederick James NEILSEN in 1930

Sarah Stewart Closs
married John Ralph TAYLOR 20 June 1929 St Andrew's Westport

Sophia Ann Closs
- married Herbert James HUNTER in 1915

Susan Lowe Closs
- married Arthur Edward WATSON in 1929
1883 James Robert Closs
1885 James Robert Closs
1887 Jean Gunning Closs
1887 Jean Gunning Closs

James Robert Closs
- married Emily Kate DIX in 1918

Mary Tanner Closs
- married Frederick James NEILSEN in 1930

Sarah Stewart Closs
married John Ralph TAYLOR in 1929

Sophia Ann Closs
- married Herbert James HUNTER in 1915

Susan Lowe Closs
- married Arthur Edward WATSON in 1929

the COONEY buried in Dunedin as at Feb 2010:

ALBERT Cooney
- died 28 September 1915 aged 2
- buried Block 8R. Plot 7 at Southern Cemetery with: Winifred CONNOR & George Henry MURROW

ANNE Cooney
- died 20 January 1960 aged 79
- she did not marry
- was living at Little Sisters of the Poor, Dunedin
- buried Block 232. Plot 64 at Andersons Bay with Ellen KENNEDY

FRANCIS Cooney
- died 1 May 1900 ged 32
- buried Block 167. Plot 31 Northern Cemetery with Patrick COONEY

JAMES Cooney
- born in Victoria Australia
- came to New zealand when he was about 1 year old
- died 12 April 1916 aged 54
- had been living at 68 Grange St, Dunedin
- buried Block 167. Plot 32 Northern Cemetery with Mary COONEY

MARGARET Cooney
- 1st born of 7 children of John COONEY & Jane McCORMACK
- died 31 July 1891 aged 13 months
- buried Block 63R. Plot 20 at Southern Cemetery

MARGARET Cooney
- died 5 July 1973 aged 79
- Margaret was a Nun at the Convent of Mercy, Dunedin
- buried Block 83. Plot 59 at Anderson Bay with Mary Anne LYNCH

MARY Cooney
- born in Killarney, Ireland
- arrived in NZ about 1865
- died 8 August 1915 aged 78
- had been living at 93 Harrow St, Dunedin
- buried Block 167. Plot 32 Northern Cemetery with James COONEY

MATILDA Cooney
- died 23 February 1920 aged 84
- buried Block 25. Plot 70 Anderson Bay with Charles SCOTT

PATRICK Cooney
- born Down, Ireland
- lived at 93 Athol Place, Dunedin
- died 29 Octoer 1912 aged 78
- buried Block 167. Plot 31 Northern Cemetery with Francis COONEY

STEPHEN Cooney
- died 23 February 1938 aged 59
- had been at Talboys Old People's Home, Dunedin
- buried Block 75S. Plot 30 at Andersons Bay Cemetery

VINCENT PETER Cooney
- Peter was a Farmer
- he died in Mosgiel 18 May 1989 aged 55
- buried Block 44. Plot 53 at West Taieri Cemetery

WESTONIA West Australia

Located in Western Australia's Wheatbelt, 316km east of Perth, 306km west of Kalgoorlie and 55km east of Merredin the Shire of Westonia is renowned for its stunning natural woodlands, breathtaking granite outcrops, beautiful wildflowers and vast open skies

The town of Westonia was named after Alfred David Weston, a sandalwood cutter who prospected in his spare time, and discovered gold near Boodalin Soak in 1910. He pegged the lease and started mining, creating a rush of gold prospectors to the area

Population of Westonia over the years:

1921 842
1933 1,032
1947 547
1954 487
1961 435
1966 612
1971 473
1976 510
1981 453
1986 484
1991 282
1996 292
2001 237
2006 213

WESTONIA CEMETERY

information for the Headstones at Westonia Cemetery was taken from the site SWAN GENEALOGY which provides a family and local history research service for people wishing to learn more about their family members who decided to seek new opportunities in Australia

The following names have headstone photos at this link:
Westonia Cemetery Headstones

... some birth dates may be based on age at death ...

BELLINI, Venanzio
1 Jan 1925 - 10 June 1996

BURT, Frank
1871 - 8 Aptil 1931
- husband of Florence

CHADD, Francis Benjamin
15 August 1879 - Sept 1919
- hsband of Nellie Chadd

COUSINS, Alex H
Dec 1884 - 25 Nov 1929
- husband of Beatrice Ruby
- father of Ethel, Bessie, Sandy

COUSINS, Beatrice Ruby
1887 - 2 March 1983
- wife of Alex
- mother of Ethel, Bess, Sandy

FUHRMANN, Victor
1876 - 22 Sept 1919
- born Hamilton, Victoria
- 4th son of Charlie & Amelia Fuhrmann, Drouin, Victoria
- enlisted as Private 23/28/2, 11th Battalion, 4th Reinforcements A.I.F.
- enlisted from Blackboy Hill military camp West Autralia
- NEXT OF KIN: brother William Charles Fuhrmann, Drouin, Victoria
- embarked from Fremantle on HMAT A8 Argyllshire 19 April 1915
- returned to Australia 20 Jan 1916

GLENHILL, Claude Hubert
1879 - 1919

GOODWIN, Elizabeth
1873 - 2 January 1919

HARFORD, Rachel
1867 - 23 July 1948
- wife of George Harford

HARFORD, George
1869 - 25 May 1949
- husband of Rachel

HARFORD, ?
unknwon, at Footstone

HICKEY, Cornelius
1853 - 9 October 1915
- brother of J. Hickey

HUDSON, Edith
1894 - 13 September 1975
- wife of William

HUDSON, William
1883 - 1 October 1929
- husband of Ethel

JENSEN, Isla Dorothy
1917 - 8 March 1920
- daughter of J.E & J.F Jensen

JOHNSON, Peter
? - 21 April 1921
- husband of Margaret

JOHNSTON, Winifred Ada
1905 - 2001
- wife of Robert
- mother of Robert, Phyllis & Joan
- stepmother of Pansy

KENNEDY, Thomas
1859 - 19 July 1918

LEACH, Helene Elizabeth 'Nell'
? - 28 May 1982
- wife of George
- mother of Joyce & Ken

LEACH, George Arthur
? - 4 January 1983
- husband of Nell
- father of Joyce & Ken

LINDLEY, Bertha Katherine
1906 - 6 May 1991
- wife of Percy
- mother of June & Kevin

LINDLEY, Percy Stuart
1908 - 30 January 1996
- husband of Bertha
- father of June & Kevin

LOCK, Agnes Eliza
? - 29 May 1922
- wife of Maurice
- mother of Dorothea & Lula

LUCAS, Andrew
1884 - 5 September 1919

LUCKIE, William Julius
- served with the AIF as Private 23/28/2, 11th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
- NEXT OF KIN: Mother, Mrs Fannie Luckie, Halswell, Wellington, NZ
- elisted from Badfern Rock via Dowerin, Western Australia
- embarked Fremantle, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire 19 April 1915
- returned to Australia 15 Nov 1916
1875 - 28 August 1919

MANNING, Thomas
1874 - 13 March 1939

MARCH, Dennis Norman
? - 1980
- Shire Clerk of Westonia from Aug 1968 to Dec 1979

McCARLIE, Emma
1876 - 29 August 1929

McINTOSH, Agnes
10 Oct 1865 - 3 November 1936
- born in Hermiston, Scotland

McLENNAN, Alexander R
1874 - 1 November1948

NEAL, John Alfred
1884 - 25 April 1919

O'HALLORAN, Patrick Joseph
? - 1 September 1919

OLIVER, Joseph Thomas Coxon
1895 - May 1933
- husband of Margaret

PERRIN, Cyril Aubrey
11 June 1910 - 18 September 1986
- husband of Gwennith

PERRIN, Gwennith Elaine
24 May 1913 - 14 August 1972
- wife of Gwennith

PETTIT, Charles
1870 - 15 June 1916

POLLARD, Ellen
1867 - 15 September 1935
- wife of Thomas James

POLLARD, Thomas James
1875 - 1 September 1919
- husband of Ellen

ROSS, Alexander
26 June 1896 - 19 August 1970
- husabnd of Edwina

ROSS, Edwina (nee POLLARD)
28 August 1904 - 24 July 1992
- wife f Alexander

SCOTT, John William
1865 - 14 June 1925
- husband of Amy

SCOTT, William Arthur
? - 29 February 1924
- about 12-13 years old ?
- son of J.W. & A. Scott

VARDY, Aaron
? - 17 July 1917
- married

WARDROP, Bedelia
1871 - 20 September 1913
- wife of Neil

WARDROP, Neil
1855 - 19 March 1914
- husband of Bedelia
- father of Jane, John & Mary
- family in Victoria

WILSON, Tom
? - 27 September 1919
- husband of Janie
- father of Jean, Tom & Ivey

some female HUMM marriages New Zealand 1866 - 1929:

Agnes Humm
- married James Boyd in 1902

Alice Humm
- married William George Deibert in 1904

Alma Mahallah Humm
- married George Edward Byron in 1925

Annie Maria Humm
- married Arthur Rembertor Gabbatis in 1892

Clara Eliza Humm
- married Robert McQueen in 1917

Daisy Gertrude Humm
- married Henry Francis Mullins in 1925

Eileen Pearl Humm William McDonald in 1929

Eliza Humm
- married Hubert William Davis in 1892

Emily Humm
- married Francis Farquhar MacRae in 1872

Emma Humm
- married William Daikee in 1884

Esther Eliza Humm
- married Frank Milner in 1920

Ethel Muriel Humm
- married William Christopher Arps in 1910

Frances Mahala Humm
- married John Hall in 1919

Gladys Alice Humm
- married Patrick Brooks in 1916

Gladys Mabel Eleanor Humm
- married James Calvey in 1920

Ivy Gertrude Humm
- married Howard Stanley Humm in 1923

Louisa Annie Humm
- married Ernest Henry Bryant in 1902

Mabel Humm
- married Frank Ernest Prebble in 1896

Mahalah Humm
- married Thomas Ballan in 1885

Malahah Humm
- married John William Parker in 1876

Margaret Humm
- married William Vine in 1866

May Louisa Humm
- married John Ashworth in 1892

Muriel Elsie Humm
- married Wilfred George Holmes in 1924

Vera Blanche Humm
- married Charles Juilius Henry Henderson in 1927

Violet May Humm
- married Charles Pryor Greeves in 1918

Winifred Blanche Humm
- married James Cuthbert Cambell McCubbin in 1921

some male HUMM marriages

some male HUMM marriages New Zealand 1865 - 1930:

Benjamin Humm
- married Laura Jane Teague in 1903

Cecil William Humm
- married Mabel Colborn Webster in 1913

Charles Thomas Humm
- married Dorothy Mary Barnden in 1920

Clarence Collin Humm
- married Alice Esther Shackleton in 1923

Daniel Robert Humm
- married Helen Ramsay in 1911

Edward Humm
- married Maria Harrison in 1865

Edward Frederick Humm
- married Phyllis Thornton in 1927

Eric David Austin Humm
- married Isabel Helen Cann in 1930

Frederick Humm
- married Bertha Matilda Witts-Hewinson in 1897

Frederick Humm
- married Sophia March in 1877

George Humm
- married Agnes Flora Davis in 1888

Harry Edward Humm
- married Rosamund Emma Stewart in 1913

Henry Humm
- married Sarah Vickery in 1896

Howard Stanley Humm
- married Ivy Gertrude Humm in 1923

James Humm
- married Mary Ann Burns in 1889

Leonard Humm
- married Minnie Painterin 1893

Leonard Joseph Humm
- married Louisa Jane Crawford in 1910

Norman Percy Humm
- married Elizabeth Robertson Fettesin 1930

Percival Samuel Humm
- married Effie May Marks in 1915

William Charles Humm
- married Rhoda Letitia Teaguein 1905

William John Humm
- married Louisa Jeminia Marson in 1910

some female HUMM marriages