the known STENT marriages in New Zealand 1849 - 1931
... may not be comprehensive
... number of children are only those known to date
... some birth dates may be approx, based on age at death

the STENT BRIDES

the STENT GROOMS
Albert Ernest Stent (1866-1957)
- born in Godalming, Surrey to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- married Louisa Catherine CROSWELL (1874-1968) in 1896
- 3 known children:
1909 - Edwin Joseph Stent
1903 - Louisa Catherine Mary Stent
1907 - Nita Sylvia Lavinia Stent

Arthur Stent (1903-1973)
- son of Robert William STENT & Elizabeth Hannah WHITEHEAD
- married Ethel WILLIAMS (1897-1982) in 1930

Charles Stent (1819-1891)
- married Sarah PECK (1833-1907) 5 March 1849 in Wellington
- daughter of Charles PECK & Harriett BENGE
- Charles & Sarah had 8 children in Lower Hutt:
1849 - 1931 Charles Stent (in photo below)
1851 - 1936 Isobella Stent
1853 - 1938 James Stent (in photo)
1855 - 1928 Henry Stent (in photo)
1857 - 1938 Fanny Stent
1859 - 1861 Thomas Stent
1861 - 1947 Robert William Stent (in photo)
1868 - 1916 Harriett Jane Stent

Charles Stent (1849-1931)
- married Emma LYNDS (nee JACKSON 1855-1927) 28 June 1904 Napier
- daughter of James Hayter JACKSON & Eliza ROIL
- she 1st married John LYNDS (1844-1896) in 1872 in Picton & had 3 children
- Charles & Emma lived in Ohingaiti & had 11 known children:
1874 - Harry Herbert Stent
1875 - Sidney Stent
1876 - Annie Stent
1877 - Charles Stent
1881 - Edward Stent
1884 - David Robert Stent
1886 - Letitia Stent
1888 - Mary Emma Stent
1889 - Isobella Stent
1895 - Dorothy Stent
1896 - 1916 Richard Stent. Richard served as Rifleman 24/1489 with the 2nd Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, F Company. He was Killed In Action in Somme, France 3 Jly 1916.

Charles Stent (1877-1962)
- married Phoebe Maude MORINE (1882-1962) 20 Dec 1905
- they lived in Feilding
- had 6 known children:
1906 - Noel Lawrence Stent
1909 - Dorothy Agnes Stent
1911 - Charles George Stent
1914 - Alma Phoebe Stent
1915 - Leonie Renee Stent
1918 - Richard James Stent

Charles Stent (1895-1976)
- son of Robert William STENT & Elizabeth Hannah WHITEHEAD
- served in WWI as Trooper 15/88. His next of kin was his father in Pemberton, Feilding. He married Alma Ella WHITE (1896-1968) 27 Oct 1920
- 8th of 11 known children of Alfred John Stafford WHITE & Emily EDWARDS:
1885 - Lillie White
1886 - Lacey White
1889 - Clarence Osman
1891 - Mervyn Emerson White
1892 - Ella Dorothea
1893 - Hubert Melville White
1895 - Alfred William White
1896 - Alma Ella White
1898 - Edna Adaline White
1900 - Ida Grace White
1902 - Iris Beatrice May White

Charles Henry Stent (1867-1832)
- born in Godalming, Surrey to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- he married Eizabeth HUNTER (1869-1937) on 3 Aug 1892 in Takaka, Nelson
- their 3 known children born in Takaka, Nelson:
1894 - 1936 Charles Henry Stent
1895 - 1966 William Thomas Stent
1895 - 1978 Raymond Leslie Stent

Charles Henry Stent (1894-1936)
- son of Charles & Elizabeth STENT
- served in WWI as Private 6/3169 with Canterbury Infantry Battalion,7th Reinforcements. Next of kin was his father in Takaka, Nelson
- married Janet Scott McLACHLAN (1882-1944) in 1920
- 9th of 9 known children of Alexander Cleghorn McLACHLAN (1828-1902 who was born in Inverness, Scotland to Dugal Louis McLACHLAN & Mary Anne CLEGHORN who arrived on the BLENHEIM into Nelson 1840) & Mary Argyle NAYSMITH (1842-1918 who was born on board the Duchess of Argyle enroute to Auckland from Glasgow to Henry NAYSMITH & Mary McLEAN)
- Alexander & Mary married in NZ in 1861 - Janet was born 21 years later
1862 - ? Richard Louis McLachlan
1865 - 1944 Henry Alexander McLachlan
1868 - 1939 Annie Catherine McLachlan
1870 - 1948 John James McLachlan
1873 - 1939 Elizabeth Mary McLachlan
1875 - 1876 Janet Isabella McLachlan
- died aged 8 months in Thames & buried Shortland St (with her father)
1876 - ? Mary Christina McLachlan
1879 - ? Margarita Ewena mcLachlan
1882 - 1944 Janet Scott McLachlan
- Alexander died in Lower Mackay Street, Thames on 20 March 1902 aged 72
- & buried PUBL-PLOT-0626 at Shortland Cemetery with daughter Janet Isabella
- Mary died in Auckland 9 Nov 1918 (Flu Pandemic?) age 76
- & buried in Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland

David Robert Stent (1884-1950)
- son of Charles STENT & Emma JACKSON-LYNDS
- married Lillian RUFF (1882-1953) 22 June 1912
- 1st of 10 known children of James RUFF & Susannah STRINGER of Feilding:
1880 - Lillian Ruff
1882 - Alice May Ruff
1883 - Alfred Herbert Ruff
1884 - Susanah Elizabeth Ruff
- Susannah married Walter FREARSON(1860-1849) who had first married Amy LANGTON (1870-1905) in 1902 & had 3 children
1886 - FLorence Ellen Ruff
1888 - Grace Eveline Ruff
1890 - Elsie Mary Ruff
1893 - Emily Sarah Furr
1893 - James Leonard Ruff - died in France WWI
1898 - Ida Mabel Ruff

Dennis Royal Stent (1898-1976)
- son of Fred STENT (1874-1964) & Emily Jane PETTERSEN (1872-1936) (died in Hastings)
- Feb 1918 Dennis was a Shop Assistant in Motupipi, Nelson when called up for war
25 March 1918 MILITARY SERVICE BOARD - Fred Stent, Takaka, appealed on behalf of his son, Dennis Roayl Stent (Class CI). The appeal was disallowed, appeallant being directed to join the May draft
- Dennis married Christina Edna McFARLANE in 1921

Douglas Harold Stent (1886-1972)
- married Winifred Clara ARMSTRONG in 1914
- Douglas was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, 6th of 6 known children of Franklin John STENT & Beatrice Jessie Alma THORBURN:
1878 - 1965 Sidney John Stent
- lived & died (age 87) in England
1879 - 1965 Frank William Stent (moved to NZ)
- born in Surrey, died in Carterton, Wairarapa
1880 - 1971 Ruby Stent
- born in Surrey. Died in Canada
1882 - 1889 Bernard Town Stent
- born & died (aged 7) in Surrey
1884 - 1971 Thomas Pearman Stent
- born in Surrey, he died in Canada
1886 - 1972 Douglas Harold Stent (moved to NZ)
- the 2 known daughters of Douglas & Winifred, born in Christchurch:
1915 - 2011 Helen Beatrice tent
1917 - 2009 Gertrude Winifred Stent

Edward Stent (1881-1952)
- son of Charles STENT & Emma JACKSON-LYNDS
- married Eleanor Marguaretta AMADIO (1883-1974) 6 Oct 1908 in Feilding
- daughter of Forunato Antonio AMADIO & Frances Caroline PHIPPS

Edwin Joseph Stent (1898-1981)
- son of Albert Ernest STENT & Catharine Louisa COSWELL
- in March 1918 Edwin was a Farm Labourer in Hamama, Nelson when called up for war. He married Louisa CRICHTON (1899-1982) in 1924

Eric Stent (1906-1975)
- son of Robert William STENT & Elizabeth Hannah WHITEHEAD
- married Annie Bertha Katherine Hazel HAYLE (1904-1977) 17 Jan 1929

Eric Stent (1907-1991)
- son of Francis Eric STENT & Lucy Leah Sarah ASKEW
- married Mary Veronica McBAIN (1908-1985) in 1929

Francis Stent (1864-1945)
- married Janet FRASER (1862-1941) in 1882
- he was in the Dunedin Electoral Rolls:
1905 - Watchmaker in George street, Caversham
1911 to 1922 - Watchmaker at 19 Rutherford st, Caversham, with his wife Janet & their daughter Mabel Margaret Stent (Mabel was born in 1889 and was still a spinster in 1935)

Francis Eric Stent (1883-1961)
- married Lucy Leah Sarah ASKEW in 1906
- lived in Blaketown Greymouth, Tapanui & Dunedin
19 Aug 1908 ... Owen Patrick Brosnaham (21 years of age) was indicted that he did, on the 8th July, at Dunedin, steal three purses, one photo pendant, one jam spoon, one butter knife, one gold-mounted pendant, one silver-mounted watch, three rolled gold necklets, four tie-pins, one rolled gold an coral muff chaine, and two rolled gold pendants, the property of Francis Eric Stent.
- they had 3 known children born in Tapanui:
1907 - Eric Stent
1908 - Agnes Bertha Stent (didn't marry)
1910 - Francis George (died aged 8 during the FLu Pandemic)

Frank William Stent (1879-1965)
- Frank was a son of Franklin John STENT & Beatrice Jessie Alma THORBURN (see Douglas above)
- he married Elizabeth Mary POTTS (1885-1969) 21 Feb 1906 in NZ
- Elizabeth was from Patea, South Taranaki
- their 6 known children:
1906 - 1907 Franklin Ernest Charls Stent (born in Feilding)
1908 - 1999 Beatrice Monica Stent
1910 - 1992 Wilfred Thorburn Stent (born in Taranaki)
1913 - ? Irene Stene
1915 - ? Irene Stent
1918 - 2012 Brian Warend Shennah Stent
- Frank & Elizabeth both died in Carterton, Wairarapa

Frederick 'Fred' Stent (1874-1964)
- born in Bletchingly, Surrey to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- he married Emily Jnae PETTERSON 18 Nov 1895 in Takaka, Nelson
- their 2 known children:
1898 - Dennis Royal Stent
1904 - Melville Walter Stent

George Stent
- married Caroline GARDINE in 1881

Gilbert Arnold Stent (1887-1972)
- 1st of 6 known children of Henry STENT & Annie FLETCHER
- married Elizabeth BURN (1887-?) in 1915
- 4th of 12 known children of James BURN & Elizabeth Jane MAY:
1882 - Ethel Rebecca Burn
1883 - Frederick William Brn
1885 - Cecilia Ellen Burn
1887 - Elizabeth Burn
1888 - Katie Burn
1892 - Edward Avery Burn
1893 - Myra Myrtle Burn
1895 - Robert James Burn
1900 - Percy Jmes Burn
1901 - Leslie Aldred/Alfred Burn
1903 - Aileen Burn

Harry Herbert Stent (1876-1918)
- born in Foxton to Charles STENT & Emma JACKSON-LYNDS
- married Annie Thomas LEAT (1881-1956) in 1901 in Feilding
- Harry died on 24 Nov 1918 during the Flu Pandemic ?
- their known children born in Hunterville:
1901 - Holland Stent
1902 - Martin Stent
1904 - Walter Stent
1905 - Merle Stent
1906 - Ethel May Stent
1908 - Leonard Stent
1910 - Florence Annie Stent
1913 - Frederick Stent
1917 - born still
1918 - Mavis Rose Stent

Henry Stent (1861-1949)
- born in Godalming, Surrey to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- married Annie FLETCHER 28 Jan 1886 in Takaka, Nelson
- their known children:
1888 - Gilbert Arnold Stent
1890 - William Charles Stent
1890 - Henry Alfred Stent
1892 - Gladys Adelaide Stent
1896 - Lancelot Sidney Henry Stent
1905 - Merle Stent

Henry Stent (1855-1928)
- son of Charles STENT & Sarah PECK
- married Eveline Ada MILLS (1875-1933) 28 Aug 1893 in Halcombe, Manawatu
- 1 of 4 known daughters of Samuel MILLS & Mary Ann BUCKETT:
1875 - Eveline Ada Mills
1877 - Amy Maud Mills
1879 - Lydia Annie Mills
1882 - May Mills

James Stent (1853-1938)
- son of Charles STENT & Sarah PECK
- married Fanny Harrison BUCKTHOUGHT in 1874 in Wanganui
- married Sarah Ann WHITEHEAD 29 Dec 1898 in Halcombe

James Stent (1844-1927)
- married Catherine BLAIR (1841-1881) in 1879
- lived in Wanganui

Jessie Stent (1877-1970)
- 1st NZ born child (in Takaka,Nelson) of Jacob STENT (1837-1915) & Eliza TUCKER (1836-1919) of Takaka.(Jacob & Eliza married 25 Oct 1857 in Anglican Parish Church, Bedford, Middlesex)
- Jessie served in WWI as Trooper 43156 with NZEF, 26th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles. He married Helen LAPSLEY (1883-1961) 25 March 1924 in Nelson

John Stent (1862-1914)
- married Margaret Mary SHEPHERD (1863-1933) in 1883
- their known children:
1883 - Sarah Agnes Elizabeth Stent
1886 - Richard George Stent
1901 - Mary Beatrice Stent

John Fraser Stent (1887-1964)
- son of Francis STENT & Janet FRASER
- like his father, John was a Watchmaker. He last lived in No 2 R.D., Shag Point, North Otago. He died 29 May 1964 in Dunedin and his ashes scattered
- married Annie MOORE in 1909
- in the 1911 & 1914 Electoral Rolls of Dunedin he & Annie were at 49 Main South Rd, Caversham

Lancelot Sydney Henry Stent (1896-1958)
- son of Henry STENT & Annie FLETCHER
- married Doris Aileen PRICE (1894-1989) in 1918
- 2nd of 6 known children of Joseph PRICE & Lucy FOWLER:
1893 - Victor Bertram Price
1894 - Doris Aileen Price
1896 - Leslie Oliver Price
1898 - Constance Rita Price
1899 - Cyril Erle Price
1906 - Alice Maude Price

Louis James Stent (1879-1942)
- Louis served in the Boer War #5248
- married Effie Isaline FAIRS (1885-1947) in 1903
- he served again, in WWI, as Lance Corporal 12/3835 with the NZEF, 9th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company. His next of kin was his wife in Opotiki
- their known children:
1904 - born still
1905 - 1917 Effie May Harrison Stent
- Effie died aged 12 and is buried in Opotiki
1909 - 1909 Doreen Edna Stent
- Doreen died aged 3 weeks & is buried in Opotiki

Melville Walter Stent (1904-1977)
- son of Fred STENT & Emily Jane PETTERSON of Takaka, Nelson
- married Catherine Mary MORRISON (1909-1969) in 1931

Noel Lawrence Stent
- son of Charles STENT & Phoebe Maude MORINE
- married Catherine Ruth McRAE (1909-) in 1927
- 1 of at least 7 children of Francis Malcolm McRAE & Catherine Emma NICKLIN:
1901 - Francis Leslie McRae
1902 - James Nicklin McRae
1904 - Ronald George McRae
1906 - Claude Alexander Guy McRae
1907 - Mary Alice McRae
1909 - Catherine Ruth McRae
1911 - Clyde William Roy McRae

Oswald Morgan Stent
27 Oct 1908 ... WANGANUI CHRONICLE - The Anglican CHurch here has been without a vicar for nearly twelve months. I hear, howeve, the Rev Oswald Stent has been appointed vicar to the Raetihi and Ohakune parishes, and is now on his way out from England to take up his work here. Everyone is looking forward to his residence in the district
- Oswald married Edith Agnes Amy BOBIN in 1916
14 Feb 1917 ... CLERGY & THE WAR. The first cases taken before the Third Wellington Military Service Board today were of Oswald Morgan Stent (vicar of Opunaki) and Frederick Maurice Kempthorne {of Wellington}, Anglican clergymen, the appeals being lodged by the Bishop of Wellington, as their employer

Raymond Leslie Stent (1895-1978)
- son of Charles STENT & Elizabeth HUNTER
- he served in WWI as Lance Corporal 39686 with the NZEF, 23rd Reinforcements Specialist Company, Machine-Gun Section. Next of kin: father in Takaka, Nelson
- Raymond married Ruby Emila HENMAN in 1917
- he remarried to Doris Myrtle HILL in 1921

Richard Stent
- married Lizzie Maud BENN (1867-1951) in 1898
31Dec 1898 ... STENT-BENN, On 31st December, at St Mary's Church, Guilford-terrace, Wellington, by the Rev Father Lewis, Richard Stent, to Lizzie Maud Benn
- Lizzie/Lissie was born in Wellington (parents unknown at thi time). She died 28 August 1951 in Wellington aged 84 and was cremated at Karori
- known child:
1902 - 1976 Richard Stent
- Richard died 19 April 1976 in Wellington

Richard Stent (1902-1976)
- son of Richard STENT & Lizzie Maud BENN
- married Esther Frances PLIMMER (1907-1985) in 1930
- 1 of at least 5 known children of William Harcus (1874-1959) PLIMMER & Mary Catherine SHERIDAN. (William was the musical and dramatic critic on the "Dominion" newspaper for many years. He was also a grandson of the early NZ settler JOHN PLIMMER)
- their known children:
1903 - Lina Elsa Plimmer
1905 - Edna Teresa Plimmer
1907 - Esther Frances Plimmer
1911 - Henry John Sheridan 'Harry' Plimmer
* Harry married Joan Kempthorne Roskruge in 1935
1914 - Ilma Jean Plimmer

Richard George Stent (1886-1936)
- married Agnes Evelyn KENWARD (1889-1927) in 1910
- they lived in Dunedin
- their son Richard John Stent, #15689 was killed in the Western Desert 3 Dec 1941 & buried Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya
- Agnes died 22 Aug 1927 aged 33. Last address was 434 MacAndrew Rd Dundein
- Richard George remarried to Winifred Mary PALFREY (1890-1976) in 1930
- Richard died 3 July 1936 aged 50. last address was 14 Baker St Dunedin. He and Agnes are buried together in Plot 62A, Block 85 at Andersons Bay Cemetery

Robert William Stent (1894-1963)
- a son of Robert William (1871-1947) & Elizabeth Hannah (1871-1954) STENT
- he served in WWI as Sapper 4/2140 with the NZEF, 11th Reinforcements New Zealand Field Engineers, No. 1 Field. His next of kin was his father in Feilding
- he married May Waiwera NEAL in 1918

Sidney Stent (1876-1942)
- born in Sanson Blick, Hunterville, son of Charles STENT & Emma JACKSON-LYNDS
- married Clara Rose BIELSKI 30 May 1906 in Ruahine
- daughter of Martin BIELSKI & Barbara BRODKOWSKI
- their 3 known children:
Fwb 1906 - Sidney Merville Stent
Jan 1907 - Franklin Ernest Charles Stent
Nov 1907 - Barbara Caroline Stent

Sidney Oliver Stent (1870-1946)
- born in Godalming, Surrey to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- married Annie Maria HUNTER (1877-1946) in 1902
- their 2 known daughters:
1902 - Olive Victoria Stent
1904 - Eliza Annie Stent

Sidney Merville Stent (1906-1982)
- son of Sidney STENT & Clara Rose BIELSKI
- married Gladys Lilian CAMPBELL (1903-1960) in 1928
- 2nd of 3 known children of Ernest Percival CAMPBELL & Lily ROUGH:
1901 - Ernest Lilliam Campbell
1903 - Gladys Lillian Campbell
1904 - Lionel Edward Campbell

Walter Stent (1904-1978)
- son of Harry Herbert STENT & Annie Thomas LEAT
- married Dorothy Mavis DONOVAN (1903-1989) in 1927
- 2nd of 2 known daughters of Henry DONOVAN & Annie May HANSEN:
1901 - Eileen Margaret Donovan
1903 - Dorothy Mavis Donovan
Walter & Dorothy were later living in Levin. After his death Dorothy was living in Taihape. They are both buried in Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North

Walter Harold Stent
- married Margaret Marion BANKIER in 1913
- nothing known about this couple

William Thomas Stent (1899-1966)
- son of Charles STENT & Elizabeth HUNTER
- grandson of Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- married Ivy ADAMS in 1921

PHOTO
the 4 sons of Charles STENT (1819-1891) & Sarah PECK (1833-1907)
... from left back:
* Henry Stent (1855-1928)
* Robert William Stent (1861-1947)
* Charles Stent (1849-1931)
* James Stent (1853-1938)