Francis Gedye (1848 - 1922)

Born 1848 in Lansallos, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Cork) Gedye — married 1871 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1922 at about age 74 in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

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Francis Gedye migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Francis was born about 1848.^[1]

He emigrated from England to New Zealand and married Mary Ann Cork in 1871.^[2]

They had the following Children:

Emma Rose (b. 1876)

Arthur Thomas (b. 1878)

Alice Mary (b. 1880)

Edith May Ethel (b. 1882)

Owen Albert Stannas (b. 1886)

Trevor Leslie (b. 1890)

He passed away in 1922.^[3][4]

Burial

11 January 1922 - Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand. PLOT: Block D Row 25 Plot 3^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N7R-PXC : 1 October 2014), Francis Gedye, 1848; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Liskeard, Cornwall, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-MF7X : 4 October 2016), Francis Gedge and Mary Ann Corke, 1871; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1871/7056, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
3. ↑ DEATHS., New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17986, 11 January 1922, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19220111.2.2.4
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-VHSB : 4 January 2018), Francis Gedye, 1922; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1922/217, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208971152/francis-gedye), memorial page for Francis Gedye (1849–9 Jan 1922), Find a Grave Memorial no. 208971152, citing Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand ; Maintained by JjH (contributor 48491654)

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKX-23T : 21 October 2017), Francis Gedye in household of Thomas Gedye, Lansallos, Cornwall, England; citing Lansallos, Cornwall, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• https://www.purewa.co.nz/view/?id=37571