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George Thomas Crombie was born on 5 November 1922.¹

He married Kathleen Maxwell Moodie, daughter of George Moodie and Maud Kathleen Lee Hotop.

He was widowed at age 63 on the death of his wife Kathleen on 23 July 1986.^2,3

George died on 29 April 1990 in Wellington at age 67.^4,5 He was cremated at the Karori Crematorium on 3 May 1990.⁵ His ashes were buried on 7 May 1990 at Karori Cemetery.⁶

Diana Vivienne Crompton was born on 22 July 1931.^2,1

Diana died on 15 December 1998 in Auckland at age 67.^3,1

Henry Jardine Crompton was born in Stourbridge, Shropshire, on 1 September 1840.^3,4,2

He married Louisa Isabella Jennings in Motueka, Nelson, on 2 June 1880, the marriage performed by the Rev. S. Poole M.A.^5,6,7

Henry died on 17 January 1906 in Omata, New Plymouth, at age 65.^8,9,10 He was buried on 19 January 1906 at the Waireka Cemetery in Omata.^8,3,1,11

Joseph Webster Crompton was born in New Zealand on 25 April 1900. He was the fourth son of Henry Jardine CROMPTON & Louisa Isabel Clara JENNINGS.^2,3

He studied at Seddon Technical College night school and after an apprenticeship at J.C. Sharlands in Auckland, registered as a pharmicist in 1922 and moved to Whangarei where he worked for Frank Reed. Most of his career was spent in Te Aroha, where he owned a pharmacy and served as a JP and the local coroner for many years. His early interest was sailing, and with his brother-in-law Hereward Pickmere he helped build the prototype of the P-Class yacht in Whangarei.²

He married Olga Serena Pickmere, daughter of Arthur Ranulph Pickmere and Edith Mary Wilson, at Whangarei Anglican Church. in Whangarei, Northland, on 7 May 1925.^4,1,5,6

He was widowed at age 57 on the death of his wife Olga on 20 August 1957.^2,1,7

Joseph died on 9 October 1991 in Auckland at age 91.^8,1,9 He was buried on 12 October 1991 at the St Johns in East Tamaki.^8,1

Margaret Wendy Crompton was born on 21 December 1927.^2,1

She married Brian William Gordon at St Mark's Church in Te Aroha on 12 August 1957.^3,1

Margaret died on 5 June 1988 in New Plymouth at age 60.^4,1 She was buried at the Awanui Cemetery in New Plymouth.¹

Charles Crosby was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 29 June 1861.¹

Charles died on 10 July 1861 in Melbourne, Victoria.^2,3

Ella Mary Crosby was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1875.^2,1

She married Arthur Hopkins Clarke, son of George Clarke and Martha Clarke Hopkins, in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1899.²

She was widowed on the death of her husband Arthur on 25 April 1944.³

Ella died in 1954 in Hobart, Tasmania. She was buried on 27 July 1954 at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery in Hobart.⁴

Emmeline Wallace Crosby was born in Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria, on 11 September 1866.^1,2

Emmeline died on 6 February 1933 in Melbourne, Victoria, at age 66.^1,2

Florence Jane Crosby was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1857.¹

Florence died on 24 December 1863 in Melbourne, Victoria.^2,3

Rupert Edward Crosby was born in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, circa 1879.¹

Rupert died on 24 July 1916 in Melbourne, Victoria.^1,2