Family of Thomas Windley and Sarah Ann Oldknow
ceyes
Thomas Windley and Sarah Ann (Oldknow) came to New Zealand c1862(when they were married) and 1866 (newspaper report on Thomas, and birth of child). They farmed in the Porirua area, north of Wellington, and the family have a school and a street named after them. Link Porirua locations
Before Thomas married Sarah Ann, he fathered Henry Gaskin to Julia Gaskin in c1857. I discovered this through an approach from a descendent of Henry, who contacted me via Genesreunited. Since then another distant relative has posted the record below, with the same information.
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I understand Henry married an Amilia Lowe b. 7 Jul 1855, Derbyshire, England, died 1945 in the same area. Henry died on 10/06/1944, also in Debyshire.
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ceyes on 2009-06-08 02:23:45Thomas and Sarah Ann were married on 11 April 1862 at St. Paul, Derby.
There is an error in the Marriage Index online through Ancestry. We discovered the error using St Catherines Index.
The correct reference is 7B 571 (which is Thomas' index number on both sources). Ancestry has Sarah Ann's as 7B 573, which is in error, according to St Catherines
ceyes on 2009-06-08 02:26:07We have located the following references which look like our Thomas and Sarah Ann Windley:
Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists for British, Foreign and New Zealand Ports 1852-1923
Family Name First Name Age Month Year Ship Port Fiche Page
WINDLEY SARAH 26 AUG 1862 ATHENE B 205 001
WINDLEY THOS 30 AUG 1862 ATHENE B 205 001
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search_results.asp
Then
Index to Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ and Foreign Ports 1852-1896
Family name Given name / title Age Ship name Departure month Departure year Destination Film Ref month Film Ref year Page
WINDLEY EMMA A OMEO AUG 1862 PORT COOPER VIA PORT
WINDLEY THOS A OMEO AUG 1862 PORT COOPER VIA PORT CHALMERS AUG 1862 002
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search_results.asp