Ada Mary Lavinia Shimmield1,2

(1864 - 1942)
Ada's birth was registered between April 1864 and June 1864 in Horsham, Sussex.3

She married George William Hobbs in New Zealand in 1903.4

She was widowed on the death of her husband George on 17 January 1912.5,6

Ada died on 13 June 1942 in Canterbury.7,8 She was buried on 15 June 1942 at the Linwood Cemetery.8
Grave - George W HOBBS (1850-1912) and Ada (nee SHIMMIELD)(1864-1942), Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ

Family 1

Child

Family 2

George William Hobbs (1850 - 1912)

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage: Reg. No. 1903/3886.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1942/22029.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, District of Horsham, Vol 2b, p269, 2Q1864, mother's maiden name LANGLEY, under surname of SHIMIELD.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1903/3886.
  5. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Linwood cemetery, block 24, plot 91, aged 63, years in NZ 48, blacksmith.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1912/3443, aged 63.
  7. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1942/22029, aged 78.
  8. [S419] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database, at https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/, Linwood cemetery, block 24, plot 91, aged 78, years in NZ 70, widow.
  9. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1884/12299, no father recorded.

Thomas Pescini Shimmield1

(1884 - 1885)
Mother*Ada Mary Lavinia Shimmield1 b. 1864, d. 1942
Thomas Pescini Shimmield was born in New Zealand in 1884.1

Thomas died in 1885 in New Zealand.2

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1884/12299, no father recorded.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1885/1423, aged 10mths.

(--?--) Shimpleton

He married Sarah Moffat.

Family

Sarah Moffat
Child

Sarah Ann Shimpleton1

(1862 - 1939)
Father*(--?--) Shimpleton
Mother*Sarah Moffat2
Sarah Ann Shimpleton was born on 31 May 1862. Sarah's origins are unclear - the name 'SHIMPLETON' is extremely rare and may actually be a corruption of a simpler name; there is some suggestion she was born in Tasmania but no records have been found to support this.2

She married William (Bill, also Samuel) Williams, son of Samuel Williams and Ann Mahoney, in Kumara, Westland, on 24 December 1879. Given Sarah's age, her mother provided a consent form for the marriage.1,2

She was widowed at age 74 on the death of her husband William on 10 July 1936.2,3

Sarah died on 23 June 1939 in Greymouth, Westland, at age 77.2,4 She was buried at the Karoro Cemetery in Greymouth.5

Family

William (Bill, also Samuel) Williams (1856 - 1936)
Children

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1879/2990; listed as 'Samuel and Sarah', rather than William.
  2. [S580] Book - Nola Towgood, Samuel Williams.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1936/18599, aged 81 (age suspect).
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1939/15059, aged 77.
  5. [S580] Book - Nola Towgood, Samuel Williams, New Church of England ground, Family Grave, plot 321.
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1880/14229, daughter to Samuel and Sarah.
  7. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1882/3302, son to Samuel and Sarah Ann.
  8. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1884/729, son to Samuel and Sarah Ann.
  9. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1885/7040, son to Samuel and Sarah Ann.
  10. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1887/2154, daughter to Samuel and Sara Ann.
  11. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1891/14793, daughter to William and Sarah.
  12. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1895/1525, son to William and Sarah.
  13. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1896/12151, son to William and Sarah.

Elizabeth Rennie Shirra1,2

(1855 - 1888)
Elizabeth Rennie Shirra was born in High Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1855.3,2

She married Archibald Mason Adam, son of Robert Adam and Jean Mason, in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1877.3,1

She was listed in the 1881 census at Kirk Hill House, Cross of Kippen in Kippen, Stirlingshire, with her husband Archibald; he was a meat salesman. Their children Janet and Robert were listed as living with them.3

Elizabeth died in 1888 in Shettleston, Lanarkshire.4

Family

Archibald Mason Adam (1850 - )
Children

Citations

  1. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, District of Dennistoun, Statutory Marriages, GRO 644/03 0148.
  2. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, District of High Church, Statutory Births, GRO 644/02 0958.
  3. [S116] Census - 3 Apr 1881, UK Census, Scottish GRO 484/00 001/00 014.
  4. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, District of Shettleston, Statutory Deaths, GRO 622/02 0027, aged 32.

Isabella Ellen Shirriffs

(1872 - 1905)
Isabella Ellen Shirriffs was born in Blenheim, Marlborough, on 25 June 1872.1

She married Joseph William Bates in Sydney, New South Wales, on 8 July 1902.2

Isabella died on 22 October 1905 in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, at age 33.3,4 She was buried in October 1905 at the Hastings Cemetery in Hastings.5
Grave - Joseph William BATES (1873-1945) and his wives Isabella Ellen (nee SHIRRIFS)(1872-1905), Maxwell Forfar Hutton (nee MOODIE)(1876-1976) Hastings, NZ

Family

Joseph William Bates (1873 - 1945)
Child

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1872/23568, dau of William and Wiliamina SHIRRIFFS.
  2. [S928] BDM NSW Registry, marriage record, Reg. No. 5802/1902.
  3. [S1274] Newspaper - New Zealand Gazette, Deceased Persons Estates 1880-1905, for Feb 1906, p752 (although date is given incorrectly as 22 Nov).
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1905/7109, aged 34 with date of 22 Oct 1905.
  5. [S1275] Hastings Cemeteries database, at https://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/services/hastings-cemeteries/…, Ref 503815, plot F/#/173; date of death incorrect (but matches headstone).
  6. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1904/19888, dau of Joseph William and Ina Sinclair BATES.

Noreen Ida Short1

(1908 - 1982)
Noreen Ida Short was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, on 15 January 1908, the daughter of William and Margaret SHORT.2,3

She married John Leonard Brown in Queensland on 1 October 1930.4

She was widowed at age 58 on the death of her husband John in May 1966.

Noreen died on 19 July 1982 at home in Wahroonga, New South Wales, at age 74.5,6,3 She was buried on 21 July 1982 at the Macquarie Park Cemetery in Nth Ryde.7

Family

John Leonard Brown (1898 - 1966)
Child

Citations

  1. [S183] National Archives Film - Queensland BDM Indexes, Microfilm.
  2. [S183] National Archives Film - Queensland BDM Indexes, Microfilm, Reg. No. 1908/008841 to Albert William Frederick SHORT and Margaret Mary MORRAN.
  3. [S927] BDM NSW Registry, death record, Reg. No. 17253/1982.
  4. [S183] National Archives Film - Queensland BDM Indexes, Microfilm, Ref. No. 1930/B009288.
  5. [S396] Ryerson Index to Australian Newspaper Death and Obituary Notices, at http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm, Sydney Morning Heral of 21 Jul 1982.
  6. [S493] Macquarie Park Cemetery database, at https://nmclm.com.au/locations/macquarie-park/
  7. [S493] Macquarie Park Cemetery database, at https://nmclm.com.au/locations/macquarie-park/, Roman Catholic Lawn, Block 14, position 523.

Bessie Rebie Shroff1

(1926 - 2017)
Father*Frederick Clarke Shroff1 b. 1902, d. 1985
Mother*Gertrude Mary (Truda) Molony1 b. 1903, d. 1980
Bessie Rebie Shroff was born in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, on 16 December 1926.2,1,3

She married Colin Trevor Stewart in Tauranga on 28 August 1948.2,1,4

She was widowed at age 38 on the death of her husband Colin on 26 January 1965.2,1

Bessie's second marriage was to Ronald Bettjeman on 21 June 1969 in Tauranga.2,1

She was widowed at age 89 on the death of her husband Ronald on 20 November 2016.5,6,7

Bessie died on 23 September 2017 at Devonport Palms Home in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, at age 90.8,9

Family 1

Colin Trevor Stewart (1925 - 1965)

Family 2

Ronald Bettjeman (1926 - 2016)
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S312] Electronic Files - A Robinson, and subsequent correspondence.
  2. [S265] Book - Edgar T. Jones, George & Martha Clarke Family Tree, p15.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 2017/26629 gives this birthdate.
  4. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 11635.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 2016/31046.
  6. [S1131] MemoryTree NZ, at https://www.amemorytree.co.nz/index.php
  7. [S863] Newspaper - New Zealand Herald, issue of 22 Nov 2016, Deaths.
  8. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 2017/26629.
  9. [S863] Newspaper - New Zealand Herald, issue of 25 Sep 2015, Deaths.

Bruce Frederick Shroff1

(1934 - 1996)
Father*Frederick Clarke Shroff2 b. 1902, d. 1985
Mother*Gertrude Mary (Truda) Molony2 b. 1903, d. 1980
Bruce Frederick Shroff was born on 16 June 1934.3,4

Bruce died in 1996 in New Zealand.1
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1996/39894.
  2. [S312] Electronic Files - A Robinson, and subsequent correspondence.
  3. [S265] Book - Edgar T. Jones, George & Martha Clarke Family Tree, p16.
  4. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1996/39894 gives this birthdate.

Claude Leicester Shroff1

(1907 - 1968)
Father*Mortimer William Shroff1 b. 1874, d. 1965
Mother*Bessie Martha Rhoda Clarke1 b. 1866, d. 1939
Claude Leicester Shroff was born in Auckland on 17 March 1907.2,1,3

He married Margaret Ellen Copsey at St Pauls, Symonds St in Auckland on 24 April 1937.2,1,4

Claude died in 1968 in Auckland.2,1,5

Family

Margaret Ellen Copsey (1908 - 1991)
Child
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S312] Electronic Files - A Robinson, and subsequent correspondence.
  2. [S265] Book - Edgar T. Jones, George & Martha Clarke Family Tree, p16.
  3. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Birth Reg. No. 1907/10494.
  4. [S443] CD - NZ Marriages, CD - NZ Marriages 1836-1956 V2, NZ Registrar General's Folio 4178.
  5. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1968/37320, aged 61.