ENGLAND, William John

1905 - 1997  (91 years)

• Name	ENGLAND, William John
  Birth	22 Sep 1905	6 Pitt St, Auckland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Between 1910 and 1912	Napier St School, Freeman's Bay, Auckland   [2]
  Education	Between 1913 and 1919	Northcote Primary, Auckland   [3]
  Residence	Abt 1915	Valley Rd, Northcote, Auckland   [3]
  Residence	Abt 1915	Pitt Street, Auckland   [3]
  Education	1920	Auckland Grammar School   [3]
  Residence	Aft 1919	66 Waters Rd, Mt Albert, Auckland   [3]
  Education	Between 1922 and 1923	Mt Albert Grammar School, Auckland   [3]
  Occupation	Aft 1923	Greer's Clothing Factory   [3]
  	Douglas St, Ponsonby
  Occupation	1928  [3]
  	Travelling as salesman for Greers, Awanui to Tamaranui.
  Residence	1935	Nixon Ave/Gt S Road, Otahuhu   [4]
  Occupation	Aft 1935  [4]
  	Drapery Business, 333 Gt South Rd, Otahuhu.
  Residence	Aft 1939	36 Mangere Rd, Otahuhu   [5]
  Milit-Beg	1941  [3]
  Milit-End	1944  [3]
  Residence	1975	3/27 Victoria Ave, Remuera, Auckland   [5]
  Death	12 Aug 1997
  Cremated	15 Aug 1997	Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand
  	Alvin attended.
  Reference Number	1120
  Person ID	I1120	Main Tree
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	ENGLAND, William John,   b. 25 Sep 1860   d. 1925 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	FINLAYSON, Dolina,   b. 10 Dec 1869   d. 1923, Auckland Hospital, Auckland (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1890  [2, 6]
  	Conjectural date of marriage.
  Family ID	F480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	TORKINGTON, Edith Grace,   b. 03 Feb 1908, Ponsonby, Auckland d. 28 Feb 1993, Auckland (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1930	All Saints Church, Ponsonby   [4]
  Children	+ 1. ENGLAND, Patricia,   b. 12 Sep 1932, Bromley Nursing Home., Auckland (Age 92 years)   2. ENGLAND, Diane,   b. 15 May 1933, Bromley Nursing Home, Westmere, Auckland (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  970302 Bill England's father had a house at the top of Pitt Street, Auckland, which was sold in 1925 for 900 pounds. In1987, just before the financial crash, the land it stood on was valued at $3 000 000. This represents an annualappreciation of 13%. Bill and his two sisters sold the property, and this enabled Bill to build the house at West EndRd, and to set up his haberdashery shop in Otahuhu. - Bill, talking with me today, at Syd's place, in Hutton St. I spoke to Pattie and to Geof Ruck; and to Diane and to Andie Thompson. None seemed all that interested in genealogy.However, Diane introduced me to Don Stewart, whose wife, I think, had prepared a genealogy of Bill's ancestors. DonStewart, 17 Coronation Rd, Glenfield, Ph 09 4809 811. Cottage completed on the Ti Point property. Which was 10 years before Harold died. [5] Business in Otahuhu was sold. [3, 5] I don't seem to be able to link Bill England (#1120) with the Mathesons. Diane Thomson states that Bill's mother was bornDolina Finlayson (#3072); her first child was born in 1891; she would therefore have been born about 1871 or perhapslater. Who was her father? Perhaps John Finlayson (#118), whose wife was Dollena Adair (#119), or perhaps of JohnFinlayson's son Donald (#121) - I note that he seems to have had four unnamed children. But in both cases the dates aredifficult. John Finlayson (#118) I assume was born c. 1854, and yet Dolina Finlayson was born about 1871 or earlier.Donald Finlayson (#121) was born say 1884, and yet Dolina Finlayson was born about 1871 or later. The best fit forBill's mother is therefore as a daughter of John Finalayson (#118) and Dollena Adair (#119), a daugher I've not got in mydata. If we so choose, then, pace my note in a family tree, Catherine Finlayson [#77] is not the sister of BillEngland's grandfather but of his great grandfather. His great grandmother was therefore Chistina Matheson (#65), sisterto our Angus Matheon (#61).

  
  

• Sources

  [S252] England, Bill, Personal communication, 1995. [S308] Diane F Thomson, Thomson, Diane, family history, (self published), s. v. Bill England. [S308] Diane F Thomson, Thomson, Diane, family history, (self published), s.v. Bill England. [S308] Diane F Thomson, Thomson, Diane, family history, (self published), s v Edith. [S308] Diane F Thomson, Thomson, Diane, family history, (self published), s. v. Edith. [S201] Conjecture, From births of children.