Alfred Henry Spackman (1850-1934)
was born 6 Aug 1850 in Stokes Valley, Upper Hutt to George Spackman of Essex & Sarah Southam of Kent
* He married Lucy Gray (1862-1944) in 1878
Lucy was born 31 July 1862 in Otaki to Benjamin Gray & Emma Julyan

the known children of Alfred & Lucy
1881 - 1942 Emma Ethel Rebecca Spackman
born Matahaere, Rangitikei
* Emma had two sons:
1903 - Walter Spackman
1906 - Norman Spackman
* Emma married John 'Jack' Roberts in 1910 (later divorced)
* Emma & Jack had 6-8 children, including:
1911 - Doris Ethel Roberts
1912 - Albert John Roberts
1918 - twins, Henry Edward & Ernest Alfred Roberts
They lived at Taylor St., Carterton
* Emma next married John Thomas Mount in 1922
* Emma & John Thomas had 3 sons. They lived at Mt Bruce for a time. Emma is buried in Masterton

1883 - 1888 Robert Kirk Spackman
died aged 5

1884 - 1964 Alfred 'George' Spackman
died aged 80

1885 - 1888 Arthur John Spackman
died aged 3

1887 - 1888 Nathaniel Jennings Spackman
died aged 7 months

1890 - Robertina Isabella Southam Spackman
died before 1934 - read father's obituary below

1892 - 1893 Ernest Jasper Spackman
died aged 13 months in Masterton

Alfred Spackman died 31 August 1934 aged 84 in Otaki
Evening Post, 1 Sep 1934
The death occurred yesterday morning, at the age of 84 years, of Mr Alfred Spackman, one of Otaki’s oldest identities. He was born at Stokes Valley, and resided there for some years, when he went to Bulls, and later to Otaki, where he lived for over fifty years. He was a hard worker and was widely respected. He leaves a son, Mr George Spackman, and a daughter, Mrs Mount, of Mt Bruce, Masterton. There are nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. “I can remember Wellington when it had only one street, and that was where Manners Street and Courtenay Place now are. The buildings were all on one side and there was water on the other.” This was one of the many interesting reminiscences told by Mr Alfred Spackman, of Mill Road, Otaki, when interviewed recently.
His father, Mr George Spackman, came to New Zealand from England in the early forties, and was engaged in the timber business at Silverstream for many years. Mr Spackman, with five brothers, worked at carting the timber from his father’s mill into Wellington. Mr Spackman spoke of the days when they used to float the logs in the water on the site of the present Lambton station. The timber for the first two tees of the Queen’s Wharf was supplied by Mr Spackman, as also were the poles for the telegraph line from Lyall Bay to Castlepoint. Timber for the railway from Pipitea Point to Petone was also carted by Mr Spackman, about 12,500 sleepers being obtained from Otaki.
Speaking of the roads in the early days, Mr Spackman said: “I have known the time when we could not get from Ngahauranga to Petone. The sea used to come right up to the cliff and sweep over the road in rough weather. I have seen as many as twenty-seven wagons held up at Petone for three days. That was in the days when there was only one house, belonging to a Maori chief, at Petone, and the site of the Petone railway station was a swamp.”
Before he was 16 Mr Spackman was driving a five-horse team. He has vivid memories of carting the largest spar ever taken through the Hutt gorges. It was a 95-foot mainmast for a sailing ship, and had been cut at what was known as the “Maori Bank.” It was heart of red pine, which had been trimmed for cartage by two ship’s carpenters.
Before he came to New Zealand Mr Spackman’s father bought his land from the New Zealand Company in London, being allotted 25 acres on the present site of the Basin Reserve, which was then a swamp. He sold it at the price which he paid for it, and later an earthquake lifted it and it was drained by a Chinese. It was then that Mr Spackman, sen., moved out to Silverstream. The reclamation of the land on which the Post Office now stands was well remembered by Mr Spackman, also the time when Adelaide Road was a swamp. “I can remember when there was no money in Wellington and you were given scrip to go to the merchants for goods until a ship arrived with money from England,” he said.

Lucy Spackman died 14 Dec 1944 aged 82