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Oliver William Wright was born in 1842 in Auckland, NZ.^1,2,3,4 He and Annabella Wood Lind were married in March 1870 in Wanganui, NZ.⁵ He died on 6 August 1922, at age ~80, in Waimapu, Tauranga, NZ, died in Wanganui buried in Tauranga? WIKI.^1,6

Need to confirm birth date. St Paul Register has born 28 mar 1839, BOI, but other sources e.g. Obit has 1842 Freeman's bay.
Family was living Mechanics Bay 1842
1842 seems most probable. If born 1839 would have been baptised in Paihia along with Thomas and Orontes? Also the passenger list for the Anna Watson has four children not five.

PPA
Bay of Plenty Times, Volume L, Issue 8055, 7 August 1922, Page 2
DEATH
WRIGHT At Rotorua, on August 6th, 1922, Oliver William, late of Waimapu, Tauranga, aged 80 years.The funeral will leave the premises of the Tauranga Furnishing Co. Ltd. at 2pm- tomorrow, Tuesday, for the New Cemetery.
ESR2 notes: Obit Weekly News 24/8/22 p 31 confirms born Freeman's Bay Auckland 1842? but (St Pauls Registers has baptised 1842 but born 28 mar 1839 BOI.
LDS Family Search site shows Oliver was born 28 March 1839, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. The "Find a Grave" site states he was born in Auckland 7 September 1842. KEMO (but baptised 8 aug 1842 so this date not correct)
website: https://westernbay.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/446 Annabella Wood LIND
Biography
Oliver's parents Thomas and Harriet arrived in Sydney on board the Orontes in 1838 from England. Thomas worked as a contract carpenter and the family moved to Auckland in around 1841, where Oliver was born. He moved to Wanganui and married Annabella Wood Lind there in March 1870. By 1881, Oliver was the owner of land in Tauranga. His daughter Jane married Stephen Earl of Katikati and settled at Aongatete, and Jane's younger brother Sydney married Charlotte Earl (Dolly) in 1913. He had purchased land at Aongatete in 1912 and formed the first 3 miles of road to the property himself. This road is now known as Wright Road, in Sydney's honour. Last edited by: Sandra HaighPlace of birthAuckland, New Zealand
10 children. Oliver William Wright was baptized on 8 August 1842 in St Pauls, Auckland, NZ.³

Thomas Wright was born about 1815 died aged 27.¹ He died in 1842, at age ~27, in Wahitapu, New Plymouth.¹

Michael (Captain) Wycherley was born about 1810.¹

Michael (Captain) Wycherley immigrated to arrived Auckland 13 sep 1840 on the Platina in 1840.¹

Mary was born about 1815.¹ She and S Wylie were married.

Mary immigrated to to Auckland in 1842.¹

Mary Benson was born in 1835.¹ She and Gladwin John Richard Wynyard were married. She died in 1906, at age ~71.¹

Mary Benson immigrated to arrived Auckland 5 oct 1845 on the British Sovereign in 1845.

William (Rev) Yorke was born about 1800.¹

William (Rev) Yorke immigrated to arrived Waimate 14 jul 1827 in 1827.¹

George Ansell was born about 1814 died aged 68.¹ He and Mary were married. He died in 1882, at age ~68.²

Mary was born about 1820.¹ She and George Ansell were married.

Mary Ann Ansell was born on 19 March 1847 in Auckland, NZ, possibly born 1844? see PPA.¹ She and Henry Young were married on 1 June 1868 in Auckland?^2,3 She died on 13 August 1938, at age 91, in Kioreroa, Whangarei, NZ.^1,4

OBIT Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 191, 15 August 1938
MRS. MARY A. YOUNG. (By Telegraph.?Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, this day. The death has occurred at the residence of her son, Mr. E. Young, Port Whangarei, of Mrs. Mary Ann Young, aged 94. Mrs. Young was born in Chapel Street, Auckland, and spent her early years in the city. At five years of age, when most of Auckland was still covered in tea tree and fern, Mrs. Young witnessed the first public execution which took place in the streets of Auckland. At the age of IS, Mrs. Young, then Miss Ansell, married a recent arrival from Somerset, Mr. Harry Young. In 1880 Mr. Young took !up land under the Homestead Act at Otonga. and thus saw the beginning of Whangarei's development. ' Ml 1 . Young died about 15 years ago. She is survived by two sons, ten grandchildren, ten great-grand-children, and two great-great-grand-children. The. two sons are Messrs.'E. Young, of Port Wliangarei, and H. j Young, of Ellerslie,' Auckland.

note: ESR has born 1844 but ESR2 has 1847. NZBDM has died aged 94 in 1938 which makes birth year 1844. PPA OBIT above has 94 but could be 91.
Note: probably born 1847 not 1844 ESR2 Parish Reg etc
PPA age 90 in 1934 (actually 87!)
PPA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21754, 20 March 1934, Page 10
HALE AT NINETY
WHANGAREI REESIDENT GOOD HEALTH ENJOYED HABIT OF EARLY RISING . Monday A well-known resident of Whangarci, Mrs. Mary Ann Young, to-day colqbratcd her 90tli birthday at tho residence of a grand-daughter, Mrs. H. Jamieson, of Cairnfield Road. Born in Chapel Street, Auckland, she was the daughter of the late Mr, George Ansell, a carpenter. Mrs. Young has early recollections of Auckland and she well remembers seeing the first public execution, which, took place in tho street of Auckland about 1850. Sho retains vivid rocollections of the war with the Maoris during her girlhood. At the ago of 18 sho married Mr. Harry Young, who came to New Zealand from Winscoinlie, Somerset. Five years later Mr. and Mrs. Young left for Wanganui and later moved to Patca, where Mr. Young worked as a surveyor in 1880. Ho acquired land under the Homestead Act at Otonga, in the Whangarci district. Mr. Youug died in 1922.
Mrs. Young has only once been attended by a doctor. She always rises at 6 a.m. and goes to bed early. She uses glasses for reading and is a keen walker. Even now she does a little hillclimbing. Her sister Charlotte, who was 20 years her senior and now deceased, at one time claimed the distinction of being the oldest living New Zealandborn white person. Of Mrs. Young's family of eight boys and one girl, those still living are Messrs. Herbert. Young, of Ellerslie, and Ernest Young, of Kioreroa, Whangarei, and Mrs. Charles Wilson, of Pakaraka. There are 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mary Ann Ansell was baptized on 2 May 1847.

Henry Young was born about 1840.^1,2 He and Mary Ann Ansell were married on 1 June 1868 in Auckland?^2,3

Joseph R Young was born about 1810.¹

Joseph R Young immigrated to to Russell in 1840.¹

Lucy Lepper was born in 1845 in Auckland, NZ.¹ She and Young were married. She died in 1931, at age ~86.¹

Young was born about 1840.¹ He and Lucy Lepper were married.

William Spearman Young was born on 22 July 1842 in Auckland, NZ.^1,2,3,4,5 He and Eliza Horne were married in 1867.⁴ He died in 1913, at age ~71, in Riverside, South Taranaki.¹

William Spearman Young was a surveyor, farmer, Kaipara, Taranaki, Hick's Bay.⁴ William Spearman Young born 22nd July 1842 in Auckland , New Zealand, baptised 25th September 1842 inherited from her 1,000 pounds. Tutored by Frank Gould in Russell boarding school. Then Wesley College. Married in 1867 in Auckland by Rev Frank Gould now vicar at Otahuhu, to Eliza Horne, from Glasgow Died 1925. He died 1913 at 'Riverside' South Taranaki.
South Island Surveyor for nine years , ( 1857 was a cadet,) , pioneer farmer at Kaipara, 1865 Taranaki 1881 and Hicks Bay. Enjoyed painting.
They had - Elizabeth (Bess) Young, William Horne Hargreaves Young, Alfred John Young, Arthur Edward Young, Margareta Amelia (Rita)Young, Joseph Ernest Young, Vivian Young, Charles Frederick Young, Daisy (really Annie Constance) Young, Walter Vincent Young, died early, Edgar Herries Young, died WW1 1917, Outram Marshall Young, died WW1 1916.

William Theodore Young was born in 1813.¹ He and Agnes Bullock were married. He died in 1908, at age ~95.¹

William Theodore Young immigrated to arrived Auckland 9 oct 1842 on the Duchess of Argyle in 1842 not on SL.¹

Agnes Bullock was born in 1818.¹ She and William Theodore Young were married. She died in 1886, at age ~68.¹

Agnes Bullock immigrated to arrived Auckland 9 oct 1842 on the Duchess of Argyle in 1842.¹

William (Captain) Hilton Hovell was born about 1785.¹

William (Captain) Hilton Hovell was a Captain of brig Trial in 1815.¹

William Young was born in 1813 in ENG age 79 in 1892 JGOC.^1,2,3,4,5 He and Eliza Hargreaves were married on 20 July 1841 in St. Paul's, Auckland, NZ.³ He and Mary Tomes were married in 1851 in St Paul's Auckland.^6,7

William Young was a collector of customs.^3,8 19 descendants in 1892 JGOC
PPA New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, Volume I, Issue 3, 24 July 1841,
MARRIED.
On Tuesday, the 20th instant, at Government House, by the Rev. J. F. Churton, L. L. B., senior chaplain, William Young, Esq., of Her Majesty's Commissariat Department to Eliza, only daughter of the late Joshua Hartley Hargreaves, Esq., of Spring House, in the county of Lancaster, England. His Excellency the Governor, and Mrs. Hobson, gave a a ball and supper on the occasion.

PPA New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9191, 4 May 1893, Page 4
We have to record the death to-day of a very old colonist, namely, Mr. William Young, late Collector of Customs, who died at his residence, Orakei Road, Remuera, yesterday morning, in his 80th year. Mr. Young, early in " the forties" succeeded to the post of Collector of Customs, having been in the Commissariat Department, and coming down from Sydney to the Bay of islands with the troops, he was appointed by Governor Hobson. Mr. Young retired on his pension over 30 years ago, and has lived in retirement ever since. Mr. Young took great interest in cricket, and was the " father" of Auckland cricketers, being one of the best cricketers of his day. He leaves a grown-up family of five sons and three daughters. The interment will take place at St. Mark's Cemetery, and will be private. Mr. Young was highly esteemed and respected for his many personal qualities, and his genial disposition.
LEYO ELBU
William Young was the second son and had three brothers and three sisters. All the siblings were brought up and educated in Southern England). The name Spearman comes from a popular brother -in -law, Charles Spearman who married Margaret Young.
His father died in 1820, when William was about seven years of age and had been sent from India to England for his schooling. The East India Company paid a pension to the widow for life and to each child until the age of nineteen.
William's oldest brother Robert Herries Young died 2nd January, 1842 at Ootacumund, went into the East Indian Army. Also his youngest brother Arthur Sullivan Young, died at Almedabad in 26th October 1846. Both brothers had trained at Addiscombe, the East India Company's army training college for officers. Neither married.
The last brother died 1862 no record found so far of him other than this.
William was accepted into the British Treasury Department on 4th September 1830 and was posted straight to New South Wales, Australia.
He remained in the pay of the British Government until 1841 when he resigned his position as Deputy Assistant Commissary General to the 80th Regiment, after being posted to New Zealand from Sydney, with the regiment in 1840 on board the Buffalo 3rd April 1840 as D. A. C. Gr. (acting presumably). On board was also Ensign Abel Dottin W. Best. They disembarked at Kororareka, the Bay of Islands 21st April 1840. He was presented to the Governor Hobson. He acted as an aide to him on occasion.
William was not formally gazetted to the position of D. A. C. Gr. By the British Treasury until 24th December 1841, but by that time he had resigned to take up a position in Auckland. He was paid up until 18th September 1841 by the British Treasury.
10th October 1841 approval was given by the Colonial Secretary for William Young to become Landing Waiter and Tide Surveyor. He was the youngest Collector of Customs in NZ.
New Zealand of 1841 confirmed the appointment.
By 1848 he was gazetted as Collector of Customs and acting Postmaster General.
He was interested in cricket and horse racing and music.
1844 Police Census William Young and his two children were living at a second cottage with Johnston, the boatman, and his wife at Coburg Street. Eliza was very ill after the birth of the second child. Custom's official's jobs were ended and paid up to the end of the year as a land tax of ten shillings an acre was introduced.
1855 He becamr Landing Waiter, Tide Searcher and Surveyor, at Auckland.
1848 William Young appointed by Governor Grey as Collector of Customs and Landing Surveyor at the Port of Auckland. Reported in the New Ulster Gazette of 1st May. He also became Deputy Postmaster General of the Province of New Ulster and appointed a magistrate.
He was living in an eight room brick house Stratford Street.
Then he moved to Remuera.
1851 William became Controller of Customs and Navigation at the Port of Auckland.
1853 he became a Justice of the Peace. Living in a house between St George's Bay Road and what is now Gladstone Road.
1857 onwards living in Orakei house.
He married his second wife Mary Tomes 5th 1851 in St Paul's Church by special licence, 3rd daughter of the late Richard Tomes, of Warwick, England. She had a sister Jane, who married when she was 37 yrs old to William Fairburn. She was born 1829 died 1878.
They lived in Cooper's Bay Road, Auckland, NZ.
William Spearman Young was at boarding school in the Bay of Islands.
William and Mary Young had -
3rd February 1853 Robert Young. Died 10th May 1895, River Wairau near Auckland.
Walter, Claude, Constance (Connie), Ada , Blanche.
They lived on a farm on Orakei Road.
He retired in 1865 records say 1867. He immigrated to to BOI on the Buffalo in 1839.^1,2

Robert Yates was born in 1822.¹ He and Mary Ann Mallabond were married. He died in 1845, at age ~23, in Auckland, NZ.¹

Robert Yates immigrated to arrived Auckland 22 mar 1845 on the Slains Castle in 1845 not on SL but possibly North Star?¹

Robert John Yates was born in 1845 in Auckland, NZ.¹ He died in 1931, at age ~86.¹

Brother Yvert was born about 1815.¹

Brother Yvert immigrated to to Russell in 1842.¹

Mary Robson was born in 1810 died aged 72.^1,2 She and Robert James Andrew were married. She died on 27 March 1882, at age ~72, in Auckland, NZ.^3,4

PPA Auckland Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3628, 27 March 1882, Page 2
Death.
ANDREW.-On Monday. 27th March, Mary. the wife of the late Robert Andrew, farmer, Paparoa, Howick the funeral w ill leave her late residence on Wednesday, 29th instant, at 10 o'clcck a,m.

James Baber was born about 1781 in Bath, SOM, ENG, died aged 75.^1,2,3 He and Mary were married. He died on 17 September 1866, at age ~85, in Remuera, Auckland.^2,4,5

PPA Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2855, 19 September 1866, Page 3
On September 17, at Remuera, Mr. James Baber, formerly of "Winsley Cottage, near Bath. Aged 75 years. The funeral will leave his late residence at half past 4 p.m. to-day.

Mary was born about 1791 in Winsley, WILTS, ENG, died aged 87.¹ She and James Baber were married. She died on 21 September 1878, at age ~87, in Auckland, NZ.^1,2

PPA
BABER.On the 21th instant, at the house of her daughter Mrs. Heywood, Mary, relict of the late James Baber, formerly ot Winsley, Wilts, aged 87. The funeral will leave the residence of Mrs. Heywood at 3 p.m. on Thursday.

Baker was born about 1820.¹ He and Carron were married.