the known GREENSILL as at May 2018
* dates may be of death OR burial
* some names at database are initials only. All care taken to ensure I have the right person, however, treat with caution and use the list as a guide to your own research

*Ada Sybil Nina Greensill
date of death: 23 Sep 1943
aged: 73
plot: 34, block 14 with her brother John Clinton Maling Greensill
* daughter of John Abraham Roberts Greensill & Selina Rebecca Downes

* Bryan Thomas Robert Greensill
date of death: 28 April 1953
aged: 74
buried: 6 Sep 1988 with nephew Walter
plot: 22, block 10
* son of John Abraham Roberts Greensill & Selina Rebecca Downes
* married Winifred Hewson (1897-1981) in 1916

* Diana/Dina Coleridge Greensill
nee: Seymour
daughter of: Arthur Coleridge Seymour & Sarah Godwin Hervey
married: Walter James Maling Greensill in 1916
date of death: 29 Oct 1987
aged: 75
buried: 6 Sep 1988
plot: 2, block 10
other plot members
* Arthur Coleridge Seymour (1937 aged 72)
* Arthur Penrose Seymour (1923 aged 91)
* Catherine Florence Seymour (1901 aged 64, nee Huddleston)
* Dorothy Penrose Seymour (1931 aged 21)
* Florence Isabella Seymour (1950 aged 88)
* Sara Godwin Seymour (1951 aged 77, nee Hervey)

* Edward Hewson Greensill
date of death: 1 Nov 1985
aged: 65
plot: 28, block 6 with Peter & William
* possibly a son of Bryan Thomas Robert Greensill & Winifred Hewson

* Edward Tennyson Greensill
date of death: 7 March 1943
aged: 51
plot: 10, block 13 next to Lucy
* son of John Abraham Roberts Greensill & Rose Conolly
* married Lucy France in 1912
their known children
* 1913 - 1948 John Conolly Greensill

* Eva Rosamond Therese Greensill
date of death: 27 March 1869
aged: 16 months
plot: 13A, block 8 with Selina
* daughter of John Abraham Roberts Greensill & Selina Rebecca Downes

* Florence Lilian Greensill
date of death: 1 July 1963
aged: 81
plot: 4, block 23 with Stuart
* Florence served in WWI as Staff Nurse 22/238, with the 39th Reinforcements, NZ Army Nursing Service Corps, NZEF. She served in Cairo. She listed her next of kin as a sister, Miss Greensill c/o E. Balcombe-Brown, Esq., Upper Hutt.
NOTE Edward Balcombe-Brown (1869-1918) was a Solicitor/Lawyer. He married Eliza Mary Baillie (1869-1962) in 1892. They had 2 sons killed in war.
* Eliza Mary Baillie was a daughter of William Douglas Hall Baillie & Hannah Maria Ann 'Nony' Greensill (1831-1919), daughter of John (1797-) Greensill & Eliza Roberts (1795-) of London and a cousin of Lord Roberts. She was a sister of John Abraham Roberts Greensill & James Samuel Greensill (see below)

*James Samuel (Captain) Greensill
son of: John (1797-) Greensill & Eliza Roberts (1795-) of London and a cousin of Lord Roberts.
date of death: 17 Jan 1895
aged: 61
plot: unknown (possibly 13A), block 8
* Mr J. S. Greensill, brother of Mr J. A. R. Greensill, died at Picton the other day. Deceased belonged to the Royal Kentish Artillery and saw active service during the Crimean War, being at Balaklava, and Sebastapol
* married Susan Martha Catherine Christie in Clackmannan, Scotland in 1859 see Susan below
their known children to date
1859 - Martha Caroline Mary Greensill
1863 - Edmund Henry Roberts Greensill
1865 - Arthur Edmund Greensill
1866 - Stuart Bernard Greensill
1868 - Elizabeth Catherine Greensill
1871 - James Reginald Hardinge Greensill
(The other children listed in wife Susan's Obit. Dates added when found)
Mrs Easton-Veith N.S.W.; John F. J., North Queensland; Misses Bessie, Rosamond and Lilian

* John Abraham Roberts Greensill
born: at Haulbowline Island, Cork
son of: Major John (1797-) Greensill & Eliza Roberts (1795-) commissary of ordinance and first cousin to Lord Roberts of Kandahar
arrived in Nelson: in 1856 of the 'Oriental' but later moved to farm at Arapawa and ran a merchant business in Picton. He was several times Mayor of the Borough *also see notes at end
date of death: 6 Dec 1923
aged: 83
plot: 15, block 12 with Rose
* 1st married Selina Rebecca Downes 8 April 1866
NOTE In Aug 1866 John was elected to represent the district of Queen Charlotte Sound in the Marlborough Council due to the former member, Mr Augustus Hood having drowned off his schooner the 'Augusta' on 27 July.
their children
* 1867 - 1869 Eva Rosamond Greensill
- died aged 16 months
* 1869 - 1955 Mary Idalie Greensill
- didn't marry
* 1870 - 1943 Ada Sybil Nina Greensill
- married Harry Jerome Howard in 1894
* 1871 - 1938 John Clinton Maling Greensill
- spouse not found
* 1873 - 1956 Walter James Howard Greensill
- married Jeannie Boyce in 1899 & had 4 children
- married Mabel Jane Cartwright in 1930
* 1876 - 1962 Ethel Louise Greensill
- married George Percival Middleton in 1906
* 1878 - 1953 Bryan Thomas Roberts Greensill
- married Winifred Hewson in 1916
* 1879 - 1965 Nina Agatha Rosemond Greensill
- married Thomas Robert Barrer in 1904 (notes at end)
* John next married Rose Conolly 16 May 1888. Rose was a daughter of Mr Justice Conolly of Remuera, Auckland
their children
* 1889 - 1981 Rose Evelyn Greensill
- married Clifford Edwin Townshend in 1915
* 1890 - 1943 Edward Tennyson Greensill
- married Lucy France in 1912
Rose died: 24 Oct 1890 aged 29, 21 days after the birth of baby Edward.
OBITUARY of John 8 Dec 1923
The death took place at Picton this week of Mr John A. R. Greensill, of 'Brooklyn' Picton, at the age of 83. Born at Haulbowline Island, Cork, where his father (Mayor Greensill) was Commissary Ordance Officer, Mr Greensill came to New Zealand in 1856 with his brother-in-law, the late Hon. Captain Baillie, M.L.C. Some time later Mr Greensill took up Arapawa Island, in the Sounds. He represented the Sounds on the old Provincial Council and was one of the very few survivors of that body. He was for a time Mayor of Picton and was instrumental in obtaining for the borough the oldest lay reader in the Dominion of the Church of England, having served in that capacity for 61 years. He was a cousin of the late Earl Roberts. Mrs Barrer (Nina), of Masterton, is a daughter.

* John Clinton Maling Greensill
date of death: 18 June 1938
aged: 66
plot: 34, block 14 with his sister Ada
* son of John Abraham Roberts Greensill & Selina Rebecca Downes

* John Conolly Greensill
date of death: 31 Dec 1948
aged: 35
plot: 11, block 13
* son of Edward Tennyson & Lucy France

* Lucy Greensill
nee: France
married: Edward Tennyson Greensill in 1912
date of death: 20 Nov 1940
aged: 64
plot: 9, block 13 next to Edward

* Mary Idalie 'May' Greensill
date of death: 7 July 1955
aged: 86
plot: 33, block 14
* daughter of John Abraham Roberts Greensill & Selina Rebecca Downes

* Peter Ryan Greensill
date of death: 16 Nov 1990
aged: 71
plot: 28, block 6 with Edward & William

* Rose Greensill
nee: Conolly
born: in Chichester, West Sussex
* 2nd wife of John Abraham Robert Greensill in 1888
date of death: 24 Oct 1890
aged: 29
plot: 15, block 12 with husband John Abraham
* It is with regret that we have to announce the death last night of Mrs J. A. R. Greensill, of Picton, youngest daughter of Mr Justice Conolly, at the early age of 29. The deceased lady had been a sufferer for some time, but it was only after her confinement about a fortnight ago that the symptoms of a pulmonary disease became apparent, and from that time the gradual weakening that has been apparent left but little hope of her recovery, and her death last night was therefore hardly a surprise. She leaves behind many relatives and friends to mourn her decease, and two little ones to comfort the bereaved. His Honor Mr Justice Conolly is expected over from Wellington where the Court of Appeal is to sit on Monday, but the date of the funeral will not be fixed till his arrival
* see her children under John

* Selina Rebecca Greensill
nee: Downes
* 1st wife of John Abraham Roberts Greensill in 1866
date of death: 1 July 1883
aged: 40
plot: 13A, block 8 with Eva
Marlborough Express, 2 July 1883
OBITUARY We regret to have to record the sudden decease yesterday of Mrs Greensill, of Picton. Mrs Greensill had been ailing for a few days, though her indisposition was not thought to be a dangerous character. On Saturday she was considerably better, but on Sunday morning at nine o'clock, just after she had risen from the breakfast table, she appeared to be choking and fell back and remained unconscious up to the time of her death which occurred at 5.30p.m. Mrs Greensill was a daughter of the late Mr T. W. Downes, who held various appointments under the Provincial Government in the old days, when the seat of government was at Picton. The deceased had a large circle of friends in the province and leaves seven children to mourn her loss. The funeral will take place at 2p.m. on Wednesday.
* see her children under John

* Stuart Greensill
date of death: 20 July 1911
aged: 10 hours
plot: 4, block 23 with Florence
* son of Stuart Bernard Greensill & Helen Mary Beauchamp, daughter of Craddock Beauchamp of Anikiwa, Queen Charlotte Sound, a relative of Katherine Mansfield

* Susan Martha Catherine Greensill
nee: Christie
married: James Samuel Greensill in Clackmannan, Scotland in 1859
date of death: 28 Sep 1914
aged: 77
plot: 60, block 26
Marlborough Express, 29 Sep 1914
The death occurred at Picton on Saturday of Mrs Greensill, relict of the late Captain James Samuel Greensill (1834-1894). The deceased, who had attained the age of 75 years, had resided for about twenty years in Picton and was loved by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance, for her gentle and kindly disposition. Her husband (who was a brother of Mr J. A. R. Greensill and Mrs W. D. H. Baillie) predeceasing her by 19 years. Mrs Greensill leaves five sons and four daughters, eleven grand-children and two great-grand-children. The family is as follows:- Mrs Easton-Veith N.S.W.; John F. J., North Queensland; Henry Edmund Roberts, Brisbane; Arthur E. P., North Queensland; Stuart B., Bentong, Straits Settlement; James Reginald Hardinge, Nelson and the Misses Bessie, Rosamond and Lilian, Picton
other plot members
* Barry Mervyn William Kenny (1944 aged 15 weeks)
* Courtney Kenny (1901 aged 3)
* Florence Muir Kenny (1972 aged 84, nee Bowden)
* Mervyn Kenny (1950 aged 63)

* Walter James Maling Greensill
date of death: 6 Sep 1988
aged:: 82
plot: 22, block 10 with uncle Bryan
* son of Walter James Howard Greensill & his first wife Jeannie Boyce
* married Diana Coleridge Seymour in 1916

* William Maling 'Bill' Greensill
date of death: 30 Aug 1996
aged: 78
plot: 28, block 6 with Edward & Peter

NOTES
* The youngest of seven surviving children of John Abraham Roberts Greensill & Selina Rebecca Downes, Nina Agantha Rosamond Greensill, was a teacher & community leader. She married 16 Nov 1904 in Picton, to Thomas Robert Barrer, an engineer. The couple lived in Wellington for the next few years before moving to Wairarapa, where Thomas became a sheepfarmer at Te Wharau. They also had a house in Masterton and spent the rest of their lives in the Wairarapa. In 1959 she was made an MBE for her services to education. Widowed in November 1951, she died in Masterton on 17 September 1965, survived by three sons and a daughter
* John Abraham Roberts Greensill was the Mayor of Picton. In 1905 he was occupying the chair for the fourth time. He named his Picton home on Waikawa Road, "Brooklyn" (demolished in 1992). They received many visitors for afternoon tea or to play tennis, among them was Kathleen Beauchamp who later changed her name to Katherine Mansfield (the writer). Katherine would sometimes go with John to the little Koromiko church, St John in the Wilderness, on a Sunday (now a Heritage Place). Lottie Frame (nee Godfrey), mother of Janet Frame, the writer of 'An Angel At My Table', was a housemaid to the Picton Beauchamps .. (some exerts from Katherine Mansfield Walk)
* Also see burials at Omaka

PHOTO
Grave of Selina Rebecca Downes aged 40