The Descendants of William PUCKEY born May 25, 1776.

7. William George PUCKEY [38728] (William Gilbert³, William¹) was born in 1835 in Waimate Auckland New Zealand and died in 1918 at age 83.

William married Margaret HUNT [38729] [MRIN: 14172] in 1871. Margaret was born in 1845 and died in 1907 at age 62.

29 F i. Amy Margaret PUCKEY [38755] was born in 1872 and died in 1954 at age 82.

30 M ii. Arnold Hunt PUCKEY [38756] was born in 1874 and died in 1962 at age 88.

32 M iv. Cyril O'Donel PUCKEY [38757] was born in 1877 and died in 1888 at age 11.

33 F v. Mary Frances PUCKEY [38758] was born in 1880 and died in 1972 at age 92.

34 F vi. Sybila Helen PUCKEY [38759] was born in 1882 and died in 1948 at age 66.

35 F vii. Elizabeth Muriel PUCKEY [38760] was born in 1885 and died in 1960 at age 75.

11. Margarita Jane PUCKEY [10269] (William Gilbert³, William¹) was born 20 Oct 1844 in Kaitaia Northland New Zealand and died in 1930 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand at age 86.

Margarita married William Henry BLYTHE [10268] [MRIN: 4720], son of William Edward BLYTHE [11857] and Charlotte Matilda CHAMBERLAIN [11858], 19 Dec 1866 in Kaitaia Northland New Zealand. William was born in Sep 1843 in Dinapore India and died in 1924 in Oruru Auckland New Zealand at age 81.

General Notes:Born Dinapore, India. Known as Harry. His mother died in 1849 when he was 6 yrs old, and the children were sent to their Aunt Amelia and Uncle George BLYTH where they remained for a couple of years. They were not happy times, so their father arranged for them to be sent down to Agra to live with Mr & Mrs HUNTER, great friends of the family, and where their elder Sister, Emily, already lived.

Harry went to a boys' school in Agra.

One of his happiest memories was a visit to the Taj Mahal, that 'wonderful dream in marble', and he often described to his daughter the wonderful lace-like screens in carved marble around the tombs. Also the inlaid flowers of precious stones and the fairy like domes and merinettes of the temple. He saw it by day and also by night in the brilliant moonlight when it looked ethereal, and one of their friends, a girl witha lovely voice, sang a beautiful song beneath the dome, and her voice rose higher and higher and filled the dome and sounded like the voice of an angel. It was music he never forgot.

When he was 13, William Henry left India to go to school in England, his father going down to Calcutta with him to see him safely on board. At Calcutta Harry was put under the care of a Mr & Mrs Frazer who, with their son, were also going to England. The 2 boys, near of an age were nice companions for each other, and at Cape Town they thoroughly enjoyed themselves among the luscious grapes and other fruit. This trip took 3 months, and when they arrived in England they were met with the appalling news of the Indian Mutiny.

In London Harry first went to Islington High School, and later to the Blackheath Proprietary school, where later on, his brother Herbert joined him. They lived with a Mrs Valentine, an old friend of the family.

When Harry had completed his education, his father came to England on furlough, and arranged to take him for a trip to New Zealand of which he had heard great things, and his tutor, Mr H Selwyn, hearing he was going to NZ, gave him an introduction to his cousin, Bishop Selwyn, Bishop of NZ. Unfortunately the Bishop was leaving Wellington just as Harry landed in Auckland, so they never met, and the letter of introduction is still in the hands of the family.

They came to NZ in the 'African', and their first sight of NZ was of theThree Kings Islands. After staying in Auckland a short time, father and son came north by coastal steamer, either the 'Rowena' or 'Ivanhoe', and stayed with Rev. Duffus and his family at Mangonui. From there they purchased a Maori guide 'Purn', a brother of the Chief Nobel Firaakarean of the Rarowa tribe at Kaitaia, and he took them to the Kaitaia Mission Station, to the home of Mr & Mrs William Gilbert PUCKEY.

It was pouring with rain and they were wet and cold, and it was a cheering sight that met their eyes for the curtains had not been drawn,and the warm glow of both firelight and lamplight streamed out, and it was a happy family scene they saw of the elderly couple and their handsome family of boys and girls around them.

They received a kindly welcome from the hospitable missionary and his family, and it was here that Harry and his bride to be met for the first time - William Henry and Margarita Jane PUCKEY. Harry's father was a fine tall man, very genial and a thorough English gentleman, and his young son was very handsome and just 19, and Margarita a sweet and pretty girl of 18.

They finally reached Whangarei, and Harry's father was charmed with the country he called 'Britain of the South' and he determined to come and live in NZ. He bought land for himself and his two sons at Paranui in the Oruru Parish, Mangonui County, NZ.

Harry stayed with a Mr Richardson at Whangarei to learn farming, and here turned to India to settle up his affairs. He went by way of Tasmania and called on his Blyth cousins, and then on to India. Then a bank in India dissolved and closed down, and he lost a lot of money, and he had to keep on with his work then for more years.

Eventually he went onto his own land in Mangonui Councy which he called 'Blythsdale' at the suggestion of his sister, Mrs Angelo.

He became engaged to Margarita PUCKEY, and they were married at Kaitaiachurch on 19 Dec. 1866 by her uncle, Rev. Joseph MATTHEWS. They lived at Blythsdale for some years, then moved to Wharncliffe which he father had bought from Mrs HUNT (originally for his son Herbert). He also bought Hikuranga Hill (an extinct volcano) from the Maoris.

Harry farmed there for some years, but there were no markets for his produce and there were no roads but only a water worn track over a high broken range, and he finally began teaching school at Oruru, and rode back & forth over the range to school and back, but it was a wearing life, and a lonely one for his wife and 3 little ones, Eva, Val and baby Mary while he was away, so he took them all to live in Oruru and let the farm to settlers for grazing.

After some years they left Oruru for a school in Russell. That was when Caroline was a baby. Then Edward (Teddy), Annie and Minnie. They then left Russell, and lived first at Waihaha then at Tangiteroria on the Northern Wairoa.

Harry had taught school for 20 years, and came back to the farm when his eldest son, Valentine, was grown up, and his eldest daughter, Evelyn Matilda was about to be married. She married Alan Leslie ALLAN of Hawkes Bay, and they were married in the church at Mangonui on 30 August 1893.

Will filed 5 May 1924 in Auckland Ct - Settler of Oruru. Probate No.BBAE 1569 17165/24 - Auckland Archives.

+ 36 F i. Evelyn Matilda BLYTHE [10267] was born in 1868 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand, died 04 Aug 1956 in Hastings Hawke's Bay New Zealand at age 88, and was buried in Havelock North Cemetery Hawke's Bay New Zealand.

37 M ii. Alfred William Valentine BLYTHE [11890] was born in 1871 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand and died in 1941 in Kaitaia Northland New Zealand at age 70. Another name for Alfred was Val.

38 F iii. Mary Sarah Louise BLYTHE [11891] was born in 1874 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand and died in 1959 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand at age 85.

39 F iv. Margarita Alice Caroline BLYTHE [11892] was born in 1878 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand and died in 1952 in Dunedin Otago New Zealand at age 74.

+ 40 M v. Edward Walter John BLYTHE [11893] was born in 1880 in Bay of Islands Northland New Zealand and died in 1952 in Huntly Waikato New Zealand at age 72.

41 F vi. Annie Elizabeth Maude BLYTHE [11894] was born in 1884 in Bay of Islands Northland New Zealand and died in 1960 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand at age 76.

42 F vii. Minnie Henrietta BLYTHE [11895] was born in 1888 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand and died in 1971 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand at age 83.

13. Charles Isleton PUCKEY [15046] (William Gilbert³, William¹) was born 24 Apr 1848 in Kaitaia Auckland New Zealand and died in 1934 at age 86.

Charles married Doris Sophia SUBRITZKY [15051] [MRIN: 6213] 04 Mar 1873 in Kaitaia Auckland New Zealand.

43 F i. Evangeline Agnes Olive PUCKEY [15052] was born in 1875 in Mangonui Auckland New Zealand.

Evangeline married Francis Aubrey BRENT [15061] [MRIN: 6214] in 1899 in New Zealand.

44 F ii. Elizabeth Matilda Grace PUCKEY [15053] was born in 1876 in Mangonui Auckland New Zealand and died in 1935 at age 59.

Elizabeth married Lewis Vivian MATTHEWS [15062] [MRIN: 6215] in 1894 in New Zealand.

45 M iii. Charles Sydney PUCKEY [15054] was born in 1878 in Mangonui Auckland New Zealand and died in 1965 in Kaitaia Auckland New Zealand at age 87.

General Notes:Puckey Family on Internet - Charles died in 1965. Death Fiche 1965states in Kaitaia aged 87.

Will filed 16 Nov. 1965 in Whangarei Ct - Farmer of Kaitaia.
Probate No. BBNY 10440 259/65 - Auckland Archives.

Charles married Florence Anne CRENE [15063] [MRIN: 6216] in 1904 in New Zealand.

46 F iv. Annie Cecelia May PUCKEY [15055] was born in 1880 in Mangonui Auckland New Zealand and died in 1961 at age 81.

Annie married Cecil Murray CRENE [15064] [MRIN: 6217] in 1904 in New Zealand.

47 M v. Walter Francis PUCKEY [15056] was born in 1882 in Mangonui Auckland New Zealand and died in 1947 in Kaitaia Auckland New Zealand at age 65.

General Notes:1883 - 1947

Will filed 29 September 1947 at Whangarei Ct - Farmer of Kaitaia.
Probate No. BBNY 10296 1338/47 - Auckland Archives.

Walter married Elsie May WAGNER [15065] [MRIN: 6218] in 1903 in New Zealand.

48 F vi. Dora Edith PUCKEY [15057] was born in 1884 in Mangonui Auckland New Zealand and died in 1973 at age 89.

49 F vii. Mabel Beatrice PUCKEY [15058] was born in 1887 in Mangonui Auckland New Zealand and died in 1948 at age 61.

Mabel married William Henry Leslie WATTS [15067] [MRIN: 6220] in 1913 in New Zealand.

50 F viii. Vera Frances Adeline PUCKEY [15059] was born in 1890 in Mangonui Auckland New Zealand.

Vera married Herbert Sydney BROTT [15068] [MRIN: 6221] in 1909 in New Zealand.

51 F ix. Cora Iris PUCKEY [15060] was born in 1893 in Kaitaia Auckland New Zealand and died in 1937 at age 44.

Cora married Thomas Stanford McKEOWN [15069] [MRIN: 6222] in 1913 in New Zealand.

Caroline married William BEDLINGTON [15470] [MRIN: 6364] 22 Jan 1861 in Whangarei Northland New Zealand. William was born in 1823 in Northumberland England and died in 1891 at age 68.

Robert married Mary Ellen BOULT [15474] [MRIN: 6365] 10 Oct 1861 in Whangarei Northland New Zealand. Mary was born in 1839 in Runham Hill Norfolk England.

55 F i. Mary Elizabeth MAIR [15475] was born in Aug 1862 and died in 1863 at age 1.

56 F ii. Edith Minnie MAIR [15476] was born in 1864 and died in 1934 at age 70.

Edith married Thomas Herbert STEADMAN [15483] [MRIN: 6366] in 1888. Thomas was born in 1862 and died in 1955 at age 93.

57 M iii. Ernest William MAIR [15477] was born in 1866 and died in 1954 at age 88.

Ethel married Richard Cecil Moorsom HARINGTON [15484] [MRIN: 6367] in 1899. Richard was born in 1866 and died in 1936 at age 70.

59 M v. Leslie Edward MAIR [15479] was born in 1871 and died in 1939 at age 68.

Leslie married Agnes Blanche COATES [15485] [MRIN: 6368] in 1902. Agnes was born in 1878.

Sydney married Margaret Hilda PERRY [15486] [MRIN: 6369] in 1901. Margaret was born in 1880.

Gilbert married Mary Rosina MARSHALL [15487] [MRIN: 6370] in 1910. Mary was born in 1879.

62 F viii. Winifred Emily Noirton MAIR [15482] was born in 1883 and died in 1909 at age 26.

Winifred married Herbert George HERBERT [15488] [MRIN: 6371] in 1907. Herbert was born in 1872 and died in 1912 at age 40.

William married Jane Cathcart BLACK [15489] [MRIN: 6372] in 1871. Jane was born in 1850 and died in 1916 at age 66.

63 F i. Florence Agneta Alexandra MAIR [15490] was born in 1873 and died in 1955 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 82.

Florence married Harry Lloyd BRETT [15493] [MRIN: 6373] in 1896 in New Zealand. Harry died 12 Jan 1917 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand.

64 M ii. Harold Marmaduke Gilbert MAIR [15491] was born in 1874 and died 24 Sep 1916 in Waiohapu Hamilton Waikato New Zealand at age 42.

65 M iii. Norman William Lynedock MAIR [15492] was born in 1876 and died in 1954 at age 78.

Norman married Ivy Joy ALISON [15494] [MRIN: 6374] in 1911. Ivy was born in 1888.

21. Henry Abbott MAIR [15456] (Elizabeth Gilbert PUCKEY⁵, William¹) was born 17 Aug 1836 and died in 1881 at age 45.

Henry married Jane Norwood GREENWAY [15495] [MRIN: 6375] in 1869. Jane was born in 1838.

Louisa married Richard KELLY [15498] [MRIN: 6376] in 1894. Richard was born in 1854 and died in 1898 at age 44.

Jessie married William John TRAFFORD [15500] [MRIN: 6378] in 1909. William was born in 1871.

23. Jessie Eliza MAIR [15458] (Elizabeth Gilbert PUCKEY⁵, William¹) was born 28 Dec 1840 in "Deveron" Whangarei Northland New Zealand and died 10 Mar 1899 in Mt.Eden Auckland New Zealand at age 58.

Jessie married James DAVIS [15501] [MRIN: 6379], son of James DAVIS [16408] and Unknown, 10 Oct 1861 in Whangarei Northland New Zealand. James was born in 1832 in England and died 14 Feb 1875 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 43.

68 M i. James Elwyn DAVIS [15502] was born 29 Jun 1865 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand.

24. Gilbert MAIR [15459] (Elizabeth Gilbert PUCKEY⁵, William¹) was born 10 Jan 1843 and died 29 Nov 1923 in Tauranga Bay of Plenty New Zealand at age 80.

Gilbert married Katherine SPERRY [15503] [MRIN: 6380] 19 Sep 1888. Katherine died 23 Apr 1893 in Blenheim Marlborough New Zealand and was buried in Bolton Street Cemetery Wellington New Zealand.

69 M i. John Gilbert MAIR [15504] was born 05 Jul 1889 and died in 1896 at age 7.

Katherine married Ralph Frederick VANE [15506] [MRIN: 6381]. Ralph was born in 1881 and died in 1928 at age 47.

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