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William Hargreaves, seated
left with wife Elizabeth Hargreaves. Children - Back:
William Victor Hargeaves and May Nickel; Front: Charles William
Henry Hargreaves (d: meningitis 7Y) and Kathleen Veronica Nickel
(Photo 1925c)
William Victor Hargreaves mar: 1935 to Mary Jean Alberta Hogg (b: 1915 to parents William James Hogg and Mary nee Barfield) - Their daughter: Myrna Beverley Hargreaves William Victor Hargreaves mar: 1944 to Beatrice Joan* Coryndon Luxmore (b: 08 Jul 1914 - her parents, Arthur George Coryndon Luxmore and mother Georgina Agnew Cowles; d: 2007) William's father William Henry Hargreaves was b: 20 Jun 1887 at Dunedin, the son of Charles Daniel Hargreaves occ: Wgtn; carrier (b: 1855; d: 2 Aug 1928 aged 71Y) and mother Annie Gagan (b: 1856; d: 1 Dec 1924 aged 68Y; bur: Karori Cem). Evening Star: 22 Apr 1903;
A deplorable state of affairs was revealed in a case that came
before the Wellington magistrate last Friday, when three girls, by name
Florrie Hill, Minnie Anderson, and
Lottie Anderson, who had been living in a house of ill-repute in Newtown,
were convicted on the idle and disorderly charge. "It is no use saying you
women cannot get an honest living in the conditions that prevail in
Wellington,” remarked the stipendiary magistrate. “ Instead of that, you
prefer to revel in the licentious life you lead, and even parade it before
the people of the neighborhood. It may be better for you and it certainly
will be better for the public for a short time, if you go to gaol for
three months." William Henderson was also sentenced to three months for
having consorted with the above women. Subsequently the Salvation Army
notified that Minnie Anderson, who is aged only seventeen years, would be
admitted to the Army’s Home if released on that condition. The magistrate
accordingly permitted her to go to the home for three months instead of to
gaol.
William Henry Hargreaves (Victor's father) mar: 9 Oct
1905 to Minnie Anderson (b: 1886, dau: of Charles Frederick and Annie
Anderson; d: 5 Apr 1962, Lower Hutt; Bur; 7 May 1962, Karori Cem.) With no
children together Minnie and Wm took baby William Victor into their
care - he is registered as their child (Src: stated "Adopted 21 July 1911"
taken from the 1918 divorce papers of Wm H. Snr and Minnie Anderson). NZ Truth: 15 Jun 1918: HARGREAVES v HARGREAVES. William Henry Hargreaves, a carrier said he mar; Minnie Hargreaves in Oct 1905, and they lived together until Dec of last year. His wife stated that she had misconducted herself with one A. B. Sadler. The co-respondent was ordered to pay £20 costs and disbursements to the petitioner. Decree Absolute; 11 Sep 1919 Evening Post: 25 Nov 1919: STREET COLLISIONS: FOLLOWED BY CIVIL ACTIONS: At the Magistrate's' Court a claim brought by James Leach, taxi proprietor, against William H. Hargreaves and Charles D. Hargreaves, carriers, for £157 12s 3d, damages in respect of a collision between a lorry owned by the defendant and the plaintiff's motor-car On 11th August the plaintiff was driving his car down Adelaide-road when the lorry, driven by W. H. Hargreaves, overtook and collided with it. His Worship said that evidence showed the collision was brought about by the negligent driving of the lorry by the defendant, W. H. Hargreaves. Judgment for the plaintiff Leach against W. H. Hargreaves - £115 15s, with £11 13s costs. Non-suited C. D. Hargreaves, with costs amounting to £5 19s, on the grounds that father and son were carrying on independent businesses. Elizabeth Woods b: 29 Jul 1890, first mar: in Westham, Essex in the Sep Quarter, 1911, to Conrad Nickel (b: Ropperhausen, near Kassell, Germany - it is a very small farming town and at that time, the bleak economy would have been the reason he went to the UK. Conrad immigrated to NZ as crew - occ: as cook, from London on 28 Mar 1912 on the ship "Waimana" (Capt W B Holmes) to Wellington Conrad Nickel and his wife, Elizabeth nee Woods had two children;
NZ 1917 Alien Records -
Prisoner of War: Name CONRAD NICKEL; Date
1917; Age 40; Birth Country Germany; 4 Yrs in NZ; Place; Somes Island
(May Beatrice NICKEL attended Mt Cook
Infants School, Wellington; Admission Date 9 Nov 1916. She and baby sister
Kathleen Veronica were sent to separate Homes of Compassion (one
for babies, the other for older children) because Elizabeth was sick after
childbirth and couldn’t feed and look after the two children.)
Wellington from Mount Cook circa 1890s. Photo looks over buildings towards the harbour with Mount Cook Infant School in the foreground and the Wesleyan Church in Taranaki Street in the centre. Photograph taken by Henry Charles Clarke Wright. Dominion: 11 Nov 1920: UNUSUAL DIVORCE CASE: ENGLISH WIFE
V GERMAN HUSBAND. An undefended divorce case Elizabeth Nickel
petitioned for dissolution of her marriage with Conrad Nickel, on the
ground that he was a person ot enemy origin, who was absent from New
Zealand, the petition being brought under the provisions of the Divorce
and Matrimonial Causes Amendment Act of 1919. Mrs Nickel said she
had married Nickel, a German in England in 1911, and had come to the
Dominion in 1912 prior to the war, In 1914 he was arrested as an
enemy alien, and was interned on Somes Island for a month, When released
and liberated in September and returned to his former employers as
cook, and petitioner had received £l8 a month for a time. The other
men would not work with him and he applied to be sent back to the island
On his own application, was re-interned, being employed on Somes Island as
a cook and was later at Featherston During the period of his internment
for the second time, respondent's wife received £l8 a month from the
Defence Department. In 1916 the internee was liberated, but within a few
days he became under the influence of liquor and used language that
resulted in his re-internment. During his third period of incarceration,
the respondent received 3s. a day for road making, but never again sent
his wife any money. Before his deportation took place, he offered to take
his wife to Germany, but she refused. She requested grounds for a decree
- Desertion. The Judge said that there was no evidence of desertion.
The respondent had maintained his wife until his final internment in 1916,
and had offered to take her home with him. Mr. Scott submitted that
respondent had failed to maintain his wife since 1916 which constituted
desertion. His Honour maintained that if a man who was in gaol for over
four years was he guilty of desertion?
31 May 1921 - HUSBAND DEPORTED - WIFE GRANTED A
DECREE NISI: The average undefended divorce case has little to commend it
to the public interest, but "Has a man left New Zealand if he has
been forcibly ejected?" asked His Honour. "One would have
thought that the Act would apply in cases where the man left the
country voluntarily. The Act was passed for the protection of British
women, and is intended to apply in cases in which wives have been
deserted. "This is a case of deporting, not a deserting" replied his
Honour. Mr Scott submitted that as the Act was passed in 1919, some time
after the Germans had been deported, it was clear that the provisions
should apply to deportees, otherwise special mention would have been made
of particular cases. Major T Finnis gave formal evidence to Nickel's
having been deported to Germany "at his own request" His Honour, remarked
that the evidence given by Major Finnis dealed up the difficulty as to
"deporting or deserting'' An order was made for a decree nisi, to be made absolute within three months - Petitioner was given custody
of the children.
William Henry Hargreaves mar: 15 Sep 1921 to divorcee Elizabeth Nicol (marriage registered under her maiden name of Woods) She was b: 1883 Essex to parents Peter and Sarah Woods and d: 17 Dec 1976 Wellington; bur: 17 Dec 1976 Karori Cem.) They had 2 sons:
Evening Post, 23 Aug
1922: UNDER PRESSURE:
CARRIER GOES BANKRUPT. William Henry Hargreaves, carrier at
a meeting of creditors held yesterday made plea that if he had been
given time he could have paid his creditors before the Official
Assignee (Mr. S. Tansley). Bankrupt's statement was as follows: "My
business is that of a general carrier, which I carry one with one van. For
some time past I have not been able to obtain sufficient carrying business
to pay my way. Numerous creditors sued me, and there was also an order on
judgment summons against me. I have not got the money to meet these debts,
and to save myself from imprisonment I have been forced to file my
petition in bankruptcy. If I had been given time, and not forced through
Court proceedings, I believe that I could have paid off my debts." The
debts to unsecured creditors totalled £180 18s 6d, and those to secured
creditors £61 3s l0d; his assets estimated at £134 18s 7d. The
bankrupt, in reply to questions, admitted he had gone to races sometimes,
but denied gambling or leading a fast life. He had a wife and four
children, and his earnings had averaged about £6 a week. The Official
Assignee said he would adjourn the case sine die for the assets to be
realised, although-he thought the securities placed at £83 would probably
turn out nil. He might be able to pay 4s. in the
£.
Hargreaves Family Research courtesy of descendants Tracey and Mark |
William
Victor (Guilford) Hargreaves was b: 24 May 1911 to birth mother Ethel
Florence Guilford (her father: 