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WALKLEY, Sidney Stanley

WALKLEY, Sidney Stanley

Male 1870 - 1938  (68 years)


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  • Name WALKLEY, Sidney Stanley  [1] 
    Birth 03 Feb 1870  Brixton, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 1886  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • This is claimed in "The Walkleys" booklet, however it has proven to be incorrect.
    • On the Walkleys website there is a photo of "Ortona" - "which brought our ancestor Sidney Walkley from England to New Zealand". However the Ortona was launched in 1899, so doesn't fit with a 1886 immigration.
    • The fact he was in England in the 1891 census shows the emigration date is incorrect. In fact the name of the ship looks to be incorrect too.
    Residence 1891  St Pancras, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Immigration 1894  Plymouth to Port Chalmers Find all individuals with events at this location 
    On the Gothic 
    • Report in the Lyttleton Times gives Frank, Fred and S. Walkley as passengers.
    • FindMyPast also has an image of the passenger list, with Fred, Frank and Sydney "Walkly" on the Gothic in 1894. Occupations are listed as "Gent". They are travelling "Saloon" class.
    Reference Number Lot 266 
    Residence 1897  Ohau (near Levin) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    "F. & S. Store" 
    • Street Directory
    Residence 1900  Ohau (Levin) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Electoral Roll 
    Residence 1904  Mangatainoka Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Grocer 
    • Near Palmerston North. Sourced from Street directory.
    Residence 1912  Hamua Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Started a grocery store here. Four children were born in Hamua (Ronald, Edward, Dorothy and Robert)
    Residence 1920  Wanganui Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Owned a grocery store for 2 years.
    Residence 1928  Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    81 Shortland Street 
    • Marion remembers coming up in the train from Marton to Auckland to meet her parents who had already come up. She thinks that Bob was 8 or 9 at the time.
    Residence 1928  74 Station St, Marton Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Electoral Roll 
    Residence 1931 
    Not on electoral roll for Marton, so assume living in Auckland by then. 
    Death 07 Nov 1938  Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Abt 10 Nov 1938  Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1940  Mt Eden Find all individuals with events at this location 
    4 Grayson Ave 
    • Listed in the Wises Directory as Syd Walkley (though he had already died by 1940).
      The modern name for this street is Graysons Ln.
    • This house was owned by Ethel's parents. When Martha died (she died in 1941 and Sidney in 1942) some of the family wanted Ethel to buy it, but she didn't want the responsibility of owning a house. Her sister Sophie ended up buying it instead.

      Source: Marion Roberts from a 2010 recorded interview.
    Person ID I03913  Main Tree | The Walkley Family, Ward and Walkley
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2019 

    Father WALKLEY, Henry,   b. 1831, Horsley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Nov 1918 (Age 87 years) 
    Mother JEFFERIES, Hannah,   b. Abt 1833, Horsley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1886, North Brixton London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 02 Jun 1855  Stroud, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BREWSTER, Ethel Lowe,   b. 10 Mar 1886, Wairau, Blenheim, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1975, Oratia Nursing Home, Parker Road, Oratia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 08 May 1906  St Mary's Church, Levin, NZ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. WALKLEY, Florence Eleanor,   b. 21 Apr 1908, Palmerston North, Manawatu Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Sep 2004, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     2. WALKLEY, Stanley Sidney,   b. 22 Nov 1909, Hamua, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1984, Christchurch Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. WALKLEY, Edna Marie,   b. 05 Jan 1911, Hamua, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1995, Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. WALKLEY, Ronald Jefferies,   b. 03 May 1912, Hamua, Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1985, Glenfield, Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. WALKLEY, Edward Gascoigne,   b. 02 Oct 1914, Hamua, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Dec 1943, Australia during World War II Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +6. WALKLEY, Dorothy Annie,   b. 4 Jul 1916, Hamua, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1986, At home in Massey, Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     7. WALKLEY, Robert Henry,   b. 22 Nov 1918, Hamua, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1999, Auckland Hospital, Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. WALKLEY, Molly,   b. 1920, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1920, Wanganui Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. WALKLEY, Marion Ethel,   b. 12 Apr 1921, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 2014, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     10. WALKLEY, Joan Doreen,   b. 14 May 1927, 74 Station Road, Marton, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Oct 2011, Mount Maunganui Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F01194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2016 

  • Documents
    4 Grayson Ave, Mt Eden    		4 Grayson Ave, Mt Eden
    Street view capture of a modern day view of the house that Sidney Stanley and Ethel Walkley lived in in Mt Eden. Now call Graysons Ln.

  • Notes 
    • Sidney was born on the 3rd February in 1870 in Croyden, England.
      He came to New Zealand about 1886 when he was only 16 years old, with four brothers:
      1. Francis [Frank]
      2. Herbert
      3. Frederick [Fred]
      4. Henry [Harry]
      Like his brothers he was a storekeeper.
      In 1906 he married Ethel Lowe Brewster whose family was well known by and very close to the Walkley brothers in Levin.
      The following item of interest is taken from the Chronicle published in Levin in 1906, and headed "Orange Blossoms":-
      "A pretty wedding was solemnised at St Mary's Church, Levin, on Wednesday, 8th May, when Mr Sidney Walkley of Hamua, and brother of Mr F.C.J. Walkley of Ohau, was married to Miss Ethel Brewster, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs R.L. Brewster of Levin, late of Blenheim. The bride, who was given away by her father, was neatly and stylishly attired in cream voile, with the orthodox veil and orange blossoms, and was attended by Misses Sophie, Dorothy, and Winnie Brewster, sisters and cousin of the bride respectively. The Bride carried a lovely shower bouquet of roses and chrysanthemums. Miss Dorothy [Brewster] appeared in cream silk, while the other bridesmaids were attired in cream serge, with velvet hats to match. Mr Harry Walkley. brother of the bridegroom, [Incorrect, this was probably Henry Walkley; 35 years of age] officiated in the capacity of best man while the Rev. Mr Worsley tied the nuptial knot. The bridge groom's gift to his bride was a valuable set of furs, and the bride's gift to her partner a handsome watch guard. The bride's travelling dress was of grey tweed, in which she looked very becoming. The honeymoon is to be spent in Napier, and for that purpose the happy couple left by the evening train on Wednesday for Palmerston North, taking their departure amidst showers of rice from many friends who had gathered at the station to wish them "God Speed". The presents received by the pair were of a useful, costly and ornamental description, and proved the popularity of the young couple. In the evening, a number of friends accepted the invitation of the bride's parents to celebrate the function, and a convivial time was spent".
      Sidney started a grocery store in Hamua, Palmerston North/Eketahuna. We know that four of their children were born in Hamua: Ronald [1912], Edward [1914], Dorothy [1916] and Robert [1918]. Molly was born in 1920 about the time that Sidney and Ethel moved on to Jester Street in Wanganui where he owned a grocery store for 2 years. Molly died in the year of her birth and died in Wanganui. Marion was born in 12 April 1921 in Wanganui.
      Sidney and Ethel shifted to Martin in 1921. They lived there for 10 years and during the 1929 Depression, the family suffered like everyone else. However, he managed to obtain a grocer shop in Shortland Street, where they lived for 3 years in a house over the shop. Joan Doreen Walkley was born 24 May 1927 in Marton.
      Sidney & Ethel decided to move north with his family to Auckland. He found a house at 4 Grayson Avenue, Mt. Eden and went on relief work. All families received 4/- [4 Shilling] vouchers for grocery purchases during the Depression. Sidney went on to the pension, but Ethel took in boarders.
      Sidney's retirement was spent in Auckland where he died in 1938 at the age of 68. Grayson Avenue was sold to Aunt Sophie [nee Brewster] & George Adams. Ethel [Nana] moved into a flat in Crummer Road, Grey Lynn. She later purchased a batch and moved it onto Bill & Dorothy [her daughter] Ward's farm in Kumeu.

  • Sources 
    1. [S00437] Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005;).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1891 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891.Data imaged from The National Archives, London, England. 2,131 rolls. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU..


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