Family Histories and Biographies
A family is made up of the stories and memories of real people, not just names and dates. Our extended family history in New Zealand encompasses the stories of a number of families, including the surnames Christiansen, Edmeades, Fitness, Harris, Mason, Mitchell, Ramsey, Scrivener, Strand and Wells.
Surnames are listed in alphbetical order, with each generation appearing first under their birth surname, and then under married surnames for the female descendants. Note that this tree is a work in progress, which means that there are gaps to fill, and (no doubt) corrections to be made.
Christiansen
1. Soren Christiansen (1837-1923) m. Gyda Jensen (1838-1911)
2. Barbara Maria (1863-1930) m. Peter Hunter (1858-1933)
2. Christian Henrik (1866-1942) m. Martha Nielsen (1874-1945)
3. Henry (1892-1916)
3. Clara
3. Florence
3. Ivy
3. Maud
3. Rubina
3. Bertie
3. Doris
3. Eva
3. Edith
3. Eileen
3. Sydney
3. Sylvia
3. Victor
3. Gladys
3. Rupert Clarence
3. Rupert Lionel
3. Laurence
2. Jens / John (1869-) m. Ann Marie Jensen (1863-1957)
3. Alfred (1899-1920)
3. Ellen Kathleen (1902-1939) m. Eric James
3. Violet Mary (1905-1976)
3. John Leslie (1909-1910)
2. Antonette Elizabeth (1873-1960) m. Alfred Thomas Scrivener (1863-1950)
2. Lauris (1877-1877)
2. Hansena Christina (1882-1945) m. Jens Elisius Nielsen (1873-1933)
Crocombe
1. George Crocombe (1838-1882) m. Fanny Wells (1839-1927)
2. Charles Edwin (1865-1923) m. Margaret Dark
2. Alfred Bernard (1866-1876)
2. George Henry (1868-1938) m. Francis Kate Goodwin
2. Annie Florence (1870-1959) m. David Samuel Mills
2. John Wells (1872-1872)
Edmeades
Background to the Edmeades Family in New Zealand
Thomas and Sarah Edmeades nee Pullen
1. Robert Edmeades (1836-1906) m. Emma Warren (1836-1863)
2. Robert Edmeades (1861-1923) m. Bessie Harris (1861-1949)
3. Robert William (1883-1963) m. Gertrude Summers
3. Eva May (1885-1974) m. George Clarke Niven
3. Elsie (1886-1974) m. Joseph Henry Lane
3. George Warren (1888-1977) m. Rosanna Strand (1883-1954)
4. Robert Harvey (1914-1985) m. Ina Fitness (1917-2011)
5. Raewyn Vivienne (1938-) m. Kenneth Habergham (1928-1985)
5. Beverley Anne (1939-) m. Jim Elder (1938-)
5. Clifford Robert (1941-) m Dianne Ranger (1941-)
6. Kim Bridget (1965-) m. Brent Bowden
6. Larne Peter (1966-) m. Rosemary Cole
6. Kirsten Ethel Ina (1968-)
5. Denise Rosemary (1943-) m. Ronald Hunt (1941-)
5. Stuart Ralph (1945-) m. Carol Sole (1950-)
6. Darralyn Kelly (1974-) m. Grant Stevenson
6. Megan Lesley (1976-) m. Mike Kirk
6. Lynley Carol (1981-)
5. Rose (1945-1945)
5. Kevin Garth (1946-) m. Raewyn Doreen Ward (1950-)
6. Janine Michelle (1975-) m. Nicholas Collins
6. Bevan Garth (1976-) m. Sherryl Hansen
6. Hayden (1980-) m. Tanya Ryan
5. Harvey Ernest (1948-) m. Marion Stuckey (1950-)
6. Toni Helen (1974-)
5. Helen May (1948-) m. Kenneth Putt (1942-)
5. Douglas Charles (1949-) m. Christine Cooper (1950-)
m. Margaret
6. Scott Robert (1976-)
6. Nereida Kate (1978-) m. Andrew McGrills
5. Ian Gordon (1949) m. Carol Ann Haslam
6. Rohan Lee (1976-) m. Kate Tuininga
6. Kayte Ann (1977-) m. Andrew Kitchen
6. Trudi Maie (1980-)
4. Warren Harris (1916-2007) m. Gwen Hogarth
4. Ernest Walter (1921-1985) m. Olga MacDonnell
4. Gordon Trevor (1924-2002) m. Val Goodwin
3. Edith Lilian (1889-1945) m. Herbert John Hardie
3. Bessie (1892-1934) m. Theodore Feist
4. Ronald Theodore Feist (1934-2008)
3. Annie Emily (1893-1992) m. Cyril Murch (1888-1959)
3. Charles Alfred (1895-1974) m. Marian Flora Macaskill
3. Thomas / Tom (1897-1923)
3. Alice Rose (1898-1984) m. Ronald Gordon Collins
2. Emma (1863-) m. Albert Evans
2. Anna Rumsey (step sister) m. Louis Durrieu
3. Pauline
3. Kate m. Jim Brown
3. Josephine
3. Herbert
Elder
1. James (Jim) Elder (1938-) m. Beverley Anne Edmeades (1938-)
2. James (Jamie) Ian Mark (1964-1982)
2. David Ross Gray (1966-) m. Katie McIntyre
2. Terri Vivienne Anne (1969-) m. Michiel Hubert Klaassens
Fitness
Background to the Fitness Family in New Zealand
1. Thomas Fitness m. Elizabeth Humphrey
2. John Fitness (1816-)
2. George Fitness (1820-1866) m. Jane Hunnisett (-1881)
3. Ebenezer Fitness (1843-1927) m. Ellen Lydia Wells (1848-1927)
4. Annie Amelia (1871-1971) m. Samuel Hamilton
5. Samuel Keith (1911-1985) m. Marion
4. Rosina (1872-1961) m. James Askew
5. Ernest James (1898-1984) m. Muriel Graham
5. Lucy Doris (1903-) m. John Charles Burr
5. Eric (1906-1906)
5. Stanley Walter (1908-1960) m. Murial Carryer
5. Ethel May (1910-1953) m. Leonard Harris
5. Eva Grace (1912-1989) m. Edward Chamberlain
4. Celia (1874-1967) m. Henry Robert Harrison
5. Charles Bernard (1912-)
5. Edith Roberta (1917-)
4. Edith (1876-1970) m. David George Jennings
5. David (1910-)
4. Charles George (1878-1961) m. Mary
5. Elsie
5. Doris
5. Thelma
5. Kathleen
4. Eva Nellie (1880-1937) m. George Woodhouse Carter (1880-1965)
5. George Neil (1909-)
5. Enid Lucy (1910-)
5. Harold Ernest (1912-)
5. Florence Eva
5. Marjorie (Marge)
5. Olive Merle
5. Alan Herbert
5. Athol Charles
4. Daisy (1882-1882)
4. Frank Arthur (1883-1983) m. Clarice Loye (1883-1961)
5. Isa (1913-) m. William Kerr
5. Loye (1915-) m. Daphne Buchan
5. Mervyn (1916-) m. Daphne Kerr
5. Vida (1918-) m. Hedley Taylor
4. Theodore Walter (1885-1971) m. Violet Scrivener (1890-1974)
5. Edna Violet (1911-?) m. John Benton
5. Gordon Ebenezer (1913-?)
5. Alfreda Olive (1917-1918)
5. Maxwell Theodore m. Lily
5. Charles George
4. Ralph Edwin (1890-1974) m. Alice May Scrivener (1891-1982)
5. Shelagh Ellen (1913-2017) m. Geoffrey George Mason (1911-1967)
5. Ina Muriel (1917-2011) m. Robert Edmeades (1914-1985)
5. Joyce May (1927-1999) m. Colin Victor Ramsey (1926-1975)
5. Dorothea Audrey (1929-1982) m. Christopher James Mitchell (-1992)
4. Thornton (1893-1960) (adopted) m. Ivy Keats
Habergham
1. Walter Kenneth Habergham (1928-1985) m. Raewyn Vivienne Edmeades (1938-)
2. William David Robert (1959-) m. Sally Thomas
2. Robyn Eleanor (1960-) m. David Richmond
2. Kenneth John Ernest (1961-) m. Amanda Williamson
2. Joanne Vivienne (1963-) p. Andrew Day
Harris
1. William Harris (1829-1886) m. Martha Crabb (1832-1923)
2. Alfred (1855-1949) m. Clara Hurley (Farley?) (1857?-1931?)
3. Alfred Lionel (1881-1961)
3. Harold William? (1882-1947?)
3. Frederick Charles (1883-1916)
3. Hugh Ashdown? (1885-1966)
3. Ambrose Reeves (1886-1963) m. Alice May Cowie
3. Reginald Frank? (1888-1954)
3. Pearl Ida Rose (1891-?)
3. Clifford Stanley (1891-1973)
3. Gwendoline? (1894-1894)
3. Norman John? (1898-1974)
2. Hannah Emily (1859-1929) m. Robert Horsley
2. Bessie (1861-1949) m. Robert Edmeades (1861-1923)
Horsley
1. Robert Bramwell Horsley (1858-1943) m. Hannah Emily Harris (1859-1929)
2. Robert Bramwell (1885-1981) m. Beatrice Dorothy Loveday
2. Henry Gilbert (1889-1965) m. Alice Florence Manson
2. Olive Emily (1891?-1985)
2. Grace Dorothy (1891?-?) m. Edwin Vincent Laws
2. Hilda Ruby Gertrude Jane (1898-1976) m. Lindsay Harold McDonald
Hunt
1. Ronald Hunt (1941-) m. Denise Rosemary Ina Fitness (1943-)
2. Brendan John (1968-) m. Jackie Smith
2. Gavin Carl (1970-) m. Rachael Boyte
2. Nathan Glen (1971-) m. Helen MacKenzie
2. Kylee Rosalynne Denise (1976-) m. Jeremy Jacobsen
Hunter
1. Peter Hunter (1858-1933) m. Barbara Maria Christiansen (1863-1930)
2. Elizabeth (1880-?) m. Harry Stanton
2. George Peter (1884-1958) m. Margaret Kilpatrick
2. Annie Gertrude (1887-1891)
2. Alfred Ernest (1893-1950) m. Martha Kilpatrick
2. Andrew? (1881-?)
Mason
1. Geoffrey George Mason (1911-1967) m. Shelagh Ellen Fitness (1913-)
2. Janice (1947-) m. Neville Masters
m. Barry Rouse
2. Gregory Ralph (1949-) m. Vivien Kelland (1950-)
3. Sally May (1976-)
3. Darren Geoffrey (1978-)
2. Geoffrey Brent (1950-) m. Jenny Timperley
3. Kelly
3. Rachael Ellen (1987-)
3. Glen
Mitchell
1. Christopher James Mitchell (-1992) m. Dorothea Audrey Fitness (1929-1982)
2. Christopher Leonard (1953-1970)
2. Stuart Roger (1955-) m. Mary
3. Edward (1987-)
3. Christopher (1990-)
2. Kevin (1956-) m. Sandra Goldfinch
3. Ross
3. Claire
2. Barry (1958-)
Morgan
1. William Morgan (?-1903) m. Jane Robinson (?-?)
m. Rachel Emma Wells (1844-1937)
2. Arthur (1871-?)
2. Walter (1873-1954?)
2. Henry? (1875-)
2. William Lewis (1876-1961)
2. Alice (1877-?) m. John Ballard
2. Emily (1879-?)
2. Charles (1881-?)
2. Bertie Wilfred (1885-1963)
2. Ada May (1886-?) m. Albert Schwamm
Putt
1. Kenneth Putt (1942-) m. Helen May Edmeades (1948-)
2. Hamish Bruce (1973-) m. Jane Hewlett
2. Nigel Kenneth (1975-)
2. James Hadleigh (1979-) m. Tanya Langeveld
Ramsey
1. Colin Victor Ramsey (1926-1975) m. Joyce May Fitness (1927-1999)
2. Susan Joy (1954-) m. Bryan Coyte (1952-)
2. Steven Colin (1956-) m. Petra Michelle Vervoort (1956-)
3. Nicholas (1988-)
3. Benjamin (1991-)
Rushbrook
1. William Rushbrook (1851-1942) m. Jane Amelia Wells (1851-1928)
2. Ethel Fanny (1876-?) m. Thomas Arthur Hopkins
2. Kate (1878-1878)
2. Elizabeth (1879-1879)
2. Muriel (1880-?) m. George Lochore
2. Mabel Winifred (1882-1973)
2. Charles William (1884-1962) m. Muriel Monks
2. Walter Henry (1889-1959)
2. Stanley (1890-1970)
2. Constance Marguerite (1893-?) m. Donald Raeburn McDonald
Scrivener
1. Thomas Scrivener (1800-1863) m. Sarah Manning (1801-1881)
2. Thomas Scrivener (1830-1919) m. Annie Sutton (c.1835-1878?)
3. Annie (1857-1892) m. Daniel Jones
4. Henry Earle Jones
3. Thomas Edwin (1861-1939) m. Rebecca Henwood
3. William Earle (1862-)
3. Alfred Thomas (1863-1950) m. Eliza Christiansen (1873-1960)
4. Violet Antonette (1890-1974) m. Theodore Fitness
4. Alice May (1891-1982) m . Ralph Edwin Fitness (1890-1974)
4. Cyril Alfred (1893-1915)
4. Ethel Annie (1894-1920) m. Stanley Sycamore (1890-1954)
4. Arthur Norman (1895-1989) m. Hilda Tompkins
4. Mabel Olive (1898-1952) m. Harold Kenyon
4. Stanley Herbert (1904-1979) m. Lily Sylvester
3. Winnifred? (1865-)
3. Alice? (1870-)
3. Harry / Henry Sutton (1871-)
2. Sarah (1827-) m. Daniel Smith
Seaman
1. William Seaman m. Rachel Ducks
2. Frances (1806-1897) m. Samuel [James?] Wells (1801-1869)
2. Thomas Seaman (1818-1895) m. Lydia Morris
3. Susie (1854-1936) m. Anthony Mactier (d.1925)
4. Margaret (1887-)
4. Minnie (1890-)
4. Dora (1892-)
3. Annie
Strand
1. Robert Strand (1847-1930) and Ruth Harvey (1851-1921)
2. Walter (1876-1917)
2. Robert (1878-1883)
2. William (1880-)
2. George (1880-1960)
2. Flora Mary (1881-1970) m. John Campbell
2. Rosanna (1883-1954) m. George Warren Edmeades (1888-1977)
2. Lilian (1885-1959) m. John Norris Strand
2. Edward (1890-)
Wells
1. Samuel [James?] Wells (1801-1869) m. Frances Seaman (1806-1897)
2. James (1840-1920?) m. Elizabeth Henrietta Umfrey (1841-1918)
3. James Umfrey Wells?
3. Thomas Umfrey Wells (1867-1949?)
2. Samuel m. [?] Jackson
2. Fanny (1839-1927) m. George Crocombe (1838-1882)
2. Sarah (1840-1930)
2. Rachel Emma (1844-1937) m. William Morgan (?-1903)
2. Louisa (1845-1936)
2. Ellen Lydia (1848-1927) m. Ebenezer Fitness (1843-1927)
2. Jane Amelia (1851-1928) m. William Rushbrook (1851-1942)