known WABY marriages in New Zealand 1878 - 1931


the WABY GROOMS

Benjamin Waby
- married Gertrude WILLIDEN (1877-1941) in 1897
- they had 10 children (see his link)
- Gertrude is buried in Plot 24, Block 103 at Northern Cemetery, Dunedin with:
her parents, George Sydney Kent (1844-1911) & Annie (1843-1922) Williden from Surrey
sisters, Emily (1868-1881) & Bessie Williden (1875-1881)
and Iris Annie Williden (1908-1918), daughter of Henry Philip WILLIDEN & Alice Amelia DOWSE

Benjamin Collingwood Waby (1906-1984)
- married Anna Duncan FORBES (1908-1967) in 1930

Joseph Oberbury Gordon Waby(183-1959)
- married Alice Maude PRETTY (1882-1972) in 1911



the WABY BRIDES

Dorothy Alma Waby
- married Richard Dennington WILTON aka BLAIR in 1921
- son of Catherine WILTON. Catherine married John Henry BLAIR in 1907

Eliza Woolhouse Waby
- married Charles EARLY in 1878
- their known children:
1881 - Alice Elizabeth Early
1884 - Frederick George Early
1886 - Charles Chester Early
1888 - William Raymond Early
1890 - Ivy Caroline Early
1892 - Leslie John Early

Evelyn Gertrude May Waby (1898-1965)
- married George Leonard BLOSS (1888-1975) 15 Dec 1919, St Clair, Dunedin
- he was 31, she was 21
- George was an Engineer/Fitter
- in 1919 he was at 273 Princes St, Dunedin
- in 1922 George & Evelyn were at 7 Onslow St, Caversham
- in 1928 they were at 11 Onslow St, with her mother, Gertrude Waby (1877-1941), a widow

Fanny Rogers Waby (1861-1941)
- married Thomas George BROOKE (1850-1931) in 1884
- their known children:
1885 - Thomas Henry Brooke
1889 - George Gerbert Brooke
1894 - Gladys Victoria Brooke

Fanny Sophia Waby (1881-1955)
- married Lewis GIBBS (1878-1958) in 1906

Frances Beatrice Violet Waby (1878-1953)
- married Frederick SYKES in 1896

Georgina Elizabeth Waby
- married John McLEOD in 1894

Gertrude Louie Waby (1879-1924)
- married Frederick Charles Scott ARCHER (1879-1958) in 1919
- Frederick had previously married Eliza SHEFFIELD (1876-1915)

Inez Mona Annie Waby (1914-1975)
- married Maxwell Henry WEBB (1909-1976) in 1931

Lucy Millicent Waby (1878-1964)
- married Archibald PEAK (1878-1932) in 1906

Maud Mary Waby (1897-1993)
- married William George ROBERTSON in 1927

Thelma Violet Millicent Waby
- married Victor John LEA in 1919