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MOHEKEY marriages New Zealand 1916 - 1928
MOHEKEY GROOMS

Bertie Frederick Mohekey (1886-1924)
- married Mary Martha FAIRE (1889-1964) in 1919
- Bertie served in WWI as Private 48239 with the NZEF, 26th Reinforcements F Company. Next of Kin was: Mrs R. J. Mohekey (mother), Moutoa
10 Dec 1917 SICK & WOUNDED - Severe case, MOHEKEY, B. F. 48239, Shannon

Henry William Mohekey (1879-1953)
- married Esme Aileen CARROLL (1897-1988) in 1916
14 Feb 1917 No.6 Manawatu Recruiting District - MOHEKEY, Henry William, Dairy Farmer,Marotiri

Louis James Henry Mohekey (1906-1977)
- son of Louis Alfred MOHEKEY (1871-1918) & Ruby Amanda Chapman who married in Victoria, Australia
20 Nov 1919 In loving memory of Louis A. Mohekey, beloved husband of R. Mohekey, who died in Masterton on 20th November 1918
. Ruby remarried in 1922 to John Thomas Morgan (1897-1973). Everywhere on the net she is written as nee Morgan. That is incorrect, it was her next married name.
- Louis James married Edith Vida Elizabeth HENSKIE (1910-1991) in 1928
- he was a Caretaker, lived 27 Wood st, Palmerston North
- he & Edith are buried at Kelvin Grove
LOUIS ALFRED Mohekey is buried Plot 10, Row LAM, Plan II at Archer St, Masterton


MOHEKEY BRIDE
Ruby Amanda Mohekey (1888-1961) nee Chapman
. next married Job Thomas MORGAN (1897-1973) in 1922
- Job was a son of James & Jane MORGAN
Ruby died 3 May 1961 in Norsewood
- buried Plot 027, Block 002, Area P at Kelvin Grove
Job died 3 April 1973 & buried Norsewood

PHOTO
Bert Joseph Claude Mohekey
. son of Louis Alfred Mohekey & Ruby Amanda Morgan of Palmerston North
He served in WWII, 417071 with 23 Infantry Battalion and was Killed in Action Tunisia 20 April 1943 aged 39
.buried 14. B. 9 Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia

MOHEKEY, Bert J. C., Pte. Mrs R. A. Morgan, mother, 37 Ada Street, Palmerston North

some of the SLACK marriages New Zealand 1872 - 1930:


the SLACK GROOMS

Abner Edwin Slack
- married Margaret ALDONS in 1886

Alfred John Slack
- married Ruby Louisa BLAND in 1919

Alfred John Slack
- married Emmeline Lucy HENDERSON in 1889

Blakley Heroey Slack
- married FLorence Millicent BAGNALL

Charles Edward Slack
- married Rachel Idarange CLARK in 1912

Charles Horace Albert Slack
- married Allison Briscoe POLWRTH in 1931

James Vernon Slack
- married Margaret Christina STEWART in 193

James Wheatley Slack
- married Emma BROADLEY in 1901

John Alfred Slack
- married Amy Mildred BRADFORD in 1885

Joseph Thomas Slack
- marred Lily Jane McMILLAN in 1907

Noel Wheatley Slack
- marred Mabel Agnes Bannermann Kerr TYE in 1928

Robert Slack
- married FLorence Madeline Eva RICHARDSON in 1928

William Frederick Slack
- married Alice BARLEY in 192

William Jervis Slack
- married Alice Evelyn Leslie SKERMAN in 1924


the SLACK BRIDES

Annie Maria Slack
- married Charlie Reed in 1912

Catherine Slack
- married Frank Whittle in 1872

Christina Alexandra Slack
- married Hector Roy Cross in 1926

Clara Elizabeth Slack
- married Isaac Cartmer in 1915

Elsie May Slack
- married James McLean Richardson in 1918

Elsie Stevenson Slack
- married Andrew Joseph Ryan in 1822

Ethel Slack
- married Frederick James Hamilton in 1893

Gladys Slack
- married Felix Andra Lacassie in 1922

Hilda Monaco Slack
- married Carl Raylance McInness in 1922

Jane Elinor Slack
- married Charles Robert Hewett in 1894

Laura Cecilia Slack
- married William Owen Mitchell in 1924

Letitia Constance Slack
- married William Richard Todd in 1930

Lucy Charlotte Maud Slack
- married Algar Boudoin Temple in 1897

Mabel Emmeline Slack
- married Allan Ellesmere Warburton in 1912

Myrtle Sarah Slack
- married Albert Edward Turner in 1916

some CARTMER marriages New Zealand 1902 - 1929


the CARTMER GROOMES

Isaac Cartmer
- marred Elizabeth SLACK in 1915

James Cartmer
- married Louisa CAMPBELL in 1915

Joseph Cartmer
- married Ivy Caonstance TUCKER in 1911



the CARTMER BRIDES

Jane Cartmer
- married Charles Hugh JONES in 1902

Louisa Cartmer
- married Thomas William PENK in 1929

Margaret Cartmer
- married James PATON in 1914

May Cartmer
- married Denis William DRISCOLL in 1923

the known CURLETT marriages 1852 - 1927:

the CURLETT GROOMS
Edward James Curlett
- married Sadie Eileen BEW in 1927

Hugh Clawson Curlett
- married Catherine McCallum BROWN in 1925

Huston Curlett
- married Elizabeth Ann JOHNSON in 1879
- their known children:
* 1881 - Beatrice Evelyn Curlett
* 1882 - Clarice Miriam Curlett
* 1883 - Ilma Muriel Curlett
* 1885 - Vivian Frances Curlett
* 1891 - Rubena Gwendoline Curlett
* 1895 - Ivan James Huston Curlett
* 1897 - Marjorie Elizabeth Curlett

Ivan James Huston Curlett
- married Dorothy Irene TURNBULL in 1926

James Curlett
- married Anne ROBINSON in 1876


the CURLETT BRIDES
Beatrice Evelyne Curlett
- married Ernest Edward JOYCE in 1917

Catherine Josephine Curlett
- married Walter Henry EDWARDS in 1914

Emily Curlett
- married John McKibbin ROBINSON in 1882

Mary Ann Curlett
- married John Thomas PYE in 1852

Rubena Gwendoline Curlett
- married John CHAPMAN in 1913

Sarah Victoria Elizabeth Curlett
- married Ernest Edward VINSON in 1916

SEE ALSO FACES from the PAST

from FAMILY SEARCH

click Benjamin Clarke SMITH for more information


Benjamin Clarke SMITH was born 12 April 1848 in Homeston, Hackmey, Middlesex, England
- a son of Charles SMITH & Rachel LAPPAGE
- Charles died in Tinwald

he married on 9 November 1875, in Kaiapor to:

Minnie Alice SMITH, born 11 February 1855 in Kaiapoi, New Zealand
- a daughter of Robert Walter SMITH & Elizabeth Sarah SHARP

the children of Benjamin & Minnie

1876 - 1948 Robert Walher Benjamin Smith
- married Elizabeth ? in Morrinsville in 190
- he died in Hamilton

1877 - 1907 Edth Minnie Smith
- married George DAVIDSDON in Mangahoe in 1906
- she died in Pahiatua

1878 - 1970 Ida May Smith
- married Henry GORDON in 1900 Ashburton

1880 - 1946 Charles Edward Smith
- he died in Masterton

1881 - Herbert Franics Smith
- married Amy LANG in Auckland in 1913
- he died in Tauranga

1883 -1969 Leonard Owen Smith
- married Margaret KETTLEY in Auckland 1912
- he died in Morrinsville
- (please note, the name Kettley cannot be verified)

1900 - 1936 Harold Robertson Smith
- born in Ashburton
- he died in Matangi aged 35

1994 - 1927 Ernest Edgar Smith
- married Sarah McNAULL in Auckland in 1912
- he died in Hamilton

1886 - 1959 Ada Emma Smith
- married Freerick STONE in Auckland 1912
- she died in Pukekohe, Auckland

1887 - 1973 Bertie Franklin Smith
- married Margaret McNAULL in AUckland 1914
- died in Morrinsville

1889 - 1971 Eva Rachel Smith
- married Thomas GREENAWAY in Auckland 1913
- she died in Ashburton

1891 - 1960 Bessa/Bena Elizabeth Nora Smith
- married William HUMPHREY in Auckland in 1920
- shed died in Morrinsville

1893 - 1955 Leslie Allenton Smith
- married Amy WOODLEY in Auckland 1923
- he died in Morrinsville

1895 - 1987 Ivy Christina Smith
- married Wlliam BOWERS in Auckland in 1915
- he died in Pukekohe, Auckland

1896 - 1985 Alice Annie Zillah Smith
- married Arthur BRUNTON in 1927
- she died in Matamata

the following is the family tree for Hugh SMITH (1851-1944) and
Evelyn Agnes Lauxion FRANCIS (1861-1923)

HUGH SMITH from Kilmarock, Ayr, Scotland
EVELYN was born in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia
- a daughter of Henry FRANCIS (1834-1899) and Grace Harvey BOWDEN (1842-1874)

I have just posted a small section of the tree. Click link above for more on each 'child' and to read the long (and great read) of his life which Hugh wrote in his own words



Hugh Smith

? Birth 10 June 1851 - Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland
? Died 16 May 1944 - Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand
- aged at death: 92 years
? Buried 18 May 1944 - Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand


? Married 18 November 1879, Ahaura, West Coast, New Zealand, to Evelyn Agnes Lauxion Francis 1861-1923

their children (more on each at the site above)

1/ Grace Margaret Smith (1882-1968)
- born in Ahaura, West Coast
- married John Sidney WILLIAMS in 1902
- died in Temuka, Canterbury

2/ Robert Francis Smith 1884-1968)
- born in Ahaura, West Coast
- married Agnes Sarah SIMONSEN in 1909
- Robert died in Ahaura

3/ Isabel Bowden Smith (1886-1943)
- born in Ahaura, West Coast
- married Isaac James 'Jim' WILLIAMS in 1910
- Isabel died in Greymouth

4/ Maggie Kyle Smith (1888-1976)
- born in Ahaura, West Coast
- married Ernest Ralph HESLOP in 1914
- Maggie died in Greymouth

5/ Harry Tannahill Smith (1890-1972)
- born in Ahaura, West Coast
- married Mary Eileen May CARROLL in 1920 in Wellingon
- Harry died in Wellington

6/ Evelyn Rose Smith (1891-1977)
- born in Ahauraa, West Coast
- married Harold TRUSCOTT in 1882
- married Richard CURRIE in 1923
- married ??

7/ Agnes Scott Smith (1893-1922)
- born Ahaura, West Coast
- married Albert Ambrose WELLS in 1910
- Agnes died in Ahaura

8/ Flora Leslie Smith (1894-1966)
- born in Ahaura, West Coast
- married Henry Francis ORPWOOD in 1919
- Flora died in Hoiktika

9/ Francis Hugh Smith (1897-1938)
- born in Ahaura
- married Clarice Marion PURTON
- Francis died in Wall's End, West Coast

10/ Jeanette Lanxion Smith (1898-1898)
- born in Ahaura, West Coast
- Jeanette was a premature baby, she lived for 12 hours

11/ Harold Vivian Smith (1903-1976)
- born in Ahaura, West Coast
- married Martha Amelia Jane BOVAIRD in 1930
- (may have married more than once)
- Harold died in Reefton, West Coast


NOTES for Hugh
OCCUPATION:
baker
master baker
farmer
carpenter
sawmiller
bushman
roadmaker
music teacher
violin player
poet


RESIDENCES:
1877 Kumara
1885 Ahaura
1898 Reefton
1926 Inangahua


BIOGRAPHY:
... Early life and inspiration in his own words.
I was born in King Street, Kilmarnock, Scotland, on June 10th, 1851. This little circumstance took place in a tenement above what was then Dick's Guttapercha Shop. I do not remember the number, but it was well down toward the Relief Kirk on the right going from the "Cross". I was the oldest and the youngest of the family that morning! My father was at that time a brick-burner for a Mr Taylor, of Moorfield ... more

Barney Tarewa was born in Nuhaka, the son of Panera Tawera of Pukehou, Hawkes Bay
- he served in Egypt and at Gallipoli in 1915


Full Name: Barney Tawera

Rank Last Held: Private

Serial No.: 16/571

First Known Rank: Private

Next of Kin: Barney Tawera (father), Nuhaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Marital Status: Single

Enlistment Address: Nuhaka, New Zealand

Military District: Wellington

Body on Embarkation: 1st Maori Contingent

Embarkation Unit: B Company

Embarkation Date: 14 February 1915

Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand

Transport: HMNZT 20

Vessel: Warrimoo

Destination: Suez, Egypt

Last Unit Served: Pioneer Battalion

Place of Death: Nuhaka, Wairoa, New Zealand

Date of Death: 11 May 1921

at CWGC - Cemetery: NUHAKA (TAKURAUKAHEA) MAORI CEMETERY
- This cemetery is situated 3 kilometres past Nuhaka township, from Wairoa and is opposite Mangaone Valley Road, across the fields.

at Nuhaka Cemetery, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay

HITCHCOX marriages 1884 - 1930:
the GROOMS
Albert Robert Hitchcox
- married Cora Frances Shuker in 1923

Charles Henry Hitchcox
- married Ann Elizabeth Brown in 1904

Dudley Charles Hitchcox
- married Ethel Muriel Leonard in 1922

Eric Hitchcox
- married Amy Henrietta Rae in 1929

Hugh Edward Hitchcox
- married Mary Catherine Wroblenski in 1928

John Hitchcox
- married Sarah Hall in 1904

Lawrence Raymond Hitchcox
- married Margaret Ellen Johnston in 1928

Philip Stanley Hitchcox
- married Rona Elizabeth Flinders in 1930

Thomas Hitchcox
- married Ruth Burn in 1898

Thomas Hitchcox
- married Rosina Emmelne Porteous in 1896

Thomas Robert Gibbon Hitchcox
- married Edith Maude Mills in 1922

William Hitchcox
- married Margaret Davis in 1907

William Hitchcox
- married Ellen O'Shea in 1884

the HITCHCOX BRIDES

HITCHCOX marriages 1883 - 1929:
the BRIDES
Ada Emily Hitchcox
- married William Fater Dobson in 1919

Bertha Hitchcox
- married John Pedlow in 1899

Caroline Hitchcox
- married Maitland Frederick Anderson in 1902

Dora Matilda Hitchcox
- married Richard John Farr in 1899

Eliza Hitchcox
- married Samuel McDonald in 1907

Ellen Elizabeth Hitchcox
- married Henry Roberts in 1889

Ellen Lillian Hitchcox
- married Charles Albert Fraser in 1928

Emily Hitchcox
- married Charles Town Williams in 1883

Fanny Hitchcox
- married Robert Gaw in 1895
Gertrude Amelia Hitchcox
- married Edgar Foster in East Oxford, Canterbury, 1898

Jane Hitchcox
- married Daniel McPhail in 1912

Katherine Jane Hitchcox
- married Robert Andrew Stringer in 1920

Lucy Hitchcox
- married Carl Zimmerman in 1897

Oney Elsie Hitchcox
- married John Wilson in 1901

Phoebe Hitchcox
- married William Arkinstall Ashley in 1895

Rita Aleena Hitchcox
- married Samuel Rayne Warren in 1929

Rose Ethel May Hitchcox
- married Hugh Logan Cartwright in 1906

the HITCHCOX GROOMS

taken from PAPERS PAST

the OXFORD OBSERVER - 16 Aril 1898

anything in italics is my additions


A very pretty wedding was celebated at the Baptist Church, East Oxford, Easter Monday, the contracting parties being Miss G. Hitchcox Gertrude Amelia (1871-1963) and Mr Foster Edgar (1870-1938).

The bride wore a very becoming dress of white silk with veil and orange blossom.

The two bridesmaids (sisters of the bride) wore pretty pale blue nunsveiling dresses, hats to maatch.

The brides mother wore a handsome black costume.

The church was crowded with relations and friends. The Rev. WAGSTAFF performed the ceremony.

The brides parents entertained large number of friends at their resiudence Queen Street.

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