the known FEATHER marriages in New Zealand 1874 - 1928:

* Alice Feather (-1923)
youngest daughter of James & Elizabeth Feather (see Annie Amelia below)
- married Ernest James NEWMAN 27 August 1908
no children found (see comments below)
ALICE died 7 Dec 1923 in Christchurch aged ?. Described as 'daughter of the late James & Elizabeth' but no mention as 'wife of'. Burial not found in Christchurch, may be at Halswell?

* Alice Emma Feather (1888-1970)
- daughter of Edwin Feather & Ann Greggoose
- married George Cooper PAWSEY (1884-1970) in 1908
their known children:
* 1909 - 1982 Kenneth George Pawsey
* 1911 - Evelyn Alice Pawsey (+ Ruie Reginald Arps 1933)
* 1912 - 1988 Frances Ann Pawsey (+ Kenneth Edmund Wyllie 1933)

* Alma Feather (1907-1932)
- daughter of Thomas Barker Feather & Ethel Fisk COLLINGS
- married Maurice Edwin HARRIS (1903-1971) in 1928

* Annie Amelia Feather (1857-1951)
2nd daughter of James (1824-1898) & Elizabeth (1827-1903) Feather who sailed from London 9 Feb 1860, arriving in Lyttelton 9 May 1860 on the Gananoque
- married James Winstone WRIGHT (1850-1932) in Halswell, 29 March 1880
their known children:
* 1881 - 1960 James Feather Wright (+ Violet May Robb 1924)
* 1883 - 1883 Bessie Amelia Wright (aged 5 months)
* 1886 - 1959 Arthur Edgar Wright (+ Florence Marshall 1920)
* 1890 - 1983 Millie Augusta Wright (+ Hamilton Thomas McIlraith 1914)
* 1892 - 1979 Albert John Wright (+ Elsie May Cattermole 1920)
* 1897 - 1970 Kenneth Winstone Wright (+ Eva Muriel Vollheim 1926)
JAMES Feather died 27 July 1898 at Addington. Flags were at half-mast
- he is buried in Halswell cemetery
ELIZABETH Feather died 12 July 1903 at Addington

* Annie Elizabeth Victoria Feather (1889-1965)
- married Samuel Watts RUDDELL (1882-1965) in 1908
their known children:
* 1908 - Aileen Mary Ruddell
* 1910 - 1926 Mervyn Ruddell
* 1912 - Eva Ruddell
* 1913 - 1978 William Ruddell

* Christiana Feather (1884-1963)
- married George Augustus DONNELLY (1882-1951) in 1914

* Edith Feather (1898-1976)
- married Walter John ADAMS (1890-1957) in 1916
son of John ADAMS & Clarissa NEWCOMBE

* Edwin Feather (1848-1922)
son of James & Elizabeth Feather who arrived on the Gananoque 1860
- married Ann GREGGOOSE (1851-1938) in 1870
their known children:
* 1878 - 1879 Emily Feather (aged 5 months)
* 1880 - 1967 James Feather (+ Mary Hannah Loffhagen 1910)
* 1882 - 1969 Elizabeth Feather (+ Herbert Best 1905)
* 1884 - 1958 George Feather (+ Martha Annie Philpott 1917)
* 1886 - 1918 William Henry Feather Killed in Action, Somme
* 1888 - 1970 Alice Emma Feather (+ George Cooper Pawsey 1908)
* 1890 - 1953 Frances Feather (+ Robert Whytock Tweedie 1916)
* 1894 - 1940 Robert Allen/Alan Feather
* 1898 - 1983 Joseph Edwin Feather

* Elizabeth Feather (1882-1969)
- daughter of Edwin Feather & Ann Greggoose
- married Herbert BEST in 1905
their known children:
* 1906 - 1993 Herbert Edgar Best
* 1907 - 1980 Thelma Gloria Best (+ Frank Lyman 1930)
* 1908 - 1991 William Best

* Emily Feather (1854-1919)
daughter of Edwin Feather & Ann Greggoose
- married Robert BAMFIELD (1841-1896) in 1874
Otago Witness, 9 April 1896 BAMFIELD - On the 7th April, at Halswell, Robert Bamfield, youngest son of the late Samuel Bamfield, solicitor, Falmouth, Cornwall, England; aged 54 years.

* Frances Feather (1890-1953)
daughter of of Edwin Feather & Ann Greggoose
- married Robert Whytock TWEEDLE (1890-) in 1916
son of David TWEEDIE (1843-1919) & Janet WHYTOCK

* George Feather (1884-1958)
- son of Edwin Feather & Ann Greggoose
- married Martha Annie PHILPOTT (1886-1964) in 1917

* Ivy Feather (1892-1958)
- daughter of Thomas Feather & Mary Ann White
- married Robert STUDHOLME (1882-1970) in 1919

* James Feather (1880-1967)
- son of Edwin Feather & Ann Greggoose
- married Mary Hannah LOFFHAGEN (1884-1973) in 1910

* Maude Elizabeth Feather (1899-)
- daughter of Thomas Feather & Mary Ann White
- married Hugh Alexander McINNES (1889-196) in 1922

* Mildred Emily Feather
- daughter of William Henry Feather & Emily Judson
- married Frederick James Alexander FRASER in 1922

* Thomas Feather (1869-1945)
2nd son of James & Elizabeth Feather who arrived on the Gananoque 1860
- married Mary Ann WHITE (1870-1937) in Christchurch, 2 Sep 1891
their known children:
* 1892 - Ivy Feather
* 1895 - Thomas Edmund Feather
* 1897 - James Walter Feather
* 1899 - Maud Elizabeth Feather
* 1908 - Raymond Kenneth Feather

* Thomas Barker Feather (1881-1949)
- married Ethel Fisk COLLINGS (1885-1968) in 1906

* Thomas Edmund Feather (1895-1935)
- son of Thomas Feather & Mary Ann White
- married Johan Muir URQUART (1900-1974) in 1920

* William Feather (1890-1968)
- married Elizabeth Rosalia ANGELL (1894-1963) in 1912

* William Henry Feather (1871-1916)
- married Emily JUDSON (1870-1954) in 1895
their known children:
* 1897 - 1995 Mildred Emily Feather (+ Frederick James Alexander Fraser 1922)
* 1899 - 1993 Eric Trevor William Feather
* 1900 - Olga Roberts Feather

* William Henry Feather
born in 1886 at North Loburn, Christchurch, 1 of 9 children of Edwin Feather & Ann Greggoose, he married Frances Emmie LONGBOTTOM in 1915
- William was a farm labourer in Canterbury
- he served in WWI as Private #55462 with the NZEF, 28th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
- his Next of Kin was listed as his wife Frances Eunice Feather of 7 High St, Mosgiel, Dunedin. ALSO listed as Mrs F.E. Feather (wife) c/o Mrs SELLAR, Argyle Street, Mosgiel
- he was Killed in Action on 27 March 1918 at Somme, France age 32
- his memorial is at Grevillers (NZ) Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- Francis was still at 7 High St, Dunedin, 62 years later. She died on 31 January 1980 aged 84 at Company Bay aged 84. Her ashes are buried with William at Block PA, Plot 128 at East Taieri Cemetery. Also in the same plot with Harold (1871-1950) & Annie Sellar/Seller (1873-1945)