the known STENT marriages in New Zealand 1863 - 1930
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 GROOMS

the STENT BRIDES
Agnes Janet Stent (1885-1959)
- 2nd of 4 known children of Francis STENT & Janet FRASER:
1883 - Francis Eric Stent
1886 - Agnes Janet Stent
1887 - John Fraser Stent
1889 - Mabel Margaret Stent
- Agnes married Peter Keith NESS (1876-1948) in 1910
- son of James & Eliza NESS

Alice Stent (1863-1925)
- born in Godalming, Surrey to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- married Henry HITCHCOCK (1858-1937) on 18 Nov 1879 in Takaka Registry Office
- they had 5 known children:
1880 - George Hitchcock
1881 - Edith Jane Hitchcock
1882 - Harold Hitchcock
1884 - Lily Hitchcock
1887 - Frank Hitchcock

Annie Stent (1876-1948)
- married George HICKFORD (1865-1928) 11 Oct 1894
- son of Henry HICKFORD & Augusta Emma ADAMS
- their 4 known children:
1895 - Esther Emma Hickford
1902 - Stanley Leonard Hickford
1905 - Gordon Edward Hickford
1909 - Charles Stent Hickford
- Annie & George are buried in Rongotea

Annie Stent (1872-1947)
- born in Godalming, Surrey to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- married Edmund Lewis ELLIS (1870-1951) on 13 Dec 1894 1894
- had 2 sons
1896 - Charlie Ellis
1898 - Norman Lewis Ellis

Annie Stent
- married Hugh Lamont OSBORNE (1892-) in 1923
- son of Hugh OSBORNE & Mary Ann BROWN

Barbara Caroline Stent (1907-1999)
- daughter of Sidney STENT & Clara Rose 'Lily' BIELSKI
- granddaughter of Martin BIELSKI & Barbara BRODKOWSKI
- married John Stevens THOMAS (1899-1972) in 1929
- son of John THOMAS & Mary Catherine DOONEY

Bertha Stent
- married Robert Hugh PEAKE (1861-) in 1884
- 3 known children:
1884 - Muriel Edith Peake
1885 - John William Peake
1887 - Lucy Ellenor Peake

Clara Stent (1880-1973)
- born in Takaka, Nelson to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- Clara married George Johann Anton SCHRODER (1867-1953) on 6 Jan 1902 Nelson
- George was also born in Nelson

Dorothy Eveline Stent (1895-1960)
- daughter of Charles STENT & Emma JACKSON-LYNDS
- maternal granddaughter of James Hayter Jackson
- married John GOODWIN (1886-1965) in 1916
- 6th of 10 children of William Ambrose GOODWIN (1831-1906) & Sarah Ann PARSONS:
1875 - William Goodwin
1878 - Herbert Goodwin
1879 - Arthur Goodwin
1880 - Alexander Goodwin
1884 - Sarah Ellen Goodwin
1886 - John Goodwin
1887 - Grace Goowin
1889 - Charles Goodwin
1891 - Richard Goodwin
1893 - Harry Goodwin
- Dorothy & John lived in Hunterville, Tahape, Palmerston North, Rangiwahia

Eliza Annie Stent (1904-?)
- daughter of Sidney Oliver STENT & Annie Maria HUNTER
- married Geoffrey John Duncan STOBIE (1897-1930) in 1922
- 3rd of 4 known sons of William STOBIE & Marjorie McGREGOR:
1892 - Cecil William Stobie
1894 - Gerald Leslie McGregor Stobie
1897 - Geoffrey John Duncan Stobie
1901 - Errol Roy Stobie

Ellen Stent (1859-1921)
- born in Godalming, Surrey to Jacob STENT & Eliza TUCKER
- married George Bishop GALEY (1839-1922) 25 March 1875 in Nelson
- George was born in Gorleston, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
- they had 11 known children:
1876 - George Henry Galey
1878 - Ellen Eliza Galey
1880 - Olive Agnes Galey
1881 - Eleanor Selina Galey
1883 - Wiliam Saxon Galey
1885 - Amelia Florence Galey
1887 - Frances Etta Galey
1889 - Henrietta Galey
1892 - Harriet Elizabeth Galey
1894 - John Lately Galey
1896 - Robert Cecil Galey

Emma Florence Stent (1900-1984)
- daughter of James STENT & his 2nd wife Sarah Ann WHITEHEAD
- married Stanley Clarence John OKE (1896-1981) in 1920
- 4th of 7 known children of John OKE & Mary Ann DAVISON:
1890 - Florence Ethel Oke
1891 - Charlotte Gladys Oke
1893 - Ivy Elsie Oke
1896 - Stanley Clarence John Oke
1897 - Leslie Horace George Oke
1898 - Leonard Percy William Oke
1900 - Emily Phyllis Oke

Ethel Stent (1898-1972)
- daughter of Robert William STENT & Elizabeth Ann WHITEHEAD (1870-1954)
- (apparently Elizabeth wasn't actually a Whitehead, but a SAVAGE raised by the Whitehead ???)
- married Thomas Albert NEAL (1891-1966) in 1919
- Thomas Neal (who was born in 1891 in Sydney) fought in WW1 as Private 10878. When he returned his mother was dead and shortly after his father died. His parents are buried in Mangaweka


Ethel May Stent (1905-1983)
- daughter of Harry Herbert STENT & Annie Thomas LEAT
* sister of Florence Anne Stent (1910-1992 +Hebden +Osborne +Taylforth)
- married Raymond Ernest FYFE in 1929
- son of Thomas FYFE & Alice Maria PRESTON
- They had 4 (known) children. They were farmers in Papatoetoe, Raymond having a milk run for 50 years

Frances 'Fanny' Stent (1857-1938)
- daughter of Charles STENT & Sarah PECK
- married Samuel PECK 2 Jan 1874 in Lower Hutt
- 12th of 14 children of Daniel PECK (1809-1887) & Elizabeth GASKIN (1813-1877)
- Fanny & Samuel had 13 children
- they are buried in Old Gorge Cemetery, Woodville

Frances Stent (1846-1904)
- married Allan Cameron LEES (1841-1919) in 1872
- from The Cyclopedia of NZ 1897 ... Allan Cameron Lees, Settler, ?Fassiefern,? No. 2 Line, Wanganui. A native of London, where he was born in 1841, Mr. Lees was educated in the north of Scotland. Landing at Wellington in 1861 per ship ?Wild Duck,? he joined his uncle, the late Mr. John Cameron, of ?Marangai,? with whom he gained valuable experience as a colonist. Mr. Lees, who has had a varied career on the diggings, and as a farmer at Fordell and at Waverley, is a brother of Dr. Cameron Lees, of Edinburgh, Queen's Chaplain and Dean of the Chapel Royal. In 1866 Mr. Lees was married to a daughter of Mr. J. E. Stent, of London, now resident with his son-in-law.

Gladys Adelaide Stent (1892-1981)
- 4th of 6 known children of Henry STENT & Annie FLETCHER:
1888 - Gilbert Arnold Stent
1890 - William Charles Stent
1890 - Henry Alfred Stent
1892 - Gladys Adelaide Stent
1896 - Lancelot Sidney Henry Stent
1905 - Merle Stent
- Gladys married Allen George HITCHCOCK (1888-1962) in 1912
- 3rd of 7 known children of George HITCHCOCK & Sarah BRIDGER:
1884 - Frederick James Hitchcock
1886 - Harry Hitchcock
1888 - George Allen Hitchcock
1894 - Condrid Ashley Hitchcock
1896 - Linder Frances Hitchcock
1897 - Elsie Gladys Hitchcock
1902 - Leslie Hitchcock

Helen 'Nellie' Stent (1900-1965)
- daughter of RObert William STENT & Elizabeth Anna WHITEHEAD
- married George ALDRIDGE 26 Nov 1924
- son of George ALDRIDGE & Janet McRedy SMITH

Isabella Stent (1889-1974)
- daughter of Charles STENT & Emma JACKSON-LYNDS
- married Thomas Albert 'Tom' BIELSKI 28 June 1911 in Marton, Rangitikei
- 8th of 9 known children of Martin BIELSKI & Barbara 'Mary' BRODKOWSKI
- Tom's sister Clara Bielski married Sidney Stent, sister of his wife Isabella
- Tom & Isabella had 11 known children

Isabella Stent (1851-1936)
- daughter of Charles STENT & Sarah PECK
- married Sidney HIRST (1849-1935) in 1874
- a son of Sydney HIRST & Mary SYKES. His father was a carpenter and joiner who built the Christ Church Taita church in Lower Hutt (now a historics place)
- Isabella & Syney had 11 childen

Katie Stent (1872-1945)
- married Edward BOOCOCK in 1906
- 1 known child:
1909 - Charles Edward Mantle Boocock

Kitty Eleana Fraser Stent (1909-203)
- daughter of John Fraser STENT & Annie MOORE
- John Fraser Stent was a son of Francis STENT & Janet FRASER (above)
- Kitty married John Eli PARSLOW (1908-1965) in 1930
- 6th of 8 known children of Harry PARSLOW & Louisa Adelaide THORNLEY:
1898 - Harry Robertson Parslow
1900 - Nickalena Louisa parslow
1904 - Mabel Clara Parslow
1905 - Sarah Parslow
1908 - Ethel Lillian Parslow
John Eli Parslow
1909 - Frederick James Parslow
1912 - Stanley Francis Parslow

Laurel Amelia Stent
- daughter of James STENT & Sarah Ann WHITEHEAD
- married Charles HAZELDINE in 1922
- Laurel next married Patrick Michael MOORE in 1930

Letitia Stent (1886-1962)
- daughter of Charles STENT 7 Emma JACKSON-LYNDS
- married William HYDE (1877-1954) in 1908
- 2nd of 8 known chilren of James HYDE & Jane EDEN:
1876 - Henry James Hyde
1877 - William Hyde
1878 - George Hyde
1880 - Charles Melville Hyde
1882 - Ernest Frederick Hyde
1883 - Arthur Hyde
1884 - Ethel Jane Hyde
1886 - Samuel Hyde
- Letitia & Charles are buried in Rangiwahia

Louisa Catherine Mary Stent (1903-1990)
- 2nd of 3 known children of Albert Ernest STENT & Louisa Catherine CROSWELL:
1898 - Edwin Joseph Stent
1903 - Louisa Catherine Mary Stent
1907 - Nita Sylvia Lavinia Stent
- Louisa married Clarence Conrad GLEDHILL (1898-1975) in 1922
- 6th of 7 known children of William GLEDHILL & Mary POLLARD:
1883 - Florence Edith Gledhill
1885 - Henrietta Louisa Gledhill
1888 - Leonar Langley Gledhill
1890 - Phillis Ella Gledhill
1895 - Veronica Mary Gledhill
1898 - Clarence Conrad Gledhill
1902 - Alma Alice Gledhill

Mary Stent
- married William Thomas OWEN (1831-1904) in 1863

Mary Beatrice Stent (1901-1961)
- 3rd of 3 known children of John STENT & Mary Margaret SHEPHERD:
1883 - Sarah Agnes Elizabeth Stent
1886 - Richard George Stent
1901 - Mary Beatrice Stent
- married John Charles DUNCAN (1898-1971) in 1926
- 1st born of John Gow DUNCAN & Mary Josephine FORD
1898 - John Charles Duncan
1904 - Albert Douglas Duncan
1910 - George William Duncan

Mary Emma Stent (1888-1943)
- daughter of Charles STENT & Emma JACKSON-LYNDS
- married James Henry TAYLOR (1878-1957) in 1907 in Hunterville
- son of John TAYLOR & Mary WHITE of Nelson
- they had 8 known children

Mary Frances Stent (1877-)
- daughter of James STENT & his 1st wife Frances Harrison BUCKTHOUGHT (1853-1911)
- (James's 2nd wife was Sarah Ann WHITEHEAD)
- married Alexander WATT in 1897
- they had 6 known children:
1899 - Olive Harrison Watt
1901 - Leslie Gordon Watt
1902 - Max Russell Watt
1904 - Basil Royce Watt
1905 - Guy Stent Watt
1911 - Margaret Annie Harrison Watt

Mary Sophia Stent
- married Philip Holmes BLAKESLEY in 1879

Merle Stent (1905-1939)
- daughter of Henry STENT & Annie FLETCHER (s Gladys Stent above)
- married Frederick Thomas ADAMS (1902-1972) in 1921
- 3rd of 5 known children of Francis James ADAMS (1878-1951) & Florence Caroline NICHOLLS (1877-1959):
1898 - Florence Isabella Adams
1900 - Harold Francis Adams
Frederick Thomas Adams
1906 - 1976 William Ernest Adams
1909 - 1979 Frank Adams

Olive Victoria Stent
- daughter of Sidney Oliver STENT & Annie Maria HUNTER
- married Frank Douglas VAUGHAN (1897-1958) in 1921
- 4th of 8 known children of Albert Henry VAUGHAN & Maud WIN:
1893 - Ethel Hope Vaughan
1894 - Clare Ada Vaughan
1896 - John Edgar Vaughan
1897 -Frank Douglas Vaughan
1899 - Nita Marjorie Vaughan
1901 - Eric Abert Vaughan
1904 - Jean Winifred Vaughan
1905 - Nancy Maud Vaughan

Pearl Margaret Stent (1905-1971)
- daughter of James STENT & Sarah Ann WHITEHEAD
- married Raymond Wilford DOUBLE (1899-1978) in 1923
- 8th of 9 children of Alfred Martin DOUBLE & Sarah Grace HUGHES (who married in Timaru)
1886 - Martin William Double
1887 - Lilian Maud Double
1889 - Edith Gertrude Grace Double
1891 - Rosina Marion Alice Double
1892 - Matila Olive Double
1894 - Walter Berrington DOuble
1895 - Henrietta Berrington Double
1899 - Raymond Wilford Double
1901 - Clifford Nelson Double
- Pearl & Raymond are buried at Kelvin Grove

Ruby Myrtle Stent (1900-1932)
- only child of Henry STENT & Eveline Ada MILLS
- (Eveline was the 1st of 4 daughters of Samuel MILLS & Mary Ann BUCKETT)
- Ruby married Henry Patrick DALTON (1880-1945) in 1922

Ruth Annie Stent (1889-1972)
- daughter of James STENT & Francis 'Fanny' Harrison BUCKTHOUGT
- married Joseph John Lawrence KING (1890-1970) in 1915
- son of Richard KING & Margaret DOUGHERTY

Sarah Ann Stent (1850-1884)
- married Charles Arthur Wellesley FREEMAN 16 Dec 1869 in Wanganui
from the Sydney Morning Herald 25 March 1870 - FREEMAN-STENT, December 16th 1869 at Christ church, Wanganui, N.Z. by the Rev. C. D. S. Nicholls, Charles Arthur Wellesley, second son of W. G. W. Freeman, Esq., Sydney, to Sarah, third surviving daughter of Edmund Stent, Esq., Wanganui, New Zea;and

Sarah Josephine Stent (1851-1918)
- married John McGREGOR in 1878
- the 11 known children of Sarah & John:
1879 - Mary Ethel McGregor
1880 - Lake McGregor
1881 - James Allan McGregor
1884 - Bessie Sophia McGregor
1885 - Rachel May McGregor
1887 - John Gladstone McGregor
1889 - Alexander Joseph McGregor
1891 - Gerald Barron McGregor
1892 - Andrew Ewan McGregor
1894 - Philip Donald McGregor
1897 - Mary Kathleen McGregor

PHOTO
Ethel STENT & Thomas Albert NEAL on their wedding day 1919