TORKINGTON, Alma Winifred Maud

1900 - 1971  (71 years)

• Name	TORKINGTON, Alma Winifred Maud
  Birth	19 Aug 1900	Warkworth
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	3 Mar 1917	Auckland
  	School Teacher.
  	New Zealand, Teacher and Civil Service Examinations and Licenses, from Ancestry.Com. (added by Raewyn March 1916)
  Occupation	Jun 1917	Papakura
  	School Teacher
  	In CS Clarke's diary for 22nd June 1917: "Minnie, Joe and Jane were there, the former to meet their daughter Alma who came up for her winter holidays, she is teaching at Papakura." 29th Jun 1918: "Lily & I went to see Alma Torkington off by the steamer at noon, she is teaching at Papakura." 15th December 1921: "... walked to Joe's place, Alma had returned from the Training College by yesterdays steamer"
  Married	12 Sep 1923	Methodist Church, Franklin Rd, Auckland
  	Norman Roderick Smith
  Name	12 Sep 1923
  	Alma Winifred Maud Smith
  Occupation	23 Sep 1923  [1]
  	School teacher
  Residence	23 Sep 1923	Auckland   [1]
  Married	5 Jun 1926	Registrars Office, Auckland
  	Victor Harvey Smith
  	Vic and Normal were the 3rd and 5th children respectively of John and Christina Smith.
  Reference Number	11
  Death	09 Sep 1971	Auckland. BDM Registration Number 1971/37048
  Burial	12 Sep 1971	Waikumete Cemetery
  Person ID	I11	Main Tree | Ancestor of Vern Smith
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	TORKINGTON, Joseph,   b. 27 Jan 1876, Ashton Under Lyne, England d. 18 Jan 1936, Auckland (Age 59 years)
  Mother	CLARKE, Minnie,   b. 20 May 1876, Leigh d. 24 Jul 1951, Ti Point, NZ (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1899	Leigh   [2]
  Notes	CS Clarke's diary entry for the day. It was a fine day. Minnie was married to Joe Torkington. Revd H. A. Hawkins came up by the "Kapanui" to perform the ceremony. Miss Harding came up by the "Rob Roy" to stay with us and was just in time for the wedding. Ernest, Mabel, Albert, Honor & Alfred Wyatt, Harold, Wilfred , Florrie, Annie & Arthur Torkington & Mr Smith were here and Jim Dunning and C. Gravatt were here for tea. The newly married couple and Revd Hawkins went away in the S.S. "Kapanui", we all went down to the wharf to see them off. Most of them returned here for tea and we had a musical evening.
  Photos		Joe and Minnie Marriage photo of Joe and Minnie Torkington
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SMITH, Norman Roderick,   b. 18 Jun 1892, Ti Point, NZ. BDM Online 1892/9036 d. 06 Oct 1924, From peritonitis after falling ill with appendicitis. Died at Auckland Hospital. For a long time it was incorrectly assumed he had died of influenza. (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1923	Methodist Church, Franklin Rd, Auckland   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	SMITH, Victor Harvey,   b. 12 Jun 1887, Ti Point, NZ. BDM Online 1887/4645 d. 21 Jul 1976, Waitakere Hospital, Auckland, NZ (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	05 Jun 1926  [4]
  Children	1. SMITH, Alvin Lester,   b. 27 Apr 1927, Westmere, Auckland, NZ d. 27 Oct 2011, Northhaven Hospital, Whangaparaoa. (Age 84 years)   2. SMITH, Kevin Lyall,   b. 17 Dec 1931, Auckland d. 21 Aug 1993, Warkworth, NZ (Age 61 years)   3. SMITH, Ivan Ronald,   b. 19 Jun 1936, Auckland d. 23 Jul 1960, Auckland (Age 24 years) + 4. SMITH, Vernon Leigh,   b. 24 Jul 1940, Auckland (Age 84 years)
  Documents		Marriage Certificate for Vic and Alma Smith
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2013

  
  

• Photos		Alma Torkington
  		Victor Harvey Smith and Alma Winifred Maude Smith This photograph stood on the mantle piece at 88 West End Rd for as long as I can remember.

  
  

  Headstones

  Memorial Plaque Vic and Alma's memorial plaque at Waikumete Cemetery

  
  

• Sources

  [S269] Marriage Certificate, 1376, of 1923, for marriage of Norman Roderick Smith and Alma Winifred Maude Torkington. [S1] Russell, Mavis, notes, Notes of 1998. [S216] BDM index in fiche form, ref 5858. [S10] Smith, Vernon, 27 May 2004: he quoted from a copy of the marriage certificate that he obtained.