THE NEW ZEALAND BRANCH OF THE FAMILY
Charles Fitton m. Elizabeth Baskervile
b. 14 Apr 1808 28 Dec b. 1813
c. 29 Apr 1809 1830
Bollington Prestbury
d. 20 Dec 1886 Cheshire
NZ c. Macclesfield unless otherwise stated
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Thomas James Hannah Charles Sarah Ann Ann David Matthew Andrew Edwin Charles Joseph
c. 10 Oct c. 5 Oct c. 30 Dec c. 25 Aug c. 15 Jan c. 27 Mar c. 2 Jul b. 13 Apr c. 11 Nov Randel b. 12 Jul b. 23 Oct
1831 1834 1835 1837 1840 1842 1843 c. 1 Jun 1845 1847 b. 12 Nov 1853 1855
d. 1916 d. 1840 d. 1840 d. 12 Dec d. 1840 d. 2 Jun d. 9 Jun Oxford St Rainow 1850 NZ NZ
Church Hulme Macclesfield 1838 1842 1845 Maccles. d. 1848 d. 3 Apr d. 4 Dec d.
bur. 2 Jan
m. Macclesfield Macclesfield West d. 8 Jul Bollington 1875 1933
19 ? Governors Bay NZ
Feilding NZ NZ m. 26 Jul
I m. 20 Jul 1869 1882
Charles H Holy Trinity, Lyttelton, NZ Kaiapoi, NZ
c. 31 Mar Isabella Alexander Elizabeth
1895 b. 10 Sep 1846 Alice Moody
Kirremuip, Scot. b. 1860
d. 1 Sep 1939 Kaiapoi, NZ
Feilding, NZ d.
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I Raymon Ida Harold Ruby
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Elizabeth Ann Jessie James Edwin Clara George Margaret Charles Joseph
b. 12 Feb. 1870 b. 1 Nov b. 24 Jul b. 3 Jun b. 23 May b. 22 May Eleanor Randall Arthur
Governors Bay 1871 1873 1875 1877 1879 b. 18 Jul 1881 b. 27 May 1884 b. 18/22 Dec 1890
Little River Governors Bay Little River Little River Little River Beaconsfield
c. 25 Oct 1879 c. 27 Nov 1881 c. 23 Nov 1884
Little River Little River Little River
d. 22 Dec d. 23 Jul d. 13 Aug d. d. 4 Jul
1885 1947 1963 d. 2 Apr 1961
Feilding Tauranga Feilding 1918 Auckland
m. m.1. 30 Dec m. 22 Oct Jerusalem m. 1923
1902 1902
NZ NZ Alice Amelia
Kate Elizabeth Margaret Henry Miller
Cuthbertson Ellen Phyn Jaggard
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William 1869
b. 30 Nov 1895 d. 10 Oct ______________________I
d. 1 Nov 1916 1905 I I
France Feilding, NZ ____________ Edwin James Keith Burnett
I b. 12 Mar 1931 b. 24 Feb 1934
m. 2. 15 Nov Edwin Laddia Te Kuiti Te Kuiti
1910 b. 18 Oct 1905 d. 6 Mar 2004
NZ Feilding England
Eveline Constance d. 1 Apr 1980 m. 7 Dec 1956
Sicely Wanganui, NZ London
b. 9 Jun, 1880 m. 15 Jul 1940 Enid Baker
d. 14 Feb, 1966 Myra Hillier
Feilding, NZ
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Eveline Arthur Audrey
Rita George McDonald
b. 4 Jun b. 5 Dec b. 27 Feb
1912 1914 1916
NOTES:
ANDREW b. 1847: Died aged 1 year of smallpox at Rainow, Cheshire.
ANN b. 1842: Died aged 15 weeks of smallpox at Oxford Rd., Macclesfield West.
CHARLES b. 1808: Occupation between 1830 and 1850 is a cotton spinner. Residence between 1838 and 1845 is Oxford St., Macclesfield. 1841 census -
1851 census - 41 year old labourer married to Elizabeth, residing Lowe St., Macclesfield with mother, Mary, who is by this time widowed, his surviving sons, Matthew and Edwin, his brother Peter, and nephew David.
Charles and Elizabeth sailed to NZ on the "Canterbury" to NZ with their two sons, Matthew aged 6 years and Edwin aged 1 year. They were in steerage under "free and assisted" passengers. The Canterbury was a brand new ship of 970 tons, when she came out to Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand. She sailed from the East India Docks in London on the 18th June 1851 and arrived on the 18th October under the command of Captain Edwards with 143 souls. She carried a sixteen ponder cannon, sometimes used to salute ships coming into port.
The next mention I find of Charles is in 1853 when he is a labourer in Governor's Bay (just around a few small bays from Lyttleton Harbour. His name joins other persons qualified and liable to serve as jurors within the province of Canterbury.
Wife ELIZABETH BASKERVILE b. 1813: 1851 census - 38 years old.
CHARLES b. 1837: Died aged 17 months of smallpox at Oxford Rd., Macclesfield West.
CHARLES RANDAL b. 1884: Baptised St Andrews, Little River - Father a labourer at the time - parents sponsors. Died of war wounds.
DAVID b. 1843: Died aged 2 years of smallpox at Oxford Rd., Macclesfield West.
EDWIN RANDEL b. 1850: 1851 - 10 months, with parents in grandmothers house.
EDWIN LADDIA b. 1905: WW11 CPL NZ Army radio electrician.
EDWIN JAMES b. 1931: Unmarried. Living Australia since 1950s. 2009 dwelling Atherton, North Queensland.
GEORGE b. 1879: Baptised St Andrews, Little River - private baptism - Father a bushman at the time.
HANNAH b. 1835: Died aged 4 years of smallpox.
JAMES b. 1834: Died aged 5 years of smallpox.
JOSEPH b. 1855: Married in the parish church at Kaiapoi.
Wife ELIZABETH ALICE MOODY b. 1860: Daughter of Frances Hunt and William Moody, farmer.
MARGARET ELEANOR b. 1881: Baptised St Andrews, Little River - Father a labourer at the time - parents sponsors.
MATTHEW b. 1845: 1851 census - 5 years old, living with his paternal grandmother along with rest of his family. 1869 - farmer.
Wife ISABELLA ALEXANDER b. 1846:
SARAH b. 1840: Died aged 9 months of smallpox.
WILLIAM b. 1895:
Matthew Fitton
Charles and Elizabeth
Isabella nee Alexander
Matthew and Isabella
Isabella nee Alexander
Clara (above and below)