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Christopher Richmond (b: 01 Dec 1785 in Stockton-on-Tees, Co.
Durham; Bapt Dec 12; d: 03 Apr 1832 in London; Bur: Gravel Pit Cem,
Hackney, London)
Christopher was son of Robert Richmond
(Master Mariner b: 1748 Kirklevington, Yorkshire, Uk; d: 1796
St Petersburg, Russia) and mother Ann. A barrister-at-Law,
Middle Temple, he rose to a high degree of reputation and consequently had
many pupils. His 4 children were born at 56 Doughty Street, a few doors
away from the Dickens family. Feb. 1828: Numerous petitions to Parliament
during this and preceding years from Darlington, Stockton and other towns
for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. [Christopher drew this
up.] Unitarian by faith. Src: Jessie Richmond
He mar: 14 Oct 1819 in Parish Church of
Stockton-on-Tees
to Maria (Lely) Wilson
(b: 30 Oct 1791 in
Stockton-on-Tees - her parents were Major William Wilson;
mother Jane Maria nee Fowler; Lely d: 19 Dec 1872 in Nelson,
NZ.)
Widow Jane emigrated to New Zealand on
the Sir Edward Paget on 9th December 1852, arriving in Auckland
on 25 May 1853. She lived in New Plymouth from 1856, in Auckland
1860-62, and then back to New Plymouth. From 1868 in Nelson, in 1871
purchasing "Fairfield" and its lands.
The 4
Richmond children:
1 Christopher William*
Richmond
(b: 12 Jul 1821 in
London, England d: 03 Aug 1895 in Wellington) Mar: 15 Sep 1852
to Emily Elizabeth Atkinson b: (1829 d: 1906) Their 9
children:
a Mary Elizabeth Anne
Richmond (b: 30 Aug 1853 in
New Plymouth; d: 03 Jul 1949 in Wellington) CBE 1949. Educationalist,
Composer of music. Founder of the first Free Kindergarten in Wellington.
1st President of the Pioneer Club. Delegate to Boston, USA. Published
verses, "The Bindy Ballads", childrens' songs, etc. 1891 UK Census she
is visiting Richard C Fisher at Hill Top, Midhurst, described as a
schoolteacher - she did not marry.
b Anna Wilson Richmond, b: 04 May
1855 in Taranaki, 2nd daughter of Mr Justice Richmond. She d: 8 Jul 1912
after an illness of over 20 years aged 58 at her residence,
Hobson-street, Wellington, She left four sisters - Mrs Fell
(wife of Dr Fell), of Welliington; Mrs E. J. Blake, who resides in
England and the Misses E. and E. Richmond, of Wellington. and three
brothers, Mr G F Richmond, of Sydney Mr R. R.
Richmond, surveyor, of Wellington and Mr A. Richmond, solicitor,
Feilding.
c Margaret Richmond
(b: 05 Apr 1857 in Auckland; d: 1933 in Wellington)
mar: 1886 to Walter Fell (b: 1845
Nelson; d: 22 Sep 1932 Wellington)
NZ
Herald: 25 Nov 1932: OBITUARY DR. WALTER FELL MRCP, LRCP: The death
occurred at his residence, Mahina Bay, Wellington, of Dr. Walter Fell,
aged 77. He was formerly well known in Wellington, where he practised
his profession for many years before his retirement. Walter Fell
was born in Nelson in 1855, his father being the late Mr.
Alfred
Fell. His early years
from the age of four were spent in the South of France, where his
parents resided. Later he went to Rugby, and then to Oxford. He studied
medicine at St. Thomas' Hospital, where he was house surgeon and house
physician. In 1884 he returned to New Zealand, joining Dr. W. E. Collins
in practice in Wellington. Dr. Fell was an enthusiastic yachtsman, and
his five-tonner "Mahina" was well known in harbour racing and in
cruising waters. He was a past-president of the Port Nicholson Yacht
Club, and the Star Boating Club. He was also greatly interested in
painting, and was a member for many years of the committee of the New
Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, as well as a past'president of the
Academy. Dr. Fell retired from his Wellington practice about 1907, but
when the war broke out he went to England and was given a commission in
the Royal Army Medical Corps and served iu various capacities in various
parts of the war zone, eventually serving in tho Soldiers' Hospital at
Bethnel Green, and being promoted to the rank of major. Dr. Fell mar: in
1886 the third daughter of the late Mr. Justice Richmond. He is survived
by his wife, and two sons. Mr. Christopher Fell, of Whangarei,
Lieutenant-Commander W. Fell, of the Royal Navy, and three daughters,
Mrs. F. A. Wilson, Mrs. G. V. Bogle, and Miss A.
Fell.
Evening Post, 30 Jan 1933: OBITUARY MRS. WALTER FELL: A former
resident of Auckland, died last Saturday. She was born in
Auckland, the third daughter of the late Mr. Justice Richmond who
was a Minister of the Crown. She was educated in New Zealand, Germany,
Switzerland, and subsequently at Newnham College, Cambridge. At the
foundation of Wellington Girls' College she joined the staff and taught
for three years.until her marriage with Dr. Walter
Fell, M.D., of Mahina Bay, who died in November last. She lived for many
years in Willis street, and later at Mahina Bay, Eastbourne. In 1915
Mrs. Fell went to England in order to be near her family, her
husband and two sons being on active service, and two daughters engaged
in war work. She leaves three daughters, two sons, and eight
grandchildren. She was a gifted actress, and took an active part in
amateur theatricals. She was also a moving spirit when Lady Stout
founded the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, being at
one time president. She had a fine intellect and wide sympathies. Hers
was an outstanding personality, which brought her a large circle of
friends on both sides of the world. Their 5
children:
i Erica Richmond Fell (b:
1887) Mar: 14 Jul 1917 at Esses Church, Notting Hill Gate, to
Captain Frank Alexander Wilson ( eldest son of the late Mr R. A.
Wilson, of Hawke's Bay; d: 1932)
ii Christopher Walter Fell (b:
1889; d: May 29, 1958 Bellingen, NSW, Australia aged 88Y) Mar: (1)
1920 to Margaret Joyce Raikes (b: 1898 - her father: William
Campbell Raikes) Mar: (2) Lorna ? - 4 children.
iii Margaret Cecily Richmond
Fell (b: 1889) mar: 17 Jul 1915 in Unitarian Free Church,
Ingestre Street, Wellington to Captain Gilbert Vere
Bogle S erved NZ Medical Service,
WW1; killed d: 12 Oct
1917
iv Anna Richmond Fell (b: 23
Feb 1892; d: 1972) She attended Victoria College, Wgtn; Nurse
WW1; mar: ? Britton;
v William Richmond
Fell (b: 31 Jan 1897
Wellington; DSC, 1941, CBE, 1947, created CMG, 1957; d: 28 Nov 1981
aged 84Y) mar: 1921 Phyllis Munday(div) They had two sons;
he later mar: (2) Jean Dunkerley.
d Christopher Francis Richmond
(b: 12 Mar
1859; Occ: solicitor Wgtn, Orchardist at Gosford; d: 30 Jan 1935 in
Wamberal, Australia) mar: . Amy Lisa Gibson (b: 1863 - her father:
Robert Henry Gibson; d: 23 Feb 1944 in Wamberal.
Australia)
Their son: Christopher Launce
Richmond (b: 1891; mar: Florence Lydia Lee-Hing)
e Alfred Richmond b: 1862
f Alice Richmond (b: 10
Sep 1863 in Dunedin; d: 1944) mar: 1892 in Hilltop, Bridgewater to
Edward Jarman Blake (b: 1863 in Bishops Hull, Somerset, UK, son of
William Blake and Fanny Follett Osler; Occ: solicitor; d: abt: Dec
1936) Their 3 children:
i Elizabeth Richmond Blake b:
18 Jul 1893 in Crewkerne, Somerset, UK; mar: Stanley Natusch ( b:
1889 to parents Charles Tilleard Natusch (1860-1951 and
mother Ada Spencer (1860-1954; Rank: Captain WW1 with Australian
forces; Link) Occup:
ii Edward William Richmond
Blake (b: 27 May 1897 in Crewkerne, Somerset, UK; d: 31 Jul
1917 Ypres, Mennin Gate, Belgium age 20Y) 2nd Lieutenant Somerset
Light Infantry. On the 31st July the Somersets took part in the Battle of Pilckem which was part of the Passchendaele Offensive of the 3rd Battle of Ypres. D Company of the Somersets under Edward Blake advanced forward to clear Beek Wood and form a line between Wam Farm to Grass Farm. Blake was killed as he lead his platoon under heavy fire and was never found. He is listed on Panel 21 of The Menin Gate Memorial.
iii Margaret Richmond Blake
(b: 15 Apr 1899 in Crewkerne, Somerset,
UK
g Robert Richardson Richmond (b:
1865; occ: Civil Engineer & Surveyor, Wgtn NZ; d:
1916) mar: Beatrice Bernadette Farrell Their 2
sons:
i Sir Maxwell Richmond (b: 19 Oct 1900
in Wellington Vice-Admiral Sir Maxwell Richmond, RN, KBE, CB, DSO,
Croix-de-Guerre, Order of the Red Banner. Mentioned twice in
Despatches, WW2.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1918, serving
with distinction in WW2 in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, achieving
the rank of Captain in 1942 and Rear Admiral in 1954; he d: 1986) Mar:
1929 to Jessie Messervy Campbell Craig (b: 06 Aug 1899; d: 1985)
ii Robert Calvert Richmond (b: 1905,
Group Captain RAF; d: 1966) mar: 1936 in Surrey Josephine Evelyn
Grantham b: 1908 in Lincolnshire, UK
h Edward
Thomas Richmond b: 1867 Occ Lawyer
i Emily Richmond
(b: 1869; d: 1950)
2 James Crowe Richmond (b: 22 Sep
1822 in London; Engineer, artist, and politician; d: 19 Jan
1898 in Otaki) He mar: 15 Sep 1856 at Hemel Hempstead to Mary Smith
(b:1834; d: 29 Oct 1865 at Nelson) and on arrival in NZ settled in
Taranaki. Three years later he returned to England, but returned in
1857 to Taranaki where, in 1858 he was elected to the Provincial
Council. He believed it was vital to defeat Māori opposition and
"obstruction" and was keen to open the country for European settlement,He
was elected to Parliament in 1860, but like many other Taranaki settlers,
took refuge in Nelson when war broke out. He stayed on, becoming editor of
the Nelson Examiner and a member of the Nelson Provincial Council.
In 1865 James Richmond became Colonial Secretary for a
brief period, before being elected by a Taranaki constituency to the House
of Representatives. In 1866 he was responsible for native affairs in the
Stafford administration. Although Richmond remained deeply committed to
colonisation, he returned some confiscated land in the Bay of Plenty and
Taranaki. He also tried unsuccessfully to end the isolation of the King
Movement. In 1868 the Stafford government failed to end conflicts with
Titokowaru and Te Kooti, and it fell the following year. As a result,
Richmond's career in high office ended. Src:
James and Mary's 5
children:
a Anne Elizabeth Richmond
(b: 30 Jul 1858 in
Taranaki; d: 1917) Mar: 1887 Edmond Tudor Atkinson (b:
1859 son of Harry Albert Atkinson; Occ lawyer, land
speculator; d: 1928) Their family:
i Esmond Hurworth Atkinson (b: 1887
Occ: official artist to the Dominion Museum, botanist; d: 1941 in
UK) mar: Dorothy Allison Burnett (b:1 Feb
1892 to parents Ellen and James Burnett; she d: 1986) Their
children:
a Nicholas Tudor
Atkinson (b: 26 Jul 1918; d: Jan 1981) mar: Jane
Elizabeth Hendry They had 2 children
b Tudor Egmont Atkinson (b: 30 Nov
1919 Levin; Civil Engineer (Hydroelectrics) d: 6 Dec
2008 Eastbourne, Hutt) A son's tribute to
his father Tudor mar: 1951
to Jean Hursthouse Stocker. Their family - Mary mar; Noel; Richmond
mar: Margaret; Janet mar: Oliver; Lucy mar: Rob;
ii Mary Atkinson (b: 16 Jul 1891; d:
1984) mar: Basil Egerton Champion (b: 09 Apr
1892; his mother Mrs Ella D. Champion, Ivy Bars, Charlton, Musgrove,
Wincanton, England; d: 1978; crem: Waikumete Cem. )
25 August 1913: The Shaw Ravill and Albion
Company "S.S.lonic" from London left Plymouth , Captain
Starck. Second class passengers include :.Mr. B. E. Champion,
His War Years: 7 Sept 1914: AWAPUNI CAMP
FORCE. WELLINGTON INFANTRY BATTALION; In camp at Awapuni:— D
Company Infantry Private B E Champion; Manawatu Times; 13 Aug 1915: Dardanelles CASUALTIES Wellington
Company: Corpl. B. E. Champion; Oct
1915: First Southern hospital, Birmongham, B E Champion enteric
fever; 9 Nov admitted to hospital wounded B E
Champion; 20 Feb 1919 SOLDIERS RETURNING
DRAFT NO. 217 - OFFICERS AND MEN B. E. Champion,
England
Evening Post, 9 July 1920: The
wedding of Miss Mary Atkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tudor
Atkinson, of York Bay, to Mr. Basil Champion, a returned soldier, took
place at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday, when the Ven. Archdeacon
Johnson officiated. The bride wore a pretty gown of pale blue crepe de
chine, a velvet hat of a deeper shade, and carried a bouquet of
flowers. Miss Rosalind Atkinson was the bridesmaid, wearing pale green
silk and georgette, and velour hat, Mr. Hal Atkinson was the best man.
The wedding breakfast took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Tombs, Burnellavenue, where afterwards the guests enjoyed some good
music. The rooms were decorated with beautiful flowers, which had been
sent from Nelson for the occasion. Later Mr. and Mrs. Champion left
for a brief tour, the latter wearing a dark green tailor-made costume
and a black hat. The wedding guests were mostly relatives, and
included Dr. and Mrs. Fell, Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Atkinson, Mrs. A. R.
Atkinson, Mrs. Alfred Atkinson, Mrs. and Miss Moore, Miss D. K.
Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. J. Burnett, Mr. and Miss Richmond, Mrs.
Robieson, Miss E. Skinner, and others.
iii Harry Merton Waldo Atkinson (b: 28
Nov 1895; WW1 Artist; Lieutenant RNVR; d: 19 Aug 1975)
mar: Mary Ord Bews (b: 1910; d:
1950; Crem: Karori Cem, Wellington)
iv Rosalind Wilson Atkinson (b: 11 Apr
1900 in Gladstone Tce, Wellington; Occ: Actress; d: 21 Feb 1977 in
Hillingdon, Northwood, Middlesex, UK)
b Maurice Wilson Richmond (b: 26
Apr 1860 in Nelson Occ: Barrister and later a professor of law at
Victoria College; d: 26 Feb 1923) Mar: 1887 to Flora Hursthouse McDonald
(b: 1862 to parents Charles Alexander Phillips McDonald and mother Helen
Maria (Nellie) nee Hursthouse; Flora d: 1926)
Maurice was a law student with Messrs. Fell and
Atkinson, of Nelson from 1880, and was admitted a barrister and
solicicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in August, 1883. He was
appointed secretary to the late Judge Richmond, his uncle; and in 1884
entered into partnership "Richmond and Richmond" in Wellington with his
cousin, the eldest son of the late Judge, Mr. Christopher Richmond, of
New Plymouth. He was solicitor to the Wellington District Law Society,
and Law Reporter to the New Zealand Council of Law Reporting, for the
Supreme Court in Wellington, the Court of Appeal, the Municipal
Association and the Counties Association.and also compiled and edited
The New Zealand Digest issued by the Council of Law Reporting in 1894 in
addition to their general business.
Their family;
i Major James (Jim) Macdonald Richmond
(b: 17 Apr 1888 in Wanganui; Occ:
Major in WW1; d: 27 Oct 1918 in Le Cateau, France)
ii Helen Macdonald
Richmond (b: 21 Nov 1890 in Wellingon;
Occ: Teacher, university lecturer, writer; d: 06 Nov 1960 in
Christchurch) Mar: 27 Jan 1927 in Eastbourne, Wellington
to Arthur Barrows Simpson b: 1897 d: Oct
1959 in Christchurch
iii Norman Mcdonald
Richmond (b: 23 Oct 1897 d: 13 Jul 1971 in
Wellington) Mar: 01 Jun 1926 in Christchurch to Hilary Wall
(b: 1903 daughter of Professor Arnold Wall; d: 1962)
c Dorothy (Dolla) Kate Richmond (b: 12 Sep 1861
in Parnell. Auckland; Her father took her to England in 1874 and she
studied art and music in London and Dresden. At the age of seventeen she
gained a Slade Scholarship, and for two years worked under Legros at the
Slade School. After a further visit to England and France she returned
to New Zealand in 1903, devoting herself wholly to her art, and for many
years she taught at her studio in Hill Street, Wellington; d: 16 Apr
1935 in Wellington) Artist and Art Teacher
d Richard Hutton Richmond (b:
1863; d: 1863)
e James Wilson Richmond (b: 7 Jun 1865; d:
1865)
3 Henry Robert Richmond; (b:
15 Jun 1829; d: 7 Dec 1890 in 175 Worcester St, ChCh) He was a member of
the Taranaki Provincial Council before being elected to the position as
fourth Superintendent of Taranaki, 4th of September, 1865 until the 15th
of October, 1869. He was a brother of Mr. Justice Richmond, and arrived in
Taranaki about the year 1852, when he settled on bush land, in the
neighbourhood of New Plymouth. He held a commission in the Taranaki
militia, and was afterwards for a time, a school teacher. Henry next
qualified as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court, and
practised his profession in New Plymouth until his
death.
Henry mar: (1) 18 Dec 1858 in St
Mary's Church, New Plymouth to cousin Mary Blanche
Hursthouse (b: 12 Jul 1839
in Norwich, Norfolk, England - her Father: John
Hursthouse and mother
Helen nee Wilson; d: 26 Nov 1864 in New Plymouth aged 25Y; Bur: 28 Jul
1864 Te Henui Cem, New Plymouth)
Their children:
i Helen Richmond (b: 27 Oct
1859 New Plymouth; d: 10 Apr 1861 New Plymouth)
ii Robert Richmond (b: 19 Aug
1861 New Plymouth d: aged 2 wks, New Plymouth)
iii Francis William
Richmond (b: 13 Jan 1863 in New Plymouth; d: 21 May 1938 in
Wellington) He mar: 1891 in New Plymouth to Annie Maria
Bramley (b: 13 Jul 1867 in Rangiora to parents Elizabeth nd William
Bramley; d: 07 Jan 1956 in Porirua)
18 Jul 1878: Gazette - William Francis Richmond,
son of Mr. H. R. Richmond, solicitor, New Plymouth, has passed at the
recent Civil Service Examination. He was three years under the tuition
of his father, and three at the Nelson College. He was an Accountant
in Nelson. In Jul 1905 as a result of speculation in
property, declared bankrupt Their dau: was-
i Marietta Dorothy Richmond (b: 10 May 1892; d: 17
Mar 1958)
iv Maria Blanche Richmond (b: 17
Nov 1864 New Plymouth;
*2nd Wife of [3] Henry Robert
Richmond: Mar: 1868 in St Mary's Church, New Plymouth to Emma Jane Parris
b: 1845 - her father: Major Robert
Parris; she d: 10 Oct
1921) Their children:
i Beatrice Jane Richmond b: 1873
in New Plymouth; d: 10 May 1913 in Auckland Taranaki Herald, 10 Mar
1894: We are pleased to learn that Miss Beatrice Richmond, daughter of
the late Mr Henry R. Richmond, has passed her B.A. degree. We have to
congratulate the young lady on her so successfully achieving such a
coveted honor.
ii Rachel Mary Richmond (b: 1876; d:
1967 in Havelock North) Mar: 1912 to Bernard Crompton-Smith
(b: 1870 Father: Stephenson Percy* Smith ; d: 1958 in Havelock
North Taranaki Herald, 15 Mar 1907: Mr Bernard Crompton Smith, son
of- Mr Percy Smith, was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme
Court
Marlborough Express, 16 Jan
1909: Picton is at last to have a resident lawyer. Mr Bernard Crompton
Smith, solicitor, of Wellington, who has decided to practise his
profession in that town, was trained in the office of Messrs Martin and
Atkinson, of Wellington, whose senior partner is one of the leading
authorities on local government law in New ZeaIand, and whose books on
that and other legal subjects are known throughout the country. Mr Smith
is a nephew of Mr Stephenson Smith, of Blenheim, Commissioner of Crown
Lands, and is son of Mr Percy Smith, of Now Plymouth, late
Surveyor-General, the widely-known authority on Maori, his history and
traditions. Local golfers will welcome Mr Smith as an enthusiast
Rachel Crompton-Smith, a teacher,
started the small St George’s School together with her husband Bernard
Crompton-Smith at Havelock North in 1917.
iii Howard Parris Richmond (b:
1878 d: 1974) Mar: 1909 to Elsie Wilhelmina Mary MacTavish (b:
1882; Div: 1934; d: 1946)Victoria, B.A.. LL.B. 1900 1903. Barrister, QC.
President Auckland District Law Society; Director Auckland Rotary Club
1920-22. Senior Partner in Buddle, Richmond, Buddle.
Children are;
a Clifford (Kip) Parris
Richmond (b 23 Jun 1914; d: 29 Jan 1997) Mar: 16 Mar 1938
in St Andrew's Church, Central Auckland to Valerie Jean Hamilton b: 24
Oct 1914 her father: Nicol Hamilton . d: 2002)
Sir Clifford Parris "Kip" Richmond
KBE was a New Zealand lawyer and judge, and former President of the
Court of Appeal of New Zealand.
Richmond attended Auckland
University College and Victoria University College, graduating LLM
with first-class honours in 1937 and during WW2 he was an officer in
the New Zealand Artillery. He was appointed a Judge of the New
Zealand Supreme Court in 1960, and then the New Zealand Court of
Appeal in 1972 and the following year, he became a Privy Counsellor on
the Judicial Committee. He was President of the Court of Appeal from
1976 until his retirement in 1981 In the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours
he was appointed a Knight Bachelor for outstanding services to the law
and was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British
Empire in the 1977 Queen's Birthday and Silver Jubilee
Honours.
b Elsie Wilhelmina Mary
Richmond (b: 23 Jun 1914 Auckland; d:1946 in Auckland)
*2rd Wife of Howard Parris Richmond:
Mar: 1935 to Frances Muriel Richards (b: 14 Jan 1899 to parents
Edith Mary & George Richards; d: 1980 in Tuakau,
Auckland)
4 Jane Maria
Richmond
(b: 15 Sep 1824
in St Pancras, London, England; Occ: active in the suffragette movement
and promoted education for girls; d: 29 Sep 1914 in Nelson, New Zealand
Burial: Wakapuaka Cem, Nelson) mar: 30 Dec 1854 at St Mary;s Church, New
Plymouth to Arthur Samuel Atkinson (b: 20 Oct 1833 in
Hurworth, Durham; d: 10 Dec 1902) Their children:
a Edith Emily Atkinson (b: 1858;
Mar 1910 elected a member of the Nelson Hospital and Charitable Aid
Board; d: 1943 aged 84Y) mar: 1881 to widower
Charles Yates
Fell (b: 5 Aug 1844
at Nelson, son of Alfred Fell (b; 27 Jul 1817; d: 2 Nov 1871 Greenwich, Kent) and mother Fanny nee Seymour (b: 1 Sep 1819; d; 2 Nov 1901 Wimbledon - they had mar: at Nelson 26 Oct 1843. Charles was educated at St John's, Oxford; his occ; barrister, politician and watercolour artist; d: 9 Jun 1918 Nelson
bur: 11/06/1918 at Wakapuaka Cem.) Their family
were:
i Charles Richmond Fell (b:
1882; Occ: Barrister and solicitor, Nelson; d: 05 May 1952 in Nelson)
Mar: 1908 to Phyllis Lee Buchanan
(b: 1881 Dunedin, d: in Canada) Their family:
a Cynthia Mary Fell
(b: 2 Feb 1909; occ; Physical
Therapist; d: 25 Jan 2008 aged 98Y at Victoria, BC, Canada) mar:
Bernard Hunter Jameson Thoms (b: 8 Aug 1905; occ: Cmdr RN, RCN; d:
23 Jul 1974 aged 78Y) Sons are Charles Robert Hunter Thoms and Hamish
Jameson Thoms
b Pamela Ruth Fell (b: 1913; d: 07 May 1942 in
an aircraft crash)
c Roderick Buchanan Fell (b:
1915; d: 20
May 1941 WW2 Cemetery: Suda
Bay War Cemetery) Mar: 1938 to Norma Eleanor Bunny
ii Phyllis Fell (b: 1884; d:
1919)
iii Margaret Sylvia Fell (b:
11 Aug 1888; d: 1985) Mar: 1916 in Nelson to Arthur Ernest Brockett (b: 1886 in Wellington - son of Charles
Frederick Brockett; he d: 12 Jul 1967 in Kaikoura age 81Y) He
graduated BA (1913) and BCom (1918) at Victoria University College,
from 1910 to 1917 he taught at Nelson College, first in the
Preparatory Department and then (from 1913) in the Secondary
Department. He then became Headmaster, Westport Technical School,
before joining Marlborough College in 1925, "Arch" Brockett retired
from the College in 1947 after 22 years service. He went to live in
Kaikoura where he died in the Public Hospital on 12 July, 1967, aet
81, and was buried in the Lawn Cemetery
Charles Yates Fell mar: 1869
at Putney, London to his 1st wife - Edith Louisa
Bainbridge: (b: 1845; she d: 20 Feb 1879 in Nelson; Bur: 21 Feb 1879
Wakapuaka Cem) Their children were:
i Geraldine Seymour Fell (b: 1874) Mar: 1900
to Reginald Bernard Humphries (b: 1874; occ: manager Olrig
Station, Hawke's Bay; d: 1915 aged 41Y; bur: new Plymouth)
A
wedding was solemnised at the Cathedral this afternoon between Mr
Reginald Bernard Humphries of Kereru Station, Hawke's Bay), youngest
son of Mr Thomas Humphries, (Commissioner of Crown Lauds at Nelson)
and Miss Geraldine Seymour Fell, third daughter of Mr C. Y. Fell. The
ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Nelson, assisted by the Rev J.
I'. Kempthorne. The bridesmaids were Miss Humphries (sister of the
bridegroom), the Misses Phyllis and Sylvia Fell (sisters of the
bride), and little Miss Di Daubeney (niece of the bride). The
bridegroom was attended by Mr Cecil King, of the National Bank, as
best man. Mr Naylor presided at the organ and played the Wedding
March. There was a large attendance of
guests.
Their children:
a Joyce Humphries b: 1902; d: 10 Mar 1923 in
Wellington
b Thomas Larwill Humphries b: 17 Jan 1904; d:
1979
ii Mabel Edith Fell
(b: 1876) Mar: 1896 to Edward
Charles Daubeney b: 4 June 1868 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; son of
James F Daubeney, Army Captain
iii SBC Fell b: 1876
iv Alfred Nolan
Fell b: 17 Jan 1878 in
Nelson; d: 19 Apr 1953 at his home at Church Street North,
Colchester aged 75Y ) Mar: 1908 to Marion White. They had four sons and one daughter
b Ruth Atkinson b: 1861
c Arthur Richmond Atkinson b:
1863
d Alice Mabel Atkinson (b: 03
Nov 1864 in New Plymouth; Link; d: 31 Dec 1935 in
Nelson) She was a midwife, an early
physiotherapist, a WW1 nurse and suffragette. She never
married. |