181 1805

the known SIEVWRIGHT marriages

the GROOMS
• Archibald Burnett Sievwright (1890-1978)
- graduated LLB in 1913
married Doris Leslie HERMAN (1894-1992) in 1923

• Charles Sievwright
married Eliza COUTTS in 1906
their known children:
* 1907 - Lavinia Helen Sievwright
* 1908 - 1991 Gwynneth Christina Lizzie Sievwright
* 1910 - Una Winnifred Sievwright

• Colin Sievwright (1870-1954)
married Christina Mary BARTLETT (1873-1901) in 1895
their known children:
* 1896 - Elizabeth Ellen Sievwright
* 1898 - 1960 Colin George Sievwright
* 1901 - 1981 Eric Douglas Sievwright

• David Sievwright (1876-1945)
married Mary STEWART (1876-1922) in 1913
married Maggie Stuart TAYLOR (1884-1968) in 1925

• David Burnett Sievwright (1845-1931)
married Annie Copland FORSYTH (1866-1935) in 1905

• Eric Douglas Sievwright (1901-1981)
married Mary Ann BOYCE (1904-1988) in 1925

• Grant Lawson Sievwright
married Mary Jane Le HOUGUET (1877-1957) in 1918

• James Sievwright
married Ada GALBRAITH in 1888

• James Dickson Sievwright (1863-1947)
- a journalist
married Jessie McCALLUM in 1890
their known children:
* 1891 - Archibald Burnett Sievwright
* 1892 - 1980 Mary Helen Sievwright (born in Oamaru)
* 1895 - Isabel Muriel Sievwright
* 1897 - Jessie Irene McCallun Sievwright
* 1899 - James Gordon Sievwright

• James Gordon Sievwright
married Madeline Mary Elizabeth Ross LANGDON in 1925

• Joseph Leslie Sievwright
married Mary Victoria CREIGHTON in 1930

• Kenneth Gavin Sievwright
married Edith May RITCHIE in 1933

• Robert Murdoch Sievwright
married Emma Gertrude RANDS in 1905
their known children:
* 1907 - Ronald Robert Sievwright
* 1912 - Ruth Lina Sievwright
* 1913 - Henry Murdoch in 1913
ROBERT died 31 January 1956 aged 83
EMMA died 26 January 1959 aged 77
- they are buried Plot 1572, Row 59 at Timaru
buried with daughter Ruth Lina Kelman (1912-1999)

• William Sievwright
- a solicitor from Lerwick, Shetland islands
married Margaret Home RICHARDSON (1844-1905) 29 Nov 1878 in Wellington
- Feminist, political activist, community leader
their known children:
* 1881 - Wilhelmina Sievwright
OBITUARY of Margaret Home Wright

the BRIDES
• Annie MacKenzie Sievwright
married Ebenezer William DUNKERTON in 1898
their known children:
1901 - Osmond William Dunkerton
1903 - Walter Sievwright Dunkerton

• Barbara Sievwright (1854-1932)
married James WALKER in 1866
their known children:
* 1866 - Elizabeth Cordella Wlaker
* 1869 - Edith Eveline Walker
* 1871 - 1871 James Walker (aged 3 months)
* 1876 - 1876 James Charles Walker (aged 8 weeks)
* 1877 - Alexander Walker
* 1878 - Thomas Walker
* 1879 - William Walker
* 1880 - Jane Walker
* 1882 - Elizabeth Walker
* 1883 - John Walker
* 1885 - James Walker
* 1886 - Isabella Rubyall Walker
* 1888 - Charles Walker
* 1892 - Joseph Walker
* 1895 - Alexander Walker
* 1896 - Catherine Walker

• Elizabeth Sievwright
married James Scott BROOKES in 1867
their known children:
* 11870 - Charlotte Scott Brookes
* 1872 - James Alexander Stewart Brookes

• Ellen Elizabeth Sievwright
married John Francis FRASER in 1922

• Isobel Muriel Sievwright
married Robert ARCHIBALD in 1924

• Jessie Sievwright
married William Langland SCOTT in 1926

• Jessie Ann Laing Sievwright
married William SMITH in 1883

• Jessie Irene McCallum Sievwright
married Alexander Francis MELDRUM in 1923

• Marion Jessie Sievwright
married James George CURRIE in 1931

• Mary Helen Sievwright (1892-1980)
married Albert Hamilton TOCKER (1884-1964) in 1920
- born in Greytown to John TOCKER & Annie Smith BAILIE

PHOTO
William Sievwright (1837-1909) taken in Aug 1899
when Chairman of the Gisborne Harbour Board