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the EMENY cremated and/or buried at:
* Auckland
* Eketahuna
* Hamilton
* New Plymouth
* Rotorua
* Wellington
- some birth dates may be approximate (based on age at death) -

? ADA MARY Emeny (1882-1959 nee BELL)
- died 7 May 1959 aged 77
- Funeral Director Jones & Co Funeral Directors, Tauranga
- ashes scattered Purewa
* married Walter Gerald Emeny (1885-1966) in 1908. No birth children found. Adopted a girl, 18 month old Rosa Marie Stone (became Rosa Marie Emeny 1920-1999). Walter was cremated at Karori

? ALBERT VICTOR Emeny (1916-1993)
- died 31 January 1993 aged 77
- buried Plot 16 (12536), Block Berm A at Hawera RSA

? ALEXANDRA OPHIR MAY Emeny (1901-1992)
- died 15 June 1992 aged 91 (& 6 days)
- cremated Karori, Welllington
* born 9 June 1901 to Charles Thomas EMENY & Mary HEFFERMAN

? ALFRED JAMES Emeny (1870-1955)
- died 14 November 1955 aged 85
- buried 1942 Extension - Row 2 Lot 10 Plot 1 at Te Henui, New Plymouth
* married Prudentia Grainger SALVIN in 1898
- their known children:
1899 - 1900 John William Emeny (died 9 months in Okoia, Wanganui)
1900 - 1985 Florence Annie Janet Emeny
1906 - 1989 Maude Beatrice Emeny

? ALICE MABEL MARY Emeny (1907-2002)
- died 16 October 2002 aged 95
- ashes buried Hamilton Park Cemetery 21 March 2003 (with Frank Clifford)

? ALMA ISOBEL Emeny (1909-1982 nee ROSE)
- daughter of James ROSE & Annie Letitia DOWNER
- died 16 May 1982 aged 73
- ashes scattered Purewa
* Alma married John Alfred Emeny in 1930

? ANN Emeny (1839-1901 nee ?)
- died 28 November 1901 aged 62
- buried Plot 5301, C of E Bolton St, Wellington
* 30 Nov 1901, The Friends of the late Mrs Ann Emeny, relict of the late William G. Emeny, are respectfully invited to attend her Funeral, which will leave her son's residence, Mr C. Emeny, Ranfurly-terrace (Mount Cook, Wellington), on Monday, 2nd December, 1901, at 9 a.m., for Bolton-street Cemetery
* wife of William George Emeny, Hotel Keeper, they arrived in NZ about 1858
- their known children:
1856 - 1945 Mary Ann Susan Emeny (born England, married twice in NZ, 7 children)
1859 - 1955 William George Emeny (born in Wanganui)
1861 - 1933 Jeremiah Emeny
1864 - 1937 Elizabeth Lucy Emeny (died in Balmain, NSW, Australia)
1868 - 1940 Charles Thomas Emeny (a Plasterer)
1870 - ? Emma Jane Emeny
1872 - 1916 Alice Amelia Emeny
1875 - 1961 James Arthur Emeny
1877 - 1877 Maud Esther Emeny (aged 11 weeks, buried with parents)
1879 - 1956 John Abraham Emeny
1880 - 1934 William Percival Emeny

? ANN 'MARY' Emeny (1870-1953 nee HEFFERMAN)
- died 6 June 1953 aged 83
- buried Plot 83 A, ROM CATH at Karori, Wellington
* 'Mary' married Charles Thomas Emeny 27 July 1889
- their known children:
1889 - ? Charles Henry Emeny (born Xmas Day)
1893 - 1978 Kathleen 'Mable' Emeny
1898 - 2007 Irene Mary 'Rene' Emeny (aged 108, lived 1 Ranfurly Tce since birth)
1901 - 1992 Alexandra 'Ophir' May Emeny
1904 - 1961 Robert Harold 'Bob' Emeny

? ANNE ROSE Emeny (1891-1974)
- died 5 August 1974 aged 83
- ashes Niche Wall 6, Row C, Plot 11, Rotorua (multi-occupied plot)
* with Norman Arthur Verey Emeny (1902-1984)

? ARTHUR Emeny (1855-1898)
- died 24 April 1898 aged 32
- buried Plot 52E, CH ENG at Karori, Wellington
* born in England to Thomas & Louisa Emeny. Arthur was a Brewery Assistant. He and his brother Thomas James Emeny, were drowned the same day under Pencarrow Lighthouse, in a dingy accident. A double funeral was held for them & they are buried together

? ARTHUR FREDERICK Emeny (1877-1963)
- son of Stuart Charles EMENY (1842-1877) & Sarah Jane REW (1856-1920)
- died 6 June 1963 aged 85
- ashes buried Plot 42, Berm F, RSA Ash Berm, (Block 6A), Rotorua
* Arthur's father died in March 1877 aged 35 so Arthur was probably an infant
* Arthur married Martha 'Emma' VEREY (1876-1931) in Sep 1901 in Greenwich.
- a daughter of Thomas VEREY (1839-1907) & Ruth JORDAN (1843-1924)
- the children of Arthur & Emma, born in London:
1902 - 1984 Norman Arthur Verey Emeny
1903 - 1987 Marie Louise Emeny
1905 - 1995 Dudley Alfred Verey Emeny
1907 - 1981 Edward Charles Verey Emeny
1909 - 1994 Vera Annie Emeny
1913 - 2006 Doris Ruth Emeny
* the family emigrated to NZ about 1915 (see comments)
* 'Emma' Emeny died 13 August 1931, burial yet to find, possibly on Waiheke Island

? AUDREY RUTH Emeny (1922-1937)
- died 18 February 1937 aged 14
- buried unknown location at Te Henui

? BEATRICE Emeny (1899-1944)
- died 18 October 1944 aged 45 at Auckland Hospital
- ashes scattered at Waikumete, Auckland
* on October 18, 1944, at the Auckland Hospital, after a short illness, Beatrice, dearly beloved wife of Arthur Emeny, Onetangi, Waiheke Island. Service to-morrow (Thursday) at 1.15 p.m. at W. H. Tongue and Son's Chapel, funeral then leaving for the Crematorium. No flowers.

? CHARLES THOMAS Emeny (1868-1940)
- son of William George & Ann EMENY
- died 25 February 1940 aged 71
- cremated Karori, Wellington
* Charles married Mary HEFFERMAN in 1889 (see children at Mary below)
* On February 25, 1940 at Wellington, Charles Thomas Emeny, beloved husband of May Emeny, father of Bob, Mabel, Irene and Ophir, of 1 Ranfurly Terrace. Interment private
* Charles made trips to Rotorua (visiting family?)

? CLIFFORD STANLEY Emeny (1920-2000)
- died 6 October 2000 aged 80
- buried Services Area, Row G Burials Plot 63 at Awanui
* read story at his link * also photos here
* with Grace Joan Emeny

? DORIS RUTH Long nee EMENY (1913-2006)
- daughter of Arthur Frederick EMENY & Martha Emma VEREY
- died 2 October 2006 aged 93
- buried unknown plot at Pyes Pa, Tauranga

? EDITH HELENA Emeny (1878-1956)
- died 6 October 1956 aged 78
- Funeral Director W Abraham Ltd, 27 Elliot Street, New Plymouth
- ashes buried Block K, Row 5, Plot 042 at Purewa

? EDWARD CHARLES VEREY 'Ted' Emeny (1907-1981)
- son of Arthur Frederick EMENY & Martha Emma VEREY
- died 2 November 1981 aged 73
- ashes Niche Wall 9, Row C, Plot 9, Rotorua (multi-occupied plot)
* with Ethel Mavis

? ETHEL MAVIS Emeny (1909-1995)
- died 1 June 1995 aged 86
- ashes Niche Wall 9, Row C, Plot 9. Rotorua (multi-occupied plot)
* with Edward Charles

? EMMA JANE Emeny (1886-1988 nee BABBINGTON)
- married John Abraham Emeny in 1914
- died 25 March 1988 aged 102 at Hawera Hospital
- ashes buried 26 Jan 1997 Plot 5 (1132), Block S at Opunake General
* with Richard Sydney Emeny

? FLORENCE Emeny (1869-1951)
- died 10 January 1951 aged 81
- buried PRESBYTERIAN DIVISION C Row 2, Plot 26 at Waikumete, Auckland

? FRANK CLIFFORD Emeny (1893-1958)
- 4th of 4 sons of Jeremiah EMENY & Margaret ROBERTS
- died 13 May 1958 aged 64
- buried Hamilton Park Cemetery (with Alice Mabel)

? FREDERICK CHARLES Emeny (1884-1929)
- died 12 July 1929 aged 45
- buried unknown location at Te Henui, New Plymouth
* Frederick married Mabel Lydia HEALEY in 1915

? GRACE JOAN Emeny (1925-2011)
- died 5 May 2011 aged 86
- buried Services Area, Row G Burials Plot 63 at Awanui
* with Clifford Stanley Emeny

? JAMES ARTHUR Emeny (1875-1961)
- son of William George (1838-1894) & Ann (1839-1901) EMENY (buried Bolton St)
- died 16 September 1961 aged 86
- buried Grave 13 at Eketahuna Lawn Cemetery
* possibly married Mary Olive WRIGHT in 1923

? JOHN ALFRED ABRAHAM Emeny (1903-1979)
- son of John Abraham EMENY & Florence May TREVOR (divorced 1914)
- died 10 July 1979 aged 76
- ashes scattered from Purewa
* John married Alma Isobel ROSE in 1930

? JOHN WILLIAM Emeny (1869-1942)
- died 7 December 1942 aged 73
- buried Independent Block Row 12, Lot 11, Plot 3 Te Henui

? KATHLEEN MABEL Emeny (1893-1978)
- died 5 February 1978 aged 85 (& 4 days)
- cremated at Karori, Wellington
* daughter of Charles Thomas EMENY & Mary HEFFERMAN

? MABEL LYDIA Emeny (1889-1969 nee HEALEY)
- died July 1969 aged 80
- cremated at Purewa, ashes buried Area 2 Block R Lot No 21 at Waikaraka, Onehunga
* Mabel married Frederick Charles Emeny in 1915

? MARIE LOUISE Pollock nee EMENY (1903-1987)
- daughter of Arthur Frederick EMENY & Martha Emma VEREY
- died 26 May 1987 aged 83
- ashes buried Niche Wall 12, Row D, Plot 15 at Rotorua
* Marie married William James POLLOCK (1865-1931) Xmas Day 1923

? MARY ANN Emeny (1879-1955 nee SALVIN)
- died 20 April 1955 aged 76
- buried Independent Block Row 12 Lot 9 Plot 2 at Te Henui
* Mary married John William Emeny in 1899
- their known children:
1900 - Violet May Emeny
1902 - Gladys Marion Emeny
1906 - Phyllis Ellen Constance Emily Emeny

? Mary Ann 'POLLY' Emeny (1860-1933 nee HESSELWOOD)
- married William George Emeny in 1880
- died 7 July 1933 aged 73
- buried unknown burial location at Te Henui
* On the 7th April 1880 at St Peters Church, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, William George Emeny, eldest son of W. G. Emeny, of the Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington, to Mary Ann Hesselwood, youngest daughter of the late Henry Hesselwood, of London, W.
* in 1898 they were still at Alpha Street, Te Aro

? MARY OLIVE Emeny (1891-1968 nee WRIGHT)
- died 27 August 1968 aged 76
- buried Hamilton Park Cemetery
* daughter of Arthur Herbert WRIGHT & Catherine Taita Robinsosn BANKS, Mary married James Arthur Emeny in 1923

? NORMAN ARTHUR VEREY Emeny (1902-1984)
- died 6 August 1984 aged 82
- ashes Niche Wall 6, Row C, Plot 11, Rotorua (multi-occupied plot)
* with Anne Rose Emeny (1891-1974)

? PHYLLIS HELEN CONSTANCE EMILY Emeny (1906-1933)
- daughter of John William EMENY & Mary Ann SALVIN
- died 18 April 1933 aged 27
- unknown burial location at Te Henui

? PRUDENTIA GRAINGER Emeny (1881-1942 nee SALVIN)
- married Alfred James Emeny in 1898
- died 23 October 1942 aged 61
- buried 1942 Extension - Row 2, Lot 10, Plot 2 at Te Henui

? RICHARD SYDNEY Emeny (1922-1942)
- died 5 April 1942 aged 20
- buried Plot 5 (1132), Block S at Opunake General
* with Emma Jane Emeny

? STANLEY ALBERT Emeny (1941-1954)
- died 17 September 1954 aged 13
- buried Plot 9 (7368), Block LVI at Hawera General Presbyterian
* twin son of Edward Charles Verey & Ethel Mavis Emeny (brother's name was Peter)

? STUART CHARLES Emeny (1937-1938)
- died 26 March 1938 aged 1
- buried Plot 1, Section 53, Block 2, Rotorua

? THOMAS Emeny (1840-1924)
- died 7 August 1924 aged 84
- buried Plot 28 S, CH ENG at Karori, Wellington with Louisa
* His wife's name was Louisa, but maiden name still being researched
- They had children prior to arriving in New Zealand, added as found:
1866 - 1951 Louisa Susannah Emeny
- the following children were found born in NZ:
1875 - 1945 Alice Emeny
1876 - Ellen Emeny
1878 - Brid (? Bridget?) Emeny
1880 - 1950 Margaret Emeny
1882 - Frederick Henry Emeny
1884 - 1885 Edith Emeny (died aged 8 months)
* Thomas was an Upholsterer. In 1890 he was the Treasurer of the United Furniture Union. In 1897 he said he had been in the trade for 22 years and was at that time working at Scoullar's earning 8s 6d per day, buying his own home out of these wages. He said that he earned 8s 6d in Melbourne and living was cheaper there.
NOTE occupation not yet verified as correct for this Thomas

? THOMAS JAMES Emeny (1851-1898)
- died 24 April 1898 aged 36
- buried Plot 52E, CH ENG at Karori, Wellington
* born in England to Thomas & Louisa Emeny. Thomas was a Cabinetmaker. He and his brother Arthur Emeny, were drowned the same day under Pencarrow Lighthouse, in a boating accident. The Inquest. A double funeral was held for them & they are buried together

? VERA ANNIE Emeny (1909-1994)
- daughter of Arthur Frederick EMENY & Martha Emma VEREY
- died 19 October 1994 aged 84
- ashes Niche Wall 13, Row D, Plot 6, Rotorua (multi-occupied plot)

? WALTER GERALD Emeny (1879-1966)
- died 19 September 1966 aged 87
- cremated at Karori, Wellington
* Walter married Ada Mary BELL (1882-1959) in 1908. Ada's ashes were scattered at Purewa, Auckland

? WILLIAM GEORGE Emeny (1838-1894)
- died early August 1894 aged 56 by drowning in Wellington Harbour
- buried Plot 5301, C of E Bolton Street, Wellington
* husband of Ann who was residing in Carterton at the time of his death (see above for children)
* database has that he was buried 1st August 1894 but his body was not found until the morning of the 18th August (floating in the harbour near the Star Boating Club Shed). William had been missing since the 31st July
* The Friends of the late W. G. Emeny are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave the residence of his son, W. G. Emeny, jnr., Alpha-street (Te Aro, Wellington), Monday, 20th August, at 10a.m., for Bolton-street Cemetery
* 20 Aug 1894 An inquest was held at the Morgue on Saturday afternoon (18th) by Mr Ashcroft, District Coroner, as to the death of William George Emeny, whose body was recovered from the harbour on the same morning. Mr J. H. Hutchens was foreman of the jury. The body was seen floating in the harbour near the Star Boating Club's shed by a young man named Jas. Robert Flan, who brought it ashore, where it was taken charge of by Constable Murphy. Subsequently it was identified by William G. Emeny, a son of the deceased, who stated that his father had been missing since the 31st ult., at which time he was sober - in fact, he never drank. Since his disappearance witness' mother, who resided in Carterton, had caused enquiries to be made as to his whereabouts, but without avail. There was nothing, so far as the witness was aware of, that would lead to the supposition that his father had committed suicide. The deceased's life was insured for ?250 (Aug 2012 equivalent of $45,300) and his age was 56 years. The jury returned a verdict of Found Drowned

? WILLIAM GEORGE Emeny (1859-1955)
- died 7 June 1955 aged 95
- buried unknown burial location at Te Henui
* William married 'Polly' Hesselwood in 1880

PHOTO
Grave of the Emeny family, plot 5301 Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington.
Photographed in the late 1960s by the City Sexton, P. J. E. Shotter, prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway

There is an Emily Agnes Blows buried in Plot 253 of the Christ Church Taita Historical Cemetery

She is buried alone

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Is that her maiden or married name?
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Emily was born in Woodgreen in Hampshire, England
she was a daughter of Vincent MIST and Mary Anna BAILLIE

Emily emigrated to Napier in 1877 at the age of 9 on the ship
Renfrewshire with her parents and 1 year old sister Mary.
The ship sailed from London on September 29th 1877, arriving in Hawkes Bay on the 4th January 1878.
It was placed in quarantine on account of scarlet fever having broken out

Emily married David JONES on 29th April 1886 at Waipawa at the home of Thomas Wooster
- David was from Cardiff, Wales
- they settled in Woodville

- they had seven children
Eva Jones 1887
- she married Charles Avis LYNCH
- she died in 1979 in Auckland

Emily Jones 1890 in Patoka
- she married Frederick William EBBETT
- she died in 1972 in Palmerston North

Charles Jones 1892 in Woodville
- he married Margaret Mary HANRAHAN
- he died in 1982 in Palmerston North

Percy Jones 1893 in Woodvile - 1984 in Havelock North
- he married Elizabeth Cameron McBain

Alice Jones 1894 in Woodville
- marriage unknown
- she died in 1981 in Palmerston North

Walter Jones 1896 in Woodville
- he married Lillian Trixie MORGAN
- he died in 1980 in Woodville

Annie Jones 1901 in Woodville
- she married Joseph HUNT

David Jones 1903 in Woodville - 1991 in Palmerston North
- he married Irene BERKAHN
- he died in 1992 in Palmerston North


Husband David died in 1902 aged 44 of pneumonia & quinsy
- Emily was then about 2 months pregnant with their 8th child David

Emily remarried in 1908 to John HARRIS, a farmer in Woodville.
- John died in 1927, 27 years before Emily

Emily Bethia CARR (1853-1942)
- born in Australia
- married 21 June 1875 in Hokitia to:
Thomas James JASPERS (1843-1915)
They lived in Denniston, West Coast for several years where Thomas was a Miner

their known 10 children
... 1
1876 - ? Joseph Thomas Jaspers
- said to have served in the South African war with his father and that he died in Natal. No record of this found so far. No death found for him in NZ either

... 2
1877 - 1934 William Henry Jaspers
- William married Annie HEDLEY in 1903

... 3
1879 - 1914 Sarah Ann Jaspers
- Sarah married Albert Edward DEVESON (1877-1948) in 1910

... 4
1881 - 1958 George Frederick Jaspers
- George married Martha BURROWS in 1916
- Martha died 6 Dec 1946 aged 59. She had been living in Newman, Eketahuna. She is buried Grave 19C, Block AA at Mangaoranga, Eketahuna.
- George died 7 Feb 1958 aged 76. He is buried with Martha. The headstone reads:
In loving memory of Martha Jaspers, died Dec. 6th 1946. At rest. Also a plaque: Also George Frederick Jaspers, died 7th February 1958, aged 76.

... 5
1884 - 1949 Thomas James Jaspers

... 6
1886 - 1964 Albert Aaron Jaspers
- in May 1917, Albert was a Farmer in Newman, Eketahuna when he was 'Called to Arms' in the Seventh Ballot

... 7
1888 - 1945 Herbert Edward Jaspers
- Herbert was a Farmer in Central Rd., Newman, Eketahuna
- he died 1 Jan 1945 aged 56
- he is buried Grave 15, Plot 9, Block 4 at Mangatainoka cemetery, Pahiatua

... 8
1890 - 1951 Percival Jaspers
Percival married Margaret MURRAY (1890-1966) in 1910

... 9
1892 - 1945 Edmund Hill Jaspers
- Edmund married Lydia RUTHERFORD (1896-1973) in 1917
- Lydia was born 23 Aug 1896, 1 of 11 children to William RUTHERFORD & Margaret CHARTERS

... 10
1894 - 1976 Leo Jaspers
- Leo married Amelia Forrest MOORE (1902-2002), in 1933
- a daughter of William MOORE & Eliza SANDERS


TIMELINE
29 July 1903 - (living on the West Coast)
... The Policy No. 21741 on the life of Thomas Jaspers having been lost, I hereby give notice that a copy of the Original will be issued under Section 28 of "The Life Assurance Policies Act,1884" unless notice be lodged forbidding same on or before the 13th day of August, 1903 - ORTON STEVENS, Resident Secretary

8 March 1910 - (3rd born & only daughter of Emily & Thomas)
... On Wednesday March 8, at St Matthew's Church, by the vicar (the Rev Gillam), Albert Edward Deveson, the youngest osn of Samuel Deveson, of Kings Parl, Ramsgate, Kent, England, to Sarah Ann Jaspers, the only daughter ot Thomas Jaspers, of Newtown, Eketahua. - English papers please copy

2 Aug 1914 (daughter of Emily & Thomas)
... On August 2 at Waimana Avenue, Northcote (Auckland), Sarah Ann, beloved wife of Albert Edward Deveson and only daughter of Thomas Jaspers, Newman, aged 35 years. Home papers please copy. The funeral will leave Northcote Ferry for Auckland (12.30 p.m. boat) to-morrow (Wednesday) for Purewa Cemetery
- Sarah is buried Block D Row 23 Plot 079 at Purewa cemetery
- her husband Albert Edward Deveson was a Land Agent in Auckland. He remarried in 1916 to FLorence Maria CALLAGHAN (1883-1961).
- He died 14 Nov 1948 and his ashes are in the COLUMBARIUM NICHE WALL VLT Row Vlt, Plot 3VL at Waikumete, Auckland. Florence also died on 14 Nov (1961) and her ashes scattered from Waikumete

28 May 1915 - (death of Thomas Jaspers)
... The death is recorded of Mr T. Jaspers, at Northcote, Auckland. eceased, who was 72 years of age, resided in Eketahuna for eight years, and was respected by all with whom he came in contact. Deceased leaves a wife and a large family of sons, the majority of whom are still residents of this district
- he is buried Anglican Cemetery Block C Plot 140 at Pompallier Cemetery, Glenfield

13 Nov 1915 - (Stamp Duty on Thomas's Estate)
... The estate of Thomas Jaspers, deceased, was assessed for stamp duty during the month of October at ?1990 (2012 equivalent of $280,600)

27 May 1916 (5th born Thomas leaves for war)
... Thomas Janes Jaspers embarked from Wellington in WWI as Rifleman 23187 with the NZRB, 4th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company. His next of kin was his mother Emily Bethia Jaspers of Waimana Ave., Northcote, Auckland. He was slighty wounded in Oct 1916 but remained with his unit

7 Dec 1916 (7th born Herbert leaves for war)
... Herbert Edward Jaspers embarked from Wellington in WWI as Private 30594 with the NZEF, 20th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company. His next of kin was his mother Mrs Thomas Jaspers of Sackville St., Grey Lynn, Auckland. In June 1918 Herbert was officially reported as a prisoner of war in Germany. Emily was then recorded as being in Eketahuna. He was repatriated in Dec 1918

1 Aug 1918 - (9th born Leo leaves for war)
... Leo Jaspers embarked from Wellington in WWI as Private 77463 with the NZEF, 42nd Reinforcements D Company. His next of kin was his mother Emily Bethia Jaspers at Eketahuna

15 Nov 1941 - (death of a grandson of Emily & Thomas)
... Edward Carr Jaspers, son of their 8th born, Percival Jaspers & Margaret 'Maggie' Murray was killed while on Active Service in a Motor Cycle Accident at Oxford Circus, Western Desert, Egypt, 3 days after his 26th birthday. He was born in Waipawa, Hawkes Bay. He served as Corporal 3672 with the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon, 4 Reserve Mechanical Transport Company. His next of kin was his father at 'Bellwood', Tahunanui, Nelson

22 Sep 1942 - (death of Emily Bethia Jaspers)
... Emily died 22 September aged 91. She is buried in Grave 51, Plot 9, Block 4, Main Section at Mangatainoka Cemetery, Pahiatua. The headstone reads:
In loving memory of Emily B. Jaspers, died Sept. 1942, aged 91.
- her Probate, No. 1474/42, was filed 5 Oct 1942 in Masterton COurt

15 Feb 1943 - (death of a grandson of Emily & Thomas)
... born in 1912 to Percival Jaspers & Maggie Murray, Joseph Thomas Jaspers. a Truckdriver, was caught in the belting of the stone-crushing plant in Waihopai riverbed. Mr Joseph Thomas Jaspers, a married man, aged 30, of Nelson, suffered fatal injuries. The accident occurred at knock-off time on Saturday after the engine had been actually turned off. Mr Jaspers fell against the main belt and the last revolutions of the machinery dragged him round, inflicting terrible leg injuries. He died shortly afterwards in the Tairau Hospital

2 Nov 1943 - (looking for 6th born Albert Aaron)
... Will Albert A. Jaspers or anybody knowing his whereabout please write to T. Jaspers, Mangonui. Will hear something to his advantage

1 Jan 1945 - (7th born of Emily & Thomas)
... Herbert Edward Jaspers died in Eketahuna aged 56. He was a Farmer in Central Rd., Newman, Eketahuna. He is buried Grave 15, Plot 9, BLock 4, Main Section at the Mangatainoka Cemetery, Pahiatua. His headstone reads:
In loving memory of Herbert E. Jaspers, died Jan. 1945, aged 56 years.

2 May 1949 - (5th born of Emily & Thomas)
... Thomas James Jaspers died in Auckland aged 65, His ashes were scattered at Waikumete

7 Feb 1958 - (4th born of Emily & Thomas)
... George Frederick Jaspers died in Palmerston North aged 76. He was a Sheepfarmer in Newman, Eketahuna. He was cremated at Kelvin Grove and buried Grave 19C, Block AA at Mangaoranga, Eketahuna. THe headstone reads:
In loving memory of Martha Jaspers, died Dec. 6th 1946. At rest. Also a plaque: Also George Frederick Jaspers, died 7th February 1958, aged 76.

13 Sep 1976 - (9th born of Emily & Thomas)
... Leo Jaspers died in Auckland agd 82. His ashes were scattered


PHOTO
GRAVE of Emily Bethia Jaspers at Mangatainoka

Emily Eliza Ann 'Minnie' DAWSON (1867-1959)
- was born 21 March 1867 in Kentishbury, Tasmania, Australia
- the 4th of 14 children of Ebenezer James DAWSON & Eliza GATELAND who moved to Invercargill

Ebenezer James Dawson was 24 & Eliza Gateland was 17 when they married on 25 April 1861 in Tasania - (thanks to Tonkin for supplying that info)

the 14 CHILDREN were:

* Grace Dawson
Grace married William John HARVEY in 1882

* William C. Dawson
William married Elizabeth Craw? in 1882
- Elizabeth died 21 March 1918 in Launceston

* Ebenezer Dawson
Ebenezer died as an infant.

* 1867 - 1959 Emily Eliza Ann 'Minnie' Dawson
Emily married John ASTON (as above) in 1889

* Cecelia Dawson
Cecilia married Ebenezer BISHOP in 1890

* Amy Dawson
Amy died as an infant

* 1871 - 1952 Eva Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Dawson
Emily was born in Port Sorell, Tasmania
she married David GRINDLAY in 1898

* 1873 - 1955 Henry Oswald Dawson
Henry was born in Port Sorell, Tasmania
he married Caroline Eliza HOPGOOD in 1898

* 1874 - 1946 Gertrude Dawson
Gertrude never married

* 1877 - 1921 Ethel Rose Dawson
Ethel married Alfred Arnold CARSON in 1900

* Blanche Dawson
Blanche married Arthur William COWLEY in 1900

* 1881 - 1913 Euphemia Amy Maud Dawson
Euphemia married Charley IREMONGER (1881-1964) in 1905
- son of Johathan David IREMONGER & his 2nd wife Sophia RENDALL

* Winifred Alice Marion Dawson
Winifred married Harold Humphrey MATTHEWS in 1909

* 1904 - 1972 Basil Frederick Dawson
Basil married Emily Jane ISITT in 1931


Emily Dawosn married
John ASTON (1854-1945) on 11 April 1889 in Invercargill

their 7 known children:

... 1
1890 - ? Stanley Frank Victor Gateland Aston
- Stanley married Evelyn Louisa CHAMBERLAIN in 1912
- possibly died in Australia


... 2
1891 - 1931 Gordon Llewellyn Aston
- Gordon married Gertrude Violet BENNETT in 1915
Gordon served twice in WWI as Sergeant 13/2514 with the Headquarters, Mounted Rifle Brigade
* he embarked from Auckland 27 March 1915 with Samoan Rifle Force
* he embarked from Wellington 13 Nov 1915 with 8th Reinforcement
* his next of kin was his wife Gertrude at 262 Riddiford St, Wellington


... 3
1893 - 1894 Nelson Tuisley/TInsley Aston
- Nelson die aged 8 months


... 4
1893 - ? Stella Coralie Aston
- married Charles SIMMONS after 1937
14 May 1937 ... The engagement is announced of Stella Coralie, only daughter of Mr and Mrs John Aston, of Wellington, to Mr Charles Simmons, of Texas and Los Angeles


... 5
1895 - 1916 Eardley Howard Aston
* Eardley served in WWI as Private 10/1176 with the Wellington Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements
* His next of kin was his father c/o Box 487, G.P.O., Wellington
* He enlisted from Te Koa, Karo ...more
- he was KILLED IN ACTION Somme, France


... 6
1899 - 1962 George Keith Aston


... 7
1901 - 1873 Clarence Gateland Aston
- married Frances Evelyn May SUNNEX in 1926 in Wellington
- a daughter of Richard John Oliver SUNNEX & Frances 'Annie' BILLINGTON


NOTES

26 June 1945
... On June 25, 1945, at Wellington, John Aston, J.P., beloved husband of E. E. Aston, 149 Glenmore St., and loving father of Clarence, Keith and Stella; aged 81 years. Funeral Service at Kelburn Presbyterian Church, 1.30 p.m., Tomorrow (Wednesday), June 27, 1945, thereafter to Karori Cemetery. By request, no flowers

... On June 25, 1945, John Aston, J.P., father of the late Stanley Aston and much-loved father-in-law of Evelyn Aston, grandpa of Ngaire and Hylton and great-grandpa of Warwick, Trevor and Yvonne, Maree Bringans

John & Emily are buried in Karori cemetery, Wellington


PHOTO

Eardley Howard Aston (1895-1916)

to help Keitha and her query Looking for Coe family Pahiatua
* please note this is a work in progress, call back from time to time for any updates or amendments

WILLIAM ROBERT COE (1850-1943)
- born in Lambeth, London
- 2nd of 5 children of George Thomas COE (1919-1904) & his 1st wife Harriet Caroline CONWAY. Harriet died in England before 1874. George emigrated to Wellington in August 1874 with his son James and daughter Florence. George remarried at his home in Wellington in 1880 to Mary Ann BARKER (1827-1896). Mary Ann died in Featherston aged 69. George moved up to Pongaroa and kept a boarding house. He died 20 December 1904 aged 86 in Pahiatua and is buried in Grave 24 - Plot 6 - Block 3 at Mangatainoka (it is unmarked, no headstone)
... (see at end of this journal for George's other children)

William married 9 April 1871 in Saint Marylebone, London to:
EMMA SWADDLING (1852-1925)
- (sometimes seen as SWADLING)
- born 5 Doris Street East, Lambeth, London, England
- a daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Swaddling
- Emma died 11 August 1925 aged 72 in Whangarei
- buried Plot 236 - Old Portion Block One at Maunu Cemetery

* in 1917 they were living in Whauwhau Valley, Whangarei
William Robert Coe died on Xmas Day 1943 in Whangarei aged 92
- buried in Plot 1594 - Old Portion Block Seven at Maunu Cemetery

they had 13 children
NOTE this is a separate journal to concentrate on the direct descendants of the 1st of the 13 children, Emma Coe and her husband James Edward Lawrence

- the list of all 13 children can be seen at this journal:
the COE family of Wairarapa

.. 1 ..
1873 - 1922 EMMA COE
- born in Marylebone, London
- married **JAMES EDWARD LAWRENCE in 1890
- see ** below for James's family line
- Emma died 18 July 1922

- their 4 known children were:
1891 - 1909 Sidney Lawrence
- born 14 October 1891
- Sidney died on 22 August 1909 aged 17
- he was a Carpenter in Pahiatua
- he is buried in Grave 28 - Plot 7 - Block 3 at Mangatainoka with his 6 year old brother Eric William Lawrence (1905-1911)
- his HEADSTONE READS: In loving memory of Sidney Lawrence, who died Aug. 22, 1909, aged 18 (sic) years. "We loved him well, but Jesus loved him best". Also Eric Lawrence, who died Oct. 25, 1911, aged 6 years.

1893 - 1895 Holly Maud Lawrence
- born 23 August 1893
- Holly died on 12 February 1895 aged 18 months
- she is buried Grave 35 - Plot 1 - Block 3 at Mangatainoka, unmarked grave, no headstone

1900 - 1963 Leslie James Lawrence
- born 14 November 1900 - he died in Wairoa

NOTE ... order of marriages may not be correct

Leslie married Inez Bernardine SMITH
- Inez was born in 1903, 1 of 2 daughters of Robert Stephen SMITH & Alice Garthu(e) PEARCE. Her sister was Lorna Jean Smith
- Leslie & Inez had a daughter in 1924 they named Inez Bernadine who died aged 1 week
- They also had at least 4 other children
Leslie married Hariata PARETIPUA
- they had at least 7 children
Leslie married May LEWIS & had 5 children
- May was a daughter of William David LEWIS (1867-1955) & Heni Iriwaho SMITH (1885-1965)
Leslie married Lena CARR
- they had ? children

1905 - 1911 Eric William Lawrence
- born 18 June 1905
- Eric died 25 October 1911 aged 6
- he is buried in Grave 27 - Plot 7 - Block 3 at Mangatainoka with his 18 year old brother Sidney Lawrence

his grandchildren tell me:
" ... bringing our family fishing boat back from Napier, both granddad and boat lost. Only one gumboot was found. 'Jimmy' was Wairoa's Freemasonary member/businessman - Lawrence Motors/buses and taxi services and Mayor of Wairoa.
Lawrence Motors was sited in North Cyde near the Wairoa River.
Lawrence Park was to be sited in McLean Street, the Park named after him. His first wife was a chieftainess called Hariata my grandmother, both married in the forest of TaneMahuta, the old Maori way. The Lawrence family is related to the Gregories family from Scotland as Gregories uncle was Arthur Lawrence of Pahiatua"...

... "he was married to A HARIATA IN THE fOREST OF TANE MAHUTA and then to my grandmother May, maiden name Lewis from Nuhaka Wairoa" ...

... granddad never spoke of his life much, there may only been a very few times he said anything. What I know abount him is he was a Wairoa Taxi driver for many years. The day of the drowning he had brought the tug boat from Napier. On the boat was my father, Rex Lawrence and a granduncle I think. It happened comming into the Wairoa Mouth. Granddad and the granduncle drowned. They have never recovered their bodies to this day. My Father Rex was about 16/17 years old at the time, is now 63. I also hear that Granddad Leslie also went by the name Jim/Jimmy. He also had many partners and children. I have been told a story that granddad had been barred from the family because he married a Maori ...

... granddad's wife, my grandmother, May Lewis Lawrence, was from Mohaka or Nuhaka, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay. They had 6 children but all in total there's about 26 children that have been spoken about and they are supposed to be of Leslie James Lawrence ...

... this is my grandmother, May LAWRENCE (nee LEWIS) parents:
Heni Ruihi SMITH (17 March 1885-14 March 1965) & William David LEWIS (2 Feb 1867-26 Feb 1955)
my grandprents Leslie James LAWRENCE & May LEWIS children:
RONALD JAMES Lawrence
REX Lawrence
JEAN Lawrence
JOSEPHINE MAY Lawrence
BRIAN PAKU Lawrence (he has not made any contact since leaving home)
- My grandmother May 2nd married to a Ben Ropitine. They had 1 son ...

- none of them mention the above Inez Bernardine SMITH although the Jane Smith is interesting (last comment)
- his next 2 wives may have been common law and I hope his descendants can provide the children of these unions
- Leslie 'James, Jimmy' Lawrence died on 14 August 1963 in a boating accident in Wairoa. He was 65 (sic ??). The 'granduncle' mentioned as drowning with Leslie was Walter Henry Coe (1881-1963), 1 of 2 sons of Thomas Lewis Coe (1855-1933) & Rachael/Rachel MARSHALL (1856-1942) who married in 1878, lived in Wellington where Thomas was a Saddler and both buried in Karori
- (Walter Henry Coe married Florence Annie EDWARDS in 1907)


** JAMES EDWARD LAWRENCE
- was the 5th of 11 children of William LAWRENCE & Mary Ann ROBINSON who married in Wellington in 1861 and settled in Carterton
- his father William was born in 1836 in the parish of St Andrew, Holborn, London. He arrived into Wellington 21 Sep 1857 and died in Dec 1913 (read his bio below). He was the first of at least 8 children to James LAWRENCE & Caroline FEASEY of London

- the children of William Lawrence & Mary Ann Robinson were:
1862 - 1918 Harriet Lawrence
- she married Daniel HERCOCK (1864-1932) in 1886
- a son of William (1833-1902) & Catherine Micklejohn (1843-1918) Hercock. Daniel was a brother of Harry who married Caroline Lawrence below. The Hercock were living in Masterton in at least 1884 when a sister, Eliza, died (her brother mentioned was Thomas James )
- they had at least 3 children:
1887 - 1953 Frank Frederick Hercock
1889 - 1965 Thomas William Hercock (m Bertha Ellen WILLIS 1910)
1895 - 1956 Clarence Charles Hercock (m Marjorie Francis PINE 1914)

1864 - 1932 John Robinson Lawrence (sometimes recorded John Robert)
- he married Emily WENHAM (1867-1960) in 1887
- they had had least 2 children:
1888 - 1971 Ellen Lawrence
1890 - 1855 John William Lawrence
- John Robinson Lawrence died 1 January 1932 aged 68 in Carterton
- he is buried in Plot 49 - Block NEW SUR A at Clareville

1865 - 1949 William Henry Lawrence
- married Rose Young LETT (1872-1945) in 1887
- (sister of William Lett who married her sister Laura below)
- they lived for a time in Lansdowne Masterton
- they had at least 2 children:
1892 Daisy Lawrence
1894 Edward William Henry Lawrence

1867 - 1939 James Edward Lawrence
- sometimes known as Edward or as James or combinations of
- James married Emma COE in 1890 (Emma's brother Sydney Coe had a daughter Olive May Coe who married Charles Edward TORSTENSON)
- James and Emma had at least 4 children as above
1891 - 1909 Sidney Lawrence (died aged 18)
1893 - 1895 Olive 'Holly' Maud Lawrence (died aged 2)
1901 - 1963 Leslie James Lawrence (died aged 62)
- married 4 times and about 26 children
1905 - 1911 Eric William Lawrence (died aged 6)

1869 - 1933 Caroline Eliza Lawrence
- she married Harry HERCOCK (1863-1931) in 1891
- a son of William & Catherine Hercock. A brother of Daniel who married Harriet Lawrence above
- they had at least 6 children:
1892 - 1980 Ethel Mary/Marion Eliza Hercock (m Frederick Ethelbert SEDCOLE 1910)
1894 - 1954 Mary Ann Hercock
1896 - 1969 Olive 'Ollie' Harriet Hercock (m William Henry NAGEL 1916)
1898 Doris Hercock (m Robert Henry HAINES 1922)
1902 Eva Kathleen/Katherine Hercock (m Jack WENHAM 1925)
1905 - 1967 Francis William Hercock (m Ada Eose CLEMENT 1927)

1870 - 1954 Charles Lawrence
- he married Mary Ethel ROBINSON (1878-1956) in 1897
- they had at least 3 children:
1898 - 1899 Douglas Charles Lawrence (died aged 14 months)
1900 - 1986 Kenneth Edward William Lawrence
1904 - ???? Norma Phyllis Mary Lawrence

1873 - 1875 Ellen Lawrence
- died aged 2

1875 - Elizabeth Lawrence
- she married Frederick William ENSON (1865-1932) in 1893
- no children found

1877 - 1959 Laura Lawrence
- she married William LETT (1869-1953) in Manukau on 25 April 1894 (brother of Rose Young Lett who married her brother William above). In 1944 they were living at 58 Kamo Rd Whangarei
- they had at least 2 children:
1895 - 1962 William Harold Lett
1904 - 1974 Donald Vincent Lett
- William died 12 September 1953 aged 84
- he is buried Plot 334 - Forest Lawn at Maunu Cemetery Whangarei
- Laura died 2 May 1959 aged 66, she is buried with William
- William was a son of Charles Lett (1837-1918) & Sarah Jane WATSON (1849-1917) who had 12 sons & at least 4 known daughters in Wellington & Masterton)
- NOTE: Charles Lett died March 1918

1878 - 1933 Frederick Lawrence
- he married Jane Mary ROHDE in 1905
- they had a son
1905 - 1979 Cecil Frederick Lawrence
- Jane was born 1887 to Ferdinand & Hannah/Johanna ROHDE (Te Kuiti)
- Frederick died on 7 Aril 1933 aged 54
- he is buried in Plot 107 - Block NEW SUR A at Clareville, Carterton

1883 - 1962 Ellen Lawrence
- she married Harold HODDER (1875-1960) in 1903
- they had at least 2 children:
1904 Emily Olive May Hodder
1907 Thelma Doreen Hodder
- Harold died 28 April 1960 aged 85
- he is buried Plot 30 at Clareville Cemetery Carterton
- Ellen died 24 September 1962 aged 78
- she is buried in Plot 157 - Block 1 - Area Lawn A at Clareville

MARY ANN LAWRENCE died 4 May 1899 aged 55
- she is buried in Plot 58 at Clareille Cemetery, Carterton
WILLIAM LAWRENCE died on 30 December 1913
- he is buried in Plot 59 at Clareville Cemetery, Carterton
BIO of WILLIAM LAWRENCE
... Dominion, 2 January 1914 ...
News reached Carterton on Tuesday evening of the death at Mangamaire (between Pahiatua and Eketahuna) of Mr William Lawrence, after a lengthy illness. Deceased was a very old resident of the Wairarapa, and was born in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, London, and was a Crimean War veteran, having seen service when he was twenty years of age. He arrived in Wellington in 1857, in the sailing ship Southern Cross, and was later married at the Upper Hutt to Miss Mary Ann Robinson. His wife pre-deceased him by some eight or nine years. The late Mr Lawrence was a sawmiller by occupation, but for some time past had lived a retired life at Mangamaire. He leaves a grown-up family of five sons and five daughters

Jackson - maiden. . . Lynds - 1st husband. . . Stent - 2 husband

I have the names of 14 of Emma's children
- if you go to my page here Emma Jackson-Lynds you will see what I have.

Thanks to Malcolm and all his help, the above children of Emma have been amended (from what I had 3 years ago)

Who was Emma Jane Ames

She married Levi Buck - he was from a family of early pioneers in Wellington, Henry Gregory BUCK & Elizabeth Frances COOSE who had originally emigrated from Somerset on the BIRMAN

TIME LINE
Time line for Levi Buck

* In October 1841 when he was 2 months from his 3rd birthday, Levi left for New Zealand on the BIRMAN with his father, stepmother Elizabeth, 4 of 7 step siblings, his father`s brother, George and family

* In March 1860, aged 22 he played in the first interprovincial cricket match ever played in the colony. In the eleven aside teams he played for Wellington, the Auckland team travelling down - a long and difficult journey in those days... Auckland won with four wickets left in a 32 overs match held near the Mount Cook Barracks...I will post a list of the Wellington players on this site at a later date as a lot of them are on this tree

* In January 1867 aged 29 he was working as a Post Office Clerk, he was also at this time the Treasurer of the Central Fire Brigade in Wellington

* In October 1869 aged 31 he married Emma in St Paul`s Church, Wellington, she was 27.

* 2 months after marriage, in December 1869 he was made the Postmaster at Lawrence, Otago ... see notes under daughter May

* In July 1870 aged 31 his first child, May was born in Lawrence, Otago

* In October 1872 aged 33 his second child, Percy was born in Wellington

* In September 1873 aged 34 he was `removed` to Westport - which is in the South Island, 392 kilometres south west of Wellington .. he was given a gold watch as a testimonial from his well wishes in the district

* In 1875 aged 37 his 3rd child, Alice was born in Wellington

* In 1877 aged 39 his 4th child, Nellie was born in Wellington

* On 1st November 1878 aged 39 Sub-Inspector Goodall and others found an illicit still in the bush at Mongonui Creek near Karere - which is 134km north of Wellington, near Palmerston North. The still was on Mr Walker`s land and was traced to the possession of Fritz Von Schluter and Levi Buck, who were fined 100 pounds each or twelve months imprisonment. According to an article in the Wanganui Herald, what they found was only part of the apparatus and a few days later Mr Walker was burning some fallen bush when he found the rest of the plant and handed it to Constable Gillespie at Palmerston.
In about 1880 aged 42 his 5th child Ernest was born, town unknown

* In the 1880-1881 (aged 42/43) City of Wellington Electrol Roll he was living in Molesworth Street, which is in Thorndon, a kilometre north of Wellington City. He was recorded as a clerk

* In about 1881 when he was aged about 43 he went to the
KING COUNTRY, which is an area of about 7,000 square miles that today contains Taumurunui, Pio Pio, Te Kuiti and many other towns near the Waikato ..

In 1881 the King Country was isolated, uncivilised and without roads - HE WAS NEVER SEEN NOR HEARD OF AGAIN

... AFTER 7 YEARS HE WAS PRESUMED DEAD ...

But what of his wife Emma ? - she lived for another 50 years.
Did she remarry? Who were her parents? siblings? etc

They had 5 children at the time of his disappearance:
May Maud Buck 1870
Percy Ames Buck 1872 - married Jessie Harris
Alice Mary Buck 1875 married George Keeling
Nellie Ames Buck 1877
Ernest Buck 1880

thank you to angelbaby69nz (see 2nd comment below)
Burial of Emma Jane:
Last Name: BUCK
First Name: EMMA JANE
Age: 88
Deceased Date: 00-00-0000
Occupation: Widow
Service Date: 13-11-1930
Service Provided: Burial
Cemetery: Karori
Section: CH ENG2
Plot Number: 15 B
Record Number: 76283

Do you have ANY information on the above couple to add to my tree page
WHITE, Walter William
They were my great great grandparents - but I only found out about them a couple of months ago.!!
Their ancestors, their descendents and especially info on them would be much appreciated

*Jack Sheldon has just found a daughter for Emma and Walter - her name was Elizabeth

Enoch MADDOCK married Harriett HENDERSON in 1875

their known children:
... 1
1876 - 1943 Richard Thomas Maddock
- Richard married Alice Mary Maud NORTON (1880-1951) in 1902

... 2
1877 - 1944 James Enoch Maddockv
- James married Pearl Annie NAGLE (1892-1976) in 1918

... 3
1879 - 1952 Emily Anne Maddock
- Emily married John William Henry LOVELL in 1898

... 4
1880 - 1966 Amy Harriet Maddock
- Amy married Francis Joseph SISSON in 1904

... 5
1882 - 1950 Charlotte Jane Maddock
- Charlotte married Albert Rowland DURRANT in 1911

... 6
1884 - 1961 Helen Edith Maddock
- Helen married Thomas Walter INKSTER in 1919

... 7
1885 - 1913 Harvey Grant Maddock
On 16 Nov 1913 at Havelock, Harvey Grant Maddock, third son of the late Mr Enoch Maddock; aged 28 years. Mr Maddock was a young man well-known and respected in Havelock. He had interested hinself in all forms of sport during his residence here

... 8
1887 - 1968 Lucy May Maddock
- Lucy married Hugh George WEBB in 1919

... 9
1894 - 1976 Percy Reginald Maddock
- Percy married Dorothy Emily SISSON in 1916
- he married Catherine Mavis WRATHALL in 1924

Enoch died 10 November 1894 aged 52?
12 Nov 1894 It is with sincere regret that we record the death of Mr Enoch Maddock, which occurred at his residence near Eltham Road, on Saturday at midnight. Deceased was about 52 years of age (BDM has 57); he was an old and respected resident of the place and his demise will cause much concern. His death had not been unexpected latterly, he having suffered severly for some time past from the dread cancer, which had lodged at the root of the tongue. Mr Maddock was born in Nelson and accompanied his father when the latter took up the management of Starborough station some 30 or 40 years ago. Deceased became Inspector for the Wairau Awatere and Omaka Road Boards for about eight years, when he resigned to enter into some contracting engagements which occupied his attention till 1890. He then took the Inspectorship of the Awatere Road Board, and had occupied that position till his death. Deceased was well known publicly in connection with the contract which he and Mr Parker carried out on the Dashwood section of the Picton - Hutunui railway. Some ?18,000 (2012 equivalent of $3,000,000) was expended in the course of this contact, and the trouble which arose over the work, involving Messrs Parker and Maddock in heavy financial losses, is an important matter of local history. Mr Maddock worked on the Wakamarina gold diggings for about six months in 1866. He was a member of the Foresters' Society; and in all public and private capacities in which he engaged he was noted for his sterling worth of character. A wife and several children, most of whom are young, are left to mourn a loss which we are sorry to hear has occurred in not the best of circumstances. To the family we tender our hearfelt sympathy in their unfortunate bereavement. Mrs Knight, of Maxwell road and Mr Thos. Maddock, are sister and brother of deceased, The funeral took place this afternoon
... The Awatere Road Board presented his wife with a cheque for ?14 13s 3d as a token of the Board's esteem for her late husband ($2,560 in 2012)

Harriett died 30 November 1919 aged 61
31 November 1919 A one time resident of Blenheim, Mrs Harriet Maddock passed away on Tuesday morning last at the home of her daughter, Mrs Durrant, of the New Commercial Hotel, Wellington, after a long illness. The late Mrs Maddock, who was a daughter of the late Mr Andrew Henderson, was born at Okaramio in 1856, and was in her sixty-third year. Her husband, who was inspector for the Awatere Road Board, died twenty-five years ago. Mrs Maddock left Blenheim for Wellington some few years ago, and had resided there ever since.
She leaves eight children:- Richard at Otaki, James at Wellington, Percy at Levin, Mrs Lovell at Wairau Valley, Mrs Durrant at Wellington, mrs Sisson at Seddon, Mrs Inkster at Nelson and Mrs Webb at Wellington.
The funeral takes place to-morrow morning from the Church of the Nativity

- they are buried together Plot 44, Block 3 at Omaka cemetery