James Loveday & Lydia Kemp were married in Bunwell, Norwich, Norfolk, England in May 1862 at Forncett, St Peter Norwich
- James' parents were:
John LOVEDAY (1816-1891) & Lydia HALES/HAILES (1821-1896)
- Lydia's parents were:
Daniel Kemp (1818-1870) & Mary COOPER (1816-1878)
Lydia Kemp & Daniel Kemp were siblings

They had 7 children then on the 10th Feb 1874 they all boarded the Schichallion and arrived in Hawkes Bay on the 26th May 1874

With them was Lydia's mother 58 year old *Mary, (ship's list says 49 but it was common practise for older immigrants to lower their age) Lydia's brothers Daniel aged 24, Edward aged 16 and Elijah aged 11 and her sister Elizabeth aged 19 (all single)
- her brother Frederick aged 28 was also on board with his wife Harriet aged 27 and their 3 children, 6 year old Elijah, 4 year old Willie, 2 year old Harriet and a baby daughter born 27th March 1874

James was 33, Lydia was 31
their children were:
George aged 11, Florence aged 10, William aged 7, Eliza aged 5, Sarah aged 4, James aged 2 and 9 month old Daniel who died a month into the voyage having had bronchitis for 4 days

- They all settled in Woodville as part of the original Woodville Farm Settlement

James and Lydia had another 8 children in Woodville
- a total of 15 children:
George (1862 Forncett, St Peter, Norfolk England - 26-6-1925 Ohura, 51km W of Taumaruni)
- married Bessie DONEY 1887 Woodville, had:
1888 Edith Lilian
1890 Leslie George Vivian
1892 Maude Evangeline
1895 Herbert Cecil
1896 Cyril Charles
1900 Clarence Vincent

Florence (1863 LONDON, England -1931 Hawera)
- married Thomas G Henry Walker 1886 in Sydney NSW
- they had:
1887 John William (Aust)
1888 Ethel M (Aust)
1891 Sydney (Aust)
1892 Florence Vera
1894 Olive Grace
1895 Lillian Adelaide
1898 Francis Henry
1900 James Edgar
1901 Blanche Nina
1908 Leslie Vivian
..(not all verified as theirs, apparently there was another son named Alf, but no evidence of this)..

William (1866 Tottenham London England -1947 Palmerston North)
- married Elizabeth Winifred Walker in 1901 Woodville
- they had:
1889 Elizabeth Winifred
1892 Clara Ivy
1902 John Leo
1903 Constance Lydia
1906 Ethel Vida
1907 Grace Evelyn
(apparently another named Linda, but no evidence of this)

Eliza (22-11-1868 Tottenham London England -6-9-1931 Hamilton)
- married Francis Alfred Burdette Ingpen in 1891 Woodville and had 6 daughters:
1893 Ethel Ivy
1895 Constance Maud
1897 Edith Eliza Annie
1899 Grace Lydia
1903 Florence May
1907 Harriet Frances

Sarah (1969 Tottenham London England - 25-9-1940 Wellington)
- married Harry Ernest LONG on 20-1-1892 Woodville, at the resiidence of James Loveday
they had:
29-5-1892 Flora Ida Violet Long
- married 26-4-1927 to Bert RIGGS
- died 19-6-1959
17-12-1893 Myra Mary Lydia Long
- married Joe PACKHAM
- they had a child Hilda
- Joe died
12-8-1899 Edna May Long
- married George Alfred John WILSON in 1924
- they had a son George
- husband George died on 13-1-1925 aged 22
- Edna later married John RHODES
- they had Joy & Edna
- Edna May died in 1979
5-2-1902 Nita Ruth Long
- married 1926 to William John ROBSON
- they had Shirley Robson
- Nita died in 1997
1909 Jack Harry Hamilton
- married Annette McCLOUD on 6th Feb 1940 in Wellington
- their children were: Ross, Murray, Malcolm & Cynthia
- Jack died in 1978

James (1872 England -1906 Hamilton}
- he never married

Daniel (1873 England -1874 at sea)
- died at sea aged 9 months on 9th March 1874, 1 month after leaving London, on board the Schichallion after having had bronchitis for 4 days

Annie Lydia (1875 Woodville -1955 Wellington)
- married Robert (Bob) Pattison in 1918
- had 2 children Robert & Isabel

Grace (1876 Woodville - 1853)
- married George Henry STYLES in 1897
they had:
1900 George Herbert Leonard
1902 Henry Albert
- married George Cross in 1906
- had 1 child, Ian

John (1878 - 5-2-1890 Woodville)

Mary (1879 Woodville -1934 Hamilton)
- married Seymour Pope TRELOAR in 1912 Hamilton
- had 3 children, Irene, Mary & Seymour

Lily Rebecca (1881 Woodville - 1951 Hamilton)
- married Richard (Dick) CASEY 1906 Hamilton
- had 14 children, Mary, Ida, John, Richard, William, Vera, Patrick, Clifford, Ethel, Cushla, James, Merven, Keith & Anthony

Emily Jane (1883 Woodville - 1947 Hamilton)
- married Victor Roy SCOTT in 1905 Hamilton, had:
1907 - Grace Ethel
1908 - May

Elizabeth (1884-1887 Woodville)

Ethel Maude (1890 Woodville - 1954 Hamilton)
- married Robert Henry Whitten in 1913
- had 4 children, May, Norma, Robert & Thelma

Apparently (from family info) James & Lydia had another child named Tots but no evidence of this)

* Lydia's mother Mary was born Mary Cooper in 1816 in Bunwell, Norfolk, England. She emigrated to New Zealand with Lydia and family. SHe died on the 4th October 1878. According to her marriage certificate Mary's father was John Cooper, her mother was not mentioned

James Loveday died in Avondale, Auckland on 6-2-1913 and was buried in Plot A2A-R-33 at Hamilton West Cemetery (no headstone)
His wife Lydia died in Hamilton on 12-1-920 and was buried in Plot A3A-SW-30 Hamilton West Cemetery (which is the other end of the cemetery from James)

Thank you very much to craigsm for his message on 4-7-2010 and adding a lot of valuabe info to this family