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Julia Maud La Prue was born about 1878 - whereabouts unknown.
- She married Charles Herbert AVERY in 1898

Do you know who her parents and children were?

I have 5 of her children but not verified at this time...
One of them, Violet Matilda Avery (b.1898) married a Walter Chaplin.

Where is George Avery buried?

• He was born 17 October 1852 in Taita, Lower Hutt
- a son of George AVERY & Charlotte TANDY
• He married Sarah SCRIMSHAW in 1876
• He farmed in Pahiatua for a number of years then moved to Kaponga, in Taranaki, where he owned the Commercial Hotel about 1900 - he was also a butcher there
• He and Sarah had 12 children
• In 1904 he moved to Hikutaia, near Thames
• He died 26 July 1907

If you read his profile here GEORGE AVERY you will see a newspaper article of how he was buried back on Kaponga...

Because I could not find his grave site I have been in contact with the Council in Kaponga and they told me he is not there !! nor are his two sons Alfred and Hugh although they are reported to have been buried there
... which does not mean they are not there


Because he was a very prominent business man in the town and was given a large farewell with expensive gifts it seemed to me that he should have some record, headstone etc - but no

I thought maybe the town of Kaponga just had a service for him in remembrance BUT the article names the pall bearers ...
* W. BARLEYMAN
* D. BRIGGS
* C. CROWLEY
* J. CROWLEY
* D. HENNISSEY
* T. MURPHY
His wife, Sarah, died 7 years later and she is buried in Omahu Cemetery in a double plot - the plot was "used" when she was interred but George is not with her there
- so it is not making any sense to me

Can you please help



PHOTO
GEORGE AVERY (1852-1907)

the 'Residents' of
OLD GORGE CEMETERY, Woodville, New Zealand

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

N
NELSON
- Edith Annie 1914-1957
- John Samuel 1873-1948
- Louise Emmiline/Emeline (nee Dickens) 1881-1959
- Mary Violet (nee Grant) 1872-1953
- William Henry 1867-1955

NEWSON
- Elizabeth Sarah (nee Beagley) 1852-1890
- John 1854-1891
- William Beagley 1886-1889

NICHOLAS
- Joseph Aaron 1856-1943
- Leonard Roudolph 1890-1922
- Maria (nee Devery) 1859-1942

NICHOLSON
- Isabella Martin (nee Shore) 1868-1913
- unnamed baby 1917-1917

NIELSEN
- Ernest Wielhelim 1881-1889

NILSSON
- Henry Sander 1880-197
- Iris May (nee Hannah) 1882-1951
- Kenneth William 1920-1939
- Richard Henry Arnold 1911-1911

NIXON
- Alice Maud (nee Christian) 1880-1950
- William Henry 1883-1957

NOEDL
- Catherine Annie (nee Cooper) 1853-1922
- Molly Cooper 1912-1930

NORMAN
- Burford Heatley 1871-1937
- Maude Elizabeth (nee Thomson) 1876-1952

NORTHWAY
- Frederick 1847-1925
- Susan Ann 1859-1913

Can be seen at this link -
George Avery was born in Staplehurst, Cranbrook, Kent in 1824

When he was 16 he arrived in New Zealand on the BOLTON on 30 April 1840 with his parents Thomas and Elizabeth Ann (nee DAPSON) Avery and his 7 siblings:
* Harriett Avery b.1822
- Harriet married Dr MANNERING
* Charles Avery b.1826
- Charles never married
* Ann Avery b.1828
- Ann married Peter HUMLE
* Mary Avery b.1830
- Mary married Mason HILL
* Sarah Avery b.1832
- nothing known
* Ellen Avery b.1834
- Elen married Charles SAYWELL
* Stephen Avery b.1839
- Stephen married Eliza HOOPER
- he Marion STEWART
- he married Sarah Jane COLLARD

George AVERY married Charlotte TANDY in the Hutt Valley and they had 17 children ...

George and Charlotte are buried in the Christ Church Taita Cemetery


thanks to becairns for supplying the names of the 17 children
- (see comment below):

1/ 1849 - 1931 Elizabeth Ann Avery
- Elizabeth married Charles Franklin Smith BURT in 1872
- Charles was born .August 15th 1840 in Northhampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
2/ 1850 - ???? Mary Avery
- Mary married James BROWN as his 2nd wife
3/ 1851 - ???? Charles Avery
- Charles married Jane HIRST in 1875
4/ 1853 - 1907 George Avery
- George married Sarah Elizabeth SCRIMSHAW (1857-1914) in 1876
5/ 1855 - ???? John Avery
6/ 1857 - ???? William Avery
7/1858 - ???? Thomas Avery
- Thomas married Annie Elizabeth HALL in 1884
8 1860 - ???? Ellen Avery
- Ellen married David BROWN in 1884
9/ 1861 - ???? Eliza Avery
10/ 1862 - 1934 Harriet Charlotte Avery
- Harriet married William KILMISTER (1860-1943) in 1884
11/ 1864 - 1923 Stephen Avery
- Stephen married Jane HIRST in 1893
- Jane was a daughter of the above Jane Hirst's brother
12/ 1866 - 1950 Deborah Grace Avery
- Deborah did not marry
13/ 1868 - ???? Bertha Sarah Avery
- Bertha married Jacob GEANGE (1870-1929) in 1894
14/ 1869 - 1927 Alfred 'Fred' Avery
15/ 1870 - 1955 James Avery
16/ 1874 - 1903 Charlotte Avery
- Charlotte married John Thomas TUCK (1867-1949) in 1895
17/ 1876 - 1972 Constance Avery
- Constance married Ernest Edward BURRELL (1872-1945) in 1902

George was the second son of GEORGE AVERY and Charlotte Tandy from Staplehurst, Kent, England, who had arrived in New Zealand in 1840 on the BOLTON.

They had 17 children - I only have 3 on the tree so far - can you please help?

I have Charles Avery born 1851 in Taita to Jane Hirst, daughter of Sydney Hirst of Taita - I have only 3 children for them also

I have found that George jnr born 1853, married and had at least 10 children - I would like to know about his wife and all the children - can you please help?

And Stephen Avery born 1854 in Taita, married a Jane Hirst who was a dughter of the above Sydney Hirst's son William - I would also like their children

Charles Avery was 1 if 17 children of George AVERY and Charlotte TANDY who arrived in New Zealand on the BOLTON in 1840


Charles Avery, married Jane HIRST, the daughter of Sidney Hirst - pioneer of Taita and builder of the historics church, Christ Church Taita
- Charles & Jane had 10 known children
- please go to link above to see and perhaps help with further info

Charles' brother Stephen also married a Jane Hirst
- she was a daughter of the above Sidney Hirst's son William.

Click here to see James McFetrish from Antrim, Northern Ireland. He arrived in New Zealand, date unknown and appears to have settled in Wanganui

I have no spouse for James - can you please help?

He had 4 children, 3 boys for who I only have names - I need birth and death dates and spouses, children etc

The one girl James had was Annie Louisa "LULU" McFetrish who married Sideny Bell in 1909 in Wanganui, New Zealand

Thomas Ransom was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1877
At some stage, prior to 1902 he moved to Australia.
He married Elsie May Young in Melbourne in 1902
They had 8 children in Melbourne, including a set of twins, Ruby and Russell
In 1915 Thomas and his wife and children returned to New Zealand but that year he married again to May Nelson and they had 2 (known) children
Elsie also remarried, in 1916 to ? Hancock - do you know his name and were there any children

I would like to know about Thomas's life in Australia during that period

Thomas Pitcher Ransom from Shernbourne, England arrived in New Zealand on the HALCIONE in 1873 with his wife Mary Ann Offard Taylor and 3 children

I believe they settled in Wellington and had another 5 children - I would like more information on this family please.

Two of his children, Matilda "Tilly" and Clara married two of the Chandler boys, William and Samuel

George Chandler (1844-1923)
- was born in Bedfordshire, England
- he married Lydia GEEVES (1844-1926) in 1866 in Leighton Buzzard
- they emigrated to New Zealand on the CARNATIC in 1875 four children.

They settled in the Picton area

Their known children:
1868 - 1937 William 'Bill' Chandler
- born in Leighton Buzzard, England
- he married Mattilda RANSOM 2 Jan 1892
In 1926 he was living in Otaki, on the west coast
In 1937 he was living in Auckland

1869 - 1948 Alice Chandler
- born in Leighton Buzzard, England
- she married David WALKER 18 Feb 1892 at Spring Vreek

1872 - 1937 Samuel Chandler
- born in Leighton Buzzard, England
- he married Clara RANSOM 25 Aug 1897
- they had 7 children (5 sons, including Clara's son Harry) & 2 daughters

1874 - 1935 Edith Chandler
- born in Leighton Buzzard
- emigrated at the age of 4 months
- she married Andrew KELT

1877 - 1956 John 'Jim' Chandler
- born in New Zealand
- he married Rose Eveline HOOPER 30 May 1822
- 6th of 14 children of:
William James HOOPER & Charlotte COMPTON (settlers of Carterton)
- married to Mabel ?

1877 - 1961 Emma Chandler
- born in New Zealand
- she married Frederick Thomas NEARNE

1882 - 1956 Caroline Annie 'Carrie' Chandler
- born in Grovetown, Marlborough
- she married Frederick Walter ALLERBY in 1901
CAROLINE died in Manaia, Taranaki

1886 - 1952 Edward Chandler
- he married Maud Marion HARPER in 1915
- Edward served in WWI:
SERIAL NUMBER - 64017
FIRST KNOWN RANK - Private
NEXT OF KIN - Maud Marion Chandler (wife) Box 219 Milson's Line, Palmerston North
BODY ON EMBARKATION - New Zealand Expeditionary Force
EMBARKATION UNIT - 31st Reiforcements Welligton Infactry, Regiment B Company
EMBARKATIO DATE - 16th November 1917
PLACE OF EMBARKATION - Wellington, New Zealand
TRANSPORT - HMNZT 97
VESSEL - Tahiti
DESTINATION - Liverpool, England




Any further information on this family and their descendants would be appreciated