Stella Pelvin was b: 24 Oct 1903 at Glenavy to parents Ellen and Frederick Peter Pelvin. On the Waihoa Parish Register, at the time of her baptism, Stella's mother's name is registered as Ellen Hansford. She d: 27 Jun 1996 in Auckland aged 93Y and was bur: 02 Jul 1996 Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.

School Records - Name PELVIN Stella; School Tawai; Register Number 174; Admission Date 11 Feb 1908; Parent / Guardian Mr F Pelvin; Address Waitaki; Last Day 20 Dec 1911; Destination Home; Comment

School Records - Name PELVIN Stella; School Waimataitai; Register Number 2898;
Admission Date 14 Feb 1912; Parent / Guardian PELVIN Mr E (Ernest Athur Pelvin - uncle); Address Avenue Road; Birthdate 24 Oct 1904; Last School Tawai

Stella attended Dunedin Technical classes.

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN; NEW ZEALAND TABLET, 13 DEC 1917: The following students of St. Philomenas College, South Dunedin, were successful in the practical examinations of Trinity College of Music, conducted by Mr. Charles Schilsky ; Intermediate - Stella Pelvin

ST. PHILOMENA'S COLLEGE, STH DUNEDIN, TABLET, 7 FEB 1918:School of Music. Trinity College of Music, London (Practical) - Intermediate Division: Stella Pelvin,

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS NEW ZEALAND TABLET, 7 OCT 1925: MISS NOONANS PUPILS. At the theoretical examinations held in June last in connection with the Trinity College of Music, London, the following pupils of Miss M. P. Noonan, L.T.C.L., South Dunedin, were successful : Art of Teaching and Rudiments - Stella Pelvin ;

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN NEW ZEALAND TABLET, 29 NOV 1923: At the recent music examination conducted by Mr. G. F. Vincent, F.T.C.Lr (Examiner, Trinity College of Music), the following pupils of Miss M. P. Noonon, L.T.C.L., were amongst the successful candidates: Associate (A.T.C.L.) Practical Work - Stella Pelvin 86 marks (highest marks gained in associate division Dunedin centre).

1929: Miss S Pelvin - LTCL Honours

Stella Pelvin Mar: 30 Jan 1930 in Dunedin, Otago to Robert Lewin (Lew) Wynyard. He was b: 11 Feb 1902 in Onehunga to parents Montague Harrison Wynyard OBE (1870-1959), and mother Lucy Alice Sheppard (1870-1960).

Back: Ella; Monty (Montague Wynyard, Lews father), brothers Jack and Harry
Front: Rbt Lewins grandparents Anna and Albert Mico Sheppard; Lucy Wynyard holding son Rbt Lewin Wynyard; Mrs Armitage and Violet Grey.

Monty and Lucy Wynyard's gravestone at the Anglican Holy Trinity Church.

Lew Wynyard d: 28 July 1989 in Epson, Auckland and was bur: 1 Aug 1989 in Epson and was b: Purewa Cem., Meadowbank, Auckland - Stella and Lew plague is attached to the commorative Wynyard family headstone.

Descendants of Stella and Lew Wynyard:

i Peter Montague Wynyard (b: 1931 in Stratford; d: 12 Aug 2014 aged 83Y. He mar: 1958 to Marjory Heappy

They had 3 children b: at Paeroa, Waikato:

......... Beverley Ann Wynyard;

......... Sandra Joan Wynyard mar: Gavin

......... Mark Peter Wynyard

ii Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Wynyard b: in Onehunga. She mar: 1958 to Harold (Harry) William Pettit (b: 23 Feb 1936; d: 27 Apr 2018 in Waikato Hospital aged 82Y; bur: 02 May 2018 St Andrews, Cambridge)

Their 4 children:

......... Murray Francis Pettit b: Matiere, Taranaki mar Fiona

......... Ann Lorraine Ellen Pettit b: in Wellington mar: Derick Keith Bellman

......... Bruce Lewin Pettit b: Lower Hutt, Wellington mar: Allison

......... Steven Harold Pettit (b: 1967 in Lower Hutt, Wellington; d: 21 Nov 2015)
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