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Death, Henry

Henry Death
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Biography
Evening Post 19 September 1919
There passed away at Eltham recently Mrs. Samuel Death at the age of 78 years. Born in 1841 on the ship Thomas Sparks, just before reaching Wellington Heads, Mrs. Death settled at Petone with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Riddler. Mrs. Death was married in 1863, and was therefore within four years of her diamond wedding. After living forty years in the Hutt Valley, where their family were all born and brought up, Mr. and Mrs. Death went to Taranaki. Mr. and Mrs. Death both passed through the vicissitudes of the early settler''s life, Mr. Death having served in the Militia in the troubles with the Maoris. She leaves a husband and family of nine, eight sons — Messrs. Arthur (Levin), George (Thames Valley), Henry Frank, William, Thomas, Norman, and Sidney (all of Fraser-road, Eltham), and one daughter, Mrs. T. Hudson (Palmerston North).
Ancestors
   
George Death
1808 - 10 FEB 1890
 
 
Samuel Death
1838 - 1 JUL 1920
  
  
  
Mary Ann Unknown
1805 - 28 OCT 1886
 
  
 
  
William Riddler
1801 - 24 JUL 1879
 
 
Mary Ann Riddler
1841 - 27 AUG 1919
  
  
  
Eizabeth Unknown
1811 - 22 JAN 1897
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Samuel Death
Birth1838
Death1 JUL 1920
Marriageto Mary Ann Riddler
FatherGeorge Death
MotherMary Ann Unknown
PARENT (F) Mary Ann Riddler
Birth1841
Death27 AUG 1919
Marriageto Samuel Death
FatherWilliam Riddler
MotherEizabeth Unknown
CHILDREN
MGeorge Death
Birth
Death
MHenry Death
Birth
Death
MFrank Death
Birth1870
Death1946
Marriage15 JUN 1898to Annie Langley Smith at Christ Church, Taita
MWilliam Death
Birth
Death
MThomas Death
Birth
Death
MNorman Death
Birth
Death
MSidney Death
Birth
Death
FAlice Ethel Death
Birth1882
Death
Marriage1911to Thomas Haigh Hudson
MArthur Samuel Death
Birth1865
Death1933
Marriage1886to Sarah Anne Jones
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