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Descendants of George Yates & FannyLethbridge
George Yates Lethbridge
Left: John Perry Lethbridge; George Yates Lethbridge is in the centre (seated with beard) and Frank Yates Lethbridge is on the extreme right

Children of George and Fanny Yates:

1 Frederick (Frank) Yates Lethbridge was b: 22 May 1852 in New Plymouth and was educated partly in Nelson Public School and the Boys' High School in Christchurch before completing his formal education at a private school in Wellington. Mr Lethbridge went to work on his father's farm after leaving school and in 1876 he settled in Feilding, taking the management of a run which is owned by Messrs Lethbridge and Sons. The estate of 7000 acres, principally consisting of pastoral land, and on the frontage, for years the Feilding Jockey Club used the flats on his property free for the first Feilding racing track, the local golf links, the polo ground, and cricket and football clubs' grounds. When the property was subdivided and sold he built a residence on his property at Makino, where he could combine farming with his greatest hobby, the cultivation of native trees and shrubs. Mr. Lethbridge was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and held the rank of P.M. He was for several years captain of the Manchester Rifles, and was also a lieutenant in the Militia.

He mar: his cousin Clara Lethbridge on 28 May 1879 in Turakina - Clara was b: 21 Oct 1852 in New Plymouth to Thomas Barnabus Lethbridge and Susannah George. (She petitioned for a divorce 1910 and d: 30 Oct 1933 aged 81 yrs and was bur: at Feilding Cem:)

Children of Clara and Frank Lethbridge:

i Fanny Edith Lethbridge b: 1880 She did not marry and d: 18 Sep 1962 in Fielding; Crem. Kelvin Gove Cem. - Monumental inscription at Turakina. 

ii Sapience Ella (Tui) Lethbridge (b: 1881; d: 1961 Bur: Feilding Cem) Mar: 30 Jan 1907 in Feilding to George Walpole  a farmer of Fielding and son of William Walpole, Grey St. Fielding. He enlisted Rank Bombardier with the 17th Reinforcemments and left from Wellington 23 Sept 1916 and d: 2 Jul 1918 in France. 

iii Dorothy Barbara Lethbridge (b: 10 Nov 1886;  d: 3 Jun 1972. Crem. Waikumete Cem) She mar: on 18 Dec 1907 in Fielding to George Barnard Russell Taylor  eldest son of William Taylor and Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Brown, of Raglan. He was b: 21 Sep. 1885 in Manawatu and was a farmer in the Waikato when he enlisted at Hamilton in May, 1917. He gained his stripes at Trentham, and sailed from New Zealand with the 28th Reinforcements in July. On arrival in England he was willing to forego the rank of Sergeant in order to get over to France a little earlier. He left in six weeks, and d: of wounds received on Dec 7th, 1917 aged 32 yrs, while out on a wiring party, two of whom were killed outright by machine gun fire and were bur: at Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium." (Source: In Memoriam, 1914-1918 Wanganui Collegiate School). Their children:

a Gerald Lethbridge Taylor (b: 26 Jul 1909 in Makino, Fielding; d: 2 Jul 1999, Bur. Onetangi Cem, Waiheke Island. He mar (1) 1920 to Elizabeth Barbara Taylor (Div. 1959; d: 1966 Bur. Ohaupo Cem) *2nd Wife of Gerald Lethbridge Taylor: mar: 1959 to Marion Joan McKinnon (b: 1921 to parents James Robertson McKinnon and Elsie Henderson Sutherland; d: 3 Nov 2012, Auckland aged 91Y Bur: Waiheke Cemetery.) Their son is Phillip Lethbridge Taylor. 

b William Russell Taylor (b: 25 Apr 1911, d: 1995; mar: Amy Violet Chapman (b. 1905, d. 1981 Whangarei) Their children are: Peter Lethbridge Taylor, Christopher John Taylor,  Mary Jennifer Taylor, Donald Winston Taylor, Anthony James Taylor, Judith Caroline Taylor.

c Margaret Cynthia Taylor (b.23 Jun 1914; Crem 1990 Taruheru Cem. Gisborne) mar: 1934 to (1) Cornelius Alphonsus Collins (b.1899 to John and Isabella Collins; d. 1971 Wairio Southland)

Their son John Lethbridge Collins mar; (1)  Hazel Colleen Older (2) Annette Mary Boggiss (3) Helen Frances Murtagh.

*2nd mar. of Margaret in 1950 to John Leonard Syms (b. 1898, d. 1983 Whangarei)

.*2nd Husband of Dorothy Barbara Lethbridge: mar: 1920 to Percy Ernest (Tug) Wyllie, Gnr.(b: 1890 in Gisborne to parents Gavin Ralston and Maude Emily Wylie, d. 1959; bur. Te Puke Old Cem) 

Their son: Gavin Lethbridge Wyllie mar: Theola Susanne Maisey Their 9 children are:

a. Suzanne Joy Wyllie mar: William Malcolm Hutchinson - their 3 sons are Malcolm Gavin; Brian Andrew & Glen Murray Hutchinson
 
b. Barbara June Wyllie mar: Stephen John Leeks with 3 sons; Alan Wayne; Robert John and Peter Grant Leeks 
 
c. Margaret Ann Wyllie mar: David Bruce Lenny - children are 
Adam Mark and  Megan Christine
 
d. Nicola Gail Wyllie;
 
e. Roger Lethbridge Wyllie;
 
f. Robyn Theola Wyllie mar: Geoffrey Derek Aymes - their sons are Kurt Derek and  Grant Roger Aymes
 
g. Graham Gavin Wyllie  mar Lynn Prosser - family are  Michelle Ann; Paul David;  Sarah Marie and Danil James Wylie.
h. Heather May Wyllie mar Geoffrey Vincent Paynter - their 2 daughters are Amy Cara and  Holly Mia Paynter
 
i. Karen Annette Wyllie mar David John Laundry with 3 chidren: Jed Paul; Thomas Graham; Patrick Keith & Bronwyn Claire Laundry

Frank voted in 1881 Rangitikei Electorate - he was living at the time at Turakina and gave his occupation as Settler and his Property Qualification as Turakina River bank.  He was not long in entering local body politics, being an early member of the Manawatu County Council, and for one year it's Treasurer. He was a member of the Manchester Road Board for fifteen years, six of them as Chairman, and he was a member of the first Feilding Borough Council, becoming Mayor in 1882, 1886 and again in 1889. He was a member of the Feilding School Committee and of the Wanganui Education Board, and was the first Chairman of the Palmerston North Hospital Board.
He was pre-eminent in the field of sport, was the second president of the Jockey Club, and at various times held the presidency of the Polo Club, Golf Club and Cricket Club, the vice-presidency of the Cycling Club and was a member of the Rugby Football, and Bowling Clubs. He later entered national politics as a Conservative, was defeated in his first contest for the Rangitikei seat in 1893, but was successful in becoming a Member of Parliament from 1896-1902 and from 1902-1908 representing Rangitikei and Oroua.  Frank Lethbridge retired from Parliament prior to the general election in 1909 and received a complimentary social from the Kimbolton electors and was presented with an address. In a letter to the chairman of the meeting, Mr W. F. Massey said that Mr Lethbridge would be welcomed by all parties when he re-entered politics.

2nd Wife of Frank Yates Lethbridge: Ellen Marion Raill (b: 11 Apr 1899; d: 30 Jan 1978 in New Plymouth Bur: 01 Feb 1978 Awanui Cem) Mar: 29 Oct 1927 in St Mary's Anglican Church, New Plymouth, 

Obituary: DEATH OF Mr F. Y. LETHBRIDGE
There are few residents on this coast who will not learn with sincere regret that Mr Frank Yates Lethbridge, of Makino, succumbed this morning to the illness from which he had been suffering, after every effort had been made to effect a cure. He underwent two operations — one in Palmerston and the other in Feilding, but neither was of any avail. There are few men fortunate enough to be gifted with such a loveable personality as Mr Lethbridge possessed.
Kindhearted, generous to a fault, liberal-minded, tolerant, and both deeply read and a deep thinker, he won a place in the hearts of everyone who knew him for all the qualities that go to make up a man of the best kind. His benefactions were as broad and as liberal as they were secretive, and there are many residents who have cause to be grateful for the kindly thought and timely help which he so well knew how to render unobtrusively. Many tales are current in the district of his wide charity, and they all bear the impress of that quality which adds so greatly to its best characteristics. As a man of the class that is all too rare, Mr Lethbridge's death will leave a great gap amongst the earliest residents of this district.
Frank Lethbridge d: after a long illness on 26 Jan 1915 in Fielding and was bur: at Feilding Cem.

2 Sapience Lethbridge (b: 12 Jan 1854 in Devon St, New Plymouth Bapt: 30 Nov 1854 New Plymouth H Hanson Turton; d: on 08 May 1864 of scarlet fever and bur: 12 May 1864 Devon Road Wesleyan Cem)  LETHBRIDGE: On Sunday, the 8th instant, Sapience, eldest daughter of Mr. G. Y. Lethbridge, aged 10 years and 6 months. A beautiful and intellectual child, endeared by her gentle disposition to all around. With her loss a wide-circle of affectionate friends will miss a sunbeam from their path.

3 John Perry Lethbridge (b: 05 Feb 1856 in New Plymouth d: 10 Nov 1934 in Otaki Bur: Turakina) He mar: 28 May 1879 in Turakina to Annie McDonald (b: 1854, d: 1933)

LETHBRIDGE/MACDONALD: On the 28th May, at Turakina, by the Rev. John Ross, John Perry, second son of George Yates Lethbridge, J.P., to Annie, youngest daughter of the late Duncan Campbell Macdonald, F.R.C.S.E., factor of the late Duke of Athole, Perthshire.
1881 Electorate Rangitikei: Surname LETHBRIDGE Given Names John Perry Nature Of Qualification: Residential, Place Of Residence Rangitikei
Occupation Settler For Property; Qualification 650 acres, block 54, Bonny Glen. John and Annie Lethbridge had 7 children: 

1 Harry Bruce Lethbridge (b: 20 Jan 1880 in Turakina; d: 07 Jul 1951 in Otaki; Bur: Turakina Cem, Manawatu) mar: 1912 to Constance Minna Anderson (b: 1886 dau: of Wm Donald Anderson d: 14 Oct 1939 in Otaki; bur: Turakina Cem). Their family:

i Alice Betty* Lethbridge (b: 1912; d: 1998) Mar: 1936 to William James Bullen Tripe (b.12 Oct 1898 son of George Challoner Plumridge and Margaret Alicia Tripe; d 1988 age 92Y; Bur: Matarawa Anglican) Their family:  

a. James Nicholas (Nick) Tripe mar: Jennifer Margaret Hopkins 

b. Jennifer Mary Bullen Tripe mar: Michael Ernest Christopher Cox - children are:

 Nicola Jane Grover; Simon James Lethbridge Frances Mary and  Amanda Helen Cox

c John Robert Lethbridge Tripe mar: Diana Mary Woolams - family are;

 Antonia Mary; Robert John Rostrevor & William James Lethbridge Tripe

d David William Lethbridge Tripe mar: Marion Ann Fitchett;

e George Christopher Lethbridge Tripe mar: Claire Frances Ashton - sons are:

 Richard Michael & Oliver James Dunstan Tripe

 ii  Judith Minna Lethbridge (b: 1 Nov 1913, d 1997) m 1935 to Peter Allan Aldworth (b: 1909; d: 1979) Their children:

 Ann and Peter Aldworth

iii Mary Isobel* Lethbridge (b: 17 May 1922; d: 1978) mar: 1949 to Nigel Maurice Campbell (b: 24 Oct 1917; d: 1996) Their family are:

Jillian Isobel; Timothy Alexander; Christopher Hew and Barbara Marion Campbell    

iv Christopher Edric* Wroth Bruce Lethbridge (b: 1928; d: 08 Feb 1997; bur: Turakina Cemetery) mar: Elaine Margaret Peach (div.) Their children:

a Allan Bruce Lethbridge mar: Joanna Bean - family are James Christopher; Timothy Charles and Grace Lethbridge 

b Peter John Brice Lethbridge mar: Rachel Christie Their son Marcus Stewart Lethbridge;

c Elizabeth Ruth Lethbridge (b: 21 Oct 1968; d: 1992)

d Jacqueline Elaine Minna Lethbridge and partner Caleb Stan Ralph - their son Harrison (Harry) Christopher Tuhourangi Lethbridge

*2nd Wife of Christopher Edric* Wroth Bruce Lethbridge: Moya Oxley

2 Norman McDonald Lethbridge (b: 1881 Wanganui; d: 2 Aug 1963 at 60 Cliff Road, Torbay, Auckland) mar: 1916 to Dorothy Mildred Gilbertson (b: 1893; d: Sep 1969 in Auckland; Crem: 12 Sep 1969 Children are -

a. Anne Elizabeth Lethbridge (b: 1917 mar; 1940 to Harold Lyster Joseph Porteous

c. Helen Barbara Lethbridge (b: 1920; d: 1937)

d. John Devon Lethbridge mar: Margery Heather Tilly nee Munroe  - their son John Lethbridge

e. Christopher Norman Lethbridge (b: 20 Oct 1924; d: 1992) mar: 1959 to Pamela Dale Norman - their family: Fleur Barbara; Catherine Ann; Christopher Guy & Edward Morton Lethbridge

3 Helen Barbara* Lethbridge (b: 1883 in Wanganui; d: 1966 in Te Awamutu) Mar: 03 Apr 1901 in Turakina to George Orme Bayley (b: 1866; d: 1928; bur: Turakina) Their family:

a John Orme Bayley Born: 1907 mar: Dorothy Dobree Son  John Bayley

b George Orme Bayley (b: 1902; d: 1970) mar: 1937 to Audrey Eleanor Hobbs two children - Michael Bayley and dau. Bayley

c Marion Orme Bayley (b: 1905; d: 1930 Bur: Turakina)

d Helen Hunt (Nell) Bayley (b: 1909; d: 1965) mar: 1946 to Henry Esmond Blair Newton (b: 29 Aug 1901; d: 1982)

4 Lance Lethbridge (b: 1889; d: 4 years 6 mths 1894 Burial: Turakina)

5 Laurie Isobel Lethbridge (b: 1894) mar: 1919 to Ernest Edward Hindmarsh Gilbertson (b. 1890 to parents Edward and Florence Eliza Giblertson; d: 1963) Children - Hugh Lethbridge; John Edward; Lance Dixon    

6 Jessie (Jetta) Lethbridge (b: 1895) Married: 1920 to Corsica Key Children: Peggy Lethbridge; James; Janet Isabel;

7 Ellen Marion Lethbridge (b: 1900 d: 1978)

*2nd Wife of John Perry Lethbridge: mar: 16 May 1890 in Turakina to Catherine Duff Ross (d: 09 Aug 1942 in Wanganui)

4 Henry Yates Lethbridge (b: 05 Jan 1858 New Plymouth d: Aged 6 mths)

5 Henry (Harry) Yates Lethbridge (b: 22 Jun 1859 in New Plymouth; d: 29 Jun 1945 in Turakina) Mar: 13 Apr 1887 in Upokongara, St Mary to Minna Montgomery (b: 27 Mar 1864; d: 21 May 1931 in Turakina)

1881 - Electorate Rangitikei Name LETHBRIDGE Harry Yates; Nature Of Qualification Residential - Place Of Residence Turakina, Occ Farmer

The first Children Health Camp was established by Dr. Elizabeth Gunn in 1919 on Harry Lethbridge's property.
Commendation -  9 February 1924: "When some of the anaemic" children of to-day, or last year, or the year before, grow to be robust adults, they will remember with gratitude the Rangitikei farmer, Mr. Harry Lethbridge, for it is on his property that Dr. Elizabeth Gunn has been able to set up her annual Health Camp under the Wanganui Education Board, by means of which camp she is doing splendid work. Mr. Lethbridge has set up every convenience for the camp, and also a whole lot of supplies for the children. If there was a farmer in every education district in New Zealand like Harry Lethbridge,  the rising generation would be the better and the parents thereof would rise up and call their middle name Blessed."

Harry and Minnie's children: 

1 George Montgomerie Lethbridge (b: 1888; Occ. Farmer; Lance Corporal WW1 serviceman; d: 1968 in Wellington) Mar: 10 Apr 1912 to Mildred Edith Rhodes *b: 03 Aug 1891 in Rangitikei; d: 1982 in Paraparaumu) Their family: 

a Vida Lethbridge (b: 25 Feb 1915; d: 1999) Mar: 1939 to Warren John Boyd (b: 31 Jul 1913; d: 2000)

i Gillian Margaret Boyd mar: Robin John Young Children are;

Michael Craig;  Christopher Warren and Melissa Young

ii Jennifer Deidre Boyd mar: Ian Lloyd Revell Their family:

Hamish and Kirsten Anna Revell

iii Michael John Boyd mar: Margaret Louise Kemp Their children:

 Warren John;  Juliet Louise and Michelle Boyd

iv Stephen Lethbridge Boyd mar: Linda Marion Relph Four children:

Richard Lethbridge Boyd; Neisha Marie; Mandy Lucille and Katie Vida Boyd

b Minna Mildred Lethbridge mar: Leslie Arthur Steel (b: 06 Feb 1899 d: 1980 in Palmerston North)

c Nan Lethbridge Mar: 1948 to Russell William Jackson Children are;

i Mark Lethbridge Jackson mar: Beryl Jacobsen Their seven children:

Andrew Mark; Luke Paul; Karina Beryl; David Russell; Peter John ; Samuel Leonard and Jessica Nan Jackson

ii Paul Lethbridge Jackson mar: Raewyn Joan Salisbury Family are:

Stephen Paul; Carissa Rae and Karen Joan Jackson

iii Judy Jackson mar: William Bruce Parsons Their family:

Elizabeth Nan and Timothy William Parsons

2 Harry Montgomerie Lethbridge (b: 1890; d: 1890 in New Plymouth)

3 Meta Elizabeth Lethbridge (b: 29 Oct 1892; d: 1974) Mar: 1914 to John Lambert Mason (b: 1888; d: 1969 in Turakina)

a John Harry Mason mar: Lindsay June Barstow

i Rebecca June Mason mar: Peter Errol Signal Two childen:

 Barton Gordon John and Nada Elizabeth June Signal

ii Lyndsay Ann Mason mar: Melton Jon Hows Two childen:

Melton Paul and Rachel Lyndsay Hows

b George Lethbridge Mason (b: 19 Sep 1916; d: 2002) mar: Merle Aimee Palmer-Jones (b: 19 Mar 1920; d: 1980) Chilfren are:

i Prudence Elizabeth L Mason mar: John William Pyke

ii Bronwynne Yvonne Mason mar: John Jefferd Monckton Family;

Mark Mason and  Susan Jane Monckton

iii John Stafford Mason mar: Jane Catherine Maxfield. Four children: 

Marcus Geoffrey John; Nicholas James; William Maxfield and Michael George Jackson Mason

iv Kim Ian Mason mar: Jennifer Marion McClellan Their family:

Samuel McClellan; Zara Aimee and Heath Luke Mason

c Shirley Lethbridge Mason Mar: 1956 to Peter Lowes (b: 19 Sep 1923; d: 1996)

i Elizabeth Lowes mar: Noel Scanlan

Son is  Mason Leo Lowes Scanlan

ii Nicholas Mason Lowes  mar: Sally Jane Tuck

Daus are  Georgia Jane and Madeline Nicole Lowes

iii Amanda Lowes mar: Gregory Charles Liggins

Son is  Samuel Nicolas Liggins

d Paul Lethbridge Mason (b: 1919 d: 13 Feb 1946, Bur: Turakina)

e Robin Lethbridge Mason (b: 02 Oct 1921; d: 1994) Mar: 1954 to Valerie Frances Rowan Their daughter:

i Pamela Frances Mason mar: David John O'Dea

Family -Tania Marie Mason O'Dea and Aaron John O'Dea

f Perry Lethbridge Mason mar: Cecilia Lois Peglar (Brown)

4 Dan Montgomery Lethbridge n: 1901; d: 21 Apr 1965 in Wanganui Bur: Turakina0 mar: Joan Doris McRae (b: 1904; d: 26 Nov 1976 in Wanganui Bur: Turakina)

i Michael Harry McRae Lethbridge mar: Jean Chisholm Their 6 children b; Melbourne:

a Christine Lethbridge mar; Robert Allandale

b Colin Lethbridge mar: Kim McConville

c John Lethbridge d: 1976

d Gerrard Lethbridge mar: Laura Corsini

e Anne Lethbridge

f Katherine Lethbridge mar: Douglas Allen

ii Timothy Yates Lethbridge mar: Carolyn Mary Gilberd Daus:  are:

Karen Mary; Brenda Gillian and Joanne Lethbridge