Lucy
Jefferis & Wm Alfred Young  
William P Hart (1845 - 1926) – photographer "Cobb
& Co Coach, Palmerston, Otago'
Lucy Jefferis
(b: 1843 in Keynsham, Somerset, England, dau: of John Jefferis and Ann nee Hall; Bapt: 01 Jan 1843 St
Nicholas, Whitchurch, Somerset, England; d: 27 Dec 1929
in Rotorua )
Lucy Jefferies
established a private school in North Taieri, Otago in 1858.
29 Oct 1859 -
letter from Lucy Jefferies to her uncle talks of the sinking of the
Henbury, and of serious fires in Port Chalmers and the flour mills of the
town. She also discusses farm life, her school, the price of foodstuffs in
Dunedin and her father's birthday party.
Three major
types of education which were practised on the Taieri in the period
1856-1860 up to 1870. The earliest stage, home tutoring, occurred from
1848 onwards and continued to play an important part wherever there was no
formal school available. In 1856 the West Taieri schoolhouse was
established but distance for many, poor roading and
demands of farming made attendance almost impossible for children and
equal educational opportunities did not to reach the more isolated
areas of the Taieri. The second stage was that of teaching groups of
pupils in a private school. In the building which became Jefferis
Race-Course Hotel of the l860s, Lucy Jefferis taught up to twelve local
children. She kept poor health and was not trained in any manner for
teaching. Her school was closed in 1860 when Lucy
married.
Ref: The
history of the Taieri Plains, "Tales of the Years that are Gone",
this is written of the first school in the area. "Lucy Jefferis one
of the pioneers conducted a small private school for a time in the
Racecourse Hotel - her family's residence, for the children who were
unable to attend East Taieri school due to distance, and lack of road and
bridges." The school was closed in 1860 .
Lucy was 18
when she mar.
1860 in Dunedin William Alfred Young (b: 15 Jun 1831 in Kent; d: 17 Jan
1885 in Shag Valley aged 53Y)
Notes: Hocken
Index living at Palmerston on electoral rolls
Otago Witness,
13 April 1867: NOTICE. HAVING purchased all outstanding debts due to the
late firm of Duncan and Young; millers and bakers, I hereby give notice
that all accounts must be paid at my office, Rattray street, Dunedin, on
or before the 15th April, or legal proceedings will be taken to recover
the same. WILLIAM ALFRED YOUNG.
In 1868 Lucy
and William moved to Palmerston, they farmed a 220 acre property called
"Knowle Farm" after William's family's farm in Bedminster, England. The
farm and homestead were situated on the right hand side of Jefferis
Road, after turning off SH1, nr Palmerston.
William was
the first Mayor of Palmerston in 1872, he made his name not only as a
miller but as a nurseryman and an angler, It was he who first stocked
the local . rivers by liberating 9,000 young trout in 1873.
Otago Witness,
5 June 1875: His Honour the Superintendent has appointed the persons
whose names are given as rangers for the Acclimatisation Society of
Otago: listed is William Alfred Young, Palmerston
Otago
Witness, 8 Feb 1879; LATE ADVERTISEMENTS. WILL BE CLASSIFIED IN
OUR NEXT ESTATE of WILLIAM ALFRED YOUNG, OF SHAG VALLEY, MILLER. TENDERS
will be received by Messrs L Reid & Duncans, up to WEDNESDAY, the
26th February, 1879, for the Purchase of the Shag Valley Water-power
Flour and Oatmeal Mills, together with about 110 acres of first-class
agricultural Land, with Dwelling-house, Outhouses, Stables, &c,
adjoining the rising Township of Palmerston. The Mill, which is most
faithfully built and in first-class working order, is fitted with two
pairs flour stones and silk dresser, two pair oatmeal stones and kiln,
and every requisite for economically carrying on a large and profitable
business. It is situated in the centre of a splendid wheat-growing
district, while the Oamaru-Dunedin railway skirts the property on one
side, and the Shag Valley line will pass almost close to the Mill on the
other side. Full particulars in Otago Witness, 8 Feb 1879, Mill,
or with REID & DUNCANS, Estate Agents, of Princes street,
Dunedin.
Otago Witness,
15 Feb 1879: ESTATE of WILLIAM ALFRED YOUNG, OF SHAG VALLEY; MILLER.
TENDERS will be received by Messrs Reid & Duncan, up to WEDNESDAY,
the 26th February, 1879, for the Purchase of the Shag Valley Water-power
Flour and Oatmeal Mills, together with about 110 acres of first-class
agricultural Land, with Dwelling-house, Outhouses, Stables, &c,
adjoining the rising Township of Palmerston. The Mill, which is most
faithfully built and in first-class working order, is fitted with two
pairs flour stones and silk dresser, two pair oatmeal stones and kiln,
and every requisite for economically carrying on a large and profitable
business. It is situated in the centre of a splendid wheat-growing
district, while the Oamaru-Dunedin railway skirts the property on one
side, and the Shag Valley line will pass almost close to the Mill on the
other side. Full particulars will be seen at the Mill, or with REID
& DUNCANS, Estate Agents, of Princes street,
Dunedin.
Otago Witness,
6 March 1880; GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS. ABSTRACTS OF ACCOUNTS OF
FAIRFAX, PALMERSTON SOUTH, AND OAMARU CEMETERIES. Colonial Secretary's
Office, Wellington, 14th Feb, 1880. THE following Abstracts of the
Fairfax Cemetery, County of Bruce, Palmerston, South Cemetery, County of
Waikouaiti, and Oamaru Cemetery County of Waitaki, are published in
accordance with section 14 of " The Otago Cemeteries Reserves Management
Ordinance, 1864."
BALANCE-SHEET OF THE PALMERSTON SOUTH CEMETERY For
the Year ending 31st December, 1879. We, the undersigned Managers,
hereby certify this is a true and correct statement. ROBERT HIGHET,
Chairman. WILLIAM ALFRED YOUNG, Treas. JOHN THOMAS GWYNNE, Sec. Witness:
J. W. Murdoch, J.P.
Otago Witness,
5 Feb 1881: We, the undersigned Managers, hereby declare the above to be
a true and correct statement of receipts and expenditure in connection
with the Palmerston South Cemetery for the year ended 31st December,
1880: JOHN MacKENZIE WILLIAM ALFRED YOUNG; Witness: Wm. Brown,
J.P. 12th Jan 1881.
North Otago
Times, 19 Jan 1885: The police received information on Saturday night
that William Alfred Young, formerly a flour miller at Palmerston, was
found drowned in the Shag River at 6.45 in. on Saturday. He had
evidently gone to the river for the purpose of having a drink, as only
his head and one arm were in the water. His hat was lying on the gravel
to the side, An inquest will be held at Palmerston by Mr Robinson
to-day.
Otago
Daily Times: 20 Jan 1885: DEATH. On the 17th January, at Palmerston,
Otago, William Alfred Young, flourmlller; aged 63 years.
1 Orpah Lucy Young (b: 12 Oct 1861
in Dunedin; d: 1924 in Palmerston) Mar: 1884 to John Duncan (b: 1858; d: 1898 in Palmerston) Their
dau:
i Isla Culling Duncan (b: 1895;
d: 17 Aug 1935; bur; Palmerston Cem.) Mar: 1919 to
William McLeod (b: 1870 d: 08 Dec
1952 Palmerston, Otago) Their son:
a Colin Gordon McLeod (b:
1928; d: 09 Sep 1985 in Australia Bur: Pasadena Centenial Park, Sth
Australia age 57Y; M/I Palmerston
Cem.)
2
Penelope Young (b: 1863) mar: 1889 to Rehin Shadrach
Coleman
3 William Henry
Young (b: 1864 in Dunedin; 1910 - Occ: Grain Mercant, Rotorua; d:
1940 aged 77Y; bur: Ngongotaha-Kauae Cem) Mar: 10 Dec 1898 in Karori,
Wellington to Ada Lancaster (b: 19 Aug 1875, daughter of
Stephen John Lancaster and Sarah Lancaster; d: 18 Jul 1945 bur: Kauae Cem
) Their children:
i Eric Lancaster Young (b: 30 Apr 1899 in
Rotorua; Occ: public Service, Rotorua; d: 04 Sep 1979 in Tauranga, BOP)
Mar: 1929 to Winifred Eileen Giesen (b: Mar
28, 1904 dau: of Walter Baxendale and Emma Constance Giesen; d: Dec
8, 1994 aged 90Y
Tauranga) They had 4 children - one
son;
a Peter Giesen Young (b: 21 Aug 1932 in
Sumner, Christchurch; attended Te Puke School; d: 12 Jul 1952 in Te
Puke, BOP aged 19Y; bur; Te Puke Cem)
ii
William Alfred Baden Young (b: 20 May 1900 Rotorua; occ: Public Service,
Rotorua; Dairy Executive; d: April 9, 1970 aged 69Y at Hamilton,
Waikato; bur: Hamilton East Cem.) He mar: 1928 Margaret Nita Lowe
Sarjeant (b: Oct 3, 1903 Hokianga Harbour, Northland to parents William
Lowe Sarjeant and Mararet Dennison Gray; she d: Nov 1975 aged 72Y;
Christchurch; Ashes: Hamilton East Cem.)
iii Kenneth Ernest Young (b: 13
Apr 1901 d: 25 Jan 1983 aged 81Y, Crem: Rotorua) mar: 1929
to Inez May Greenville (b: 12 Feb 1902 in
Drury, Auckland, dau: of William Henry Greenville and Emily
Greenville; d: 21 Nov 1989
Their dau: Jeanette Young (b: 1930; d:
1930)
iv Stephen
Noel Young (b: 1903; d: 1903 aged 1
day)
v Ronald Arthur Young (b: 29 Oct
1904; d: 1988 in Tauranga aged 82Y; Crem: Tauranga) mar: 1933
to Eirene Annette Holland (b: 13 May 1908 to
parents Emily Clara Eirene and Albert George Holland; d: 1978 in
Tauranga; Crem) They have 3
children
vi Leonard Henry Young (b: 01 Sep
1906; d: 12 Jun 1974 in Hamilton; Crem: Hamilton Park) Mar: 1942 to
Ruth Chresten Honore (b: 02 Dec 1918 d: 27 May 2012 in
Hamilton) *2nd Husband of Ruth Chresten Young: Laurence
Richard Willcock (b: 09 Dec 1903 d: 1992 in Hamilton) They had one
child
vii William Henry Young b:
1912; Occ: labourer; d: 28 Jan 1964 aged 52Y; Bur: Karopri
Lawn Cem:)
4 Hester Amelia Young (b:
1865; d: 12 Nov 1963 in Auckland aged 97Y; crem: Purewa Cem) Mar:
1919 Jonathan Tanner b: 1857; d: 1926
bur: Katikati Cem.)
5 Rosa Ann Young (b: 1866)
6 Alfred John Young (b:
1868; d: 1946)
7 Harry Walter Young (b:
1868; d: 1872)
8 Fanny Elizabeth Young
(b: 1869; d: 1952) Mar: 1894 to Charles Caleb
Howard (b: 1842 d: 1929) Their sons are:
i Eric Charles Grenville Howard
(b: 08 Jun 1896 d: 1983 Auckland; Crem: Purewa Cem) Mar: 1921 to
Edna Rita May
ii Colin Hereward Kingsley
Howard (b: 1899; d: 1932 aged 31Y; bur: Hamilton East Cem.)
iii Bernard Alan Furley Wagstaff
Howard (b: 08 Nov 1912; d: 1984 aged 71Y; Crem: Manakau Cem.) Mar:
1935 to Alma Chalklen
9 John Benjamin Young (b:
1870; d: 1946 in Palmerston Nth) Mar: 1904 to Sarah Anne Hume (b: 1870; d: 1941 in Palmerston Nth)
10 Annie Elizabeth Young
(b: 1871; d: 06 Sep 1937 in Wellington; Crem:Karori Cem) mar:
to Harry Clifton Gibbons (b:
1860 ; d: 1941 Wellington Crem:Karori Cem) Their
family:
i Edward Gibbons (b:
1903
ii Walter Jefferis
Gibbons (b: 1904
iii Winifred Lucy
Clifton Gibbons (b: 1905
iv Alice Lumby Gibbons
(b: 1907
v Rhoda Gertrude Gibbons
(b: 1908
11 Emma Caroline Young (b:
1873; d: 1873 aged 1 day )
12 Rowland Spencer Young (b: 30 Aug 1874; South
African War, 1899-1902 Service No 80 AWMM; d: 27 Nov 1918 aged
44Y at Ohau, Levin; Bur: 28 Nov
1918 Old Levin Cem.
Cnr Mako Mako And Tiro Tiro Road, Levin) mar: Amy Hall in 1906 Their
family;
i Colin Spencer Young (b: 17 Feb
1910; d: 1985 in Hamilton; Crem Hamilton Park Cem.) Mar: 1934
to Florence Rosie Gard (b: 26 May 1913; d: 2011)
*2nd Wife of Colin Spencer Young:
Mar: 1954 to Ivy May Wallace (b: 26 Dec 1907; d: 1983 Bur: Crem
Hamilton Park Cem)
ii Joyce Eva Catherine Young (b:
19 Oct 1907 d: 1972 in Levin Bur: Manakau Cemetery,
Levin)
iii Ian Archibald Young (b: 1906
d: 1985 in Wellington Bur: Makara) Mar: 1928 to Ivy Clara
Cross
*2nd Wife of Ian Archibald
Young: Mar: 1937 to Henrietta Elizabeth May Geale
iv Audrey Christina Young (b:
1915 ) Mar: 1937 to Ivan Wilfred Walker (b: 1912 d:
1938)
13 Harry Walter Young (b: 1875;
d: 1881 aged 5Y; bur: St John's Church Cem,
Waikouaiti)
14 Frank Hall Young (b:
1876; d: 1950 aged 72Y; bur: Tauranga Anglican Cem.) Mar: 1889
to Minnie Hannah Blanche Dryden (b: 1874; d:
1949; bur: Tauranga Anglican Cem )
Their sons Sefton
Henry Young (b: 1899; d; 1966) and Stanley Young (b: 1908)
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