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Frank Berry Standish was born in Chelsea, London, Middlesex, on 10 March 1860.^2,3

He was the son of Mary Elizabeth BERRY and William STANDISH, a Yorkshire born artist who specialised in animal painting - his grandfather John Standish (c.1767-1850) was also an artist. His mother died in 1868 aged 51 years, and in 1880 his father, then aged 65, was sentenced to five years penal servitude for robbery. This seems likely to have been the catalyst for his emigration to New Zealand, as by 1880 Frank Berry Standish was living at "Longbeach" near Ashburton, and the Wakanui Electoral Roll for that year shows his occupation as 'artist'.
In about 1885 he when into partnership in Christchurch with Alfred Ernest PREECE as a photographer.⁴

He married Eleanora Gordon Cross, daughter of Frederick Cross and Elizabeth Smith, at Holy Trinity Church in Christchurch, Canterbury, on 11 September 1888.^1,5

The partnership with Alfred PREECE was dissolved on 17 March 1890 and Frank left Christchurch to live in California, with his wife and daughter following in 1891. By 1900 they were living in San Francisco with Frank employed as a newspaper artist, and by 1910 the family were living in Alameda, California where he was employed as an advertising artist.⁴

Frank died on 30 August 1944 in Alameda, California, at age 84.³

George Lyttledyke Stanton was born circa 1841. (birth date based on age at death).

He married Caroline Madelene Matthews, daughter of Richard Matthews and Johanna Sarah Blomfield, in New Zealand in 1867.^3,4

He was widowed on the death of his wife Caroline in 1926.⁵

George died in 1929 in New Zealand.⁶

He married Isabella Eleanor Nash in New Zealand circa 1925.¹

Adele Margaret Edith Stevens was born in Cuttack, Bengal, on 4 November 1874.¹ and was baptised on 10 January 1875 in Cuttack.¹
She was listed as the grand-daughter of Deborah Hannah Blomfield in the 1881 Census at Marwood House in Honiton, Devon.²
She was attending the Edjarta House School at St Sidwell at the time of the 1891 UK census as a boarder, with her sister Ethel. This was a small school of only 10 pupils, under Frances HALLORAN, school-mistress.³

She married William Menzies Coldstream, son of William Coldstream and Fanny Caroline George Anson, at St Paul's Cathedral in Calcutta, Bengal, on 29 July 1897.⁴

She was widowed at age 69 on the death of her husband William on 10 November 1943.^5,6

She was appointed executrix of William Menzies Coldstream's estate on 15 February 1944.⁶

Algernon Francis Stevens was born in Shahabad, Bengal, on 30 August 1869.^2,1 and was baptised on 29 November 1869 in Shahabad.¹
The siblings Algernon, Nina, Arthur and Henry were listed in the 1881 census at Broomhills in Honiton, Devon, with their mother Mary Anne Caroline Turner.²

He married Evelyn Alice Carter in Coonoor, Madras, on 26 January 1899.³

He was a Captain in the Indian Medical Service c1899-1904.^4,5

Algernon died on 20 August 1922 in Caya at age 52 of cholera.⁶

Algernon Sidney Stevens was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, in 1855.^1,2,3
The siblings Fanny and Algernon were listed in the 1861 census at 19 Chesterhouse St (a lodging house) in St Sepulchre, London, Middlesex, with their father Charles Green Stevens.²
He was listed as the brother of Fanny Maria Stevens in the 1871 Census at 19 Church St, St Mary's in Warwick, Warwickshire, and was an Oxford under-graduate.³

Algernon died on 30 December 1876 in Weston-Super-Mare, Axbridge, Somerset, of tuberculosis.^4,1

Alice's birth was registered in 1881 in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.¹

Alice's marriage to Harold Stuart Scott was registered in 1905 in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.²

She was named as a beneficiary of the will of Joseph Nisbet Stevens, her father, dated 2 September 1920 at 11 Erica Ave in East Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria; she was to inherit £150 from his life insurance and the residue of the estate shared equally with her mother and siblings. However, in a codicil dated 14 Aug 1922, the estate residue was directed solely in favour of her mother.³

Alice died in 1951 in Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales.⁴

Alice's birth was registered between January 1859 and March 1859 in Kings Norton, Birmingham, Warwickshire.^1,3,2
She was listed as the sister of Fanny Maria Stevens in the 1871 Census at 19 Church St, St Mary's in Warwick, Warwickshire.³
The siblings Fanny, Emily, Alice and Hannah were listed in the 1881 census at Marwood House in Honiton, Devon, with their mother Deborah Hannah Blomfield.⁴
The siblings Fanny, Emily and Alice were listed in the 1891 census at Marwood House in Honiton, Devon, with their mother Deborah Hannah Blomfield. All three girls, like their mother, were living on their own means.⁵
She was listed as the sister of Fanny Maria Stevens in the 1921 Census at Marwood House in Honiton, Devon.⁶

Emily Selina Stevens, Alice Mary Stevens and Ethel Dorothy Stevens were appointed executors of Fanny Maria Stevens's estate on 14 December 1927.⁷

Arthur Cornish Jeremie Stevens CBE, DSO was born in Kishnagur, Bengal, on 1 March 1875.^2,1,3 and was baptised on 4 April 1875 in Kishnagur.¹
The siblings Algernon, Nina, Arthur and Henry were listed in the 1881 census at Broomhills in Honiton, Devon, with their mother Mary Anne Caroline Turner.²

He married Annie Elizabeth Morison at the parish church in Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, on 16 April 1907.^4,5

He was listed in the 1921 census as Head of Family at 34 Emporer's Gate in Kensington, London, Middlesex, with his wife Annie; he was listed as a Colonel in the Royal Engineers. He was also listed under the Armed Forces (Overseas) section of the census under the CRE Office, Victoria Barracks, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland as a Lt-Col in the Royal Engineers. Precisely which location he was actually present at is unclear. Their children Elizabeth and Patience were listed as living with them, but the children's names are given as Bettine Deans and Virginia Deans and their mother's name as Nancy.^6,7

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 'Glen Y Mor', Marine Parade in Gosport, Hampshire, with Annie Elizabeth Morison; he was a retired Colonel of the Royal Engineers and volunteer warden. Patience Virginia Deans Stevens was listed as living at the same address.³

Arthur died on 5 January 1962 in Gosport, Hampshire, at age 86.^8,9

His will was probated in London on 13 April 1962 with Annie Elizabeth Morison appointed administrator along with the Public Trustee and William Barton KIRBY (barrister), with his effects valued at £10123/13/-.⁸

Cecil James Duff Stevens was born at Westbourne House, 438 Union St in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, on 8 September 1893.^1,2,3

He emigrated to the USA on 18 March 1922, travelling on the Celtic from Liverpool to New York, giving his occupation as 'Secretary.⁴'

He married Katherine Irene Richards between 1923 and 1927.

He and his wife Katherine arrived in Plymouth on the 3 November 1932 from New York on the Manhattan, and returned on the Majestic, arriving back in New York on the 6 Dec 1932. They were both using the surname 'DUFF-STEVENS' and he gave his occupation as salesman.^5,4 He was naturalised on 9 November 1939 in Chicago, Illinois.³

Cecil died on 8 August 1974 in Sarasota, Florida, at age 80.⁶