the known WHARFE marriages in New Zealand 1863 - 1929:

? Albert Wharfe (1863-1923)
- married Mary Eleanor RICE (1861-1935) in 1886
their known children:
? 1887 - 1960 Oscar Mervin Rice Wharfe
? 1888 - 1966 Olive margaret Wharfe
? 1890 - 1969 Annie Eileen Wharfe
? 1892 - 1973 Hazel Ann maria Wharfe
? 1894 - 1969 Albert Stephen Frank Wharfe
? 1897 - 1988 Thomas Unwin Meaney Wharfe
? 1904 - 1874 William Arthur Wharfe

? Albert Stephen Frank Wharfe (1894-1969)
- married Hilda Grace McPHERSON (1896-1979) in 1924
- daughter of Archibald McPHERSON & Mary CROSSAN

? Alfred John Wharfe (1866-1946)
- married Dora PRITCHER? (1877-1959) in 1911

? Annie Eileen Wharfe (1890-1969)
- married William Vincent QUANE (1892-1971) in 1920
- son of Patrick QUANE & Mary NOONAN

? Annie Elizabeth Wharfe
- married James Osmond BROOKS (1868-1947) in 1890

? Arthur Herbert Wharfe (1880-1960)
- married Esther Elizabeth VIPOND (1886-1979) in 1909
- daughter of Alon VIPOND (1856-1917) & Mary Carr VIPOND (1865-1927)
? Alon's parents were Joseph Vipond & Elizabeth Anderson from Tynehead, Cumberland, England who arrived on the 'Pegasus' into Auckland in 1866
? Mary Carr's parents were William Vipond & Mary Carr from Alston, Cumberlandshire, England

? Clara Elizabeth Wharfe (1869-1930)
- married Francis PHILLIPS (1860-1953) in 1889
- their known children:
1890 - 1928 Violet Beatrice Phillips
- Violet married Reginald Eyton Collins (1895-1976) in 1918
- 2 years after her death he married her sister Ivy
1892 - 1976 Thomas Hubert Phillips
1893 - 1974 Francis Wharfe Phillips
1895 - 1976 Norman Cyril Victor Phillips
1904 - 1990 Ivy Alma Lilian Phillips
- Ivy married Reginald Eyton Collins in 1930, widower of her sister Violet

? Clara Jane Wharfe (1891-1959)
- married Sydney David WARD (1876-1947) in 1924

? Ethel Mabel Wharfe (1902-1991)
- married John Lang McCULLOCH (1896-1972) in 1926

? Fanny Jane Wharfe (1871-1956)
- married Arthur Abbott PHILLIPS (1871-1933) 30 March 1904 at Mahurangi, Northland
- son of Charles & Elizabeth PHILLIPS

? Fred Arthur Wharfe (1873-1961)
- married Kate Lottie SECCOMBE (1883-1960) in 1915
- Kate, and her brother Thomas Thorne Seccombe (1888-1978), were first-day pupils at the Opouriao South School, Bay of Plenty, when it opened on 10 May 1897

? George Edward Wharfe (1887-1960)
- married Minnie Eleanor Eschott KING (1890-1992) in 1910
- daughter of Francis Spooner (1854-1934) & Elizabeth Jane (1857-1938) KING

? Gilbert Henry Wharfe (1904-1972)
- married Kathrine Laura Margaret HENWOOD (1909-1988) in 1927

? Hazel Ann Maria Wharfe (1892-1973)
- married George DENTON (1887-1967) in 1916
- 1 or 12 children of Charles DENTON & Louisa BOSHER, he attended school at Cambridge West, Leamington, Waikato

? Jane Wharfe
- married Benjamin TAYLOR in 1866

? Mabel Lillian Wharfe (1882-1950)
- married David Gibb THORNTON (1881-1954) in 1922

? Margaret Ann Wharfe (1890-1971)
- married John Ralph BARTLE (1885-1976) in 1919

? Maria May Wharfe (1883-1964)
- married Albert Reginald POOK (1883-1975) in 1911
- son of James John POOK & Lydia Sophia HILL

? Mary Wharfe
- married Mathew Watson ARMSTRONG in 1863
- their known children:
? 1865 - Ada Armstrong
? 1867 - Elizabeth Lavinia Armstrong
? 1868 - Mary Alice Armstrong
? 1871 - Ethel Jane Armstrong
? 1872 - Louisa Alberta Armstrong
? 1875 - Arthur Watson Armstrong
? 1876 - Hubert Edward Armstrong
? 1878 - Lilly Beatrice May Armstrong
? 1880 - Mabel Florence Armstrong
? 1883 - Frank Oswald Armstrong
? 1885 - Blanche Evelyn Armstrong
? 1887 - Ernest Melvin Armstrong
NOTE from The Cyclopedia of New Zealand written about 1902
... Armstrong, Matthew Watson. Mining Speculator. Auckland. Mr. Armstrong was born in Yorkshire. England. In 1841. and was edneated at Bradford. In 1872 he came to New Zealand by the ship ?Matilda Wattenbach,? (arriving 8 Sep 1862) landing at Auckland. During the Maori troubles he was in the commissariat office, and when the war was concluded went to Hokianga to undertake bush contracting, his first venture resulting in his bringing out by tramway 3,000.000 feet of timber for John Webster and Co. On the opening of the Thames Goldfields Mr. Armstrong gravitated thither, and was for many years prospecting throughout the district. He has met with a considerable amount of success, and is more or less interested in most of the mining districts of the Peninsula. Mr. Armstrong is looked upon as one of Auckland's most prosperous mining speculators. He resides at Whangarei where he owns what is claimed to be the prettiest homestead in the district, he was for fourteen years chairman of the Manun (Manui?) School Committee, and also a member of the local road board. Mr. Armstrong belongs to the Whangarei Lodge of Free Masons. He was married to Miss Wharfe, who also came out to the Colony in the ?Matilda Wattenbach.?

? Mary Ann Wharfe (1890-1984)
- married Michael O'HALLORAN in 1916

? Mary Gledhill Wharfe (1895-1979)
- married Frank STANWELL (1876-1963) in 1917

? Matilda Wharfe
- married John FRANKLIN in 1900
- their known children:
? 1901 - 1957 Aubrey Raymond Franklin
? 1902 - 1963 Eric Cyril Franklin
? 1905 - 1967 Mervin Clarence Franklin
- born in Te Aroha graduated B.Sc. from Auckland University College in 1926 and gained the degree of M.Sc. with First Class Honours in 1927. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Cambridge in 1933 and returned to New Zealand to become Lecturer-in-Charge of the Animal Nutrition and Chemistry Departments, Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand...
? 1906 - 1981 Vincent Cecil Franklin

? Mavis Isabel Wharfe (1908-1964)
- married Arthur Walter HAYDON (1902-1942) in 1928

? Olive Margaret Wharfe (1889-1966)
- married Ernest James LOWE (1881-1965) in 1919

? Oscar Merwyn Rice Wharfe (1887-1960)
- married Eva Ellen RADFORD (1890-1979) in 1911

? Richard Henry Wharfe (1873-1949)
- married Matilda Louisa PATTERSON (1872-1960) in 1901

? Thomas Unwin Meaney Wharfe (1897-1988)
- married Mary Josephine DEERY (1892-1964) in 1926

? William Wharfe (1865-1951)
- married Mary Jane SOMERVILLE (1861-1891) in 1889
- their known children:
? 1890 - 1971 Margaret Ann Wharfe
? 1891 - 1959 Clara Jane Wharfe
MARY JANE died in 1891 aged 30
- William next Mary Tate SMITH (1868-1956) in 1894
- their known children:
? 1895 - 1979 Mary Gledhill Wharfe
? 1898 - 1985 Florence Ethel Wharfe
? 1898 - 1898 Ellen Wharfe (aged 24 hours)
? 1900 - 1980 Mabel Kate Wharfe
? 1903 - 1903 Ada Blanche Wharfe (aged 16 days)
? 1910 - 1910 William Alfred Wharfe (aged 3 hours)

? William Arthur Wharfe (1904-1974)
- married Gladys Evelyn Myrtle REED (7-12-1904-1974) in 1926

? William Henry Wharfe (1872-1930)
- married Jane GROGAN in 1905