Douglas Pratt Simpson-8036 was born about 1890. He married Hilda Simons-8029 in New Plymouth. Douglas was employed as Farmer.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
BIRTH date estimated by me from that of spouse.
Hilda Simons-8029 [Parents] was born on 29 Sep 1893 in Waipuku, New Zealand. She died 1 on 2 Apr 1973 in Rangimarie Home, David St., New Plymouth, New Zealand. She was buried on 5 Apr 1973 in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. She married Douglas Pratt Simpson-8036 in New Plymouth.
Other marriages:West, Ernest Owen
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
Ernest Owen West-8037 was born about 1890. He married Hilda Simons-8029 in New Plymouth.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
BIRTH date estimated by me from that of spouse.
Hilda Simons-8029 [Parents] was born on 29 Sep 1893 in Waipuku, New Zealand. She died 1 on 2 Apr 1973 in Rangimarie Home, David St., New Plymouth, New Zealand. She was buried on 5 Apr 1973 in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. She married Ernest Owen West-8037 in New Plymouth.
Other marriages:Simpson, Douglas Pratt
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
Charles Arthur Batt-8038 was born about 1895. He married Elsie Simons-8030 in New Plymouth. Charles was employed as Schoolteacher.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
BIRTH date estimated by me from that of spouse.
Elsie Simons-8030 [Parents] was born on 21 Aug 1895 in Stratford, New Zealand. She died 1 on 29 Jun 1970 in Mater Private Hospital, Epsom, New Zealand. She was buried on 1 Jul 1970 in Purewa, New Zealand. She married Charles Arthur Batt-8038 in New Plymouth.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand. She was cremated
Claude Petch-8039 was born about 1895. He married Ida Murial Simons-8031 in Patea.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
BIRTH date estimated by me from that of spouse.
Ida Murial Simons-8031 [Parents] was born on 11 Jul 1898 in Ratapiko, New Zealand. She died 1 on 26 Jul 1972 in 6 Puriri Ave., Te Puki, New Zealand. She was buried on 28 Jul 1973 in Tauranga, New Zealand. She married Claude Petch-8039 in Patea.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand. She was cremated.
Harold Vincent Simons-8032 [Parents] was born on 4 Nov 1899. He married Blanch McCord-8040.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
Blanch McCord-8040 was born on 25 Sep 1900. She married Harold Vincent Simons-8032.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
Robert Henry Benefield-8042 [Parents] was born on 8 Apr 1889 in Midhurst, New Zealand. He died 1 on 19 Jan 1958 in Public Hospital, New Plymouth, New Zealand. He was buried on 21 Jan 1958 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. He married Alice Emily Shultz-8047 in Wanganui. Robert joined religion in Methodist. He was employed as Farmer.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand. A farmer.
Alice Emily Shultz-8047 was born on 1 Jan 1892. She died on 14 May 1967. She married Robert Henry Benefield-8042 in Wanganui.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
William Arthur Benefield-8043 [Parents] was born on 11 May 1890 in Bulls, New Zealand. He died 1 on 7 Nov 1973 in Public Hospital, Stratford, New Zealand. He was buried on 9 Nov 1973 in Kopuatama, New Zealand. He married Alice May Jordan-8048 in 1912 in Egmont Village. William was employed as Council Foreman.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand. No Children.
Alice May Jordan-8048 was born about 1890. She died about 1994. She married William Arthur Benefield-8043 in 1912 in Egmont Village.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand. From a Taranaki newspaper. Taranaki's oldest person, Alice (May)
Benefield, died last Wednesday at the Eventide Home in Eltham in her 104th year. Mrs Benefield was a remarkable person. In the 1890s she was brought up on a farm near Egmont Village with her seven brothers and sisters. When asked if she remembered the arrival of the motor car, her reply was "too right I do. Someone would shout 'here comes a car' and all us kids would rush down the road for a look." Her father couldn't afford horses so the kids would walk to the Wortley Road School. They all helped milk the cows by hand and took the cream to the factory by pony and trap. In 1912 she married and she and her husband William went farming on Kent Road. "You get on with the ploughing and I'll do the milking," May would say. William, who was a foreman for the Stratford County Council, died in 1973. May lived on her own and at 99 was still living alone and cutting her own firewood. In 1989 she broke her hip and moved into Eventide. She celebrated her 101st and 103rd birthdays by hand milking a cow at the home. She died peacefully at the home last Wednesday and is survived by a sister, Bessie Bray of Stratford.BIRTH and DEATH dates estimated by me from above.
John Herbert Powell-8049 was born about 1895. He married Maida Madona Mary Benefield-8045 in Wanganui.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
BIRTH date estimated by me from that of spouse.
Maida Madona Mary Benefield-8045 [Parents] was born in 1896 in Midhurst, New Zealand. She died 1 on 17 Jul 1966 in Public Hospital, New Plymouth, New Zealand. She was buried on 19 Jul 1966 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. She married John Herbert Powell-8049 in Wanganui.
DATA from Roy Simons of New Zealand.
Thomas Powell-4565 was born before 1877. He died in 1910. He married Cinderella Tite-4920 on 4 Oct 1897 in Bundamba, QLD, Queensland, Australia.
INFORMATION from Suzanne Barney of Queensland.
Cinderella Tite-4920 [Parents] was born in 1881 in , England. She died on 9 May 1957 in Bundamba, Queensland, Australia. She married Thomas Powell-4565 on 4 Oct 1897 in Bundamba, QLD, Queensland, Australia.
INFORMATION from Suzanne Barney of Queensland.
They had the following children:
M i Henry James Powell-5030 was born on 14 Jan 1898. He died on 30 Jun 1954 in Ipswich, QLD, Australia. He was buried on 1 Jul 1954 in Ipswich, QLD, Australia.
INFORMATION from Suzanne Barney of Queensland.M ii Leonard Baden Powell-4984 was born on 15 Nov 1900. He died on 31 Mar 1971 in Ipswich, QLD, Australia.
INFORMATION from Suzanne Barney of Queensland.F iii Estelle Elizabeth Powell-5028
Bernard Everding-4983 died on 17 Jan 1944. He was buried in 1944 in Ipswich, QLD, Australia.
INFORMATION from Suzanne Barney of Queensland.
He had the following children:
F i Esmeralda Everding-4982 F ii Gladys Everding-5045 was born about 1920. She died in 1995.
INFORMATION from Suzanne Barney of Queensland.M iii Bert Everding-4841 died before 4 May 1988.
INFORMATION from Suzanne Barney of Queensland.