Category: individual

George Hall was born in 1850, in Quantockshead, Somersetshire, England. His parents were John and Jane Hole, who had ten children in total, and lived in East Quantockshead, where John worked as a labourer. George married Mary Ann Eames in 1872. They lived in Tudor Street, Bristol, England. George worked as Beams Man’s Tanner, whose […]

The family of Hannah Lawrence were from Monmouthshire in South Wales. In the 1851 census, Hannah’s grandfather, John Lawrence, was recorded as a “Farmer of 40 Acres” at Little Hill, Undy.John and his wife, Hannah Edwards, from nearby Magor, had eight children, Samuel (1825), John (1827), Edward (1829, died at 5 months), Edward (1831), Hannah (1834), […]

Hannah Lawrence was born in 1851, in Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Her parents were John and Frances Lawrence. John was born in Undy, Monmouthshire, Wales, in 1827. Frances Niblett was born in 1825 to Thomas and Nancy Niblett, at Hewelsfield, and married John Lawrence in 1849. The family lived for the most part in Undy, where […]

George Parsons was born in 1847, in Worle, Somersetshire, England His parents were John and Ann Parsons, who had six children in total, and lived in Weston Super Mare, Somersetshire, England. John Parsons was a stone mason. He had previously married Arabella Hawkins, in February 1837, but she died later that year at the age […]

Henry George Parsons was born in 1880, in Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England. His parents were George and Hannah Parsons. Henry worked as a Stone mason, including as a Banker Mason, where he was dressing and shaping the stone. Henry married Annie Amelia Hall in 1910. During World War 1, Henry was in the East Yorkshire Regiment, 7th (Service) Battalion. […]

Annie Amelia Hall was born in 1878 in Bristol, England. Her parents were George and Mary Ann Hall. In 1910, she married Henry George Parsons. In 1911, Henry and Annie lived at 100 Ashley Down Rd, Horfield, Bristol, with new baby Kathleen. In 1924, Henry, Annie, Kathleen and Evelyn emigrated to New Zealand, travelling from Southampton to Auckland on […]

Amelia Omer was christened on 4 March 1824, at St. Peters in Sandwich, Kent, England. Her parents were John and Elizabeth Omer. She married Charles Henry Kettle on 10 September 1845, in Sandwich. Amelia travelled with Charles to Otago, New Zealand, on the Mary Catherine, arriving 23rd February 1846. They initially settled in Port Chalmers, […]