NEW ZEALAND PRESTONS

George Preston b.abt.1828 d.7/3/1911 m. 8/10/1865 Elizabeth Wilson b.abt.1844 d.5/29/1913. George was born in Wolverhampton, England and died in Whauwhau, Whangarei, New Zealand. George and Elizabeth were married in a Catholic Church in Howick, Auckland, NZ. She was the dau. of Thomas Wilson and Lizzie Olson. George immigrated abt. 1853. George and Elizabeth had 10 children:

  1. Agnes Caroline Preston b.1866 Te Awamutu, NZ d.7/14/1907 Pungaere, Kerikeri, NZ.   Agnes m. 9/5/1887 Thomas Henry Sampson Rogers b.3/21/1863 in Parnell, Auckland, NZ d.8/27/1950 in Paranui, NZ. Agnes and Thomas had 11 children:
    1. Caroline Mabel Rogers b.8/18/1889 d.4/20/1960 m. on 6/26/1907 William Henry Edmonds b.abt.1883 Russell, Bay of Islands, NZ.
    2. Lilian Agnes Rogers b.1/8/1891 d.6/15/1976 m. on 7/3/1908 Godfrey Harold Edmonds b.abt.1888
    3. Herbert George Rogers b.5/9/1892 d.11/29/1962.
    4. William Henry Rogers b.8/13/1895 d.9/8/1977 m. constance Mary Kelsall.
    5. Gladys Pearl Rogers b.9/1/1897 d/9/11/1980 m. on 7/5/1920 Nicholas Clement Alach b.abt. 1893.
    6. Bertha Lousia Rogers b.3/21/1899 d.3/28/1899.
    7. Alfred Lawrence Rogers b.10/18/1899 d/11/26/1981 m. Sophia Te Paea.
    8. Violet May Rogers b. 5/10/1900 d.2/28/1972 m. Norman Cecil Wood.
    9. Olive Grace Rogers b.6/8/1902 m. Arthur Simpson Whelan Hazard. Married 2nd Mervyn John Dickinson.
    10. Elsie Evlyne Rogers b.2/15/1904 d.7/1984 m. Ernest Edward Whyman.
    11. Arnold Harold Rogers b.6/11/1906 in Pungaere, Keri Keri, NZ m. Edna Muriel Lidgard.
  2. George Junior Preston b.abt.1868 d.7/11/1939 Kamo, Whangarei, NZ. George m. Wilmott Jane Quick b.abt 1876 in Nelso d.10/15/1947 in Kamo. She was the dau. of Francis and Jane Quick. George and Wilmott had 15 children:
    1. Dolly Mary Eilzaeth Preston b.2/25/1894 d.8/15/1955 m. John Percival Hamblyn.
    2. Daisy Preston b.6/7/1895 d.2/24/1896
    3. Rosetta Jane Preston b.8/10/1896 d.2/3/1897
    4. Gertrude Jane Preston b.10/25/1897 d.7/28/1982 m. Bill Dobson.
    5. Evelina Frances Preston b.8/22/1899 d.1/30/1900
    6. Lilian Maud Preston b.7/30/1900 d.2/16/1901
    7. Allan George Francis Preston b.1/14/1902 d.2/23/1902
    8. George Francis Preston b.11/29/1903 d.11/13/1928
    9. Walter Charles Preston b.12/29/1905 d.5/8/1981
    10. Ivy Jean Preston b.4/24/1907 m. Perce Sinclair
    11. Allan Edwin Preston b.3/3/1909 in Kiripaka, NZ.
    12. William Henry Preston b.4/28/1910 d.4/1979
    13. Fanny Cothey Preston b.8/5/1911 d.4/12/1971 m. Jack Lindsay.
    14. Joyce Catherine Preston b.9/8/1912 m. Ronald Scott and 2nd Alex Frew.
    15. Nellie Zylpha Preston b.4/5/1918 m. George Smith.
  3. Teresa Sarah Mary Josephine Preston b.2/12/1870 Thames, NZ d.9/6/1942 Kamo, Whangarei, NZ m. 8/29/1889 Jacob Elwood Behm b.abt.1864 Pennsylvania, USA. Witnesses were Thomas and Abnes Rogers.
  4. William John Preston b.1/16/1874 Kawa Kawa, Northland, NZ d.5/16/1939. William m. on 12/25/1899 Lydia Louden b.10/10/1880 in Coromandel, NZ and d.1/1966. William and Lydia had 8 children:
    1. Hazel May Preston b.8/25/1898 d.4/29/1972
    2. Ernest John Preston b.9/10/1900 d.10/6/1968
    3. Mabel Rose Preston b.10/8/1902
    4. William Edward Preston b.10/22/1904 d.9/29/1997
    5. Albert Walter Preston b.11/8/1906 Pungaere, Keri Keri, NZ
    6. Lydia Agne Preston b.5/18/1910.
    7. Herbert Thomas Preston b.5/12/1912
    8. Cliffton Thomas Preston b.10/22/1919 d.2/6/1985 m. June Ellen Blain.
  5. Henry James Preston b.5/27/1877 Kawa Kawa, NZ d.8/7/1956 Thames, NZ. Henry m. Mabel Rose Louden b.7/28/1882 d.6/14/1964. She was the dau. of John Louden and Mary Lepper. Henry and Mabel had 4 children:
    1. Thelma May Preston b.6/1/1907 d.3/23/1988
    2. Maud Elizabeth Preston b.9/10/1901 d.5/16/1975
    3. Leslie John Preston b.9/2/1903
    4. Kenneth Henry Preston b.6/7/1920 d.7/24/1985
  6. Alice Maria Preston b.4/29/1879, Kawa Kawa, NZ m. 8/31/1896 Thomas Fyfe.
  7. Charles Richard Preston b.2/9/1881 Kawa Kawa Northland d.8/3/1953 Waipapa, Bay of Islands. Charles m. on 12/25/1902 Ethel Florence Louden b.10/1/1884 d.1/28/1958. They were married in the residence of John Louden and Mary Lepper as was William John Preston and Lydia Louden. Charles and Ethel had 8 children:
    1. David Charles Preston b.5/1904 d.6/2/1904
    2. Ellen Florence Louisa Preston b.6/29/1905 d.10/11/1986.
    3. Mary Elizabeth Ethel Preston b.9/12/1907in Komata, Thames Valley, NZ and died in Ohaewai, Northland, NZ.
    4. Alice Lydia Preston b.2/10/1910
    5. Mavis Alberta Charleston Preston b.11/14/1912
    6. Jessie Ada Preston b.1915 d.9/19/1969 m. Mait Unknown.
    7. Lottie May Preston m. Williams ?
    8. Gilbert Henry Wilson Preston b.8/11/xxxx
  8. Florence Preston b.abt.1885 Kawa Kawa, NZ d.1/19/1968 m. on 5/8/1905 Ernest Parkes b.abt.1877 Birmingham, England.
  9. Edward Thomas Preston b.abt.1887 d.7/14/1956 Auckland, NZ m. Jessie Unknown b.abt.1889 d.6/6/1961 Auckland, NZ.
  10. Ethel Maud Preston b.1888, Bay of Islands, NZ m. on 8/28/1919 George Martin b.abt.1891 Rochester, England.

 


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