1858 FLOOD VICTIMS SILVERSTREAM UPPER HUTT. HAGAN 2 drowned

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1 1858 FLOOD VICTIMS SILVERSTREAM UPPER HUTT On the 18 th January 1858 there was torrential rain resulting in a rapid rise of the Hutt River. Three dwellings in the Silver Stream area of Upper Hutt were swept away in the floods and thirteen lives were lost by drowning. Mr Richard Wyeth was the licensee of the Barley Mow Inn in Silverstream and owned the property where the three dwellings were situated. House one (3 drowned) 1. Charlotte HAGAN nee DEW died 18 January 1858 age 19 born about Male Infant HAGAN died 18 January 1858 age 5 hours born about Mrs Sarah PRICE (nurse/midwife/visitor) died 18 January 1858 age 36 born about 1822 House two (3 drowned) 4. Charles SOLLARS died 18 January 1858 age 40 born about Mary Ann SOLLERS died 18 January 1858 age 30 born Charles Samuel James SOLLERS died 18 January 1858 age 2 months born about 1857 House three (7 drowned) 7. Thomas STANAWAY died 1858 age 40 born about Sarah STANAWAY died 21 January 1858 age 40 born about Richard STANAWAY died 25 January 1858 age 16 born Sarah STANAWAY died 1858 age 12 born about Jane STANAWAY died 18 January 1858 age 10 born about Fanny STANAWAY died 18 January 1858 age 6 born about Eliza STANAWAY died 1858 age 4 born 1854 HAGAN 2 drowned 0- James HAGAN born died married 16 February 1857 Wellington New Charlotte DEW born 1839 Ham Surrey England died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Silverstream Upper Hutt New #Charlotte DEW was born and baptised 05 May 1839 Ham Surrey England her parents were Ann Davis and William Dew reference LDS FHC FamilySearch microfilm item 11 page 28 #James HAGAN married 1857 New Charlotte DEW reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1857 folio website 1857/1595 #Hutt district Inquisition on Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen & Others filed 29 January Information of witnesses taken this 21 st day of January 1858 in the District of the Hutt at the house of Robert Blade in the said district before Benjamin Buck Coroner for the District of the Hutt touching the deaths of Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and Infant son, Charles Sollars, Mary Ann Sollars and son, and two female children named Stanaway then and there lying dead as follows reference Archives NZ Wellington ACGS J46 3/at 1858 Coroner s Inquest case files [8 drowned 20 January 1858] Wellington Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and infant son, Charles Sellars wife Mary Ann and son, two Stanaway children #Charlotte HAGAN died 18 January 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/812 age 19 born about 1839 #Mrs Hagan (a daughter of Mr Dew an old settler at the Hutt) was living in a small wooden building near the first gorge reference Papers past website Hawkes Bay Herald newspaper 09 February 1858 page 1 #Mr Hagan was fortunately rescued though much exhausted reference Papers past website Otago Witness newspaper 06 February 1858 page Male Infant HAGAN born 18 January 1858 (6 o clock) Silverstream Upper Hutt New died 18 January 1858 Silverstream Upper Hutt New #Male name not recorded HAGAN died 18 January 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/815 age 5 hours born about

2 St James Churchyard Lower Hutt cemetery register Charlotte HAGAN age 19 years died 18/01/1858 denomination Anglican Newborn HAGAN died 18/01/1858 denomination Anglican Additional information about Charlotte HAGAN formerly DEW and her family is located in the Hutt Valley & Upper Hutt families section on the same website under document HVFDewDavies. PRICE 1 drowned 0- Mr PRICE born died married Sarah UNKNOWN (nurse/midwife/visitor) born about 1822 England died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Silverstream Upper Hutt New (Issue unknown) #Sarah PRCE died 18 January 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/818 age 36 born about 1822 #Sarah PRICE buried 19 January 1958 at St James Anglican Church cemetery Lower Hutt #Hutt district Inquisition on Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen & Others filed 29 January Information of witnesses taken this 21 st day of January 1858 in the District of the Hutt at the house of Robert Blade in the said district before Benjamin Buck Coroner for the District of the Hutt touching the deaths of Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and Infant son, Charles Sollars, Mary Ann Sollars and son, and two female children named Stanaway then and there lying dead as follows reference Archives NZ Wellington ACGS J46 3/at 1858 Coroner s Inquest case files [8 drowned 20 January 1858] Wellington Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and infant son, Charles Sellars wife Mary Ann and son, two Stanaway children #Mrs Price, who was much respected, and who arrived in the Ann Wilson, leaves a family of young children behind her, her husband was absent from home at the time reference Archives NZ Wellington reference Papers past website Colonist newspaper 02 February 1858 page 3 plus other newspapers #Ship Ann Wilson departed Liverpool England 30 November 1856 and arrived Wellington 29 March 1857 passengers Robert and Elizabeth PRICE. The STANAWAY family also arrive on the Ann Wilson so perhaps it was a misprint in the newspaper - NOTE when Robert Price died 15 January 1874 Hutt New his wife Elizabeth was still living refer to his Will NOTE - I have been unable to locate who Sarah PRICE was married to and their issue Perhaps - there was a Thomas PRICE age 38 years who was buried 30 April 1859 at Bolton Street cemetery (born about 1821) who might have been married to Sarah but issue are unknown Perhaps Sarah married Charles PRICE or there could have been 2 couples with same names 0- Charles PRICE born died married 28 March 1853 St Pauls Wellington New Sarah FUTTER born died #Charles PRICE married 28 March 1853 St Pauls Wellington New Sarah FUTTER reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1853 folio 0157 website 1853/825 #Hutt district Inquisition on Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen & Others filed 29 January Information of witnesses taken this 21 st day of January 1858 in the District of the Hutt at the house of Robert Blade in the said district before Benjamin Buck Coroner for the District of the Hutt touching the deaths of Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and Infant son, Charles Sollars, Mary Ann Sollars and son, and two female children named Stanaway then and there lying dead as follows reference Archives NZ Wellington ACGS J46 3/at 1858 Coroner s Inquest case files [8 drowned 20 January 1858] Wellington Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and infant son, Charles Sellars wife Mary Ann and son, two Stanaway children #Charles PRICE Hobson Street Sawyer Household Hobson Street Wellington Electoral Roll reference Ancestry website New Electoral Rolls #Charles PRICE Hobson Street Freehold Pahautanui land Wellington Electoral Roll 09 April 1859 reference Ancestry website New Electoral Roll #Charles PRICE Hobson Street leasehold Hobson Street Leasehold Wellington Electoral Roll 23 April 1864 reference Ancestry website New Electoral Rolls #Charles PRICE Pahautanui freehold Pahauranui small farm block 40 acres section Porirua Electoral Roll reference Ancestry website New Electoral Rolls 2

3 #Charles PRICE Pahautanui freehold Pahauranui small farm block 40 acres section Wellington Country Electoral Roll reference Ancestry website New Electoral Rolls #Charles PRICE residential Ngahauranga farmer Hutt Electoral Roll reference Ancestry website New Electoral Rolls 0-1- Mary Jane PRICE born 1854 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1854 folio website 1854/3530 parents Sarah and Charles Price 0-2- Child not named PRICE born 1856 New #Child not named PRICE born 1856 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1856 folio website 1856/4227 parents Sarah and Charles Price #Child no name PRICE died 1856 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1856 folio website 1856/923 age 22 hours born about Child not named PRICE born 1857 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1857 folio website 1857/5221 parents Sarah and Charles Price After 1858 the details much belong to another Charles and Sarah Price 0-4- Child not named PRICE born 1859 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1859 folio website 1859/6893 parents Sarah and Charles Price 0-5- Catherine PRICE born 1864 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1864 folio website 1864/9059 parents Sarah and Charles Price 0-6- Laura PRICE born 1866 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1864 folio website 1866/14156 parents Sarah and Charles Price 0-7- Fanny Ellen PRICE born 1867 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1867 folio website 1867/17291 parents Sarah and Charles Price 0-8- William Alfred PRICE born 1869 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1869 folio website 1869/18703 parents Sarah and Charles Price 0-9- Henry PRICE born 1870 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1870 folio website 1870/19853 parents Sarah and Charles Price James PRICE born 1871 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1871 folio website 1871/21223 parents Sarah and Charles Price Joseph PRICE born 1873 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1873 folio website 1873/15498 parents Sarah and Charles Price Perhaps William was married to Sarah not Hannah 0- William PRICE born died married Hannah UNKNOWN born died #Ship Oliver Lang departed 24 September 1856 Liverpool England arrived 19 December 1856 Wellington New - passengers William PRICE age 35 Sawyer Hannah PRICE age 35 William PRICE age 5 Daniel PRICE age William PRICE born about Daniel PRICE born about 1854 / 1850 England died 10 May 1930 Gore New #Daniel PRICE married 1889 JANSEN / JENSEN reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1889 folio 3484 not sure #Gore cemetery Daniel PRICE 80 years 10 may 1930 native of England not sure St James Churchyard Lower Hutt cemetery register Sarah PRICE age 36 years died 19/01/1858 Denomination Anglican Robert PRICE age 54 died 16/01/1874 Denomination Anglican I do not think Robert is Sarah s husband SOLLORS 3 drowned 0- Charles SOLLORS born 1831 Painswick Gloucestershire England died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New married 1854 Birmingham Warwickshire England Mary Ann NEWMAN born about 1827 England died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New 3

4 #Charles SOLLER born 1831 and baptised 21 August 1831 Painswick Gloucester England son of Samuel and Ann Sollers of Shesscough occupation labourer reference Ancestry website Gloucestershire baptism records page 45 record 355 (mother perhaps Ann Wager) #1841 Census Long Ashton Hartcliffe and Bedminster Somerset England piece 944 book 3 folio 21 page 1 Saml SOLLERS age 40 Ag Labr born in County No Anne SOLLERS age 40 born in County No Agnes SOLLERS age 11 born in County yes Somerset England Charlotte SOLLERS age 9 born in County yes Somerset England Richl SOLLERS age 6 born in County yes Somerset England Mary SOLLERS age 3 born in County yes Somerset England Saml SOLLERS age 2 born in County yes Somerset England Amelia SOLLERS age 7 months born in County Yes Somerset England #1851 Census Stanley [sic] Bedminster Long Aston Somerset England ED 1a household 7 piece 1946 folio 5 page 3 Samuel SOLLERS head married age 48 Ag Labourer born about 1803 Painswick Gloucestershire England Ann SOLLERS wife married age 50 born Farrington Gurney Somerset Richard SOLLERS son unmarried age 17 Ag Labourer born Long Ashton Somerset Samuel SOLLERS son unmarried age 14 Ag Labourer born Long Ashton Somerset Emily SOLLERS daughter unmarried age 10 born Long Ashton Somerset #1851 Census Barton Lane St Johns the Baptist St Michael St James Gloucestershire England ED 1a household 237 piece 1962 folio 284 page 55 (Freeman family) Charles SOLLORS visitor unmarried age 17 labourer born about 1834 Gloucestershire England #1854 Marriage solemnized at St Philips Church in the parish of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Charles SOLLORS age 23 bachelor Blacksmith of Church Street father Samuel SOLLORS occupation gardener & Mary Ann NEWMAN age 27 spinster of Construction Hill father James NEWMAN occupation Engineer [sic] married on 24 December 1854 in the Parish of St Philip according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by Banns Charles Sollors signature the mark X of Mary Ann Newman witnesses Sarah D [sic] Newman and the mark X of James Newman reference Birmingham England marriage and Banns St Philips Birmingham page 134 item 267 #Charles SOLLORS married 24 December 1854 Saint Phillips Mary Ann NEWMAN Birmingham Warwick England reference Ancestry website RGO UK marriage registration 1854 December quarter district Birmingham County Warwickshire volume 6d page 237 & FamilySearch website microfilm , , , #Ship Oliver Lang departed Liverpool England 24 September 1856 arrived 19 December 1856 Wellington New passengers = Charles SALERS age 25 farmer / blacksmith & Mary A SALERS wife age 25 & Infant SALERS no age #Hutt district Inquisition on Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen & Others filed 29 January Information of witnesses taken this 21 st day of January 1858 in the District of the Hutt at the house of Robert Blade in the said district before Benjamin Buck Coroner for the District of the Hutt touching the deaths of Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and Infant son, Charles Sollars, Mary Ann Sollars and son, and two female children named Stanaway then and there lying dead as follows reference Archives NZ Wellington ACGS J46 3/at 1858 Coroner s Inquest case files [8 drowned 20 January 1858] Wellington Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and infant son, Charles Sellars wife Mary Ann and son, two Stanaway children #Charles SOLLARS died 18 January 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/803 age 40 born about 1818 #Mary Ann SOLLERS died 18 January 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/806 age 30 born 1828 #Charles & Mary Ann SOLLORS buried St James cemetery Lower Hutt New 0-1- Elizabeth SELLARS born about 1854 Gloucestershire England died 19 November 1882 Lower Hutt New (never married) 4

5 #Ship Oliver Lang departed Liverpool England 24 September 1856 arrived 19 December 1856 Wellington New passengers = Charles SALERS age 25 farmer / blacksmith & Mary A SALERS wife age 25 & Infant SALERS no age #Elizabeth SELLARS age 28 died 19/11/1882 denomination Anglican buried St James churchyard cemetery Lower Hutt New #Elizabeth SELLARS died 1882 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1882 folio website 1882/4665 age 28 born about 1854 Elizabeth SELLARS) 0-2- Charles Samuel James SOLLERS born 1858 Silverstream Hutt New died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New (died young never married) #Charles SOLLORS born 1857 June quarter Stroud Gloucestershire England reference RGO UK birth registration volume 6a page 247 #Charles Samuel James SOLLERS died 18 January 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/809 age 2 months born about 1857 #Charles Samuel James SOLLORS buried St James cemetery Lower Hutt New St James Churchyard Lower Hutt cemetery register Charles SELLARS born 1818 died 1858 Charles James SELLARS / SOLLORS born 1858 died 18/01/1858 Mary Ann SELLARS / SOLLORS born 1828 died 18/01/1858 Denomination Anglican Buried in the same churchyards is Elizabeth SELLARS age 28 died 19/11/1882 denomination Anglican. STANAWAY 7 drowned (Stanway / Stannaway / Stanaway) 0- Thomas STANWAY born about 1818 Wellington Shropshire England died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New married 1838 Shropshire England Sarah COOPER born about 1818 Tedbury Gloucestershire England died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New #Thomas STANWAY married 1838 march quarter Wen Shropshire England Sarah COOPER reference RGO UK Marriage registration volume 18 page 215 #1841 Census Burlton Phimhill (Ellesmere division) Wem Shropshire England piece 918 book 10 folio 6 page 5 Thomas STANWAY age 25 farmer born about 1816 in district Yes Shropshire England Sarah STANWAY age 25 born about 1816 in district Yes Shropshire England #1851 Census Hawkes Lane West Bromwich North Staffordshire England ED 1i household 28 piece 2026 folio 156 page 8 Thomas STANWAY head married age 39 Carpenter born Wellington Shropshire England Sarah STANWAY wife married age 31 born Tedbury Gloucestershire England Richard STANWAY son age 9 scholar born Dudley Worcestershire England Emmale (Emily) STANWAY daughter age 7 scholar born West Bromwich Staffordshire England Sarah STANWAY daughter age 5 scholar born West Bromwich Staffordshire England Louazah STANWAY daughter age 3 scholar born West Bromwich Staffordshire England Fanny STANWAY daughter age 1 scholar born West Bromwich Staffordshire England #Ship Ann Wilson departed Liverpool 30 November 1856 arrived Port Nicholson Wellington 30 March 1857 passengers below Thomas STANWAY Sarah STANWAY Richard STANWAY Henely [sic] STANWAY (Emily) Taine [sic] STANWAY (Fanny) Jane STANWAY Sarah STANWAY George PORTEOUS (crew on ship and later married Emily Stanway) 5

6 #Hutt district Inquisition on Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen & Others filed 29 January Information of witnesses taken this 21 st day of January 1858 in the District of the Hutt at the house of Robert Blade in the said district before Benjamin Buck Coroner for the District of the Hutt touching the deaths of Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and Infant son, Charles Sollars, Mary Ann Sollars and son, and two female children named Stanaway then and there lying dead as follows reference Archives NZ Wellington ACGS J46 3/at 1858 Coroner s Inquest case files [8 drowned 20 January 1858] Wellington Sarah Price, Charlotte Hagen and infant son, Charles Sellars wife Mary Ann and son, two Stanaway children #Hutt District Inquisition on Sarah Stanaway filed 29 January Information of the witnesses taken this 21 st day of January 1858 in the District of the Hutt at the house of Robert Blade in the said District before Benjamin Buck Coroner for the District of the Hutt touching the death of Mrs Stanaway then and there lying dead as follows reference Archives NZ Wellington ACGS J46 3/an 1858 Coroner s Inquest case files Wellington Sarah Stanaway #Hutt District Inquisition on Thomas Stanaway & Richard Stanaway filed 29 January 1858 Information of witnesses taken this 27 th day of January 1858 in the District of the Hutt at the House of Robert Blade in the said District before Benjamin Buck Coroner in the District of the Hutt touching the death of Thomas Stanaway and Richard Stanaway there lying dead as follows reference Archives NZ Wellington ACGS J46 3/au 1858 Coroner s Inquest case files Wellington Thomas & Richard Stanaway #Hutt District Inquisition on Eliza Stanaway filed 01 March 1858 Information of witnesses taken this 30 th day of January 1858 in the District of the Hutt at the House of Robert Blade in the said District before Benjamin Buck Surgeon Coroner in the District of the Hutt touching the death of Eliza Stanaway then and there lying dead as follows reference Archives NZ Wellington ACGS J46 3/bb 1858 Coroner s Inquest case files Wellington Eliza Stanaway #Thomas STANAWAY died 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/821 age 40 born about 1818 #Sarah STANAWAY died 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/794 age 40 born about 1818 #Thomas STANAWAY died 1858 age 40 buried St James Church cemetery Lower Hutt #Sarah STANAWAY died 21 January 1858 buried St James Church cemetery Lower Hutt 0-1- Richard STANNAWAY born 1841 Dudley Staffordshire England died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New (died young never married) #Richard STANWAY born 1841 December quarter district Dudley County Staffordshire volume 18 page 236 #Richard STANAWAY died 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/824 age 16 years born about 1842 #Richard STANAWAY died 25 January 1858 age 16 born 1842 buried St James cemetery Lower Hutt age Emily STANWAY born September 1843 West Bromwich Staffordshire England died 22 August 1919 Christchurch New married 01 April 1860 Kaipoi North Canterbury New George PORTEOUS born died (10 Issue) #Emily STANWAY born 19 September 1843 September quarter district West Bromwich Staffordshire reference RGO UK birth registration volume 18 page 559 #Emily was age 15 years and living with Mrs Roy when her parents and sibling were drowned in the 1858 flood John Roy and his family were resident in the Hutt at the time Mrs Roy was advertising for a female servant in 1862 so perhaps this is when Emily left #Post Office Wellington list of unclaimed letters 31 December 1858 George Porteous reference Papers past website Wellington Independent newspaper 12 January 1859 p 6 #Post Office Wellington list of unclaimed letters 30 March 1859 George Porteous reference Papers past website Wellington Independent newspaper 05 April 1859 page 2 #Emily STANWAY married 01 April 1860 Kaipoi North Canterbury New George PORTEOUS #Emily and George settled in Lyttleton between and had 12 children 6

7 #George PORTEOUS London Street household Part Town section 99 London Street Lyttleton Electoral Roll Canterbury reference Ancestry website NZ Rolls #NOTE this belongs to a different George = George PORTEOUS residential Dunedin Tailor Hanover Street Dunedin Electoral Rolls #George PORTEOUS residential Hawkhurst Road Labourer & John PORTEOUS residential Hawkhurst Road Labourer 1890 Akaroa Electoral Roll Canterbury reference Ancestry website New Electoral Rolls #NOTE this belongs to a different George = George PORTEOUS residential Dee Street Invercargill Tailor residential & John PORTEOUS residential Dee Street Invercargill teacher residential 1896 Invercargill Electoral Roll Otago reference Ancestry website NZ Electoral Rolls #NOTE this belongs to a different George = George PORTEOUS died 13 September 1898 Invercargill New reference RGO NZ death registration 1898 folio website 1898/4517 age 39 born about 1859 parents Jane and John Porteous #Emily PORTEOUS Salts Gully housewife residential & George PORTEOUS Hawkhurst Road Labourer residential & John PORTEOUS Brenchley Road Lyttleton Labourer residential & Richard PORTEOUS Salts Gully Labourer residential 1896 Lyttleton Electoral Roll Canterbury & George PORTEOUS junior Hawkhurst Road Lyttleton Harbour Board employee residential (Supplementary Roll) reference Ancestry website New Electoral Rolls #Emily PORTEOUS Exeter Street Lyttleton housewife residential & George PORTEOUS Exester Street Lyttleton railway employee residential & John PORTEOUS Ticehurst Road Lyttleton Labourer residential & Frances Elizabeth PORTEOUS Ticehurst Road Lyttleton residential & Richard PORTEOUS Winchester Street Lyttleton Labourer residential & Ellen PORTEOUS Winchester Street Lyttleton housewife residential & George PORTEOUS junior Exester Street Lyttleton Harbour Board employee residential 1900 Lyttleton Electoral Roll Canterbury & reference Ancestry website New Electoral Rolls #Emily PORTEOUS Exeter Street Lyttleton housewife & George PORTEOUS Exeter Street Lyttleton railway employee & Richard PORTEOUS Winchester Street Lyttleton Labourer & Ellen PORTEOUS Winchester Street Lyttleton housewife & George PORTEOUS junior Sumner Road Lyttleton Harbour Board employee & Martha PORTEOUS Sumner Road Lyttleton married & Charles PORTEOUS Exeter Street Lyttleton Labourer & Edward PORTEOUS Exeter Street Lyttleton Labourer & Frederick PORTEOUS Exeter Street Lyttleton Labourer & Lyttleton Electoral Roll Canterbury & reference Ancestry website NZ Rolls #Emily PORTEOUS 22 Exeter Street Lyttleton married & George PORTEOUS 22 Exeter Street Lyttleton railway employee & John PORTEOUS Signal Station Reserve Terrace Lyttleton Signalman & Francivor Elizabeth PORTEOUS Signal Station Lyttleton married & George PORTEOUS junior Sumner Road Lyttleton Harbour Board employee & Martha PORTEOUS Sumner Road Lyttleton married & Charles PORTEOUS 22 Exeter Street Lyttleton Labourer & Edward PORTEOUS 22 Exeter Street Lyttleton Labourer & Frederick PORTEOUS 22 Exeter Street Lyttleton Labourer & Mary PORTEOUS 22 Exeter Street Lyttleton spinster 1911 Lyttleton Electoral Roll Canterbury & reference Ancestry website NZ Electoral Rolls #Emily PORTEOUS died 22 August 1919 Christchurch New reference RGO NZ death registration 1919 folio website 1919/587 age 77 born about 1842 #Emily PORTEOUS married age 77 years died Friday 22 August 1919 buried Sydenham cemetery Saturday 23 August 1919 block 4e plot 34 #George PORTEOUS age 84 years died Wednesday 30 November 1921 buried Sydenham cemetery Friday 02 December 1921 block 4e plot 34 #George PORTEOUS died 1921 cannot locate his NZ death registration different spelling Emily PORTEOUS born 1861 New died 30 September 1927 Christchurch Canterbury New married 10 December 1885 Salts Gully Canterbury New Henry FIELD born about 1863 died 1930 New #Emily PORTOUS [sic] born 1861 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1861 folio website 1861/123 parents Emily and George Portous 7

8 #Henry FIELD born 1863 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1863 folio website 1863/15300 parents Louisa Jane and George Field #Emily PORTEOUS married 10 December 1885 Salt s Gully Canterbury New Henry FIELD reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1885 folio website 1885/3304 #Emily FIELD Housewife London Street Lyttleton 1893 Lyttleton Electoral Roll #Emily FIELD died 30 September 1927 Christchurch New reference RGO NZ death registration 1927 folio website 1927/10586 age 66 born about 1861 #Henry FIELD died 1930 Christchurch New reference RGO NZ death registration 1930 folio website 1930/7655 age 67 born about 1863 = Not sure Albert Henry FIELD born 1886 New died 1886 New (died young never married) #Albert Henry FIELD born 1886 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1886 folio website 1886/7643 parents Emily and Henry Field #Albert Henry FIELD died 1886 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1886 folio website 1886/3159 age 3 days born about Vernon Huia FIELD born 17 August 1891 New died 1985 New married 1911 New Leith Blanche ASHWORTH born 09 August 1892 died 1976 New #Vernon Huia FIELD born 1891 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1891 folio website 1891/11115 parents Emily and Henry Field #Vernon Huia FIELD married 1911 New Leith Blanche ASHWORTH reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1911 folio website 1911/576 #Leith Blanche FIELD died 1976 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1976 folio website 1976/40015 born 09 August 1892 age 83 #Vernon Huia FIELD died 1985 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1985 folio website 1985/38050 born 17 August 1891 age Lewis Henry FIELD born 15 November 1896 New died 1976 New #Lewis Henry FIELD born 1896 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1896 folio website 1896/10307 parents Emily and Henry Field #Harry Lewis FIELD married 1929 New Catherine Elizabeth BARRETT reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1929 folio website 1929/2675 = Not sure #Lewis Henry FIELD died 1976 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1976 folio website 1976/43192 born 15 November 1896 age Norman Holloway Harcourt FIELD born 18 March 1908 New died 1996 New #Norman Holloway Harcourt FIELD born New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1908 folio website 1908/10042 parents Emily and Henry Field #Norman Holloway Harcourt FIELD died 1996 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1996 folio website 1996/44782 born 18 March 1908 age Sarah PORTEOUS born 12 September 1862 Kaipoi North Canterbury New died 1939 New married 22 June 1892 Lyttleton Canterbury New John CLARKE born died #Sarah PORTEOUS born 12 September 1862 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1862 folio website 1862/12650 #Sarah PORTEOUS married 22 June 1892 Salt s Gully Lyttleton Canterbury New John CLARKE reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1892 folio 1613 website 1892/1473 #Sarah CLARKE died 1939 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1939 folio website 1939/16469 age 77 born about Rose Emily CLARKE born 19 April 1893 New died 1977 New married 1918 New Herbert Henry BAKER born about 1883 died 1926 New 2 nd married 1928 New Richard John JARY born about 1890 died 1956 New #Rose Emily CLARKE born 1893 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1893 folio website 1893/317 parents Sarah and John Clarke #Rose Emily CLARKE married 1918 New Herbert Henry BAKER reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1918 folio website 1918/1440 8

9 #Herbert Henry BAKER died 1926 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1926 folio website 1926/8760 age 43 born about 1883 #Rose Emily BAKER married 1928 New Richard John JARY reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1928 folio website 1928/8681 #Richard John JARY died 1956 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1956 folio website 1956/28412 age 66 born about 1890 #Rose Emily JARY died 1977 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1977 folio website 1977/49707 born 19 April 1893 age George CLARKE junior born 1895 New died New #George CLARKE born 1895 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1895 folio website 1895/15527 parents Sarah and John Clarke Albert Victor CLARKE born 1897 New died 1970 New #Albert Victor CLARKE born 1897 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1897 folio website 1897/6765 parents Sarah and John Clarke #Albert Victor CLARKE died 1970 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1970 folio website 1970/26753 age 72 born about Mary PORTEOUS born 1864 Kaipoi North Canterbury New died 1948 New (never married) #Mary PORTEOUS born 1864 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1864 folio website 1864/14489 #Mary PORTEOUS died 1948 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1948 folio website 1948/31952 age 84 born about 1864 (spinster) Elizabeth PORTEOUS born 1867 Kaipoi North Canterbury New died 1949 New married 1896 New Alfred Howes CASSIDY born about 1872 died 1944 New (No Issue) #Elizabeth PORTEOUS born 1867 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1867 folio website 1867/25348 #Elizabeth PORTEOUS married 1896 New Alfred Howes CASSIDY reference RGO NZ death registration 1896 folio website 1896/2436 Not sure #Alfred Howes CASSIDY died 1944 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1944 folio website 1944/30324 age 72 born about 1872 #Elizabeth CASSIDY died 1949 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1949 folio website 1949/28744 age 82 born about John (Jack) PORTEOUS born 1869 Kaipoi North Canterbury New died 1934 New married 1897 New Francivior Elizabeth KEEFE (9 issue) #John PORTEOUS born 1869 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1869 folio website 1869/29792 #John PORTEOUS married 1897 New Francivior Elizabeth KEEFE reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1897 folio website 1897/2128 #There are 3 other marriages for a John Porteous [1] 1884 Beatrice Oliver BRUNTON [2] 1888 Alice Stuart HOWEL [3] 1933 Gertrude Maud DICKENS #John was a signalman based at the Lyttleton Timeball from 1905 to He married and had 9 children and they all lived in the small accommodation attached to the timeball #Elizabeth Frances PORTEOUS died 1926 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1926 folio website 1926/7676 age 55 born about 1871 #Elizabeth (Frances) PORTEOUS age 54 died Saturday 28 August 1926 buried Lyttleton Anglican cemetery Monday 30 August 1926 block F plot 34.X #John PORTEOUS died 1934 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1934 folio website 1934/6399 age 64 born about 1870 #John PORTEOUS age 65 died Sunday 20 May 1934 buried Lyttleton Anglican cemetery Tuesday 22 May 1934 block F plot 34.X William John PORTEOUS born 08 December 1897 New died 1983 New #William John PORTEOUS born New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1898 folio website 1898/3247 parents Elizabeth Francsica and John Porteous #William John PORTEOUS died 1983 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1983 folio website 1983/45634 born 08 December 1897 age 85 9

10 Stanley PORTEOUS born 13 September 1899 New died 1982 New #Stanley PORTEOUS born 1899 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1899 folio website 1899/11135 parents Elizabeth Francivoir and John Porteous #Stanley PORTEOUS died 1982 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1982 folio website 1982/33126 born 13 September 1899 age Thomas Claude Randolph PORTEOUS born 1901 New died 1974 New #Thomas Claude Randolph PORTEOUS born 1901 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1901 folio website 1901/21318 parents Francever Elizabeth and John Porteous #Thomas Claude Randolph PORTEOUS died 1974 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1974 folio website 1974/32363 born age 72 born about Thelma Elizabeth Adelaide PORTEOUS born 1903 New #Thelma Elizabeth Adelaide PORTEOUS born 1903 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1903 folio website 1903/12370 parents Frances Elizabeth and John Porteous George Edward PORTEOUS born 08 August 1905 New died 1986 New #George Edward PORTEOUS born 1905 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1905 folio website 1905/13468 parents Frances Elizabeth and John Porteous #George Edward PORTEOUS died 1986 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1986 folio website 1986/36797 born 08 August 1906 age Frances Rose Keef PORTEOUS born 1907 New #Frances Rose Keef PORTEOUS born 1907 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1907 folio website 1907/23707 parents Francivior Elizabeth and John Porteous Richard Stanway PORTEOUS born 21 March 1909 New died 1979 New #Richard Stanway PORTEOUS born New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1910 folio website 1910/5668 parents Francivor Elizabeth and John Porteous #Richard Stanaway PORTEOUS died 1979 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1979 folio website 1979/40575 born 21 March 1909 age Edith Mary PORTEOUS born 1912 New died 1969 New #Edith Mary PORTEOUS born 1912 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1912 folio website 1912/932 parents Frances Elizabeth and John Porteous #Edith Mary PORTEOUS died 1969 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1969 folio website 1969/32180 age 57 born about Robert PORTEOUS born 08 October 1914 New died 1980 New #Robert PORTEOUS born 1914 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1914 folio website 1914/27823 parents Frances Elizabeth and John Porteous #Robert PORTEOUS died 1980 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1980 folio website 1980/29323 born October 1914 age Richard PORTEOUS born 1871 Kaipoi North Canterbury New died 1944 New married 1896 New Ellen Emma OLARE born about 1876 died 1955 New #Richard PORTEOUS born 1871 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1871 folio website 1871/31668 #Richard PORTEOUS married 1896 New Ellen Emma OLARE reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1896 folio website 1896/2930 #Richard PORTEOUS died 1944 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1944 folio website 1944/21829 age 73 born about 1871 #Richard PORTEOUS age 73 died Wednesday 28 June 1944 buried Bromley cemetery Friday 30 June 1944 block 15 plot 417NS occupation retired Grain and Produce Merchant #Ellen Emma PORTEOUS died 1955 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1955 folio website 1955/35453 age 79 born about

11 #Ellen Emma PORTEOUS age 79 died Wednesday 04 May 1955 buried Bromley cemetery Friday 06 May 1955 block 15 plot 417NS occupation widow Freeda Ellen PORTEOUS born 1911 New #Freeda Ellen PORTEOUS born New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1911 folio website 1911/18154 parents Ellen Emma and Richard Porteous George PORTEOUS born 1873 New died 1956 New married 1900 New Martha BULMER born 1873 New died 1960 New #George PORTEOUS born 1873 New I have been unable to locate his birth registration perhaps as it is under a different spelling #Martha BULMER born 1873 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1873 folio website 1873/4919 parents Rosa Ann Elizabeth and Benjamin Bulmer #George PORTEOUS married 1900 New Martha BULMER reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1900 folio website 1900/2277 #George PORTEOUS junior 4 Winchester Street Lyttleton Harbour Board Employee & Martha PORTEOUS 4 Winchester Street Lyttleton married 1919 Lyttleton Electoral Roll #George PORTEOUS died 1956 Lyttleton New reference RGO NZ death registration 1956 folio website 1956/25503 age 83 born about 1873 not sure #Martha PORTEOUS (widow) died 1960 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1960 folio website 1960/23379 age 87 born about 1873 #George PORTEOUS Martha PORTEOUS buried Area A Lyttleton Anglican cemetery Lyttleton Canterbury New Myrtle Elizabeth Jane PORTEOUS born 01 June 1901 New died 1986 New married 1931 New Leslie Russell RAYMOND born 29 April 1903 died 1986 New #Myrtle Elizabeth Jane PORTEOUS born 1901 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1901 folio website 1901/21284 parents Martha and George Porteous #Myrtle Elizabeth Jane PORTEOUS married 1931 New Leslie Russell RAYMOND reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1931 folio website 1931/5620 #Myrtle Elizabeth Jane RAYMOND died 1986 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1986 folio website 1986/32055 born 01 June 1902 age 83 #Leslie Russell RAYMOND died 1986 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1986 folio website 1986/38899 born 29 April 1903 age Emily Constance PORTEOUS born 1902 New died 1971 New (never married) #Emily Constance PORTEOUS born 1902 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1902 folio website 1902/18534 parents Martha and George Porteous #Emily Constance PORTEOUS died 1971 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1971 folio website 1971/489 age 67 born about Cyril George PORTEOUS born 01 January 1904 New died 1990 New #Cyril George PORTEOUS born 1904 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1904 folio website 1904/8988 parents Martha and George Porteous #Cyril George PORTEOUS died 1990 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1990 folio website 1990/48297 born 01 January 1904 age Evelyn Mary PORTEOUS born 1905 New #Evelyn Mary PORTEOUS born 1905 New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1905 folio website 1905/13351 parents Martha and George Porteous #Evelyn Mary PORTEOUS died 2006 New reference RGO NZ death registration 2006 folio website 2006/20721 born 14 January 1917 age 89 Not sure Thomas PORTEOUS born 16 July 1875 Kaipoi North Canterbury New #Thomas PORTEOUS born 16 July 1875 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1875 folio website 1875/ Charles PORTEOUS born 26 June 1877 Lyttleton Canterbury New died 1940 New #Charles PORTEOUS born 26 June 1877 Lyttleton Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1877 folio website 1877/11342 #Charles PORTEOUS died New reference RGO NZ death registration 1941 folio website 1941/18426 age 63 born about

12 #Charles PORTEOUS age 63 years died Tuesday 31 December 1940 buried Sydenham cemetery Thursday 02 January 1941 block 4E plot 39 occupation Labourer Louisa PORTEOUS born 21 May 1879 Kaipoi North Canterbury New died 1960 New married 1901 New John Humphrey DAY born about 1877 died 1956 New #Louisa PORTEOUS born 21 May 1879 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1879 folio website 1879/14029 #Louisa PORTEOUS married 1901 New John Humphrey DAY reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1901 folio 3923 website 1901/3432 #Marriage Day Porteous 21 August 1901 at the residence of the bride s parents by the Rev D McNicoll, John Humphrey Day to Louise, fourth daughter of George Porteous both of Lyttleton reference Papers past website Star newspaper 11 September 1901 page 3 #John Humphrey DAY died 1956 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1956 folio website 1956/32202 age 79 born about 1877 #Louisa DAY died 1960 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1960 folio website 1960/23440 age 80 born about Reginald George DAY born 11 November 1912 New died 1978 New #Reginald George DAY born New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1929 folio website 1929/18840 parents Louisa and John Humphrey Day #Reginald George DAY died 1978 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1978 folio website 1978/37880 born 11 November 1912 age Edward PORTEOUS born 09 January 1882 Kaipoi North Canterbury New died 1954 New #Edward PORTEOUS born 09 January 1882 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1882 folio website 1882/3977 #Edward PORTEOUS died 1954 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1954 folio website 1954/31309 age 72 born about 1882 #Edward PORTEOUS age 72 died Saturday 29 May 1954 buried Sydenham cemetery Tuesday 01 June 1954 block 4E plot 38 occupation labourer Frederick PORTEOUS born 08 June 1884 Kaipoi North Canterbury New died 11 April 1924 Canterbury New (never married) #Frederick PORTEOUS born 08 June 1884 Kaipoi North Canterbury New reference RGO NZ birth registration 1884 folio website 1884/15134 #Frederick PORTEOUS died 1924 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1924 folio website 1924/ age 40 born about 1884 #Frederick PORTEOUS age 39 died Friday 11 April 1924 buried Monday 14 April 1924 Sydenham cemetery block 4E plot 39 occupation Labourer 0-3- Sarah STANAWAY born 1845 died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New (died young never married) #Sarah STANWAY born 1845 December quarter district West Bromwich Staffordshire reference RGO UK birth registration volume 18 page 50 #Sarah STANAWAY died 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/1239 age 12 years born about 1846 #Note the body of Sarah STANNAWAY was not found 0-4- Louisa STANWAY born 1848 West Bromwich Staffordshire England died 1851 West Bromwich Staffordshire England (died young never married) #Louisa Stanway born 1848 June quarter district West Bromwich county Staffordshire England reference RGO UK birth registration volume 18 page 628 #Louisa STANWAY died 1851 West Bromwich Staffordshire England reference Ancestry website RGO UK death registration 1851 June quarter district West Bromwich County Staffordshire England volume 18 page Moses STANWAY born 1851 West Bromwich Staffordshire England died 1853 West Bromwich Staffordshire England (died young never married) #Moses Stanway born 1851 June quarter district West Bromwich county Staffordshire England reference RGO UK birth registration volume 17 & 18 page

13 #Moses STANAWAY died 1853 West Bromwich Staffordshire reference Ancestry website RGO UK death registration 1853 March quarter district West Bromwich County Staffordshire volume 6b page Frances Elizabeth (Fanny) STANNAWAY born 1850 West Bromwich Staffordshire England died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New (died young never married) #Franc[ie]s Elizabeth STANAWAY born 1850 March quarter district West Bromwich County Staffordshire reference RGO UK birth registration volume 18 page 628 #Fanny STANAWAY died 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/797 age 6 years born about 1851 #Fanny STANAWAY died 18 January 1858 buried St James cemetery Lower Hutt age 0-3- Jane STANNAWAY born 1853 died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New (died young never married) #Jane STANWAY born 1853 March quarter district West Bromwich county Staffordshire England reference RGO UK birth registration volume 6b page 551 #Jane STANAWAY died 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/800 age 10 years born about 1848 #Jane STANAWAY died 18 January 1858 buried St James cemetery Lower Hutt age child 0-5- Elizabeth STANWAY born 1854 West Bromwich Staffordshire England died 1855 Stoke upon Trent Staffordshire England (died young never married) #Elizabeth Stanway born 1854 March quarter district West Bromwich county Staffordshire England reference RGO UK birth registration volume 6b page 585 #Elizabeth STANWAY died 1855 Stoke upon Trent Staffordshire England reference Ancestry website RGO UK death registration 1855 March quarter district Stoke upon Trent Staffordshire England volume 6b page Eliza STANNAWAY born 1856 died (drowned) 18 January 1858 Hutt River Upper Hutt New (died young never married #Eliza Stanway born 1856 March quarter district West Bromwich county Staffordshire England reference RGO UK birth registration volume 6b page 615 #Eliza STANAWAY died 1858 New reference RGO NZ death registration 1858 folio website 1858/854 age 4 [sic] years born about 1854 #Eliza STANAWAY died 1858 buried St James cemetery Lower Hutt age 2½ St James Churchyard Lower Hutt cemetery register Eliza STANNAWAY age 2 years Fanny STANNAWAY infant Jane STANNAWAY child Richard STANNAWAY age 17 died 18/01/1858 Sarah STANNAWAY Thomas STANNAWAY died 18/01/1858 There is no burial place for the daughter Sarah STANNAWAY as her body was not found. 13