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the known GIDDINGS marriages New Zealand 1874 - 1927:

? Alice Harriet Giddings
- married Henry FAIRBANK in 1896

? Arthur John Giddings
- married Grace Letitia BUCK in 1897

? Eliza Giddings
- married Joseph MARTIN in 1887

? Ethel Giddings
- married Robert COLEE in 1916

? Ethel Marion Giddings
- married James Martin RENNIE in 1913

? Frances Nellie Giddings
- married Jacob Alfred WAHREN in 1903

? George Giddings
- married Mary Elizabeth ADAMS in 1874

? George Giddings
- married Sarah SANSON in 1904

? Gladys Ivy Giddings
- married Phillip David KENNARD in 1927

? Henry Boyle Giddings
- married Louisa Florence HARROW in 1889

? Horace William Giddings
- married Annie Moore TURNER in 1916

? Joseph Giddings
- married Gladys Emily PENNO in 1921

? Margaret Ellen Giddings
- married William WESTAWAY in 1923

? Mary Grace Giddings
- sister of Richard Francis Giddings (next)
- married Charles Percival MORCOM in 1925

? Richard Francis Giddings
- married Gertrude Isobel GILLIES in 1925

? Samuel Harry Giddings
- married Edith Maud Mary WELCH (1881-1972) in 1907
- Edith was born in Masterton to Janes WELCH & Elizabeth Sarah CHANDLER

? Thomas Richard Giddings
- married Laura Mary SAMPSON in 1924

the known CARRAN marriages New Zealand 1856 - 1930:

? Agnes Carran
- married Alexander DUNCAN in 1887
- their known children:
* 1887 - Clara Duncan
* 1889 - Alexander Duncan
* 1890 - Margaret Snoddon Duncan
* 1892 - Lily Ella Mabel Duncan
* 1893 - Charles William Duncan
* 1895 - Kathleen Agnes Duncan
* 1897 - Christina Ann Duncan

? Agnes Carran
- married William Hearst MARTIN in 1927

? Catherine Maud Carran
- married John PAY in 1911

? Charles William Carran
- married Hazel Hope SHEARING in 1925

? Clara Elizabeth Carran
- married William DAWSON in 1882

? Daniel Carran
- married Agnes MAHONEY in 1875
- their known children:
* 1877 - Mary Carran
* 1879 - Daniel James Carran
* 1880 - Avalin Sutherland Carran
* 1880 - Henry Nelson Carran
* 1882 - Ellen Carran

? Daniel James Carran
- married Annie BRAITHWAITE in 1906
- their known children:
* 1907 - Cyril Joseph Daniel Carran

? Elizabeth Carran
- married John GREGORY in 1856
- their known children:
* 1858 - Elizabeth Matilda Gregory
* 1860 - George Gregory
* 1863 - William Gregory
* 1870 - Edward Gregory

? Ellen Carran
- married Harold RAYNER in 1899
- their known children:
* 1899 - Elvina Edith Rayner
* 1903 - Doris Craig Rayner

? Ellen Carran
- married Ernest Claude MASON in 1910

? Elsie Veronica Carran
- married John Henry Valentine NOONE in 1921

? Evelyn Southern Carran
- married Alice DERECOURT in 1907
- their known children:
* 1909 - Raymond Craig Carran

? Gordon Andrew Carran
- married Margaret MUIR in 1930

? Henry Carran
- married Ellen BURNS in 1865
- their known children:
* 1870 - Elizabeth Carran
* 1877 - James Andrew Carran

? Ivy Carran
- married David DILLY in 1923

? James McLauchlan Carran
- married Eileen May ANDERSON in 1927

? John Victor Carran
- married Doris Emily SPITTAL in 1913

? Mary Carran
- married Charles George Frederick PEPPER in 1910

? Sarah Ann Carran
- married Joseph James GREEN in 1885

? William Carran
- married Catherine McKAY in 1860

? William Charles Carran
- married Euphemia Morrison WILSON in 1890
- their known children:
* 1890 - John Carran
* 1892 - Maud Catherine Carran
* 1895 - William Norman Nelson Carran
* 1897 - James McLauchlan Carran
* 1900 - Ernest Albert Carran
* 1902 - Charles William Carran
* 1903 - Andrew Gordon Carran
* 1907 - Oliver Garnet Arthur Carran

? William Carran
- married Annie Johnstone McROBBIE in 1924

? William James Carran
- married Winifred Annie DON in 1921

? William Norman Nelson Carran
- married Chrystal May SHEARING in 1926

the children of Walter Clunie DRAKE & Emily Jane HIGGINS are detailed on the site:
The Descendants of James Drake

Walter Clunie DRAKE was born 27 May 1853 in Maneroo Cooma NSW Australia to James Charles DRAKE (1821-1865), Land Surveyor of the NZ Company, & Margaret Clunie FYFE, daughter of George Fyfe & Agnes Clunie (to show where that name comes into this family)
James & Margaret arrived into NZ on the Fifeshire in Feb 1842
* Walter had a brother, James Pottinger Drake, born 1848 in Wellington and a sister, Alice Drake, born 1856 in Christchurch
Walter was a Civil Servant (see notes below)
he died 8 Jan 1931 in Wellington, buried in Karori
Plot 73 N, Section CH ENG

Emily Jane HIGGINS was born 15 Apr 1857 in Auckland, a daughter of John HIGGINS and Catherine HANCOCK
she died 24 March 1904 in Wellington, buried Karori

Walter & Emily married 16 March 1876 in St. Marks Remuera, Auckland
their children were:
1 ... 1876 - 1945 Margaret Evelyn DRAKE
born 15 October 1876 in Drury, Auckland
educated in Carterton School 1886-1891
* never married
died in Wellington, cremated at Karori

2 ... 1878 - 1957 Muriel Emily DRAKE
born 22 November 1878 in Drury, Auckland
* never married
was living in Wellington by 1919
died in Wellington, cremated at Karori

3 ... 1881 - 1952 Catherine Maud DRAKE
born 8 February 1881 in Mercer, Auckland
married Otto Henry HEMPLEMAN (1879-1947) 31 July 1909, St. Peter's Wellington
they had 3 known children
died 28 May 1852 in Lower Hutt, cremated at Karori
* Otto's ashes Plot 13 DIV I, Section NICHE at Karori

4 ... 1882 - 1965 Alice May DRAKE
born 7 May 1882 in Drury, Auckland
* never married
was living in Wellington by 1919
died 20 April 1965 in Wellington, cremated at Karori

5 ... 1884 - 1947 Walter Francis DRAKE
born 26 January 1884 in Opunake, Taranaki
Marlborough Express, 14 July 1894 A boy - Walter Drake - playing with a hay fork at Carterton, ran it into his foot. He is in doctor's hands
married Olive Elizabeth BEARD (1884-1971) in 1913
they had 5 known children
Walter was a Bank Officer
died 3 May 1947 in Wellington
buried Plot 766 O, Section CH ENG2 at Karori

6 ... 1885 - 1856 Clunie James DRAKE
born 28 August 1885 in Opunake, Taranaki
married Verna May DALE-TAYLOR (1900-1972) 4 Sep 1918 in the Baptist Tabernacle Queen St, Auckland
they had 6 known children
Clunie was a Farmer / Surveyor
lived at Maramarua. Farm at Te Kauwhata
he died 27 Aug 1956 in Auckland
buried SOLDIERS BURIAL L Row 14, Plot 86 at Waikumete

7 ... 1885 - 1885 unnamed twin of Clunie James Drake, born in Opunake, died at birth

8 ... 1889 - 1961 Bernard Charles DRAKE
born 7 March 1889 in Carterton, Wairarapa
Bernard was a Clerk
served in the Samoan Advanced and Fifth Field Artillery
* never married
was living in Wellington by 1919
died 21 March 1961 in Wellington
buried Plot 15 C/S, Section SOLDIERS at Karori

9 ... 1891 - 1948 Marion Florence DRAKE
born 31 May 1891 in Carterton, Wairarapa
married Walter Sigfrid CEDERHOLM (1884-1958) 6 June 1917 in St. Mark's Wellington
they had 3 known children
died 10 May 1948 in Wellington
buried Plot 83 C, Section CH ENG2, Karori with Walter
* Walter was an Electrician, he died 15 Nov 1958 and is buried with her

10 ... 1892 - 1972 Nina Mildred DRAKE
born Xmas Eve 1892 in Carterton, Wairarapa
attended Whangarei School 1909-1906 then to Wellington Convent High School
* never married
Nina worked as a bursar at Wellington Technical College for many years. After their father died she was trustee for the family and managed all the financial business
died 22 April 1972 in Wellington, cremated at Karori

11 ... 1895 - 1895 John Owen DRAKE
born 9 May 1895 in Carterton, Wairarapa
died 12 May 1895 aged 3 days
buried Plot 194 - Block NEW UNSEC at Clareville

12 ... 1898 - 1898 unnamed still birth
born 23 October 1898 in Wellington
buried Plot 136 I, Section PUBLIC at Karori

NOTE
Walter Clunie Drake was a Postmaster and Telegraphist. He was a grandson of James Drake, author & publisher of London, and son of James Charles Drake (1822-1865), Land Surveyor & Land Agent. He was born in 1853 in New South Wales and was educated in Christchurch where his father had settled. Entering the Government service at the age of eighteen, he held office in Otago, Waikato, Auckland and at Opunake (Taranaki) and was transferred to Carterton in 1886. His 6th child, Clunie James Drake (& 7th born still) were born in Opunake in Aug 1885 and his 8th child, Bernard Charles Drake was born in Carterton in March 1889

TIMELINE
Otago Daily Times, 15 Oct 1875 ACCIDENT
Walter Drake, an employee at the Central Railway Station, met with an accident yesterday forenoon, by which he had the misfortune to have his leg broken. A heavy case fell on him while at work, breaking his left leg in the lower part. His right leg was slightly sprained. Drake was taken to the Hospital, where he was attended to. The injury is not considered a serious one and it is expected that he will recover the use of the broken limb

New Zealand Times, 30 July 1894 IN COURT
An important case was heard in the magistrate's Court on Friday afternoon. Walter Drake of Carterton, claimed the return of a horse, trap and harness, seized by one Fuller from Jorgen Paaske under an execution warrant. It appeared from the evidence that Drake purchased the horse and trap from Paaske for £25. As Paaske could not transact his business without the trap he was allowed to continue to use it by Drake, When the bailiff arrived with his execution warrant he seized the horse and trap with other articles. The Magistrate has reserved his decision on the case till Monday. Jorgen Paaske, flourmiller of Carterton, has filed his declaration in bankruptcy


from the above family link ...
* Margaret, Muriel, Alice, Bernard & Nina, all of whom never married, lived together in the family home.
Of them, Bernard & Nina were the only ones to bring in an income

some TRESSLER marriages New Zealand 1894-1927:

Charles Frederick Tressler
- married Martha WILLIAMS in 1894

Ethel Maud Tressler
- married Ernest Henry SPENCER in 1897

Ethel Maud Tressler
- married George Henry SMITH in 1924

Florance Tressler
- married Carl John Henry PAYNE in 1904

John Tressler
- married Martha Ann SMITH in 1897

John William Tressler
- married Sarah Mary Ellen O'BRIEN in 1924
- Sarah died on 7 Nov 1953 aged 56 in Invercargill
- she is buried in Plot 456 - Block 34 Eastern Cemetery
- John died 12 Oct 1971 aged 76 and is buried with her and Ronald & Mervyn Tressler
- their headstone reads:
In loving memory of
Sarah Mary Ellen
Beloved wife of
William Tressler
Died 5th Nov 1953 aged 56 years
Also the above
William Tressler
Died 12th Oct 1971 aged 76 years
At rest
TRESSLER
Ronald Francis
4th son of the above
11.1.1934 - 7.11.1993
TRESSLER
Mervyn William
Eldest son of Sarah & William
27.6.1926 - 2.11.2002

John William Tressler
- married Eveline MacNEILL in 1925
- see burials below

Joseph Thomas Tressler
- married Mary FOWLER in 1924

Margaret Elizabeth Tressler
- married Reginald David BUUCHANAN in 1912

Martha Florence Tressler
- married William John HARRIS in 1924


the TRESSLER at Eastern Cemetery Invercargill
.. some birth dates may be based on age at death ..

ALBERT OWEN Tressler
- born 1938
- 30 March 2009 aged 71

EVELINE Tressler
- born 15 June 1904
- died 18 June 1994 aged 90
- buried Plot 142 - Block 40 with John (see below)
headstone reads:
In loving memory of
John William Tressler
Died August 6 1991
In his 90th year
Also his beloved wife
Eveline
Died June 18 1994
In her 91st year


GEORGE ALEXANDER Tressler
- born 4 October 1904
- died 27 Dec 1986 aged 82

JOHN WILLIAM Tressler
- born 1895
- died 12 Oct 1971 aged 76

JOHN WILLIAM Tressler
- born 26 January 1902
- died 6 August 1991 aged 89
- buried Plot 142 - Block 40 with Eeline

KENNETH MARK Tressler 5 April 2010 aged 45
Southland Crematorium

Mervyn William Tressler
- born 27 July 1926
- died 2 Nov 2002 aged 76

ROBERT WILLIAM Tressler
- birth unknown
- death unknown aged ?

RONALD FRANCIS Tressler
- born 1934
- died 7 Nov 1993 aged 59

SARAH MARY ELLEN
- born 1897
- died 7 Nov 1953 Tressler aged 56

STEPHEN MURRAY Tressler
- born Dec 1961
- died Dec 1961 aged 4 Days
- buried 6 Dec 1961 Plot 20 - Block 37
headstone reads:
Stephen Tressler
Died Dec 5 1961
Andrew Kennard
Died Jan 8 1968
Cherished memories of
Rowland Lemuel Allott
2 January 1936 - 9 May 2003
Dearly loved husband of Mary
And loved father of
Kim and Craig
The melody lives on
In loving memory of
Gwendoline Bella
Died 29th March 1991
Aged 79 years
Beloved wife of
Lemuel Craig Allott
Died 24th March 2000
Aged 89 years

VERNON JAMES Tressler
- born 1832
- died 31 July 2005 aged 73

VIOLET IRENE Tressler
- born 14 February 1928
- died 14 Nov 1987 aged 59

LYTTELTON is a port town 12 km by road from Christchurch on the eastern coast of the South Island

It was home for Maori for about 700 years
Lyttelton, or Te whaka raupo was discovered by European settlers on 16 February 1770 during the Endeavour's first voyage to New Zealand.
The earliest evidence of a human presence in the area are moa bones dating from roughly 1250.

The harbour is an inlet on the north-western side of Banks Peninsula, extending 18km inland from the southern end of Pegasus Bay. It is surrounded by steep hills formed from the sides of an extinct volcanic crater which rise to a height of 500m
Several smaller settlements are dotted along the shore of the harbour, notably Governors Bay and Diamond Harbour.

The Founding Ships (first to arrive) to Lyttelton were the "Randolph", the "Sir George Seymour" and the "Charlotte Jane" which left Plymouth in September 1850 and all 3 arrived in Lyttelton on 16 December 1850
- the "Cressy" arrived 11 days later

These then were some of the earliest settlers of Lyttelton

the List of UNCLAIMED LETTERS Lyttelton 1 January 1853:

the Postmaster was W. L. HOWARD

ADAMS, William
ALLEN, Thomas
ANCALL, Mrs
ARCHER, W.S. (3)
ATKINS, W.

BARNES, William
BARKER, Joseph
BARNETT, Jacob (2)
BARTRAM, George
BOURN, Charles
BRIDGE, Charles (2)
BRUCE, Thomas (2)
BUCHANNAN, Hugh (3)

CHAPMAN, Edwin
CHOLMONDELEY, Charles
CLEMENTS, Charles F.
CORBY, Henry
CORDY, J.
COTTON, George
COXHEAD, Edwin
CRAWFORD & TAYLOR, Messrs
CRUICKSHANK, Mr
CUI CUI

DENCH, H.F.
DENCH, E.
DISTIN, Thomas
DIXON, William (of the Barque "Jane Dixon")
DRURY, Charles
DYER, Miss (2)

EDMONDS, G. (Mitre Hotel)
EVANS, Robert - bricklayer
EVANS, Mrs

FEGIAN, Thomas - butcher
FITCH, Margart
FITZGIBBONS, Patrick
FITZMAURICE, George (2)
FITZMORRIS,Mr
FLEMING, Mrs R.J.P.
FLETCHER, Mr
FLUTE, John
FORDHAM, Julius (2)
FOX, G.H.
FREMLIN, William

GAGE, C.A.
GOLD, Miss Anne
GRAHAM, George
GRANT, A.
GREEN, Joseph
GRINDELL, James S.

HANKINSON, Donald
HARRIS, James (2)
HARRISON, Mr & Mrs
HENRYSON, F.H. (3)
HICKMETT, William
HILDEBRAND, Ross
HILL, T.
HILL, William - M.D.
HILLER, John F.
HOLME, J.R.
HOOD, Thomas
HUDSON, Edward
HUGHES, Mr - Carpenter

JENKINS, Mr
JOHNSON, Hannah
JOHNSON, John (2)

LAKE, Alfred (2)
LAMAN, Edward C.
LAWER, J.J.
Le FLEMING, Michael
LLOYD, Major John
LOGAN, John
LUCK, Isaac

MARTIN, Alexander G.
MARTIN, Charles
MEARS, Mrs
MINCHIN - Eqq
MORE, Mrd
McCLOUD, Mrs
McGRATH, John
McKAY, Hector
McKENZIE, Mrs Charlotte
MLEAN, John

O'CONNOR, John (2)
O'NEILL, William
OLDFIELD, William

PALLITT, Hannah
PARLBY, G.H.
PHELPHS, Thomas (2)
PLATFORD, W.R. (2)

RAWBONE, Thomas R.
REID, William (2)
ROBINSON, Mary
ROGERS, James D.
ROSS, William H.
ROUSE, Mrs Charles
RUMONG, Miss Charlotte

SABINE, Charles
SAFFERY, William
SATCHELL, James
SEDGWICK, W.
SIMPSON, T.
SMITH, E.A.
SMITH, Henry (2)
SMITH, William
STANFORD, Miss
STEWART, Miss G.
STREETER, Richard
STUBBS, Francis W. (20
SUTTON, William

THOMSON, John
TOWNSEND, Frederick
TUTCHEN, Josiah

IGORS, William

WARNER, Abraham
WHELCH, E. (2)
WILBRAHAM, Henry (2)
WILKINSON, Mr
WILLIAMS, Venables (4)
WILLIS, George
WOOLLEY, George H. (2)

YEATMAN, H.J.
YOUNG, Lindsay B.

the UNCLAIMED LETTERS to 31 March 1860

some BROCKELSBY marriages New Zealand 11898 - 1929:

Ada Annie Brockelsby
- married Alfred Exley JACKSON in 1901

Ada Annie Brockelsby
- married Frederick Arthur Le Beau DAVIE in 1918

Arthur Ezra Brockelsby
- married Olga PEACOCK in 1926

Charlotte Brockelsby
- married William PALMER in 1898

Ezra Brockelsby
- married Grace Emily FORREST in 1902

Fanny Brockelsby
- married Ernest Miltiads TAYLOR in 1902

Fanny Brockelsby
- married Reginald Charles Frederick BELL in 1909

Iris Alexandra Grace Brockelsby
- married Norman Stanley WHITE in 1927

Jessie Emma Brockelsby
- married William Arthur EDGE in 1921

William ALbert Brockelsby
- married Margaret Edna COLLINS in 1929

William Henry Brockelsby
- married Christina Frances CAMERON in 1911

some LEEFE marriages New Zealand 1907 - 1925:


Emma Maud Leefe
- married Herbert Oscar FLEMING in 1913

Henry Neville Haufi Rotumah LEEFE
- married Beryl Gwendoline Cummings Stebbing in 1925

Katherine Elizabeth Leefe
- married Arthur Preston COWIE in 1907

some STEBBING marriages New Zealand 1867 - 1929:

Beryl Gwendoline Cummings Stebbing
- married Henry Neville Haufi Rotumah LEEFE in 1925

Charles Edwin Stebbing
- married Lucy Innes Levena MARSHALLin 1919

Charles James Stebbing
- married Elizabeth WALTER in 1876

Elizabeth Hannah Stebbing
- married William McMETH in 1913

Henry William Stebbing
- married Hannah BEESTON in 1867

John Beeston Stebbing
- married Myrtle Emily Lane McNAIR in 1929

Leslie Arnold Stebbing
- married Joyce Jane BURTON in 1916

Robert Charles Stebbing
- married Maud sowden in 1914

Thomas Matthias Stebbing
- married Claudia Isabel HANNKENin 1909

William Horace Stebbing
- married Clarice Edith BRABAZON in 1894

the known HORSEY marriages New Zealand 1862 - 1917

? Angus Horsey
- married Eva Jane Herbert CAMPBELL in 1907

? Annie Horsey
- married John WITHEY in 1862

? Charles Herbert Stanley Horsey
- married Susannah CLARKE in 1917

? Constance Lily Farrant Horsey (1872-1940)
- married Charles Lambert Hamilton HAWSON (1855-1922) in 1891
- Charles first married Elizabeth BARR (1857-1888) 30 Oct 1879 at St Andrew's Parish Balclutha
- their children were:
1894 - 1979 Constance Leonore 'Nora' Hawson
- born in Christchurch
- Constance married John Alexander FETTES 1 April 1924 in Auckland
- she married ? DAVIS
1896 - 1900 Charles Henry Neville Hawson
- Charles died aged 4
1898 - 1925 John Bradden Hawson
- John died aged 24
- Constance & Charles are buried Plot 86G at Karori Wellington

? Edwin Horsey
- married Jessie CAMERON in 1966

? Elizabeth Miller Horsey
- married Edward Thomas STODDART in 1891

? Ellen Matilda Horsey
- married Alfred CASS in 1904


? John Leonard Horsey (1835-1882)
- John was from Somerset, England
- he married Jessie Lily CATTO (1850-1882) in 1868
- Jessie was also from England
- their known children:
? 1870 - 1956 Leonore Isabel Horsey
- Leonore married John James PATRICK (1869-1903) in 1892
on February 9 1893 at St Mary's, Merivale, Christchurch, by the Rev Mr Merton, John James Patrick, son of William Patrick, of Dunedin, to Leonore Isabel, daughter of the late J. L. Horsey, Dunedin
- they had a son, Leonard John McLean Patrick (1893-1968)
Leonore next married Alexander SMITH in 1909
on April 28 1909, at the manse, Hill street, Wellington, by the Rev J. Gibson Smith, Alexander, eldest son of Captain A. Smith, Jurriff, Scotland, and second officer s.s. Opawa (New Zealand Shipping Company), to Leonore Isabel Patrick, elder daughter of the late John Leonard Horsey, Bank of New South Wales, Dunedin
? 1871 - Constance Lily Farrant Horsey
- Constance married Charles Lambert Hamilton HAWSON (1855-1922) in 1891
on the 14 January 1891, at St Michael's Church, Christchurch, by the Rev Walter Harper, Charles Hawson, Bank of New Zealand, to Constance, the younger daughter of the late John Leonard Horsey, of Dunedin
- Constance & Charles had 3 children
NOTES - John died 4 months before Jessie
DEATH - on the 19th April 1882, at his residence, Cumberland street, of heart disease, John Leonard Horsey; aged 47, late of the Bank of New South Wales, Dunedin, and late of Somerset, England
DEATH - on the 27th August 1882, at Pitt street, Jessie Lily, relict of the late John Leonard Horsey; aged 32 years
- John & Jessie are buried together in Plot 7, Block 122 at Northern Cemetery Dunedin


? Leonore Isabel Horsey
- married John James PATRICK in 1892

? May Eliza Horsey
- married Henry OSBORNE in 1897

? William Alfred Horsey
- married Ellen CLAREBURGH (1836-1914) in 1868
- William died 6 years later, age not recorded

CASS marriages New Zealand to 1938

* Ada Eliza Cass (1870-1946)
* born in Thames, Coromandel to John Cass & Sarah Annie Barnes
married Robert Enos/Ernest STOWERS (1868-1938) in 1890
* son of Samuel Enos Stower & Elizabeth Peapell
their known children
* 1890 - 1972 Maud Ethel Stowers
.. + John Morrison 1910
* 1893 - 1916 Robert Stanley Stowers
.. Killed in action, Somme France (see photo)
* 1895 - 1990 Agnes Ada Stowers
.. + Rupert Harold Sly 1926
* 1897 - 1979 Myrtle May Stowers
.. + James Simpson 1926
* 1900 - 1930 Claude Frederick Stowers
.. died aged 29 at Kakatahi, buried Aramoho
* 1904 - 2000 Doris Stowers
.. + Frederick Henry Musgrove 1931
* 1906 - 1935 John Stowers
.. + Flora Macdonald Noble 1930
* 1912 - 1986 Percival Stowers
.. + Alice Ada Harper 1935
ADA died 23 Jan 1946 aged 75 and is buried at Aramoho Cemetery

* Alfred Cass (1873-1931)
married Ellen Matilda HORSEY (1872-1947) in 1904

* Annie Maria Cass
married George Francis BENNETT in 1899

* Caroline Cass
married Robert William POPE in 1908

* Charles Cass
married Caroline ALLSOP in 1855
their known children
1858 - Charles Leonard Cass

* Elizabeth Josephine Cass (1900-1991)
married Alfred Henry OLNEY (1898-1986) in 1922

* Elsie Violet Cass (1896-1939)
married Alfred Benny KIDSON (1894-1961) in 1919

* Frank Wallace Cass (1884-1959)
married Beryl Thelma HOPE (1903-) in 1938
* daughter of Edward John Hope & Edith Annie Macdonnell McHaffie
NZ Herald, 26 Aug 1938
WEDDING CASS-HOPE - The marriage of Miss Beryl Thelma Hope, youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Edward Hope of Wellington, to Mr Frank Wallace Cass, chief engineer of the Cambridge and youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs Richard Cass, of London, was celebrated at Knox Church, Parnell, last evening, just a few hours after the bridegroom's arrival from London. The ceremony was performed by the Rev G. A. D. Spence and Mr W. H. Bennett played the organ music.
The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-law, Captain F. J. G. Warren, wore a frock of ice-blue satin with a short bodice, elbow-length puff sleeves and a full-length skirt. A blue and pearl clip ornamented the neckline. A white tulle veil, coin-spotted in blue, fell to the waist and was worn over a white tulle skull cap edged with small blue flowers. She carried a trailing shower bouquet of blue irises and hyacinths and pink carnations.
In attendance as bridesmaid was Miss Margaret Macfarlane, who wore a frock of gold georgette over gold satin with a black velvet sash. She had autumn-coloured flowers in her hair and carried a bouquet of golden-yellow daffodils. The bridegroom was attended by Captain P. Angell, master of the Cambridge, as best man.
Following the ceremony a reception was held in the Parnell Tea Kiosk, where Mrs Warren, sister of the bride, acted as hostess. She wore a frock of cigar-brown lace and a matching brown hat trimmed in front with a coral ornament. She carried a bouquet of yellow freesias, daffodils, lantern flowers and violets.

* Harold Cass
married Mary GRAHAM in 1938

* Ida Caroline Cass
married Anthony SUTHERLAND in 1933

* James Cass
married Mary Elizabeth ABELSON in 1899
their known children
* 1899 - Henry Cass
* 1900 - Elizabeth Maude Cass
* 1904 - unnamed Cass
* 1907 - Mary Elizabeth Cass

* John Abraham Cass (1863-1927)
married Annie Ellen Alice LINES (1871-1944) in 1893
their known children
* 1894 - 1966 Melvin Leslie Cass
* 1896 - 1939 Elsie Violet Cass
* 1901 - 1908 Lucy May Cass
* 1902 - Stanley Frank Cass
* 1908 - 2000 Harold Cass
Nelson Evening Mail, 27 March 1902
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Notice is hereby given that we, George Noble and John Abraham Cass, of Nelson, Bakers, have dissolved the partnership heretofore carried on by us under the style of Cass and Noble, as from the 1st March 1902
Nelson Evening Mail, 28 Nov 1927
PROBATE In the Supreme Court at Wellington on the 22nd instant, probate of the will of John Abraham Cass, deceased, was granted to Annie Ellen Alice Cass, the executrix named in the will, upon the application of her solicitor

* John Leonard Cass (1908-1970)
married Beta Cargill SAUNDERS (1911-2008) in 1935

* Mary Cass (1851-1935)
married James Webster POPE (1848-1927) in 1872
* son of Richard Whiting Pope & Mary Anne Wilson
their known children
* 1898 - 1939 Ivy Gladys Selina Pope

* Mary Ann Cass
married Stephen GILES in 1877
their known children
* 1878 - William Edward Giles
* 1879 - William Thomas Giles
* 1881 - George Stephen Giles
* 1882 - Mary Anderson Giles
* 1883 - Gertrude Martha Giles
* 1885 - Elizabeth Etta Giles
* 1886 - Sarah Elizabeth Giles
* 1888 - Lucy Hannah Augusta Giles

* Mary Anne Cass
married Edward Shipley TAYLOR (1847-1934) in 1889

* Melvin Leslie Cass (1891-1966)
married Gwendoline Hyacinth HILTON (1894-1979) in 1933

* Mildred Alison Cass
married Claude Thomas John WHITER in 1925

* Robert Cass
married Elizabeth GILMOUR in 1900
their known children
* 1902 - 1991 Francis Robert Cass
* 1904 - 1920 John Lyttelton Cass

* Rosina Helena Cass
married James GOODWIN in 1880
their known children
* 1883 - Ellen Harriett Goodwin
* 1885 - James Summers Goodwin
* 1890 - Catherine Maude Goodwin

* Sarah Matilda Cass (1862-1931)
married George Brebner NOBLE in 1885
their known children
* 1887 - Gertrude Dorace Noble
* 1889 - Howard Percy Cass Noble
* 1896 - Matilda Barnes Noble
* 1898 - Ida Catherine Noble
* 1901 - Hilda Aileen Noble

* Sarah Matilda Cass (nee Nelson 1878-1971)
married William Alfred SOWMAN (1865-1944) in 1930
* William 1st married Norah Muller (1868-1889) in 1884 & had 4 daughters
* He next married Mary Cribb (nee Laney 1853-1826) in 1892
* He next married Sarah Matilda Cass in 1930

* Stanley Frank Cass
married Edith Mary TAYLOR in 1925

* Thomas Cass
married Mary Ann WILLIAMS in 1854

* Thomas Nelson Cass (1839-1900)
married Mary Ann Jane CURTIS (1857-1938) in 1877
their known children
* 1878 - 1878 Thomas Curtis Cass
* 1879 - 1960 Mary Jane Cass
* 1881 - 1974 Mabel Cass
* 1884 - 1983 Minnie Cass

* William Cass
married Myrtle DUDLEY in 1933

NOTE
Francis 'Frank' (1840-1932) & Mary Anderson (1839-1904) Cass married about 1859 and arrived into Lyttelton 13 Oct 1863 on the Lancashire Witch
their known children
* 1860 - 1946 Mary Cass (UK)
* 1863 - 1904 John Lyttelton Cass (NZ)
* 1866 - 1951 James William Cass
* 1868 - 1947 Robert Cass
* 1871 - Elizabeth Cass
* 1873 - 1931 Alfred Cass
* 1875 - 1875 Frank Cass (aged 2 months)
* 1876 - 1938 Frances Cass
Ashburton Guardian, 29 April 1904
SUDDEN DEATH at WAKANUI Quite a gloom was cast over the Wakanui district this morning, when it became known that Mrs Mary Anderson Cass, wife of Mr Francis Cass, had expired suddenly on the previous evening. Since the sad end of her son some few weeks ago, the deceased lady had suffered in health to such an extent as to cause her friends much anxiety. Although not confined to her bed, the deceased endeavoured to bravely combat her illness and would not be persuaded to keep to her room. At 9.30 last evening, after retiring to bed and while referring in sorrowful terms to the lamentable death of her son, John, the deceased lady suddenly and peacefully passed away. Mrs Cass landed in Lyttelton in 1863 in the Wakanui district, where she has permanently resided for over twenty-five years. She was 66 years of age and leaves a grown up family to mourn her death
HEADSTONE at Ashburton In loving memory of Mary Anderson Cass born at York, England died at Wakanui April 28th 1904 aged 65 years. Come unto me and I will give you rest. Also Frances, beloved daughter of above, died 6th Jan 1938 aged 61 years. Also James William, beloved son of above, died 12th Aug 1951 aged 86 years

updated 13 May 2018

PHOTO
Private 10/3748, Robert Stanley Stowers
Killed In Action on the Somme