Hi Ally,

There is a Frank Nimrod Wickens buried at Karori Cemetery, Wellington on 29-6-1909 (born 1833).
He was a 'surveyor' which is quite exciting because he should be easy to find and track.

Frank Wickens jnr is also buried there on 28-8-1908 (born 1884)
He was a plumber and is buried in the same plot, as is a Trayton George Wickens on 11-5-1900 (born 1874) - this is even more exciting as he was a well known photographer in Manners St., Wellington, starting a business in 1895 and immediately took 'front rank' as photographic artist because of his excellence in workmanship.

You can read about him here T.G. WICKENS

Of course, you may have this info but thought it would be of interest if you didn't.

Funny thing, I can't find any women buried with them ...

Trayton died aged 26 and Frank jnr was 24 - why so young?
Died after the Boer Wars and before WWI

Dear Paddy, My gosh you are even quicker. Thank you so much. I didn't have any of that information before. If any WICKENS descendants find this information they will be really thrilled.

Q.Do you know where Hastings Cemetery is? Link etc.? Trayton Lyall Wickens is supposedly buried there.

Al.

Yes, he is there with another 5 Wickens
HASTINGS CEMETERY
Trayton Lyall Wickens was cremated on 3-3-1973 aged 75


Hastings is in the Hawkes Bay - up near Napier - the 'fruit bowl' of New Zealand.
I used to spend a lot of time up there in the holidays etc. Nice coast

Much appreciated, thanks.

Frederick Nimrod Wickens &
Henry MacKinnon &
George Burke

were partners carrying on a business as 'Brewers' in Dunedin
They dissolved the business on 15th August 1860

In March 1858 he applied to purchase rural land, at the Waste Land Board Office of Dunedin.

ALSO, this is a link to the [url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wickens/] WICKENS damily of SUSSEX[/url where I believe yours originated from.

OR WICKENS - ARE RECORDS - very big site, Frederick is on that one too.

Stanley Huia Wickens went to war in April 1917 - using his friend Miis M. Roberts of Gisborne as his next of kin.

Trayton Lyall Wickens went to war in October 1915 and used his grandfather A. Nathan (presumably Jane's father Anthony - who was living in Taihape at the time) as next of kin

John Nimrod Wickens went to war in November 1915, a month after Trayton, he also used A. Nathan as his next of kin

Sorry,

WICKENS damily of SUSSEX] WICKNS family of AUSSE

Hi Alison,

I can tell you more about Elizabeth Turner PEEK.

Her mother was Frances Louisa Housego
Birth: 1815 Southwold, Suffolk, England
Death: 1869 Frant Sussex.

I am not 100% sure who her father was but i believe it was a William TURNER. I know they lived together for a number of years. They eventually married at Frant Sussex 22 Nov 1867

Elizabeth Turner PEEK had a sister called Frances Turner Peek born 1852 Frant Sussex. Frances married Alfred Wyle Newington at Frant 9 Oct 1873.

Elizabeth also had a half sister Louisa Peeke Housego born 1837 Southwold, Suffolk, England
died 1875. She married Edward ANSELL.

Its all a little bit odd, the name PEEK is some times spelt PEEKE and PEETE.

All her three daughter have it would appear their fathers surname as a middle name. Its as if their mother was unmarried at the time of their birth.

In the 1851 census Frances Louisa Housego is said to be the widow of Robert PEETE and she has her two oldest daughters Louisa Peete Housego aged 13 and Elizabeth Turner Peete aged 3 months living with her and William TURNER. The most odd thing is she is stated to be an inmate!

More about William Turner and how Elizabth probably met her husband Frederick Nimrod Wickens. Frederick Nimrod was a land surveyor and so was William.

William's Occupation in 1867
Description: Post Office Directory entry Turner William, auctioneer, appraiser, land surveyor, estate & commission agent; Whittington club, Arundel st. Strand, London W.C. and Bells Ewe Green Frant Sussex.

Frederick Nimrod Wickens was a widow when he married Elizabeth Turner PEEK. He had been married to a Maria Storton on 19 Jun 1852 at
St Lukes Chelsea, London.

If you would like to find out more about Frederick Nimrod Wickens, his parents and siblings and other ancestors of his just have a look at my web page all about the Wickens of Rotherfield Sussex.
link to web page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wickens/

I also have a photo some where of Frederick Nimrod, Elizabeth and their children.

Hope that is of some help Alison.

Susan Wickens.

Amazing stuff, Susan. Thank you for sharing. I did see your Wickens of Rotherfield Sussex site after I posted my journal. Well done.

Alison.

Hi Alison,
Number 2 at the top of this thread isn't quite right, as my grandfather John Nimrod Wickens has been confused with my father Trayton Nimrod Wickens. John was married to Irene, as stated. My father Trayton Nimrod was born 6 Feb 1930,an only child, so was about 13 when his mother died. John Nimrod did remarry some time later to Laura Francis Johnston (not sure of the spelling of Johnston) a divorcee. I think my dad was their best man when they married. They had no children. My grandfather John Nimrod died in Barcelona, Spain while on holiday.I need to check the dates but it was around 1961 from memory. It always intrigued me that he was just 15 when he went to war. I know that he was shot in the leg. He designed his own snipers badge, which he wore on his uniform, and which my dad gave to the NZ Army museum in Waiouru. It was my father Trayton Nimrod who married Betty Lorraine Parsons, and they had five children. I am the eldest of the five, and was born in 1950. I remember Trayton Lyall. We knew him as Uncle Lyall. I came across an article from the Victoria Gazette from 1855 the other day. It appeared from that that Frederick Nimrod owned land in Melbourne before he came to NZ. He seemed to get around a bit! In 1876 he lost an appeal against having land in Dunedin taken under the Public Works Act without compensation on the grounds that he wasn't currently in the Colony (still on his honeymoon perhaps?) and that his land was now worth more as it was close to the railway line! NZ Archives Dunedin Bankruptcy files have him declared bankrupt in 1884. Hope this is of some interest! Kind regards Stephen Wickens