JOHN OLD
Born 28th June 1821 - Died 1st May 1896
He was born on 28th June 1821 in Retallick Mills, Cornwall, England, and died on 1st May 1896 in Matawara, Fordell, Wanganui, New Zealand. He met?? Mary-Jane Knuckey on 15th February 1845 in Te Henui Chapel, New Plymouth, New Zealand. She had been born on 1st November 1828 in Camborne, Cornwall, England and died on 4th March 1887 in Matarawa, Fordell, Wanganui. She was the daughter of Nicholas Knuckey and Zenobia Odgers.
They had children:
1 John , born 18th March 1846, died 16th March 1926
2 Jane , born 22nd November 1847 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealdn, and died on 23rd November 1847 in New Plymouth.
3 Elizabeth, born 19th October 1848 in New Plymouth, and died 20th October 1848.
4 Jane Frances, born 3rd April 1850 in New Plymouth, and died 28th May 1934 in Taihape, New Zealand. She married John Doole on 23rd November 1870.
5 Elizabeth, born 27th May 1852 in New Plymouth, died 1st October 1925 in Aramoho. She married William Stuart Lind on 12th April 1870.
6 Mary Ann, born 13th August1854 in New Plymouth, died on 24th June 1866.
7 Margaret, born 8th December 1856 in New Plymouth, died 6th October 1872 in Matawara.
8 Richard, born 24th October 1858 in Wanganui, died on 14th July 1946. He married Sarah Jane Wilkins on 9th December 1882,
9 Hannah, born 24th November 1860, died on 3rd September 1939. She married John William Barnes on 24th November 1881.
10 Christianna, born 12th August 1862, died on 21st June 1900. She married John Gould on 23rd February 1881.
11 William, born on 10th July 1864, died on 27th March 1947. He married Emily Jane Tozer on 27th February 1889.
12 Robert, born on 31st Ocober 1866, died on 31st August 1934. He married Susan Tozer on 2nd February 1891.
13 Martha, born 24th Januaryn 1869, died 13th May 1955. She married Franz Wilhelm Albert Kurth on 11th January 1890.
14 James, born on 20th August 1871, died on 31st January 1931. He married Ellen Abrica Foss on 28th March 1899.
14 Oliver, born on 13th June 1873, died on 21st May 1960. He married Elizabeth Cole on 19th September 1900.
15 Jessie Crawford, born on 25th February 1875, died on 4th October 1913. He married 1 unknown and 2 James William G Gosnell.