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Porirua is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington, New Zealand, metropolitan area; thus it is considered a part of Wellington as a whole. It is largely formed around the arms of the Porirua Harbour, the coastline facing out to Cook Strait and the north-eastern parts of the South Island. Most of the populated areas of Porirua are coastal: Camborne, Karehana Bay, Mana, Onepoto, Papakowhai, Paremata, Pauatahanui, Plimmerton, Pukerua Bay, Takapuwahia, Titahi Bay and Whitby all have direct access to coastal parks and recreation reserves. Several suburbs without direct coastal access, including Aotea, Ascot Park and Ranui Heights, have substantial portions with good views over the harbour. Elsdon, formerly known as Prosser Block, lost access to the harbour as a result of reclamation work, especially during the 1960s. Much of the existing city centre, north of Parumoana Street and east of Titahi Bay Road, was built upon this landfill.

* indicates district photo albums - go to links below
* indicates the suburb does not have its own album but photos of that area will be found in one of the other albums (usually in Porirua general)

The suburbs include the following
.. grouped by council ward ..
Eastern Ward
* Aotea - Only 10 people lived in the area in 1996. With new housing developments, the population increased to 120 in 2006 & 270 in 2018
* Ascot Park
* Cannons Creek
* Porirua East
* Ranui Heights
* Waitangirua - established in the 1960s

Northern Ward
* Camborne - developed from the 1960s
* Golden Gate – a local name for the eastern part of Paremata
* Hongoeka Bay – a Ngāti Toa settlement
* Judgeford – a rural locality
* Karehana Bay
* Mana - bounded by the entrance to Porirua Harbour and the
* Pauatahanui inlet of Porirua Harbour
* Paekakiriki Hill - for some of the best views in the district
* Papakowhai – where kowhai trees are prominent on headlands
* Paremata – name from the "Paremata Barracks", erected on the north shore of Porirua Harbour about 1846
* Pauatahanui - the road from Wellington reached Pauatahanui in Sep 1848
* Plimmerton – named for a director of the railway company
* Pukerua Bay – where film-maker Peter Jackson grew up
* Whitby – street names commemorate James Cook

Western Ward
* Elsdon – named after writer Elsdon Best
* Kenepuru – industrial area south-west of the centre, adjoining Linden
* Mana Island - predator-free, bird sanctuary island, off the coast of Porirua
* Onepoto - translates as "short beach"
* Porirua Central – Porirua's central business district
* Takapuwahia – a Ngāti Toa settlement
* Titahi Bay – where pro golfer Michael Campbell grew up

The Suburbs in Photo Albums
JUDGEFORD
photo Judgeford floods in 1959

Arthur Henry 'Arty' Fullford (1866-1912) was born Nov 1866 in Forest Hill, Kent England, to William Henry John Fullford (1843-1908) & Mary Ann Taylor (1843-1931)
William & Mary, with 4 of their children, sailed from London on 26 Aug 1874 on the Howrah, arriving in Wellington 30 Nov 1874

Timeline for the arrival of the ship 'Thomas Gresham'
(sometimes written as just 'Gresham')
There are a number of discrepancies in the various newspaper articles when describing the size of ship, number of enlistments etc. but written here as found.
Also, a few of the events don't seem to run in correct time line ('ship left last week' followed with 'about to embark'). I put this down to being copied from Melbourne newspapers by NZ, some received late.

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recommended reading
★ Extensive story of Australia's involvement in the New Zealand Wars of 1860-1866 For Glory and a Farm
By Rev. Frank G. Glen as published in the journals of the NZ Military Historical Society, 1982/83

★ The New Zealand Wars: Military Forces and Frontier Defences.

★ Soldiers & Colonists. Imperial Soldiers as Settlers in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand (pdf). John M. McLellan. A thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of Arts in History

★ The Pitt family in New Zealand
generations of military men
* Major-General George Dean-Pitt (1781-1851), Commander of the Military Forces in NZ and from 3 Jan 1848 the Lieut-Governor of New Ulster (later named North Island).
* His son Colonel George Dean Pitt (1823-1883), mentioned throughout this journal
* His youngest son Lieutenant William Augustus Pitt (1833-1890), ensign in the 60th Rifles in 1852, transferred to the 55th as a lieutenant in 1856. Moved in 1857 to settle in Australia. Came back to NZ in 1864, moved to Auckland in 1866. He died 8 Nov 1890 and is buried at Symonds St, (see link below)
* His grandson, Major Cholwell Dean Pitt (1843-1926) had, prior to taking charge of the A.C. in Poverty Bay in 1870, served in the Waikato, Wanganui, Rotorua and Opotiki districts.
* His great grandson, Captain William Tutepuaki Pitt (1877-1937) served in the South African War, the 28th Maori Battalion and is listed in NZ Gazette as licensed interpreter
* Finding the Burials & headstones at Symonds Street cemetery

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Melbourne, 21 Aug 1863
Colonel Pitt has opened an office for the enrolment of volunteers for New Zealand

Southland Times, 1 Sep 1863
The Argus of the 25th thus speaks of Volunteering in Melbourne, for Auckland:- Colonel Pitt's mission of raising a force in this colony for service in New Zealand is not likely to be a failure. Saturday, the first day his office was opened, was devoted to receiving applications from persons for appointments as officers and non-commissioned officers and no less than sixty-five candidates declare themselves. In another column will be found extracts from the Militia Act Amendment Bill, under which the force will be formed. It will be seen that pensions for wounds and in the event of death, are provided. We may state at the same time, the Colonel Pitt does not desire that the regiment should be formed of trained volunteers alone. All who are disposed to accept the liberal conditions offered by the New Zealand Government, however little they may know of military matters, are invited to join the force.

Argus, 1 Sep 1863
FIRST DETACHMENT The first detachment of the troops enlisted by Colonel Pitt, for service in the Auckland Militia, left Melbourne yesterday and were berthed on board the White Star liner Star of India, lying at the Williamstown pier. Altogether 405 privates and non-commissioned officers embarked, under the command of four officers, Captain H. G. Smith, late of the Volunteer Engineers; Lieutenant H. P. Lomax, Lieutenant W. A. Smith and Lieutenant W. Nunnington. The Spencer-street station was crowded dueing the morning with people desirous of seeing the volunteers start and some three or four hundred persons, including wives with children in their arms, went down to the Railway Pier, where the ship was moored. The Juvenile Volunteer Drum and Fife Band was at the station during the early part of the morning and played some inspiring airs. The crowd, too, gave their friends some hearty cheers, so that the departure was rendered tolerably lively. Although the volunteers included many specimens of the genus 'loafer' they were altogether a fine body of men and, if well drilled and well officered, are not at all likely to reflect shame on the colony they are leaving ... more

Argus, 2 Sep 1863
SECOND CONTINGENT The ship Caduceus has been chartered by Colonel Pitt, to convey the second contingent of Victorian Volunteers to Auckland and will sail early in the ensuing week.

Otago Witness, 4 Sep 1863
Melbourne. The inducements held out by Colonel Pitt on behalf of the New Zealand Government to persons willing to undertake military service in the unhappy war with the Maori have excited a good deal of attention here; and, lured by the prospect of a fifty-acre freehold, half-a-crown a day with rations and any amount of glory to boot, a rather large number of young fellows who had nothing better to do have embraced the offer and listed for the Queen's Colonial Militia. The total number enrolled amounts to nearly 500. People who are inclined to be sarcastic and who are skeptical as the the capacity of absorption of the Victorian labor market, say that a fine opening will thus be afforded to the male immigrants that we are lavishly spending the public money to bring out such numbers from Great Britain and 'Ould' Ireland. Be that as it may, I can give you a fact, a positive, a most stubborn fact, respecting this same labor market of Victoria. Mr Perry of the Fulham Grange Nursery Road, advertised lately for laborers to work in his garden at a remuneration of of six shillings a week (!) with rations and found plenty of strong, able-bodied men ready and glad to accept the offer. So much for the cry of want of labot to develop the resources of Victoria.

Daily Southern Cross, 4 Sep 1863
... it appears that Colonel Pitt can find more men than he is commissioned to enlist; and the closest scrutiny is made into the characters of the volunteers. This precaution is no doubt necessary; but why, let us inquire, limit the number of volunteers to 1,000 or 1,5000 men, when there is room and need for at least ten times that number? If the recruiting ceases when 2,000 men have been enrolled in Australia and Otago, the Government will fail in their object, not because of its being only partially carried out. Instead of 2,000 there should be 20,00 at the least; and then we would have in beneficial occupation of Europeans, not 100,000 acres of the waste lands of the province, but 1,000,000 acres ... more

Argus, 5 Sep 1863
VICTORIAN VOLUNTEERS - A complaint has obtained publicity that Colonel Pitt is preserving an unnecessary secrecy in withholding the names of the men enlisted for service in the Auckland Militia. Colonel Pitt has requested us to mention that his lists have never been closed to person wishing to ascertain whether their friends or relatives have enlisted; and further, that he is causing a roll to be prepared of the men embarked for Auckland, which roll he proposed to hand over to the proper authorities, for public inspection at the City Police Court.

Argus, 22 Sep 1863
THIRD DETACHMENT The barque Theoda has been purchased within the last few days by Captain McIntyre, late of the Montezuma and will be named the Golden Age. She is intended for the New Zealand trade, for which she is well adapted. We are informed that she has been chartered by Colonel Pitt for the conveyance of the third detachment of volunteers for Auckland, for which port she will sail during the present week

The THOMAS GRESHAM
Colonist, 2 Feb 1864
A Telegram from Melbourne, of date Friday, 22nd January, states:- "442 men have at present enlisted under Colonel Pitt, for New Zealand, under the new regulations, 280 will embark in the Gresham to-morrow."

Melbourne Herald, 2 Feb 1864
Colonel Pitt at Melbourne In spite of the opposition which has been brought to bear against Col. Pitt and his mission, he has been most successful, having in two days succeeded in obtaining 260 volunteers. As to the statement made below, that the land on which these men will be located is not worth 3 per acre - we can only say that it is just as likely to be worth more as less. The fact is that the New Zealand Government reserve to themselves the power of sending the new arrivals to wherever the exigencies of the Native question may require. The question of the legality of these enlistments has been brought before the Government, but Major Pitt announces his intention of persevering unless forcibly prevented and the Crown Law Officers have, we understand, decided that the authorities have no power to interfere. It has however, been suggest to the local Government o send immigration agents, armed with suitable powers, to both Otago and Taranaki. Arrangements have been made by which several of the wives and families of those already serving in the local forces in New Zealand will join their husbands.
Mr East, of the South Yarra Artillery, has been appointed to a captaincy and first detachment will probably start in a few days for Auckland by the ship 'Gresham' which has been specially chartered for the purpose.
ENROLMENT OF VOLUNTEERS IN AUSTRALIA - The following additional inducements are held out to intending Volunteers by Col. Pitt, in the advertising columns of the Sydney Morning Herald:- In addition to the terms of the above, I am authorised by the Government of New Zealand to provide the families of the married men who may enrol with free passages from the port of embarkation to Auckland and on their arrival the New Zealand Government will provide them with shelter, either in huts or tents, until the men are located on their lands and during the period they receive such shelter the Government will also issue to them rations of fuel, light and provisions of like quality and quantity as are issued to the wives and children of soldiers in her Majesty's service. I am also authorised to issue orders for an advance of pay for three months (eleven pounds sterling), from the date of embarkation, to every man who may desire it, the order to be made payable in Sydney, after the vessel in which the man is embarked shall have left Port Jackson, provided the order is accompanied with a certificate that the man is on board. These orders may also be made payable in New Zealand. In all cases pay will commence from the date of embarkation., I shall shortly visit Sydney for the purpose of examining candidates for enrolment there and at the principal towns on the lines of railway, of which due notice will be given in the newspapers; at the same time I shall be glad to hear by letter from any who propose to avail themselves of these conditions. All men offering must be provided with certificates as to character. All married men will be sent to Auckland in the same ships with their families.

Lyttelton Times, 6 Feb 1864
AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS - Up to yesterday evening the number of men actually enrolled in Melbourne as military settlers for New Zealand was 352 - namely, 114 married and 239 single men.
The assembly-rooms at Hockin's Hotel, which have been engaged as the recruiting offices, have, in fact, been thronged each day. With comparatively few exceptions, the applicants were fine, healthy, active looking men - decidedly above the average type of aspirants for military fame.
The Thomas Gresham, a ship of about 1200 tons, has been chartered for the transmission of the first batch of 'military settlers,' and on Tuesday or Wednesday next will probably take some 400 persons away. Not all are yet on board, but a good portion are, and many are absent on leave.
On Saturday and yesterday, so we are informed, a money-broker was doing a roaring trade on board, buying up 11 advance notes for £8 or £9. It is not wholly improbable that a little desertion may take place under such circumstances.
There was no enrolment in Melbourne on Saturday, but the work will begin again to-day.
On Thursday last we learn that seventy-eight single and twenty married men were enrolled on 'Ballarat'; and Capt. Frazer, the agent, then proceeded to Creswick and Smythesdale to get more recruits.
On Castlemaine, Capt Langden, another of Colonel Pitt's accredited agents, was almost mobbed at his hotel by the eager recruits. He enroled fifty-six - twenty-two single men and thirty-four married men (with ninety-six children). In the end, he obtained twenty-one men from Kyneton and nearly sixty from Castlemaine, the majority of whom are married men.

NZ Herald, 6 Feb 1864
The ship Gresham, 965 tons, Capt L. C. Brayley, which had just arrived at Melbourne from Liverpool, has been chartered by Col. Pitt to convey volunteers to this port.

New Zealander, 9 Feb 1864
ENROLMENT OF MILITARY SETTLERS IN VICTORIA. - Up to yesterday evening the number of men actually enrolled in Melbourne as military settlers for New Zealand was 353 - namely 114 married and 239 single men. The number rejected does not bear a larger proportion than about twenty per cent of the total number who offered themselves for enlistment. The men are not confined to one or two classes of the population, but comprise joiners, carpenters, engineers, masons and other artisans, besides labourers, clerks, butchers, bakers, grocers, tobacconists, &c. Amongst the number are also two or three farmers, two medical students and a ship broker. Several of the married men have families of three or four children. Nearly all the recruits describe themselves as residents either in the city or one or other of the suburbs, each locality making some contribution to the total.
Mr East, of the South Yarra Artillery, has been appointed to a captaincy; and the following appointment of officers has also been made by Colonel Pitt:- Lieut Cecil, Lieut Pennefather and Lieutenant Jackson.
The single men and those married men who do not intend to take their families, will embark on Saturday morning for Taranaki, the ship Gresham having been chartered for their conveyance. The recruiting will be proceeded with for several days longer and it is also intended to prosecute it actively in the country districts. On Wednesday a depot was opened at Kyneton, where twenty-two men were enlisted and another at Geelong. Yesterday the agents of Colonel Pitt were at work at Ballarat and Castlemaine and to-day they will visit the Creswick and Sandhurst districts. No official returns of the number enrolled have yet been received from Geelong, Ballarat or Castlemaine.

Daily Southern Cross, 12 Feb 1864
The married men of the Victorian contingent will be glad to learn that the 'Thomas Fletcher' had been chartered by Colonel Pitt, in Victoria, to convey their wives and families here and that she was to sail on the 29th ultimo. She is consequently due now. The military settlers who were enrolled embarked on board the 'Gresham'

Taranaki Herald, 13 Feb 1864
Just as we were going to press a ship was signalled and proved to be the Gresham, 965 tons, Captain Bayley, from Melbourne, with 429 military settlers on board for this place. The officer in command is Lieut Pennyfather; Lieuts Sifton and Roadey are also on board. The Gresham left Melbourne on the 30th ult., and has been therefore 14 days out. She reports that the 'Brilliant' with 118 more men was to leave two days later.

New Zealand, 13 Feb 1864
COLONEL PITT'S MISSION The following account of Colonel Pitt's recruiting, from the Bendigo Advertiser, will be read with interest:-
The men who have yielded to the tempting offers of the New Zealand Government, were on Saturday last embarked on board the Gresham, which ship has been chartered by Colonel Pitt for their conveyance to Auckland. Some 350 are mow assembled on board, the majority being stout able fellows, whom it is rel pity to lose. They are certainly of a much superior class to those who volunteered upon the occasion of the gallant colonel's former visit, very little of the loafer element being distinguishable among them; nevertheless, we recognise a few individuals who have been in the habit for the last twelve months of "living on their means," and sleeping anywhere and so far as they were concerned we thought that the New Zealand 'crimping' agent had done us a service.
The men all seem in high spirits and we imagine from what we could glean from their conversation, are under the impression that they are going to fight not to work, "What induced you to enlist?" we asked an honest Irishman with a chest like a Hercules and a head of hair like a mop broom, "surely you can get plenty of work here". "Work is it" said he "it's work that I am sick of, it's fighting I want and why shouldn't I have a pop at the rogues as well as another, bad luck to you. Sure it's for the Maori we are required."
"Commercial traveller, sir," replied to our enquiries a gentleman in an invisible blue coat and buff waistcoat and with a Mr Jingle habit of clipping his words - "Commercial traveller, grocery and spirit trade, sir; but - time - bad, can't make living; besides, want excitement - plenty fighting, so forth - and I'll take a drink with pleasure."
And, indeed; though doubtless there are many who have experienced 'hard times' in the colony the motive which has led them to enlist seems rather to have been that yearning for change and novelty which is so prominent a characteristic of our roving population. Few seem to have been actually driven to volunteer from necessity, the majority of then being well and decently dressed and with little of the external signs, at any rate, of actual poverty.
Seated apart from the others on a spar or a coil of rope, we saw 'the old hand' pipe in mouth and rather a dubious expression of countenance, chewing the cud of reflection and evidently doubtful as to whether he had done a wise thing in selling himself for three years for 2s 6d a day and the hazy prospect of a few acres of land; and a few of the older and more experienced of the recruits are by no means so elated with their prospects as the younger portion. However, they're in for it now, most of them having received their three months advance and by this time spent the money. Gentlemen of the Hebrew persuasion who 'do bills' and such like, have done a roaring trade amongst the victims, who get something like £5 out of the advance note and spend that in debauch.
The ship has been well fitted up for the accommodation of the men, the 'tween decks, which are roomy and well ventilated, being lined on each side with bunks and rows of tables' and every care seems to have been given to the comfort and health of the recruits. The officers in charge of the first 'batch' of volunteers will probably be augmented by recruits from the country districts and those enlisted during the next two days in town, will be Messrs Pennefather, Sissam, Clarke and Jackson. The recruiting will be proceeded with to-day and the Gresham, which will by that time have her full complement on board, will sail on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Mr Domett, Col. Pitt's agent, attended on Friday at the Criterion Hotel, Market-square and in the evening at the Metropolitan Hotel, for the purpose of enrolling men for service in the New Zealand Militia and subsequent military settlement on contiguous farms of fifty acres each, to be granted to each member of the militia on his relief from 'actual service.'
During the course of the afternoon and evening twenty-one single men and eleven married men were enrolled. Of the single men nine were tradesmen - one mason, one carpenter, one blacksmith, one wheelwright, one sawyer, one plumber and one confectioner; the others, respectively, one storekeeper, two clerks, one farmer, three seamen, five miners, one labourer and one groom. The married men comprised - one engineer, one butcher, three miners, three seamen, two labourers and one cattle-drover. In addition to the like number of wives (eleven), the married men were responsible for twenty-nine children. One of them (entered under the designation of a labourer) had been a corporal of artillery for eleven years, had served in New Zealand and obtained a grant of land there for his former services. He was desirous of returning to the country with his wife and children and increasing his property in it. He was an applicant for service as a non-commissioned officer, entitling him to a somewhat larger grant of land and a pay of 3s per diem instead of 2s 6d., that granted a private.
The men enrolled were of a decidedly superior caste to the former detachment, being to all appearance in moderately easy circumstances and apparently in the possession of some means of livelihood more or less reliable in this country. The general motive appeared to be dissatisfaction with their prospect of advancement and independence in this colony and an anticipation of some larger opening or improved condition of affairs in New Zealand - an anticipation that it would probably puzzle the lot of them to offer any reasonable ground for.
The single men were directed to be in waiting this morning, at the railway station for conveyance by the first train to Melbourne and immediate shipment.
The married men were informed that provision would be made for their conveyance with their wives and children to Melbourne by the six a.m. train on Thursday next. At Melbourne they would receive passage tickets for the conveyance of their wives and children, each passage ticket representing a money value of £11, which would be now advanced to them and subsequently deducted from their pay in New Zealand. These tickets, they were informed, would be useless to any other person and they were cautioned not to sell them, Before enrolment, they were also asked whether they had read over the conditions and accepted them, the reply being in each case in the affirmative and that they were satisfied with them.

New Zealander, 18 Feb 1864
MORE REINFORCEMENTS - We gather from the Australian papers that Col Pitt has secured the service of some 900 volunteers. The Gresham sailed on the 31st ult., with 426 settlers for Taranaki. The Aldinga was to leave Adelaide with fifty men on the 13th. The Thomas Fletcher was also secured in the same service, whilst yesterday we were surprised by the arrival of the ship Swiftsure, Captain Mayhew, from Melbourne, with 1,000 souls; military settlers and the wives and families of men already here. There were 500 children on board. Through the courtesy of the Captain we have Melbourne papers to the 5th inst., but the news is of no moment. The Age says:- "The Thomas Fletcher, with a detachment of the Auckland volunteers, sailed last night. She carries 72 men and 188 women and children. The officers in command of the volunteers are Capt. Stewart and Ensign Home. It is expected that, with fair winds, the Thomas Fletcher will reach her destination in ten days. The Brilliant and Swiftsure will follow to-day or Saturday.

New Zealander, 18 Feb 1864
The ship Gresham arrived at Taranaki from Melbourne on Saturday last, with 420 Military Settlers and sailed the following day for Guam. The barque Brilliant was to have left Melbourne for Taranaki the day after the Gresham with 120 Military Settlers.
The magnificent ship, 1326 tons, commanded by Captain Mayhew, sailed from Melbourne on the 6th inst. at noon and after being baffled for two days in the Straits with S.E. and easterly winds, at last got it from the S.W. and ran through on the morning of the 8th. On the 10th she got the winds from N.E. to east and had easterly weather ever since. She made the Three Kings on the 15th and arrived here yesterday afternoon. She brings Captain Stuart and Lieutenant Walker in charge of the Military Settlers, 168 men, 286 women and 478 children; equal to 838 statue adults.

Otago Witness, 20 Feb 1864
Melbourne The first contingent of Colonel Pitt's 'Military Settlers' sailed for Auckland in the Gresham on Saturday last. The remainder, together with their wives and families, will follow in the Thomas Fletcher, the Swiftsure and the Brilliant


Taranaki Herald, 20 Feb 1864
By the arrival of the Gersham on Saturday last and the Brilliant on Wednesday, both from Melbourne, the province has received a large addition to its numbers, in the shape of 568 volunteers for the military settlements. They are a fine body of men, strong and healthy and will be well fitted for the duty they have undertaken when they have undergone the necessary training. We have no wish to remark upon the doings of some of the men during the past week, as it has been their first week here and money has been plentiful, but we would call upon the steady and well-behaved ones, who are certainly the majority, to help the authorities, if it should be necessary, in enforcing order and sobriety. The 150 men who have been out to Sentry Hill, conducted themselves quietly and creditably under circumstances of some difficulty and did their work to the satisfaction of Major Butler and the officer of Engineers. No doubt the others will do the same when the opportunity occurs. If they are to stay here and not be moved to Auckland as report states, we hope to see them settle as quietly into their places as the Otago men have done and become ultimately in fact, as well as in name, Taranaki settlers. We do not know that we could wish them a pleasanter lot, when the native difficulty which they have come to help us settle is finally disposed of.

Nelson Examiner, 1 March 1864
The ship Gresham, with 420 of Colonel Pitt's military settlers, fourteen days from Victoria, arrived on the afternoon of the 13th. The report of such a vessel being about to leave Melbourne had reached us through the press, but not a word on the subject was received from Auckland and therefore no preparation was made for accommodating so considerable a body of persons. The men were landed during the afternoon and marched through the town, headed by the Volunteer band and their tents (which were luckily brought with them), pitched at the Henui, but beyond this nothing was done for the men, many of whom hung about the town that night, cold, hungry and wet (for to add to their discomfort a drizzling rain was falling) and infested the public-houses, where grog supplied, for a time, the place of food. Net morning, their case was taken in hand by the Militia authorities. As yet the men are doing nothing, arms not having yet been received for them from Auckland; 150 were marched out yesterday to Sentry-hill as a working party. The men are a very fine body and all shipped as single.
A second ship is in the offing, with upwards of 100 more men from Melbourne; making, with officers, an addition to our Militia of nearly 500 men.
It may be well to note that the passengers by the Gresham, report that a midshipman fell overboard from the top, on the voyage and that the Captain took no steps to recover the body which was floating on the water. The reason urged was, that the unfortunate young man struck the rail in his fall and that from the bent position of the body, the legs and head under water, the back alone visible, the medical man was of opinion that life was extinct before the body reached the water. Captain Bayley seems at least to have shewn great indifference for the fate of a young man in his charge and it is much to be regretted that no representation was made to the authorities here. The ship sailed from Hong Kong on the 15th.

NZ Spectator & Cook's Strait Guardain, 2 March 1864
There is little news from Taranaki. Sentry hill has been occupied by the troops and a stockade erected, By the arrival there of the Gresham and the Brilliant from Melbourne an addition to their population of 568 volunteers has been made.

New Zealander, 17 March 1864
HEARTLESS DESERTION - VOLUNTEERS' WIVES
The Melbourne Herald, of the 27th ult., contains the subjoined account of heartless desertion on the part of one of our military settlers, who arrived in company with Col. Pitt's recruits in the ship Gresham:-
An example of how some of Col Pitt's militia-men desert their wives was brought under the notice of the presiding magistrate (Dr Pluming) at the Sandridge Police Court, on Wednesday. A young woman named Charlotte Lloyd, who, it was stated, was the mother of three children, was charged with attempting to commit self-destruction on the previous day, by throwing herself off the Railway Pier. The unfortunate creature was suffering from hysteria and could not appear in Court; she was subsequently remanded for seven days for medical treatment. Mrs Lloyd's tale is, that her husband joined Colonel Pitt's volunteers in Melbourne, under the name of Edwards and promised to meet her at Sandridge to sail in the Swiftsure for Auckland. Instead of keeping his appointment, the heartless rascal went away in the Gresham and when his wife came to town from Ballarat, where she was living; she found that the vessel had sailed and left her behind. Being without money and also having no way to provide for herself and family, she was tempted to commit the rash act, which would have cost her her life had it not been for the timely assistance of one of the stevedores who prevented her carrying her design into execution. It is a pity that the authorities here cannot inform Col Pitt of the conduct of 'one of his fine young men.'

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Pikimene Korokī Mahuta, 'Piki' as she was known, was born 23 July 1931 at Waahi Marae, Huntly, to Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (1906-1966), 5th Māori King, of Ngāti Mahuta and Ngāti Korokī and his wife Te Atairangikaahu Hērangi of Ngāti Apakura and Ngāti Maniapoto, (her father Koroki fathered older daughters by Tepaia, an earlier relationship).
It was said that a shooting star marked her birth. Piki was two when her father succeeded her grandfather to become the fifth Māori king. She had an older sister, Tuura, who was Korokī’s child from a previous relationship. Of the two girls, their grandfather, King Te Rata, declared, "Tuura is mine. Piki belongs to the world. Teach her well".

Piki was a descendant of:
Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (1770-1860)
the 1st Māori King 1858-1860

... MARRIAGES
BATTLEY - ATKINSON
On February 10 1934, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland, by Rev J. E. Draper, Lucelle Moncrieffe, only daughter of the late Mr J. W. Atkinson, of New Plymouth and Mrs K. M. Craig, of Auckland, to Cecil Henry, elder son of the late Mr P. F. Battley and Mrs L. L. Battley, of Auckland
...who they were:
bride: Lucelle Moncrieffe Atkinson (1908-1990), aka Lucy Sylvia Moncrieffe Atkinson. Born in Auckland to John William 'Jack' Atkinson (1885-1913) & Catherine/Kathleen Mary Harris (1886-1947).
Her father drowned, aged 27, at Sumner, Christchurch, 28 Feb 1913 when she was 4. Her mother Catherine next married (under maiden name Harris) in 1914 to William Alfred Craig (see notes).
NOTES
* William Alfred Craig (1870-1948) married Florence Eugene Preece (1871-1946) 11 Jan 1894 in Christchurch and they 'settled' in Auckland. After 6 weeks Florence returned to Christchurch and became Christchurch's first professional women photographer. In 1896 she is Florence Preece, living with her father, John Preece the tailor, in Christchurch. In 1899 she is still living with her father (parents?) but under the name Florence Craig, a name she went under until her death.
* William had a son, Leslie Joseph Craig (1904-) with Florence Jane Aitken (1877-1911)
* William divorced Florence Eugene (Preece) in June 1908, citing her desertion.
* William married Florence Jane Aitken on 12 July 1911. Florence died in Auckland 2 months later.
* William next married Kathleen Mary Harris in 1914 as above and had a daughter, Nola Kathleen Linetta Craig (1915-)
groom: Cecil Henry Battley (1906-1988). Born in Auckland to Percy Frederick Battley (1869-1910) & Leila Latham Wilks (1877-1953)

BAXTER - HAYWARD
On February 14 1934, at St Paul's Church, Ngatea, by Rev F. G. Truman, Doris Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs H. P. Hayward, Otorohanga, to William Jack, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. W. Baxter, Ngatea, formerly of Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
...who they were:
bride: Doris Ellen Hayward (1910-2014). Daughter of Henry Pilkington Hayward (1882-1978) & Mabel Peers Adams (1888-1978). On July 2014, Doris Ellen Baxter, passed away peacefully, in her 105th year. Dearly loved wife of the late William and much loved mum of Lorna and the late Arthur, Barbara and the late David, Richard and Elizabeth, Yvonne and John ..
groom: William Jack Baxter (1906-1975)

CLARK - TATE
On March 3, at St Stephen's, Auckland, by Rev Fraser Barton, Winifred Gertrude, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs E. T. Tate, Herne Bay, Auckland, to Mervyn, only son of Mr and Mrs E. Clark, Mount Albert, Auckland.
...who they were:
bride: Winifred Gertrude Tate (1910-1937). Daughter of Edward Thomas Tate & Winifred Haxton Matthews. Winifred died aged 26, 13 months after her marriage. CLARK On April 26, at the residence of her parents, 10 Marlborough Street, Mount Eden, Winifred Gertrude, beloved wife of Mervyn Clark and youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs E. T. Tate. At rest.
groom: Mervyn Clark (1907-1993). Son of Ernest Clark (1878-1936) & Flora Banbury (1879-1962). Mervyn next married Gladys 'Mollie' Francis (1915-1986) in 1939. He was a good all-rounder cricket player, formerly of Parnell, later played for Waikato in the 1940s, died 4 April 1993 at Assisi Home, Matangi, Hamilton. Buried Hamilton Park GOM-L-080 with Mollie

COCKELL - WINDROSS
On April 5 1934, at Christ Church, Ellerslie, by the Rev H. H. Bedford, Wilfrid Charles, eldest son of Mr and Mrs C. Cockell, London, England, to Winifred Grace, only daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Windross, One Tree Hill, Auckland. Address: Suva, Fiji
...who they were:
bride: Winifred Grace Windross (1897-1969). Daughter of George Windross (1868-1938) & Kate Barker (1874-1963). Winifred died 28 Feb 1969 and her ashes interred Plot 900, Block B, Area 11 at Hillsborough, Auckland.
groom: Wilfrid Charles Cockell (1903-1999). Wilfred was born 23 July 1903 and died 24 Jan 1999 at Howick, Auckland. He was cremated at Purewa and ashes returned. Possible they are buried at Hillsborough with Winifred

EDMONDS - BARBER
On February 21 1934, at the Beresford Street Congregational Church, Auckland, by Rev A. V. Whiting, Irene Jane, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs F. Barber of Richardson Road, Mount Roskill, to Grahame Robert, youngest son of Mrs and the late Mr H. Edmonds, of Haumoana, Northcote.
...who they were:
bride: Irene Jane Barber (1907-1993)
groom: Grahame Robert Edmonds (1906-1982). 1 of 9 children (6 sons), of Henry 'Leb' Edmonds (1860-1911) & Sarah Jane Fisher (1864-1948). Grahame died 13 April 1982 in Wellington

GEE - HOWARD
On April 4, at St Barnabas' Church, Auckland, by the Rev F. G. Harvie, Elizabeth, elder daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Howard, Taunton, England and niece of Mr and Mrs T. Casey, of Buckland's Beach, Auckland, to Harold, only son of Mr and Mrs J. W. Gee, Birkenhead, England.
...who they were:
bride: Elizabeth Howard (1901-) was possibly born in Ireland
groom: Harold Gee (1901-1979)

HARGREAVES - DUNLOP
On February 28, at St James' Church, by Rev C. G. Scrimgeour, Lola Marie, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs B. Dunlop, Paeroa, to Albert, elder son of Mrs and the late Mr T. Hargreaves, Paeroa.
...who they were:
bride: Lola Marie Dunlop (1913-1980). Daughter of Robert Basil Dunlop & Mabel Jessie Dove.
groom: Albert Hargreaves (1907-1960). 1 of 4 children of Thomas Hargreaves (1878-1922) & Mary Devine. His father was a bargeman. He was drowned when knocked overboard from a Northern Steamship Company cargo boat bound from Te Aroha to Paeroa. Albert was aged 14 at the time

HOLT - BUSSEY
On February 28, at St Michael's Anglican Church, Henderson, by Rev F. H. Cable, Leila Mary, fourth daughter of Mr and Mrs A. W. Bussey, Henderson, to Douglas Allan, son of Mr and Mrs J. A. Holt, Henderson.
...who they were:
bride: Leila Mary Bussey (1912-2004) 4th of at least 9 children (8 daughters) of Alfred William Bussey (1877-1955) & Alice Matilda White (1884-1958)
groom: Douglas Alan Holt (1906-1989). Born in Oamaru to Joseph Attwood Holt (1870-1934) & Lena Gebbie (1878-1946). His father Joseph, died in Auckland 8 months later,

HUGHES - LUMSDEN
On March 6, at Alma Rd., Presbyterian Church, Melbourne, Etta, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Lumsden, Auckland, to Dr Arthur Hughes, of Melbourne.
(unknown why her name was written Lumsden)
...who they were:
bride: Marguerite 'Etta' Whitton (1907-1996). Born in Mangapiko, Waikato, a daughter of John Whitton & Jane Ballantine.
groom: Arthur Hugo Hughes (1894-1968) was born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales to Edward Francis Hughes who was later a newspaper proprietor in Portland & Mortlake, Victoria, Australia

SNELLING - BROWNLIE
On December 21 (1933), at the Pukemiro Presbyterian Church, by Rev A. French, Elizabeth Jardine, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Brownlie, Pukemiro, to Percival Lawrence, second son of Mr and Mrs Fred Snelling, Moawhanga, Taihape
...who they were:
bride: Elizabeth Jardine Brownlie (1910-2004)
groom: Percival Lawrence Snelling (1894-1972). Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire to Frederick (1866-1944) & Louisa Eliza (1866-1957) Snelling. Percival served as Rifleman 13816 with the 8th Reinforcements, 2nd battalion, F Company, NZRB. His next of kin was his father F. Snelling of Moawhango. They are buried in Ngaruawahia, Waikato

Star, 20 Dec 1910 - THE OLD COLONIST Looking Backward.
In The Days Of Long Ago ~ Mr Amos Smart, one of the arrivals by the Randolph, now a farmer at Sefton, told something about the way the new arrivals in the province had to put their shoulder to the wheel sixty years ago. Mr Smart came out under Mr Henry Phillips and was twenty-two at the time he arrived in Lyttelton. His first job was as cook for Mr Phillip's employees at Lyttelton, his culinary experience having been picked up on the voyage out in the Randolph. Next he was required to turn carter and assisted from some time in carting timber from the little landing stage on the Avon at "The Bricks" (near what is now the Barbadoes Street Bridge) to the site of the Public Works buildings, which were then in course of construction. In the absence of roads the carting was a pretty strenuous business. The pay was 4s 6d a day. On two nights in each week Mr Smart was required to go over the hills to Lyttelton and bring back 200lb of flour on a pack-horse. That business took all night and he had to start carting again at eight o'clock next morning, so that twice a week he had no sleep at night at all. On leaving the carting job he entered the service of Mr John Deans, where he "did anything his hand found to do." Amongst other things he planted the thorn fences which still remain on the Deans Estate. One carting job still sticks in Mr Smart's memory and that was the transporting of the iron for the fireplace in Mr John Anderson's first house.

Press, 6 Sep 1913 "I Remember" When The World Was Young Beginnings Of Sefton
Mr Amos Smart is one of the pioneers of Sefton and in an interview with a 'Press' representative he gave some particulars of his voyage out from Home and of his early labours in Canterbury.
"Our ship, the Randolph" said Mr Smart, "sailed from Plymouth on September 8th 1859, just sixty-three years since and arrived at Port Lyttelton at 3.30p.m. on December 16th. The 'Charlotte Jane', which left the same port at noon on September 7th, had beaten us by 5½ hours. The 'Sir George Seymour' and 'Cressy', which weighed anchor to leave the Old Land for the Antipodes, arrived one day and nine days later respectively. The event of the voyage of the 'Randolph' was that a passenger booked by the 'Charlotte Jane' who was left and came with us - Mr Cyrus Davie - was able to join his ship and his belongings in mid-ocean and he beat us in the race for Canterbury. There were eleven of my family and three are still living. It was possible in those days to get work with only a few who had money to employ labour."
Some of Mr Smart's first work was put in on the Riccarton Bush estate of Mr John Deans and also for Mr W. Guise Brittan (William Guise Brittan, (1809-1876) first Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canterbury). It was while so employed that he put up the first official flagpole in Christchurch in front of the Land Office. Mr Smart was engaged to bring in two posts from Riccarton bush for a rain gauge and a sun dial respectively and brought in the flagpole in question, which stood in the then centre of the city in a space subsequently known as the Market Place. It was cut by the Smart brothers and carted out by Mr William Todd, who was the possessor of a team comprising a chestnut and a grey, the latter called Turpin.
The pole was long and heavy and in coming to town the overhanging end struck a bank, bringing the heavy butt down on poor Turpin's loins. The horse was crippled and its loss was a serious one to its owner, who valued it at about £80. The pole was safely erected and was a land mark for years.
One of Mr Smart's first contracts was fencing a section for Mr Horace Brown at Papanui and when it was passed, the event was celebrated with a wine supper at the White Hart, Christchurch. Mr John Marshman was at this time farming on the Lincoln road, near Sunnyside and here for a time Mr Smart did his reaping and managed the threshing with a one-horse power machine, which had superseded the flail. Subsequently there was surveying work to be done at Cashmere and the young man, now having reached his majority, started with tents and pack-horse for Cridland to make a flying traverse. This finished, he went to Mount Grey to fence 500 acres for Mr J. Marshman.
This district was then but little known except for wild pigs. He was in charge of three sets of men - fencers, farm hands and carpenters - who went to erect Mr Marshman's house. They started ploughing with a single-furrow swing plough, drawn by four bullocks. Mr Marshman, about 1860, was appointed Emigration Officer in England and left Mr Smart in charge, providing a house 12ft x 24ft and was to supply him with cows, but failed to do so and the estate remained for many years a sheep run.
As time went on and his engagement terminated, Mr Smart settled down near the scene of his former labours, on a very charming piece of rich agricultural land. He he is able to relate who were the first-comers to the district, the history of the roads and public works up to the formation of the northern railway, on which trains are now passing and repassing within a region which, in the 'fifties, was silent except for the cries of native birds. The land in its then primitive state was sold at £2 per acre, but is now realising between £40 and £50 and in place of the old tussock grass, prolific crops of grain and roots are grown.

Sun, 15 Sep 1915
SMART - On September 14, at Sefton, Amos Smart, the beloved husband of Margaret; aged 84 years
* Amos is buried at Balcairn Cemetery

Press, 17 Sep 1915
Mr AMOS SMART, who arrived in Lyttelton by the ship Randolph sixty-five years ago, died at his home, Sefton, on Tuesday, aged 84 years. Some of his first work was to assist the surveyors on the Riccarton Estate and he was also in the employ of Mr W. Guise Brittan. He helped to obtain and erect a flag-pole at the Christchurch Lands Office and to erect posts for a rain gauge and sundial. In succession he was employed by Mr Horace Brown, Papanui, Mr John Marshman, Lincoln road and Mr Cridland, surveyor. As time went on he became manager for Mr Marshman of his Mt Grey Estate, subsequently settling on a farm at Sefton and residing on it till his decease. Mr Smart rarely, if ever, missed the gatherings of his ship-mates on Anniversary Day and could relate many interesting stories of the past.

NOTES
* Amos Smart was born in Moulton, England, the 3rd of 14 children of William Smart (1805-1853) & Sarah Wilson (1810-1873) who arrived into Lyttelton on the Randolph, departing Gravesend 4 Sep 1850 and Plymouth 7 Sep 1850. They arrived into Lyttelton on Monday, 16 Dec 1850 with their 12 children. Two further children were born in Christchurch
* Amos (1831-1915) married Margaret Frances Hulcup (1834-1919) 4 Aug 1856 in St Michael's Church, Christchurch and had 15 children (a journal will be written a little later)

HUNWICK marriages New Zealand 1885 - 1939

HUNWICK GROOMS
Arthur Raymond Hunwick (1907-1973)
married Margaret Jean Muir (1908-2000) in 1928

Charles Hunwick
married Ada Bamforth in 1908
Hastings Standard, 22 July 1908
WEDDING BELLS At St Matthew's Church this afternoon Miss Ada Bamforth, of Hastings, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mr Henry Hunwick, youngest son of Mr Charles Hunwick of Wellington.
The bride was charmingly attired in a dress of white chiffon over creme glace made in Empire style with a long flowing train. The trimmings were of beautiful silk lace. The bride also had a wreath of orange blossoms and veil and carried a beautiful shower bouquet of natural flowers.
Miss Connie Hay (chief). Miss Gibbs and little Noelin Solomon (niece of the bridegroom) acted as bridesmaids and Master Jack Hay as page. Misses Hay and Gibb were charmingly attired in a delicate pale pink muslin de sor, full skirt with lace blouse and Kaimona tasselled straps. They also worelarge black picture hats and carried handsome shower bouquet of narcissus, daphne and violets with sprays of maiden-hair fern .. (more here)

Charles Edward Hunwick (1896-1984)
married Jessie Hume Lindsay (1896-1981) in 1925
.. Charles & Jessie lived in St Andrews, Hamilton

Charles William Hunwick (1862-1943)
born 20 Sep 1862 in Essex, England to Charles Edward Hunwick (1841-1928), buried New Plymouth & Eliza Finch (1837-1887), buried Featherston
married Ellen Batson (1869-1938) in 1894
their known children
* 1894 - 1895 Charles Joseph Hunwick
* 1898 - 1958 Henry James 'Harry' Hunwick
.. Henry is buried at Hamilton East
* 1901 - Lily Hunwick
* 1904 - 1982 Lucy Hunwick
* 1906 - 1970 Ruby Harriet Eliza Hunwick
* 1908 - Rose Emily Hunwick
Hawera & Normanby Star, 11 Nov 1924
MAINTENANCE FOR FATHER An unusual application for maintenance was before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court, Auckland on Friday, when an order for the sum of 5s a week was sought against Charles William Hunwick, a farmer of 61 years of age at Waipuku, towards the maintenance of his father, Charles Hunwick, aged 85. Mr Bennett called the complainant, a daughter-in-law, who said that the old gentleman had been living at her place for three and a half years and for the last two years had not been out of bed. He was receiving a pension of 15s a week and also 5s a week from one son, but the present defendant would not contribute. Evidence given by defendant at Stratford was read, in which he said that he was a farmer at Waipuku with a wife and four children, the youngest of whom was 14 years. All worked on the farm, the son being paid £2 a week and two daughters £1 each. The interest on the farm amounted to so much that defendant could not pay anything towards the support of his father. Order was made for 5s a week

Henry James 'Harry' Hunwick (1911-1964)
* son of Charles William Hunwick & Ellen Batson
married Edna Jean Patchell (1914-1994) in 1939
their known children
Diane, Shona, Glenys & Garry
Harry died 19 March 1964 aged 53
:: Edna next married Ian Septimus Bamford in 1966
Edna died 3 March 1994 aged 79
* She is buried with Harry at Stratford

Henry James Hunwick (1898-1958)
married Leonora Maud Corney (1901-1983) in 1923
* Leonora was the 5th of 10 children (7 daughters) of William Corney & Florence Rose Earl. She also married Alexander George Law (1903-1968) of Thames, Coromandel

Lawrence William Hunwick (1895-1978)
married Winifred Muriel Keen (1897-1970) in 1919
Hawera & Normanby Star, 2 Aug 1919
MARRIAGE HUNWICK-KEEN At the Methodist Church, on Wednesday, July 30th 1919, by the Rev A. Liversedge, Lawrence William, eldest son of Mr W. Hunwick of Hawera, to Winifred Muriel, second daughter of Mr J. P. Keen, of Regent Street, Hawera

Seymour Albert Hunwick (1898-1978)
married Myrtle Pugh (1902-1994) in 1925

Wilfred James Hunwick (1904-1998)
married Lorna Phyllis May (1907-2001) in 1936
* May was a daughter of William Alfred May & Caroline Paulsen

William Hunwick (1869-1953)
married Rachel Ann Earl (1872-1946) in 1894
their known children
* 1898 - 1978 Seymour Albert Hunwick
.. Seymour died aged 79. He was cremated at Karori, Wellington
* 1900 - 1900 Florence Hunwick
.. Florence lived for 2 hours. She is buried at Inglewood
* 1902 - Stanley Herbert Hunwick
* 1904 - Wilford James Hunwick
* 1907 - Arthur Raymond Hunwick
* 1910 - Irene Ivy Hunwick
* 1913 - Herbert Hasley Hunwick
* 1913 - Lawrence William Hunwick

William Charles Hunwick (1901-1941)
married Elizabeth Sarah Wright (1911-) in 1930

HUNWICK BRIDES
Clara Hunwick(1878-1959)
married Eustace Hazledon Turner Solomon (1878-1961) in 1903
their known children
* 1904 - Noelin Florence Solomon

Ivy Irene Hunwick (1910-)
married Mervyn Roy Watson (1911-1984) in 1936

Louisa Hunwick
Antonio 'Tony' Miosich (Miošić) in 1885
* Antonio was from Croatia
* If it is the same Tony Miosich, he had three buildings, two shops and a dwelling, on Courtenay Place, Wellington which he auctioned off before leaving the Colony in 1891. His business, in one of the stores, was an old-established Hair dressing and Tobacconists, with hot and cold bathrooms. There had been a large, destructive fire of his store in Jan 1890. A passing policeman, Sergeant Kiely, was walking along Courtenay place and noticed the smoke around 3am on the Sunday morning

Louisa Hunwick
married Patrick Joseph Henley (1867-1941) in 1899

Ruby Harriet Eliza Hunwick (1907-1970)
married Charles Stewart Tempero (1903-1987) in 1929

★ BARTHOLOMEW 'Batt' Lorigan (1826-1881)
* the name was spelt variously Lorigan/Lorrigan/Lourigan/Lowrigan
Bartholomew was born in Knockroe, Limerick, Ireland the 6th of 11 known children of Daniel Lorigan (1796-1852) & Jane Walsh (1796-1864). Their name spelt Lowrigan at marriage.
Bartholomew was christened 27 July 1826. He arrived into Auckland with his parents & 8 siblings when he was 16 on the 'Westminster' 31 March 1843.
This early pioneer family was instrumental in the developing of the young town of Auckland, being businessmen, publicans, timber merchants etc. Bartholomew was on the staff of Government Houses in Auckland and Wellington.

★ BRIDGET Mullany (1833-1854)
was born in Dungarvon, County Waterford, Ireland to James Mullany & Johannah (Carey OR Landers)

Bartholomew Lorigan married Bridget Mullany on 7 Feb 1854 in Church of St Francis, Melbourne
* researching why he was in Australia at that time. Perhaps to do with his work. There is mention below in Timeline of a letter for him from Melbourne
Bridget died: in Auckland 23 Nov 1854 aged 21 (a month to the day before Bartholomew's sister Catherine). It is possible she died due to childbirth (9 months after marriage), complications of, or any number of reasons. Records are scarce and there is no info found to date on why.
Bridget was buried at Symonds St Cemetery with others of this family.
:: Over 4,000 bodies were later moved from this cemetery to make way for a motorway. The graves were dug up, bodies disinterred, cremated and relocated en masse in two sites.
..TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION
..DANIEL LORIGAN
Died 27th December 1852
Aged 56 years.
..JANE LORIGAN
Died 14th June 1864
Aged 68 years.
..JOHN LORIGAN
(husband of Annie Lorigan)
Died 19th November 1848
Aged 30 years.
..WILLIAM LORIGAN
Died 1st September 1860
Aged 37 years.
..His daughter
ANN WILHEIMINA LORIGAN
Died 5th October 1878
Aged 20 years.
.. AND
..BRIDGET LORIGAN
(wife of Bartholomew Lorigan)
Died 23rd November 1854
Aged 21 years.
* See link above and notes at end

★ BRIDGET MARY Ellis (1841-1924)
* name spelling sometimes Elles
was born 24 May 1841 in Marylebone, Westminster, to James Elles & Mary Downey/Dooling. She arrived, aged 5 months, with her parents and 7 year old sister Catherine on the 'Gertrude', arriving into Wellington 30 Oct 1841. Her mother died when she was 6 and she was brought up in Wellington by Mr & Mrs James Smith who were later the James Smith's Department Store on Cuba/Dixon Sts)

Bartholomew Lorigan married Bridget Mary Ellis in the Chapel of the Nativity, Wellington on 4 Jan 1859
* Wellington’s Catholic community was served by visiting priests until the arrival on 12 Jan 1843 of Father Jeremiah Purcell O'Reily (1799-1880) from County Cork, Ireland. Wellington’s first Catholic church, the Chapel of the Nativity of our Lord (also known simply as Fr O’Reily’s Chapel), was erected within weeks on nearly the exact site that St Mary of the Angels Church now occupies. The same year a presbytery was built for Father O’Reily a little further up the hill in Mount Street

Children of Bartholomew & Bridget
(born in Hawkes Bay)
.. 1 ..
1859 - James Montague Lorigan
born: 6 Oct 1859
married: Amy Lewis 4 Feb 1882 in Napier
their known children
* 1883 - 1946 James 'Stanley' Lorigan
* 1884 - 1936 Gilbert 'Lewis' Lorigan
James' death: not yet found. He was still alive in 1924 when his mother Bridget died.
:: Amy had a relationship with Edward Ernest Lawrence (1861-1939). Her sons Stanley & Lewis's surname then became Lawrence. Amy had another 6 children. This family is featured at her link above

.. 2 ..
1861 - 1933 Ellen Lorigan
born: 8 March 1861
married: Thomas Lawton 18 Jan 1882 in Napier
their known children
* 1883 - 1964 Mary Ellen Lawton
* 1885 - 1964 Catherine Elizabeth Lawton
* 1887 - 1960 Theresa Bridget Lawton
* 1890 - 1969 Hester Margaret Lawton
* 1892 - 1974 Lottie Lawton
* 1895 - 1968 Annie Winifred Lawton
* 1898 - 1969 Thomas Bartholemew Lawton
* 1900 - 1967 James Mortimer Lawton
* 1903 - 1965 John Francis Lawton
:: Thomas died 21 May 1931 aged 76
Poverty Bay Herald, 25 May 1931
Mr Thomas Lawton, one of Taradale's earliest and most respected settlers, passed away at his residence last week after a short illness, at the age of 76. The late Mr Lawton came from Middleton, County Cork, in 1855, commencing business in Taradale as a blacksmith and wheelwright, at which he continued up to the time of his death.
Ellen died: 25 July 1933 in Waipukurau
buried 5*4*7 Catholic Section 15 at Taradale
..HEADSTONE
Thomas, Husband of E. Lawton. Died 21 May 1931 aged 76. Ellen, wife of above. Died 25 July 1933 aged 72

.. 3 ..
1863 - 1947 Henry Stokes 'Harry' Lorigan
born: 19 Feb 1863
married: Harriet Amelia Beale (1873-1960) 1 June 1894 in Ormondville
:: daughter of William Henry Beale & Mary Ann Lyes
their known children
* 1892 - 1945 Charles William Lorigan
* 1894 - 1985 William Bartholomew Lorigan
* 1896 - 1896 Mary Louisa Lorigan (aged 1 day)
* 1897 - 1959 Henry Samuel Beale
* 1899 - 1979 Lawrence Patrick 'Laurie' Lorigan
* 1901 - 1973 John Percival 'Jack' Lorigan
:: Harry & Harriet divorced
:: Harriet next married George Samuel Stott (1886-1937) 10 April 1918
* George was born in Melbourne to Walter George Stott & Carrie Ness
:: George Stott died 11 Jan 1937 in Auckland Infirmary in Epsom.
NZ Herald, 12 Jan 1937
STOTT - On January 11 1937, at Auckland, George, dearly-loved husband of Harriet Stott, 34 Cooper Street (Grey Lynn); in his 51st year.
* He was buried Plot 10, Row 18, Presbyterian Division E at Waikuemte
NOTE 34 Cooper St in Grey Lynn was the home of Harriet's son, William Bartholomew Lorigan (& his wife Florence Miriam Griffiths), where George & Harriet were living.
Auckland Star, 20 Jan 1937
WREATH REMOVED Another case of desecration is reported from Waikumete cemetery. From time to time complaints have been made of the theft of flowers and plants, but the latest is the removal of a wreath. The complaint has been made by Mrs G. S. Stott, of Arch Hill (Grey Lynn). She says that her husband was buried at Waikumete last week and the day following the interment a wreath was missing from the mound. "A watch should be kept at the cemetery to put a check on vandalism of this sort" said Mrs Stott this morning. "Severe punishment should be meted out to any culprit caught stealing flowers, wreaths, plants or ornaments from the public cemeteries"
Henry Lorigan died: 15 Oct 1947 in Auckland
buried: Plot 86, Row 5, RC Division D at Waikumete
:: Harriet Amelia Stott died 22 May 1960 in Cornwall Public Hospital, Epsom
* She was buried Plot 54, Row 6, Protestant Berm B at Waikumete

.. 4 ..
1865 - 1949 John Patrick Lorigan
born: 9 June 1865
married: Eliza Jessie Carmont (1877-1957) 29 May 1890 in Otaki
* aka Jessie Elizabeth, a daughter of Allan Carmont & Susannah Bills
their known children
* 1891 - 1975 Arnold Frederick Lorigan
* 1894 - 1969 Claude William Lorigan
* 1896 - 1984 Horton Bernard Lorigan
* 1898 - 1972 Lawrence Bartholomew Lorigan
* 1902 - 1976 Clarence Herbert Lorigan
* 1904 - 1905 Allan Ambrose Lorigan
* 1907 - 1983 Muriel Joyce Mary Lorigan
:: John was a Blacksmith
John died: 5 Jan 1949 in Auckland aged 85
:: Eliza died 31 March 1957 aged 86
buried: together Plot 19, Row 7, RC Division D at Waikumete

.. 5 ..
1867 - 1947 Vincent William 'Bill' Lorigan
born: 30 Dec 1867
married: Malvene Henrietta Price (1879-1968) on 5 Dec 1910
* daughter of William Price & Isabella Graham Aitken of Thames
their known children
* 1911 - 1993 Aroha Vivienne Isobel Malvene Lorigan. Aroha married Harald Flett (1906-1981) on 23 Nov 1935 in Sydney & had 2 children in Yarra, Victoria. Harald was a son of Sir John Smith Flett, Scottish physician and geologist. & Mary Jane 'Polly' Meason
Vincent died: 12 April 1948 in Auckland
He is buried Columbarium Niche Wall Vlt, Row Vlt, Plot 0Vl
Malvene died: 27 July 1969 in Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria, Australia & cremated Springvale Botancial Cemetery

.. 6 ..
1870 - 1940 Mary Jane Lorigan
born: 19 March 1870
married: John 'Joseph' Breen (1876-1940) 18 April 1916
* Joseph was born in Timaru 26 Oct 1876, to John Breen & Bridget Cahill from Tralee, Ireland
:: Joseph died in Wellington 11 June 1940 aged 64
Mary died: 2 months later, on 12 Aug 1940, aged 70
buried: together Plot 178 Z, Rom Cath at Karori

.. 7 ..
1873 - 1891 Francis Lorigan
born: 4 May 1873
Francis died in Ormondville on Xmas Day 1891 aged 18
Bush Advocate, 31 Dec 1891
LORIGAN At Ormondville on the 27th inst., Francis Lorigan, aged 17 years. Deeply regretted
he is buried with his parents (see at end)

.. 8 ..
1875 - 1928 Catherine Maude Lorigan
born: 3 March 1875
married: Carsten Alfred Nielsen (1869-1930) 29 Dec 1897 at her mother's house (remarried name Bridget Mary Brennan) in Ormondville
* son of Andreas Nielsen & Christianna Maria Jorgensen
their known children
* 1902 - 1959 Grace Mary Nielsen
* 1903 - 1969 Alfred Bartholomew Nielsen
* 1905 - 1977 Thelma Iris Nielsen
* 1907 - 1980 Ivy Violet Nielsen
* 1910 - 1979 Percy Andrew Nielsen
:: Carsten remarried 9 Jan 1929 in Te Kuiti to Lily Charlotte Anderson (1893-1963)
:: Carsten died 25 July 1930 in Ormondville and is buried at Norsewood Cemetery
Catherine died: 16 July 1952 in Auckland
buried: Plot 98, Row 6, RC Division E at Waikumete

.. 9 ..
1877 - 1921 Margaret Theresa Lorigan
born: 7 June 1877
married: Carl August (Charles Augustus) Amundsen (1866-1936) in Norsewood, 30 Jan 1893
* Carl was born 14 July 1866 in Hedmark, Norway, a son of Amund Amundsen & Lisa Larsdatter Moldusen
their known children
* 1894 - 1894 Ivy Mary Culeta Amundsen
:: Margaret & Carl divorced
:: Carl next married Sarah Dalziell (1869-1944) in Taihape, on 27 Feb 1907 & had a son
Margaret next married: Patrick John Barry in 1920
Margaret died: in Wellington 25 April 1921 aged 43
buried: Plot 106X at Karori
:: Carl & Sarah are buried in Aramoho, Wanganui

.. 10 ..
1879 - 1953 Lawrence 'Bartholomew' Lorigan
born: 19 Sep 1879
married Alice Violet Mathieson (1886-1981) 16 March 1907
* strangely they are registered as having married twice, again on 7 Sep 1910
their known children
* 1911 - 2002 Pearl Eileen Mary Lorigan
* 1913 - 2001 Stanley Francis Lorigan
* 1920 - 2000 Lawrence 'Larry' Lorigan
* 1920 - 1977 Paul Lorigan (twin with Larry)
Lawrence died: 23 April 1953 aged 73
:: Violet died 1 Feb 1981 aged 94
buried: together at Taradale cemetery with their grandson 'wee Paul' (1959-1966), son of Paul & Peg Lorigan

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1843 Bartholomew's siblings
those that emigrated with him
* 1815-1860 Patrick Lorigan
. tavern keeper, married Ellen Burke
* 1818-1848 John Lorigan
.helped build the cathedral, married fellow passenger Ann Lundon
* 1819-1885 Lawrence Lorigan
.married Honora Ryan, 11 children
* 1820-1854 Catherine Lorigan
.married Peter Grace
* 1823-1860 William Lorigan
.married Catherine Heather
* 1826-1881 Bartholomew Lorigan
.subject of this journal
* 1828-1904 Mary Lorigan
.married Hans Christopher
* 1830-1913 Margaret Lorigan
.married Thomas Lonergan, 12 children
.a grandson Carey John Carrington
* 1832-1886 Daniel Lorigan
.timber merchant, married Mary Stackpole

March 1843 When the family arrived in Auckland they lived in a raupo whare with an earth floor, beds of dry fern and an open fire for cooking. The 'Southern Cross' paper, 22 April 1843 reported that the "Government of the day was callous in that it had left more than 200 passengers, for four days after their arrival, in cold comfortless houses, after a voyage of four or five months and with not a shilling of money. Their water came from a gully nearby and town was over a mile away on a clay track through thick scrub. This was in what is now the Symonds Street Cemetery in Grafton Gully.

7 Dec 1852 Bartholomew's father dies
Daniel Lorigan was thrown from his horse on Otahuhu road, when on the way to his farm on One Tree Hill. His heart & lungs were injured and he broke several of his ribs. Dr Philson said at the inquest that it wasn't this that killed him, as he chatted freely during the 3 mile trip home, but he died on reaching his home due to the injuries being considerably aggravated by the jolting of the cart which conveyed him. Bartholomew's parents & siblings are buried in Symonds Street, Auckland (see notes below)

In the 1860 Province of Hawkes Bay Electoral Roll of the town of Napier, Bartholomew Lorrigan was the freehold owner of part of Section 76, on Shakespeare Road

Hawkes Bay Herald, 4 Feb 1860. Tenders Rejected Sinking a Well near the Native Hostelry - Mr W. Farrar, 1st ten feet 10s per foot; 15s per foot for remainder. Mr B. Lorigan, at 13s per foot. Messrs J. Dougherty and Michael Mullany at 13s per foot

In April 1862 Bartholomew had a returned letter from Melbourne waiting at the Auckland Post Office for him to pick up

Hawkes By Herald, 11 Aug 1880
Compensation Court Jeffares v Meanee Road Board. This was a claim under the Public Works Act 1876 for £400, for 4 acres and 34 perches, taken for the formation of a road and injury done to land. The Board had offered £13 as compensation.
.. Bartholomew Lorrigan stated that he had been 17 years in the district. He knew the land in dispute. He considered the value of the land to be from £35 to £40 per acre. From his knowledge of the price that other land had sold at, he would say that the value of the land was reduced by the new road by several hundred pounds. He believed by about quarter of its value ..
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BARTHOLOMEW Lorigan died 17 March 1881 aged 53 in Taradale, Napier.
NZ Herald, 19 March 1881
LORIGAN - At Taradale, on March 17th, Bartholomew Lorigan, son of the late Daniel Lorigan, of Auckland, aged 53. R.I.P. Auckland papers please copy. The funeral will leave his late place of residence, Taradale, at 2p.m. on Sunday.
Mr Lorigan, who died at Taradale on Tuesday, wrote out his obituary notice for the Herald and also sent us a Southern Cross of early days, containing the announcement of his father's death. Mr Lorigan, sen., arrived in the colony in 1843
He is buried Section 10 at Taradale (see Bridget below)

Daily Telegraph, 14 April 1881
On the application of Mr Lee probate was granted in the will of B. Lorrigan deceased

Bridget Mary Lorigan next married Edward Brennan in 1882
Hawkes Bay Herald, 26 Jan 1892
A case in which Bridget Mary Brennan applied for a protection order against her husband, Edward Brennan, was postponed till the 8th February
Hawkes Bay Herald, 9 Feb 1892
At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr Turnbull, R.M., Bridget Brennan, of Ormondville, complained of ill treatment by her husband, Edward Brennan and applied for a protection order. Complainant was represented by Mr Cresswell and defendant by Mr Sheath. The order was granted

BRIDGET MARY Brennan died 6 Jan 1924 aged 82 in Ormondville, Manawatu.
Mrs Bridget Mary Brennan, Makotuku, Hawkes Bay. There passed away at her son's residence, Makotuku, on Sunday, January 6, after a short illness, another of the noble band of pioneers, in the person of Mrs Brennan. The deceased lady was 85 years of age and was twice married; her first husband, Bartholomew LorrIgan, died over 40 years ago and left her a large family to bring up, the youngest being only two years old. She was loved and respected by all who knew her, not only in this district but also in Napier and Taradale, where she spent the early part of her married life. She was an ardent and devout Catholic, She was attended during her brief illness by Rev Father Long of Takapau. She passed peacefully away fortified by all the rites of Holy Church. She leaves a grown-up family, eight of whom are living, to mourn her loss. The remains were conveyed by motor to the Catholic church, Meanee, on Monday afternoon. A Requiem Mass was celebrated at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning for the repose of her soul by the Rev Father Seymour, who also officiated at the graveside. The interment took place immediately after Mass at the family burial ground at Taradale and was largely attended by family, relatives and friends of deceased. - R.I.P.
she is buried Section 10 at Taradale, Napier with 1st husband Bartholomew
HEADSTONE
.. Bartholomew Lorigan
Died 17 March 1881 at Taradale
.. Bridget Mary Lorigan
Wife of above
.. Died 6 Jan 1924 at Ormondville
Francis Lorigan
.. Died 25 Dec 1891 at Ormondville
NOTE To make 8 children still alive in 1924 means James Montague (#1) was still living. The others being Ellen, Harry, John, Bill, Mary, Catherine and Lawrence

NOTES
Informative read of this Lorigan family if you go to this database and search their name Symonds Street Cemetery.
It shows burial records, old inscriptions etc, including ..
. Bridget Lorigan (wife of Bartholomew Lorigan) died 23 November 1854 aged 21 years (first wife)
. Mrs Bridget Lorigan buried 24 November 1854 aged 21 years (a child of James and Johanna Mullaney of Dungarvon County Waterford)

PHOTO
BARTHOLOMEW & BRIDGET

AMY LEWIS (1859-1922)
born: 18 Oct 1859 in Kington, Herefordshire, England
parents: Gwynne James Lewis (1828-1904) & Ann James (1831-1914). From Ireland, buried Mangaoranga & Terrace End

Amy married:
JAMES MONTAGUE Lorigan (1859-) on 4 Feb 1882 in Napier
* James was born 6 Oct 1859 in Taradale, Napier, 1st of 10 children of BARTHOLOMEW Lorigan (1827-1881) & Bridget Mary Ellis (1841-1924) from Ireland

children of AMY & James
.. 1
1883 - 1946 James 'Stanley' Lorigan
born: 3 Jan 1883 in Palmerston North
married: Margaret Jane Bradley (1889-1924) in 1910 as 'Lawrence'
* They lived at Makirikiri. Margaret was buried 11 Sep 1924 at Aramoho
married: Sylvia Satherley (1901-1954) in 1926
* daughter of Alfred Satherley & Ellen Satherley (their fathers were brothers)
died: 25 Oct 1946 in Wanganui
* Stanley died as Stanley James Lawrence. His residence was listed as still at Makirikiri
buried: 28 Oct 1946 at Aramoho Cemetery

.. 2
1884 - 1936 Gilbert 'Lewis' Lorigan
born: 12 Feb 1884 in Palmerston North
married: Edith Mary Bush (1884-1936) 17 Jan 1905
* Gilbert married as Gilbert Samson Lorigan Lawrence
died: 5 May 1936 Palmerston North (the month before Edith)
* Gilbert died as Gilbert Lewis Lawrence
buried: together Plot 64, Block 5, Area C at Kelvin Grove

NOTES
* Death not found in NZ (at this time) for James Lorigan. He was still alive in 1924 (aged 65) when his mother Bridget died.
* The 2 Lorigan children later became 'Lawrence', Amy's second partner, this usually only happens if deserted or divorced.
* No divorce found for Amy & James
* There is no marriage record (at this time) for Amy and Edward Lawrence
* Conclusion, Amy & Edward never married
* Records will change as info is found

Amy partnered:
EDWARD ERNEST LAWRENCE (1861-1939)
* Born in England, possibly Islington, London

children of AMY & Edward
.. 3
1890 - 1904 Norah Amy Lawrence
born: 7 Feb 1890
died: 6 March 1904 in Apiti aged 14
buried: in Apiti cemetery
Feilding Star, 7 March 1904
The funeral of the late daughter of Mr and Mrs E. Lawrence will leave the residence of the latter, Coal Creek, at 2p.m. to-morrow (Tuesday) for the Apiti cemetery

.. 4
1891 - 1969 Florence Hilda Lawrence
born: 8 August 1891 in Manawatu
married: Sidney Raymond Shirley (1893-1932) 1921
died: 15 March 1969 aged 77
* Sidney was a Police Constable in New Plymouth. He died 21 April 1932 aged 38
Manawatu Standard. 22 April 1932
NEW PLYMOUTH - The death occurred in hospital this morning of Constable Raymond Shirley, aged 38, from the effects of poisoning believed to be self-administered
Florence died: 10 May 1956 in New Plymouth aged 46
buried: Plot 16, Row D Te Henui

.. 5
1894 - 1964 Mabel Elsie Lawrence
born: 21 May 1894 in Manawatu
married: James Stewart (1898-1964) 1923
* James died 1 Aug 1964 aged 66
Mabel died: 1 Aug 1964 (same day) aged 70
buried Plot 823, Row 15, Block 3 at Feilding
HEADSTONE
James and Mabel STEWART
Together With The Lord
11-8-64

.. 6
1896 - 1984 Ralph Neville Lawrence
born: 13 Dec 1896 in Hunterville
married: Ivy 'Caroline' Elizabeth Short (1899-1973) 1916
died: 5 Aug 1984 in Wanganui
buried Plot 467 Aramoho

.. 7
1897 - 1963 Victor Richmond Lawrence
born: 1 Oct 1897
married: Leah Emma Avison (1899-1980) 1924
died: 9 Aug 1963 aged 65
buried Feilding Plot 27, Block 2, Row 117
HEADSTONE
In loving memory of
Victor Richmond Lawrence
Died 9th August 1963 Aged 65 years
Dearly beloved husband of
Leah Lawrence
Died 12th January 1980 aged 80 years

.. 8
1900 - 1975 Roy Horatio Lawrence
born: 10 Sep 1899 Rewa
married: Ethel Hayden (1904-2007) in
* Occupation: Stock Agent
died: 25 Jan 1975 in Hastings
buried: Havelock North cemetery
HEADSTONE
In Loving Memory of
Roy Horatio Lawrence
10 Sep 1899 - 25 Jan 1975
... AND
Ethel (nee Hayden)
28 Jan 1904 - 10 Dec 2007
Loved parents of Peg, Rod, Judy

Amy Lawrence died aged 63
Feilding Star, 11 May 1922
The death took place this morning, after a long illness, of Mrs Lawrence, wife of Mr E. Lawrence, of Feilding. Mr and Mrs Lawrence came to New Zealand 30 years ago from England and had resided at Taonui, Rewa and Feilding. To mourn the loss of their mother there are five sons and two daughters. The sons are: Messrs Stanley (Wanganui), Gilbert (Levin), Ralph (Waituna), Victor and Roy (Feilding) and the daughters Mrs Shirley (Palmerston North) and Mabel (Feilding)
HEADSTONE
In Loving Memory Of
Our Darling Mother
Amy Lawrence
Died May 11th 1922
Aged 62 Years
Amy was buried Block 3, Row 8 on 11 May 1922, Feilding cemetery as Lawrence

EDWARD ERNEST Lawrence died aged 78
Manawatu Standard, 21 Jan 1939
Mr EDWARD E. LAWRENCE
The death of Mr Edward Ernest Lawrence, of Feilding, occurred suddenly yesterday morning, at the age of 78 years. The deceased gentleman, who had complained of pains in his chest, was walking along the footpath in Bailey Street, Feilding, in company with a friend when he apparently suffered a heart attack and collapsed. He passed away almost immediately, before medical aid could be summoned.
Born in England, Mr Lawrence came to New Zealand many years ago and at various times was engaged in farming activities at Taonui, Coal Creek and Rewa prior to coming to Feilding to live in retirement. Mrs Lawrence predeceased her husband some years ago. Deceased leaves four sons and two daughters - Messrs Stanley Lawrence (Wanganui), Victor Lawrence (Feilding), Roy Lawrence (Martinborough), Ralph Lawrence (Rangiwahia) and Mesdames J. Stewart and Shirley (Feilding). The funeral took place today at the Feilding Cemetery.
Edward was buried Block 3, Row 6 20 Jan 1939, Feilding cemetery as Laurence


PHOTO
Amy's Headstone At Feilding
In Loving Memory Of
Our Darling Mother
Amy Lawrence
Died May 11th 1922
Aged 62 Years