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White

M, #12252
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SonGeorge White (b. 1828)
SonBennet White (b. about 1830)
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Bennet White

M, #12253, b. about 1830

Parents

FatherWhite
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Biography

Bennet White was born about 1830 in Sri Lanka?1 He and Maori were married. He died in Ohiwa, Opotiki, NZ, killed when Pa was stormed by another tribe.

Citations

  1. [S698] researcher
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Sydney Higgins

M, #12254, b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903

Parents

FatherPeter Higgins (b. 25 December 1804, d. 13 November 1847)
MotherMary Slade (b. about 1784, d. 11 March 1868)
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Family: Sarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)

SonHiggins (b. 7 January 1850)
DaughterEdward Robert Higgins (b. 20 October 1851)
SonMercy Higgins (b. 5 December 1853)
DaughterMercy Higgins (b. 5 December 1853, d. 29 August 1912)
DaughterHarriet Higgins (b. 7 July 1856)
SonPeter Higgins (b. 27 September 1858)
SonSydney Emery Higgins (b. 11 January 1861)
DaughterLucy Louisa Higgins (b. 4 November 1863)
SonGeorge Rennell Higgins (b. 1 April 1866)
DaughterWilliam Stephen Higgins (b. 24 October 1868)
SonJulia Sarah Higgins (b. 22 December 1870)
SonAlfred Ernest Higgins (b. 10 December 1873)

Biography

Sydney Higgins was born on 10 August 1826 in Baltonsborough, SOM, ENG.1,2,3 He and Sarah Sharp were married on 30 July 1849 in Waimea South, Nelson, NZ.4,1 He died on 15 May 1903, at age 76, in Waimea, Nelson, NZ.4
Note there is a book writtwen on the Nelson HIGGINS. "Cider Hops and Fossils" by Robyn J TUCKETT, published 1992 and available in the FRC. Sydney Higgins was christened on 26 December 1826 in St Dunstans, Baltonsborough, SOM, ENG. He immigrated to ENG to Nelson, NZ on the Mary Ann, arrived 8 feb 1842., on 24 September 1841.1,2 He was a sawyer in 1849.4

Citations

  1. [S104]
  2. [S451] Nelson City Council - online Early Settlers database
  3. [S1083] Nelson Census 1845
  4. [S1] The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography vol 1
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Higgins

M, #12255, b. 7 January 1850

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Higgins was born on 7 January 1850 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Edward Robert Higgins

F, #12256, b. 20 October 1851

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Edward Robert Higgins was born on 20 October 1851 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Mercy Higgins

M, #12257, b. 5 December 1853

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Mercy Higgins was born on 5 December 1853 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Harriet Higgins

F, #12258, b. 7 July 1856

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Harriet Higgins was born on 7 July 1856 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Peter Higgins

M, #12259, b. 27 September 1858

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Peter Higgins was born on 27 September 1858 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Sydney Emery Higgins

M, #12260, b. 11 January 1861

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Sydney Emery Higgins was born on 11 January 1861 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Lucy Louisa Higgins

F, #12261, b. 4 November 1863

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Lucy Louisa Higgins was born on 4 November 1863 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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George Rennell Higgins

M, #12262, b. 1 April 1866

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

George Rennell Higgins was born on 1 April 1866 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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William Stephen Higgins

F, #12263, b. 24 October 1868

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

William Stephen Higgins was born on 24 October 1868 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Julia Sarah Higgins

M, #12264, b. 22 December 1870

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Julia Sarah Higgins was born on 22 December 1870 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Alfred Ernest Higgins

M, #12265, b. 10 December 1873

Parents

FatherSydney Higgins (b. 10 August 1826, d. 15 May 1903)
MotherSarah Sharp (b. 30 January 1830, d. 23 September 1923)
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Biography

Alfred Ernest Higgins was born on 10 December 1873 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S665] email address
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Isaac Mason Hill

M, #12266, b. 28 December 1815, d. September 1885

Parents

FatherJames Hill (b. about 1780)
MotherDeborah Mason (b. about 1780)
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Biography

Isaac Mason Hill was born on 28 December 1815 in Birmingham, ENG, year not certain.1,2,3 He and Mary Avery were married about 1845 in Nelson, NZ.4 He died in September 1885, at age 69, in Nelson, NZ.1 He was buried on 3 September 1885 in Nelson, NZ.1
Isaac Mason Hill was a servant, storekeeper, ironmonger.1 Steerage. He was a machine fitter in 1841. He immigrated to arrived Nelson 1 feb 1842 on the Fifeshire on 26 September 1841.1 He was a gardener, Haven, Nelson in 1844.2

Citations

  1. [S1] The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography vol 1
  2. [S554] Juror list 1844 Nelson
  3. [S581] Nelson a history of early settlement
  4. [S704] web site extensive trees
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James Hill

M, #12267, b. about 1780
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Family: Deborah Mason (b. about 1780)

SonIsaac Mason Hill (b. 28 December 1815, d. September 1885)

Biography

James Hill was born about 1780.
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Deborah Mason

F, #12268, b. about 1780
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Family: James Hill (b. about 1780)

SonIsaac Mason Hill (b. 28 December 1815, d. September 1885)

Biography

Deborah Mason was born about 1780.
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Charles Saywell

M, #12269, b. 6 February 1832, d. 4 October 1897

Parents

FatherGeorge Saywell (b. 1804, d. 28 September 1895)
MotherSusan Goatham (b. 6 March 1808, d. 20 February 1882)
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Biography

Charles Saywell was born on 6 February 1832 in Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ENG.1 He and Ellen Avery were married on 26 February 1854 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ.1 He died on 4 October 1897, at age 65, in Waimea, Nelson, NZ.1,2
Charles Saywell was a farmer.1 PPA New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10586, 29 October 1897
The death is recorded of Mr. Charles Saywell, who died in Nelson, aged 65 years. Saywell arrived in Wellington by the Martha Ridgway in 1840,' and has been living in Richmond, Nelson, during the past 43 years.

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees
  2. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Hill

F, #12274

Biography

Hill died in in infancy.1

Citations

  1. [S1] The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography vol 1
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