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William Bromley

M, #34626, b. about 1787, d. 18 December 1849

Biography

William Bromley was born about 1787 died aged 62 BOLCEM.1 He died on 18 December 1849 in Wellington, NZ.1 He was buried in December 1849 in Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington.1

Citations

  1. [S905]

Hugh Cameron

M, #34627, b. about 1780
Pedigree Link

Family:

SonAllan Cameron+ (b. 1805)
SonJohn Cameron+ (b. 1821, d. 1888)
SonHugh Cameron (b. 1823, d. 1846)

Biography

Hugh Cameron was born about 1780 in SCT.1,2
Possibly has daughter Mary who married Donald ROSS.

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists
  2. [S905]

Mary Ann Cook

F, #34628, b. about 1845, d. 9 August 1865

Parents

FatherThomas Cook (b. about 1820)
MotherAnn Dimond (b. 1825)
Pedigree Link

Family: Edwin Daniel Daniel (b. about 1841)

SonEdwin Thomas Daniel (b. 1865)

Biography

Mary Ann Cook was born about 1845.1,2 She and Edwin Daniel Daniel were married in 1864 in Wellington?, NZ.2 She died on 9 August 1865 in Wellington, NZ.1 She was buried in August 1865 in Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington.1
BOLCEM
Inscription on Tombstone
In affectionate remembrance of Thomas COOK, who departed this life 8 February 1848, aged 4 years and 10 months, also of Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Edwin D DANIEL, and sister of the above, who departed this life 9 August 1865, aged 20 yrs, also of John DIAMOND, grandfather of the above, who departed this life 9 June 1870, aged 74, also of Judith, the beloved wife of the above, who departed this life 21 October 1880, aged 80. "Why inconsolable as those to whom no hope is given, Death is the messenger of peace which brings about the soul to Heaven". In affectionate remembrance of William John DIAMOND, died 17 February 1872, aged 10 days, also Ethel Mary Ann Maude DIAMOND, died 3 July 1873, aged 17 days, also William Henry DIAMOND, father of the above, died 11 March 1884, aged 39.

Citations

  1. [S905]
  2. [S227] BDM on line indices

Edwin Thomas Daniel

M, #34629, b. 1865

Parents

FatherEdwin Daniel Daniel (b. about 1841)
MotherMary Ann Cook (b. about 1845, d. 9 August 1865)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Edwin Thomas Daniel was born in 1865 in Wellington, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S905]

George Hooper

M, #34630, b. 1854, d. 1910

Parents

FatherThomas Hooper (b. 17 February 1833, d. 10 April 1898)
MotherMary Crooke (b. about 1832)
Pedigree Link

Family: Annie Ada Parkes (b. 1858, d. 1952)

DaughterAda Eileen Hooper (b. 1881, d. 1961)
SonVictor Hooper (b. 1882, d. 1967)

Biography

George Hooper was born in 1854 in Nelson, NZ.1,2 He and Annie Ada Parkes were married about 1880 in Wellington, NZ.1 He died in 1910, at age ~56, in Nelson, NZ.1
Family migrated to Sydney, AUS 1890 DEDU. George Hooper was a watchmaker, Sydney, NSW, AUS in 1890.1

Citations

  1. [S908] NZGenealogist june 2020 p128
  2. [S927]

Thomas Cook

M, #34631, b. about 1843, d. 8 February 1848

Parents

FatherThomas Cook (b. about 1820)
MotherAnn Dimond (b. 1825)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Thomas Cook was born about 1843.1 He died on 8 February 1848 in Wellington, NZ.1 He was buried in February 1848 in Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington.1
BOLCEM
Inscription on Tombstone
In affectionate remembrance of Thomas COOK, who departed this life 8 February 1848, aged 4 years and 10 months, also of Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Edwin D DANIEL, and sister of the above, who departed this life 9 August 1865, aged 20 yrs, also of John DIAMOND, grandfather of the above, who departed this life 9 June 1870, aged 74, also of Judith, the beloved wife of the above, who departed this life 21 October 1880, aged 80. "Why inconsolable as those to whom no hope is given, Death is the messenger of peace which brings about the soul to Heaven". In affectionate remembrance of William John DIAMOND, died 17 February 1872, aged 10 days, also Ethel Mary Ann Maude DIAMOND, died 3 July 1873, aged 17 days, also William Henry DIAMOND, father of the above, died 11 March 1884, aged 39.

Citations

  1. [S905]

Thomas Cook

M, #34632, b. about 1820
Pedigree Link

Family: Ann Dimond (b. 1825)

SonThomas Cook (b. about 1843, d. 8 February 1848)
DaughterMary Ann Cook+ (b. about 1845, d. 9 August 1865)

Biography

Thomas Cook was born about 1820 in Essex, ENG.1 He and Ann Dimond were married on 9 June 1842 in Wellington, NZ.2,1
MARRIED.
New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume III, Issue 151, 18 June 1842, Page 3. Thomas Cook was a mariner in 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S227] BDM on line indices

Annie Ada Parkes

F, #34633, b. 1858, d. 1952
Pedigree Link

Family: George Hooper (b. 1854, d. 1910)

DaughterAda Eileen Hooper (b. 1881, d. 1961)
SonVictor Hooper (b. 1882, d. 1967)

Biography

Annie Ada Parkes was born in 1858.1 She and George Hooper were married about 1880 in Wellington, NZ.1 She died in 1952, at age ~94.1

Citations

  1. [S908] NZGenealogist june 2020 p128

Victor Hooper

M, #34634, b. 1882, d. 1967

Parents

FatherGeorge Hooper (b. 1854, d. 1910)
MotherAnnie Ada Parkes (b. 1858, d. 1952)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Victor Hooper was born in 1882 in NZ.1 He and Violet Parsons were married in AUS.1 He died in 1967, at age ~85, in NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S908] NZGenealogist june 2020 p128

Ada Eileen Hooper

F, #34635, b. 1881, d. 1961

Parents

FatherGeorge Hooper (b. 1854, d. 1910)
MotherAnnie Ada Parkes (b. 1858, d. 1952)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Ada Eileen Hooper was born in 1881 in NZ.1 She died in 1961, at age ~80, in NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S908] NZGenealogist june 2020 p128

Andrew Casey

M, #34636, b. about 1838

Parents

FatherAndrew(son) (Annam) Casey (b. about 1810)
MotherAna Towaiti Ekotai (b. about 1820)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Andrew Casey was born about 1838 in Great Barrier Island?, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S909] Bob Young Collection GBIHRG archives

Fitzpatrick

M, #34637, b. about 1780
Pedigree Link

Family:

SonJames Fitzpatrick+ (b. about 1820)
DaughterMary Fitzpatrick (b. 1823)
SonHugh Fitzpatrick (b. 1826)

Biography

Fitzpatrick was born about 1780 in SCT.

Thomas Fitzpatrick

M, #34638, b. 1855

Parents

FatherJames Fitzpatrick (b. about 1820)
MotherAgnes (Annie) (HEGGINS) Higgins (b. 1813)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Thomas Fitzpatrick was born in 1855 in NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S910] email address

Sarah Bower

F, #34639, b. about 1785
Pedigree Link

Family: Thomas White (b. about 1780)

DaughterSarah White+ (b. 1813, d. 1899)

Biography

Sarah Bower was born about 1785 in ENG.1 She and Thomas White were married.

Citations

  1. [S899] researcher

Mary McNICOL

F, #34640, d. May 1932
Pedigree Link

Family: Thomas Baker Kennard (b. 6 May 1841)

SonDonald Kennard (b. 1865)
DaughterMary McNicol Kennard (b. 1867)
DaughterCatherine Barr Kennard (b. 1871)
DaughterBarbara Wallace Murdoch Kennard (b. 1872)
DaughterFlora Robert Kennard (b. 1874)
SonThomas Kennard (b. about 1876)
SonJames Robert Kennard (b. about 1878)
SonStephen M Kennard (b. about 1880)
SonDavid Dryden Kennard (b. 1883)

Biography

Mary McNICOL and Thomas Baker Kennard were married on 11 August 1863 in Otago, NZ.1 She died in May 1932 in Otago, NZ.1
Mary McNICOL immigrated to arrived Otago June 1849 in the Ajax in 1849.1

Citations

  1. [S494]

Amelia Hayward

F, #34641, b. 15 June 1851

Parents

FatherWilliam Hayward (b. 1810)
MotherUnknown
Pedigree Link

Biography

Amelia Hayward was born on 15 June 1851 in Wellington, NZ.
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/az/nzgenweb/births.html.

Thomas Kennedy

M, #34642, b. about 1810
Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown (b. about 1815)

DaughterAmelia Kennedy (b. 14 October 1845)
DaughterKennedy (b. about 1847)
DaughterKennedy (b. about 1849)
DaughterSophia Ann Kennedy (b. about 1850)

Biography

Thomas Kennedy was born about 1810 in IRL. He and Unknown were married.
One source has arriving Wellington 1840 on the Aurora but not on passenger list. Another sources has arrived NZ 1838 on a whaler. PPA. Thomas Kennedy immigrated to Sydney to Wellington (via BOI) on the Nimrod, arriving feb 1840, in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists

Unknown

F, #34643, b. about 1815
Pedigree Link

Family: Thomas Kennedy (b. about 1810)

DaughterAmelia Kennedy (b. 14 October 1845)
DaughterKennedy (b. about 1847)
DaughterKennedy (b. about 1849)
DaughterSophia Ann Kennedy (b. about 1850)

Biography

Unknown was born about 1815 in ENG.1,2 She and Thomas Kennedy were married.
Unknown immigrated to Sydney to Wellington (via BOI) on the Nimrod, arriving feb 1840, on 5 February 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists
  2. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Amelia Kennedy

F, #34644, b. 14 October 1845

Parents

FatherThomas Kennedy (b. about 1810)
MotherUnknown (b. about 1815)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Amelia Kennedy was born on 14 October 1845 in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, NZ.1 She and Smith Sullivan were married.
6 children

PPA Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940
NINETY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY.

Ninety-six years old yesterday, Mrs. Amelia Sullivan was the guest of honour at a party given at the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, where she resides. Mrs_. Sullivan, who still retains all her faculties and takes a lively interest in affairs about her, was born in Akaroa, but has lived most of her life in Auckland.

PPA Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 248, 16 October 1940
CENTENNIAL RIBBON.

AUCKLAND WOMAN. 96 YEARS IN NEW ZEALAND. The distinction of being the oldest living person to have been born at Akaroa belongs to Mrs. Amelia Sullivan, who celebrated her ninety-sixth birthday at the home of the Little Sisters of the Poor this week. In recognition of her long residence in New Zealand, a blue Centennial ribbon inscribed in gold was sent her this year with a letter from the Hon. W." E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs. Mrs. Sullivan'e father was Mr. Thomas Kennedy, a well-known farmer in Canterburv. who came out to New Zealand from America in 1838 by a whaler. He was originally from Ireland, and Mrs. Kennedv came from England. Until about fifteen years ago, when she came to reside in Auckland, Mrs. Sullivan lived in Canterbury, and she hae vivid memories of experiences in the early days.

PPA obit Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20416, 28 November 1940
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/newspapers/P29pZD1HSVNIMTk0MDExMjguMi4xMTgmY29sb3Vycz0zMiZleHQ9Z2lmJmFyZWE9MiZ3aWR0aD0zNTA=
PIONEER?S DEATH

95 YEARS IN DOMINION ' The death has occurred at St. Joseph?s Home, Shelly Beach road, Auckland, of Mrs. Amelia Sullivan, who was possibly the oldest white Person born in New Zealand. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy, reached Wellington on the Aurora on January 22, 1840, and she was born at Akaroa on October 14, 1845, and had thus entered her ninetysixth year. Even in her nineties Mrs. Sullivan retained full possession of her faculties. Her life had been eventful. She was one of a family of IC. In 1841 her parents went in a whaling boat to Akaroa, where her father served as a constable watching the whalers and the waterfront generally. At one time the family was living in a cave at Price?s Point and sleeping in a blanket tent. Kennedy?s Bush was named after her father, who established the first timber business in Christchurch. Mrs. Sullivan was married to Mr. Smith Sullivan in Christchurch and they remained in the Canterbury district for about 20 years. In 1892 they moved to the North Island and lived n various parts of the Taranaki and Wanganui districts. In 1913 Mr. Sullivan died at New Plymouth at the age if 80. There were six children and Mrs. Sullivan lived with her daughter, Mrs. H. Bunbury, until she entered St. Joseph?s Home, a few years ago.

Citations

  1. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Smith Sullivan

M, #34645, b. about 1832, d. 26 September 1912

Parents

FatherSullivan (b. about 1810)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Smith Sullivan was born about 1832 died aged 80 PPA.1 He and Amelia Kennedy were married. He died on 26 September 1912 in New Plymouth, NZ.1
PPA Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143905, 27 September 1912
SULLIVAN.?On September 26, 1912, at Now Plymouth, suddenly, Smith Sullivan, beloved husband of Amelia Sullivan; aged 80 years.

Citations

  1. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Sophia Ann Kennedy

F, #34646, b. about 1850

Parents

FatherThomas Kennedy (b. about 1810)
MotherUnknown (b. about 1815)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Sophia Ann Kennedy was born about 1850 in Akaroa?, NZ.1 She and Jeremiah Sullivan were married on 30 March 1869 in Catholic Chapel, Lyttleton, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Jeremiah Sullivan

M, #34647, b. about 1840

Parents

FatherSullivan (b. about 1810)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Jeremiah Sullivan was born about 1840.1 He and Sophia Ann Kennedy were married on 30 March 1869 in Catholic Chapel, Lyttleton, NZ.1
PPA marriage: 4th daughter of Thomas KENNEDY, Halswell.

Citations

  1. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Sullivan

M, #34648, b. about 1810
Pedigree Link

Family:

SonSmith Sullivan (b. about 1832, d. 26 September 1912)
SonJeremiah Sullivan (b. about 1840)

Biography

Sullivan was born about 1810.

Kennedy

F, #34649, b. about 1847

Parents

FatherThomas Kennedy (b. about 1810)
MotherUnknown (b. about 1815)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Kennedy was born about 1847 in Akaroa, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Kennedy

F, #34650, b. about 1849

Parents

FatherThomas Kennedy (b. about 1810)
MotherUnknown (b. about 1815)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Kennedy was born about 1849 in Akaroa?, NZ.