Simon Bonnet SILCOCK was born 25 March 1824 in London England
- he was one of the crew on the Sir Charles Forbes (the first ship to sail direct from London to Nelson)
However, he visited New Zealand sometime during 1838-1839 with the NZ Land Company

The Sir Charles Forbes left London on 1 May 1842 and arrived in Nelson on 22 August 1842 with 172 passengers

On board was William & Elizabeth (nee CHANDLER) FLOWER with their 2 daughters, Susannah, aged 17 and Rhoda, aged 14
William & Elizabeth were to have a son, Tom FLower in Nelson in 1844
... Rhoda Flower married Alfred SAUNDERS in Sydney in 1847, returning to NZ in 1850. They returned to Engand in 1866 and returned to NZ in 1872, settling in Christchurch. They had 9 children
... Tom also married ?? and moved to the Manawatu

Maybe Simon and Susannah struck up a friendship during the voyage ...
Simon became a Farmer and Settler and was involved with his father in law, William Flower, in Sawmilling

Two years later, on 8 July 1844 they married in the Wesleyan Chapel in Nelson

... They had 15 children:

1845-1892 Virtue Elizabeth Silcock
- married ? HOPGOOD in 1862
- they had 2 sons:
Archie Hopgood
Walter Hopgood
- she married ? THOMPSON in ?

1846-1913 William John Silcock
- William was a Butcher in Ashburton
- married Annie Elizabeth BRYANT in 1874
- he died at home, 25 Creek Rd, Allenton, Ashburton
- Annie died at Waitati on 14 July 1921 aged 71
- they had 12 children
1876-? Edith Rhoda Silcock
1878-1913 Ellen Mary 'Katie' Silcock
- Katie died June 1913 aged 35, 2 months before her father
1880-1964 Frederick Arthur Silcock
- married Ethel Cooper LAWRENCE (1882-1961) in 1905
1881-1943 Alfred Oliver Silcock
- married Florence Isabel TUCKER in 1909
1883-1951 Harold Stanley Silcock
- married Kathleen Ellen THORN (1891-1969) in 1917
1885-1929 Florence Annie Silcock
- married George SWAIN in 1913
1886-1955 Edgar Lewis Silcock
- married Bridget Kathleen O'LEARY in 1928
1888-? Clara Gertrude Silcock
1890-1952 Robert Gordon Silcock
1892-1968 Allan Nelson Silcock
1895-1961 Owen Wilfred Silcock
- married Eliva ERLANDSSON in 1921
1907-1944 William Alban Silcock

1848-1943 Sarah Ann Silcock
- married Robert McMURRAY in 1871 in Brightwater, Nelson
- Robert died on 8 Sept 1927 aged 85
- he had been a Farmer, living at 25 Ada St Palmerston North
- Sarah died on 14 Sept 1943 aged 95
- she had been living at 33 Ada St, Palerston North
- they are buried in Plot 038, Block 014 at Terrace End
- they had 5 children in the Inangahua & Nelson regions then moved to Wanganui where Sarah was born
- their 6 children were:
1875-1945 Robert McMurray
- married Bertha PHILLIPS (1878-1956) in 1897 in Awahuri. Had 11 children in Palmerston North
1879-1837 Susannah May McMurray
1882-1955 Alfred Thomas McMurray
- Alfred was in Standard IV on Awahur School in 1894
1885-1888 Frederick Joseph McMurray
- Frederick died aged 3
1886-1956 Emily May/Minnie McMurray
- Emily did not marry
1892-1984 Sarah Ann Daisy McMurray
- married Percy Rowland RYAN in 1922 in Palmerston North
- they had 2 daughters:
Valerie McMurray Ryan
- married Vivian Ernest OAKENFULL (1920-1992)
1925-2001 Dorothy Ryan
- married William MacKENZIE

1850-1915 George Johnson Silcock
- married Ellen HILL in 1872
- they had 6 children in Nelson:
1873-1960 George Johnson Silcock
- married Emma Mary Louisa SCHRODER (1874-1931) in 1900
1875-1962 Ellen Silcock
- married Denis SNOWDEN in 1894
1877-1934 Elizabeth Flowerday Silcock
- married William Henry DOIDGE in 1906
1879-? Maudie Ann Silcock
1881-1960 Anna Rose Silcock
1884-1965 Albert Edward Silcock
- married Reenee Ethel CRESSWELL (1884-1956) in 1913

1851-1924 Alfred Thomas Silcock
- married Sarah Jane LINES (1849-1918) in 1887
- they had 2 children in Nelson:
1890-1974 Claude Alfred Silcock
- married Lucy Elfreda ROBSON (1895-1975) in 1917
1893-1962 Alfred Frederick Silcock
- married Elizabeth Rosalie Prudence Belle BIGGS (1897-1978) in 1918

1853-1940 Charles Rowe Silcock
- Charles was a Blacksmith in Brightwater, Nelson
- he married Emma Jane STAGG (1856-1912) in 1876
- they had 7 children:
1877-1957 Charlotte Elizabeth Silcock
- married Edward Humphries TOLL (1878-1921) in 1907
1879-1946 Charles Rowe Silcock
- married Jeanette Frances ROBSON (1889-1972) in 1910
1880-1957 Edith Ada Martha Silcock
- married Raymond Spence HAYCOCK (1884-1961) in 1910
1882-1954 Francis Thomas Silcock
- married Lilian Elsie Iris Winearls BROWN (1883-1922) in 1909
1885-1958 Philip Henry/Hugh Silcock
- married Ruth Maude Mary YATES (1896-1974) in 1921
1886-1943 Lillian May Silcock
- married Ernest Henry BLOOMFIELD in 1910
1895-? Arthur Ashley Silcock

1854-1932 Susannah 'Betsy' Silcock
- married Martin Robert Christian Augustus Valentine GEMBRITZKY (1852-1933) in 1876
- Martin was a Polish Count. His estates were confiscated in the Franco Prussian War. He taught music in Westport
- they were living in Wairoa Valley in 1876
- they had 5 children:
1878- Pauline Susanna Flowers Gembitzky
1879-1882 Sarah Ann Gembitzky
- died aged 2
1881-1882 Wilhelmina Gertrude Gembitzky
- died aged 8 months
1883- Ellenor May Gembitzky
1891- Adolph Bruno Gembitzky

1856-1877 Frederick Silcock
- Frederick died aged 20
- he was a member of the General Cameron Lodge, I.O.O.F. After the Odd-Fellow service the brethren, in accordance with the usual custom, scattered sprigs of thyme on his coffin
- he was buried in Spring Grove Churchyard, Nelson

1858-? Mary Ann Silcock
- married William MARTIN in 1880
- William owned a hotel in Brightwater, Nelson
- no known children
- Mary Ann died in Westport aged ?

1860-1936 Joseph Hetherington Silcock
- he was a Farmer at Reefton
- married Mary Little MORRISON (1863-1942) in 1892
- they had 2 sons:
1893-1962 Joseph Rege Silcock
- married Hannah Montgomerie TAYLOR (1900-1960) in 1920
1894-1974 Robert William Silcock
- no wife found

1862-1942 Simon Bonnet Silcock
- Simon was a Farmer in Hope, Nelson
- he married Louisa STAGG (1861-1944) in 1885
- they had 4 children:
1888-1969 Hubert Martin Silcock
- married Lettice Olive HOLDAWAY (1889-1985) in 1918
1889-1923 Gertrude Olive Silcock
- married Charles George Algernon CROSS (1874-1959) in 1914
- Charles remarried in 1926 to Louisa Emma SIGGLEKOW
1892-1911 Simon Bonnet Silcock
- Simon died aged 18
1898-1966 Harold Frederick Stanley Silcock
- married Kathleen Mary STAPP (1890-1974) in 1924

1864-1936 Albert Edward Silcock
- married Margaret Jane FARMER (1865-1953) in 1887
- they had 7 children:
1888-1972 Thomas William Martin 'Tom' Silcock
- married Grace Hilda EDEN (1888-1936) in 1915
1890-1938 Alfred Richard Frederick Silcock
- married Camilia/Camelia Annie EDGAR (1890-1969) in 1915
1891 Constance Gertrude 'Gertie' Silcock
1893-1982 George Johnson Silcock
- married Alice Mary WEBB (1896-1993) in 1921
1896-1940 Margaret Jane 'Maggie' Silcock
- married Claude Boland AITKEN (1895-1959) in 1920
1900-1978 Millicent Grace 'Millie' Silcock
- married Frank Hunter McDONALD (1900-1984) in 1922
1908 Edna May Silcock

1865-1865 Rhoda Silcock
- Rhoda died as an infant

1866- Minnie Silcock
- married August SHILTHOUER in 1889
- they farmed in Nelson
- they had a son August Louis Shilthouer in 1891

1867-1910 Robert Hooker Silcock
- no wife found
- in Feb 1892 Robert was fined in the Foxton Court for 'rescuing' a horse that had been seized and impounded
- he was killed in Gisborne aged 42 when kicked by a horse on Buchanan's - Whakatutu Station

NOTES
Simon Bonnet Silcock (1824-1883):
* In 1858 was elected on the local committee under the Education Act at Spring Grove

* In at least 1870 had the Bridge Inn in Nelson