the HEATHER GROOMS 1863 - 1931
* Albert Heather
- married Florence TODD in 1914

* Albert William Heather
- married Marion Ann BUSHELL in 1909
- their known children:
1909 - Albert Eric Samuel Heather
1910 - Annie Dorothy Heather
1913 - Merle Alva Marion Heather

* Alfred George Heather (1868-1915)
- Alfred married Jane Hannah (aka Joan Helen, aka Annie, aka Hannah, aka Eileen Mary) CONDON in Wellington 16 Nov 1895
- Jane was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork in 1873 to Joseph CONDON (1836-1894) & Catherine Agnes QUINN (1831-1920), she emigrated with her parents & 6 siblings on the 'Wanganui' 1877-1878 (research continuing). Two more siblings were born in Cust, North Canterbury. She attended Cust school in 1880 but was taken out of school in 1884 at the age of 11 'to help with home duties'
Star, 4 October 1894 CONDON - Oct 3, at Mill Road, Cust, Joseph Condon, after a long illness; aged fifty-eight
- the known children of Alfred & Jane Hannah:
1896 - Frederick George Heather
- born 15 October 1896, he married and later moved to Australia (possibly without his wife)
- Jane Hannah remarried (see brides below)

* Alfred Henry Heather of Otago
- married Lilian Jean ALLAN in 1926

* Arthur Heather
- possibly son of Dennett Hersee Heather (1818-1866) settler of Auckland, also farmed in Waipa
- married Mary Matilda BROWN in 1863
- their known children:
1864 - 1864 Dennett Hersee Heather
1865 - unnamed child Heather
1867 - 1868 George Frederick Heather (aged 11 months)
1869 - 1958 Arthur Burgoyne Heather (served Boer War)
1871 - Charles Herbert Heather
1874 - 1975 Harry William Heather (aged 10 months)
1876 - Vincent James Heather
1878 - Claude Williams Heather
1880 - Marion Heather
1884 - Emily Margaret Beatrice Heather

* Arthur Burgoyne Heather (1870-1958)
- married Julia Maria Dolores GARLAND in 1892
- married Annie JACKSON in 1918
from NZETC Arthur Burgoyne Heather, formerly of ?Te Kainga,? Pukerimu, near Cambridge. Mr. Heather is a son of Mr. Arthur Heather, the well-known Auckland merchant, and was born in that city in 1869. He received his education at Christ's College, Canterbury, and after returning to Auckland, entered into business as an ironmonger. Mr. Heather was for some considerable time in his father's warehouse, but turning his attention to farming, he purchased a property of 340 acres in 1891, and devoted all his time to its improvement. He afterwards sold his land, and visited South Africa

* Arthur Nelson Heather
- married Eidth Gertrude Louise HICKY in 1919

* Bernard Owen Heather
- son of Rev W. Heather of Whangarei
- married Margaret Flanning SYME in 1921

* Claude William Heather
- married Alice Anne DONALD in 1904
- their known children:
1906 - Joan Heather
1907 - Darril Margaret Heather
1911 - Arthur Heather

* Duncan Stanley Burgoyne Heather of Auckland
- married Ida Kura MENDS in 1925
- daughter of George Herbert MENDS & Ida Mary HAYLITTLE

* Frederick Heather
- married Agnes Jane Sophia AUDAER in 1904

* Frederick George Heather
- married Lillian Dillon HOPKINS (1897-1980) 2 April 1923
- Lillian was born to Henry Dillon (1854-1933) & Harriette (1853-1913) HOPKINS of 95 Cox St, Ashburton
- possible children of Frederick & Lillian:
3 Nov 1924 - 15 Dec 2004 Donald Louis Heather
1926 - Fay Heather

* Harold Dennet Heather
- married May ROBERTSON in 1892
- their known children:
1893 - Mary Dennet Heather
1896 - Sybil Dennet Heather
1897 - Jocelyn Dennet Heather
1902 - Rhoda Dennet Heather

* Henry 'Harry' Heather
- married Agnes Emma Mahuta NIMMO in 1917
- their known children:
1917 - Clifford Godfrey Heather
- Harry was a waiter in Thorndon, Wellington when he was drafted in the 12th draw for the Infantry in January 1916. He served as Private 24/2376 NZEF, 21st Reinforcements F Company, embarking from Wellington 19 Jan 1917. Agnes was next of kin, her address given as c/o Post-office, Marotiri, via Foxton.
Harry Died Of His Wounds whilst a Prisoner of War on 10 May 1918
- Agnes next married Harold BEAUFORT (see 'brides' below)

* Maurice Alvin Heather
- married Ethel Mary LADLEY in 1910

* Wilfred Clyde Norman Heather
- married Frances Perry FORTE in 1931
- son of Doctor James Henry FORTE & Mary Emily ELLIS

* William Henry Norman Heather
- married Myrtle Adah Alice CHATFIELD in 1899
- their known children:
1901 - Hazel Norman Heather
1904 - Wilfred Clyde Norman Heather
1906 - Wilma Beatrice Heather

* William Lucas Heather from Buckinghamshire, England
- married Dorothy Rosa DAY 29 July 1926 in Mt Eden Congregational Church, Auckland


the HEATHER BRIDES 1854 - 1930
* Agnes Emma Mahuta Heather (nee NIMMO)
- Agnes had first married Henry Heather in 1917 (see above & photo below)
- married Harold Casley BEAUFORT (1895-1970), Farmer of Otago, in 1920
- their later address was Taupo Rd., Taumarunui

* Catherine Heather
- married William LORRIGAN St Mary's Church Onehunga, Auckland in 1854

* Dorothy Helen Heather
- married William Archibald MANGIN in 1922

* Elizabeth Heather
- married Thomas William Jordan ORDIN 1911

* Elizabeth Alice Audaer Heather
- married Kenneth Archie BENNETT in 1928

* Ellen Heather
- married James WRIGHT in 1874

* Emily Jane Heather
- married Thomas William BALLINGER in 1885 in Howick, Auckland
- their known children:
(first 3 born in Cambridge, next 5 born in Tirau)
1886 - Thomas Edwin Ballinger Killed in Action Belgium 1917
1887 - Elsie Alice Ballinger (didn't marry)
1889 - Agnes Sarah 'Aggie' Ballinger (didn't marry)
1891 - Amy Kate Ballinger
1893 - Hazel Ballinger
1896 - Frank Heath Ballinger
1898 - Mabel Edith Ballinger
1901 - Percy Clifton Roberts Ballinger

* Emily Margaret Beatrice Heather
- married William James AITKEN in 1908

* Florence Elizabeth Heather
- married Thomas William CHURCHILL in 1900

* Hazel Norman Heather
- married Geoffrey Valentine LINNELL in 1926

* Isaline Frances Heather
- married John Trevor HARRISON in 1926

* Ivy Heather
- married Joseph Poulton ATTRILL (1899-1976) in 1930
son of Richard John ATTRILL & Mary Jane ROBSON

* Joan Heather
- married John Blakeley WALKLATE in 1930

* Joan Helen Heather (nee CONDON)
- first married Alfred George HEATHER (1868-1915) in 1895
Evening Post, 5 February 1915
... The death occurred at the Kumara Hospital on Sunday night (31st Jan) of Mr Alfred George Heather, late of Otira. A native of London, he was the son of an Anglican clergyman, and 47 years of age. He had been 22 years in New Zealand. Before coming to this Dominion he served in the 15th Hussars Regiment. On coming out to Wellington he joined the Permanent Artillery, and was orderly to Lord Glasgow when the latter was Governor of New Zealand. He was afterwards transferred to the mounted police and was stationed in Taranaki for some time. After resigning from the Force he went to Otira, where he had resided for the past six years
- Joan/Jane married Samuel William MARDON in Christchurch, 7 Jan 1921

* Lucy Manan Heather
- married Frederick Joseph HATCHER in 1915

* Winifred May Heather
- married John CAMPBELL in 1916


PHOTO
Private 24/2376, Harry Heather
buried IV. B. 10. Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg