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Richard Henry Thompson was born about 1865 somewhere in England
- he emigrated to West Australia via America and became one of the first settlers in Subiaco. He was a founding member of the Pinjarra? Trotting Club. He was the first man to put a cold storage room in a butchers shop in West Australia
- he married Dorothy Jane BEECROFT in 1901 in Fremantle

they had:
Madge Sellars Thompson in Perth 1901
- she married Frank SMITH in 1923 in Beverley

Sydney Clement Thompson in Perth 1905
- he married Margaret EDWARDS in 1934 in Perth

Leslie Thompson in Perth about 1911

Frederick James Thompson in 1913 in Beverley, 136km west of Perth
- he married Elizabeth Winifred WORTHINGTON 1944 in Loch, Gippsland, Victoria AUstralia
- Elizabeth was born in Preston, Melbourne, a daughter of Arthur James WORTHINGTON & Cecilia Mary NEWCOMBE both of England who married in 1914 in Victoria Australia
- she had a brother Tommy Worthington (amongst other siblings) who left home pre teen and became a jockey

Gwendoline Thompson in 1917 also in Beverley

- I am told there was probably another daughter, possibly between Sydney and Leslie ..

I would like to find out EVERYTHING about these people ...
where in England were they from
the ships they emigrated in, the years etc
their spouses and children

please levae a comment if you can help

RICHARD Maxted was born 9 Feb 1857 in Kent, England, a son of Edward Maxted (1834-1910) & Harriet Stokes (1837-1914) from Dover, Kent. He emigrated into Port Chalmers on the Christian McAusland, arriving 27 June 1874 as an 18 year old with his parents and 5 siblings.
Edward was with the railways at Pukerau and later became a farmer. They are buried at Pukerau, Gore, NZ. Edward's probate was in Dunedin and he left everything to Harriet during her life and after her death to my son Richard Maxted absolutely. Richard died 5 years after his mother and is buried with them.
Richard's known siblings
born in Kent
* 1857 - 1919 Richard Maxted
* 1860 - Harriet Maxted
* 1861 - 1949 Mary Maxted
* 1864 - Elizabeth Maxted (died before 1874)
* 1865 - 1936 Emily Maxted
* 1867 - Louisa Maxted
* 1869 - 1964 Edward Maxted
. . possibly others here
* born in NZ *
* 1875 - 1937 Charles 'Charlie' Maxted
* 1877 - 1948 Rose Maxted

Elizabeth Lampert was born 14 Oct 1869 in Winton to Thomas Lampert (1836-1931) & Margaret Elizabeth Riley (1839-1924) who married 1858 in Marylebone London, emigrated on the Sir George Pollock into Bluff in Jan 1863 (there were no children with them). They settled in Winton in 1869, starting the first blacksmith shop in town. After 15 years Thomas took on a partner and it became Lampert and Quin. He took over the 'Travellers Rest' in Drummond in 1889, opening a Blacksmith branch at the same time. He bought the 'Farmers Rest Hotel and he and his son carried on as farriers as well as running the hotel. He died in Winton in Jan 1931 aged 94
Elizabeth's known siblings
* 1865 - 1938 Mary Ann Elisabeth
* 1868 - 1937 Margaret Elizabeth Lampert
* 1869 - 1894 Elizabeth Lampert
* 1873 - 1957 Matilda Lampert
* 1875 - 1951 Thomas Charles Lampert

RICHARD & ELIZABETH married 10 Jan 1887
their children
.. 1 ..
1888 - 1956 Margaret Harriet Maxted
* born 24 July 1888
Margaret married William Kirk (1877-1957) 13 June 1917 in the Presbyterian Church, Gore, Southland
* William was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, 3rd of 12 children of William Kirk (1849-1934) & Hughina McLean (1853-1926)
their children
* 1917 - 2000 Vivienne Margarita Kirk
* 1919 - 1990 William Edward Mervyn Kirk
* 1921 - 1969 Stanley Gordon Kirk
* 1924 - 1991 Francis Robert Kirk
* 1926 - 1926 Kelvin Kirk (aged 3 days)
* 1926 - 1926 Owen Kirk (aged 1 day)
* the twins are buried together Plot 7, Block 89 at Gore cemetery with a stillborn baby no date
* Margaret died 28 July 1956 in Dipton, Southland aged 67

.. 2 ..
1891 - 1918 Edward Maxted
* born 27 May 1891
Edward embarked for War in April-June 1917 as Lance Corporal 45106 with the 24th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company, NZEF. His previous rank was Private with the Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion. His next of kin was his father, Richard Maxted, at Pukerau, Southland.
Edward died of his wounds 1 Nov 1917 aged 26.
Southland Times, 17 Nov 1917
Private Maxted On November 1st Private Edward Maxted, a Winton native and Ashburton schoolboy, who left New Zealand as a soldier in the 24th Reinforcement, died of wounds received in action in France. Private Maxted was 26 years of age and is the son of Mr R. Maxted, of Pukerau, on whose farm he was working when he enlisted. He joined the Kelso Mounted Rifles in August 1910 and later was promoted to the rank of sergeant of C. Company, 12th Regiment (Otago) Mounted Rifles in the Territorials. He was a good shot, having won several prizes at competitions. Private Maxted was a member of the Pukerau Oddfellows' Lodge and had been through a number of chairs. He was a devoted son and brother nad was a general favourite with all who knew him.
He is buried IV.E.74., Longuenesse (St Omer), Souvenir Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
.. photo.. Private Edward Maxted

Richard Peck was the father of the Taita NZ settlers Daniel and Charles who immigrated to New Zealand in 1841.
I would like much more information on Richard and his wife Lydia ?...I would like their parents, their burial details, her surname, whatever happened to their son Henry b.1824 etc. etc.
If you are from Marden or have them in your trees
could you please help.
The site to check my progress so far:

RICHARD & LYDIA PECK and DESCENDENTS

Richard ROWLAND is buried with his wife Elizabeth and other family members in the DONGARA CEMETERY


his anniversay notice appeared in the INQUIRER & COMMERCIAL NEWS, on 14 January 1880 read:

Dongarra, January 13.
... Mr and Mrs Richard Rowland are celebrating their golden wedding to-day. Being old and much estemed and respected settlers they are receiving hearty congratulations from all around them. They arrived in the colony in the brig Tranby, from Hull, early in 1830; and if they live till the 3rd of next month they will have been exactly fifty years in the colony


his Death Notice from the INQUIRER & COMMERCIAL NEWS, on 29 August 1883 read:

DONGARA NOTES
... I am sorry to inform you of the death of an old and much-respected settler, in the person of Mr Richard Rowland. You must have known him well while he lived in Perth and on the Peninsula.
Mr Rowland arrived in the colony by the brig, 'Tranby', on the 3rd February, 1830.
He had his full share of the troubles, difficulties and losses the early settlers had to contend with; he experienced many losses both fire and water, having been burnt clean out no less that three times - once on the Peninsula and twice in this district; he also lost a considerable amount of property by a flood in the Irwin River some years ago, which carried away haystacks, stables, and other property, but, in spite of bad seasons and other difficulties, he surmounted them by constant perseverance and honest industry.
As a settler, he undertook his part in the management of the affairs of this district; and took a great interest in everything which conduced to the welfare and advancement of it, while he was one of those men the colony can ill afford to lose.
He led an honest, sober, exemplary, truly Christian life; indeed, his character was unimpeachable.
He has left a large family of grown-up sons and daughters and whose example they will do well to follow.
He has been married upwards of 54 years, and, not withstanding adverse circumstances, leaves his widow comfortably provided for.
He lived to a good round old age, and enjoyed comparatively good health almost to the last.

SIMM, Richard
Richard was born about 1858 and a grocer when he joined the Duke of Cambridge Lodge, 22 April 1884. His wife was Alice nee Dolman and they had *four children - Frank, Albert, Ada and Annie.
Richard was Noble Grand for June, July and August 1888 and periodically on the sickness register from 1886 until end of June 1892 with pleurisy.
The Waikato Times newspaper of 31 May 1892 has Richard's obituary ? "On Friday night Mr R Simm, grocer of Duke Street succumbed to phthysis, from which he has suffered for some years. Deceased was an old member of the local lodge of Oddfellows and he was followed to the grave by his brethren and a host of friends and sympathisers; indeed, the funeral procession was an enormous one. Deceased leaves a widow and four small children to mourn their loss."
There is no headstone at the Cambridge cemetery.
His widow, Alice Simm continued as a grocer and general storekeeper, then married Arthur St George Forbes in 1894. Another daughter Kitty was born 7 October 1896.

... * NOTE - I have found 6 children for Richard & Alice
1882 - 1883 Albert Edward Simm
- Albert was born on 28 January 1882
- he died 27 January 1883 1 day before his 1st birthday

1884 - 1952 Ada Simm
- Ada married John Blennerhassett BEECHE (1883-1971) in 1914

1886 - 1971 Albert Edward Simm
- Albert married Mabel STOCK (1895-1967) in 1919

1887 - 1888 Frank Simm
- Frank died aged 15 months

1889 - 1919 Annie Mildred Simm
- Annie married Robert Albert MACE (1891-1965) in 1915
- she died aged 29
- Robert remarried in 1924 to Very Colyton MILLEN (1894-1995)

1891 - 1939 William Norman Simm
- William was born on 16 December 1891 and was 6 months old when his father died.
- William mraried Mary Elizabeth PASSELL (1885-1960) in 1930
- William died in 1939 aged 48

In 1894 Alice remarried to Arthur St George FORBES
- they had a daughter:
1896 - Kitty Forbes
- nothing known

Dr Richard Southee was born in 1804 In Bekesbourne, Kent, England.
His parents were John Southee and Charlotte Brice.

The Doctor and his wife Martha Hatfield had two children:
Martha Amelia born 1831, and Richard Brice born 1838 and christened Richard Brice John Elistrateff SOUTHEE at the British Chaplaincy in St. Petersburg, Russia on 15th May 1846.

Dr Richard Southee is mentioned a few times on the net as born in 1799 - this is incorrect.
He arrived in Melbourne on the 25th December 1851.
Was in Castlemaine in 1854 and Forest Creek in 1857.

He died in Marjorca - 172km NW of Melbourne on 12th June 1873

I would like to know more of his parents, his siblings and why his son was christened in Russia - was he also born there?

Who was his wife Martha Hatfield, where did they marry and where were his children born?

RICHARD THEOPHYLUS TANKERSLEY (1847-1929)
was born 18 August 1847 in Wellington, a son of Thomas William TANKERSLEY (1916-1876) & Sarah DRAPER (1811-1894)

Richard married in 1874 to:
MARIA PRENTICE (1853-1939)

RICHARD & MARIA had 7 known CHILDREN

... 1
1875 - 1958 Stephen Tankersley
- Stephen married Alexandra 'Annie' CHRISTENSEN (1879-1954) in 1899
- they had 3 children in Masterton
- Annie was born in Denmark
- Stephen died in Masterton aged 78, buried Archer Street


... 2
1876 - 1923 William Tankersley
- William married Lizzie CHAMBERLAIN (1880-1962) in 1906
- they had 3 children in Materton
- Lizzie was born in Upper Plain, Masterton
- William died in Hawkes Bay aged 46


... 3
1878 - 1957 Sarah Tankersley
- Sarah didn't marry
- she died in Masterton 18 Sep 1957 aged 79, buried Archer Street


... 4
1880 - 1954 Lilla Tankersley
- Lilla married John Joseph COTTER (1874-1941) in 1900
- they had 6 children (some in the Manawatu)
- John was a son of Pierce COTTER (1849-1892) & Selina WESTON
- Selina remarried in 1903 to John RAYNER
- Lilla died in Masterton aged 73, buried Archer Street


... 5
1883 - 1963 Roy Tankersley
- Roy married Alice WYETH (1885-1983)
- they had 2 children in Carterton
- 2nd of 10 children of Thomas WYETH (1849-1940) & Margaret Rachel Ann McLEOD (1859-1942)
- Roy died in Masterton aged 80


... 6
1885 - 1953 Eva Tankersley
- Eva married Walter Phillip COOKE (1880-1948) as his 2nd wife when she was 42
- Walter was the 10th of 10 children of:
- James Phillip COOKE (1836-1920) & Ellen RESTALL (1839-1919)
- Walter had first married Alice May STAPLES (1884-1923) in Motueka in 1913
- Eva died in Nelson aged 78, her ashes buried in Masterton


... 7
1895 - 1965 Iris Tankersley
- Iris did not marry
- she was a TEACHER & PRESIDENT of the WOMENS TEACHER ASSOCIATION
- she died in Masterton aged 70, buried Archer St


PAINTING
MASTERTON QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK LAKE
painted by Jim Pearce mid 1940s
I offered this painting to the Masterton Museum of Art & History a number of years ago as a keepsake of the local history. They never bothered to reply

RICHARD WATSON PARKER (1835-1899)
- was born in Greenwich, London, son of Edward Stone Parker (1802-1865) & Mary Cook WOOLMER (?-1842) who sailed to Sydney, Australia in 1839 with their 6 sons & became a Methodist preacher and assistant Protector of Aborigines

He married Alice Watson JACKSON (1854-1931) in 1875
- 1 of 6 children of Adam JACKSON & Allis SIDEBOTTOM who married 1841 in Stockport, England & became pioneer settlers of Runnimede, Blenheim

On July 21 1875 at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev G. S. Harper, Mr Richard Watson Parker, of Blenheim, to Alice Watson, second daughter of Mr Adam Jackson, Runnimede, near Renwick


RICHARD & ALICE had 8 daughters:
... 1
1876 - 1963 Alice Woolmer Parker
- named after her paternal grandmother
- Alice married Robert Talmage RUSH (1876-1913) in 1899
- they had at least 10 children


... 2
1877 - 1897 Ida May Parker
- Ida died aged 20


... 3
1880 - ? Amy Armstrong Parker
- Amy married Edward Alfred Stone PARKER (1876-1946) in 1906 (they were cousins)
On 6th Feb 1906 at the Church of Nativity, by the Ven Archdeacon Grace; Amy Armstrong Parker, third daughter of the late R. W. Parker, Grove Road, Blenheim, to Edward Alfred Stone Parker, of Granity, son of the late Edward Lancelot Parker, C.E., Victoria
... A quiet wedding was solemnised at the Church of the Nativity yesterday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr Edward Alfred Stone Parker, C.E., of Victoria, and Miss Amy Armstrong Parker, third daughter of the late Mr R. W. Parker, of Grove Road, Blenheim. The Ven. Archdeacom Grace was the officiating minister. The bride, who was attended by Miss Mary parker as bridesmaid, was given away by her uncle, Mr W. B. Parker. The bridegroom was assisted by Mr Shirley Parker as best man. The bride wore a tailor-made travelling costume of grey tweed; the bridesmaid was gowned in pink Panama cloth, with hat to match. After the ceremony a large circle of guests were entertained at afternoon tea by the mother of the bride and the customary healths were drunk. The happy couple left by the four o'clock train for Granity. West Coast, where Mr Parker pursues his vocation as lay preacher for the Church of England. In the evening a large party of young people assembled at the residence of the bride's mother, Grove Road


... 4
1883 - 1973 Mary Emma Parker
- Mary did not marry


... 5
1887 - 1960 Violet Edna Parker
- Violet married John WRIGHT in 1915


... 6
1888 - 1971 Irene Vera 'Rene' Parker
- Irene married Charles Gray Campbell GEE (1883-1943) in 1911
- Charles was in partnership with Andrew Duncan McLaughlan as Land, Estate and General Commission Agents at Blenheim until 1915


... 7
1891 - 1973 Doris Winifred Parker
- Doris married Victor Andrew LOGAN (1889-1975) in 1915
- Victor was a Telegraph Operator in Blenheim


... 8
1894 - 1985 Gladys Maud Parker
- Gladys married Roy HOLDAWAY (1894-1966) in 1920
- son of John Frederick Ernest HOLDAWAY & Mary Ann Emma KIRBY



NOTES
19 Oct 1878
... Richard Watson Parker was nominated as a Candidate for Election as Conservator to supply an Extraordinary Vacany at the Lower Wairau District


10 March 1884
... Richard Watson Parker, storekeeper of Grove Road, was a witness in Court describing a drunken fight between James Andrill and Henry Sutherly


in November 1888
... Richard applied for parcel of land No 435, as did his brother, William Benoni Parker (1837-1911), youngest son


On 10 March 1890
... Eichard Watson Parker, Storekeeper of Blenheim, filed for Bankruptcy


30 Nov 1897
... Richard is on the jury in the Court case of Mills v Christchurch Press Company in a libel action. The other jurors were: John Annear, William Cumming, Robert Beatson (foreman), William Henry Buckman, Charles John Fulton, Robert March Harding, Harry Hillam, Edward Bayley Mabin, Edward Mead, Alexander Mowat & John Charles Poole


8 May 1899
... BLENHEIM this day - Richard Watson Parker, a storekeeper, 64 years of age, a very old resident of the district, died suddenly this morning from heart disease while engaged in turning some hay in a paddock

PARKER, Richard Watson
... It is our painful dity to-day to announce the death of Mr Richard Watson Parker, storekeeper, of Grove road, which occurred suddenly this morning. The deceased was engaged with Mr W. Mills, one of his employees, turning hay in his paddock in Hutcheson street. They were working at opposite ends of a row, intending to meet in the middle of the row, and on looking up Mr Mills saw that Mr Parker had fallen; and found on going over to him that he was quite dead. The cause of death was heart disease. Deceased was sixty-four years of age on the 4th inst., and had not been ailing to the time of his death. Yesterday he was out and about as usual.
Mr Parker first arrived in Marlborough in 1865 from Australia, and about 1866 embarked in partnersihp with his brother, Mr W. B. Parker, in the business of general storekeeper. The partnership was dissolved in 1883, the deceased keeping on the business, in which he has continued up to the present time. He was also connected as a contractor with the formation of the Blenheim-Awatere railway, but unfortunately, the venture did not turn out successfully.
Mr Parker did not actively engage in local politics, although he served two terms of office on the local River Board, during the second term occupying the office of Chairman of the Board. He was highly esteemed and respected for his many good qualities by a large circle of friends, who will extend their hearty sympathy to his widow and family of seven daughters in their sad bereavement.
In consequence of Mr Parker's death the social to have been held in Wesley hall on Wednesday evening, and also the meeting of the W.C.T.U. to-morrow, have been postponed


Richard is buried Plot 7, Block 12 at Omaka Cemetery
Alice died 11 January 1931 aged 77 & is buried with him


PHOTO
Edward Stone Parker
father of Richard Watson & William Benoni Parker

the RICHARDS buried in Whangarei as at July 2011 in the Maunu, Kamo (Ketenikau), Onerahi, Kioreroa & Ngunguru (Cape Horn) cemeteries:


RICHARDS, ADA FLORENCE 83 Years
- 15 Jan 1980 Cremation

RICHARDS, ALBERT EDWARD 4 months
- 12 Apr 1906 Burial

RICHARDS, Antony James Stillborn
- 2 Apr 2010 Cremation

RICHARDS, BLANCHE ELIZABETH JANE 74 Years
- 24 Apr 1954 Burial

RICHARDS, ELLEN 73 Years
- 13 Oct 1961 Burial

RICHARDS, Errol William 80 Years
- 31 Mar 2005 Cremation

RICHARDS, GARY WILLIAM 48 Years
- 14 Oct 2002 Cremation

RICHARDS, GEORGE BRIAN 62 Years
- 18 Sep 1999 Cremation

RICHARDS, GEORGE CHARLES Not recorded
- 28 Mar 1950 Burial

RICHARDS, GEORGE REX Not recorded
- 26 Feb 1935 Burial

RICHARDS, GLADYS MAUDE ADELE 83 Years
- 3 Oct 1979 Cremation

RICHARDS, GLADYS MAY 80 Years
- 3 Jul 1991 Burial

RICHARDS, Gwendolyn 82 Years 1
- 6 Nov 2009 Cremation

RICHARDS, JENNIFER DOREEN 63 Years
- 26 May 2002 Cremation

RICHARDS, JOHN 68 Years
- 28 May 1986 Cremation

RICHARDS, LAURA 80 Years
- 2 Dec 1978 Cremation

RICHARDS, LAURIE GEORGE 70 Years
- 18 Jan 1999 Cremation

RICHARDS, Lillian Harriet 82 Years
- 21 Jan 2008 Cremation

RICHARDS, LILLY VALINTINE 82 Years
- 2 Jul 1989 Cremation

RICHARDS, MAURICE JAMES 81 Years
- 16 Feb 1988 Cremation

RICHARDS, OLIVE MARY 84 Years
- 29 Mar 1982 Cremation

RICHARDS, RAYMOND 52 Years
- 24 Jul 1996 Burial

RICHARDS, ROBERT FRANCIS 77 Years
- 9 May 1962 Burial

RICHARDS, ROY LEONARD 77 Years
- 3 May 1998 Cremation

RICHARDS, Shirley Rae 82 Years
- 11 Jan 2005 Cremation

RICHARDS, THELMA DULCIE 72 Years
- 17 Sep 1990 Cremation

RICHARDS, THOMAS WILLIAM 84 Years
- 30 Jul 1990 Cremation

RICHARDS, WILHELMINA 84 Years
- 8 Sep 1964 Burial

RICHARDS, WILLIAM GEORGE 70 Years
- 22 Jun 1919 Burial

RICHARDS, WILLIAM GEORGE HENRY 91 Years
- 5 Mar 1988 Cremation

RICHARDS, WILLIAM HENRY 79 Years
- 11 Oct 1950 Burial

The RICHARDS on the tree as at 27 Sep 2010

* Alice May Gresham Richards (1886-1918)
daughter of Henry Thomas 'Harry' Richards & Agnes Craig Tannahill
Alice married Arthur Henry 'Harry' Rogers in 1914
she died during the Flu Pandemic in Wanganui

* Ann Friend Richards (1814 - 1848)
married Archibald Daniel Whelch in Dover, Kent
they had 5 known children
she died the same year as her last child, possibly during childbirth?
Archibald died 49 years after her. His father Henry Hodges Whelch died in Charlton, Dover Kent in 1839 and his mother, Elizabeth Delahay (nee Price) and their other 7 children (without Archibald who was now 24) sailed to NZ on the 'London' into Wellington 12 Dec 1840. She remarried in 1842 to Captain George Hemplemann in the Auld Kirk in Wellington

* Arthur Richards (1885-1957)
born in Silverstream, Upper Hutt
married Elsie Mable 'Babe' Woodmass in Foxton 1911

* Charles Richards
nothing known, married Isabella Tricklebank in Victoria in 1895

* Daisy Richards
nothing known, married Herbert Waine

* Edward Richards (1860 - 1943)
born in Napier, Hawkes Bay to Edward Richards & Eliza Meredith
married Arabella Greathead in 1880
died in Masterton & buried Archer Street

* Elizabeth Richards (1811-)
born in Nantmel, Radnor, Wales
her name changed from Riecherd

* Errol James Richards
son of Ronald Sidney James Richards & Coral Edith Rayner

*Hugh Richards (1886-)
married Edith Evelina Mudgway in 1905

* Jessie Bell Richards (1885 - 1956)
daughter of Simon Richards & Mary Ann Bell
she married Albert Edward Campbell Poad in 1909 Wanganui

* John Richards (1839-)
married Frances 'Emily' Wilton in 1855

* Margaret Ellen Richards
daughter of Ronald Sidney James Richards & Coral Edith Rayner

* Noel Richards (1921-1992)
son of Arthur Richards & Elsie Mabel Woodmass

* Ormsby Dennis Richards (1913 - 1954)
born in Silverstream, Upper Hutt
son of Arthur Richards & Elsie Mabel Woodmass

* Phyllis Muriel Richards (1913-1989)
nothing known, married Michael Joseph Reardon in 1934

* Ronald Sidney James Richards (1914-1993)
married Coral Edith Rayner possibly in Stratford in 1937

* Simon Richards (1839-1926)
born in Somerset, England
married Mary Ann Bell about 1869 & had at least 10 children
died in Wanganui

* Vivian Montrose Richards (1913-1968)
born in Foxton, Manawatu
son of Arthur Richards & Elsie Mabel Woodmass