Today we focus on the husband of Edith Constance Blanche Vlieland.
Edward Robert John Smith
He was born Sep 1859 as SMITH Male Depwade 4b 231.
Son of James Smith and Louisa POTTER who married in Depwade 4b 381
In the census of 1881 we find
Address St Augustines Lane Hall
Parish Hardwick
District Depwade, Stratton
Administrative County Norfolk
in the census of 1861.
861 Census
Address
Parish Forncett St Peter
District Depwade, Forncett
Administrative County Norfolk
Householder 1
Name Sarah Smith
Age 66
Estimated Year of Birth 1795
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Occupation Farmers Widow Living In Property
Birth Place Forncett St Peter
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 2
Name Rayford Smith
Age 2
Estimated Year of Birth 1859
Relationship to Head of Household Grandson
Occupation Farmers Son
Birth Place Morningthorpe
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 3
Name Ellen Smith
Age 2
Estimated Year of Birth 1859
Relationship to Head of Household Granddaughter
Occupation Farmers Daughter
Birth Place Morningthorpe
Birth County Norfolk
Census of 1871
Householder 1
Name James Smith
Age 51
Estimated Year of Birth 1830
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Occupation Farmer Of 200 Acres Employ 4 Men 1 Boy & 1 Woman
Birth Place Forncett St Peter
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 2
Name Louisa Smith
Age 49
Estimated Year of Birth 1832
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Occupation
Birth Place Moulton
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 3
Name Olayford Smith
Age 23
Estimated Year of Birth 1858
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Occupation Farmers Son
Birth Place Morningthorpe
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 4
Name Ellen Smith
Age 22
Estimated Year of Birth 1859
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Occupation Farmers Daur
Birth Place Morningthorpe
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 5
Name Alice Smith
Age 21
Estimated Year of Birth 1860
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Occupation Farmers Daur
Birth Place Morningthorpe
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 6
Name Alfred Smith
Age 19
Estimated Year of Birth 1862
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Occupation Farmers Son
Birth Place Morningthorpe
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 7
Name Ann Housego
Age 19
Estimated Year of Birth 1862
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Occupation Dairy Servant
Birth Place Shelton
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 8
Name Julia Smith
Age 17
Estimated Year of Birth 1864
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Occupation Farmers Daughter
Birth Place Morningthorpe
Birth County Norfolk
Householder 9
Name Edward Smith
Age 16
Estimated Year of Birth 1865
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Occupation Farmers Son
Birth Place Morningthorpe
Birth County Norfolk
IN THE 1891 CENSUS.
We see that Edward is now a drapers clerck and his father in law is living with them in Victoria Road Great Yarmouth.
Draper is the now largely obsolete term for a wholesaler, or especially retailer, of cloth, mainly for clothing, or one who works in a draper's shop. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher. The drapers were an important trade guild. A number of prominent people were at one time or another drapers.
SMITH Edward R Head M M 27 Drapers Clerk(Em'ee) Norfolk - Morningthorpe
SMITH Edith C Wife M F 24 Gloucestershire - Prestbury Cheltenham
SMITH Jeayford Brothr S M 31 Dairyman Norfolk - Morningthorpe Forename Unclear
Page: 28/7 SMITH Ethel V Dau - F 3m Norfolk - Great Yarmouth
VLIELAND William H Fa-Law W M 52 Depending On Family Norfolk - Norwich Disability Serebritis
The name of the brother of Edward Smith seems very difficult .
He is Rayford and in the next census Olayford in the next census Jeayford and
he ends up as Smith Playford 75 Norwich 4b 147 Deaths Jun 1933 and was born in Depwade June 1875 as Playford.
But Edward Robert John Smith the husband of Edith Vlieland is known from now on .
Thanks for all the help to find this out.
Name: Edward Robert John Smith
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1865
Birthplace: Morningthorpe, Norfolk, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Marital Condition: Single
Profession/Occupation: Farmers Son
Address: St Augustines Lane Hall
Census Place: Hardwick, Norfolk, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
Family History Library Film: 1341474
The National Archives Reference: RG11
Piece/Folio: 1968 / 12
Page Number: 2
Monday, 31 October 2011
Monday, 24 October 2011
daily governess
In the census of 1861 we find the household of Jerome Nicholas Vlieland.
VLIELAND Jerome N Head 64 Teacher Of Languages Overseas - British - Holland
VLIELAND Sarah H 62 Wife Norfolk - Hemblington(Originally: Norfolk - Hemlington)
VLIELAND Maria H 20 Daily Governess Norfolk - Norwich
PARKER Harriet 21 Servnt House Servant Norfolk - Norwich
Governesses in the Nineteenth Century
According to the Victorian definition, the term "governess" could describe a woman who taught either in a school or in a private home, whether on a daily basis (a "daily governess") or as a live-in employee. Most governesses were responsible for educating the children of the household until they were old enough to go away to school or to a private tutor, or, in the case of upper-class girls, to "come out" into society. As a profession, it was socially acceptable at least in part because the duties performed by a governess were very similar to those expected of wives and mothers.
In general, governesses were "gentlewomen" of reduced circumstances; that is, they were middle- or upper-middle-class by birth, driven by financial circumstances to seek employment. Essentially, women who became governesses had no significant male in their lives to support them. The mid-nineteenth century witnessed a marked rise in the number of women seeking governess positions for three primary reasons: 1) the aftermath of the "hungry 1840s" that had resulted in many middle-class bankrupcies; 2) a discrepancy in the number of marriageable men and women, resulting in a problem of surplus or "redundant" single women; 3) an increasing tendency in men to postpone marriage until they had attained economic prosperity. Unfortunately, the large numbers of women looking for employment as governesses resulted in lower wages and more harsh working conditions. But such women had few alternatives beyond marriage; until the end of the century, being a governess remained one of the few respectable professions open to "gentlewomen".
For her employers, it was important that the governess come from a genteel background. Educated and raised to be a lady, a governess was therefore competent to impart the accomplishments and morals of the middle class to children in the way that a working-class woman was not. For many employers, it therefore was imperative that the governess's character be beyond reproach, for her duties including inculcating proper behavior as well as academics. Her role was to superintend as well as embody middle-class female virtue.
Often of an equal social status as her employers, but occupying the place of a servant, the governess, at best, enjoyed an ambiguous station within the household. Most employers would not condescend to treat their governess as an equal, and most servants resented her for her elevated birth. As a result, the governess's life was often a very lonely one. And it didn't help that, to safeguard the governess's virtue/morality, employers generally discouraged her from entertaining suitors -- leaving a governess with little hope of finding a spouse and therefore as little hope of ever leaving her profession. Of course, some governesses did marry -- and many married their employer's younger brothers or sons. However, such marriages not only breached social codes, but also raised the threat of seduction. Not coincidentally, unattractive women were the most likely to be hired by as governesses -- at least where the mistress of the household was doing the hiring.
The information above is adapted from Daniel Pool's What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew (1993), Sally Mitchell's Victorian Britain (1988), and Mary Poovey's Uneven Developments (1988).
VLIELAND Jerome N Head 64 Teacher Of Languages Overseas - British - Holland
VLIELAND Sarah H 62 Wife Norfolk - Hemblington(Originally: Norfolk - Hemlington)
VLIELAND Maria H 20 Daily Governess Norfolk - Norwich
PARKER Harriet 21 Servnt House Servant Norfolk - Norwich
Governesses in the Nineteenth Century
According to the Victorian definition, the term "governess" could describe a woman who taught either in a school or in a private home, whether on a daily basis (a "daily governess") or as a live-in employee. Most governesses were responsible for educating the children of the household until they were old enough to go away to school or to a private tutor, or, in the case of upper-class girls, to "come out" into society. As a profession, it was socially acceptable at least in part because the duties performed by a governess were very similar to those expected of wives and mothers.
In general, governesses were "gentlewomen" of reduced circumstances; that is, they were middle- or upper-middle-class by birth, driven by financial circumstances to seek employment. Essentially, women who became governesses had no significant male in their lives to support them. The mid-nineteenth century witnessed a marked rise in the number of women seeking governess positions for three primary reasons: 1) the aftermath of the "hungry 1840s" that had resulted in many middle-class bankrupcies; 2) a discrepancy in the number of marriageable men and women, resulting in a problem of surplus or "redundant" single women; 3) an increasing tendency in men to postpone marriage until they had attained economic prosperity. Unfortunately, the large numbers of women looking for employment as governesses resulted in lower wages and more harsh working conditions. But such women had few alternatives beyond marriage; until the end of the century, being a governess remained one of the few respectable professions open to "gentlewomen".
For her employers, it was important that the governess come from a genteel background. Educated and raised to be a lady, a governess was therefore competent to impart the accomplishments and morals of the middle class to children in the way that a working-class woman was not. For many employers, it therefore was imperative that the governess's character be beyond reproach, for her duties including inculcating proper behavior as well as academics. Her role was to superintend as well as embody middle-class female virtue.
Often of an equal social status as her employers, but occupying the place of a servant, the governess, at best, enjoyed an ambiguous station within the household. Most employers would not condescend to treat their governess as an equal, and most servants resented her for her elevated birth. As a result, the governess's life was often a very lonely one. And it didn't help that, to safeguard the governess's virtue/morality, employers generally discouraged her from entertaining suitors -- leaving a governess with little hope of finding a spouse and therefore as little hope of ever leaving her profession. Of course, some governesses did marry -- and many married their employer's younger brothers or sons. However, such marriages not only breached social codes, but also raised the threat of seduction. Not coincidentally, unattractive women were the most likely to be hired by as governesses -- at least where the mistress of the household was doing the hiring.
The information above is adapted from Daniel Pool's What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew (1993), Sally Mitchell's Victorian Britain (1988), and Mary Poovey's Uneven Developments (1988).
Monday, 10 October 2011
Auction
We found today.
Bargain Hunt Auctions
Antique & Collectables Auction Sat 17th & Sun 18th Sept 2011
AUCTION INFORMATION:
Name Antique & Collectables Auction Sat 17th & Sun 18th Sept 2011
Date(s) 17 Sep 2011 - 18 Sep 2011
Location 16 Railway Parade
Thornleigh NSW 2120
abn: 68 116 161 776
Buyer Premium 17.6% incl. gst
Gilt framed silk presentation award to Charles Archibald Vlieland from the Chinese, Malay & Indian Ceylon communities of Badang Padang 1928
Estimate: 60.00 - 90.00 .
We could not find if it was sold and for how much .So we googled and we found .
For the first time in its 11 year run the Bargain Hunt team will travel to Australia to test out our eye for a bargain.
The Bargain Hunt team will film five one-hour television specials in Australia in early August which will be broadcast exclusively on The LifeStyle Channel in early 2012.
“Bargain Hunt is such a loved series by loyal LifeStyle Channel viewers and frequently features in our top rating shows each weeknight,” said Nicole Sheffield, General Manager, LifeStyle Channels. “We are thrilled the team are coming down under and think the relaxed Aussie sensibility will bring a new dimension to the format and introduce a whole new audience to the show. I can’t wait to see what they uncover, what Aussie doesn’t love a bargain!”
Bargain Hunt combines all the excitement of a competition, the fun of shopping for a bargain, the fascination of antiques and the drama of an auction. Bargain Hunt Australia will celebrate the history of Australia and examine the antiques that are in the country and their origins.
In the series, two teams of two contestants – the Red team and the Blue team – are each handed a budget and let loose at an antiques fair. They have just one-hour to trawl the stalls for items that they hope to sell later for a higher price. Each team is assigned an antiques expert to advise and tell them about the items which catch their eye. But expert help is not always enough to curb the amateurs’ enthusiasm for an unwise purchase. The team which makes the most profit (or invariably, the least loss) wins.
Bargain Hunt Australia is being produced in association with The LifeStyle Channel. The Bargain Hunt team including effervescent host Tim Wonnacott and two of his trusty antiques experts, David Barby and Paul Laidlaw, will be travelling to Australia to film the specials.
Host Tim Wonnacott says, "I cannot express how excited I am to be coming to Australia in August to make the Bargain Hunt Australia specials. How will the shopping go? Does the Australian Auction scene compare favourably with those in Britain? But most importantly will the teams make profits? Whatever the outcome we are sure to have fun!"
If you would like to apply to be on the Australian specials please go to www.bbc.co.uk/bargainhunt
The five episodes of Bargain Hunt Australia will form part of series 31 of the program and will screen in the UK on BBC ONE early next year. Now in its eleventh year of production, the series is seen by two million viewers in the UK every weekday.
With laughs and valuable lessons along the way, will the Aussie teams find out that it’s not as easy as it looks?
BARGAIN HUNT screens weeknights at 6.30pm on The LifeStyle Channel, FOXTEL and AUSTAR.
Bargain Hunt Auctions
Antique & Collectables Auction Sat 17th & Sun 18th Sept 2011
AUCTION INFORMATION:
Name Antique & Collectables Auction Sat 17th & Sun 18th Sept 2011
Date(s) 17 Sep 2011 - 18 Sep 2011
Location 16 Railway Parade
Thornleigh NSW 2120
abn: 68 116 161 776
Buyer Premium 17.6% incl. gst
Gilt framed silk presentation award to Charles Archibald Vlieland from the Chinese, Malay & Indian Ceylon communities of Badang Padang 1928
Estimate: 60.00 - 90.00 .
We could not find if it was sold and for how much .So we googled and we found .
For the first time in its 11 year run the Bargain Hunt team will travel to Australia to test out our eye for a bargain.
The Bargain Hunt team will film five one-hour television specials in Australia in early August which will be broadcast exclusively on The LifeStyle Channel in early 2012.
“Bargain Hunt is such a loved series by loyal LifeStyle Channel viewers and frequently features in our top rating shows each weeknight,” said Nicole Sheffield, General Manager, LifeStyle Channels. “We are thrilled the team are coming down under and think the relaxed Aussie sensibility will bring a new dimension to the format and introduce a whole new audience to the show. I can’t wait to see what they uncover, what Aussie doesn’t love a bargain!”
Bargain Hunt combines all the excitement of a competition, the fun of shopping for a bargain, the fascination of antiques and the drama of an auction. Bargain Hunt Australia will celebrate the history of Australia and examine the antiques that are in the country and their origins.
In the series, two teams of two contestants – the Red team and the Blue team – are each handed a budget and let loose at an antiques fair. They have just one-hour to trawl the stalls for items that they hope to sell later for a higher price. Each team is assigned an antiques expert to advise and tell them about the items which catch their eye. But expert help is not always enough to curb the amateurs’ enthusiasm for an unwise purchase. The team which makes the most profit (or invariably, the least loss) wins.
Bargain Hunt Australia is being produced in association with The LifeStyle Channel. The Bargain Hunt team including effervescent host Tim Wonnacott and two of his trusty antiques experts, David Barby and Paul Laidlaw, will be travelling to Australia to film the specials.
Host Tim Wonnacott says, "I cannot express how excited I am to be coming to Australia in August to make the Bargain Hunt Australia specials. How will the shopping go? Does the Australian Auction scene compare favourably with those in Britain? But most importantly will the teams make profits? Whatever the outcome we are sure to have fun!"
If you would like to apply to be on the Australian specials please go to www.bbc.co.uk/bargainhunt
The five episodes of Bargain Hunt Australia will form part of series 31 of the program and will screen in the UK on BBC ONE early next year. Now in its eleventh year of production, the series is seen by two million viewers in the UK every weekday.
With laughs and valuable lessons along the way, will the Aussie teams find out that it’s not as easy as it looks?
BARGAIN HUNT screens weeknights at 6.30pm on The LifeStyle Channel, FOXTEL and AUSTAR.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Vlieland in Leiden .
We promised to tell you more about the Vlieland family that lived in Leiden .
Opposite de Waag is the mandemakersteeg (basket maker alley) where Cornelis Vlieland
then fisherman lived .
Cornelis Vlieland was baptised 25-11-1798 te Katwijk aan de Rijn he married
04-05-1821 Leiden Anthoinetta Marianne DOLL.She dies 21 February 1859.
He marries for the second on 24-01-1862 Leiden Grietje de BOER, 49 years old .
From his first marriage there are 9 children.
Cornelis started a fish shop and advertised a lot in the local newspaper.
It is amazing to find they sold oysters ,herring and all kind of other fish.
He also wrote an advert which reads like a poem in 1845 about his herring.
They moved house and shop and started a fishshop nearby on the fishmarket.
His son Theodorus Ferdinand Vlieland did not like the fish that much so he started a business in seeds.
And this shop with the name Vlieland on it still excists in the hart of Leiden and is now a pet shop.
There is another family with the name Vlieland living in England and they are descendants of this Cornelis and Anthoinetta.
Opposite de Waag is the mandemakersteeg (basket maker alley) where Cornelis Vlieland
then fisherman lived .
Cornelis Vlieland was baptised 25-11-1798 te Katwijk aan de Rijn he married
04-05-1821 Leiden Anthoinetta Marianne DOLL.She dies 21 February 1859.
He marries for the second on 24-01-1862 Leiden Grietje de BOER, 49 years old .
From his first marriage there are 9 children.
Cornelis started a fish shop and advertised a lot in the local newspaper.
It is amazing to find they sold oysters ,herring and all kind of other fish.
He also wrote an advert which reads like a poem in 1845 about his herring.
They moved house and shop and started a fishshop nearby on the fishmarket.
His son Theodorus Ferdinand Vlieland did not like the fish that much so he started a business in seeds.
And this shop with the name Vlieland on it still excists in the hart of Leiden and is now a pet shop.
There is another family with the name Vlieland living in England and they are descendants of this Cornelis and Anthoinetta.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
3 October Leiden
Today we take you to Leiden to celebrate 3 October.
Why ? Because it is the place where the mother of Jerome Nicholas Vlieland was born.
She must have been partying in Leiden as well on 3 October.
And even after 500 hundreds years it is still celebrated .
Most inhabitants of the city of Leiden save money for a year to spent it all in one day and everyone takes a day off to celebrate.
Shops and offices are closed that day.
They start the day early at 07.00 0´clock with singing National and Leiden hymnes.
Then they go to The waag where the cheese used to be weighted.
But today all citizens get a loaf of bread and some herrings.
In the meanwhile all churches chime their clocks.
There will be a great market and then is not even 09.30 in the morning
At which time the children games start and a service in the Pieterskerk.
Between 13.00 hours and 16.00 hours there will be the big parade in which all kind of associations present themselves in a part of the history of Leiden .
You can see gymnastics , footballplayers and gardners and so on walking through leiden .
And you can hear the thousands of viewers complaining about the gaps between the acts.
This is also part of the long tradition.
And all those Leienaars eat grapes and smoked eal,drink beer and eat hodgepodge.
of course there are more activities, like pole vaulting and singing in the park.
At 23,30 fireworks will start and at 24.00 hours it is all back to normal for a year.
If you think why what a strange city , remember that Rembrandt was born there ,the Pilgrimfathers started there.It has its own Leiden cheese.
It is a very old and picturesque city.
But the relief of Leiden is not to be missed .
here is the whole story
Leiden reached rock bottom when the Spaniards laid siege to Leiden in 1573 and 1574. In 1573 the inhabitants had been prepared for the siege, and large supplies of food had been stored within te city walls. Leiden withstood the siege without the slightest problem, and when, in March 1574 the Spaniards suddenly withdrew, Leiden celibrated in the belief that the danger had subsided. To their alarm, the Spaniards returned in May. The siege had only been lifted temporarily, because the troops had to fight elsewhere. Again the city lay under siege, and this time the Spaniards had the city in a deadly grip. The supplies that had kept Leiden going during the first siege, had not yet been replenished, and soon food shortages occurred. The population of Leiden was starved out by their Spanish besiegers. The States of Holland, the national government of that time, tried to relieve Leiden by cutting the dikes of the IJsel, and so flood the country. This, however, did not immediately give the desired effect because of low water levels, and the wind blowing from the wrong direction. The situation in Leiden worsened by the day, and more and more people died. It took two more months before rains and storms made the waters accumulate in the area around Leiden.
That water allowed the "Geuzen" protestants fighting the Spanish king, Philip 2, to reach Leiden and threaten the Spaniards. In the night of 2-3 October, the Spanish besiegers withdrew, threatened both by the water and by the Geuzen, Leiden had been relieved. The population had suffered great hardships. During the siege one third of the population had died, and the rest was dangerously close to starvation.
the mayor of Leiden van der Werff would not surrender and offered the hungry his arm so they had something to eat .
Fortunately, the Geuzen had brought White Bread and Herring, and in the deserted Spanish positions, an enormous kettle with Hotch-Potch was found. Thus a tradition was born. Ever since that day, 3 October 1574, Leiden celebrates it relief with Hotch-Potch and Herring with White Bread. This celebration has developped into a huge popular festival, with a fair, parades and markets, which are visited by hundreds of thousands people. Even in Australia people celebrate the relief of Leiden on 3 October.
In Leiden they have a very distinct accent called Leids .Here you can download a free 3 october ringtone.
And also in Spring it is not to be missed.
The name Vlieland in this clip is still there but that will be explained some other time .
Now lets´s party
Why ? Because it is the place where the mother of Jerome Nicholas Vlieland was born.
She must have been partying in Leiden as well on 3 October.
And even after 500 hundreds years it is still celebrated .
Most inhabitants of the city of Leiden save money for a year to spent it all in one day and everyone takes a day off to celebrate.
Shops and offices are closed that day.
They start the day early at 07.00 0´clock with singing National and Leiden hymnes.
Then they go to The waag where the cheese used to be weighted.
But today all citizens get a loaf of bread and some herrings.
In the meanwhile all churches chime their clocks.
There will be a great market and then is not even 09.30 in the morning
At which time the children games start and a service in the Pieterskerk.
Between 13.00 hours and 16.00 hours there will be the big parade in which all kind of associations present themselves in a part of the history of Leiden .
You can see gymnastics , footballplayers and gardners and so on walking through leiden .
And you can hear the thousands of viewers complaining about the gaps between the acts.
This is also part of the long tradition.
And all those Leienaars eat grapes and smoked eal,drink beer and eat hodgepodge.
of course there are more activities, like pole vaulting and singing in the park.
At 23,30 fireworks will start and at 24.00 hours it is all back to normal for a year.
If you think why what a strange city , remember that Rembrandt was born there ,the Pilgrimfathers started there.It has its own Leiden cheese.
It is a very old and picturesque city.
But the relief of Leiden is not to be missed .
here is the whole story
Leiden reached rock bottom when the Spaniards laid siege to Leiden in 1573 and 1574. In 1573 the inhabitants had been prepared for the siege, and large supplies of food had been stored within te city walls. Leiden withstood the siege without the slightest problem, and when, in March 1574 the Spaniards suddenly withdrew, Leiden celibrated in the belief that the danger had subsided. To their alarm, the Spaniards returned in May. The siege had only been lifted temporarily, because the troops had to fight elsewhere. Again the city lay under siege, and this time the Spaniards had the city in a deadly grip. The supplies that had kept Leiden going during the first siege, had not yet been replenished, and soon food shortages occurred. The population of Leiden was starved out by their Spanish besiegers. The States of Holland, the national government of that time, tried to relieve Leiden by cutting the dikes of the IJsel, and so flood the country. This, however, did not immediately give the desired effect because of low water levels, and the wind blowing from the wrong direction. The situation in Leiden worsened by the day, and more and more people died. It took two more months before rains and storms made the waters accumulate in the area around Leiden.
That water allowed the "Geuzen" protestants fighting the Spanish king, Philip 2, to reach Leiden and threaten the Spaniards. In the night of 2-3 October, the Spanish besiegers withdrew, threatened both by the water and by the Geuzen, Leiden had been relieved. The population had suffered great hardships. During the siege one third of the population had died, and the rest was dangerously close to starvation.
the mayor of Leiden van der Werff would not surrender and offered the hungry his arm so they had something to eat .
Fortunately, the Geuzen had brought White Bread and Herring, and in the deserted Spanish positions, an enormous kettle with Hotch-Potch was found. Thus a tradition was born. Ever since that day, 3 October 1574, Leiden celebrates it relief with Hotch-Potch and Herring with White Bread. This celebration has developped into a huge popular festival, with a fair, parades and markets, which are visited by hundreds of thousands people. Even in Australia people celebrate the relief of Leiden on 3 October.
In Leiden they have a very distinct accent called Leids .Here you can download a free 3 october ringtone.
And also in Spring it is not to be missed.
The name Vlieland in this clip is still there but that will be explained some other time .
Now lets´s party
Friday, 30 September 2011
Barbara
We have to thank Barbara for these great pictures.
Two of my wedding photos featuring my mother:
My mother is the tall dark lady, not at all unlike Reginald Keith on the left.
I am in the centre ..Barbara.
Two of my wedding photos featuring my mother:
My mother is the tall dark lady, not at all unlike Reginald Keith on the left.
I am in the centre ..Barbara.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
John Howard Swanberg
John Howard Swanberg, the son of Andrew and Christine Erickson Swanberg, was born in Little Falls, MN, on March 11, 1899. He was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1925 with a degree in Civil Engineering, and was first employed by the Minnesota Department of Highways as a materials inspector that same year. He obtained a Master of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in 1929.
Mr. Swanberg spent several years with the Koppers Company in Pittsburgh. He joined the Minnesota Department of Highways in 1925 and was named Engineer of Materials and Research in 1946. He became Construction Engineer in 1956, Chief Engineer in 1957, and nine years later was appointed Deputy Commissioner.
Mr. Swanberg made many significant research reports in the field of highway materials and construction to the American Society of Testing and Materials, the Highway Research Board, and the American Association of State Highway Officials.
He also served as president of the Minnesota Federation of Engineering Societies, the Minnesota Surveyors and Engineer’s Society and the Mississippi Valley Conference of State Highway Departments. He was a member of the American Road Builder’s Association, the Minnesota and National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Society of American Military Engineers.
In 1968 Mr. Swanberg was recipient of the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from the Highway Research Board in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of highway research. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota presented an Outstanding Achievement Award to him in 1971.
In World War II Mr. Swanberg was in a Naval Construction Battalion with duty in the Pacific theater. He rose to the rank of Commander. Prior to his entering the University he had served in the U.S. Army in World War I.
Mr. Swanberg died on January 9, 1973, and is survived by his wife, Florence Vlieland ; a son, John; a daughter, Joan (Mrs. I. Johnson); two brothers; two sisters; and three grandchildren.
John Howard Swanberg was elected to the Society in 1957 as a Member. He was accorded the rank of Fellow in 1959. From 1967-1968 Mr. Swanberg served as president of the Northwestern Section.
(Memoir prepared by Miles S. Kersten, ASCE Fellow.)
Florence V Swanberg Census
1930 Dormont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
gender: Female 26 Married birthplace: Wisconsin
estimated birth year: 1904
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: England
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
enumeration district number: 0895
family number: 43
sheet number and letter: 2B
line number: 65
nara publication: T626, roll 1962
film number: 2341696
digital folder number: 4661258
image number: 00298
Household Gender Age
spouse John H Swanberg M 31
Florence V Swanberg F 26
child Joan C Swanberg F 0
Mr. Swanberg spent several years with the Koppers Company in Pittsburgh. He joined the Minnesota Department of Highways in 1925 and was named Engineer of Materials and Research in 1946. He became Construction Engineer in 1956, Chief Engineer in 1957, and nine years later was appointed Deputy Commissioner.
Mr. Swanberg made many significant research reports in the field of highway materials and construction to the American Society of Testing and Materials, the Highway Research Board, and the American Association of State Highway Officials.
He also served as president of the Minnesota Federation of Engineering Societies, the Minnesota Surveyors and Engineer’s Society and the Mississippi Valley Conference of State Highway Departments. He was a member of the American Road Builder’s Association, the Minnesota and National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Society of American Military Engineers.
In 1968 Mr. Swanberg was recipient of the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from the Highway Research Board in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of highway research. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota presented an Outstanding Achievement Award to him in 1971.
In World War II Mr. Swanberg was in a Naval Construction Battalion with duty in the Pacific theater. He rose to the rank of Commander. Prior to his entering the University he had served in the U.S. Army in World War I.
Mr. Swanberg died on January 9, 1973, and is survived by his wife, Florence Vlieland ; a son, John; a daughter, Joan (Mrs. I. Johnson); two brothers; two sisters; and three grandchildren.
John Howard Swanberg was elected to the Society in 1957 as a Member. He was accorded the rank of Fellow in 1959. From 1967-1968 Mr. Swanberg served as president of the Northwestern Section.
(Memoir prepared by Miles S. Kersten, ASCE Fellow.)
Florence V Swanberg Census
1930 Dormont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
gender: Female 26 Married birthplace: Wisconsin
estimated birth year: 1904
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: England
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
enumeration district number: 0895
family number: 43
sheet number and letter: 2B
line number: 65
nara publication: T626, roll 1962
film number: 2341696
digital folder number: 4661258
image number: 00298
Household Gender Age
spouse John H Swanberg M 31
Florence V Swanberg F 26
child Joan C Swanberg F 0
| name: | John Andrew Swanberg |
| titles & terms: | |
| event: | Birth |
| event date: | 27 Aug 1936 |
| event place: | Hennepin, Minnesota |
| father: | John Howard Swanberg |
| mother: | Florence Violet Vlieland |
| file number: | 1936-MN-008616 |
Citing this Record
"Minnesota, Birth Index, 1935-2002," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VCFP-RJD : accessed 30 Sep 2012), Florence Violet Vlieland in entry for John Andrew Swanberg, 1936.
Thursday, 22 September 2011
the Samworths of Brooklands Hastings
Found some clippings again about the Samworths of Brooklands Hastings
and the wife of reverend J.N.Vlieland Frances Elisabeth Samworth and her sister
Joanna Samworth.
Address: Halloway Pl, The Brookland
Clara LUCK
When Clara was 18 she went to work for Joanna Samworth at The Brooklands in Hastings. Miss Samworth was a 56 year old spinster and lived on her own with just Harriet Lane as her cook and Clara as her housemaid. We find the three of them there in the 1891 census. (RG12/760)
SAMWORTH Joanna Head F 56 Living On Own Means Sussex - Hastings
LANE Harriet Servnt F 32 Cook And Domestic Sussex - Ore
LUCK Clara Servnt F 18 Housemaid Domestic Sussex - Beckley
and the wife of reverend J.N.Vlieland Frances Elisabeth Samworth and her sister
Joanna Samworth.
Address: Halloway Pl, The Brookland
Clara LUCK
When Clara was 18 she went to work for Joanna Samworth at The Brooklands in Hastings. Miss Samworth was a 56 year old spinster and lived on her own with just Harriet Lane as her cook and Clara as her housemaid. We find the three of them there in the 1891 census. (RG12/760)
SAMWORTH Joanna Head F 56 Living On Own Means Sussex - Hastings
LANE Harriet Servnt F 32 Cook And Domestic Sussex - Ore
LUCK Clara Servnt F 18 Housemaid Domestic Sussex - Beckley
Monday, 19 September 2011
Sunday, 18 September 2011
December 25, 1848: The Morning Post
Ray send us some articles.
This one shows the date that Jerome Junior was ordained and was granted a living by his Uncle Bishop Blomfield (Bishop of London).
It notes that:
December 25, 1848: The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, pg. 3: GENERAL ORDINATION (Bishop of London's Ordination) Yesterday the Bishop of London held a General Ordination in the Chapel Royal St James's when the following gentlemen were admitted into Holy Orders: Deacons: Jerome Nicholas Vlieland Associate and Theological student of Kings College London.< Immediately after the ordination the following gentlemen were admitted by the Bishop to curacies within the diocese of London the Rev. Jerome Nicholas Vlieland Associate of Kings College London to the curacy of the new parish church of St Marks Old Street Road. Morning Post 25 December 1848
This one shows the date that Jerome Junior was ordained and was granted a living by his Uncle Bishop Blomfield (Bishop of London).
It notes that:
December 25, 1848: The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, pg. 3: GENERAL ORDINATION (Bishop of London's Ordination) Yesterday the Bishop of London held a General Ordination in the Chapel Royal St James's when the following gentlemen were admitted into Holy Orders: Deacons: Jerome Nicholas Vlieland Associate and Theological student of Kings College London.< Immediately after the ordination the following gentlemen were admitted by the Bishop to curacies within the diocese of London the Rev. Jerome Nicholas Vlieland Associate of Kings College London to the curacy of the new parish church of St Marks Old Street Road. Morning Post 25 December 1848
Friday, 9 September 2011
Theory and Practice
Theory and practice is our motto for today.
The search for Jeroen Nicolaas Hollander, or as he becomes in later life Jerome Nicholas Vlieland is helped by the Hollander familywebsite.
All knowledge of the Hollander name is there to be found and we are positive that someone, someday will find out more about him or the birthdate and place of his father Jan Jans Hollander.
His marriage was in 1785 in Amsterdam so he could be born about 1760.
So that was the theory and now the practice.
We found on the internet the book Jerome Nicholas Vlieland wrote.
It is not only on the internet after 200 years but also read out loud .
So after all these years you can learn German with your own greatgreatgreatgrandfather.
Maybe all his other books will follow.
I am looking forward to ` dancing with Jerome `where he teaches us to waltz.
But now we start with Theory and Practice.
The search for Jeroen Nicolaas Hollander, or as he becomes in later life Jerome Nicholas Vlieland is helped by the Hollander familywebsite.
All knowledge of the Hollander name is there to be found and we are positive that someone, someday will find out more about him or the birthdate and place of his father Jan Jans Hollander.
His marriage was in 1785 in Amsterdam so he could be born about 1760.
So that was the theory and now the practice.
We found on the internet the book Jerome Nicholas Vlieland wrote.
It is not only on the internet after 200 years but also read out loud .
So after all these years you can learn German with your own greatgreatgreatgrandfather.
Maybe all his other books will follow.
I am looking forward to ` dancing with Jerome `where he teaches us to waltz.
But now we start with Theory and Practice.
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Ida Vlieland Candler
Ida Vlieland Candler was born In Auckland in 1904 and died 10 march 1973.
She was the daughter of Edwin Heath Candler and Jane Ainsworth.
She married Robert Scott Hall in September 1928 in Auckland .Co.Durham.
Robert Scott Hall was also born in Auckland in 1904
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWHL-P8Z
Name: Robert Scott Hall
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1911
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Birthplace: Crook, Durham
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Auckland
Sub-District: Hamsterley
Parish: Crook And Billy Row
County: Durham
Collection: Robert Scott Hall, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
.He died 1962
We found this in the newspaper .
HALL, Ida Vlieland 24 Durham Road, Ushaw, 'Durham,- Widow.
10th March 1973
Lloyds Bank Limited, Executor and Trustee Department, 102 Grey Street,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1ND,
or H. E. Ferens & Son, 38 Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3NX, Solicitors 31st May 1973
NOTICES UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT, 1925, s. 27
Notice is hereby given pursuant to s. 27 of the Trusiee Act, 1925, that any person having a claim against or an interest in the estate of any of the deceased persons whose names and addresses are set out in the first and second columns of the following Table is hereby required to send particulars in writing of his claim or interest to the person or persons whose names and addresses are set out opposite the name of the deceased person in the third column of the Table, and to send such particulars before the date specified in relation to that deceased person in the fourth column of the said Table, after which date the personal representatives
will distribute the estate among the persons entitled thereto having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have had notice and will not, as respects the property so distributed, be liable to any person of whose claim they shall not then have had notice.
Births Mar 1904 CANDLER Ida Vlieland Auckland 10a 296
1911 census: Institute Terrace Peases West, Crook - - age 7 - staying with parents and 2 siblings
Marriages Sep 1928 CANDLER Ida V x HALL Robert Scott - Auckland 10a 511
death registered in Durham 1973Newspaper report: HALL, Ida Vlieland 24 Durham Road, Ushaw, 'Durham,- Widow.
10th March 1973 - Lloyds Bank Limited, Executor and Trustee Department, 102 Grey Street,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1ND, or H. E. Ferens & Son, 38 Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3NX, Solicitors 31st May 1973 - NOTICES UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT, 1925, s. 27
Jane Candler is the widow of Edwin Heath Candler and her mother.
She has a sister Nelly Candler and a brother Alfred Candler
She was the daughter of Edwin Heath Candler and Jane Ainsworth.
She married Robert Scott Hall in September 1928 in Auckland .Co.Durham.
Robert Scott Hall was also born in Auckland in 1904
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWHL-P8Z
Name: Robert Scott Hall
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1911
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Birthplace: Crook, Durham
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Auckland
Sub-District: Hamsterley
Parish: Crook And Billy Row
County: Durham
Collection: Robert Scott Hall, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
.He died 1962
We found this in the newspaper .
10th March 1973
Lloyds Bank Limited, Executor and Trustee Department, 102 Grey Street,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1ND,
or H. E. Ferens & Son, 38 Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3NX, Solicitors 31st May 1973
NOTICES UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT, 1925, s. 27
Notice is hereby given pursuant to s. 27 of the Trusiee Act, 1925, that any person having a claim against or an interest in the estate of any of the deceased persons whose names and addresses are set out in the first and second columns of the following Table is hereby required to send particulars in writing of his claim or interest to the person or persons whose names and addresses are set out opposite the name of the deceased person in the third column of the Table, and to send such particulars before the date specified in relation to that deceased person in the fourth column of the said Table, after which date the personal representatives
will distribute the estate among the persons entitled thereto having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have had notice and will not, as respects the property so distributed, be liable to any person of whose claim they shall not then have had notice.
Births Mar 1904 CANDLER Ida Vlieland Auckland 10a 296
1911 census: Institute Terrace Peases West, Crook - - age 7 - staying with parents and 2 siblings
Marriages Sep 1928 CANDLER Ida V x HALL Robert Scott - Auckland 10a 511
death registered in Durham 1973Newspaper report: HALL, Ida Vlieland 24 Durham Road, Ushaw, 'Durham,- Widow.
10th March 1973 - Lloyds Bank Limited, Executor and Trustee Department, 102 Grey Street,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1ND, or H. E. Ferens & Son, 38 Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3NX, Solicitors 31st May 1973 - NOTICES UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT, 1925, s. 27
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Frederic William Day
Familyresearch is like being a detective.
You start with a clue and then try to solve it by going backwards and let history explain
This week in `who do you think you are `a family with the name Day was part of it .
Then you think , I once came across a Frederic William Day.
And then you start wondering if this Frederic William Day is related to this family?
We looked it up for you !
Starting with his birth in 1862 and NO he is not. Baptism: 13 Jul 1862 St Thomas, Ardwick, Lancashire, England
Frederic William Day - [Child] of John Day & Mary Ann
Born: 4 Jun 1862
Abode: Paddock Street Ardwick
Occupation: Coach Builder
Baptised by: George Philpot Curate
Register: Baptisms 1844 - 1865, Page 237, Entry 1889
Can you remember what Frederic William Day had to do with the Vlieland Family ??????
Heartless Robbery
Frederick William Day ,23 cabman,was indicted for having stolen a watch and chain and earring,value 7l 10s, the goods of Emily Vlieland.-In october last year the prosecutrix, a young woman of rather attractive appearance made the acquaintance of the prisoner at a dancing academy and they subsequently`walked out`as engaged.
He knowing that she was possesed of some money induces her to lend him some towards the purchase of a horse and cab,and she afterwards gave him a portion of her jewellery in order to make up a sufficient sum.
In April last the prisoner called to see her and she then had in her hand a gold watch and chain which he asked her for in order to raise more money so as to let to their earlier marriage:but she declined to let him have them,as they have been bequeathed to her by her mother,who was dead.
She had occasion to leave the room for a few minutes,and on her return the prisoner had disappeared with the watch and chain:and although information had been given to the police, the prisoner was not arresteduntil the beginning of this month.when it was found that he had pledged the property and exchanged the duplicate for some harness.
It was then ascertainedthat the prisoner during the time of this so called courtship had been living with another woman,by whom he had two children
In the result the jury returned a verdict `guilty`and Mr .Fletcher passed sentence of nine month´s hard labour.
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (London, England)
Sunday, November 1, 1885; Issue 2241.
You start with a clue and then try to solve it by going backwards and let history explain
This week in `who do you think you are `a family with the name Day was part of it .
Then you think , I once came across a Frederic William Day.
And then you start wondering if this Frederic William Day is related to this family?
We looked it up for you !
Starting with his birth in 1862 and NO he is not. Baptism: 13 Jul 1862 St Thomas, Ardwick, Lancashire, England
Frederic William Day - [Child] of John Day & Mary Ann
Born: 4 Jun 1862
Abode: Paddock Street Ardwick
Occupation: Coach Builder
Baptised by: George Philpot Curate
Register: Baptisms 1844 - 1865, Page 237, Entry 1889
Can you remember what Frederic William Day had to do with the Vlieland Family ??????
Heartless Robbery
Frederick William Day ,23 cabman,was indicted for having stolen a watch and chain and earring,value 7l 10s, the goods of Emily Vlieland.-In october last year the prosecutrix, a young woman of rather attractive appearance made the acquaintance of the prisoner at a dancing academy and they subsequently`walked out`as engaged.
He knowing that she was possesed of some money induces her to lend him some towards the purchase of a horse and cab,and she afterwards gave him a portion of her jewellery in order to make up a sufficient sum.
In April last the prisoner called to see her and she then had in her hand a gold watch and chain which he asked her for in order to raise more money so as to let to their earlier marriage:but she declined to let him have them,as they have been bequeathed to her by her mother,who was dead.
She had occasion to leave the room for a few minutes,and on her return the prisoner had disappeared with the watch and chain:and although information had been given to the police, the prisoner was not arresteduntil the beginning of this month.when it was found that he had pledged the property and exchanged the duplicate for some harness.
It was then ascertainedthat the prisoner during the time of this so called courtship had been living with another woman,by whom he had two children
In the result the jury returned a verdict `guilty`and Mr .Fletcher passed sentence of nine month´s hard labour.
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (London, England)
Sunday, November 1, 1885; Issue 2241.
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Friars Walk 1 Exeter
In the National Archives we find Alice Edith and the house on Friars Walk Exeter
Devon Record Office 4666M-O/T/17 1920
Contents:
Conveyance
1. Edward Charles Woolmer of Manchester, gent. Charles Llewellyn Howard Tripp of Staple-grove, Somerset, surgeon
2. Elsie, wife of Rev. Douglas McLaren, Canon Residentiary of Exeter Cathedral Mary Penelope Barnes of 14 West Southernhay, Exeter, spinster
Alice Edith, wife of Charles James Vlieland of 20 West Southernhay, doctor
Premises: 1 Friars Walk
Consideration: £400
Date: 20 January 1920
With schedule of deeds, 1869-1911
evon Record Office 4666M-O/T/18 1920
Contents:
Mortgage
1. Elsie McLaren
Mary Penelope Barnes
Alice Edith Vlieland
2. Sidney Andrew of Exeter, solicitor
Premises: 1 Friars Walk, Exeter
Principal: £170
Date: 7 February 1920
Endorsed: Acknowledgement of receipt of £150 from 1 by Alice May Jewell, 29 April 1927
Devon Record Office 4666M-O/T/20 1927
Contents:
Mortgage
1. Elsie McLaren
Mary Penelope Barnes
Alice Edith Vlieland
2. National Provincial Bank Ltd.
Premises: 1 Friars Walk, Exeter
Date: 17 June 1927
With schedule of deeds, 1831-1927
Endorsed: Reconveyance, 17 August 1928
Devon Record Office 4666M-O/T/22 1928
Contents:
Supplemental Abstract of Title (1920-1928)
Elsie McLaren, Mary Penelope Barnes and Alice Edith Vlieland to premises 1 Friars Walk, Exeter
Devon Record Office 4666M-O/T/17 1920
Contents:
Conveyance
1. Edward Charles Woolmer of Manchester, gent. Charles Llewellyn Howard Tripp of Staple-grove, Somerset, surgeon
2. Elsie, wife of Rev. Douglas McLaren, Canon Residentiary of Exeter Cathedral Mary Penelope Barnes of 14 West Southernhay, Exeter, spinster
Alice Edith, wife of Charles James Vlieland of 20 West Southernhay, doctor
Premises: 1 Friars Walk
Consideration: £400
Date: 20 January 1920
With schedule of deeds, 1869-1911
evon Record Office 4666M-O/T/18 1920
Contents:
Mortgage
1. Elsie McLaren
Mary Penelope Barnes
Alice Edith Vlieland
2. Sidney Andrew of Exeter, solicitor
Premises: 1 Friars Walk, Exeter
Principal: £170
Date: 7 February 1920
Endorsed: Acknowledgement of receipt of £150 from 1 by Alice May Jewell, 29 April 1927
Devon Record Office 4666M-O/T/20 1927
Contents:
Mortgage
1. Elsie McLaren
Mary Penelope Barnes
Alice Edith Vlieland
2. National Provincial Bank Ltd.
Premises: 1 Friars Walk, Exeter
Date: 17 June 1927
With schedule of deeds, 1831-1927
Endorsed: Reconveyance, 17 August 1928
Devon Record Office 4666M-O/T/22 1928
Contents:
Supplemental Abstract of Title (1920-1928)
Elsie McLaren, Mary Penelope Barnes and Alice Edith Vlieland to premises 1 Friars Walk, Exeter
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Edward John Clervaux Chaytor
Brigadier Edward John Clervaux Chaytor was born on 16 November 1903.
He married, firstly, Margaret Frances Morgan Vlieland, daughter of Charles Archibald Vlieland,and Dorothy Margaret Morgan on 12 November 1938.
He married, secondly, Carina Mary Marcelle on 28 October 1970.
He died on 27 November 1976 at age 73.
He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor(Who was the son of John Clervaux CHAYTOR and Emma Fearon)and Louisa Jane Collins.
He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School, Wanganui, New Zealand.
He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England.
He gained the rank of Brigadier in the service of the Royal Artillery.
He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches twice.
His father John Clervaux CHAYTOR
B: 28 Jan 1836
D: 2 Apr 1920
M: 30 Jan 1867
about his father
Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor was born in Motueka, New Zealand, on 21 June 1868, the first child of Emma Fearon and her husband, John Clervaux Chaytor, a runholder. Between 1880 and 1884 he attended Nelson College as a boarder. After leaving school he took up sheepfarming on the family property at Spring Creek near Blenheim. In 1886 he enlisted in the Marlborough Hussars (later the Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers), and was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1889 and captain in 1893. On 17 October 1898 Chaytor married a widow, Louisa Jane Hiley, at Spring Creek. They were to have three children.
Early in 1900 Chaytor left for the South African War as part of the Third (Rough Riders) Contingent of New Zealand Mounted Rifles. In an action on 26 May at Reit Keil, for which he was mentioned in dispatches, he suffered a severe gunshot wound which shattered his right thigh-bone. Although he later rejoined his unit and took part in several engagements, the wound continued to give trouble and Chaytor, now a major, was invalided home to New Zealand in May 1901.
Chaytor returned to South Africa in February 1902 with the Eighth Contingent as a brevet lieutenant colonel commanding the South Island Regiment. The war ended on 31 May. However, Chaytor's combat experience – periods of hard soldiering spent in the saddle – had furnished him with an invaluable grounding for his later professional career. He was respected by his soldiers, primarily for demonstrating the valuable leadership trait of always being close to the action.
On his return to New Zealand in 1902, Chaytor became a major in the 1st Battalion of the Nelson Mounted Rifle Volunteers. He resigned this position in September, when he was appointed assistant adjutant general at Defence Department headquarters. He retained his brevet rank until it became permanent in 1906. In 1907 he became the first New Zealand officer to attend the British Army's Staff College at Camberley. He graduated with a glowing commendation from the college's commandant, Major General Henry Wilson. On his return to Wellington in 1910 he was appointed director of military training and education.
Chaytor's steady rise in rank continued. He was promoted to colonel in 1911 and from late 1910 commanded the Wellington Military District from its headquarters at Palmerston North. He was appointed adjutant general in July 1914. Now aged 45, his red hair was starting to recede; he had a thinnish face with a prominent Roman nose, sharp blue eyes, a slightly jutting jaw, a resolute mouth, and a moustached upper lip. His placid nature stood him in good stead in the active commands he was about to resume.
At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Chaytor transferred to the staff of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as the principal personnel and logistics officer to its commander, Major General Sir Alexander Godley. Chaytor played a pivotal planning role for two major overseas deployments. The first was the speedy assembly and dispatch of a 1,400-strong detachment which occupied German Samoa on 29 August 1914. The second, and more complex, was to raise the main body of the expeditionary force, comprising 8,427 men, 3,815 horses, and all their equipment, which sailed from Wellington on 16 October 1914. The rapid creation of the two formations represents one of the most skilful feats of organisation and administration in New Zealand's military history.
The New Zealanders sailed to Egypt, where Chaytor became assistant adjutant general and (later) acting quartermaster general of the newly formed New Zealand and Australian Division commanded by Godley. They spent several months in training before being sent to Gallipoli in April 1915. A few days after the landing, Chaytor suffered a minor head wound. On 22 May he was hit again, this time in the right shoulder and arm; the wound was serious and he was sent to the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Following his recovery, Godley, in November 1915, gave Chaytor command of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in Egypt. This brigade remained behind in the Desert Column of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force when the rest of the New Zealand forces sailed for France early in 1916. Chaytor, now a brigadier, became the senior New Zealand officer in that theatre of the war. His immediate superior was an Australian, Major General Harry Chauvel. Both were tactically competent and sound leaders with similar backgrounds. They got along well together, and Chauvel rated the New Zealand Mounted Rifles his best brigade.
Nearly 18,000 New Zealanders served at various times in the almost forgotten campaign in Palestine, and Chaytor proved to be an imaginative and able commander. On 19 July 1916, in what was one of the first examples of a senior commander personally exploiting the new technology of flight, he used an aircraft to reconnoitre Turkish positions in the Sinai desert; he was slightly wounded by ground fire.
It took the Egyptian Expeditionary Force until January 1917 to clear the Sinai of Turkish forces. Chaytor's tactical self-confidence came to the fore at Rafah, the final battle in the Sinai campaign. After a hard, day-long action against a stubborn Turkish defence, the British commander, Lieutenant General Philip Chetwode, aware that Turkish reinforcements were on the way, ordered his units to withdraw from the assault on the town. Chaytor, about to launch an attack with his brigade, chose to ignore the order; in the ensuing attack the town's defences were overrun and Rafah was taken.
Chauvel was selected to command the Desert Column in April 1917, and Chaytor took over the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division, being promoted to major general; he thus became the first – and only – New Zealander ever to exercise command of an ANZAC force at divisional level. He was knighted for his endeavours in 1918. On 16 September 1918, Chaytor was allocated an additional, division-sized formation. During the final operation of the campaign, 'Chaytor Force' captured Amman in Jordan on 25 September.
An armistice with Turkey came into effect on 31 October 1918. On his return to Wellington in 1919, Chaytor was appointed general officer commanding New Zealand military forces. The difficulties of the period of demobilisation were exacerbated by a spirit of war-weariness evident throughout the country. Nevertheless, steps were taken to create a military organisation which the country could afford, and which would be available for home defence and as the nucleus of an expeditionary force. In 1922 the Defence Department was able to begin preparing for a force of some 7,000 men to be available in the Chanak crisis.
Edward Chaytor retired in 1924 after a relatively short, but exceptionally successful, career as a professional soldier. Seven times mentioned in dispatches, he had been made a KCMG, a KCVO and a CB. Soon after his retirement he sailed for England where he lived with his family until his death at South Kensington in London on 15 June 1939. Louisa Chaytor died in 1948.
He married, firstly, Margaret Frances Morgan Vlieland, daughter of Charles Archibald Vlieland,and Dorothy Margaret Morgan on 12 November 1938.
He married, secondly, Carina Mary Marcelle on 28 October 1970.
He died on 27 November 1976 at age 73.
He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor(Who was the son of John Clervaux CHAYTOR and Emma Fearon)and Louisa Jane Collins.
He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School, Wanganui, New Zealand.
He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England.
He gained the rank of Brigadier in the service of the Royal Artillery.
He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches twice.
His father John Clervaux CHAYTOR
B: 28 Jan 1836
D: 2 Apr 1920
M: 30 Jan 1867
about his father
Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor was born in Motueka, New Zealand, on 21 June 1868, the first child of Emma Fearon and her husband, John Clervaux Chaytor, a runholder. Between 1880 and 1884 he attended Nelson College as a boarder. After leaving school he took up sheepfarming on the family property at Spring Creek near Blenheim. In 1886 he enlisted in the Marlborough Hussars (later the Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers), and was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1889 and captain in 1893. On 17 October 1898 Chaytor married a widow, Louisa Jane Hiley, at Spring Creek. They were to have three children.
Early in 1900 Chaytor left for the South African War as part of the Third (Rough Riders) Contingent of New Zealand Mounted Rifles. In an action on 26 May at Reit Keil, for which he was mentioned in dispatches, he suffered a severe gunshot wound which shattered his right thigh-bone. Although he later rejoined his unit and took part in several engagements, the wound continued to give trouble and Chaytor, now a major, was invalided home to New Zealand in May 1901.
Chaytor returned to South Africa in February 1902 with the Eighth Contingent as a brevet lieutenant colonel commanding the South Island Regiment. The war ended on 31 May. However, Chaytor's combat experience – periods of hard soldiering spent in the saddle – had furnished him with an invaluable grounding for his later professional career. He was respected by his soldiers, primarily for demonstrating the valuable leadership trait of always being close to the action.
On his return to New Zealand in 1902, Chaytor became a major in the 1st Battalion of the Nelson Mounted Rifle Volunteers. He resigned this position in September, when he was appointed assistant adjutant general at Defence Department headquarters. He retained his brevet rank until it became permanent in 1906. In 1907 he became the first New Zealand officer to attend the British Army's Staff College at Camberley. He graduated with a glowing commendation from the college's commandant, Major General Henry Wilson. On his return to Wellington in 1910 he was appointed director of military training and education.
Chaytor's steady rise in rank continued. He was promoted to colonel in 1911 and from late 1910 commanded the Wellington Military District from its headquarters at Palmerston North. He was appointed adjutant general in July 1914. Now aged 45, his red hair was starting to recede; he had a thinnish face with a prominent Roman nose, sharp blue eyes, a slightly jutting jaw, a resolute mouth, and a moustached upper lip. His placid nature stood him in good stead in the active commands he was about to resume.
At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Chaytor transferred to the staff of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as the principal personnel and logistics officer to its commander, Major General Sir Alexander Godley. Chaytor played a pivotal planning role for two major overseas deployments. The first was the speedy assembly and dispatch of a 1,400-strong detachment which occupied German Samoa on 29 August 1914. The second, and more complex, was to raise the main body of the expeditionary force, comprising 8,427 men, 3,815 horses, and all their equipment, which sailed from Wellington on 16 October 1914. The rapid creation of the two formations represents one of the most skilful feats of organisation and administration in New Zealand's military history.
The New Zealanders sailed to Egypt, where Chaytor became assistant adjutant general and (later) acting quartermaster general of the newly formed New Zealand and Australian Division commanded by Godley. They spent several months in training before being sent to Gallipoli in April 1915. A few days after the landing, Chaytor suffered a minor head wound. On 22 May he was hit again, this time in the right shoulder and arm; the wound was serious and he was sent to the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Following his recovery, Godley, in November 1915, gave Chaytor command of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in Egypt. This brigade remained behind in the Desert Column of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force when the rest of the New Zealand forces sailed for France early in 1916. Chaytor, now a brigadier, became the senior New Zealand officer in that theatre of the war. His immediate superior was an Australian, Major General Harry Chauvel. Both were tactically competent and sound leaders with similar backgrounds. They got along well together, and Chauvel rated the New Zealand Mounted Rifles his best brigade.
Nearly 18,000 New Zealanders served at various times in the almost forgotten campaign in Palestine, and Chaytor proved to be an imaginative and able commander. On 19 July 1916, in what was one of the first examples of a senior commander personally exploiting the new technology of flight, he used an aircraft to reconnoitre Turkish positions in the Sinai desert; he was slightly wounded by ground fire.
It took the Egyptian Expeditionary Force until January 1917 to clear the Sinai of Turkish forces. Chaytor's tactical self-confidence came to the fore at Rafah, the final battle in the Sinai campaign. After a hard, day-long action against a stubborn Turkish defence, the British commander, Lieutenant General Philip Chetwode, aware that Turkish reinforcements were on the way, ordered his units to withdraw from the assault on the town. Chaytor, about to launch an attack with his brigade, chose to ignore the order; in the ensuing attack the town's defences were overrun and Rafah was taken.
Chauvel was selected to command the Desert Column in April 1917, and Chaytor took over the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division, being promoted to major general; he thus became the first – and only – New Zealander ever to exercise command of an ANZAC force at divisional level. He was knighted for his endeavours in 1918. On 16 September 1918, Chaytor was allocated an additional, division-sized formation. During the final operation of the campaign, 'Chaytor Force' captured Amman in Jordan on 25 September.
An armistice with Turkey came into effect on 31 October 1918. On his return to Wellington in 1919, Chaytor was appointed general officer commanding New Zealand military forces. The difficulties of the period of demobilisation were exacerbated by a spirit of war-weariness evident throughout the country. Nevertheless, steps were taken to create a military organisation which the country could afford, and which would be available for home defence and as the nucleus of an expeditionary force. In 1922 the Defence Department was able to begin preparing for a force of some 7,000 men to be available in the Chanak crisis.
Edward Chaytor retired in 1924 after a relatively short, but exceptionally successful, career as a professional soldier. Seven times mentioned in dispatches, he had been made a KCMG, a KCVO and a CB. Soon after his retirement he sailed for England where he lived with his family until his death at South Kensington in London on 15 June 1939. Louisa Chaytor died in 1948.
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Eugene Bellairs
Sometimes one thing leads to another and so today we get involved with Eugene Bellairs
We met him in the Priaulx family and found lots of interesting things about him.
So lets start.
He was born: 06 Jul 1824 in Dinan, Brittany, France
Married: 31 Jan 1855 in St George's Church, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 21 Sep 1911 in Ayr St. Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Father: John Harry Bellaers Commander R.N.
Mother: Ann Louisa Frances Russell Bull
Married Maria Margaret Priaulx
Born: 06 Jun 1833 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 31 Aug 1898 in Auckland, New Zealand and had 5 children.
01 (F): Adele Maria Louise Bellairs
Born: 17 Aug 1859 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 30 Dec 1948 in 33 Birdwood Cres, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
02 (M): Henry Eugene Bellairs
Born: 23 Jun 1861 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 23 Jan 1862 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
03 (F): Ida Pauline Bellairs
Born: 25 Oct 1866 in Auckland, New Zealand
Died: 1866 in Auckland, New Zealand
04 (F): Emily Priaulx Bellairs
Born: 07 Jan 1870 in Wellington, South Island, New Zealand
Died: 23 Feb 1870 in Wellington, South Island, New Zealand
05 (F): female Bellairs
Born: about 1873
Died: after 1911
Eugene Bellairs has been a most interesting gentleman to research, leaving his mark on the southern states of Australia as well as on New Zealand.
Eugene was born 6th July 1824 at Dinan, Brittany,France to Ann Louisa Francis Russell BULL and RN Commander John Harry Bellairs. Commander Bellairs must have been stationed there at the time,as at least one sister was also born there.
He was christened at the Anglican Protestant Chapel, St. Servan Sur Mer, Ille de Villaine on 31st July 1824.
At the age of 22, Eugene, now a qualified surveyor,emigrated to New Zealand on the “Phoebe”arriving 29th March 1843. He had been employed by the “New Zealand Company” to survey the Nelson area for land subdivision.
The Maori had not agreed to the sale of land and burnt down the surveyors’ huts.
This resulted in the infamous confrontation at Wairau, which took place on
Saturday 17th June 1843.
Eugene was lucky to survive the massacre as 22 Englishmen were killed.
Years later, as the last survivor of the Wairau Massacre, Eugene wrote an eyewitness account for an Auckland newspaper.
Eugene at some period transferred to Victoria as an Assistant Government Surveyor, for in 1852 he surveyed Essendon, followed by Oakleigh and Mulgrave in 1853.
A handwritten account of his survey of Mulgrave states “lovely land, well grassed, gum, she oak, honeysuckle.” By late 1854, Eugene was working at Ballarat and it was
interesting to discover that he was indirectlyinvolved with the Eureka Rebellion. Whilst out riding with a friend, he went near the Eureka Stockade area and was stopped by a group of men,only being allowed free when they determined he was not a government soldier.
Eugene testified as a witness at the subsequent trials on the Eureka Stockade and his exact words have been recordedfor posterity. (>The Eureka Rebellion data can easily
be located on the Internet.)
I also know he spent time surveying and exploring in South Australia whilst visiting his sister,Marguerite Louise, who had married Arthur William Gliddon.
At some time Eugene transferred to Tasmania, for it wasthere that he married into my family, marrying Maria Margaret Priaulx at the beautiful St George’s Church in
Hobart at the end of January 1855.
Maria Margaret was the daughter of Amelia Hide of Guernsey and Henry Priaulx of Southampton. Henry was the Assistant Commissariat General in Tasmania at that time.
I feel that the families probably knew each other through their seafaring activities, however one branch of my Guernsey Hide’s married a French monsieur and they
christened their two children in the same St. Servan Sur Mer Chapel, so the marriage may have been arranged.
Eugene’s mother and another sister, Mira Elizabeth Georgiana, also emigrated as both died in Tasmania.
In 1862 Eugene returned to work in New Zealand for the British Government where four more children were born. Unfortunately, all of his offspring either died in infancy or did not marry so there are no direct descendants today.
Eugene passed away 23rd September 1898 at Parnell,
Auckland. A photograph is in the 1902 Encyclopaedia
of New Zealand Vol.2.
Leonie Freeman
Thanks to Leonie Freeman we know all this.
also we find in THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND
MR. EUGENE BELLAIRS who is at present (1900) attached to the gold mining branch of the Survey Department at Auckland, occupies a unique position, inasmuch as he is probably the sole survivor of the historic Wairau Massacre. The son of the late Captain J. H. Bellairs, of the Royal Navy, the subject of this notice was born in Brittany, France, in 1824. Educated in his native place and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Mr. Bellairs came to New Zealand early in 1843. Landing at Nelson, he joined one of the survey parties despatched to survey the Wairau Plains on behalf of the New Zealand Company. Shortly after beginning operations, all the survey parties were turned off the land and their huts burnt to the ground, by order of the Maori Chief, Rauparaha. Mr. Bellairs subsequently joined the ill-fated expedition, sent by the Government to apprehend the chiefs who were responsible for this act. The result is well-known, for about twenty Europeans, including most of the leading men of Nelson, were creuelly and treacherously massacred, after their surrender to Rauparaha under promise of safety. Mr. Bellairs was one of the few who effected their escape. Following is a quotation from a local newspaper:-“Shortly afterwards he joined his cousin, Captain Bull, who, with a detachment of his regiment (H.M. 99th), was stationed on the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), in charge of a stockade where some 300 convicts were engaged in road-making. In 1846 Mr. Bellairs accompanied, as a cadet, the first overland expedition that ever attempted to reach South Australia by the Darling River. This party was organised by a Mr. Ray, with a view of taking to Adelaide a mob of cattle and horses. The trip took ten months to accomplish. At the time, they were considered to have been very fortunate in getting through, as the blacks were known to be the very worst they could have encountered, and more especially as the expedition numbered only sixteen all told. Shortly after his arrival in Adelaide, Mr. Bellairs received an appointment on the survey staff, under Captain Frome, R.E., and at the end of the ‘forties’ surveyed a road through the 120 mile scrub desert between the Murray River, near Lake Alexandra, and the Tatitara country. This subsequently, in 1850, became PAGE 180 the highway to the Victorian Goldfields, effecting a saving of some seventy-five miles, as compared with the old Mount Gambier Road. Mr. Bellairs, after the action at the Eureka Stockade, took cypher despatches for the officer in charge of the Ballarat military encampment—a Major Thomas—to General Macarthur, whom he found encamped at Ballan, on his way with reinforcements to support that officer. About 1862 Mr. Bellairs returned to New Zealand, and was engaged by the Government in making surveys under the late Major Heaphy, during active operations in the Waikato.” Mr. Bellairs was married in Tasmania in 1855 to the second daughter of Mr. H. Priaulx, Assistant Commissary General of that colony
In the newspaper we find
The death at Auckland of Mr. Eugene Bellairs, formerly of the Government Survey Department, was briefly noted in The Post a short time- ago. Before his retirement, some years back, Mr. Bellairs was for a. long time stationed in Wellington, and was a well-known resident of the Thorndon end of the city. According to a notice in the New Zealand Herald, he had the unique distinction of being the sole survivor of the historic Wairau massacre. The son of the late Captain J. H. Bellairs, of the Royal Navy, he was bom in Brittany, France, in 1824. Educated in hie native place and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Mr. Bellairs came to New Zealand early in 1843. Landing at Nelson, he joined one of the survey parties despatched to survey the Wairau Plains on behalf of the New Zealand Company. Shortly after beginning operations, all the survey parties were turned off the land and their huts burnt to the ground, by order of the Maori chief ftauparaha. Mr. Bellairs subsequently joined the illfated expedition sent by the Government to apprehend the chiefs who were responsible for this act. The result m well known, for about twenty Europeans, including most of the leading men of Nelson, -were cruelly and treacherously massacred, after their surrender to Itauparaha, under promise of safety. Mr. Bellairs was ope of the few who effected their escape. He afterwards went to Australia, where he was engaged in survey work. After the action of the Eureka Stockade, he took cypher despatches for the officer in charge of the Ballarat military encampment. About 1862 Mv Bellairs returned to New Zealand, and was engaged by the Government in making surveys, under the late Major Heaphy, during active operations in the Waikato. Fifty years ago today the Bank of New Zealand was established in Auckland—l6th October, 1861.
also from the newspaper
THE WAIRAU MASSACRE.
4_ . To 'the -Editor. Sir, — In a recent issue of the Express, an account was given of the death of an old man named Croudis, or" Crudis, as being one of the last Survivors of the Wairau Massacre. With your permission I send you for publication* a list of the white men present at the affray,, which took place on Saturday, 17th June, 1843, and the following is taken from the "Fourteenth Beporfc of the Directors of the New Zealand Company.— l am, &0., H. L. N. Clabkb. - Havelock, July 24, 1888. 11 Police Magistrate and County Judge, Mr Thompson, massacred; Magistrates, Captain Wakefield and Captain England, massacred; Principal Surveyor, Mr Tuckett, escaped; Crown Prosecutor, Mr Richardson, massacred; Land Agent, Mr Patchet, killed; Company's Storekeeper, Mr Howard, massacred; Surveyors, Mr Cotterill, massacred, J. M. Barnicoat and Mr Bellairs, escaped, [Mr Barnicoat is still living] ; passenger of brig, Mr Ferguson, escaped ; Interpreter, John Brooks, massacred; Chief Malm, died of wounds (body not found) ; Constables : Gapper, wounded, lost use of his hand, Coster and William Gardiner, killed and massacred; Special Constables: Edward Stokes, died of wound's, James McGregor, killed, Eichard Burnet, wounded, John- Gay,, William Maunsell, and John Nolan, escaped, Jqhnßumforth, lost his arm, Eli Cropper, Wm. Northam, Henry Bumforth, Thomes Tyrrell 1 , and Isaac Smith, killed or maseaoredv Eichard Warner, escaped; Boatmen: Thomas Pay, killed or massacred, Samuel Goddard, Abraham Yollard, John Kidson, George Bampton, apd Wm. Burt, escaped ; men engaged on the survey :_H. Richardson, Thomas Hannam, W. Chamberlain, James Grant, Eichard Peanter, Wm. Morrison, Joseph Morgan, and John Miller, escaped, Eobert Crawford and John Smith, wounded, ■ Wm. Clansey, John Burton, and Thomas Eadcliffe, killed or massacred, Henry Wray, escaped.— The foregoing acount of the massacre at the Wairau has been- carefully taken from that drawn up by one of the Wellington Magistrates who was present at the examination of witnesses on board the Government brig, and afterwards at Wellington, and published m the Supplement of the New Zealand Gazette, from one given m the' Nelson Examiner immediately afterwards, from a written statement with which we have been favoured- by Mr Barnicoat, and from the depositions of survivors, taken . by the Nelson Magistrates."
Mr E. E. Bellairs, Government Surveyor, who has received notice that his servioes will be dispensed with at the end of the month, baa been in the Government employ thirtythroe years. He oamo to iho Colony in 1813, and was one of those who escaped in the Wairau massacre.
He was the brother in law of Emily Hannah Priaulx and her husband William Heath Vlieland.
MR. EUGENE BELLAIRS, who is at present (1900) attached to the gold mining branch of the Survey Department at Auckland, occupies a unique position, inasmuch as he is probably the sole survivor of the historic Wairau Massacre. The son of the late Captain J. H. Bellairs, of the Royal Navy, the subject of this notice was born in Brittany, France, in 1824. Educated in his native place and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Mr. Bellairs came to New Zealand early in 1843. Landing at Nelson, he joined
Mr. E. Bellairs.
one of the survey parties despatched to survey the Wairau Plains on behalf of the New Zealand Company. Shortly after beginning operations, all the survey parties were turned off the land and their huts burnt to the ground, by order of the Maori Chief, Rauparaha. Mr. Bellairs subsequently joined the ill-fated expedition, sent by the Government to apprehend the chiefs who were responsible for this act. The result is well-known, for about twenty Europeans, including most of the leading men of Nelson, were creuelly and treacherously massacred, after their surrender to Rauparaha under promise of safety. Mr. Bellairs was one of the few who effected their escape. Following is a quotation from a local newspaper:-“Shortly afterwards he joined his cousin, Captain Bull, who, with a detachment of his regiment (H.M. 99th), was stationed on the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), in charge of a stockade where some 300 convicts were engaged in road-making. In 1846 Mr. Bellairs accompanied, as a cadet, the first overland expedition that ever attempted to reach South Australia by the Darling River. This party was organised by a Mr. Ray, with a view of taking to Adelaide a mob of cattle and horses. The trip took ten months to accomplish. At the time, they were considered to have been very fortunate in getting through, as the blacks were known to be the very worst they could have encountered, and more especially as the expedition numbered only sixteen all told. Shortly after his arrival in Adelaide, Mr. Bellairs received an appointment on the survey staff, under Captain Frome, R.E., and at the end of the ‘forties’ surveyed a road through the 120 mile scrub desert between the Murray River, near Lake Alexandra, and the Tatitara country. This subsequently, in 1850, became the highway to the Victorian Goldfields, effecting a saving of some seventy-five miles, as compared with the old Mount Gambier Road. Mr. Bellairs, after the action at the Eureka Stockade, took cypher despatches for the officer in charge of the Ballarat military encampment—a Major Thomas—to General Macarthur, whom he found encamped at Ballan, on his way with reinforcements to support that officer. About 1862 Mr. Bellairs returned to New Zealand, and was engaged by the Government in making surveys under the late Major Heaphy, during active operations in the Waikato.” Mr. Bellairs was married in Tasmania in 1855 to the second daughter of Mr. H. Priaulx, Assistant Commissary General of that colony.
So lets start.
He was born: 06 Jul 1824 in Dinan, Brittany, France
Married: 31 Jan 1855 in St George's Church, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 21 Sep 1911 in Ayr St. Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Father: John Harry Bellaers Commander R.N.
Mother: Ann Louisa Frances Russell Bull
Married Maria Margaret Priaulx
Born: 06 Jun 1833 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 31 Aug 1898 in Auckland, New Zealand and had 5 children.
01 (F): Adele Maria Louise Bellairs
Born: 17 Aug 1859 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 30 Dec 1948 in 33 Birdwood Cres, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
02 (M): Henry Eugene Bellairs
Born: 23 Jun 1861 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 23 Jan 1862 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
03 (F): Ida Pauline Bellairs
Born: 25 Oct 1866 in Auckland, New Zealand
Died: 1866 in Auckland, New Zealand
04 (F): Emily Priaulx Bellairs
Born: 07 Jan 1870 in Wellington, South Island, New Zealand
Died: 23 Feb 1870 in Wellington, South Island, New Zealand
05 (F): female Bellairs
Born: about 1873
Died: after 1911
Eugene Bellairs has been a most interesting gentleman to research, leaving his mark on the southern states of Australia as well as on New Zealand.
Eugene was born 6th July 1824 at Dinan, Brittany,France to Ann Louisa Francis Russell BULL and RN Commander John Harry Bellairs. Commander Bellairs must have been stationed there at the time,as at least one sister was also born there.
He was christened at the Anglican Protestant Chapel, St. Servan Sur Mer, Ille de Villaine on 31st July 1824.
At the age of 22, Eugene, now a qualified surveyor,emigrated to New Zealand on the “Phoebe”arriving 29th March 1843. He had been employed by the “New Zealand Company” to survey the Nelson area for land subdivision.
The Maori had not agreed to the sale of land and burnt down the surveyors’ huts.
This resulted in the infamous confrontation at Wairau, which took place on
Saturday 17th June 1843.
Eugene was lucky to survive the massacre as 22 Englishmen were killed.
Years later, as the last survivor of the Wairau Massacre, Eugene wrote an eyewitness account for an Auckland newspaper.
Eugene at some period transferred to Victoria as an Assistant Government Surveyor, for in 1852 he surveyed Essendon, followed by Oakleigh and Mulgrave in 1853.
A handwritten account of his survey of Mulgrave states “lovely land, well grassed, gum, she oak, honeysuckle.” By late 1854, Eugene was working at Ballarat and it was
interesting to discover that he was indirectlyinvolved with the Eureka Rebellion. Whilst out riding with a friend, he went near the Eureka Stockade area and was stopped by a group of men,only being allowed free when they determined he was not a government soldier.
Eugene testified as a witness at the subsequent trials on the Eureka Stockade and his exact words have been recordedfor posterity. (>The Eureka Rebellion data can easily
be located on the Internet.)
I also know he spent time surveying and exploring in South Australia whilst visiting his sister,Marguerite Louise, who had married Arthur William Gliddon.
At some time Eugene transferred to Tasmania, for it wasthere that he married into my family, marrying Maria Margaret Priaulx at the beautiful St George’s Church in
Hobart at the end of January 1855.
Maria Margaret was the daughter of Amelia Hide of Guernsey and Henry Priaulx of Southampton. Henry was the Assistant Commissariat General in Tasmania at that time.
I feel that the families probably knew each other through their seafaring activities, however one branch of my Guernsey Hide’s married a French monsieur and they
christened their two children in the same St. Servan Sur Mer Chapel, so the marriage may have been arranged.
Eugene’s mother and another sister, Mira Elizabeth Georgiana, also emigrated as both died in Tasmania.
In 1862 Eugene returned to work in New Zealand for the British Government where four more children were born. Unfortunately, all of his offspring either died in infancy or did not marry so there are no direct descendants today.
Eugene passed away 23rd September 1898 at Parnell,
Auckland. A photograph is in the 1902 Encyclopaedia
of New Zealand Vol.2.
Leonie Freeman
Thanks to Leonie Freeman we know all this.
also we find in THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND
MR. EUGENE BELLAIRS who is at present (1900) attached to the gold mining branch of the Survey Department at Auckland, occupies a unique position, inasmuch as he is probably the sole survivor of the historic Wairau Massacre. The son of the late Captain J. H. Bellairs, of the Royal Navy, the subject of this notice was born in Brittany, France, in 1824. Educated in his native place and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Mr. Bellairs came to New Zealand early in 1843. Landing at Nelson, he joined one of the survey parties despatched to survey the Wairau Plains on behalf of the New Zealand Company. Shortly after beginning operations, all the survey parties were turned off the land and their huts burnt to the ground, by order of the Maori Chief, Rauparaha. Mr. Bellairs subsequently joined the ill-fated expedition, sent by the Government to apprehend the chiefs who were responsible for this act. The result is well-known, for about twenty Europeans, including most of the leading men of Nelson, were creuelly and treacherously massacred, after their surrender to Rauparaha under promise of safety. Mr. Bellairs was one of the few who effected their escape. Following is a quotation from a local newspaper:-“Shortly afterwards he joined his cousin, Captain Bull, who, with a detachment of his regiment (H.M. 99th), was stationed on the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), in charge of a stockade where some 300 convicts were engaged in road-making. In 1846 Mr. Bellairs accompanied, as a cadet, the first overland expedition that ever attempted to reach South Australia by the Darling River. This party was organised by a Mr. Ray, with a view of taking to Adelaide a mob of cattle and horses. The trip took ten months to accomplish. At the time, they were considered to have been very fortunate in getting through, as the blacks were known to be the very worst they could have encountered, and more especially as the expedition numbered only sixteen all told. Shortly after his arrival in Adelaide, Mr. Bellairs received an appointment on the survey staff, under Captain Frome, R.E., and at the end of the ‘forties’ surveyed a road through the 120 mile scrub desert between the Murray River, near Lake Alexandra, and the Tatitara country. This subsequently, in 1850, became PAGE 180 the highway to the Victorian Goldfields, effecting a saving of some seventy-five miles, as compared with the old Mount Gambier Road. Mr. Bellairs, after the action at the Eureka Stockade, took cypher despatches for the officer in charge of the Ballarat military encampment—a Major Thomas—to General Macarthur, whom he found encamped at Ballan, on his way with reinforcements to support that officer. About 1862 Mr. Bellairs returned to New Zealand, and was engaged by the Government in making surveys under the late Major Heaphy, during active operations in the Waikato.” Mr. Bellairs was married in Tasmania in 1855 to the second daughter of Mr. H. Priaulx, Assistant Commissary General of that colony
In the newspaper we find
The death at Auckland of Mr. Eugene Bellairs, formerly of the Government Survey Department, was briefly noted in The Post a short time- ago. Before his retirement, some years back, Mr. Bellairs was for a. long time stationed in Wellington, and was a well-known resident of the Thorndon end of the city. According to a notice in the New Zealand Herald, he had the unique distinction of being the sole survivor of the historic Wairau massacre. The son of the late Captain J. H. Bellairs, of the Royal Navy, he was bom in Brittany, France, in 1824. Educated in hie native place and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Mr. Bellairs came to New Zealand early in 1843. Landing at Nelson, he joined one of the survey parties despatched to survey the Wairau Plains on behalf of the New Zealand Company. Shortly after beginning operations, all the survey parties were turned off the land and their huts burnt to the ground, by order of the Maori chief ftauparaha. Mr. Bellairs subsequently joined the illfated expedition sent by the Government to apprehend the chiefs who were responsible for this act. The result m well known, for about twenty Europeans, including most of the leading men of Nelson, -were cruelly and treacherously massacred, after their surrender to Itauparaha, under promise of safety. Mr. Bellairs was ope of the few who effected their escape. He afterwards went to Australia, where he was engaged in survey work. After the action of the Eureka Stockade, he took cypher despatches for the officer in charge of the Ballarat military encampment. About 1862 Mv Bellairs returned to New Zealand, and was engaged by the Government in making surveys, under the late Major Heaphy, during active operations in the Waikato. Fifty years ago today the Bank of New Zealand was established in Auckland—l6th October, 1861.
also from the newspaper
THE WAIRAU MASSACRE.
4_ . To 'the -Editor. Sir, — In a recent issue of the Express, an account was given of the death of an old man named Croudis, or" Crudis, as being one of the last Survivors of the Wairau Massacre. With your permission I send you for publication* a list of the white men present at the affray,, which took place on Saturday, 17th June, 1843, and the following is taken from the "Fourteenth Beporfc of the Directors of the New Zealand Company.— l am, &0., H. L. N. Clabkb. - Havelock, July 24, 1888. 11 Police Magistrate and County Judge, Mr Thompson, massacred; Magistrates, Captain Wakefield and Captain England, massacred; Principal Surveyor, Mr Tuckett, escaped; Crown Prosecutor, Mr Richardson, massacred; Land Agent, Mr Patchet, killed; Company's Storekeeper, Mr Howard, massacred; Surveyors, Mr Cotterill, massacred, J. M. Barnicoat and Mr Bellairs, escaped, [Mr Barnicoat is still living] ; passenger of brig, Mr Ferguson, escaped ; Interpreter, John Brooks, massacred; Chief Malm, died of wounds (body not found) ; Constables : Gapper, wounded, lost use of his hand, Coster and William Gardiner, killed and massacred; Special Constables: Edward Stokes, died of wound's, James McGregor, killed, Eichard Burnet, wounded, John- Gay,, William Maunsell, and John Nolan, escaped, Jqhnßumforth, lost his arm, Eli Cropper, Wm. Northam, Henry Bumforth, Thomes Tyrrell 1 , and Isaac Smith, killed or maseaoredv Eichard Warner, escaped; Boatmen: Thomas Pay, killed or massacred, Samuel Goddard, Abraham Yollard, John Kidson, George Bampton, apd Wm. Burt, escaped ; men engaged on the survey :_H. Richardson, Thomas Hannam, W. Chamberlain, James Grant, Eichard Peanter, Wm. Morrison, Joseph Morgan, and John Miller, escaped, Eobert Crawford and John Smith, wounded, ■ Wm. Clansey, John Burton, and Thomas Eadcliffe, killed or massacred, Henry Wray, escaped.— The foregoing acount of the massacre at the Wairau has been- carefully taken from that drawn up by one of the Wellington Magistrates who was present at the examination of witnesses on board the Government brig, and afterwards at Wellington, and published m the Supplement of the New Zealand Gazette, from one given m the' Nelson Examiner immediately afterwards, from a written statement with which we have been favoured- by Mr Barnicoat, and from the depositions of survivors, taken . by the Nelson Magistrates."
Mr E. E. Bellairs, Government Surveyor, who has received notice that his servioes will be dispensed with at the end of the month, baa been in the Government employ thirtythroe years. He oamo to iho Colony in 1813, and was one of those who escaped in the Wairau massacre.
He was the brother in law of Emily Hannah Priaulx and her husband William Heath Vlieland.
MR. EUGENE BELLAIRS, who is at present (1900) attached to the gold mining branch of the Survey Department at Auckland, occupies a unique position, inasmuch as he is probably the sole survivor of the historic Wairau Massacre. The son of the late Captain J. H. Bellairs, of the Royal Navy, the subject of this notice was born in Brittany, France, in 1824. Educated in his native place and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Mr. Bellairs came to New Zealand early in 1843. Landing at Nelson, he joined
Mr. E. Bellairs.
one of the survey parties despatched to survey the Wairau Plains on behalf of the New Zealand Company. Shortly after beginning operations, all the survey parties were turned off the land and their huts burnt to the ground, by order of the Maori Chief, Rauparaha. Mr. Bellairs subsequently joined the ill-fated expedition, sent by the Government to apprehend the chiefs who were responsible for this act. The result is well-known, for about twenty Europeans, including most of the leading men of Nelson, were creuelly and treacherously massacred, after their surrender to Rauparaha under promise of safety. Mr. Bellairs was one of the few who effected their escape. Following is a quotation from a local newspaper:-“Shortly afterwards he joined his cousin, Captain Bull, who, with a detachment of his regiment (H.M. 99th), was stationed on the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), in charge of a stockade where some 300 convicts were engaged in road-making. In 1846 Mr. Bellairs accompanied, as a cadet, the first overland expedition that ever attempted to reach South Australia by the Darling River. This party was organised by a Mr. Ray, with a view of taking to Adelaide a mob of cattle and horses. The trip took ten months to accomplish. At the time, they were considered to have been very fortunate in getting through, as the blacks were known to be the very worst they could have encountered, and more especially as the expedition numbered only sixteen all told. Shortly after his arrival in Adelaide, Mr. Bellairs received an appointment on the survey staff, under Captain Frome, R.E., and at the end of the ‘forties’ surveyed a road through the 120 mile scrub desert between the Murray River, near Lake Alexandra, and the Tatitara country. This subsequently, in 1850, became the highway to the Victorian Goldfields, effecting a saving of some seventy-five miles, as compared with the old Mount Gambier Road. Mr. Bellairs, after the action at the Eureka Stockade, took cypher despatches for the officer in charge of the Ballarat military encampment—a Major Thomas—to General Macarthur, whom he found encamped at Ballan, on his way with reinforcements to support that officer. About 1862 Mr. Bellairs returned to New Zealand, and was engaged by the Government in making surveys under the late Major Heaphy, during active operations in the Waikato.” Mr. Bellairs was married in Tasmania in 1855 to the second daughter of Mr. H. Priaulx, Assistant Commissary General of that colony.
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
The Priaulx family.
Busy with Guernsey and the Priaulx family still not all information was in this blog.
So lets start from the beginning.
Nicholas Priaulx had a son Henry Priaulx in Southampton.
Henry Priaulx married Amelia Hide in 1828.
They went together to Tasminia where their children were born.
Henry William Priaulx born 1 DEC 1830 Tasmania, Australia and died in 1858
Emily Hannah Priaulx born 12 SEP 1832 Tasmania, Australia who married William Heath Vlieland
Maria Margaret Priaulx born 31 JUL 1833 Tasmania, Australia who married Eugene Bellairs.
Clarinda Elizabeth Priaulx born 03 JUN 1835 Tasmania, Australia
Louisa Priaulx born 26 OCT 1836 Tasmania, Australia
Priaulx
Marianne Helen Priaulx 19 jan 1839
Elizabeth Chapelier Priaulx 22 Nov 1843
Official sources give different dates for the births !
Henry became the Assistant Commissariat General based in Hobart.
He returned to Guernsey after the death of Amelia Hide in February 8th, 1855 with 5 unmarried daughters.
Amelia died in 1853 in Hobart as did his son Henry William George at Sandy Bay in 1858.
He also worked in the Commissariat Department.
One daughter remained in Tasmania, Maria Margaret Priaulx who married at the beautiful St George’s Church in Hobart at the end of January 1855 Eugene Bellairs, surveyor and explorer, and she died in New Zealand
Two children were born to Eugene and Maria at Launceston, Adele Marie Louise in 1859 and Henry Eugene in 1861.
Eugene’s mother and another sister, Mira Elizabeth Georgiana, also emigrated as both died in Tasmania.
In 1862 Eugene returned to work in New Zealand for the British Government where four more children were born. Unfortunately, all of his offspring either died in
infancy or did not marry so there are no direct descendants today.
Eugene passed away 23rd September 1898 at Parnell,
Auckland. A photograph is in the 1902 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Vol.2.
Another daughter of Henry and Amalia is Emily Hannah Priaulx
Who married William Heath Vlieland
He was the executor of the will of Henry Priaulx who then lived at Linden cottage, West hill
The jointly started a school ,but went bancrupt.
Emily Hannah Priaulx died in Ulverston still being a teacher .
Henry Priaulx had a difficult time in Tasmania .
During his commissariat of Tasmania a lot went on .
click to read the story.
Mutiny at Deloraine: Ganging and Convict Resistance
in 1840s Van Diemen’s Land.by Tom Dunning and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart
Surname: PRIANLY
Given Names: ELIZABETH CHAPELIER
Event: Birth
Father/Spouse Surname: HENRY
Mother/Spouse Given Names: HYDE AMELIA
Day: 22
Month: 11
Year: 1843
Age:
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: LAUNCESTON
Registration Number: 1764/1843
Reference: RGD 33
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: CLARINDA ELIZABETH
Event: Baptism
Father/Spouse Surname: HENRY
Mother/Spouse Given Names: AMELIA
Day: 28
Month: 12
Year: 1834
Age:
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: LAUNCESTON
Registration Number: 6447/1835
Reference: RGD 32
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: EMILY HANNAH
Event: Baptism
Father/Spouse Surname: HENRY
Mother/Spouse Given Names: AMELIA
Day: 31
Month: 12
Year: 1831
Age:
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: LAUNCESTON
Registration Number: 4540/1832
Reference: RGD 32
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: Name Not Recorded
Event: Birth
Father/Spouse Surname: HENRY
Mother/Spouse Given Names: HYDE SARAH
Day: 00
Month: 1
Year: 1839
Age:
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: LAUNCESTON
Registration Number: 44/1839
Reference: RGD 33
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: HENRY WILLIAM GEORGE
Event: Baptism
Father/Spouse Surname: HENRY
Mother/Spouse Given Names: AMELIA
Day: 03
Month: 9
Year: 1830
Age:
Sex: M
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: LAUNCESTON
Registration Number: 3634/1830
Reference: RGD 32
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: LILLIAN
Event: Birth
Father/Spouse Surname: ROBERT EDWARD
Mother/Spouse Given Names: FREEMAN MARGARET JEAN
Day: 30
Month: 3
Year: 1896
Age:
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: HOBART
Registration Number: 257/1896
Reference: RGD 33
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: LOUISA
Event: Baptism
Father/Spouse Surname: HENRY
Mother/Spouse Given Names: AMELIA
Day: 15
Month: 9
Year: 1836
Age:
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: LAUNCESTON
Registration Number: 7194/1836
Reference: RGD 32
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: MARIA MARGARET
Event: Baptism
Father/Spouse Surname: HENRY
Mother/Spouse Given Names: AMELIA
Day: 06
Month: 6
Year: 1833
Age:
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: LAUNCESTON
Registration Number: 5045/1833
Reference: RGD 32
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: MARIANNE HELEN HANNA
Event: Baptism
Father/Spouse Surname: HENRY
Mother/Spouse Given Names: AMELIA
Day: 19
Month: 1
Year: 1839
Age:
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: LAUNCESTON
Registration Number: 308/1839
Reference: RGD 32
Surname: PRIAULT
Given Names: AMELIA
Event: Death
Father/Spouse Surname:
Mother/Spouse Given Names:
Day: 11
Month: 11
Year: 1853
Age: 45
Sex: F
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: HOBART
Registration Number: 609/1853
Reference: RGD 35
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: HENRY W G
Event: Death
Father/Spouse Surname:
Mother/Spouse Given Names:
Day: 06
Month: 9
Year: 1858
Age: 29
Sex: M
Spouse Age:
Spouse Sex:
Registration Place: HOBART
Registration Number: 1096/1858
Reference: RGD 35
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: MARIA MARGARET
Event: Marriage
Father/Spouse Surname: BELLAIRS
Mother/Spouse Given Names: EUGENE
Day: 31
Month: 1
Year: 1855
Age: Adult
Sex: F
Spouse Age: Adult
Spouse Sex: M
Registration Place: HOBART
Registration Number: 223/1855
Reference: RGD 37
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: MARTHA
Event: Marriage
Father/Spouse Surname: GRIFFIN
Mother/Spouse Given Names: JOHN
Day: 04
Month: 11
Year: 1858
Age: Adult
Sex: F
Spouse Age: Adult
Spouse Sex: M
Registration Place: HOBART
Registration Number: 466/1858
Reference: RGD 37
Surname: PRIAULX
Given Names: ROBERT EDWARD
Event: Marriage
Father/Spouse Surname: FREEMAN
Mother/Spouse Given Names: MARGARET JEAN
Day: 05
Month: 6
Year: 1888
Age: 31
Sex: M
Spouse Age: 22
Spouse Sex: F
Registration Place: HOBART
Registration Number: 203/1888
Reference: RGD 37
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