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Watkins
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STEPHEN WATKINS was b: 14 Apr 1786 in Shuckburgh, Warwickshire, UK, and d: 19 Feb 1856 in Hellidon, Daventry, North Hamptonshire. He mar: 22 Aug 1806 in Hellidon, Daventry, North Hamptonshire to MARY HEDMAN (b: 1786, and d: 18 Oct 1863 in Hellidon, Daventry, North Hamptonshire.) Child of STEPHEN WATKINS and MARY HEDMAN : Generation 2: C HARLES WATKINS was born 1816 in Hellidon, Daventry, North Hamptonshire, Bapt: 28 Jul 1816, Hellidon; CHARLES mar: 1839 JANE JOHNSTON (. b: Abt. 1816; she d: 20 Nov 1842 in Hellidon, Daventry, North Hamptonshire.CHARLES WATKINS mar: (2) 1845 to ANN PERKINS - their children were: i. CHARLES WATKINS (b. 17 May 1851, Hellidon, Daventry, North Hamptonshire; d. 26 Feb 1875, Waltham, Christchurch. ii. HARRIETT WATKINS, (b. 17 May 1851, Hellidon, Daventry, North Hamptonshire; Bapt: 11 Jul 1841, Hellidon; d. 08 Sep 1851, Hellidon, North Hamptonshire). iii. ANN PERKINS WATKINS. Generation 3. CHARLES WATKINS (b: 17 May 1851 in Hellidon; Bapt: 13 Jul 1851, Hellidon, and d: 26 Feb 1875 in Waltham, Christchurch. He d: of hepatitis and was bur: at Barbadoes St. Cemetery in Chch. He was just 24 years old. He married 10 Mar 1873 to FANNY WILLIAMS in St Mary's Church, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, daughter of WILLIAM WILLIAMS and HANNAH COLES. She was b: 22 Dec 1842 in Hellidon, Daventry, Nth Hamptonshire, and d:15 Apr 1883 in Christchurch. Bur: 17 Apr 1883, Scottish cemetery (now Addington)
Children of CHARLES WATKINS and FANNY WILLIAMS are: i. ANNIE WILLIAMS WATKINS, (b. 13 Aug 1871, Hellidon, Northamptonshire; d. 08 Aug 1942, Christchurch) ii. JOHN WATKINS, {b. 13 Aug 1871, Hellidon, Northamptonshire; d. 1872) iii. ADELINE WATKINS, (b. Dec 1873, Hellidon, Davetry, Northamptonshire; Bapt: 26 Feb 1874, Hellidon, was aged 3 mths when immigration from England in 1874; d. 1962 aged 88Y )
Charles and Fanny first settled in Waltham, Christchurch where Charles passed away in Feb 1875 about 7 months after they arrived in NZ on the Eastern Monach ( "Account of the Voyage") He is buried at Barbadoes St. Chch. Their daughter "Elizabeth" was born 4 months later.
Generation 4: (i) ANNIE WILLIAMS WATKINS (b:13 Aug 1871 in Hellidon, Northamptonshire; d: 8 Aug 1942 in Christchurch; Bur: Bromley Cem. Plot 5731) She mar: 23 Feb 1895 DAVID HEGGIE CRICHTON at the Registrars Office, Christchurch, son of ALEXANDER CRICHTON and AGNES HEGGIE (b: 29 Jan 1865 in Newburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland, He immigrated 1888, on the "Tongariro". Occ: Shepherd; Occ: 1913 - Carter; he d: 12 Apr 1950 in Christchurch; Bur: Bromley Cemetery Plot 5731 Children of ANNIE WATKINS and DAVID CRICHTON are:
iv. ELIZABETH (BESSIE) WATKINS ( b: 16 Jun 1875 in Sydenham, Chistchurch, Bapt: 15 Sep 1875, Sydenham Methodist Church, Christchurch; d: 27 Jul 1909 in Rangiora, Nth Canty. Bur: 28 Jul 1909, Anglican Cem., Rangiora) Bessie had 2 children - father NR.
ii. CECIL VALENTINE WATKINS (b. 10 Feb 1898, Dickens St. ChCh; Cecil lived with his Aunt Adeline in Rangiora; he had Parkinsons disease and d. 26 Dec 1969, Public Hospital, Timaru. Bur: 27 Dec 1969, Timaru Cem.) Bessie (no mar: record found) mar: FRANCIS HERBERT HARDING son of THOMAS HARDING and SARAH METCALF, (b: 26 Apr 1864 in Carness Station, Ashburton, he d: 18 Nov 1941 at the Public Hospital, Christchurch. Bur: Bromley Cem. ChCh) Daughters of ELIZABETH WATKINS and FRANCIS HARDING are:: iii. HILDA HARDING (b. 05 Aug 1900, Willow St, ChCh; Bapt: 01 Apr 1911, St Matthews, St Albans, ChCh; d. 1978, Christchurch.) A teacher, Hilda became principal of the Maori Girls College in Chch for 27 years. She received a recognition from the Queen for her work in education for the Maoris. Te Wai Pounamu Maori Girls' College. The Marsh family home was converted for up to twenty boarders. The running costs - a quarter came from fees paid by parents and the rest from the diocese, from subscriptions and from Government scholarships. After two years in the city Winifred Opie was married and resigned at the end of 1923. She and her staff were described as "a beacon light to the lives of the scattered girls of the southern Maoris". For the next fourteen years sisters of the Christchurch-based Community of the Sacred Name were in charge. In March 1927 the fine chapel in indigenous style was dedicated, with its kowhaiwhai ornamentation; the cost was mostly met by an anonymous gift. Over the years other buildings were improved. But at the end of the decade the economic depression hit Maori as hard as anyone, and fees became impossible to collect. In 1932, with the roll standing at nine, the founder Charles Fraer died and a carved memorial inscription was placed in the chapel as "he tohu aroha". His loss was offset by the arrival that year fo Hilda Harding, who became Principal in 1937 and was to remain for a further twenty-five years. iv. CAROLINE RUTH* HARDING (b. 15 Sep 1903, Rangiora, Nth Canty; Bapt: 21 Apr 1911, St Matthews, St Albans, ChCh; d. 13 Apr 1977, Calvary Hospital, ChCh; Bur: 15 Apr 1977, Crem. Bromley Cem, ChCh) mar. 16 Aug 1933 to JOSEPH WILLIAM SCOTT PONTON at All Saints Anglican Church, Sumner, ChCh; (he was b. 20 Jul 1901, Roslyn Dunedin; d. 26 Jul 1975, Christchurch. Bur: 29 Jul 1975, Crem, Bromley Cem.) They had 3 children Their mother Elizabeth d; at age 34 in 1909 and the two girls were put into an orphanage Her death is registered as Bessie Harding Research by Francis - if you are able to help, please email her. |
