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Alice Victoria Benbow
and Lawence
Hartley Hopkinson
Alice's birth mother was Mary
Vincent, a
married woman living apart from her husband and with
regularity from
1890 she is recorded appearing at at the Waimate
court for
alcohol addiction and given periods of
imprisonment and
prohibition orders. She appealed to the Sth
Canty
Hospital and Charitable Aid but in 1896 she had a
child taken from her by its father.
In
Dec 1899, the pregnant Mary Vincent was again
sentenced
to a month's imprisonment for drunkenness and using obscene
language, and
back in court again in Feb 1900 charged with
drunkenness, and
without any lawful visible means of support. She took a house
in
Timaru under a false name, where her conduct immediately
caused
numerous complaints. The Timaru police Constable saw
the
Salvation Army Captain and his wife who agreed to take
charge of the
woman, and get her admitted to the Salvation Army
Home.
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Her baby
Alice
arrived safely on 11th of July - her birth was
registered
(1900/13834 Vincent Alice - mother Mary father's
name NR)
Mary Vincent
filed a
paternity case in Sept: 1900 at the Waimate Court
against
Daniel Low as being the father of her infant child. He was in
railway
employment at Christchurch and could not
be present but
she said she seen him at Christchurch railway about
three
weeks before coming to court. The resule of the courts
decision is not found.
18 Dec 1900,
Mrs Mary
Vincent is next recorded that she had been residing in
Christchurch for
some time past, and when she attempted to leave the Papanui tram
while it
was in motion late the previous night, she fell breaking
her
left leg and bruising her head and face and had to be taken to the
hospital, where her injuries were attended to.
It
is believed
Edith had miscarried at some time in the past 10 yrs and the
Salvation
Army may have facilitated the adoption of baby Alice Vincent
into a
safe environment and she became their loved fourth
child.
William and
Edith
Benbow lived at Ormsby Street, Temuka. Their daughter Alice
was
admitted first to Temuka Primary School on 5 Feb 1906 under name
Alice
Vincent Benbow.
Left: Des Talbot and Mavis nee Hopkinson;
Parents
Alice and Laurie Hopkinson; Olive nee Hopkinson and Brian
McEwan
LAWENCE
HARTLEYHOPKINSON was
b: 20
Nov 1901 in Temuka, son of HARTLEY
(SAP)
HOPKINSON
(1873-1957)
and mother HENRIETTA
HUIRANGATIRA
KAPITI (1880-1956);
he
d: 31 Dec 1980
in
Temuka. Laurie mar: 26 Jun 1925 in Temuka
to ALICE
VICTORIA
BENBOW daughter of
WILLIAM
BENBOW and
EDITH
STRINGER.
Children of LAWENCE HOPKINSON and ALICE BENBOW are:i. M AVIS ALICE HOPKINSON ( b. 27 Apr 1926, Temuka; d. 2014) She mar: 30 Nov 1946 in Temuka to DESMOND CLARENCE TALBOT He was b: 04 Nov 1923 in Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay; Occ: Administration officer, Ministry of Works, Wgtn; he d: 29 Nov 2005 in Porirua, Wellington. Their children were born at Temuka;ii IAN KEITH TALBOT b: Temuka He married MARGARET THOMPSON CAMPBELL 16 Apr 1981 in Bellshill, Scotland. She was b; 26 Dec 1950 in Bellshill, Scotland, and d: 30 Dec 1993 in Wellington. Son of IAN TALBOT and MARGARET CAMPBELL is: i. J OHN LAURIE TALBOT, b. Wellingtoniii ALAN ROSS TALBOT b: Temuka He mar: at Wellington to BEVERLY ANNE JENKINSwho was b: in Masterton. Their sons;
iv GEOFFREY NEIL TALBOT b: Ashburton v. CHRISTOPHER PAUL TALBOT, b. Ashburton. He mar: at Wellington to VALERIE JUNE NGARANOA GILLARD who was b: in Marton, Rangatikei. Their daus: i. K ELLY MARIE NGATAHAMOANA TALBOT, b. Wellington.ii. E RIN JANE HINEIWIA TALBOT, b. Marton, Rangatikei.vi. BRYAN
DESMOND*
TALBOT, b. New
Plymouth; mar. at Wellington to ELLEN
NIKOLAISON
ii. OLIVE
CHARMAINE
HOPKINSON ( b. 29
Aug
1929 at Temuka; d. 2015)
She mar: 15 Oct 1949 in Temuka
to BRIAN
BROOKLAND
MCKEOWN son
of
FELIX
MCKEOWN
(1887-1964)
and mother SARAH
GRIFFITHS (1893-1969) He
was born 28 Jul 1925, Retired from New Zealand Railways as
Deputy
General Manager; he died
2015.
Children of
O i. G ii. A i. B ii. L iii. M iii. D
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