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Smales was born about 1869.¹

Gideon Smales was born on 6 May 1766 in Whitby, YKS. ENG.¹ He and Hannah Chapman were married.

Hannah Chapman was born on 12 October 1770 in Whitby, YKS, ENG.¹ She and Gideon Smales were married.

Thomas Miles Green was born on 6 August 1856 in Uxbridge, MDDLSX, ENG.¹ He and Emma Porter were married on 13 April 1880.¹

PPA Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 87, 12 April 1930, Page 12
GOLDEN WEDDING.
MR. AND MRS. T. M, GREEN,
The golden wedding of. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Green, of 3, Moa Road, Point Chevalier, will be celebrated to-morrow. Mr. Thomas Miles Green was born at Uxbridge Middlesex,' onl. August 6, 1856. He arrived in Auckland on June 1, 1874, and was married on.April 13, 1880: Mrs. Green was the only daughter .of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Porter.. Mr. and Mrs. Green have a family of four daughters and three sons'. There are eleven grandchildren. - .. Thomas Miles Green immigrated to arrived Auckland 1 june 1874 in the Rooparell in 1874.¹

Emma Porter was born in August 1856 in Durham St, Wellington, NZ.¹ She and Thomas Miles Green were married on 13 April 1880.¹

William Porter was born about 1810. He and Unknown were married.

William Porter immigrated to to NZ with 58th Regt. in 1845.¹

William Porter was born about 1850.¹

Unknown was born about 1825 in Glasgow? SCT.¹ She and William Porter were married.

Sarah Cummins was born in 1848 in Russell?, BOI, NZ.¹ She died on 26 August 1942, at age ~94, in Auckland, NZ.¹

Never married. PPA has reports of her 90, 91st, 92nd and 93rd birthdays and death in 1942
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NINETY YEARS OLD
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23156, 30 September 1938, Page 4
PIONEER'S' BIRTHDAY MISS SARAH CUMMINS MEMORIES OF SIX WARS A ow Zealand pioneer who will today celebrate her 90th birthday is .Miss Sarah Cummins, of Kendall Place, Auckland, With the exception of a few years in Australia, Miss Cummins lias lived throughout her life in the North Island of New Zealand. Mi ss Cummins has vivid recollections of six wars. These were the Crimean, Afghanistan and Maori wars, the Indian Mutiny, the Boor War and the Great War. She has kept well abreast of the news relating to the present crisis in Europe and said that the most welcome present she could receive on her birthday would lie the news that Hen- Hitler had agreed to a peaceful settlement, of the present trouble. Three Weeks' T.isman Crossing Miss Cummins' pa rents were married at Paihia, Bay of Islands, by the Rev. Henry Williams 011 September U, 1841. She was the fourth child of the marriage and went with her parents to Port Macquarrie, New South Wales, shortly after her birth. When the Crimean War was ended Miss Cummins and her parents left New South Wales in 1858 for New Zealand in the sailing vessel Christopher George, which reached Wanganui some three weeks later after a very stormy voyage. At the outbreak of the Maori War A 1 iss Cummins' father joined the volunteer corps and it was among her duties to distribute hot coffee among the men during those troublous times. In describing the vicissitudes of the early settlers during the war Miss Cummins referred to one occasion when a cavalryman arrived in Wanganui with warning of an impending Maori raid on the town. All tho women and children were ordered to the barracks for safety and remained there all night. Still a Keen Reader After the death of her father, Miss Cummins went into business as a dressmaker. She left Wanganui in I898 for Auckland, where she has lived ever since, and has interesting memories of the eitv as she has watched it grow. She reads books and newspapers regularly, and is remarkably well versed in current events and opinions. Miss Cummins lias been an adherent of the Mount Eden Baptist Church and a member of the Baptist Women's Missionary Union for the past 12 years. A small party will he given for her this afternoon bv members of the church.

Elsie Cummins was born about 1846 in Russell?, Northland, NZ.¹

George Cummins was born in 1853 in Port McQuarrie, NSW, AUS.^1,2 He died on 26 September 1931, at age ~78, in Wanganui Hospital, Wanganui, NZ.¹

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RANGITIKEI.
Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 256, 29 September 1931, Page 10
Mr George Cummins, who passed away at the Wanganui Hospital a few days ago, was born at Port Macquarrie, New South Wales and arrived in New Zealand in 1859. Deceased for many years followed the occupation of coachbuilder and rowing boat maker and was also tho inventor of a wool press. For the last few: years Mr Cummins led a retired life. Some years ago he had a considerable roputatation as a rifle shot, winning numerous trophies in Queensland, and at Wanganui and Marton. He was an enthusiast at bowling, and was for many years up till his decease a highly esteemed member of tho Marton Bowling Club, which body at its recent annual meeting voted him to honorary life membership. He is survived by his sisters: Mrs Beaven (the first Mayoress of Marton), and Misses Sarah Cummins (Auckland) and Elsio Cummins (Wanganui). Also his widow and family.

OBITUARY.
Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11864, 1 October 1931, Page 3. George Cummins immigrated to to Wanganui, NZ on the Christopher George, in 1858 probably arrived early october.¹

Sarah Watson was born on 6 May 1849 in Auckland, NZ.^1,2 She and George Bond were married about 1870 in Auckland, NZ.³ She died 9 CT 1940 in Takapuna, Auckland, NZ.³

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OBITUARY.
Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 241, 10 October 1940, Page 9
OBITUARY.

MRS. SARAH BOND. In the death of Mrs. Sarah Bond, a link with early Auckland has been severed. Born in 1849 in a house at the corner of High Street and Vulcan Lane which her father, Mr. John Watson, a native of Inverness and one of Auckland' 6 original blacksmiths, 'had built, Mrs. Bond only left the Auckland district for a year, which she spent at the Thames.

Her husband, Mr. George Bond, was a sergeant of police at the time of their marriage, and was transferred to Thames, where the gold rush had started. After a year Mr. Bond bought a email farm at Papatoetoe, where the couple lived for the next 20 years, then moving to Otahuhu. Mr. Bond died in 1900, Mrs. Bond remaining in residence at Otahuhu for some years. Later she transferred to Mount Eden and more recently to Takapuna. She is survived by one son, Mr. William Bond, of Takapuna.

George Bond was born about 1845.¹ He and Sarah Watson were married about 1870 in Auckland, NZ.¹ He died in 1900.¹

Elizabeth (Lillie) Grimley was born about 1854 in Onehunga, Auckland.¹ She and John George were married in October 1872 in Church of Assumption, Onehunga, Auckland.^1,2 She died in July 1943 in Onehunga, Auckland, NZ.¹

PERSONAL ITEMS
New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24637, 16 July 1943, Page 4
DEATH IN 90TH YEAR resident of onehunga * The death has occurred in her 90th year of Mrs. Lillie George at her residence, George Street, Onehunga. Mrs. George, formerly Miss Lillie Grimley, was born in Wyndham Street, Auckland. her parents having come to New Zealand in the ship Bolivia in 1841. She married the late Mr. John George at the Church of the Assumption. Onehunga. in 1872, and in October of_last year" they celebrated the 70th anniversary of their wedding. Mrs. George lived in Onehunga most of lier life, and until recently was in good health. Mr. George, who was also born in Wyndham Street 98 years ago, died last February. Mrs. George is survived by three sons and three daughters. There are eight grandchildren and three great-grand- . children.

Elizabeth was born about 1820.¹ She and James Grimley were married.

Elizabeth immigrated to to Auckland from Mauritius in the Bolivia in 1841.¹

Emelia Grimley was born in 1849 in Auckland, NZ.¹

Emma Grimley was born in 1851 in Auckland, NZ.¹

James Henry Grimley was born in 1852 in Auckland, NZ.¹

Catherine Shanley Grimley was born in 1856 in Auckland, NZ.¹

Maria Grimley was born in 1858 in Auckland, NZ.¹

Charles Atkin was born about 1840. He and Maria were married.

Edward Rogers Atkin was born about 1868 died aged 43 PPA.^1,2 He and Jessie Collins were married in 1888 in NZ.¹ He died on 21 January 1911 in Walton, NZ.^1,2 He was buried in January 1911 in Morrinsvelle. NZ.²

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DEATHS.
Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 24 January 1911, Page 10
ATKIN. ? At Walton, on January 21st, Edward Rogers Atkin, the beloved husband of Jessie Atkin (Coliins), afcd third son of the late Charles Atkin; aged 43. Deeply regretted. - Funeral at Morrinsvflle on Wednesday, 25th, on arrival-of'Rotorua express.-.

Jessie Collins was born in 1868 in NZ died aged 71 PPA.^1,2 She and Edward Rogers Atkin were married in 1888 in NZ.² She died on 30 September 1940, at age ~72.¹

Maria was born about 1840.¹ She and Charles Atkin were married.

William Henry Atkin was born in 1863 in NZ.¹