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He had arrived to
NZ in 1859 on the ship "Regina" with his mother
Phoebe (her husband William d: 1851 in a drowning accident - she married 1860 the following year to Billy Fisher and d: 1886 agd 54 yrs) sailing from
Gravesend (depart: 29 Aug 1859) to Lyttelton (arr: 4 Dec
1859) They first resided in a
hut on Highfield Station and during the 1870's William started carrying
mail by pack horse to Kaikoura and Claverley. The first passenger train through to Waiau left on the 15th Dec 1919
from the Christchurch railway station at 8 30 a.m. and
arrived at its dotinatinn at 1 p.m. It was a red-lettcr day in the history
of the Amuri: "The old order changeth and gives way to the new" and
commendation was given the area's coachmen - Wm Creed who had pushed hard for the
line and Tom Derrett - they received loud applause,
William lived at Waiau until his
death in 1928 when the house was taken over by William Edward Creed, a son
of his second marriage.William Richard Creed b: 15 April 1904; d: 20 Dec 1928 aged 77 yrs and was
bur: 22 Dec at Waiau cemetery. Children of WILLIAM RICHARD CREED and MARION
(Minnie or Mina ) HILL HAMILTON (b: 1856 Glasgow, Scotland,
the daughter of ALEXANDER HAMILTON and ANNIE MCGUIRE; she d:
01/11/1896 Waiau, Canterbury): i HELEN FANNY CONSTANT (CISSIE) CREED (b; 1876 d; d. 08 September 1950
Waiau) She
mar: HERBERT JOHN PENWEll - he died 23 January 1914 and they are buried
in the Balcairn Cemetery. ii. ALEXANDER
AMOS CREED (b. 1878; Occu: Labourer d. 22 September 1910, Waiau, Waiau
Cemetery) Did not marry iii. PHOEBE
MARION SOPHIA CREED (b. 1879; d. 1951) She mar: WilliAM VALENTINE MOCKETT
(b: 1883 to father H J Mockett, Amberley; d: 1942) Presbyterian
Church, Waiau on 14 Dec 1906. Their
children: (A) MINNIE IRENE MOCKETT (b. 1907); (B) FRANCES
GRACE MOCKETT (b. 1913) mar. DARCY
CHRISTOPHER. iv.
WILLIAM HUBERT PERCIVAL CREED, b. 1880, Waiau, Labourer d. 22 November
1944, Christchurch Did not marry Bur: Waiau cemetery - Sergeant. War
Veteran. Canty Mounted Rifles. DSM Medal v. ALBERT
GEORGE CREED (b. 1882; d. 21 July 1959) Albert drove coaches from Waiau to
Kaikoura at age 13! He mar: IVY BEATRICE KNIGHT in 1920. She died
28/04/1949 They are buried at the Waiau Cemetery. Their children: (A) FRANCIS HOWARD
CREED (b. 1921; d. 1939 WW2) (B) BARTLETT (BART) ERIC CREED (b. 11 April
1923, d: 2011) mar. JOYCE HEWITT. (C) ROSS ALBERT CREED, b. 1930; mar.
AlDYTH DAVID. xi. THOMAS RICHARD CREED b.1884 NZEF; Service No. 21663
Killed in action; Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Richard Creed, of Waiau,
North Canterbury. CEMETERY/MEMORIAL BELGIUM - MESSINES RIDGE (N.Z.)
MEMORIAL; Regiment - Canterbury Bn. 2nd; killed in action June 08,
1917,
xii. ETHEL BEATRICE CREED, b. 1886; d.
1967 aged 82yrs. She mar: LAWRENCE STOVE 1907. Their children: (A) HERBERT
STOVE (B) WILLIAM STOVE. xiii. AMY BELL CREED (b. 1887; d.
1965) She mar: JAMES FITZGIBBONS in 1910. Their children: (A) RUTH
FITZGIBBONS; (B). RONALD FITZGIBBONS; (C) TED FITZGIBBONS; (D).
MARTIN FITZGIBBONS; (E) CLAUDE FITZGIBBONS; (F). EDNA FITZGIBBONS;
(G). MATTHEW FITZGIBBONS.(H) MARION FITZGIBBONS. (I) COLLEEN
FITZGIBBONS. (J) NOELINE FITZGIBBONS. (K) JOSEPH
FITZGIBBONS. ix. ROSE IVY CREED, b. 1889; d. 1975.
She mar: GEORGE JAMES POWIS in 1909. Their children: (A) CLARENCE
POWIS, m. ELSIE MOORE. (B) EDNA
POWIS. x. ANNIE EDITH CREED, (b. 23 Feb.
1891; d.3 Mar 1969) She mar: JACK DOWER 1912. Their children: (A) JOHN
DOWER. (B) ARCHIBALD WILLIAM DOWER. (D) ALBERT HAMILTON
DOWER. (E) GWENDA MILLICENT DOWER. (F) REGINALD STEVE DOWER.
xi. CLAUDE HAMILTON CREED, (b. 1893;
d. 1963) He mar: IVY FLORENCE SMITH in 1916. Their
children: (A) RUSSELL CREED. (B) GEOFFREY CREED.(C) MAURICE
CREED. (D) ALINE CREED. xii. RUTH AGNES CREED, b. 1895; d. 27
December 1957. Buried Waiau Cemetery Children of WILLIAM CREED and MARY POWIS (b:
1870 Woodend to parents EDWARD JOHN POWIS (1839-1901) and JANE
BELL (1851-1904) Mary d: 19 Aug 1930, bur: Waiau Cem.) are:
i. DORIS JEAN LOUISA CREED, b. Nov 14 1901 at
Oxford St, Lyttelton; d. 01 August 1995; mar. GEORGE CONE. ii. WILLIAM EDWARD CREED died 13/07/1977 aged
73 years bur. Waiau iii. ERIC JACK CREED (b. 3 September
1905, d: 1982) He married MARGARET FARROW. Their children are: (A) RICHARD
CREED. (B) MURRAY CREED. (C) HUNTlY CREED. Ref. "Cobb Coaches Back on the South Island, the
firm of G.W. Riley opened up a passenger coach service twice weekly from
Blenheim to Clarence in the year 1881 which was taken over by J.W.Allen in
1885. Allen joined partners with W. McRae in 1887 and expanded the coach
service out to Kaikoura and to Waiau. W.Creed took over the coach services
in later years, when it is recounted that the Waiau coach ran into trouble
one winter's day on the cutting near the south bank of the Conway River
which was well known as a trouble spot.
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