Devereux, William Checkley

Christ Church''s Web Site
265 DEVEREUX William Checkley

Record Title : Lydia Myrtle Devereux, Lower Hutt
Reference Number : 1/2-140199-G
Display Dates : 1884
Quantity : 1 b&w original negative(s)
Physical Description : Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Scope & Contents : Portrait of Lydia Myrtle Devereux in 1884, taken in Lower Hutt by William Williams.
Historical Notes : This image was taken approximately three years before her marriage to William Williams, the photographer.
Restrictions : Partial restriction : Negatives are not available for viewing. Surrogate copies will be provided.
File Print : File print available in Turnbull Library Pictures (920. Williams, Lydia Myrtle. 1880s ; PFP-021844)
Collection Record : Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983 :Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera (PA-Group-00076)
Collection Status : PART OF COLLECTION
Issue Status : Issuable ITEM
Digital Copy : Digital copy available
Names : Williams, Lydia Myrtle, 1857-1938 (Subject)
Lydia (Exhibition) (as a related subject)
Subjects : Women - New Zealand - Wellington Region
Clothing and dress
Place : Lower Hutt
Image/Type : Portraits
Digital Objects : View archived copy online
from web site http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus/FULL/GLOBAL/OPCOMB/18/664523,301 Accessed: 30 May 2011
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Devereux, Frederick William, Wholesale and Retail Butcher, Main Road, Lower Hutt. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. This business—the only one of the kind in the township—was established in 1856 by the late Mr. William Checkley Devereux, father of the present proprietor. The founder, whose portrait is reproduced herein, came to the Colony in 1855, per ship “Myrtle,” and settled in the district. He took a keen interest in
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Photo with caption
The Late Mr. W. C. Devereux.
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local and colonial politics for over thirty years, and died in 1887 — five minutes after having voted at the general election of that year. Mr. F. W. Devereux, who took over the business in 1886, does a good trade. The premises, which are freehold, include a two-story shop and dwelling. His slaughter-house, fitted with every modern appliance, is situated on the Main Road about a mile from the shop. Mr. Devereux was born at the Lower Hutt in 1859, and learned his business with his father, assisting in the management of the business for several years before taking it over on his own account. As an Oddfellow he has been a member of the Rose of the Valley Lodge for some eighteen years past. In musical matters, Mr. Deveieux is a singer, and possesses a good tenor voice, which he is ever ready to use as a soloist for any local charity. He is also an amateur athlete, and, having studied the noble art of self-defence, has attained considerable renown as a boxer.
Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1897 [Wellington Provincial District]
from web site http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d69-d3.html accessed 22/6/2011

Wellington Independent 15 December 1863
Sheep Inspector''s Report, (continued).
Report of the number and condition of the Sheep depastured in the Wellington and West Coast Districts for 1863.
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Station: Waiwetu, Name of owner or person in charge: W. Ebden, No. of Sheep: 47, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 1 11 1/2
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Station: Taita, Name of owner or person in charge: W. R. Welch, No. of Sheep: 39, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 1 7 1/2
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Station: Waiwetu, Name of owner or person in charge: F. Freathey, No. of Sheep: 40, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 1 8
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Station: Taita, Name of owner or person in charge: Harris, No. of Sheep: 24, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 1 0
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Station: Taita, Name of owner or person in charge: Geo. Buck, No. of Sheep: 20, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 0 10
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Station: Auburn, (sic) Hutt, Name of owner or person in charge: H. Speedy (sic), No. of Sheep: 168, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 7 0
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Station: Belmont, Name of owner or person in charge: W. H. Ellerm, No. of Sheep: 50, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 2 1 1/2
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Station: Stokes Valley, Name of owner or person in charge: G. Sykes, No. of Sheep: 100, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 4 2
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Station: Hutt, Name of owner or person in charge: W. C. Devereux, No. of Sheep: 11, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 0 5 1/2
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1865 Hutt Electoral Roll William Devereux

Hutt Valley Cemetery Record William Checkley Devereux, Date: 1887, Christ Church Anglican, Taita, Monumental Inscription: Reference: 94
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Burial Record Wm Checkly Devereux, Date: 26 Sep 1887

Evening Post 26 September 1887
Sudden Death at the Hutt.
[By Telegraph.]
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Hutt, This Day.
About a quarter past 12 to-day Mr. Devereux, an old settler here, died suddenly, after registering his vote. Deceased had been ailing for some time, and was aged 65.
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From information received by Inspector Thomson this afternoon, it appears that the deceased gentleman fainted after returning home from the polling-booth, and did not afterwards rally. Mr. Devereux has been ill for some time past, and has been attended by Dr. Whitehead, who has given a certificate as to the cause of death, so that an inquest is unnecessary.

Evening Post 27 September 1887
DEVEREUX.- At his residence, Lower Hutt, William Checkley Devereux, aged 65 years.
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FUNERAL NOTICE
THE Friends of the late Mr. William C. Devereux are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave his late residence, Lower Hutt, for the Taita Cemetery, on Wednesday, 28th instant, at 3 p.m.
E. & A. Collett,
Undertakers, Petone

Probate William Checkley Devereux, Place: Lower Hutt, Occ: Butcher, Date of Death: 26/9/1887, AAOM 6029 2876, Filed: 30/9/1887, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington

Evening Post 30 September 1887
In the Estate of WILLIAM CHECKLEY DEVEREUX, late of the Lower Hutt, Butcher, Deceased.
It is requested that all claims against the above estate shall be forwarded to the office of the undersigned not later than the 8th October next.
BUKLEY, STAFFORD & TREADWELL,
Solicitors,
Lmabton Quay