the known GIDDENS marriages New Zealand 1863 - 1933

the GIDDENS GROOMS
Arthur Joseph Giddens (1883-1970)
married Ann Maud BURTON (1885-1924) in 1915
Arthur served in WWI as Corporal 64200
JOSEPH next married Mary Anne QUINN (nee STEWART) in 1925
- Mary Ann first married Thomas Henry Quinn (1870-1922) in 1920
MARY MAUD died 15 March 1924 aged 39
MARY ANN died 24 Sep 1959 aged 86
ARTHUR is buried Plot 568H, PUBLIC2 at Karori cemetery, Wellington
- with his first wife

Claude Leo Giddens (1908-1978)
married Dorothy BROWN (1899-1979) in 1933

David Giddens (1878-1949)
married Clara Gladys BROWN in 1913

Ernest Giddens (1878-1966)
married May Calder ROGERS (1890-1953) in 1914

Ernest Heather Giddens (1900-1977)
married Victoria Marjory BEHRNS (1902-1965) in 1926
In 1933 the partnership of SMITH & GIDDENS, between himself & John Digby Smith of Akaroa Motor Garage Proprietors, was dissolved
ERNEST died 11 May 1977 aged 77 & buried Rakaia

George Giddens (1836-1913)
married Maria/Myra Kate HAWTHORNE (1846-1929) in 1863
their known children:
* 1864 - William Giddens
* 1872 - Joseph Giddens
* 1898 - Ernest Giddens

George Giddens
married Helena HUNT in 1890
their known children:
* 1891 - Henry Martin Giddens
* 1892 - Lawrence George Giddens
* 1895 - Elsie Phoebe Giddens
* 1898 - Reginald Allen Giddens
* 1900 - Stephen Spencer Giddens
* 1904 - Percival Hubert Giddens
* 1908 - Gladys Doreen Giddens

Henry Giddens
married Sarah HOLMES in 1913

Inna Clement George Giddens (1885-1923)
married Winnifred Louisa HAWTHORNE in 1910

James Joseph Austin Giddens (1898-1972)
married Muriel Elsie Henrietta LEWIS (1901-1967) in 1929

John Leonard Giddens (1878-1940)
married Phoebe HUNT (1875-1969) in 1904
- Phoebe was born in French Farm, Banks Peninsula
their known children:
* 1905 - Leslie William Allan Giddens
* 1908 - Claude Leo Giddens
* 1912 - Isabel Giddens

John Thomas Giddens (1870-1951)
married Emily Edith SAMUELS (1877-1944) in 1906
their known children:
* 1907 - Lily Rebecca Giddens
* 1910 - Marjorie Gertrude Giddens

Joseph Giddens
married Ellen Hannah WRIGHT (1879-1952) in 1898
their known children:
* 1898 - Joseph James Austin Giddens
* 1900 - Ernest Heather Giddens
* 1904 - Ellen Venetta Hawthorne Giddens
* 1907 - Walter Steven Osborne 'Buster' Giddens
* 1913 - Beatrice Elizabeth Wright Giddens

Lawrence George Giddens (1893-1953)
married Edith Olive Le VAILLANT in 1924

Leslie William Allen Giddens (1907-1968)
married Ellen Hilda BRYANT (1906-1993) in 1931

Martin Henry Giddens (1892-1960)
married Emma Elizabeth PLAISTED (1898-1959) in 1920

Montague Frank Giddens (1905-1978)
married Edith LUNT (1905-1984) in 1928

Percival Hubert Giddens (1904-1967)
married Beryl Grace KERR in 1929

Reginald Allen Giddens (1898-1986)
married Olga TAYLOR (1901-1989) in 1931

Richard Frank Giddens (1877-1963)
married Harriet HUNT (1871-1930) in 1899
their known children:
* 1904 - Clarice Lelia Florence Giddens
* 1905 - Montague Frank Giddens
* 1909 - Edward Laurance Giddens
* 1912 - Myrtle Edna Giddens

Stephen Spencer Giddens (1900-1978)
married Georgina Sarah Jane WILSON (1909-1969) in 1929

Thomas Giddens (1871-1944)
married Edith NEALE in 1901
their known children:
* 1906 - Edith Frances Giddens
* 1908 - Thomas Edmund Giddens
* 1911 - Annie Ina Muriel Giddens
* 1914 - Mavis Rose Giddens

Thomas Edmond Giddens (1908-1969)
married Maisel Thelma TIBBLES (1912-1978) in 1933

Walter Algie Giddens (1899-1981)
married Norrie Edna DIXON (1907-1989) in 1924
WATLER died 21 Jan 1981 aged 81. His last address was Manuka St., Otaki Beach

William Giddens
married Elizabeth WAKELIN in 1871
their known children:
1874 - William Charles Giddens
1877 - Richard Frank Giddens
1878 - John Leonard Giddens
1880 - Ada Elizabeth Giddens
1885 - Inna Clemence George Giddens
1888 - Christina Bessy Giddens

William Giddens (1864-1957)
married Louisa Charlotte EVERETT (1867-1943) in 1886
- they were living on the Maori Pa at Little River in the early 1900s
their known children:
* 1887 - William Giddens
* 1888 - Louisa Caroline Giddens
* 1891 - John Thomas Giddens
* 1892 - Charles James Giddens
* 1894 - Edith Alice Giddens
* 1897 - Mary Catherine Giddens
* 1899 - Walter Algie Giddens
* 1901 - Annie Maude Giddens
* 1903 - Violet May Giddens

William Giddens
married Eva Bertha LAUDALL (1892-1918) in 1914

William Giddens
married Muriel Grace WILLIS (1900-1973) in 1919

William Charles Giddens (1875-1963)
married Fanny Amelia HAMMOND (1874-1920) in 1900
WILLIAM next married Elizabeth WILSON in 1921


the GIDDENS BRIDES
Ada Elizabeth Giddens
married Alexander Jack THOMSON in 1903
their known children:
* 1904 - Alexander Thomson
* 1906 - Ida Mildred Thomson
* 1907 - Inna Alexander Thomson
* 1911 - Marjorie Olive Thomson

Annie Maud Giddens
married Thomas Samuel William JOHNSON in 1905

Annie Maude Giddens (1901-1976)
married George Royston WINTERBURN (1897-1937) in 1918

Christina Bessie Giddens
married Arundel Stoyle WEBSTER (1875-1916) in 1910
- son of Arundel WEBSTER & Emilie STOYLE
Arundel Stoyle Webster and Edward John Cusdin had the partnerhip of WEBSTER & CUSDIN, Livery Stable Keepers at Little River, Ducauchelle & Akaroa. The partnership was dissolved in 1913

Edith Alice Giddens (1894-1966)
daughter of William GIDDENS & Louisa Charlotte
married Claude Vincent PIKE (1891-1960) in 1910

Ellen Vennetta Hawthorne Giddens (1905-1967)
married Arthur Cyril PARRIS (1902-1987) in 1927
- son of Arthur John PARRIS & Alice WEBLEY

Elsie Phoebe Giddens (1896-1968)
married James JOYCE in 1915

Hilda Beatrice Giddens (1914-1985)
married Archibald 'Archie' James Samuel WEILY (1910-1989) in 1933
- born in Ashburton, a son of Samuel Henry WEILY & Edith KELTY (married Longford, Tasmania)

Louisa Caroline 'Carrie' Giddens (1889-1918)
married John Horton 'Jack' BILLS (1867-1920) 13 Feb 1907
their known children:
* 1907 - Grace Irene Bills
* 1909 - Madeline Mary Bills
* 1910 - Ida Louisa Bills
* 1914 - Gordon Horton Bills

Marjorie Gertrude Giddens (1910-1987)
married Alexander George Kenneth MacKAY (1903-1956) in 1933

Mary Kathleen Giddens (1897-1975)
married William Henry COOTES (1875-1948) in 1928

Mavis Rose Giddens (1913-1983)
married Andrew Clarence KIMBER (1908-1986) in 1933
- son of Robert George & Lily Ann KIMBER

Myra Giddens
married George Edgar WELLS (1873-1945) in 1906
their known children:
* 1898 - Ethel Gwendoline Wells
* 1900 - Ida Pretoria Wells
* 1900 - Ella Marguerite Wells
* 1906 - Verna Alice Wells
* 1910 - Marjorie Maude Wells

Myrtle Edna Giddens
married Ronald Leslie CHICK (1904-1966) in 1929

Victoria Harriet Elizabeth Giddens (1901-1987)
married John MALONEY in 1925

Violet May Giddens
married Albert Edward Herbert VINCE 6 Sep 1923 in Otaki
Violet left 3 months later
Albert remarried to Emily Marion JEWELL (using the name Hubert Allan Burns), of Hamilton and became a chef at the Kohukohu Hotel. However he was still married to Violet

Winnifred Louisa Giddens (1890-1962)
married Robert Edward LANKEY (1880-1963) in 1928
- Robert served in WWI as Trooper 64531
- he was in Waitomo 1938-1949 & later in Tauranga