Helier BREE (1837-1929) was born in Sep 1837 in Jersey, Channel Island to Phillippe BREE (1795-1865) originally from Normanby, France, & Jeanne MOURANT (1792-1840). Helier arrived into Auckland on 6 July 1863 on the 'Telegraph' aged 25. He served with the Militia during the NZ wars. By the time of his marriage 7 years later, he was farming down in the Waikato.

Elizabeth Haxton-Lawson YOUNG (1853-1926) was born 18 Aug 1853 in Auckland, New Zealand to David John YOUNG (1818-1855) & Agnes Lawson MILLER (1818-1908) who arrived in Auckland on the Duchess of Argyle on 9 Oct 1842. Her father died in 1855 & Agnes remarried in 1857 to John HANNAH & had 2 daughters
* Her paternal grandparents were George YOUNG & Isabell MITCHELL of Glasgow, Scotland
* Her maternal grandparents were James MILLER & Agnes KINLOCK of Lanark, Scotland
. OF INTEREST .
A sister of Elizabeth's, Isabella Young, married Robert Millar in Auckland in 1863. They had at least 12 children, one of whom they named Charles Haxton Millar (1865-1951). Not yet found where the name Haxton comes from, nor the name Lawson, but of interest (or coincidence?) that she married at the home of a Charles Lawson.

HELIER & ELIZABETH married in Auckland on 28 April 1870. Helier was 32 and Elizabeth was 16
Daily Southern Cross, 3 May 1870
On April 28, at the residence of Mr Charles Lawson, Epsom, Auckland, by the Rev A. Macdonald, Helier Bree, farmer, Waikato, to Elizabeth Haxton-Lawson Young, seventh daughter of the late David Young, Auckland

they had 14 children
. . 1 . .
1871 - 1950 Helier Oswald MacDonald Bree
born 18 Feb 1871 in Auckland
Helier married Thirza Annie OEMCKE (1870-1934) in Clive, Hawkes Bay in 1893
known children of Helier & Thirza
* 1894 - 1934 Helier Oswald 'Ossie' Bree
. Helier married Nellie 'Kathleen' BAILLIE (1897-1998)
* 1896 - 1952 Arthur Bree
. Arthur married Mavis Gertrude Deeming (1911-2005), he married Bessie Nock (1901-1968)
* 1899 - 1992 Annie Elsie Bree
. Annie married Ernest Stanley GIBSON (1890-1988) in Christchurch 1924. Her parents then living at New Plymouth.
* 1901 - 1974 Vincent 'Clive' Bree
. Vincent married Mary Veronica JENKINS (1900-2004 - died in NSW, Australia
* 1902 - 1992 Vera Bree
. Vera married William John AITKEN
* 1905 - 1983 Herbert Russell 'Dick' Bree (died Te Kuiti)
. Dick married Nora Hannah Grace Prior CORRIGAN (1900-1980)
* 1906 - 1994 Mervyn Dudley Bree
. Mervyn married Dorothy Lillian 'Dolly' HODDER (1906-1988). They divorced, Mervyn moved to Sydney in Sep 1933 & next married Phoebe Isabel Mills (1913-2010) in Brisbane in 1943. He died in Queensland. Dorothy next married George Edward Roy Hobley (1913-1941) who, along with 4 other men died on the minesweeper, Puriri which was engaged in mine-clearance operations in the Hauraki Gulf
* 1909 - 1909 Bernie Bree
. Bernie died aged 5 days
* In the 1920s Helier Bree was Chief Postmaster in New Plymouth
Thirza Annie Bree died 10 Jan 1934 in Remuera
Helier next married Thirza's sister, Maude Elizabeth Bryson (nee Oemcke 1880-1959) in 1935, Maude had 1st married Charles Bryson in 1901 & had 5 children. Charles was killed in action on the Somme in 1916. Thirsza & Maude were 2 of 12 children of Ernest Carl Christopher OEMCKE & Thirza Annie CASHMORE, he was a Chief Postmaster in Auckland.
Helier Oswald MacDonald Bree died 14 August 1950 aged 79 and is buried at Waikumete with Thirza
Maude Elizabeth Bree died 14 March 1959 & cremated Purewa
. NOTE. in the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE on June 14, 1927: Helier Oswald Bree, of Auckland, New Zealand. SWITCHING-AND STARTER APPARATUS OF ELECTRIC MOTORS. Application filed August 28, 1926, Serial No. 132,226 and in NZ July 31, 1926. This invention relates to the switching and starter apparatus for electric motors and has been devised to eliminate the danger and damage to apparatus and machinery by the possibility of putting into operative position the main switch when the starter itself is already in the 'on' or in any intermediate position.


. . 2 . .
1872 - 1969 Harold George Bree
born 7 May 1872 in Cambridge, Waikato
* Harold paid for his sister Olive to attend the Bible School in St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Harold married Margaret Metcalfe 'Maggie' HARE (1874-1962) in Auckland 8 May 1907 (see sister Olive's link). Margaret was 1 of 10 children of William John HARE & Elizabeth BROWN. They lived in Raglan, Waikato for a time
known children of Harold & Margaret
* 1908 - 1992 Donald Wilmot Bree ('Doctor' Bree died in Multnomah County, Oregon).
Harold & Margaret then went to the USA where possibly other children were born.
Margaret Metcalfe Bree died 22 April 1952 aged 78 at Middlemore Hospital & was buried at Papakura
Harold George Bree died 31 Jan 1969 in Herne Bay, Auckland aged 96 and was buried with Margaret


. . 3 . .
1873 - 1943 Amy Elizabeth Bree
born 19 Nov 1873 in Waikato
Amy married Sedman ASHTON (1881-1961) in 1913. Sedman was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, a son of Sedman Ashton (1855-1938) & Harriet Virgo Watts (1851-1914). He arrived from London on 24 July 1908 with his cousin Robert Watts on the 'Iconic'
their known children
* 1914 - 2003 Bertha Virgo Ashton
. married Archibald George Cook in 1940 in Grafton, NSW & died Toowoomba
* 1916 - 1980 Sedman Ashton
. Sedman married Lois Ada Pearl Bree (1929-2009). Lois was a daughter of his mother's brother, Arthur Oliver Bree (see child #7)
Bay Of Plenty Times, 25 Oct 1916 Borough Council. WEST STREET - Mr Sedman Ashton wrote asking that something be done to the roadway on West Street. He said it is nearly impossible to get either up or down with a load of material. He also asked the Council to cut a cart track so as to give access to the beach at the lower end; if so he would give a hand with the job and would pay for any filling there is to spare
Auckland Star, 2 Oct 1936 Shipping News - PASSENGERS FOR SYDNEY. The Matson liner 'Mariposa', which sails at 8 o'clock tonight for Sydney and Melbourne, has the following passengers booked at Auckland: Second Class: Mr Sedman Ashton, Mrs Sedman Ashton, Mr Sedman Ashton jnr
Amy Elizabeth Ashton died 28 Feb 1943 in Yeovil, Somerset, England & is buried Southern Petherton cemetery.
Sedman returned to NZ in 1946 with his sister Mabel Ashton (1892-1980) who kept house for him in Pongakawa until his death.
Sedman Ashton died 5 March 1961 aged 80 on his farm in Waihi when his tractor flipped and rolled on top of him. He is buried Waihi cemetery


. . 4 . .
1875 - 1892 Phillipe John Bree
born 27 Feb 1875 in Waikato
Phillipe John Bree died 2 Feb 1892, 3 weeks from 17
Evening Post, 9 Feb 1892
AUCKLAND - A lad named Phillip Bree, aged 17 years, while bathing on Sunday at Tuakau, was drowned
New Zealand Herald, 10 Feb 1892
CORONER'S INQUEST - on Philip Bree, the young man who was drowned on Sunday here, was held at the Tuakau Hotel on February 8, before Captain Jackson, coroner, and a jury of six, of whom Mr Thomas Walker was foreman. It appears from the evidence of Mr Bree, father of deceased, that he left home about ten o'clock on Sunday Morning, to attend service at Tuakau, and he never saw him alive afterwards. He stated the deceased had always been very healthy and strong. Tow intelligent lads, Albert Doddicott and William Hosking, about twelve or thirteen years of age, stated that Philip Bree and themselves came together to the Wesleyan Church on Sunday morning. After the service, about one o'clock, they went to bathe at the usual place in the Whakapipo stream, close to the railway station. Bree was first in the water, and started swimming, and having gone a few yards the boys lost sight of him owing to some tea-tree which obstructed the view. They, without wholly undressing, sat down on the bank for a little while, when not seeing anything of their companion, they ran along the bank calling out his name. Being by this time somewhat alarmed, they ran for help. Mr Pulman, who lives near, stated that the boys came to him and told him they thought Bree was drowned. He went immediately, and was joined by some others, who dived repeatedly, but not being able to find out where Bree went down, could not recover the body by that means. Meanwhile some others had fetched a boat belonging to Mr Oldham, when after some time spent in careful searching the body was found. The verdict was 'That the deceased was accidentally drowned while bathing'
* Phillip is buried Tuakau cemetery


. . 5 . .
1878 - 1966 Olive May Bree
born 16 May 1878 in Auckland
Olive married William Henry PASCOE (1874-1954) on 5 Nov 1903 in Christchurch. He was a son of Simon Pascoe & Caroline Martin from Cornwall
* In 1905, William & Olive moved up to the North Island and William was ordained to the gospel ministry at the Masterton camp meeting held 8-18 Nov 1906, by Pastor O. A. Olsen, the General Conference President. During this camp meeting, they were asked to go as missionaries to the Cook Islands (read more at his link above).
the 5 sons of Olive & William
* 1905 - Arthur Leslie 'Les' Pascoe (Pastor +Lima Emilie Raethel)
* 1908 - 2007 Henry 'Vincent' Pascoe
* 1912 - 2004 William Lewis 'Will' Pascoe
* 1917 - 2004 Helier 'Martin' Pascoe (+Joyce Mahalia Willis 1942 Goulburn)
* 1920 - 2011 'Lindsay' Oliver Pascoe (+Joyce Edith Maud Musgrove 1943 Casino)
William Pascoe died 23 Oct 1954 & is buried Avondale Adventist cemetery, Cooranbong
Olive May Pascoe spent many years at Avondale, NSW and died 12 Oct 1966 in Kurri Kurri, NSW. She is buried with William.
. NOTES .
* A number of this Bree family (if not all) were members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I have added this link under Olive because it is her 5 sons who, on 5 June 1999, told the story of their Bree family at the Alton Villas Recreation Hall, Cooranbong, which was filled with members and visitors who had gathered to listen. It makes very interesting reading and a great insight into this family
* Today the Avondale Estate is a Seventh-day Adventist owned estate opposite the Cooranbong shops. The estate is home to Avondale College, a Seventh-day Adventist tertiary education institution, the Sanitarium Health Food Company, Avondale College Church, Avondale Memorial Church, a disused dairy farm and Avondale Retirement Village, each spoke of his part in the work of the church


. . 6 . .
1880 - 1968 Esther Jane Bree
born 21 Feb 1880 in Raglan, Waikato
. Esther moved to Adelaide, South Australia
Esther married Alexander A. MacDONALD in St Leonards, Sydney in 1906
she next married Arthur William CLAPP (1877-1972) in Prospect, Adelaide in 1914 - 1 of 14 children of Arthur CLAPP & Elizabeth HANCOCK. Arthur died aged 95 in the fire that destroyed 'Matron Clapp's Sanitarium' in 1972
the 2 sons of Esther & Arthur
* 1915 - 2014 Cedric Norman 'Ric' Clapp (Captain SX20055 - mentioned in despatches)
* 1919 - 1989 Edwin Kenneth Hamilton Clapp
* ESTHER was a graduate of the Wahroonga Sanitarium nursing class, eventually becoming the Matron of the Nailsworth Sanitarium, the 'San', 66 Barker Rd., Adelaide for 55 years
Esther Jane Clapp died 1 April 1968 in Port Adelaide, Enfield, South Australia & is buried Dudley Park cemetery
The following extract was taken from the Australasian Record (pdf file) dated 9 Oct 1972, I hope you are able to view it and read it in full as there is a photo of Esther and 2 other nurses in uniform, Minnie Reeves (later Mrs Ray Thomson) & Hannah William (Mrs William F. Rudge), who became mother of (Adventist) Pastor Wilf Rudge
END OF AN ERA IN ADELAIDE . On August 16, 1972, a tragic fire took the life of a ninety-five-year-old man in Adelaide and drew the final curtain on a story that began with high hopes soon after the turn of this century .. One of the first staff nurses was Mrs Esther McDonald (nee Bree, Wahroonga Sanitarium graduate, 1905). In due course a patient from the country came to the "San" for treatment an eligible bachelor named William Clapp. He fell in love with the sanitarium and he fell in love with the attractive widow, Esther McDonald. They married and the General Conference Year Book of 1915 lists Mrs Clapp as Matron of the Adelaide Sanitarium. A few more years passed, but the burden of running the sanitarium proved too much for the small South Australian Conference. After twelve years of church ownership, the Adelaide Sanitarium was sold to Mrs Clapp to be run as a private institution. For almost half a century the "San" continued under the supervision of Matron Clapp. Rooms were added and the bed capacity doubled. Matron Clapp became a legendary figure in medical circles in Adelaide. Doctors referred patients to her for massage, special hydro and thermal therapy, obstetrics, and general tender, loving care. To within a short time before her death in 1968 at the age of eighty-eight, "Matron" kept up her dedicated medical ministry. After her death the nursing and therapy work at the "San" came to an end. The buildings erected with so much hope and faith so many years before, took on a sad and neglected air. But despite the entreaties of his two sons, husband Will Clapp, who had tended the orchard and gardens for so many years, refused to leave the place he had grown to love. For four more summers this man with the dry sense of humour and philosophic mind lived quietly on in his rooms at the back of the old hospital, surrounded by his pictures, his souvenirs, and his memories. (After living for ninety-five years you have much to remember.) Then a few weeks ago came the fateful fire and the end of an era. But one cannot help asking: Is it the end of an era. At the beginning of the century the pioneers had a dream. Has that dream completely faded? In this more affluent age, can a medical work arise from the ashes to witness again in this fair city of Adelaide?


. . 7 . .
1882 - 1963 Arthur Oliver Bree
born 1 March 1882 in Raglan, Waikato
Arthur married Mary PEACH (1893-1938) at Mt Albert, Auckland 7 March 1917. Mary was a daughter of Joseph PEACH & Mary SANDERSON
the 3 children of Arthur & Mary
* 1918 - 1985 Arthur Obed Alexander Bree
* 1919 - 2006 Olive Mary Elizabeth Bree
* 1929 - 2009 Lois Ada Pearl Bree
. Lois married Sedman Ashton (1916-1980), a son of her father's sister Amy (see child #3)
Mary Bree died 31 March 1938 in Auckland & is buried Waikumete
Arthur Oliver Bree died 20 Oct 1963 in Auckland & his ashes were scattered at Purewa


. . 8 . .
1883 - 1980 Lucy Matilda Bree
born 25 Sept 1883 in Raglan, Waikato
Lucy married Leo William 'Nelson' BYRNE (1894-1965) 1915 in Brisbane - a son of William Matthias & Emma Christine Byrne
they had 5 children
from the Australasian Record, 18 Aug 1980 BYRNE. On September 25, 1893, Helier and Elizabeth Haxton Lawson Bree welcomed the birth of their fourth daughter, naming her Lucy Matilda. Shortly after, they accepted present truth and were baptised into the faith, uniting with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in its very beginnings in Auckland, New Zealand. Lucy grew up a devoted Adventist Christian, working for God. In her young womanhood she carried the heavy responsibilities of secretary of the Sabbath School and Young People's Departments of the New South Wales Conference and later of the Queensland Conference. In Brisbane she married Nelson Byrne. To them five children were born, but two died in infancy. Ivan, Neil and Esther mourn the death of their mother, as also do her two surviving sisters, Mrs Ethel Bathgate of Auckland and Mrs W. Lock of Cooranbong. Just a few weeks short of her ninety-seventh birthday she fell asleep in Jesus and on July 16, 1980, we committed her to God's keeping in a service in the chapel of Northern Suburbs Crematorium. We commended her sorrowing loved ones to the promises of God and the approaching glad day of reunion. Pastors Lester Lock and Wynstan Dowling were associated with the writer in this service, to whom, along with the writer, Lucy Byrne was an aunt. A. L. Pascoe.


. . 9 . .
1885 - 1895 Louisa Beatrice Bree
born 26 December 1885
Louisa Beatrice Bree died 4 April 1895 in Tuakau aged 9 from diptheria, same day as brother Charlie and 6 days after sister Sarah. They are buried together in Tuakau cemetery


. . 10 . .
1887 - 1982 Ethel Florence Bree (aged 94)
born 9 June 1887 in Raglan, Waikato
Ethel married Alexander William BATHGATE (1877-1961) on 7 Dec 1905 at Whangarata
their known children
* 1906 - Ethel Irene Jane Bathgate
* 1907 - Amelia Mary Isabella Catherine Bathgate
* 1909 - William Alexander Duncan Bathgate
* 1911 - 2004 Olive Melva Bathgate
* Ethel & Alexander divorced in 1919. Alexander returned to Dunedin and was a Photographer in Fairfield, Dunedin in 1925
Alexander William Bathgate died 24 March 1961 at Saddle Hill, Dunedin & was buried Andersons Bay
Ethel Florence Bathgate died 20 March 1982 in Auckland aged 94 & buried Mangere Lawn cemetery


. . 11 . .
1889 - 1989 Amelia 'Millie' Bree
born 5 Sep 1889 in Whangarata, Auckland
Amelia married Edward ROSENDAHL (1886-1960) 4 Dec 1913 in Halifax, Queensland. Edward was born in Cordelia, Queensland to Niels Christian Jessen ROSENDAHL & Ane MORTENSEN of Denmark who sailed from Hamurg, Germany on the 'Shakespeare' 21 March 1871
the children of Amelia & Edward
* 1915 - 1980 Dorothy May Rosendahl (born Wellington, died Avondale, NSW)
. Dorothy married Eric WARRELL . she married Donald Leslie AVELING . she married Albert ROWE
* 1916 - 2004 Edward Christian Rosendahl (Pastor, born in Auckland, married in NSW)
. Edward married Thelma Lizzie Edith Grace JOHANSON (1907-1997) 8 Sep 1941 in Teralba
* 1918 - Mavis Amelia Ane Rosendahl (born NZ, married in Queensland)
. Mavis married Arthur Charles NEEDHAM 17 March 1943
* 1919 - 1990 Ruth Lois Rosendahl (born NZ, married in Victoria, died NSW)
. Ruth married Owen Charles RICKARDS (1909-1999) 20 Sep 1944
* 1925 - Dulcie Milbree Rosendahl (born in Perth, WA, married in Cooranbong, NSW)
. Dulcie married Wynston George DOWLING 18 Dec 1947 in Wyong.
Edward Rosendahl died 27 Nov 1960 in Avondale, New South Wales & is buried Avondale Adventist Cemetery, Cooranbong
Amelia next married Pastor William Norman LOCK in Gosford, NSW in 1962
Amelia Lock died 10 June 1989, 3 months from 100, in Charles Harrison Home, Cooranbong & is buried Avondale Adventist Cemetery, next to 1st husband Edward
DEATH NOTICE, 12 August 1989 Lock, Amelia (formerly Rosendahl, nee Bree), born September 5, 1889, at Whangarata, New Zealand, died June 10 at the Charles Harrison Home, Cooranbong, NSW. After attending Attending Avondale College in 1909, Amelia completed her nurses training at Sydney Adventist Hospital. She married Edward Rosendahl and later taught at Avondale, Longburn and Carmel Colleges. Following the death of her husband, she later married Pastor W. N. Lock, who predeceased her in 1982. She is survived by her children, Edward, Mavis Needham, Lois Rickards (all of Cooranbong) and Milbree Dowling (Silverwarer); 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Pastor W. N. Lock, a stepson, was associated with the writer, a nephew, in the services.
* taken from page 13 of the Record, 12 August 1989 (pdf - with Millie's photo) .. Mrs Amelia Lock (formerly Rosendahl) was born on September 5, 1889 in Whangarata, Auckland, New Zealand, 11th of the 14 children of Helier and Elizabeth Bree. She died at the Charles Harrison Home, Cooranbong, NSW, on June 10, 1989 - just three months short of her 100th birthday. Her death severed a link with the earliest days of the Adventist Church in the South pacific.
When Amelia was six years old her parents became Seventh-day Adventists after their eldest son, Helier, had accepted the doctrines of Adventism from pioneer evangelists to New Zealand. Many of the Brees' 14 children became prominent church workers and Amelia was no exception. She went to Avondale College in 1909, and in her second year was secretary to the college president. While at Avondale she met Edward Rosendahl and together they completed the nurses training course at the Sydney Sanitarium before the marriage on December 5, 1913.
Their first home was in the men's dormitory at Avondale, where Edward was dean and Millie taught. Among her students were C. H. Watson, who was later to become General Conference president and W. G. Turner, late a GC vice-president and Australasian Division president.
In 1915 the Rosendahls moved to New Zealand, living in Wellington when Edward was secretary-treasurer of the New Zealand Conference and in Auckland when the conference was divided. In 1921 Edward was appointed principal of the New Zealand Missionary College. Millie was a teacher and relieving matron.
The couple then served in similar positions at Carmel, W.A. before moving to Avondale in 1934. From 1939 until 1944 Millie served as her husband's helper as he pastored churches before being recalled to Avondale, where he served as principal.
After her husband's death in 1960, Millie married Pastor W. N. Lock, pioneer missionary to Papua New Guinea. Together they enjoyed 20 years of companionship. During her 98th year she left her own home to live with her youngest daughter. A stroke necessitated her moving to the Charles Harrison Home. Three daughters and a son mourn a loving mother, secure in the promise of the blessed hope. - A. L. Pascoe
Pastor William Norman 'Taubada' Lock died 23 Sep 1982 in NSW & is buried Avondale Adventist Cemetery, Cooranbong with his 1st wife, Marguerite Elsie 'Molly' (nee Beck 1888-1961). His headstone includes the word “Taubada,” a name of honour and respect given him by the Papuan people. Nearby are other family members including the first little Australian girl, Lois Sidney (Lock), to walk the Kokoda Trail to Efogi.


. . 12 . .
1891 - 1895 Charles 'Charlie' Bree
born 30 June 1891
Charlie Bree died 4 April 1895 aged 3.10 from diptheria same day as sister Louisa & 6 days after sister Sarah & they are buried together in Tuakau cemetery


. . 13 . .
1893 - 1895 Sarah Agnes Bree
born 11 January 1893
Sarah Agnes Bree died 29 March 1895 aged 2.2 in Tuakau from diptheria, 6 days before her siblings Louisa & Charlie and they are buried together in Tuakau cemetery


. . 14 . .
1895 - 1958 John Bree
born 4 March 1895 in Auckland
* John served in WWI as Private 56239 with the 29th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company, NZEF. He embarked 13 Aug 1917 on the Mokoia. His next of kin was his father Helier Bree of Williams Street, Epsom, Auckland
John married Edith Jessie PEARSON in 1924
Auckland Star, 21 June 1924 BREE-PEARSON - On April 16, at the Baptist Tabernackle, Auckland by the Rev J. W. Kemp, John, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Helier Bree, Auckland, to Edith Jessie, only daughter of Mrs J. Pearson, Auckland.
* They divorced in 1945
he next married Margaret Blyth 'Peggy' Ryan (nee BLACK 1883-1941) in 1948. Peggy had 1st married William Patrick Ryan in Epsom in 1919.
John Bree died 18 Feb 1958 in Auckland aged 62 as he was crossing a river on horseback & is buried Waikumete cemetery


. NOTES .
* In June 1867 the Crown grants (Militia) in favour of the following persons are now ready for delivery at the office of the Registrar of Deeds, High-street, Auckland:- Helier BREE, 2nd Waikato
* In Sep 1875 the Government paid Helier Bree 62 10s each for sections 246 & 248 at Pirongia, Waikato. Purchased as a place of settlement for the King's people
* my personal observation (discounting tragedy and without stating the obvious), is the longevity of this family and their spouses. MANY in their 90s, some around 100 & one 104!

ELIZABETH HAXTON Bree died 23 June 1926 in Auckland Hospital aged 72
NZ Herald, 24 June 1926
BREE - On June 23 1926, at Auckland Hospital, Elizabeth Hexton, beloved wife of Helier Bree, of 11 Arthur Street West, Onehunga and dearly beloved mother of Helier, harold, Arthur, and John Bree and Mesdames Ashton, Pascoe, Clapp, Byrne, Bathgate and Rosendal; aged 72 years. Private interment at Tuakau

HELIER Bree died 7 June 1929 in Papakura, Auckland aged 92
Auckland Star, 8 June 1929
Mr Helier Bree The death occurred yesterday at Papakura of Mr Helier Bree aged 92, who landed in Auckland in 1863. Soon after Mr Bree's arrival in New Zealand he entered the Militia, in which he served until demolished, then receiving a 50 acres grant at Alexandra in consideration of his military services. Mr Bree purchased the first portion of his property at Whangarata in Oct 1874 and after working it for three years he removed to Raglan. In 1889 he returned to Whangarata where he has since farmed his estate of over 600 acres.
* Wireless 'listeners-in' in Cambridge last evening received two announcements which came somewhat as a shock to them. The first was during the course of the programme from Christchurch, when the death of the secretary of the Christchurch Commercial Travellers' Association (who had arranged the evening's programme) was announced and in consequence the programme was cancelled from there - being re-broadcasted from Wellington. later on listeners-in from Auckland received the announcement of the death of Mr Helier Bree at Papakura (whose son was taking part in the programme), thus causing this part of the entertainment to be cancelled also.
* Mr Helier Bree, whose death is announced, was born at St Helier's, Hersey, Channel islands, in September, 1837. He emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 20(sic) and saw active service with the Armed Constabulary during the Maori war, receiving a medal in recognition of his services. When peace was declared he took up farming, first at Pirongia and then at Whangarata. He was one of the pioneer settlers at Te Mata, a district near Raglan, on the West Coast. His later years were spent in Auckland and at Onehunga. His wife predeceased him three years ago. He is survived by four sons and six daughters. There are 33 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The interment will be at Tuakau on Sunday.
* He is buried Tuakau cemetery with Elizabeth

PHOTO
Sanitarium factory at Cooranbong, New South Wales
The Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Company is the trading name of two sister food companies (Australian Health and Nutrition Association Ltd and New Zealand Health Association Ltd). Both are wholly owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

PHOTO below
Helier (aged 41) & Elizabeth Bree (aged 25) taken in 1878 with baby #5, Olive May
Photo courtesy of Shirley Tarburton from the site: William & Olive Pascoe