Hooper, Eliza

Listed under Taita
NZPO 1880 - 81 Whiteman Francis
NZPO 1880 - 81 Whiteman George

NZPO 1885 - 86 Whiteman Francis & George

The Gertrude sailed from Gravesend on 19 June 1841 and arrived in Port Nicholson 30 October 1841
Names on passenger list
Whiteman Francis, Aged: 40, Agricultural Labourer, Widower
Whiteman George, Aged: 13
Whiteman Jane, Aged: 9
Whiteman William, Aged: 6
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also travelling with the Whiteman family was
Martin Ann, Aged: 24, Sempstress, Came out with Whiteman''s


HOOPER family:
John Hooper was born/christened on 23 July 1805. In 1825 he married Jane Ann THOMAS and together they had five children, the second child dying at the age of three. Jane died June Quarter 1838 and on 12 March 1839 John married Caroline WADMAN (b Sept 10th 1815). They had one child, William Wadman Hooper, before leaving on the "Arab" for New Zealand. John and Caroline settled at Te Marua where they raised their family - in total 17 children. John died on December 25th 1892 in Taita and Caroline died 11 years later on June 16th 1903 in Sanson. Both John and Caroline are buried in the famous Churchyard at Christ Church, Taita.
Of these 17 children I know the following:-
Sarah b abt 1826, died at sea 14 Jul 1841
Robert b 15 Jul 1829, died 08 Sep 1832
Eliza b 10 Jun 1832, married George WHITEMAN from Whiteman''s Valley. Eliza is reputed to have lived a ''colourful'' life, leaving George, living sometime in Wanganui, then Ashburton where she died 16 Sep 1912.
Caroline b/c 07 Dec 1834, married Charles ASHTON, stayed in Hutt area
Robert (Bob) b 06 Feb 1837, married Emily Rebecca Louisa FELLINGHAM. Emily died 1913 and Robert 1926.

(Ed: John and Caroline''s children)

William b 29 Dec 1839, married Susannah HIRST - the Hirsts were ''neighbours''
Elizabeth born and died at sea 1841
Mary Jane b 29 Nov 1843, d 12 Oct 1965 in Taita
Emma b 08 Apr 1844, married John EATON
Selina Ann (Annie) b 17 May 1847, married John William HIRST
Elizabeth Wadman b 28 Jan 1849, married George Henry HIRST
Samuel b & d Jan 1850
Ellen b 17 Oct 1850, married Benjamin RAYNER
Harriet b 1852, d 1854
Mary b 07 Dec 1855, married Joseph WALL
George b 28 Apr 1857, married Eliza Jane KING
Henry Richard b abt 1859, d 11 Oct 1871.
Beverly''s main interest is in Robert (Bob) as he was her Great Gandfather. Beverley has quite a lot of information in addition to the above. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Beverley
email blebleysgen&yahoo.co.nz
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Arab.htm accessed 1 Jan 2012

(Ed: Located from another source - that Eiza Whiteman nee Hooper lived with Stephen Avery. Eliza and George never married as she was still married to George Whiteman hence no record of marriage for Stephen Avery and Eliza Whiteman nee Hooper.)

1st Marriage for Eliza Hooper
Marriage Details
1849/170, Bride: Eliza Hooper, Groom: George Whiteman

then Eliza Whiteman lived with Stephen Avery

Death Details
1866/83, Elizabeth Avery, Aged: NR

Is this Elizabeth Avery nee Whiteman formerly Hooper Plot?
Tasman District Council Cemetery Records
Record No: WKCE03001
Family Name: AVERY
Given Names: MRS
Date Deceased:
Interment Date: 30/04/1866
Address:
Gender: F
Age:
Area: CHURCH OF ENGLAND/ANGLICAN
Cemetery: WAKAPUAKA
Plot 001
Block: 03
Grave/Ashes: Burial
Denomination: CHURCH OF ENGLAND/ANGLICAN
Notes MRS AVERY BURIED IN THIS PLOT BUT
EXACT APRIL DATE & OTHER INFORMAT-
ION NOT GIVEN IN REGISTER.

Marriage Details
1869/6618, Bride: Marion Stewart, Groom: Stephen Avery

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Evening Post 7 May 1872
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Swaysland, Stephen Adolphus, Waiwetu, leasehold, Parted with qualification
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Tannahill, William, Taita, leasehold, Parted with qualification
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Trotter, Peter, Taita, Taita, freehold, Parted with qualification
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Whiteman, Francis, Taita, leasehold, Parted with qualification
Whiteman, George, Taita, leasehold, Parted with qualification
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Yule, Alexander, Taita, freehold, Whiteman, Parted with qualification

Evening Post 6 May 1905
WHITEMAN.- On the 5th May, 1905, at Upper Hutt, George Whiteman, aged 77 years.
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FUNERAL NOTICE
THE Friends of the late Mr George Whitemen are invited to attend the Funeral, which will leave the residence of Mr. John Whitemen (his son) on Sunday, the 7th, at 1 o''clock, for the Church of England Cemetery.
CHARLES CUDBY, Sen.,
Undertaker
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The death is announced of Mr. John (sic) Whiteman, aged 77. Deceased had resided in the Hutt Valley for 64 years, having arrived there with his father, brother, and sister in 1842, when he was but fourteen years of age. In the troublous times of the Maori uprising deceased joined the militia and fought against Te Rauparaha and others whose bloody deeds awakened feelings of horror throughout the colony and elsewhere. The militia to which Mr. Whiteman was attached fought from the vicinity of the Hutt Valley to Paikakariki (sic), and its neighbourhood, and he was one of the first to enter the barracks after the occasion upon which the Maoris lopped off the arms of a bugler lad who was sounding an alarm. Mr. Whiteman, who was born at Kent, England, in December, 1828, leaves five sons, the eldest of whom is Councillor Whiteman, of the Hutt County Council.

One of the sons lives in the Wairarapa, but all the others are resident in the Hutt Valley. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon at the Church of England Cemetery, Trentham.