NEAVY, William

• Name	NEAVY, William
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Cartridge maker - Bee.
  Reference Number	1304
  Person ID	I1304	Main Tree | Ancestor of Vern Smith
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2018

  
  

  Family	NEAVY, Mary
  Children	+ 1. NEAVY, Martha,   b. 01 May 1815, Woolwich, London d. 26 Jan 1891, Auckland (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JM p. 15. Formerly of Birmingham. Then Woolich. Originally from Kent. Also 'Nevey', 'Nivey', 'Nevy'. 'New Rd,Woolwich', - Bee's letter. Parents, Neavy, a farmer, Kent. Within the confines of the Warren, Martha and her brothers, John and Thomas, spent their early lives. Martha was the daughter of William and Mary Neavy, formerly of Birmingham, Warwickshire, although the Neavy family?s earlier origins were in Kent. She was born on 1 May 1815 (her tombstone incorrectly records 1816) and baptised at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, on 7 June 1815. Her father, a smith by trade, is believed to have made ordinance used at Waterloo and to have been one of the many artisans of Huguenot and French extraction employed by the Royal Laboratory in the craft of cannon and gun making. His son, Thomas Neavy, was appointed a labourer at the Arsenal on 20 March 1846. http://bensmith.falkor.gen.nz/?page_id=41