HOWARD, James

1831 - 1914  (82 years)

• Name	HOWARD, James
  Birth	5 Nov 1831	Battle Bridge, St Pancras, Middlesex
  Christening	15 Jan 1832	St Pancras, Middlesex
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1855	Wellington
  	The barque Simlah
  	According to his obituary - though I can't find anything to back this up.
  Residence	Mar 1855	Blenheim
  Event-Misc	22 May 1875	Blenheim
  	Bankrupt
  Residence	1881	Maxwell Rd, Blenheim
  	Birth notice: Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 73, 28 March 1881, Page 2
  Occupation	1882	Blenheim
  	Carpenter
  	Marlborough Express, Volume XVII, Issue 254, 28 October 1882, Page 2 Signed: James Howard Carpenter
  Residence	1903	Blenheim
  	Marriage of son William. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 91, 2 May 1903, Page 2
  Residence	1907	Palmerston North
  	Marriage notice of Bessie Howard. Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 44, 21 February 1907, Page 4
  Death	3 Apr 1914	Hamilton
  	Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 87, 15 April 1914, Page 4 Howard - At Hamilton, on 3rd April, 1914: James Howard, late of Blenheim and Palmerston North, in his 80th year. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 87, 15 April 1914, Page 5 James Howard, a very old resident of Marlborough, in his 80th year. The deceased, who was a native of Surrey, England, arrived in Wellington, by the barque Simlah early in the year 1855, coming on to the Wairau via Nelson immediately afterwards. He followed the occupation of a carpenter up to a few years ago, when he left Blenheim to reside in, Palmerston North. A family of three sons and eight daughters are left to mourn Ms loss, also twenty-eight grandchildren arid eight great-grandchildren. The Marlborough members of the; family are: Mrs H.'. Masters, Seddon, and Mesdames C. L. Goodman and W. H. Humphreys, of Blenheim. The interment took place at Palmerston North.
  Burial	7 Apr 1914	Palmerston North
  	NZ Cemetery Records Presbyterian Block 12 Plots 70 & 72
  Person ID	I3682	Main Tree | Ward and Walkley, The Walkley Family
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	HOWARD, James,   b. 1794
  Mother	Martha
  Marriage	20 Jul 1819	Old Church, St Pancras
  	Not sure about this date. Ancestry tree has 1832 at Shropshire, with sources to back it up.
  Family ID	F01416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	READ, Frances,   b. 4 May 1841, Burton on Stather, Lincoln, England d. 4 Aug 1907, Edinburgh House, Broadstreet, Palmerston North (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1858	Blenheim, New Zealand
  	Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XVII, Issue 40, 19 May 1858, Page 2 At the Beaver Town, on the 22nd April, by the Rev. T. D. Nicholson, Mr. J. Howard, to Frances Read, only daughter of Mr. Richard Read, all of the above place.
  Children	1. HOWARD, James William,   b. 14 May 1859   d. 19 Aug 1868, Blenheim (Age 9 years) + 2. HOWARD, Martha,   b. 3 Jun 1861, Wairau, Marlborough,NZ d. 23 Jan 1941, Ponsonby, Auckland (Age 79 years)   3. HOWARD, Elizabeth,   b. 5 Apr 1863   d. 29 Sep 1919 (Age 56 years) + 4. HOWARD, George,   b. 1864   5. HOWARD, Richard,   b. 1866   d. 1 Aug 1868 (Age 2 years)   6. HOWARD, Mary,   b. 20 Jun 1868   d. 28 Jun 1868, Blenheim (Age 0 years) + 7. HOWARD, Mary Frances,   b. 1869   8. HOWARD, Phoebe,   b. 1871   d. 1932 (Age 61 years)   9. HOWARD, Bessie,   b. 1873   10. HOWARD, William,   b. 11 Apr 1875, Blenheim North   11. HOWARD, Ethel Louisa,   b. 1876   12. HOWARD, Bertha Fanny,   b. 1878   13. HOWARD, Gertrude,   b. 27 Mar 1881   14. HOWARD, Leonard Wilmot,   b. 1885
  Documents		Marriage Certificate of James Howard and Frances Read
  Family ID	F1160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Came to Wellington on barque "Simlah" , 579 tons departed Dover, England, 25/28/10/1854 arrived 12/2/1855 then by steamer "Nelson" to Nelson arrived 21/2/1855, then schooner "Necromancer" to Blenheim. Marlborough Express, Volume XX, Issue 214, 11 September 1884, Page 3 Sir, - With your permission I beg leave to state that Robert Rush and friends are laboring under a mistake with reference to the first public house in the "Beaver" being built of gin cases. I therefore must contradict his assertion made at a public gathering that such was the case. Now Sir, to my certain knowledge no such place existed when I arrived at "Beaver" (March, 1855) or since. How R. R. can say, that he believes part of the erection was still standing when he arrived here 20 years ago, I cannot think. I can bring several witnesses to prove that what I state is correct. - Yours &c., JAMES HOWARD. A community minded couple - several records of donations made to community organisations found in Papers Past.