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Matches 701 to 750 of 2,963
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| 701 | Birth date confirmed by Susan, his daughter. May 2013 | SMITH, Clyde Athol (I193)
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| 702 | Birth date from Meiklejohn Family tree (Pub Oct 1999) | MEIKLEJOHN, John Clive (I3484)
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| 703 | Birth notice: Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 73, 28 March 1881, Page 2 | HOWARD, James (I3682)
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| 704 | Birth Notice: New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17160, 14 May 1919, Page 1 (Raewyn) | CLARKE, Peter John (I2090)
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| 705 | Birth order was sourced from info supplied to Alvin from Leo Young. Leo also suggested Isabella's b. 1858 however 1855, from BDM, probably has better accuracy. | MATHESON, Isabella (I153)
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| 706 | Birth printout from BDM for Sarah Anne Sheales gives date of birth as 1st February 1852. Mother Anne Sheales formerly McKearney. Father John Sheales Pensioner 58th Regiment). Residence of informant (John Sheales) is Auckland. | SHIELDS, Sarah Anne (I3644)
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| 707 | Birth year 1795 in 1861 Census. She is living with Charlotte Stanfield, her daughter. Birth place is Coddington, Nottingham, England. | STANILAND, Mary (I1987)
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| 708 | Birth year based on Online BDM registration number 1928/10217 and age at death | MATHESON, Isabella (I153)
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| 709 | Birth year deduced from the UK 1851 census. Census details say his relationship to the head of the household was "father". The household was in Longcot, Berkshire and he was aged 84. I would guess that the household was that of the Bricklayers Arms run by John Smith, Williams son. | SMITH, William (I1293)
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| 710 | Birth year inferred from age at death in death notice. | MATHESON, Ann (I70)
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| 711 | Birth year of 1848 given for Ellen Caulfield with parents William and Mary in NSW BDM. | CAULFIELD, Ellen Letitia (I3545)
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| 712 | Birth year of 1857 given in Police Gazette in 1877. Perhaps she looked about 20 so they guessed her year of birth. I notice the birth year given for her gets higher as the years go on. | SHIELDS, Sarah Anne (I3644)
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| 713 | birthday 6 Jan, year unknown | THOMPSON, Darien Gary (I1959)
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| 714 | Birthplace Holegate from 1881 Census. | SKIPWORTH, Betsy Ann (I04086)
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| 715 | Blog comment from Jenny Vaile (Jennyvailewaipu@gmail.com) This is amazing, I have been hunting for information on this family and today your blog appeared. My grandmother was Betsy Skipworth Ward, Lillian?s eldest daughter. Betsy went on to marry Frederick Henry Rogers. | ROGERS, May (I04063)
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| 716 | BMD Online 1968/25440 | MATHESON, Roy Cameron (I166)
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| 717 | Bob met and married Alice in Kirkstead. Bob was killed during the Second World War. [Actually the First World War] When Pat & Jocelyn Heremaia went overland to England in 1970, they went north to Kirkstead to meet Jocelyn's Uncle George. He took them over to meet Alice who was then 70 years old. Bob and Alice had a daughter. George also took Pat & Jocelyn to meet her in her old English Cottage. Alice remembered her brother-in-law Frederick and her sister Lillian Scott with their three children Bill, Betsey and Maud leaving England for New Zealand in 1914 on the "Ionic". | WARD, Robert (I04088)
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| 718 | BOOK PRODUCED FOR WALKLEY FAMILY REUNION 1981 | Source (S00456)
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| 719 | BORICH, Ivan. On Friday, 20th September 2019 peacefully, at Harbour Hospice Hibiscus. Dearly loved husband of Myfanwy. Loved father of Mark and Katrina, Susan and Liam. He was known as Ivan to his four grandchildren Tony, Alan, Claire and Ryan and his his three great grandchildren Jake, Jamie and Evie Elizabeth. Aged 85 years. In accordance with Ivan's wishes a private cremation will be held. | BORICH, Ivan (I1112)
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| 720 | Born 1-02-1940 at South Croydon, Surrey.UK Jill grew up with her parents and her younger siblings, Malcolm, Liz, and Richard at the family home in South Croydon. Jill attended Croydon High School for Girls in Croydon, and it was here that she joined the Brownies. She went on to become a Girl Guide at the church in South Croydon that the family attended, and later she became a Sea Ranger where she learnt to row and sail on the River Thames at Hampton Wick. Jill left school in 1956 and joined Lloyds Bank (where her parents had worked and met). On her 18th birthday Jill met her future husband, Peter, at a dance. Like her, Peter was a keen cyclist, they bought a tandem and together enjoyed many happy outings, and cycling every day to their offices in London, a distance of some 15 miles each way. Jill and Peter married on 23rd September 1961; sadly her father had died the previous year and she was given away by her brother Malcolm. Jill left Lloyds Bank in 1964 when their first son Stuart was born. Having a baby son, however, did not deter them from a day?s outing on their tandem ? little Stuart had his own sidecar! He was followed by Ian in 966 and Andrew in 1968, when the tandem gave way to a motor car. Jill?s husband built a sailing dinghy in 1970, which was taken on many camping holidays, plus canoes on top of the car, and enjoyed by all the family. In 1980 Jill and Peter bought a small sailing cruiser which was the beginning of many happy sailing holidays. This was updated in 1985 by a slightly bigger cruiser, which they adventurously sailed across the English Channel to France and to the Channel Islands. Jill went back to work in 1985, doing Payroll and Bookkeeping for an Accountant. She retired in 2000 when she and her husband decided to buy an even larger sailing boat on which to enjoy more leisure time in their retirement. Regrettably this was cut short when her husband was diagnosed with Lung Cancer and he died in September 2001 on the night of their Ruby Wedding. Jill now has 5 grandchildren. She is a member of the Trefoil Guild, also of U3A, and has joined the Mothers? Union at her church. She enjoys going away on holidays with friends. | WALKLEY, Gillian Ann (I03922)
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| 721 | Born 10.10.1917, Christina, Henry and Elizabeth's only daughter attended Levin School and Wanganui Girls, College. Upon returning to Levin, and after a severe illness she was employed as receptionist at a medical clinic. In 1944 she married Claude Boughton Leatham Kyngdon whose family had previously been connected in marriage to the Walkleys in 1645. Claude Kyngdon was Manager of the Australia and New Zealand Bank in Levin and upon promotion they moved to Gore and later Hastings. They retired to Havelock North where Claude diedat theage of 97. Their daughter Vivienne, obtained a Batchelor of Science degree and was employed by the Wellington Hospital Board in the epidemidogy department. In 1967 she married Dr Frederick Bruce Sampson, a lecturer at Victoria University, Wellington. She later qualified in accountancy and lectures taxation at the Open Polytechnic in Wellington. They have two children: John Bruce and Neil. Richard John, their son, qualified as a medical practitioner, furthered his studies overseas in America, South Africa and London. Prior to his return to New Zealand he was admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. After his return to New Zealand, he has been appointed Deputy Registrar of Wellington Public Hospital and later set up practice in Gisborne. In 1974 he was married to Janet Anne Lees of Sydney. They have three children, Christopher,Deborah and Samuel. | WALKLEY, Christina Elizabeth (I04408)
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| 722 | Born 15 November 1912, he was always called Bill by his immediate family because of the strong resemblance to his older cousin William Gaston Walkley. He was the only son of Henry and Elizabeth Walkley and received his education at Levin School and Nelson College respectively. Upon leaving College with University Entrance, and in the depression years of the early thirties, a clerical position was obtained in Wellington which he held until the mobilisation of the Territorial Forces at the outbreak of hostilities in 1939. When subsequently transferred to 3rd N.Z. Division he saw active service in the Soloman Islands Campaign with the rank of W.O. I. When he returned to civilian life he trained in the cabinet- making and joinery trade, an opportunity which was unavailable pre-war. He eventually established a furniture manufacturing business in Levin in partnership with Ernie Norton. The first workshop for Walkley and Norton was in a garage at the family home, "Mylor", but later moved to larger premises in Princess Street as the business expanded. He worked in the furniture making business until his retirement. In 1941 he was married to Edith Clifton Harley of Nelson, only child of William Carrol Harley, a Nelson solicitor and later a magistrate. They had two sons. Edith Clifton died in Levin on the 7th May 1993. After the death of Edith , Bill kept the company of widow Betty Burge and they shared a house together until his death in 2005 at the age of 92. Betty and her husband Dick had owned the Walkley family home, "Mylor", for a number of years after Dick?s death. Their mutual interest in the old home led to their companionship. Their older son, Carrol Stewart, lives and teaches in Palmerston North after graduating MSc. and training as a secondary teacher. In 1970 he married Julie Lorraine Henson, also a teacher. They have two sons. Benjamin James and Timon Andrew. Benjamin James lives in Auckland, and after graduating with a B.Tech., works in the field of packaging design for a drink manufacturing company. Timon Andrew lives in Wellington and works in the computer industry. Richard Henry N.Z.C.S. lives in Auckland and works for Biolab Scientific as a technical consultant. In 1973 he married Robin McCardle and they had two daughters. The elder, Nicola Jane married Glenn Jefferies and they have a son, Leo. The younger daughter, Heidi Marie, works as a lawyer married John Young and has a son, Harvey. | WALKLEY, Henry Frederick Liber Stewart (I04407)
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| 723 | Born 15.8.1908 at Kensington, London Freda, as she was known, was the eldest child of 6, and was brought up in Fulham, South West London. Her father was an Army Officer who, after contracting malaria during the Boer War, worked at the War Office in London. Freda was brought up in Fulham, South West London, and attended Fulham Central School. She excelled not only in the classroom but also in sport, and at every opportunity would meet her friend to play tennis on the local courts in Bishop?s Park, by the side of the River Thames ? many days rising at 6 a.m. to play before school. She was also an excellent netball player and an active member of a Keep Fit class. On leaving school, she continued her studies at night school, perfecting her French, which enabled her to take up a job as a secretary at Galleries Lafayette in the offices of the high-class store in Regent Street, in the West End of London. Two years later she joined the staff of Lloyds Bank, Cox & Kings Branch, as secretary to Mr A E (Skipper) Walkley, who subsequently became her husband. Freda and Skip Walkley married in All Saints Parish Church, Putney, London, on 13th March 1937 and after honeymooning in Nice in Southern France, they set up home at No 2 Rayleigh Rise, South Croydon. Although she had not been a Girl Guide herself, Freda very soon became involved in the Scouting activities of Skipper?s Troop. Freda?s door at No. 2 was always open and the Scouts very soon became firm friends. In 1940, during the Second World War, their first child was born. A daughter was followed by a son in 1942, another daughter in 1944, and a second son in 1946. With a home to run and as a mother to four children, Freda was kept fully occupied, but always found time to help the neighbours, to tend the garden, and continue her sports, playing league tennis for South Croydon Tennis Club, and later badminton. She took in French students and also organised exchanges with children from French families for each of her children. These formed lasting friendships and later she visited the families herself on holiday. Freda was widowed at the early age of 51, when Skip passed away. With two of her four children still at school, Freda went back to work and took a job in the Legal Department of the Royal Automobile Club in Croydon. Everyone there loved Freda, and no-one realised, when she retired in 1980, that she was in fact already 72! In 1972 when Elizabeth was working in Australia, Freda made the adventurous journey to Sydney. Together they crossed the Tasman to visit New Zealand, where they met some of the Walkley relations with whom Freda knew Skip had corresponded. She had not fully appreciated just how many there were! She returned to the UK full of praise for New Zealand and the wonderful hospitality that had been afforded her. She also returned home with a broken arm, and was so proud of her plaster cast signed by most of the ?Kiwis relatives?! Freda loved children, and adored her 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. She even went camping for the first time in her life with the grandchildren, learning to pitch a tent and cook over an open fire ?usually in the pouring rain! She continued playing tennis and badminton until well into her 70s. In addition, she helped to serve lunches at South Croydon ?drop-in? Centre, she joined the Wives Fellowship at St Paul?s Church where her children had been Guides and Scouts, and she helped at the Scouts jumble sales. Freda?s love of life kept her young and it was not until 1997 that illness forced her to retire to a nursing home. Freda passed away on 13th February 1999 at the age of 90. | ANDREWES, Alfrida Louise (I03917)
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| 724 | Born 19.1.1942 at South Croydon, Surrey, England Malcolm was brought up in South Croydon with his 2 sisters and younger brother. He was educated at Middle Whitgift School for Boys in Croydon. Since his father was the Town Commissioner of Croydon Scouts, it was natural that he would follow in his footsteps and Malcolm joined the Scouting Movement, first as a Cub and then a Scout and a Rover, gaining many awards. He learned to play the piano and, like his parents, became an accomplished pianist. The family enjoyed musical evenings around the family piano, together with Scouting friends who would join in the singing. Whilst at school, Malcolm joined the RAF Combined Cadet Force and enjoyed several camps at the RAF training ground in Lincolnshire. On leaving school, Malcolm entered Horticultural College at Swanley in Kent to pursue his love of horticulture. He had spent many happy hours as a child digging in the garden and growing vegetables on the family allotment ? in particular his prize marrows - and chose to make this his career. He held propagating positions at gardens in Sussex and at Nurseries in Selhurst in south East London, before taking up a managerial appointment at Croydon Garden Centre. Malcolm met his future wife Marilyn at the offices of the Royal Automobile Club, where his mother also worked. They married on 30th May 1970 and had two sons, David born in 1973, and Richard in 1977. In the last few years of his life Malcolm suffered ill health through liver disease, which he bravely battled. He died of liver cancer on 20th January 1996, one day past his 54th birthday. | WALKLEY, Malcolm John (I03926)
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| 725 | Born 21-02-1966 at Bromley, Kent, UK Ian went to school at Chipstead Valley Primary and then Woodcote High School and Purley High School for Boys, which he left in 1983 after taking his GCE exams. He represented Surrey County Schools in Shot Put. He also joined the Scouting movement, first as a Cub Scout and then a Scout. Ian was a very competitive swimmer, winning many trophies. He represented his swimming club at galas in Holland and in Hamburg, Germany. He excelled at rugby and played for Surrey Colts and Surrey Schools. Ian started his working life in retail management but after 1 year decided that was not for him; he went into Purchasing Retail in the Building Trade and passed his B-Tech exams. Ian met his future wife Karen when they were both young, and they had their first daughter Suzanne. They were married in 1987 and their 2nd daughter Catherine was born in 1988. In 1989 Ian and his family moved to Ilfracombe in North Devon, where he now works in a Cardboard packaging company as a Production Scheduling Manager. Ian has played Rugby for Ilfracombe and has also coached the senior and junior teams. | JEFFERIES, Ian John (I03920)
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| 726 | Born 21.9.1977 in Beckenham Kent Richard grew up in the family home in West Wickham, Kent with his parents and older brother. He went to Langley Park School for Boys and from an early age developed an interest in art and drawing. He studied graphic design at London?s art colleges, doing a Foundation Course at Central St Martins after which he graduated with a BA Hons from the London College of Printing. He went on to complete his MA at the Royal College of Art. Richard lives in Bromley, Kent with his fiancée Dani (Winnie Daniela Valle Valenzuela) whom he met at college and they are due to marry in September 2009. In 2002 he co-founded Valle Walkley, a freelance graphic design partnership, designing books and catalogues for art publishers, galleries and individuals. Richard?s interests include animation, ephemera and navigating on track days. | WALKLEY, Richard Graham (I03925)
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| 727 | Born 3rd April 1906 ? Ohau, New Zealand Married 1928 ? Elizabeth Grace Dickason ? Died 1932 Married 1935 ? Dora Charlotte Emily Petherick ? Died 1991 This album is dedicated to the life of Ross Francis Walkley. His parents were Francis (Frank) Charles John Walkley, Jessie Grace Arcus. Ross was born in a small village north of Wellington, Ohau. This was where Ross went to school, before the family left to live at Mangatainoka. He attended Mangatainoka School, and then his senior years were a boarder at Timaru Boys High School. His Aunt Barbara Lund and her family lived in Timaru, not far from the school. Ross loved to visit Timaru with his family. Being interested in farm work, Ross did this for a few years. His first wife Elizabeth who was known as Queenie, bore him a son, Alan Charles Walkley, born 20th September 1930. Elizabeth died in 1932 leaving Ross to allow Alan to be looked after by his sister Con and Joe Stevenson and Jessie. In 1933 Ross was lucky enough to fly on the "Southern Cross" with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith the aviation pioneer. Charles was the first to fly cross the Pacific in 1928, from Oakland California to Brisbane, Australia. Ross went to work at Pukeora Sanatorium Waipukerau was a hospital for Tuberculosis patients. It was here that Ross met Dora Petherick who was a cook.They were married in Palmerston North on October 26 1935. Returning to farm work with son Alan, Ross & Dora made their life, however this did not last as Ross had problems with poisoned fingers. As Dora?s parents lived in Auckland they decided to move to Auckland. Point Chevalier was their starting point, Walmer Road. This was where their son John David came into the world. 1940 State Advance Homes gave Ross and Dora a home at 14 Arapuni Ave, Onehunga, Auckland. This came to be their life. Then the State allowed the tenants to buy their homes. This is what Ross did. They were 4th or 7th of on the buying list. 1941 the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour in the Hawaiian Islands, 7th December, Ross and Dora had a daughter, Lois Marion. Their was another daughter born but she died, leaving Dora blind for four days, when this was, no dates or year. Ross went into the carrier business, first working for Bray, until they sold to Ivan Whale, carting coal and wood. Then he went into partnership with Tom Floyd. Having a truck each they worked to and fro from Auckland wharf. Then one day Tom accidently killed his son Peter who was 3 years old. Peter ran out to meet his dad in the truck, when he fell and went under the back wheels. Ross had to help Tom to get back into driving the truck. After this Ross sold his truck and went to work as a Stevedore on the Auckland Wharf. Then before retiring Ross worked for the NZ Railroad. Ross had a scar on his nose. This was due to a knot in the wood the he was sawing at Roy Hutchison. This left Ross in Hospital for a few weeks. Ross was asthmatic and the doctor was called many times. From 1965 onward, Ross spent his life looking after his wife Dora as she had surgery on her hip which left her disabled. He enjoyed doing this for Dora. They did travel together, school reunions, visiting family both in NZ and Australia where his son Alan and his family moved to. Ross and Dora attended their three childrens weddings. Alan, John, Lois. Saw their three grandsons from John & Laurel Walkley grow up. Stuart, Chris, Bevan. Alan and his family moved a few times in NZ before moving to Australia, however Ross endeavored to keep in touch with his grandchildren Trevor, Bruce, Russell, Susan Walkley. Ross died on the 10th Jan 1989 at his home at 14 Arapuni Ave, Onehunga. He chose to be cremated and his son John scattered the ashes. | WALKLEY, Francis Ross (I03977)
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| 728 | Born 4.12.1973 at Beckenham, Kent David is the elder son of Malcolm and Marilyn Walkley. He was brought up in West Wickham, Kent and attended Langley Park Boys School in Beckenham. There David learned to play percussion and performed with the school orchestra at concerts in the Fairfield Halls in Croydon. On leaving school, with ?A? levels in English, French and Art, David studied Photography at North East Surrey College of Technology where he achieved his Higher National Diploma. His first job was in digital printing in Leicester Square in London, after which he spent 7 years in a digital printing company in the City of London, where he was responsible for all the printing and posters for the Brit Awards. In 2004 David?s life took a change of direction and he enrolled on a Driving Instructor?s course. He has since been a Driving Instructor with the British School of Motoring. David met his girlfriend Jane with whom he now lives in Beckenham. He plays League Table Tennis in Bromley and also in Sevenoaks, Kent, and maintains his interest in photography. | WALKLEY, David Anthony (I03924)
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| 729 | Born 9.7.1885 in Brixton, London Albert Edward (?Bertie?) Walkley was the only child of William Henry and Alice Walkley. Not much is known of his childhood. The family lived at Shakespeare Road, Brixton and it is believed they then moved to Selhurst, near West Croydon, as they attended West Croydon Baptist Church. It was here that Bertie became a Sunday School teacher and later a deacon. In 1909 when Robert Baden-Powell formed the Boy Scouts Association, Bertie got together a small troop of boys at the church to form the Croydon Troop, which subsequently became the 10th Croydon Scout Troop attached to West Croydon Baptist Church. At this time Bertie was working in Lloyds Bank, Cox & Kings Branch in Pall Mall, London, but he spent every spare moment with his ?boys?. He took them on many, very successful camps, and the boys came to regard ?Skipper? as their mentor, particularly during the difficult years of the First World War. The Troop grew from strength to strength and Bertie became Group Scout Master. He was appointed Assistant District Commissioner for Croydon in 1925 and held that position until 1939 when he became District Commissioner. In 1948 the Croydon Scouting Association was reorganised on a sub-county basis and Bertie became Croydon?s first Town Commissioner. Bertie was a confirmed bachelor until 1935 when Alfrida Andrewes joined his staff at Lloyds Bank as his secretary. ?Freda?, as she was known, was 23 years his junior but that did not stop romance blossoming and on 13th March 1937 they married at All Saints Parish Church in Putney, on the banks of the River Thames, with his Scouts forming guard of honour. ?Skip?, as he became known, and Freda moved into a new home in Rayleigh Rise, South Croydon. Whilst Freda had not had the opportunity of being a Girl Guide, she was game for anything and threw herself into helping Skip in his Scouting activities. Indeed No 2 Rayleigh Rise was open house to everybody - many sing-song evenings were held round the family piano practising for the gang shows they put on - and no-one was sent home hungry, despite the lean times. On 1st February 1940, during a very hard winter, their first child Gillian was born. Three more children followed, Malcolm (1942), Margaret Elizabeth (1944) and Richard (1946). At the same time as getting used to being a father of four, albeit at a later stage in his life than most, Skip continued with his Scouting activities. In 1947, on his retirement from Lloyds Bank, he took up the appointment of Assistant Secretary of the Garrick Club in London, a position he held for the rest of his life. As well as being an accomplished pianist, Skip was also an expert philatelist and had assembled a large collection of stamps from all over the world. Skip died at his home on 26th February 1960, and was cremated at Croydon Crematorium. Many of his former Scouts were among those who paid tribute at his funeral to a most courteous and selfless gentleman who had devoted his life to the Scout Movement. A teak seat was dedicated as a memorial to him in the Town Hall Gardens, Croydon. | WALKLEY, Albert Edward (I03930)
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| 730 | Born : 7-9-1953 Glen Eden Lived in Glen Eden for childhood years with schooling at Glen Eden Primary and Intermediate Schools. Attended Kelston Boys High School through to the 7th form when he was deputy-head prefect. In 1972 joined Air New Zealand as a Commercial Trainee (3 years programme) and then stayed with Air NZ as a computer programmer initially and later worked at the airport in the passenger handling area. In 1973 the family moved to Massey. Bruce joined Continental Airlines in 1979 as a Reservations Supervisor and in 1974 got married to Judith (nee) Collins but later divorced. In 1982 he swapped to Cathay Pacific Airways where he became Marketing and Sales Manager and remained for 17 years until 2000. After almost a year off which included several months backpacking in Europe he moved to Mt Maunganui and opened the first Bakers Delight in the area. Recently built a new home in a beach side complex. | INGRAM, Bruce Sydney (I03910)
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| 731 | Born ? South Croydon, Surrey, UK ? 23rd May 1946 Richard grew up at the family home in South Croydon, the youngest of four children. He loved the outdoor life and followed the family interest of Scouting after his father, Skipper Walkley, who started one of the first Scout troops in Croydon in 1909. From an early age Richard was a very keen cyclist, riding across the French Alps at the age of 17. He learned to play the violin, an interest kindled by ?Aunt Marion? [Marion Britten, his father?s aunt] who, with her sister ?Aunt Eleanor?, occasionally stayed with the family and who herself was an accomplished violinist. He later joined Croydon Youth Orchestra, performing with them in Croydon?s Fairfield Halls. Richard was educated at Archbishop Tennisons Grammar School, Croydon. On leaving school after achieving his ?A? levels, he spent three years in the publishing trade. In his next position with a marine underwriting company at Lloyds of London, he chanced upon an oil tanker named William G.Walkley, a name that spurred interest in the family ?down under?. He then moved into Banking and joined Nedbank as a credit analyst. In 1972 he married Ann Bullock, and their son Simon was born in 1981, followed by a daughter Fiona in 1983. In his spare time Richard ran an environment group, and it was therefore natural that he should introduce his children to woodland and pond management. The family later became used to having bats around the house, another of Richard?s interests, which reflected his concern for nature conservation. After the 1987 storm which devastated the South East of England, Richard became a Parish Tree Warden, working with local schools in support of tree-planting schemes and advising the public generally on tree matters. Richard moved to Maidstone in Kent following his divorce in 2001. He enjoys ceroc dancing, and is a keen walker, having walked not only the local country walks in Kent, but also in Austria, Corsica, Sicily and Crete. He remains keen on mountaineering and has climbed in the Welsh mountains and in the Lake District, as well as in the Austrian and Italian Alps. He is also a competent skier, and a proficient ballroom dancer. In 2007 Richard met his partner, Wendy, to whom he is now engaged. They are looking forward to having time to travel in their retirement, Richard from his job at Fortis as a Bank financial analyst, Wendy from teaching, in the not-too-distant future. Such travel will naturally include New Zealand, and a chance to meet finally other members of the wonderful Walkley family. | WALKLEY, Richard Alan (I03929)
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| 732 | Born Harold Richardson. Before his parents' marriage. | GRAY, Harold (I5116)
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| 733 | Born in Taranaki but lived in Parnell with her mother before her marriage. | BLENNERHASSETT, Elsie Ellen (I2091)
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| 734 | Born in Thailand, I think, but grew up as an infant in Sweden, and now speaks several continental laguages, includingEnglish. | Wanni (I3462)
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| 735 | Born November 22 1918 at Hamua, he spent his early childhood at Marton until the family moved to Auckland. Robert received his education at Marton Junction School, and Wellesley Primary in Auckland, and also Seddon Memorial Technical College. He was a boy chorister at St Matthews Church and later an adult choir member as well as bell ringer. At the age of 16 years, he entered the drapery trade and received his training in Auckland. He served in the Territorial Forces before the War and upon mobilisation served with the 3rd N.Z. Division in the Pacific with the rank of 1st Lieutenant, Battalion Signals. He saw service in Fiji, Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella, Green Is. and New Caledonia. After the war he continued in the trade on his own account for a number of years. Upon relinquishing his business he entered the wholesale warehouse trade, serving with some of the larger houses. Upon his retirement in 1980 he had completed many years as representative for R. Schofield & Co. Ltd. travelling the length and breadth of New Zealand. His sporting interests were football and hockey. He also took a very keen interest in Social work and was elected Auckland President of Birthright after holding several lesser administrative offices. In 1942 he married Hazel Maud Biddle. Robert and Hazel lived at 47 Taramera Street in Avondale, Auckland. They had three daughters and one son. Margaret Aileen was born in 1945, trained as a nurse in Auckland and in 1965 married Maurice Subritzky. They now live in Upper Hutt. Yvonne was born in 1946 and trained and was employed as a private secretary. In 1967 she married Lawrence Berry and they now reside in Glendene, Waitakere. Robyn Hazel was born in 1949 and also trained as a nurse. In 1970 she married David Maconaghie and they subsequently divorced. Robyn now lives on the North Shore. David Edward was born in 1951. In 1975 he married Carol Swinburne but later divorced. He married again in 1980 to Debra Taylor but they divorced and David now lives in Pukekohe. Robert and Hazel lived Grey Lynn where Margaret and Yvonne were born, then moved to Northcote (where Bob had his own drapery shop.) The family shifted to Bayswater where Robyn and David were born, and finally to 47 Taramea Street, Avondale Auckland. Bob and Hazel moved to Upper Hutt in 1996 where they lived until they died. | WALKLEY, Robert Henry (I03897)
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| 736 | Born Pembury (Kent) on Friday 13th November 1981. I lived in Hildenborough, a small village in West Kent from 1985 to 2001 with Ann, Richard (parents) and sister Fiona. Both "Fi" and I attended Stock's Green Primary School and Hilden Grange Prep School. I spent much of my younger years out and about, mainly riding my bike with dad or with friends, fishing, walking, swimming, climbing or just being a nuisance. I was a Beaver, Cub and Scout (for limited period) and participated in the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme but only got as far as the Bronze award. I swam with my sister 4 - 5 times a week at a local club and competed between the age of 9 and 15 years. I really enjoyed cricket and rugby at school and because of my lean (skinny!) frame was also a pretty quick 100m sprinter. I attended the Judd School in Kent, one of the top non-fee paying grammar schools in the country and studied for my GCSE's and A-levels (maths, geography, business studies). While not exactly excelling academically I did have a brilliant time playing rugby for the school and the flute in the school orchestra. I went on to take a Gap year after school, working in India for 3 months helping destitute street children (for which I received a grant from the Lord Mayor of London) and then travelled to Nepal (trekked in the Himalayas), Thailand, Hong Kong, Oz and New Zealand. 6 months later I was ready for my BSc (Hons) degree in Geological Hazards at Portsmouth University. I narrowly missed out on a first at "uni", probably due to the amount of time I spent at my university rowing club (both rowing in the senior pair event and running the club as its secretary and then president). I moved to the midlands in 2004, upon graduating, working as a geotechnical engineer for a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, and have been there ever since. I've taken many more holidays since getting job and still enjoy an annual ski jaunt to the French Alps or a back-packing trip into Eastern Europe. I moved to London (Battersea) with my girlfriend last year and now work in Reading, Berkshire. I've finally got back into rowing and spend much of my life at Putney Town Rowing Club on the Thames Tideway... looking for that Henley Royal Regatta qualification. Here's hoping! | WALKLEY, Simon Keith (I04134)
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| 737 | Born say a year after Ewen 1. She is 15 in the file c:\a\geneal\2famils\3mathes\matheson.doc | MATHESON, Alexander (I67)
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| 738 | Born: 10.2.1944 at South Croydon, Surrey, UK ? during an air raid! Margaret was known as Liz. She grew up with her parents and her siblings, Jill, Malcolm and Richard, in South Croydon, a suburban part of South East London. Her early childhood was influenced by her father, Albert Edward Walkley, who was greatly involved in Scouting: Liz became a Brownie, a Girl Guide, a Sea Ranger, and also a Brown Owl. Her mother being a keen tennis player introduced Liz to tennis. In her teens, she spent 2 summers in France with a French family, improving her French and making life-long friends. Liz attended The Old Palace Girls Grammar School, Croydon, completing her CGE ?O? Levels. It was at this time in 1960 that her father died. In 1961 she started work as a Junior Secretary in Pall Mall in London, and in 1966 secured a contract as an English/French Secretary working at the giant Nestle Company?s headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva. At the end of 1968 Liz relocated back to the UK headquarters of Nestle in Croydon. Six months later she was seconded to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Lagos, Nigeria, during the time of the Biafran Crisis. On her return to Croydon when the war ended, adventure beckoned and Liz signed up for a £10 passage to emigrate to Australia. She had been aware that her father had corresponded with ?Aunty Minnie? [Minnie Hainsworth, wife of Frederick Percy Walkley] in New Zealand and was keen to discover if indeed she had New Zealand relatives. Australia and New Zealand looked close on the map, and £10 was a cheap fare to travel to the other side of the world. After 6 weeks on board Sitmar?s ?Fairstar?, Liz stepped ashore in Sydney in August 1970 and also landed a job as PA to the Managing Director of Nestlé Australia. 3 years later, together with her mother Freda who flew out from UK for a visit, Liz crossed the Tasman to New Zealand to be met by Stan Walkley at Christchurch, ?who looked just like my father?! Stan and Albert Edward were indeed 1st cousins and were very similar in stature and in looks. Liz worked in Auckland for a year, and was introduced to many New Zealand Walkleys, who remain firm friends. Nevertheless, she travelled back to UK in 1974 overland, on a bus from Katmandu to London, and took a job as PA to the chairman of the hire purchase company Mercantile Credit. She finished her career as administrative assistant to the UK head of the French Utility giant, Générale des Eaux. Liz has been a keen tennis player all her life, and has enjoyed badminton, swimming and skiing. She is Secretary of her local tennis Club in Bromley, Kent where she now lives, is a member of the National Trust, and belongs to various groups within U3A. | WALKLEY, Margaret Elizabeth (I03927)
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| 739 | Born: 19 October 1944 in Hamilton, the youngest child of Maurice and Flo Yendell. Schooling: Attended Waikato Diocesan School, Hamilton 1950 to 1961. I thoroughly enjoyed school life which lead me to decide on teaching as a career. Training College: I attended the Hamilton Teachers? College from 1962 to 1964. In those days all teachers were bonded to the government and we all had to teach for 2 years after graduating. Two years spent teaching problem children at Tokoroa Intermediate and Melville Intermediate saw me keen to say farewell to teaching. The OE: 1967. One of the most memorable experiences was being in Israel at the outbreak of the Seven Day War. Quite an experience for a young ?Kiwi?. The Travel Industry: On my return to NZ to be with the family during Gloria?s illness I took a job with Leigh Dunbar Travel, Hamilton. A major career change resulted. They were exciting times with lots of travel opportunities, such as the Trans Siberian rail journey plus the fun of escorting groups to the Pacific Islands. Our agency had no one who had been to South Africa so in 1972 I volunteered to spend a year there. I was employed by BOAC [British Airways] where I met Andrew Franklin Fallis, a South African. My life took a new direction Married Life: Andrew and I were married 25 January, 1975 in Hamilton and then returned to Johannesburg, South Africa to live. On 12 April 1976 Bryan Stuart Fallis was born and on 06 June 1979 Katherine Blanche Fallis [Katie]. We continued to live in Johannesburg. Both Andrew and I worked full time for a variety of airlines. They were busy years as all young couples know. We returned to Hamilton in 1985 which did give Bryan and Katie an opportunity to experience life in NZ and get to know some of their NZ relatives. By 1987 we returned to South Africa this time settling in Durban. The city suited us much better as a family. We enjoyed being near to the beach and the climate meant all year round swimming which we thrived on. Lecturing in Durban: In 1989 I accepted a part time lecturing position in the tourism department at what was to become DUT [Durban University of Technology]. My teacher training along with a subject I felt passionate about meant I really enjoyed the position from the start. Within a year I was employed full time and continued to help the department grow for the next 18 years. Very interesting and exciting times given the political changes that South Africa was experiencing. Andrew was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000. He put up an amazing fight but died 14 August 2004. Bryan and his South African wife Chilo Deghaye continue to live in Durban where Bryan runs ?Hazpak Trainaid? a family business , he started with Andrew in 1995. It handles the packaging of dangerous goods for international flights plus the industry?s training requirements. Katie completed a BA in Social Science at Cape Town University. She is married to an Australian, Matthew Norman Potter [ Matt] . Their first child Stella Elizabeth Potter was born 16 Feb 2006, in Western Australia. Later that year Matt who is in the oil industry accepted a transfer to New Plymouth. Life in South Africa was very difficult for a widow so in 2007 I decided to return to NZ and am now very happily settled in New Plymouth. | YENDELL, Marilyn Gay (I03842)
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| 740 | Born: 9 August 1977. Birthplace: Waitakere, Auckland I was born the second and final child to my parents Jocelyn & Patrick Heremaia. My older brother Nigel was born with Spina Bifida and although he had many medical issues, as far as I can remember we had a fairly ?normal? and happy childhood. We grew up at our family home in Scenic Drive, Titirangi where mum and dad still live today. Both Nigel and I attended Kaurilands Primary School then Glen Eden Intermediate and then went to High School at Green Bay High School. Leading up to my 7th form year at High School I was getting a little bit restless at school and I thought a change of scenery might re-motivate me, so I moved to Western Springs College. Half way through my 7th form year I decided that the Hospitality Industry was the field I wanted to pursue, so I completed work experience at the Centra Hotel in Auckland City. To get my foot in the door I applied for a job in housekeeping and after six months moved into the Banquets department where over the next two years I moved through to Assistant Supervisor, Supervisor and then Co-ordinator. During this time I also completed my first year of Hospitality Management papers at AUT. In 1997 while at the Centra Hotel I met my husband Mana Ashford. We met through mutual friends while playing a friendly touch game on a Sunday. Mana had recently moved from Wanganui to Auckland to play rugby. In November 1998 Mana was selected for the New Zealand 7?s Rugby Team and over the next couple of years played in several tournaments around the world for New Zealand. The New Zealand 7?s team won several titles during this time. Mana has continued to play 7?s and 15?s rugby and still represents Auckland for 7?s and plays Premiere club rugby for the Waitemata Rugby club in West Auckland. After 18 months together I fell pregnant with our first child Sharn who was born on the 6th of November 1999. Sharn is now 9 years old and attends Massey Primary School. Sharn is a fantastic sportsman like his father and enjoys playing T Ball for which he represented West Auckland in the Under 10?s grade this year and also loves to play rugby during the winter. On the 2nd of January 2003 our daughter Tahlia was born. Tahlia now 6 also attends Massey Primary school and also enjoys playing T Ball. In January 2004 I started work at Hastie New Zealand as an Administration Assistant. I still work at Hastie however now in the role of Office Manager. Hastie are a commercial engineering and project management company for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. Mana and I married on the 8th of May 2004 at the Settlers Lodge in Waimauku and in September of the same year purchased our first home where we are living now on Red Hills Road in Massey. In September 2005 Mana accepted a rugby contract in Dublin, Ireland at the Lansdowne Rugby club. As the contract was only for 9 months the kids and I decided to stay home, however we made a 4 week trip over to Europe for Christmas that year and spent time in Dublin, Paris and London. On Mana?s return from Ireland he returned to work at James Hardie where he still works now as a Commercial Key Account Manager. Through Mana?s work we were lucky enough to travel to Mexico in 2008 to network with clients and were also able to slip in a quick stop off in Las Vegas on the way home. We seem to have very little spare time as life away from work is always filled with sports for Mana or the kids, however I have continued to play touch rugby socially over the years and last year started playing squash again which I am thoroughly enjoying. We are very close to Mum and Dad who are our number one baby sitters and are also our number one supporters when it comes to our sports and our kids sports. | HEREMAIA, Moringa Ngaire (I03824)
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| 741 | Both Susan and Dennis DOB come from an email Susan wrote me (VLS) on 19 Sep 2011 | SMITH, Susan Kaye (I351)
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| 742 | Both Susan and Dennis DOB come from an email Susan wrote me (VLS) on 19 Sep 2011 | SMITH, Dennis Boyd (I352)
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| 743 | bri:'a:ne | HODGETTS, Shayla Breana (I240)
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| 744 | Bridget Frances on birth certificate, but known as Frances Delia. | KAVANAGH, Bridget Frances (I3513)
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| 745 | Brother of Catherine Finlayson. | FINLAYSON, Donald (I117)
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| 746 | Brother to C D Guthrie | GUTHRIE, Lionel (I3167)
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| 747 | Brother to C D Guthrie. | GUTHRIE, Lionel (I3167)
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| 748 | Bryan on birth certificate. | CASEY, Brian Raymond (I3516)
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| 749 | Built Mary Ann | MATHESON, Angus (I61)
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| 750 | Built Rangitira | MATHESON, Angus (I61)
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