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Note for: Thurza Mary Stanley Buck, 1877 - Index

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Note for: Kate Gregory Buck, 1881 - 1882 Index

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Note for: Thomas Beavis, - Index

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Note for: Ethel May Timms, - 1918 Index

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Note for: George Bennett, 3 JUL 1853 - 20 AUG 1940 Index

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Some details from B Bennett nee Pye

Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett

Attended Manningham Grammar School in England

Returned to New Zealand in 1871 abroad the Queen Bee with his brothers William and Francis.

George went to the South Island prospecting and then is reported in the Takaka area and, finally as a Butcher. He never married and died at Collingwood in 1930. (Could not find a death Folio for a George Bennett in 1930, found one in 1940)

1938 Motueka Electoral Roll shows George Bennett, Pakawau, Labourer

The Nelson Evening Mail 20th August 1940 shows
Bennett - At Nelson on 20th August 1940, George Bennett, late of Pakawau, Collingwood; aged 87 years

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Note for: Mary Margaret Known As Minnie O'Neill, 1883 - 28 JUN 1977 Index

Burial:
     Date:   30 JUN 1977
     Place:   Karori Lawn Cemetery

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     Carol McCauley remembers her family came from Devon, England and they owned a store in Dixon Street, which sold Hardware. Mary had 9 siblings

Clarence (Clarrie) Johns remember she was born at Cross Creek, an important Train Terminus in the lower Wairarapa

*Birth Details Date: 1883, Folio No: 2581, Area: Greytown, September quarter, Name: Mary Margaret O'Neill*

*Marriage Details Date: 1903, Folio No: 3996*

1919 Wellington Suburbs Electoral Roll shows Mary Margaret Johns, 96 Derwent Street, Island Bay

1928 Wellington South General Roll shows Johns, Mary Margaret, 38 Derwent Street, married

1931 Wellington North General Roll shows Johns, Mary Margaret, 4 Devon Street, married

1943 Wellington South General Roll shows Mary Margaret Johns, 38 Derwent Street, Married

1959 City of Wellington Elector's Roll shows Mary Margaret Johns, Domestic Duties, Rating, Derwent Street

*Death Details Date: 1977, Aged: 94, Area: Wellington, Folio No: 2/12422*

Karori Cemetery Record shows Mary Margaret, Johns, Date: 30/6/1977, Plot: Karori 17Z/1 Lawn, Aged: 94, Address: Silverstream Hospital, Occ: Widow, Buried with Edward Johns(husband)

The Evening Post 29th June 1977 shows
Johns, Mary Margaret (Minnie) - On June 28, 1977, at Silverstream Hospital, loved wife of the late Edward, much-loved mother of James, Clarence and the late Mona, loved by her daughters-in-law Hazel and Janet; passed peacefully in her 95th year. RIP. Requiem mass will be celebrated at the Church of St Mary of the Angels, Bolcoutt St, Tomorrow (Thursday), June 30, 1977, at 10am. and thereafter to the Karori Lawn Cemetery. The rosary will be recited in Church, Today (Wednesday) at 5.45pm. "Lychgate" FDANZ Inc Clarks and Taylors
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Johns, Mary Margaret (Nana)-On June 28 1977, beloved Jamie of Maureen and Colin Reeve, grandmother of Alan and Brian Johns, Paul and Kevin Mead and Carol McCauley, great-grandmother of Alan, Jane and Shaun, loved by her great-great-grandchildren. A lovely soul at rest. RIP

Headstone Reads
In loving memory of Edward Johns
Died 25th July 1961
Aged 81 years
Mary Margaret Johns
Died 28th June 1977
Aged 94 years
RIP

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Note for: Leo Percy Known As Percy Bennett, 20 OCT 1880 - 29 JUN 1948 Index

Burial:
     Date:   1 JUL 1948
     Place:   Mangatera Cemetery, Dannevirke

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     Some details from B Bennett nee Pye

Some details from The Bennetts of Pencarrow by Paul Bennett

*Birth Details Date: 1880, Folio No: 3636, Area: Rangitikei, December quarter, Name: Leo Percy Bennett*

*Marriage Details Date: 1903, Folio No: 3849*

Tararua District Council Cemetery Records show Leo Percy Bennett, Date of Death: 29/6/1948, Date of Burial: 1/7/1948, Aged: 66, Address: Norsewood, Dannevirke, Occ: Factory Manager, Funeral Officiator: Rev Dickens, Funeral Director: Anderson & Son, Cemetery: Mangatera, Section: Main, Block: XA, Plot: 10, Buried with Julia Jane Bennett(wife)

Probate Record shows Leo Percy Bennett, Place: Norsewood, Occ: Dairy Factory Manager, Court: Napier, Archives Reference: AAOW W3846 4866/48, Probate No: 4866/48, Date Filed: 28/7/1948, Type: Will, Archives NZ, Wellington