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Frances Emily Stuart was born circa 1855. (Birth date based on age at death).

Frances' father was Edward Craig STUART, the Bishop of Waiapu from 1877 to 1894 and his brother became Sir Alexander STUART, a former Premier of NSW.¹

She married Marsden Clarke, son of George Clarke and Martha Elizabeth Blomfield, in New Zealand in 1878.^1,2,3

She was widowed on the death of her husband Marsden on 10 May 1889.^4,1

Frances died on 6 July 1925 in Auckland.^5,6 She was buried on 9 July 1925 at the Purewa Cemetery.⁷

George Stuart was born in Ross and Cromarty circa 1851.¹

George left Scotland about in 1872 as his son George's Army papers claim he had been in New Zealand for about 44 years.¹

He married Elsie Isabella Cumming, daughter of George Cumming and Elizabeth Ross, at Pine Vew in Faiirfax, Southland, on 1 January 1889.^2,3,4

In August 1907 he bought the Brooksdale Estate near Tapanui, reported as being "one of the finest estates in Otago", a property of 2247 acres with homestead and outbuildings plus 3700 crossbred sheep and 177 cattle.⁵

George died on 21 July 1934 in Dunedin, Otago.^6,7 He was buried on 22 July 1934 at the Anderson's Bay Cemetery.⁸

George William Stuart was born in Dunedin, Otago, on 2 December 1896.^1,2

He enlisted in the New Zealand Army (#54167),in the 28th Reinforcements of the 2nd Battalion (Otago Regmt) on 2 December 1916.¹
He served with D Company of the 28th before being transferred to the 4th Reserve Battalion, Canterbury Regmt on 24 September 1917 then proceeding to France in Nov 1917. He saw service at Ypres and Passchendale and was wounded several times before his eventual discharge on 29 Mar 1919.¹

George died in 1994 in New Zealand.³

Winifred Ross Stuart was born at Athol Place in Dunedin, Otago, on 4 November 1901.^2,3

Winifred died on 6 June 1995 at Caughey Preston Home, Ventnor Rd in Remuera, Auckland, at age 93 of cerebrovascular disease.^4,5 She was cremated at the Purewa Crematorium in Meadowbank on 7 June 1995.⁵

She married Thomas Connor in Hobart, Tasmania, circa 1833.^1,2

Leonard's birth was registered between January 1890 and March 1890 in Camberwell, London, Surrey.²

He married Annie Paul, daughter of Ralph Paul and Barbara Warner Marshall, in Drummoyne, New South Wales, in 1915.¹

Leonard died on 4 February 1964 in New South Wales.³

Elizabeth Eleanor Subritzky was born in Maldon, Victoria, on 18 October 1857.^3,2

She married Samuel Hayward Ford Matthews in New Zealand in 1875.^4,5

She was widowed at age 30 on the death of her husband Samuel on 14 April 1888.³

Elizabeth's second marriage was to Henry Blencowe (Blen) Matthews in 1901 in New Zealand.^6,7

Elizabeth died on 8 December 1926 in Auckland at age 69.^3,8,9 She was buried on 9 December 1926 at the Purewa Cemetery.^3,10

Evelyn's birth was registered in 1863 in Maldon, Victoria.¹

She married Henry Blencowe (Blen) Matthews in New Zealand on 21 January 1882.^2,3,4,5,6

In 3 March 1898 Henry petitioned Evelyn May Subritzky for divorce, naming his brother Ernest Crowther MATTHEWS as co-respondent, Ernest having lived with them since 1884 as partner in their farm. In evidence Henry stated that after the birth of their third child on 29 Aug 1888, she had become colder to him; after becoming suspicious and confronting her in September last she had admitted to having been unfaithful 'for some years' and that the fourth child was not Henry's.
Mr Justice Conolly of the Supreme Court granted a decree nisi with the right to apply for a decree absolute in three months.

Note that according to the NZ Birth Index, the six children of Henry and Evelyn were Violet Evelyn (1883), Hylda Mabel Rose (1884), Kenneth Lionel (1886), Norman Vincent (1888), Henry Laurence (1889), Hayward Blencowe (1890), meaning Norman's father was not actually Henry.^7,6

Evelyn's second marriage was to William Henry Whittingham in 1899 in New Zealand.⁸

Evelyn died in 1906 in New Zealand.⁹

Johannes Anton Subritzky was born in Luneburg, Hanover, on 27 July 1830.¹

He married Elizabeth Hoare at Manse, Freeman St Church in Adelaide, South Australia, on 27 June 1851. There were reputedly 14 children in all from this marriage.¹

He was widowed at age 69 on the death of his wife Elizabeth on 5 February 1900.^1,2

Johannes died on 9 October 1912 at Ponsonby in Auckland at age 82.^1,3

Vera Mildred Sullivan was born in New Zealand on 18 May 1926.^1,2

She married Henry Ward Turvey in New Zealand in 1948.^1,3

Vera died on 3 June 2014 in New Zealand at age 88.^1,4