TORKINGTON, James
1856 - 1932 (75 years)-
Name TORKINGTON, James Birth 07 Aug 1856 Ashton Under Lyne 
[1] Gender Male Census 1881 62 Burlington St, Ashton Under Lyne [2] - Judging from Florence's age, the census was taken in March 1881.
Reference Number 1039 Death 09 May 1932 Auckland Hospital Burial 11 May 1932 Anglican graveyard Warkworth - There is an entry for James Torkington in the New Zealand Cemetery Records for Waiwera Cemetery.
(added by Raewyn March 2016)
Person ID I1039 Main Tree Last Modified 15 Mar 2016
Father TORKINGTON, Joseph, b. 18 Jul 1821, Ashton Under Lyne d. 07 Jul 1872, Aston Under Lyne (Age 50 years) Mother COLLINS, Sarah Ann, b. 03 Dec 1820, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England d. 28 Jun 1901, 47 Nixbridge [?] Street, Ashton Under Lyne (Age 80 years) Marriage 8 Jan1843 Middleton, St Leonard, Lancashire, England - England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription obtained from FindMyPast.
- Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930, obtained from Ancestry
Family ID F2 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WRIGHT, Clara, b. Abt 01 Jan 1856, England d. 22 Oct 1931, at residence Waiwhui. (Age 75 years) Marriage Abt 01 Jan 1879 Stockport? - 990628: Stockport's 8 mi s of Ashton U L.
Children + 1. TORKINGTON, Florence, b. 29 Apr 1880 d. 15 Jun 1969 (Age 89 years) 2. TORKINGTON, Wilfred, b. 15 Jan 1882, Ashton Under Lyne d. 01 Aug 1964, Rom Hospital Queensland Australia (Age 82 years)3. TORKINGTON, Annie, b. 20 Mar 1884, Stockport d. 14 Apr 1978, Mt Eden. (Age 94 years)4. TORKINGTON, Henry Arthur, b. 21 Mar 1891, Melbourne d. 31 Jul 1956 (Age 65 years)5. TORKINGTON, Albert, b. 11 Mar 1896, Omaha d. 30 Apr 1953, Cook Hos., Gisborne (Age 57 years)+ 6. TORKINGTON, Nellie, b. 18 Oct 1898, Ti Point, NZ d. 09 Oct 1992 (Age 93 years)Family ID F455 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Life history. Lived at Katherine St Ashton Under Lyne. 'James and Clara went from England to Melbourne in 'Oroya' 1888. Left Melbourne 1892? in SS Tarawera, arrived Auckland May 1892. Then came to Ti Point. Had a house near Ted Torkington's orchard. Shifted to 5 Dedwood Terrace Ponsonby after Nellie was born.... After five years they shifted up to the Dome (valley). Only Nellie and Florence had children. There was a slump in Melbourne after the exhibition. Ti Point. Then Chelsea sugar works. Then Harry's asthma so bought at Waiwhu.
- See the note on James's house, in the tags for his elder brother William Torkington. [3]
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