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Alderton was born about 1865.¹

Alderton was born about 1867.¹

Alderton was born about 1869.¹

Alderton was born in 1871.¹

Alderton was born about 1875.¹

Margaret Rachel Ann McLEOD was born in 1859 in Wellington, NZ.¹ She and Thomas (Tom) Wyeth were married in 1883 in Miki Miki Rev L M ISITT PPA.²

Robert Kirk was born about 1855.¹ He and Emma Julian were married in 1872.²

Mary Jane Whebbey was born in May 1844 in Oriental Bay, Wellington, NZ.¹ She and Robert Bydder were married in 1868.^1,2 She died in 1940, at age ~96, in Bunnythorpe, Manawatu, NZ, aged 96.¹

NZBDM for marriage has WHEBLEY
PPA Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 306, 28 December 1939, Page 5
Pioneer Passes
MRS. M. J. BYDDER?S LIFE, BORN IN 1844 IN WELLINGTON, Associations with the early days of Wellington, when her mother had .a dairy farm in Oriental Bay, and of Bulls, whither she went on her marriage when the district -was known as Rangitikei and Foxton was much more, important than Palmerston North, -were closed on Tuesday with the passing of Mrs. Mary Jane Bydder, at the residence of her son, Mr. C. Bydder, Reid?s Line, Bunnythorpe. Airs. Bydder was in her 96th year and was ill for only a .very brief period prior to her death. Wellington was but in its earliest days of settlement when Mrs. Bydder?s father and mother, tho late Mr. and Mrs. T. Whebby, arrived in the sailing ship Clifton from England in 1841, bringing with them the older members |of tlicir family, the younger children being born in Wellington. Mrs. Bydder was born in May, 1844, at Oriental Bay, and was brought up there, her mother, who was Widowed relatively early in life, conducting a dairy farm there on land which is now part of the city?s residential areas. Having enjoyed a life which was remarkably free from illness, and having retained all her faculties until recently, Mrs. Bydder owund a very fine memory on which she could draw for reminiscences of the days of her childhood, when she saw Queen?s Wharf as more or less the extent of Wellington?s harbour facilities. On her marriage to the late Mr. Robert i Bydder in 1868 she took up her residence in Bulls?which was then known as Rangitikei?and she often recounted for those who were fortunate to enjoy [her confidence her memories of the early days of that district. The late Mr. Bydder had the ferry across the river in the days before the first bridge was built, this bridge being swept in a flood in 1897 after having seen about .25 years? service. As a recompense for having his livelihood removed by the erection of the bridge, Mr. Bydder was appointed tho toll-keeper and held the position for some time. In the earlier I days of the Bulls settlement impetus was given the township by the undertaking of messrs. C. Bull and J. Bull, .who owned a sawmill (on tho Palmerston North bank of the river), a general store, and an hotel. The mill was worked to cut tho totara timber and at times, which Airs. Bydder remembered well, there was opposition by the Maoris to its operation. For half a century Mrs. Bydder had been a member of the Brethren faith aud had lived a quiet life all her days. One vivid picture she could recall was being shown over the old Maori Church at Otaki by Bishop Hadfield, the features and details of the church being deeply impressed on her mind. Otaki was then a halfway point in the two-day coach trip from Wellington to this district. The late Mr. Robert Bydder passed away about 35 years ago, and for tho last I8 years Mrs. Bydder had resided with her son, Mr. Charles Bydder, of Reid?s Line. Other sons are Messrs. O. Bydder and P. Bydder (both of Wellington). Daughters are Airs. H. Twist (Rotorua) and Alisses C. Bydder (Bunnythorpe) and E. Bydder (Auckland). The late Mrs. A. S. Easton, mother of Mrs. F. S. Easton, of Foxton, was a sister of Mrs. Bydder.

Sarah Whebbey was born in 1850 in Wellington, NZ.¹

Robert Bydder was born about 1834 died aged 70.¹ He and Mary Jane Whebbey were married in 1868.^1,2 He died in 1904, at age ~70, in Manawatu, NZ.²

Rebecca Massey was born about 1828.¹ She and James Coley were married in 1848 in Onehunga, Auckland, NZ.¹

Henry Coley was born on 9 July 1853 in Onehunga, Auckland, NZ.^1,2 He and Olive Swafford were married on 27 November 1873 in Wesleyen Church, Manners St, Wellington, NZ.^1,2

10 children 4 sons 6 daughters PPA
PPA
MARRIAGE.
COLEY-SWAFFORD.?On November 27th, 1873, at the Methodist Church, Wellington, by Rev. W. Morley, Henry, second son of Mr and Mrs James Coley, Wellington, to Olive, fourth daughter of Mr and Mrs William Swafford, Lower Hutt.
PPA Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7329, 2 December 1933, Page 2
Two well-known residents of Foxton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coley, celebrated the 60th. anniversary of their wedding at a happy family re-union at their residence on Monday. The breakfastroom was appropriately decorated for the occasion and the festive board was graced by a handsome cake which was cut by the "bride.? Congratulatory messages were received from all parts of the Dominion. The toast of honour was proposed in a felicitious speech by the eldest son, Mr. W. Coley, and resopnded to by the "bridegroom? in happy vein. Mr. Coley was born in Onehunga on July 9, 1853, and was the son of Mr. James Coley, who arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1839. Mrs. Coley was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Swafford and was born at the Hutt in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Coley wero married in the old Wesleyan Church in Manners streot, Wellington, by the Eev. W. Morloy. There were ten children of the union (all of whom were present at the celebration); four sons (Messrs. W., John, Robert, and Clarence, all of Foxton); and six daughters (Mesdames Lawton and Taylor, Wellington; Alf. Wright, Otaki; W, Johnson, Oroua Downs; W. Walker and C. Ingram, Foxton). There are 46 grandchildren and .15 great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Coley are both hale and hearty.

Note: father James arrived Auckland 1842 not BOI 1839.

Olive Swafford was born on 24 October 1856 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ.^1,2 She and Henry Coley were married on 27 November 1873 in Wesleyen Church, Manners St, Wellington, NZ.^1,3 She died on 22 July 1937, at age 80, in Foxton, Manawatu.²

12 children see GENI.

John Shorten was born in 1841.¹ He and Mary Ann Swafford were married. He died in 1911, at age ~70.¹

Mary Ann Swafford was born in 1846 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ.¹ She and John Shorten were married. She died in 1919, at age ~73.¹

George Swafford was born in 1860.¹

Jane Swafford was born in 1855.^1,2 She and Walter Roberts were married. She died in 1948, at age ~93.²

Emily Matilda Swafford was born on 15 January 1859 in Wellington, NZ.¹ She and William Mason were married. She died on 24 May 1931, at age 72, in Lower Hutt, Wellington.²

9 children see GENI.