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Patricia Jocelyn Davis Richardson was born on 25 January 1920.^1,2

She married Lyall Arthur Williams, son of Arthur Henry Williams and Mary Baird Armstrong.

She was widowed at age 71 on the death of her husband Lyall on 24 September 1991.^3,4,5,6

Patricia died on 11 December 1993 in Christchurch, Canterbury, at age 73.^7,8,2 She was buried on 14 December 1993 at the Memorial Park, Cnr Cypress St & Ruru Rd.⁷

He was baptised in St Austell, Cornwall, on 5 November 1774.²

He married Susanna Curties in St Mellion, Cornwall, on 5 May 1795.³

James died in 1830 in Cornwall.⁴ He was buried on 25 March 1830 in St Austell.⁴

She was baptised in St Mellion, Cornwall, on 8 July 1804.³

She married Thomas Hodge Wymond Nanscawen, son of (--?--) Nanscawen and Elizabeth (---?---), in St Mellion, Cornwall, on 26 April 1822.⁴

She was listed in the 1841 census in St Mellion, Cornwall, with her husband Thomas; he was a publican. Their child Jane was listed with them, also her siblings William, Susanna, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Maria plus Susanna Rickard (65) and William (30). The Rickards appear to be Susanna's mother (also Susanna) and a brother.⁵

She was listed in the 1851 census in St Mellion, Cornwall, with her husband Thomas; he now claimed to be a victualer (rather than publican) and their children Mary, Sarah, Maria and Anna were also present.⁶

Susanna died on 23 August 1852 in St Mellion, Cornwall, at age 48.^7,8

James Percy (Boz) Ridings was born in Nelson in 1860.^1,2

He married Jessie Morris, daughter of Arthur William Morris and Janet (Jessie) Moodie, at First Church in Dunedin, Otago, on 8 December 1891.^3,1,4,5

He was educated at Auckland Grammar School before joining the Customs Dept in 1876. He served in Auckland and Wellington before being appointed Landing waiter in Dunedin in 1888, and in Oamaru in 1895. In 1899 he was appointed Collector for Hokitika, later Dunedin and then Collector of Customs, Auckland.²

James died on 19 January 1947 in Remuera, Auckland.^6,7 He was cremated at the Waikumete Cemetery in Waitakere on 21 January 1947, and his ashes scattered.⁷

Jessie May Ridings was born in Auckland on 7 April 1893.¹

She was named as a beneficiary of the will of James Howe Morris dated 18 July 1910 in Timaru, Canterbury.²

Jessie died on 21 May 1980 in Auckland at age 87.^3,4 She was cremated at the Purewa Cemetery on 23 May 1980.⁵

Paul Alexander Riley was born in Acton, Middlesex, on 20 January 1920.^2,3
He was listed in the 1921 census at 51 Myrtle Rd in Acton, Middlesex, with his father George (an electrical engineer with the County of London Electric Supply Co.) mother Minnie Ellen and sisters Margaret (11) and Minnie (8).³

He married Eileen Lily Forsaith, daughter of Arthur William Forsaith and Lily Cammegh, in Rochford, Essex, on 6 March 1944.^1,4

Paul died in August 1994 in Southend, Essex, at age 74.⁵

Geoffrey Morton Ring was born in Gladstone, South Australia, on 11 April 1917.²

He married Margaret Jean Golder, daughter of Earnest James Golder and Ruth Forsaith, at St Peter's College Chapel in Adelaide, South Australia, on 29 March 1941.¹

Geoffrey died on 11 January 2013 in South Australia at age 95.³ He was cremated at the Enfield Memorial Park and Crematorium in Clearview on 17 January 2013.⁴

Hanora Riordan was born in Cork, Co. Cork, on 25 August 1927.^2,3

Hanora's marriage to Frederick Ian Forsaith, son of Frederick Leslie Forsaith and Phyllis Agnes Pennock, was registered between October 1952 and December 1952 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.¹

Hanora died on 24 August 1976 in Worthing, Sussex, at age 48.^4,5

Her will was probated in Brighton, Sussex, on 1 October 1976 with her estate valued at £1935.⁵

Kenneth Douglas Roadley was born in Auckland on 15 August 1920.^1,2

He married Gwendolline Evelyn Mary Matthews, daughter of Kenneth Lionel Matthews and Kathleen Marella Clarke, in Auckland on 29 June 1946.^1,3,4

Kenneth died on 3 May 2009 in Whangarei, Northland, at age 88.^5,6

Shirley Jean Roadley was born in Auckland on 22 September 1915.^1,2

She married Mervyn Wyatt Matthews, son of Kenneth Lionel Matthews and Kathleen Marella Clarke, at St Matthew's in Auckland on 12 July 1941.^1,3,4

She was widowed on the death of her husband Mervyn in 2001.⁵

Shirley died in 2006 in New Zealand.⁶