BesleyFamily

Henry Besley Snr.

bur. 2/11/1757 Calv

poss. of Thorne, Som.

Henry Besley

Mary

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Henry Susannah William John

c. 16 May 1754 c. 2 Nov 1761 c. 9 Aug 1764 c. 20 Aug 1767 Tiv.

Tiverton Templeton Templeton b. Halmead, Tiverton

bur. 4 May 1799 d. 1813 bur. 5 M ay1768 bur. 15 Sept 1817

or 3 Jul 1782 bur. 22 Mar Calverleigh Templeton

Templeton

m. 15 Aug 1797 m. 4/9 Jun 1792

Tiverton Morchard Bishop

William Maunder Elizabeth (Betty) Bennett

30 Mar 1758 bur. 14 Aug 1826

Templeton Templeton

d. 19 Feb 1829 I

Templeton I

bur. 21 Feb 1829 I

Templeton I

I all. c.Templeton

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Henry George John Mary Thomas William Elizabeth James Samuel Nathaniel

b. abt 1793 b. 1795 c. 25 May b. 23 Mar b. 9 Jul c. 12 Oct c. 3 Oct c. 27 Nov c. 10 Dec c. 26 Apr

1797 c. 7 Jun 1799 1801 1803 1805 1807 1809 1812

d. 16 Nov d. 29 Mar d. 1814 d. 1830 c. 2 Aug d. 1828 d. 1828

1841 1875 bur. 18 Sep bur. 13 Feb bur. 4 Oct bur. 19 Apr

Templeton Templeton Templeton

m. 16 Mar 1820 m. 21 Jan 1829 m. 30 Jul 1829

Templeton Stoodleigh Loxbeare

Mary Isabella Mary George m. Ann

Beedle Venner abt 1796 Maunder abt 1806

abt 1798 c. 8 Nov 1806 b. Knowstone Poughill

Cruwys Morchard Stoodleigh

d. 1886

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John Francis Thomas Samuel Henrietta Cecilia Henry Louisa Ellen Isabella

abt. 1831 b. 1832 b. abt 1834 b. 1837 b. 1Q 1840 b. 2Q 1842 b.1Q 1846 b. 2Q 1849

Templeton Templeton Templeton Templeton Templeton Templeton

d. 6 Mar d. 7 Mar

d.1Q 1866 ? d. 1901 d. 3Q 1843 2Q 1914

bur. Templeton bur. Templeton

(36 yrs) bur. 11 Mar m. 2Q 1865 m. 2Q 1867

(aged 68 yrs) John Hepper

m. m. 4Q 1868

Elizabeth Eleanor Escott Elizabeth Payne

abt. 1824 b. 13 Oct 1851

Bristol Bampton

d. 30 July see below

1821

Bampton

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Samuel Lucy Eleanor Caroline Mary Lewis Lara Alan Adeline Oswald

Dixon Eveline b. 1Q 1871 Frederica Aurelia John William Ronald Camilla b. 30 Oct

c. 14 Mar b. Feb 1870 c. 5 Mar 1871 c. 22 Sept b. 4Q 1873 Temple b. 31 Oct b. 1884 b.1Q 1889 1890

1Q 1869 2Q 1870 3Q 1878 4Q 1882 1Q 1884 4Q 1890

b. 1869 c.14 May 1871 Bampton b. 3Q 1872 c. 3 Apr b. 28 Jun c. 25 Dec c. 25 Feb c. 8 Feb 1891 c. 8 Feb 1891

Bampton Bampton m. 1Q 1893 bur. 14 Oct 1874 c. 28 Jul 1882 1884 Bampton Bampton 1876 Bampton 1878 d. bur. 7 Mar d. 4Q 1909

d. 19 Aug Bampton 1960 1884

d. 13 Feb 1956

Cove

1925 m. 2Q 1889 m. 15 Jul ChCh NZ Bampton

ChCh. NZ Cardiff 1903 m. 26 Dec (aged 9 wks)

m. 1895 Romeo Russell Minnie Baker 1913

ChCh b. 26 Sep 1884 ChCh

Barbara Cove Mary Bertha

Jane Harris

Duncan d. 1961

d. 10 Apr

1946

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I Sidney Thomas Samuel Escott

I 30 Jul 1914 5/6 Aug 1816

I c. 31 Oct 1915 c. 25 Feb 1917

I d. 21 Jun 2000

I Ruru Lawn Cem.

I Christchurch

I m. 1838 m. 1939

I Iris Edith Carswell Kathleen Norma

I Hammil Millicent Copplestone

I m. 1850 m. 1949

I Joan Gwendoline Mavis Edna Joyce

I Dando (nee Fine)

I m.

I Margaret Bowden I

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I d. 2007 I

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Alexander Samuel Alfred Arthur Lewis Lara Peter Patricia Adrienne Graeme

Robert Venner Allan Henry Romeo William Harris Kathleen Mary Lara

Dixon b. 20 Jan b. 1898 Escott Duncan Farney 1950 1954

b. 1895 1896 b. 8 Sep b. 23 Mar b. 3 Sep ChCh ChCh Rarotonga Auckland

c. 14 Mar 1899 1901 1904

1897 c. 31 Dec c. 1 Jul c. 5 Dec

d. 6 Nov 1905 m. m. m. 26 Jan m.

d. 1966 m. 1919 m. 1930 m. 1922 1981 d. 1973

m. 1921 Eileen Agnes Mollie Muriel Iris m. 19 Mar 1928 m. 1933 ChCh

Eliz. Lewis Peattie Duckworth Pruden Caroline Norah Ross Leslie

Bennett d. 1964 Mona Mataura Richards

Whittey Sheehy 1948

d. 5 Jun Nelson

I I 1996

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Alison June Barbara Isobel Malcolm Caroline Robin

Venner Jocelyn

m. 1952 m. 1955 m. 1949 m. 1955

Derek Armstrong James Gilmore Athlone David Harris

Hall White Betty Cowell

d. 2007 Wilson

GEORGE BESLEY 1795: 1841 - 45 yrs, farmer, dwelling South Coombe, Templeton with wife, 5 children and 5 servants. 1851 - 56 yrs, farmer of 366 acres, employing 12, dwelling Higher South Coombe, Templeton with wife, 7 children. 1861: 66 yrs, farmer of 350 acres employing 5 men and 3 boys, dwelling Higher South Coomb with wife and 4 offspring. George paid rent for Lower South Coombe Farm, taking on Landfoot (farm?) as well for a while in 1863, at least until 1864. 1871 - 76 yrs, Farmer, of 66 acres, dwelling Great Esworthy with wife, 2 adult daughters 2 American grandchildren and a farm servant. Died aged 80 yrs.

Probate: 7 June 1875. Effects under 300 pounds. The will of George Besley, late of Esworthy Farm in the Parish of Templeton in the County of Devon, yeoman, who died 29 Mar 1875 at Esworthy Farm, was proved at Exeter by Isabella Besley of Esworthy Farm, Widow, the relict and sole Executrix.

Wife ISABELLA VENNER 1806: 1841 - 30 yrs. 1851 - 40 yrs. 1861 - 53 yrs. 1871 - 63 yrs. 1881 - 74 yrs, retired farmers wife, widow, visiting household of Jane Payne, Bridge Cottage, Templeton.

HENRY BESLEY 1842: SEE BELOW

LARA WILLIAM BESLEY 1882: 1891 - 8 yrs, scholar, living with parents. 1901 - 16 yrs, bakers assistant to Aunt and Uncle (Jane Ford Escott and Francis William Cottrell)Station Rd., Pinhoe.

Wife MARY BERTHA HARRIS:

LEWIS ROMEO DUNCAN BESLEY 1901: Died in 81st year.

Wife CAROLINE (Cassie) WHITTEY: Died in 90th year. Both buried Waimairi Cem.

SAMUEL BESLEY abt 1834: 1841 - 8 yrs, with family. 1851 - 17 yrs, living with parents. 1861 - 28 yrs, farmers son, living with parents. 1869 Relieving Officer of the poor was his occupation at time of children's baptisms, until 1882 when it changes to farmer but address of Brook St doesn't alter. 1881 - 47 yrs, Relieving Officer Munic., dwelling Brook St with wife and 5 children plus sister-in-law, Bessie Escott and a 15 yr old servant. 1891 - 58 yrs, Farmer and Registrar, dwelling 37 Brook St Bampton, with wife and 5 offspring - servant Sarah Chiplin 15 yrs..

Probate: Samuel Besley of Bampton, Devon, farmer, died 6 March 1901. Administration (with will) Exeter 21 June to Eleanor Besley, widow. Effects £892 5s 4d.

Wife ELEANOR ESCOTT 1851: 1881 - 29 yrs. 1891 - 39 yrs. 1901 - 49 yrs, widowed farmer (employer), dwelling 37 Brook St Bampton, with 4 children, niece Theresa H Besley,, 2 servants and sister-in-law Louisa E, 55 in residence.

Probate: Eleanor Besley of Bampton, Devon, widow, died 20 July 1921. Probate Exeter 11 August to Lewis John Temple Besley, farmer. Effects £1205.

SAMUEL DIXON BESLEY 1869: 1881 - 12 yrs, scholar, with parents. Samuel and Barbara were married in the home of her father, Alexander, and mother, Catherine Keith, nee Farnley, at Buffon Street, Sydenham. Her father was a contractor. Death cert no. 2616. some sources list him as just Dixon.

Born 1st Quarter, 1869 Tiverton 5b 481. Died aged 56 yrs.

City of ChCh Electoral Roll - Sydenham ward: Barbara Besley, housewife, Buffon St. Samuel Dixon, baker, Goethe St.

Wife BARBARA JANE DUNCAN: Died aged 73 yrs. Both buried Bromley Cem.

SAMUEL ESCOTT BESLEY 1916: Meterologist most of working life, changed to hydrology before a short time in Ministry of Transport prior to retiring.

Ruru Lawn Cem - 436949 Flt/Sgt SE Besley, 41 squadron d. 21 Jun 2000 87 yrs. (1939 - 1945)

Wife KATHLEEN MILLICENT COPPLESTONE: Remarried 1950 to William Alexander.

Wife MAVIS EDNA JOYCE:

SIDNEY THOMAS BESLEY 1814: No natural offspring. Adopted Bazil who moved to Australia and changed name to Barry Montgomery.

Wife IRIS EDITH CARSWELL HAMMIL: Remarried 1949 to Max Mowbray.

Wife JOAN GWENDOLINE DANDO (nee FINE). Previously married to Wallace Leige Dando in 1940.

Wife MARGARET (Peg) BOWDEN (nee). Had an adopted daughter.

Henry m. Elizabeth Payne

b. 17 Mar (2Q) 1842 2Q 1867 b. abt 1842

Tiverton Stoodleigh

d. 20 Mar (2Q) 1925

Witheridge (South Molton)

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Theresa Charles Francis Lucy Arthur Henry Elizabeth Alice Thomas Ellen (Nelly) Ethel Florence

Helena Henry Ewart "Edith" Edward "Harry" L Jane Egbert Beatrice both b. 1Q 1883

B Payne b. 1871 b. 1872 b. 1874 b. 17/4/1880 b. 4Q 1881 Witheridge

3Q 1867 4Q 1868 4Q 1869 2Q 1871 4Q 1872 2Q 1874 1Q 1876 1Q 1879 2Q 1880

b. 28 Oct Stoodleigh b.1879 d. 1952 Witheridge

Stoodleigh b. 1869 1869 m. 1907 d. 4Q 1882

m. 2Q 1901 d.1937 m. 2Q 1901 m. 1897 Crediton Witheridge m. 1907 m. 1907 m. 1910 m. 1

m. 1895 m. 1900 Gloucester Bertha Campbell

Annie Maria Mary Jane Mary Ellen Pope Ellen Mary Jane John Thorne William

Victoria M Buckingham _______I______ Davies Wreford Anstey Dynes m. 2

Grigg d. 1962 I I I I d. 1954 Blair

I Whenuakura Arthur Percy Pat Ida d. 23 Jan _______________I___

I I 2Q 1900 1927 I I I

I I Worcester Molly Joyce Harry

I I_____________ Eliz. May

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Dorothy Eileen Estelle Bob Marjorie Hugh Molly Sidney m. 1950 m. 1956

Varcoe Morrish Ben Price Bruce Smith

b. 9 Jul b. 23 Apr b. 6 Jun

1899 1901 1903

m. 1925

Isabel

Alexander

NOTES:

ALICE JANE 1879: Birth Reg. Mar Q 1879 Tiverton 5b 44. Died aged 3 yrs.

Death Reg. Dec Q 1882 South Molton 5b 301. 1881 - Residing with family, Pillavin, Witheridge 2 yrs.

ARTHUR EDWARD 1872: Birth Reg. Dec Q 1872 Tiverton 5b 435. 1881- 7 yrs, Residing with family, Pillavin, Witheridge. 1891 - 18 yrs, drapers assistant, dwelling 13-15 Stall St, Bath St James. 1901 - 28 yrs, Draper manager, dwelling Spring Villa, Malvern Rd with wife and baby son.

Wife MARY ELLEN POPE abt 1872 Bristol: 1901 - 29 yrs.

CHARLES HENRY B 1869: 1871 - 2 yrs Residing Broadmead farmhouse, Stoodleigh 1881 - Residing with family, Pillavin, Witheridge 12 yrs.

"CHARLES HENRY BESLEY - Butcher, Baker, Farmer and stock dealer, St. Andrews. This business was established about the year 1872, and has been conducted by Mr. Besley since 1899. The building was erected on a freehold section in 1901 to replace the old premises, which were destroyed by fire.

It is built of wood and iron and consists of a shop and 10 roomed residence, with a brick bakehouse behind. Mr. Besley was born in Devonshire, England in 1870, and worked on his father’s farm, until coming out to NZ by the SS Rimutaka in December 1889. For a time he was stationed in the Levels District, and after visiting the North Island, began farming at Beaconsfield in 1895. However, he sold his farm in 1899, and acquired his present business. Mr. Besley owns 70 acres of freehold on the beach, between the railway lines and the sea, and he has about 150 acres of leasehold in other parts of the district. As a freemason he is attached to St John E C and he is also a member of the local school committee. Mr. Besley is a stock dealer and exporter of frozen meat. He was married in 1895 to a daughter of Mr. Robert Grigg of Beaconsfield, and has two daughters." - From NZ Cyclopedia 1903 - Canterbury pg 1041.

DOROTHY 1899: Dorothy admitted St. Andrews, Waimate 17 Oct 1904 by Chas. H. Besley.

Timaru Main School records say Estelle's last day at school was 27th Mar. 1914 and her destination was Melbourne.

Other two girls finished school on 18th Dec 1913.

ELIZABETH 1876: Birth reg. Mar Q 1876 Tiverton 5b 454. 1881 Cencus: Residing with family, Pillavin, Witheridge 4 yrs . 1891 - 15 yrs, domestic assistant living at home. 1901 - 28 yrs, housekeeper living with parents.

ELLEN BEATRICE 1881: 1891 - 9 yrs, scholar living at home. Birth Reg. Dec Q 1881 South Molton 5b 438. Helen on marriage reg. 1901 - 19 yrs, drapers assistant, dwelling 4 Castle St Cirencester in Mogg household.

ETHEL 1883: Birth Reg. Mar Q 1883 South Molton 5b 472. 1891 - 8 yrs, scholar living at home. 1901 - 18 yrs, mothers help, living with parents.

FLORENCE 1883: Birth Reg. Mar Q 1883 South Molton 5b 472. 1891 - 8 yrs, scholar living at home. 1901 - 18 yrs, drapers assistant, living with parents.

FRANCIS (FRANK) EWART PAYNE 1869: 1871 Census: 1 yr Residing Broadmead farmhouse, Stoodleigh 1881 Cencus: Residing with family, Pillavin, Witheridge 12 yrs. 891 - 21 yrs, farmer's son dwelling at home with parents.19 Frank, farmer, Whenuakura, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1924.

His father was Henry Besley who married Elizabeth Payne daughter of a Methodist Minister.

Some info about Frank. He is reputed to have cleaned up the villages top scrapper in a fight, and was thus "King of the town" for a while at least. He emigrated to Australia where he ran a butchery with brothers Charles and Tom. He moved to NZ and there met and married Mary Jane (Buckingham).

HENRY 1842: 1851 - 9 yrs, living with parents. 1861 - 19 yrs, farmers son, living with parents. 1871 - 29 yrs Residing Broadmead farmhouse, Stoodleigh, farmer 140 acres.

1881 - Residing Pillavin, Witheridge, 39 yrs Farmer of 344 acres 344 acres employing 2 men and a boy - 9 children. Cencus Place: Witheridge.

1891 - 49 yrs, Farmer, dwelling Pillivon Farm, Witheridge with wife and 8 kids. 1901 - 59 yrs, farmer, dwelling Pillivin Farm, Witheridge, South Molton, with wife and 4 grown up kids plus 2 servants.

Born June Quarter, 1842, X 281. Marriage reg. Jun Q 1867 Tiverton 5b 767.

Witheridge newspaper: August 3rd 1895: Rev J P Benson's rent audit was held at the Angel Hotel. Present were the Rev Benson, and Messrs Wreford, Vickery, Blackmore, Lee Maunder, Lewing, Matthews, Besley, etc. Mr Wreford in proposing the health or Mr Benson hinted that no land bill could benefit a set of tenants where such mutual understanding and kindly feeling existed as between them and their landlord. In response to the toast most heartily drunk, Mr Benson said it was his pleasure at all times to make his tenants comfortable and whenever he had any spare cash necessary repairs should be attended to. He also hoped the parishioners would assist him in church and school expenses.

Henry Besley married Elizabeth Payne daughter of a Methodist Minister.

Henry became a minister himself, and according to my info was away for long periods preaching, leaving his long suffering wife to cope with 13 children, who apparently got into a few scrapes often in public houses. Henry was born on 17th March 1842. Died aged 83 yrs.

Probate: Besley - Henry of Witheridge, Devon, died 20 March 1925. Probate Exeter 12 September to Elizabeth Besley, widow. Effects £531 10s 3d.

Wife ELIZABETH PAYNE: 1891 - 49 yrs. 1901 - 59 yrs.

HENRY (HARRY) 1874: Birth reg. Jun Q 1874 Tiverton, 5b 446. 1881 - Harry, 6 yrs, with family. 1891 - 16 yrs, farmers son living at home with parents. 1901 - 25 yrs, farmers son, living and working for family. He is obviously the one who took over the running of the farm as his wifes probate gives this address.

Wife BERTHA ELLEN DAVIES:

Probate: Besley - Bertha Ellen of Pillivin Farm, Witheridge, Devon, (wife of Henry Besley), died 23 January 1927. Probate London 1 March to the said Henry Besley, farmer, and Annie Gertrude Hayes (wife of Sidney Richard Hayes). Effects £905 6s 7d.

LUCY "EDITH" 1871: Birth Reg. Jun Q 1871 Tiverton, 5b 449. 1881 Cencus: Residing with family, Pillavin, Witheridge 9 yrs.

THERESA HELENA 1868: Birth reg. Sep Q 1867 Tiverton. 1871 - 3 yrs Residing Broadmead farmhouse, Stoodleigh. 1881 Cencus: Residing Pillavin, Witheridge, 13 yrs. 1891 - 23 yrs, Domestic assistant living at home. 1901 - 33 yrs, niece of Eleanor Besley at 37 Brook Street., Bampton.

THOMAS EGBERT 1880: Birth Reg. Jun Q 1880 Tiverton 5b 478. 1881 - Residing with family, Pillavin, Witheridge 11 mths. 1891 - 10 yrs, scholar living at home.

Thomas E., sheep buyer, Albury, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1928. Buried Albury Cemetery, South Canterbury aged 71 yrs.

Walter Nash's financial situation deteriorated, however, when the tailor's firm that he worked for (and was a shareholder of) declined. Nash and his family moved to Palmerston North where he became a salesman for a wool and cloth merchant. Later he established a tailoring company in New Plymouth along with Bill Besley, a tailor from Stratford, although the business performed poorly.

Emigration was common from this part of India, and by the First World War it included a growing trickle to New Zealand. This increased with news of impending immigration restrictions, and Natali was among the passengers on the Maheno when it docked at Auckland on 2 October 1920. He found employment as a kitchen worker and porter at the Empire Hotel in Rotorua. A fellow worker named him ‘Mick’ because of his sympathy for Irish home rule. Another employee was Kate May Besley, an English immigrant. Jelal married 20-year-old Kate at Auckland on 9 February 1922. They were to have four children.

Mrs Besley on Rimutaka to Auckland 29 Dec 1886.

ChCh claims to vote 1863 Samuel Besley, Gresford.

Robert Small arrived Wgtn 1858 - Mr. W Besley and Mr G G Besly, both steerage passengers.

Ramsay arrived Lyttleton Jun 16 1870 - Thomas Besley single man 20 Farm lab, Berwick.