| John
Edgerley
born in Auckland 26, July, 1846 (known as Jack). Eldest son of John and
Sarah Edgerley (nee Newnham). These first two photos might be from the
late 1860's. See my web site http://uk.geocities.com/edgerleyi for more information on life of John and Sarah Edgerley. They had three children, Jack, William and Sarah Newnham Edgerley b 1850, (see photo in 1890's as Mrs Whyman.). |
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| William Edgerley born in Auckland 4, April, 1848. My maternal grandfather's father. |  |
| Ship "Avalanche", (picture
from book
White Wings) which brought out the Barrett family to New
Plymouth
22, Jan., 1875 including Elizabeth Ann then 13 who was to marry Richard
O'Donnell and become my fathers maternal grandmother. See family group
outside Tongaporutu Post Office in 1900's section. The Avalanche passenger list has entries for Barrett as follows. John, 40 Farm Labourer, Cornwall; Catherine 40; Ellen, 19 Servant; Mary, 16 Servant; Susan C, 14; Elizabeth A, 13; Alfred John, 9; James, 7 ; Sarah, 3; Richard, 4m. |
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| Cover page from Edgerley family bible with hand entered birth etc dates for John and William. The bible was published in 1836 by The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and was printed at the Pitt Press Cambridge by John Smith printer to the University. |  |
| Map of Crown Grants at Newmarket showing some of the Edgerley land. From Dinah Holman's book, Newmarket Lost and Found. |  |
| From a photocopy ex the Dinah Holman book. House of John Edgerley Snr, the first part of which was built in 1849. There is a later photo in the 1910 section. |  |
| William Edgerley |  |
| Sarah Edgerley (nee Newnham) born ~ 1812, mother of John, William and Sarah. |  |
| Photo by Australian Photographic Company No 1391. Photographers surname Boag. Earliest Hannaford photo circa 1876 showing Louisa (b 1864) with unknown foster parents. Louisa married William Edgerley in Auckland in 1882 after working in Fiji.. Her parents John Pitts Hannaford and Louisa Elizabeth (nee Kennard) were from Devon, married in 1861 and they both died about 1870 along with their eldest son Harry Pitts Hannaford b 1862 . Her young brother Tom b 1865 is not in the photo and maybe lived elsewhere. However he also raised a family in Auckland circa the 1880's (see photo in next decade) and my mother remembers him as Uncle Tom. |  |
| Five men at exploratory gold diggings near Ballarat. Photographer, T. Flintoff, Sturt Street, Ballarat. Line of workings appears to run to back left. Would like to hear if anyone knows locality. |  |
| William Edgerley (tall in back row)with group of uniformed
men Alexandra
near Cambridge. pencilled on back. Possibly from next decade. |
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