Robert Benjamin FOOTE (1810-1897)
was born in Scotland & died aged 87 on 30 Dec 1897 in Blenheim, Marlborough
- he is buried in Havelock

Thirza Rickard WILLS (1826-1892)
was born in Calstock, Cornwall, England & died aged 66 on 2 Aug 1892 in Mahau Sound, Marlborough

ROBERT & THIRZA married 16 June 1851

they had 10 CHILDREN
... 1
1852 - 1920 James David Foote
- James married Emily Augusta HARVEY in 1879 in Christchurch
- their known children:
1879 - 1963 David William Foote
1880 - 1972 Lillian Augusta Foote
1882 - 1967 Violet Linda Foote
1885 - 1982 Annie Thirza Catherine Foote
1887 - 1967 Alfred Robert Foote
1895 - 1977 Enid Ethel Foote
1900 - 1964 Alva Stacey Reed Foote


... 2
1853 - 1936 Betsy Jane Rickard Foote
- Betsy married Joseph Henry HALL in 1874
- their known children:
1874 - 1893 Ada Jane Hall (aged 18)
1877 - 1943 John Joseph Hall (aged 66)
1878 - 1883 Martha Emily Thirza Hall (aged 5)
1881 - 1896 Annie Eliza Hall (aged 15)
1883 - 1883 Elsie Beatrice Selina Hall (aged 3 months)
1884 - 1959 Walter Robert Hall (aged 76)
1886 - ? Florence Elma Hall
1888 - 1888 Louis Malcolm Hall (aged 4 days)
1890 - 1951 Edith Gwendoline Hall (aged 61)
1890 - 1970 Gladys Hilda Hall (aged 80)
1892 - 1920 Leila Winifred Conian Hall (aged 28)
1897 - 1900 Doris Freda Hall (aged 3)


... 3
1856 - 1922 Eliza Rickard Foote
- born in New Plymouth
- Eliza married Thomas Alfred 'Tom' AUCKRAM in Havelock, Marlborough in 1876
- their known children:
1877 - 1877 Thirza Catherine Auckram (aged 8 days in Pelorus Sounds)
1878 - 1957 Eliza 'Lizzie' Auckram
1881 - 1955 Walter 'Wal' Percy Auckram
1884 - 1964 George Benjamin Auckram
1886 - 1958 Alfred Ernest Auckram
1888 - 1959 Thirza May 'Cis' Auckram
1891 - 1979 Catherine 'Kate' Pearl Auckram
1895 - 1964 Arthut 'Darcy' Lawrence Auckran
1899 - 1964 Elsie Eileen Auckram
Eliza died in Upper Hutt 12 Feb 1922 aged 65
Tom died in Upper Hutt 15 Nov 1926 aged 74


... 4
1857 - 1910 Thomas Andrew Foote
- Thomas married Margaret FRASER in 1890
- their known children:
1891 - Thirza Isabel Foote
1893 - 1964 Daniel Fraser Foote
1895 - 1969 Grace Margaret Foote
1896 - 1980 Thomas Harold Foote
1897 - 1918 Raymond Andrew Foote (Died of his Wounds in France)
1898 - 1971 Roger Manu Foote
1899 - 1967 Alexander Robert Foote
1902 - 1971 George Rickard Foote
1908 - 2000 Olive Janet Foote


... 5
1859 - 1918 Maria Williams Foote
- Maria married Arthur John Herbert Paul Portig SIMPSON in 1875
- Arthur was born in Antwerp, Belgium, where he was educated, and afterwards followed a seafaring life for about eight years in the merchant service He came to New Zealand in the ship ?Christian Rankin,? in 1865, and went to the Wakamarina diggings; and, later on, he was employed for eight years by the Government in the transport of provisions, in the Wanganui district, at the time of the Maori war
- their known children:
1877 - 1955 Robert Edward Portig Simpson
1878 - 1946 Arthur James Portig Simpson
1880 - 1880 Josephine Portig Simpson (aged 4 days)
1880 - 1965 Lilly Portig Simpson
1883 - 1954 Selina Portig Simpson
1885 - ? Thirza Edith Portig Simpson
1887 - 1969 Thomas Walter Portig Simpson
1890 - 1915 Martin Andrew Simpson (Killed in Action, Gallipoli)
1892 - 1940 Albert John Lee Portig Simpson
1895 - 1977 Frederick William Portig Simpson
1897 - ? Ellen Jeannette Simpson
1900 - 1982 Ferdnand Raymond Portig Simpson
1905 - 1993 Victor Paul Portig Simpson


... 6
1861 - 1940 Robert Benjamin Foote
- born in Nelson, Marlborough
- Robert married Alice Mary BOYD (1866-1947) in Havelock, Marlborough 21 March 1885
- their known children:
1885 - Herbert John Boyd Foote
1886 - 1968 Robert Benjamin Foote
1887 - 1950 Martha Alice Maud Foote
1890 - 1965 Albert William Foote
1891 - 1944 Thirza 'Annie' Foote
1893 - 1968 Graham Henry Boyd Foote
1895 - 1895 Ettie Irene Gladys Foote
1897 - 1918 Hermann Stanley Foote
1899 - 1901 Elvira Merle Foote
1901 - 1929 Iris Jessie Hermione Foote (during childbirth, buried Taita)
1903 - 1966 Errol Francis Verne Foote (born in Dannevirke)
1904 - 1979 Roslyn Ernest Foote
1904 - 1904 Herbert John Boyd Foote
1905 - 1906 Madge Eveline Foote
1907 - 1991 Arthur John Boyd Foote
1907 - 1909 Lawrence John Foote
ROBERT died in Lower Hutt
ALICE died in Havelock North aged 80


... 7
1863 - 1931 Selina Anne Wills Foote
- Selina married Thomas Walter McDONALD in 1880


... 8
1866 - 1944 Albert Frederick William Wills Foote


... 9
1868 - 1903 John Lee Foote


... 10
1871 - 1930 Martin Henry Rickard Foote
- Martin married Maria BOON in 1893
- their known children:
1895 - 1985 Thirza Rickard Foote
1899 - ? Elsie Boon Foote
1902 - 1981 Clarence Henry Foote
1904 - ? Annie Foote
1906 - 1971 Owen Foote
1909 - 1989 Daisy Pearl Foote
1911 - ? Agnes Maria Foote


PHOTO
Robert Benjamin Foote
from The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]