CASS marriages New Zealand to 1938

* Ada Eliza Cass (1870-1946)
* born in Thames, Coromandel to John Cass & Sarah Annie Barnes
married Robert Enos/Ernest STOWERS (1868-1938) in 1890
* son of Samuel Enos Stower & Elizabeth Peapell
their known children
* 1890 - 1972 Maud Ethel Stowers
.. + John Morrison 1910
* 1893 - 1916 Robert Stanley Stowers
.. Killed in action, Somme France (see photo)
* 1895 - 1990 Agnes Ada Stowers
.. + Rupert Harold Sly 1926
* 1897 - 1979 Myrtle May Stowers
.. + James Simpson 1926
* 1900 - 1930 Claude Frederick Stowers
.. died aged 29 at Kakatahi, buried Aramoho
* 1904 - 2000 Doris Stowers
.. + Frederick Henry Musgrove 1931
* 1906 - 1935 John Stowers
.. + Flora Macdonald Noble 1930
* 1912 - 1986 Percival Stowers
.. + Alice Ada Harper 1935
ADA died 23 Jan 1946 aged 75 and is buried at Aramoho Cemetery

* Alfred Cass (1873-1931)
married Ellen Matilda HORSEY (1872-1947) in 1904

* Annie Maria Cass
married George Francis BENNETT in 1899

* Caroline Cass
married Robert William POPE in 1908

* Charles Cass
married Caroline ALLSOP in 1855
their known children
1858 - Charles Leonard Cass

* Elizabeth Josephine Cass (1900-1991)
married Alfred Henry OLNEY (1898-1986) in 1922

* Elsie Violet Cass (1896-1939)
married Alfred Benny KIDSON (1894-1961) in 1919

* Frank Wallace Cass (1884-1959)
married Beryl Thelma HOPE (1903-) in 1938
* daughter of Edward John Hope & Edith Annie Macdonnell McHaffie
NZ Herald, 26 Aug 1938
WEDDING CASS-HOPE - The marriage of Miss Beryl Thelma Hope, youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Edward Hope of Wellington, to Mr Frank Wallace Cass, chief engineer of the Cambridge and youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs Richard Cass, of London, was celebrated at Knox Church, Parnell, last evening, just a few hours after the bridegroom's arrival from London. The ceremony was performed by the Rev G. A. D. Spence and Mr W. H. Bennett played the organ music.
The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-law, Captain F. J. G. Warren, wore a frock of ice-blue satin with a short bodice, elbow-length puff sleeves and a full-length skirt. A blue and pearl clip ornamented the neckline. A white tulle veil, coin-spotted in blue, fell to the waist and was worn over a white tulle skull cap edged with small blue flowers. She carried a trailing shower bouquet of blue irises and hyacinths and pink carnations.
In attendance as bridesmaid was Miss Margaret Macfarlane, who wore a frock of gold georgette over gold satin with a black velvet sash. She had autumn-coloured flowers in her hair and carried a bouquet of golden-yellow daffodils. The bridegroom was attended by Captain P. Angell, master of the Cambridge, as best man.
Following the ceremony a reception was held in the Parnell Tea Kiosk, where Mrs Warren, sister of the bride, acted as hostess. She wore a frock of cigar-brown lace and a matching brown hat trimmed in front with a coral ornament. She carried a bouquet of yellow freesias, daffodils, lantern flowers and violets.

* Harold Cass
married Mary GRAHAM in 1938

* Ida Caroline Cass
married Anthony SUTHERLAND in 1933

* James Cass
married Mary Elizabeth ABELSON in 1899
their known children
* 1899 - Henry Cass
* 1900 - Elizabeth Maude Cass
* 1904 - unnamed Cass
* 1907 - Mary Elizabeth Cass

* John Abraham Cass (1863-1927)
married Annie Ellen Alice LINES (1871-1944) in 1893
their known children
* 1894 - 1966 Melvin Leslie Cass
* 1896 - 1939 Elsie Violet Cass
* 1901 - 1908 Lucy May Cass
* 1902 - Stanley Frank Cass
* 1908 - 2000 Harold Cass
Nelson Evening Mail, 27 March 1902
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Notice is hereby given that we, George Noble and John Abraham Cass, of Nelson, Bakers, have dissolved the partnership heretofore carried on by us under the style of Cass and Noble, as from the 1st March 1902
Nelson Evening Mail, 28 Nov 1927
PROBATE In the Supreme Court at Wellington on the 22nd instant, probate of the will of John Abraham Cass, deceased, was granted to Annie Ellen Alice Cass, the executrix named in the will, upon the application of her solicitor

* John Leonard Cass (1908-1970)
married Beta Cargill SAUNDERS (1911-2008) in 1935

* Mary Cass (1851-1935)
married James Webster POPE (1848-1927) in 1872
* son of Richard Whiting Pope & Mary Anne Wilson
their known children
* 1898 - 1939 Ivy Gladys Selina Pope

* Mary Ann Cass
married Stephen GILES in 1877
their known children
* 1878 - William Edward Giles
* 1879 - William Thomas Giles
* 1881 - George Stephen Giles
* 1882 - Mary Anderson Giles
* 1883 - Gertrude Martha Giles
* 1885 - Elizabeth Etta Giles
* 1886 - Sarah Elizabeth Giles
* 1888 - Lucy Hannah Augusta Giles

* Mary Anne Cass
married Edward Shipley TAYLOR (1847-1934) in 1889

* Melvin Leslie Cass (1891-1966)
married Gwendoline Hyacinth HILTON (1894-1979) in 1933

* Mildred Alison Cass
married Claude Thomas John WHITER in 1925

* Robert Cass
married Elizabeth GILMOUR in 1900
their known children
* 1902 - 1991 Francis Robert Cass
* 1904 - 1920 John Lyttelton Cass

* Rosina Helena Cass
married James GOODWIN in 1880
their known children
* 1883 - Ellen Harriett Goodwin
* 1885 - James Summers Goodwin
* 1890 - Catherine Maude Goodwin

* Sarah Matilda Cass (1862-1931)
married George Brebner NOBLE in 1885
their known children
* 1887 - Gertrude Dorace Noble
* 1889 - Howard Percy Cass Noble
* 1896 - Matilda Barnes Noble
* 1898 - Ida Catherine Noble
* 1901 - Hilda Aileen Noble

* Sarah Matilda Cass (nee Nelson 1878-1971)
married William Alfred SOWMAN (1865-1944) in 1930
* William 1st married Norah Muller (1868-1889) in 1884 & had 4 daughters
* He next married Mary Cribb (nee Laney 1853-1826) in 1892
* He next married Sarah Matilda Cass in 1930

* Stanley Frank Cass
married Edith Mary TAYLOR in 1925

* Thomas Cass
married Mary Ann WILLIAMS in 1854

* Thomas Nelson Cass (1839-1900)
married Mary Ann Jane CURTIS (1857-1938) in 1877
their known children
* 1878 - 1878 Thomas Curtis Cass
* 1879 - 1960 Mary Jane Cass
* 1881 - 1974 Mabel Cass
* 1884 - 1983 Minnie Cass

* William Cass
married Myrtle DUDLEY in 1933

NOTE
Francis 'Frank' (1840-1932) & Mary Anderson (1839-1904) Cass married about 1859 and arrived into Lyttelton 13 Oct 1863 on the Lancashire Witch
their known children
* 1860 - 1946 Mary Cass (UK)
* 1863 - 1904 John Lyttelton Cass (NZ)
* 1866 - 1951 James William Cass
* 1868 - 1947 Robert Cass
* 1871 - Elizabeth Cass
* 1873 - 1931 Alfred Cass
* 1875 - 1875 Frank Cass (aged 2 months)
* 1876 - 1938 Frances Cass
Ashburton Guardian, 29 April 1904
SUDDEN DEATH at WAKANUI Quite a gloom was cast over the Wakanui district this morning, when it became known that Mrs Mary Anderson Cass, wife of Mr Francis Cass, had expired suddenly on the previous evening. Since the sad end of her son some few weeks ago, the deceased lady had suffered in health to such an extent as to cause her friends much anxiety. Although not confined to her bed, the deceased endeavoured to bravely combat her illness and would not be persuaded to keep to her room. At 9.30 last evening, after retiring to bed and while referring in sorrowful terms to the lamentable death of her son, John, the deceased lady suddenly and peacefully passed away. Mrs Cass landed in Lyttelton in 1863 in the Wakanui district, where she has permanently resided for over twenty-five years. She was 66 years of age and leaves a grown up family to mourn her death
HEADSTONE at Ashburton In loving memory of Mary Anderson Cass born at York, England died at Wakanui April 28th 1904 aged 65 years. Come unto me and I will give you rest. Also Frances, beloved daughter of above, died 6th Jan 1938 aged 61 years. Also James William, beloved son of above, died 12th Aug 1951 aged 86 years

updated 13 May 2018

PHOTO
Private 10/3748, Robert Stanley Stowers
Killed In Action on the Somme