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Leonard Travers Pickmere was born in New Zealand on 1 December 1881.^2,1,3

He married Harriette Eva Radcliffe in New Zealand in 1911.^2,1,4,5

Leonard died on 17 April 1963 in New Zealand at age 81.^2,1,6

Louie Selina Pickmere was born in Mangonui on 31 May 1877.^2,1,3

She married Edward Langford Gavey in New Zealand in 1914.^4,1,5,6

Louie died in 1933 in New Zealand.^4,1,7 She was buried at the St Marks Cemetery in Remuera.^8,1

Marguerita Blomfield Pickmere was born in Auckland on 31 July 1879.^1,2

She was one of the first women in New Zealand to gain an honours degree, taking a first in Latin and English at Auckland University College in 1902.¹

She married Alan Edward Mulgan, son of Edward Ker Mulgan and Frances Maria Johnston, in Auckland on 9 April 1907.^3,1,4,5

She was widowed at age 83 on the death of her husband Alan on 29 August 1962.^6,1,7

Marguerita died on 2 June 1965 in Wellington at age 85.^8,1,9 She was buried on 4 June 1965 at the Karori Cemetery.¹⁰

Marguerite Eva Pickmere was born in Whangarei, Northland, on 8 May 1898.^1,2

Marguerite died on 10 July 1904 in Whangarei, Northland, at age 6 from kidney failure and nephritis.^1,3

Olga Serena Pickmere was born in Whangarei, Northland, on 22 May 1900.^1,2

She married Joseph Webster Crompton, son of Henry Jardine Crompton and Louisa Isabella Jennings, at Whangarei Anglican Church. in Whangarei, Northland, on 7 May 1925.^3,1,4,5

Olga died on 20 August 1957 in Te Aroha, Waikato, at age 57.^6,1,7 She was buried at the Te Aroha Cemetery in Te Aroha.⁸

Ralph Pickmere was born in Warrington, Lancashire, on 17 October 1826.^2,1 and was baptised on 29 December 1826 at St Elphin's Church in Warrington.^3,1

He arrived aboard the Mermaid in 1859, having run away from home and roamed in Canada and Australia before coming to New Zealand. He supposedly also inherited wealth, approx £3,000 from an aunt in England.
He lived at 'Pukepoto' near Ahipara in the 1860's then moved to Mangatete, now called Kaiangaroa, near Kaitaia, and later to Remuera, Auckland.¹

He married Serena Hannah Matthews, daughter of Richard Matthews and Johanna Sarah Blomfield, in Awanui, north of Kaitaia, in 1861.^4,1,5,6

Ralph died on 13 April 1901 in Remuera, Auckland, at age 74.^7,1,8 He was buried in April 1901 at the St Marks Cemetery in Remuera.^9,1,10

Ralph Arnold (Rafe) Pickmere was born in Te Aroha on 20 June 1911.^2,1

He was in Britain when WWII broke out but served in Egypt and Libya with the 8 NZ Field Company, including at the Battle of El Alamein. He was awarded the Military Cross on 17 Jun 1943, as a Lieutenant.^3,4

He married Rhoda Florence Norah Ross in Bromley, Kent, on 21 September 1940.^5,6,1

In civilian life he was an architect, and designed Greenlane and the National Woman's Hospital, also the AMP Building on the corner of Queen & Victoria Streets, Auckland. This was one of the first high-rise buildings in Auckland.¹

Ralph died on 7 November 1984 in New Zealand at age 73.^1,7 He was buried at the Waikumete Cemetery in Waitakere.^6,1

Stella Maude Pickmere was born in Whangarei, Northland, on 20 March 1902.^1,2

She married John Alexander McLeod Saunders, son of Thomas Alexander Saunders and Elizabeth Brimner, at St Andrews in Epsom, Auckland, on 16 October 1935.^1,3

Stella died on 27 October 1979 in Whangarei, Northland, at age 77.^4,5 She was cremated at the Maunu crematorium, Cemetery Rd in Whangarei on 31 October 1979.⁵

He married Fanny Travers in Warrington, Lancashire, on 29 April 1791.^2,3

Irene Picot was born in Alderney, Channel Islands.

She married Ernest W. Sarre, son of Peter James Sarre and Mary Jehan.