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James Fleming1

#21979
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Appears on charts:
Chart 19 - John Greathead
     James Fleming married Ida Mary Greathead, daughter of John Turner Greathead and Mary Ann Wilford, in 1930 in New Zealand.1,2

Child of James Fleming and Ida Mary Greathead

  • Mary Agnes Fleming3

Sources of Information

  1. [S252] Emails between Bernadette Siebert and Jan Cooper from 9 January 2009.
  2. [S65] E-mails between David Bromwich and Jan Cooper from 25 August 2012 Reg number 1930/8074.
  3. [S8] Copy of will held by Jan, some kindly provided my contacts.

Frederick Bramley1

#21980, b. 19 June 1896, d. August 1986
Last Edited=22 Feb 2017
Appears on charts:
Chart 19 - John Greathead
     Frederick Bramley was born on 19 June 1896.2 He married Mabel Greathead, daughter of John Turner Greathead and Mary Ann Wilford, in 1930 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.1,3 On 9 September 1939 in the National Register Frederick was listed as living at 78 Trinity Avenue, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, with his wife Mabel. Frederick was a boot and shoe manufacturer (Technical School Instructor)and a member of ARP.4 His wife Mabel died on 1978 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.1,5 Frederick died in August 1986 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, aged 90.6

Sources of Information

  1. [S252] Emails between Bernadette Siebert and Jan Cooper from 9 January 2009.
  2. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1930/Q3 Leicester Volume 7a Page 893.
  4. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/6102J/019.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1978/Q4 Kettering Volume 7 Page 2211.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - August 1986 Leicester Central Volume 6 Page 1641 age 90.

... Ketskemety1

#21981
Last Edited=29 Dec 2010
     ... Ketskemety married Janet ...1

Sources of Information

  1. [S252] Emails between Bernadette Siebert and Jan Cooper from 9 January 2009.

Thomas Kempton1

#21982, b. 3 September 1836, d. 29 April 1910
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Thomas Kempton was born on 3 September 1836 in London, England.2 He was the son of Thomas Kempton and Mary Ann King.2
On the 18 September 1839 Thomas, Mary Ann, Thomas Junior and Henry Kempton sailed for New Zealand on board the ship 'Adelaide' as part of the New Zealand Company's scheme which resulted in the establishment of Wellington, which the Kempton's reached on 7 March 1840. During his time in Greytown, Thomas was involved in a number of commercial enterprises including carrier, butcher, publican, and storekeeper. Thomas Snr became Greytown's first Mayor in 1879.2 On the 7th July 1856 Thomas Junior brought the first bullock dray to travel over the newly completed Rimutaka Hill road right through from Wellington to Greytown. Later he served on the first Greytown Borough Council in 1879 and, for a second longer spell from 1888.2 He married Elizabeth Hodder He married Elizabeth Hodder They had 13 children, they farmed at "Elm Grove" on Kempton's Line from 1860.2 Thomas died on 29 April 1910 aged 73 the last of that first group of Greytown's settlers.2

Child of Thomas Kempton

Sources of Information

  1. [S252] Emails between Bernadette Siebert and Jan Cooper from 9 January 2009.
  2. [S40000] Website www.wairarapatours.co.nz/greytown150/settlers.htm.

Elizabeth Hodder1

#21983
Last Edited=24 Jan 2009
     Elizabeth Hodder married Thomas Kempton, son of Thomas Kempton and Mary Ann King, He married Elizabeth Hodder They had 13 children, they farmed at "Elm Grove" on Kempton's Line from 1860.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S40000] Website www.wairarapatours.co.nz/greytown150/settlers.htm.

Thomas Kempton1

#21984, b. 20 January 1807, d. 12 March 1889
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Thomas Kempton was born on 20 January 1807 in London, England.1 He married Mary Ann King in 1829.1
On the 18 September 1839 Thomas, Mary Ann, Thomas Junior and Henry Kempton sailed for New Zealand on board the ship 'Adelaide' as part of the New Zealand Company's scheme which resulted in the establishment of Wellington, which the Kempton's reached on 7 March 1840. During his time in Greytown, Thomas was involved in a number of commercial enterprises including carrier, butcher, publican, and storekeeper. Thomas Snr became Greytown's first Mayor in 1879.1 Thomas died on 12 March 1889 in Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand, aged 82.1

Children of Thomas Kempton and Mary Ann King

Sources of Information

  1. [S40000] Website www.wairarapatours.co.nz/greytown150/settlers.htm.

Mary Ann King1

#21985
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Mary Ann King married Thomas Kempton in 1829.1
On the 18 September 1839 Thomas, Mary Ann, Thomas Junior and Henry Kempton sailed for New Zealand on board the ship 'Adelaide' as part of the New Zealand Company's scheme which resulted in the establishment of Wellington, which the Kempton's reached on 7 March 1840. During his time in Greytown, Thomas was involved in a number of commercial enterprises including carrier, butcher, publican, and storekeeper. Thomas Snr became Greytown's first Mayor in 1879.1

Children of Mary Ann King and Thomas Kempton

Sources of Information

  1. [S40000] Website www.wairarapatours.co.nz/greytown150/settlers.htm.

Henry Kempton1

#21986
Last Edited=24 Jan 2009
     Henry Kempton was the son of Thomas Kempton and Mary Ann King.1
On the 18 September 1839 Thomas, Mary Ann, Thomas Junior and Henry Kempton sailed for New Zealand on board the ship 'Adelaide' as part of the New Zealand Company's scheme which resulted in the establishment of Wellington, which the Kempton's reached on 7 March 1840. During his time in Greytown, Thomas was involved in a number of commercial enterprises including carrier, butcher, publican, and storekeeper. Thomas Snr became Greytown's first Mayor in 1879.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S40000] Website www.wairarapatours.co.nz/greytown150/settlers.htm.

Neil Leslie Buchanan1

#21987
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Appears on charts:
Chart 19 - John Greathead
     Neil Leslie Buchanan married Ida Mary Greathead, daughter of John Turner Greathead and Mary Ann Wilford, in 1923 in New Zealand.1,2

Sources of Information

  1. [S252] Emails between Bernadette Siebert and Jan Cooper from 9 January 2009.
  2. [S65] E-mails between David Bromwich and Jan Cooper from 25 August 2012 Reg number 1923/7165.

George Watton White1

#21988, b. about 1884
Last Edited=10 Jun 2009
     George Watton White was born about 1884 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.1 He was the son of George White.1 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 37 Wye Cliff Road, Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, he was listed as the brother in law of Frank Greathead George was of private means.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece 17235 Rg78 Piece 1059 Registration district 371 sub district 1 enumeration district 30 schedule number 149.

June Greated1

#21989, b. 1932, d. about 1990
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
4th great-granddaughter of Timothy Greated
Appears on charts:
Chart 12 - Timothy Greated
     June Greated was born in 1932 in County Wexford, Ireland, No forename appears on the GRO index, but her name was later supplied by her niece.2,3,4 She was the daughter of James William Greated and Bertha Millicent Neill.1 June died about 1990 having spent the latter part of her life in Stuarts Hospital.3 June had profound learning difficulties and never married.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1932/Q2 Wexford Volume 4 Page 531 Digital GS number 4195647 Image number 00128.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1932/Q2 Wexford Volume 4 Page 531 Digital GS number 4195647 Image number 00128 Film number 101232.
  3. [S3959] E-mails between Caroline Willis née Greathed and Jan Cooper from 1 August 2010.
  4. [S7] Ancestry.com - Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 - Wexford 1932/Q3 Volume 4 Page 531 Film 101232.

Robert Sweeny1

#21990
Last Edited=30 Aug 2019
     Rober was a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was the founder of Eagle Squadron and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.2 Robert Sweeny married Pamela Helene Dudley Curran, daughter of William Greathead Curran and Helen Dolores Roosen, on 2 September 1957.1,2 Robert and Pamela were divorced on 1 May 1961.1,2

Sources of Information

  1. [S253] Emails between C J Berens and Jan Cooper from 26 January 2009.
  2. [S40000] Website www.imdb.com.

Isabella Emily Sarah Ions1

#21993, b. 10 October 2008
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
3rd cousin 2 times removed of Janet Susan Greathead
Appears on charts:
John Anderson
     Isabella Emily Sarah Ions was born on 10 October 2008 in Hammersmith, London, England.1,2 She was the daughter of Jonathon Alexis Ions and Kirsty Louise Lamb.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S333] Letters between John Lamb and Jan Cooper from 4 December 1997.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 2008 Hammersmith and Fulham District 2601C Reg 1C008 Ent 84 DOR 1008.

Florence Brown1

#21994, b. about 1909
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
3rd great-granddaughter of William Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 26 - William Greathead
     Florence Brown was born about 1909 in Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.1 She was the daughter of John Brown and Florence Greathead.1 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 4 Belle Vue Park Lane, Aston, Warwickshire, England, she was listed as the daughter of Florence Brown.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece 18296 RG78 Piece 1102 Registration district 385 sub district 4 enumeration district 27 schedule number 258.

Christopher Henry Parkinson1

#21995, d. 1978
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Appears on charts:
Chart 9 - William Greathead
     Christopher Henry Parkinson married Mabel Isabel Greathead, daughter of William Dunstall Greathead and Clara Isabel Hutchison, in 1927 in New Zealand.1,2 His wife Mabel died on 1968 in Yagoona, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.3,1 Christopher died in 1978 in Australia His parents were given as Edmond Walter and Elizabeth Parkinson.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S252] Emails between Bernadette Siebert and Jan Cooper from 9 January 2009.
  2. [S65] E-mails between David Bromwich and Jan Cooper from 25 August 2012 Reg number 1927/6310.
  3. [S14110] E-mails from Julie Anne Watson to Jan Cooper, from 20 June 2005 Some of the information is found in the Family Greathead/Hutchinson bible, held by Julie.

Mae Prankard1

#21996, b. 1911, d. 1992
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Mae Prankard was born in 1911.1 She was the daughter of ... Prankard.1 She married Frederick George Grey, son of Percy Frederick Victor Greathead and Annie Rebecca Gilby.1 Her husband Frederick died on 1985.1 Mae died in 1992.1

Children of Mae Prankard and Frederick George Greathead

  • Fred Grey1
  • Catherine Grey1
  • Marilyn Grey1
  • Sharon Grey1

Sources of Information

  1. [S21918] Emails between Dan Grey and Jan Cooper from 17 January 2009.