Individual Notes

Note for:   Sarah Meadows,   ABT 1811 - ABT 1901         Index

Individual Note:
     Zachariah & Sarah Catley & family arrived at Thorndon, Wellington on the Bolton
21 April 1840.

Sarah Meadows had a sad life so the story goes. Zac was drowned in the Hutt River. This runs into Wellington Harbour and was near where he lived. Noone knows where he is buried or even if his body was found as after his death the cemetery he was most likely to have been buried in, was washed away along with the church in another flood event. After his death, the story goes that Sarah went "mad",and was committed, and as she was moved around homes track of her was lost... She died at about the age of 90 in Christchurch. - Jocelyn in New Zealand.



Individual Notes

Note for:   Zachariah Catley,   Chr. 15 Sep 1808 - 1842         Index

Christening:   
     Date:   15 Sep 1808
     Place:   St. Johns, Hackney, London, England

Individual Note:
     Zachariah & Sarah Catley & family arrived at Thorndon, Wellington on the Bolton on
21 April 1840.

July 20, 1842 drowned in Hutt River, New Zealand.



Individual Notes

Note for:   Clara Angela Creed,   10 Jun 1854 - AFT 1919         Index

Individual Note:
     1871 census of England shows her living at Was sent (from New Zealand) to live with her paternal grandparents, the Creeds, at 3 Carlton Crescent, Southampton with family. when her mother died at the age of 21.
      She married Joseph Goodman and lived in Africa and the West Indies for awhile, where her husband died. She married a Dr.John Innes-Stephen, they had one daughter, and they lost their house in San Francisco in the 1906 earthquake. Dr. Innes-Stephen was listed as surgeon and resident in Esperance, Western Australia in the Post Office Directory of 1914.



Individual Notes

Note for:   Honor Georgina Fortescue,   ABT 1843 - 15 Dec 1899         Index

Individual Note:
     1881 census:

          Dwelling:          Ivy House
          Census Place:          East Woodhay, Hampshire, England
          Source:          FHL Film 1341308 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1265 Folio 70 Page 21
          Marr          Age          Sex          Birthplace
Richard BASSET          M          60           M          Welsh St Donats, Glamorgan, Wales
          Rel:          Head
          Occ:          Majestrate And Deputy Lieutenant
Honor G. BASSET          M          38           F          East Allington, Devon, England
          Rel:          Wife
William F. BASSET                     1           M          East Woodhay, Hampshire, England
          Rel:          Son
Mary E. FALESONE          U          37           F          East Allington, Devon, England
          Rel:          Step Sister
Sarah E. JONES          U          55           F          Speen, Berkshire, England
          Rel:          Servant
          Occ:          Cook (Dom)
Harriet A. SMITH          U          23           F          Birmingham
          Rel:          Serv
          Occ:          Ladys Maid (Dom)
Mary A. ADNAMS          U          17           F          Hampstead Norris, Berkshire, England
          Rel:          Serv
          Occ:          Kitchen Maid (Dom)
Jessie GARRETT          U          25           F          Ugborough, Devon, England
          Rel:          Serv
          Occ:          Nurse Maid (Dom)
Ann BROWN          U          21           F          Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
          Rel:          Serv
          Occ:          Housemaid (Dom)
Thomas SKINNER          M          25           M          Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England
          Rel:          Serv
          Occ:          Butler (D)