Descendants
of the
William HODGE Family
Notes
3. Richard Henry HODGE Scrapbook
Child of Henry HODGE and Elizabeth Ann HEARD:
Richard Henry HODGE - b: 2 December 1862 -
m: 1884 age 22years - d: 1895 aged 33 years
The eldest of Henry & Elizabeth's children,
Richard was born at Tokenbury, St. Ive, Leskieard, Cornwall.
He was 17 when they arrived in New Zealand, and it has been
informed that he began work in the mines when he was only about seven years old.
He had no education, but could sign his name.
This fact was discovered when I had the good fortune to view
the application form for his marriage.
After arriving in New Zealand with his family, he with his
father & brothers worked on the Duncan farm and to the best of our enlightenment
continued to do so after his father relocated to Hurleyville.
In 1884 he married, at the Wesleyan Parsonage in Patea, a Rose
Brown Scrapbook from Nelson. Rose was a sister of Mrs. James Gibbs.
They constructed their home at Alton while Richard
was earning 6 shillings a day.
Children of the Marriage were:
Richard George (1885),
Edward Herbert (1886),
Sarah Winifred (1890) and
Albert John (1892).
While searching records at the South Taranaki Museum in
Patea, I found reference to the death of Arthur William Hodge, - in 1888,
age ten weeks.
On the death certificate was 'Spina Bifida' and 'Convulsions'. Surely the first Hodge
death in New Zealand.
Richard was reputed to have a strong sense
of humour and was full of pranks in his youth. He served on the Committee of the Alton
school from 1892 till his death.
Richard died in 1895 of pneumonia after
being indisposed for only six days.
Albert John who was only three
remembered bring raised up to kiss his father goodbye while he lay in a 'funny' bed.
Rose always a hard worker, reared James
Erick Hodge (Photo) who remembers her as a strict disciplinarian.
Henry did much to help the recently widowed Rose,
always arriving from Hurleyville to plant and cultivate her potato crop and to assist with
any heavy work.
No photograph of Richard exists, but we are
told that he bore a strong resemblance to his father, Henry.
Both Richard & Rose are buried at Patea.
Rose BROWN Scrapbook
In 1884 married, at the Wesleyan Parsonage in Patea, a Rose BROWN from Nelson. Rose
was a sister of Mrs. James Gibbs.
Rose lived on in the house and farmed about
30 acres of land after Richard's death in 1895.
She did maternity nursing around the community and bought
many of the Hodge babies into this world.
The older sons went out to work as they left school, but Albert
John always worked on his mothers farm.
Rose always a hard worker, reared Erick
Hodge who remembers her as a strict disciplinarian.
Henry HODGE (Rose's Father in-law) did much
to help the recently widowed Rose, always arriving from Hurleyville to
plant and cultivate her potato crop and to assist with any heavy work.
The young Albert John adored Henry and
followed him constantly.
Rose died in 1925 while under going surgery
for cataracts at Wellington Hospital.
She was virtually blind for some time before, and while her
family knew her sight had been limited, they did not fully realise she had bee practically
blind for months.
It was her niece Florence Gibbs who eventually discovered the
fact.
Both Richard & Rose are buried at Patea.
19. Arthur William HODGE
Child of Richard Henry HODGE and Rose BROWN:
Ref to the death of Arthur William HODGE
Age 10 weeks
On the death certificate was
'Spina Bifida' and 'Convulsions'
Surely the first HODGE death in NZ
Ref found in the South Taranaki Museum at Patea NZ
4. Kate HODGE Scrapbook
Child of Henry HODGE and Elizabeth Ann HEARD:
Kate HODGE - b: 21.6.1863 - m: 1890 age 27
years - d: 1941 aged 78 years
Kate, born at Pensilva, Liskeard on 21st
June 1863, was the second child and 1st daughter of Henry & Elizabeth.
She had no formal education and at age 16 when she came with
the family to Alton, she would have had to conform to Pioneer life, assisting her mother
while her father and brothers felled the bush to help construct their 1st home.
Kate went into domestic employment, working
for the bank manager's wife in Patea, but she also adored dancing, and with her brothers
would ride to dances around the district - despite her fear of the Maori!
In 1890 she wedded Alfred Richards, and
after their marriage they went to Pohangina Valley, where Alf with a
close-knit crew of men cleared away the bush miles away from home and often didn't return
for days on end.
In the interim Kate was keep occupied baking
joints of meat, Cornish pasties, and bread in the camp oven for the men to take back into
the bush. She also manufactured her own candles, soap and medicines. This art she had
learnt from her mother.
Kate had eight children - John
Frederick (Jack) (1891).
Lena Isabella (Doll) (1892),
Clara (Topsy) (1894),
Irene May (Lass) (1895),
Richard James (1897),
twins Daphne & Pearl (1900) and
Alfred (1904).
Daphne one of the twins died in 1901.
There were no doctors for a miles, so Kate
had to depend in neighbours and relatives to attend her when her children were born. When
her fifth child Richard James (Dick) was born the river suddenly flooded
and she had to be carried out for anxiety that the house would be swept away. Pleasingly
when they returned they discovered the property safe.
Because of no running water in the house she bathed all the
children in the streamlet and her washing was done there too.
After several children born in the Pohangina Valley the
family went into farm management around the Manawatu until they retired in Palmerston
North township.
As well as rearing her own children, Kate
took in and reared another Jack (1913) - Jack (son)
died in the flu epidemic and also Clara's son Henare - Clara
meet her demise (1918) with a tumour.
In succeeding years Kate loved to recounted
to the children the old folk tales of Cornwall and of the 'piskies' who lived on the
moors. The children felt that she really believed in these little people on the moors.
Another of hers was how she was sent out gathering wood on
the moors and mistakenly pick up an adder ( instead of the piece of wood) which bite her.
All her life she was adored and respected by little children
whom she dearly loved, and always Kate would have sweeties and biscuits
for them along with a penny or half penny.
She died at Palmerston North in 1941 and is buried there.
Location of the village of Pensilva, where Kate
was born, is 5 miles north east of Liskeard, north of A390 Liskeard - Callington Road, and
Liskeard is a market town in South East Cornwall that lies in an area for rural and
seaside tourism. It is 19 miles from the nearest city of Plymouth (Devon).
21. Lena Isabella (Doll) RICHARDS
Child of Kate HODGE and Alfred RICHARDS:
22. Clara (Topsy) RICHARDS
Child of Kate HODGE and Alfred RICHARDS:
23. Irene May (Lass) RICHARDS
Child of Kate HODGE and Alfred RICHARDS:
24. Richard James RICHARDS
Child of Kate HODGE and Alfred RICHARDS:
25. Daphne (twin) RICHARDS
Child of Kate HODGE and Alfred RICHARDS:
Died 1901 age 22 months
26. Pearl (twin) RICHARDS
Child of Kate HODGE and Alfred RICHARDS:
No issue
27. Alfred Hodge RICHARDS
Child of Kate HODGE and Alfred RICHARDS:
1st marriage to Mary Flanagan - no issue
5. John (Jack) HODGE Scrapbook
Child of Henry HODGE and Elizabeth Ann HEARD:
John (Jack) HODGE b: 14.6.1868
m: 18.1.1896 - age 27
d: 1921 - aged 53 years
John, known as Jack, was born on 14th June
1868 at Pensilva, Cornwall. At an early age he was working down a copper mine until he
left for New Zealand with his family.
Jack married Elizabeth Mary Smith
who was born in New Zealand in 1876, at her parents home at Oeo Road, Awatuna in 1896.
Their first home was a farm which they leased in Maben Road,
Opaku in 1902. The property included the Opaku School, and attached to the house was the
Post Office and General Store.
Ida Maude, Jack & Elizabeth's eldest
daughter, was a founder pupil of the Opaku school beginning at 4 years so the new school
could be opened. The school needed 24 pupils minimum to open.
Running the store was always a very busy time as it was the only day the men could come
with their pack horses to pick up stores for the following week.
They were then building Maben Road and lived in tents during
the weeks they were away from their homes.
The Opaku Hall, a corrugated iron building, was used for Sunday school, Church services,
dances and social evening. A great gathering place for the folk from the surrounding
districts.
Patea was the nearest town to Opaku and it was a big day to travel in by gig or trap for
that extra shopping.
Jack & Elizabeth stayed on the farm for 17 years and it was
eventually sold in 1919.
After the property sold the family shifted to a Bunnythorpe
farm where they stayed only two season before selling out.
They then bought a farm at Whakaronga which had a beautiful
two storied home stead for the family.
Jack is remembered as a loving, soft-hearted
caring person and was much loved by his 7 daughters and 2 sons. he was always accompanied
by one or more of the children and his wife Elizabeth was always a
constant companion, even when out and about the farm.
Jack enjoyed en\evenings when the family would sing together. and they
would also sing as they made their way around the farm, often pausing at the top of a hill
to perform at the top of their voices.
Jack had nicknames for all his girls: Nita
Alice - Tom, Linda Elizabeth - Jonny. Miriam Rose - Jim, Gladys Mary - Charlie or Curly,
Anna May - Muff Noma Ontonia was the baby, and he advocated her name meant 'no
more'.
His sons were John Henry Thomas (also called Jack)
and Samuel whom he called 'Puta Rangi'.
The family had lived there for only two years when Jack
meet his demise in 1921, at the age of 53
.
After Jack died, Elizabeth sold the farm and moved to
Palmerston North where the younger children completed their schooling and the older ones
found work.
Later she shifted to Auckland and then to Himitangi,
returning eventually to Palmerston North, where she remained till her death in 1971 at the
age of 95 years.
John & Elizabeth had nine children, thirty grandchildren, one hundred
and one great-grandchildren.
No story about this family would be complete without a special mention about Tini
(Ontonia) Olsen - a very dear lady who came to them in her twenties so as to help with the
family, as Elizabeth spent most of her time on the farm helping Jack.
Tini stayed within the family circle until her death at 86 years. Her final years were
spent with Elizabeth in Palmerston North.
Location of the village of Pensilva, where John
(Jack) was born, is 5 miles north east of Liskeard, north of A390 Liskeard -
Callington Road, and Liskeard is a market town in South East Cornwall that lies in an area
for rural and seaside tourism. It is 19 miles from the nearest city of Plymouth (Devon).
28. Ida Maude HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
29. Nita Alice (Tom) HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
30. Linda Elizabeth (Johnny) HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
31. Miriam Rose (Jim) HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
32. Gladys Mary (Charlie or Curly) HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
33. John Henry Thomas (Jack) HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
34. Anna May (Muff) HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
35. Samuel (Putu Rangi) HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
36. Noma Ontonia HODGE
Child of John (Jack) HODGE and Elizabeth Mary SMITH:
6. William Thomas HODGE Scrapbook
Child of Henry HODGE and Elizabeth Ann HEARD:
William Thomas - b: 1869 -
m: 1893 - d: ?
William Thomas (Will) was born at Pensilva,
Liskeard, Cornwall in 1869.
He was the third son & fourth child on Henry
& Elizabeth and was baptised at St Ive Church, Liskeard on 20th July 1875 by
the assistant Curate W.H.Hodge.
After arriving in New Zealand in 1880, he was one of the
first day pupils at Alton School, where he received all his schooling.
By 1893 he meet and married Alice Smith,
sister of Elizabeth - who later married John (Jack Hodge).
They had five children of the marriage - Ada
Elizabeth (1894), Arthur (1895), Frank Thomas (1898), Chris Jaram (1904) and Pearl (1906).
William Thomas (Will) drew a balloted farm
at Kohuratahi at the same time as his brothers Jim and Charlie.
Will & Alice's son Arthur,
who was a delicate child, never went there with his parents.
Will's mother - Grandmother Elizabeth
Hodge kept him with her so as to be near a doctor.
Like so many others, Will found the
conditions so appalling and unendurable, he was eventually compelled to leave his land
after spending years striving to make a livelihood from it.
At 45 years of age, when war broke out in 1914, Will
enlisted and was posted overseas.
While on active service in France he met up with his 2nd son Frank,
who had enlisted while only 18 years of age, in the same war as his father.
Will returned to New Zealand for a short
time after the war, but soon returned to England, taking his 3rd son Chris
with him. Chris however became homesick and soon returned to New Zealand
and home.
Sadly all contact with William Thomas was
lost.
He never returned to his wife and family in New Zealand and
no one knows where and when he died.
His wife Alice had come back to Hurleyville,
where she set up home for Pearl and Arthur.
Alice became a familiar figure, riding side
saddle as she went about doing washing in the district.
Pearl would be seen riding on her own pony,
going with her mother to help her with the washing chores.
Alice died in Patea hospital in 1930 and is
buried in the Patea Cemetery.
Location of the village of Pensilva, where William
Thomas (Will) was born, is 5 miles north east of Liskeard, north of A390 Liskeard -
Callington Road, and Liskeard is a market town in South East Cornwall that lies in an area
for rural and seaside tourism.
It is 19 miles from the nearest city of Plymouth (Devon).
37. Ada HODGE
Child of William Thomas HODGE and Alice SMITH:
38. Arthur HODGE
Child of William Thomas HODGE and Alice SMITH:
39. Frank Thomas HODGE
Child of William Thomas HODGE and Alice SMITH:
40. Chris Jaram HODGE
Child of William Thomas HODGE and Alice SMITH:
41. Stella Pearl HODGE
Child of William Thomas HODGE and Alice SMITH:
7. Harry HODGE Scrapbook
Child of Henry HODGE and Elizabeth Ann HEARD:
Harry HODGE - my Grandfather b: 1973
m: 1892
d: 1947
Born at Pensilva, Harry was the fifth child and fourth son of Henry &
Elizabeth and he was baptised at St Ive Church, Liskeard on 29th July, 1875 by W.H.Hodge,
assistant curate.
Age six years when he came to New Zealand, Harry was educated
at Alton School in the district Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand being also a 1st day
pupil. Like his brothers he worked initially on the Duncan farm.
In 1892 he married Laura Ellen HUDSON (my
Grandmother), whose father was an early settler in the district Taranaki, North Island,
New Zealand.
Harry HODGE & Laura Ellen HUDSON had
nine children as follows:
twins Edith Scrapbook & Ethel (1893) being the
eldest,
Frederick (1894),
Merle (...... ),
Queenie (....... ),
Harold Henry Scrapbook known as Allie (......),
Roy (....),
Allen Stanley Scrapbook known as Tat (1902),
Doris Daphne (........).
Edith & Ethel were well known in the
district as pianists for the local dances or any other time when needed for their music
.
Harry bought his own farm on Hursthouse Road where he built up a heard of
pedigree jersey cows.
He was also a noted judge of jerseys throughout the lower
half of the North Island of New Zealand and was a familiar figure at schools in the area
for calf judging days.
His eldest son, Frederick died in 1914 as a result of injuries received
in an accident at the Alton Dairy Factory
.
Merle the second son of Harry and Laura Ellen was killed in action during
the 1914/1918 war in France
.
Harry's wife Laura Ellen died of diabetes in 1917 and Harry
later married Ruth EVANS of Masterton.
Ruth bore one daughter, Olga,
who was a gifted pianist and Ruth raised pigs to help finance
Olga's musical education at Sacred Heart College in Wanganui. Olga
passed away in 1979 leaving no issue
.
For many years Harry made an annual trip to the Wairarapa in the hunting
season to back black swans.
He was on the committee of the Alton Amateur Athletic
Association when it was formed in 1906, and he also served on the Alton school committee
from 1892 to 1919, and again from 1930 till 1938.
Harry retired to Hawera, where Ruth
predeceased him and he meet his demise in 1947 and is buried at Patea.
Location of the village of Pensilva, where Harry
was born, is 5 miles north east of Liskeard, north of A390 Liskeard - Callington Road, and
Liskeard is a market town in South East Cornwall that lies in an area for rural and
seaside tourism. It is 19 miles from the nearest city of Plymouth (Devon).
Laura Ellen HUDSON
Laura (Lora) Ellen (Ella) HUDSON (my
Grandmother). B: 1868? in Oxford U.K.
In 1892 she married Harry HODGE
D:Laura Ellen died of diabetes in 1917.
Laura Ellen HUDSON married Harry
HODGE and they had nine children
Laura Ellen's father was an early settler in
the district Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.
Mr. Hudson (Laura's father) milled the timber for the
settlers as the bush was felled in the late 1870's.
Laura's mother is unknown.
Is this any relation to Laura Ellen?
Found 6/9/00 at:
http://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/library/Graveyard.html#Hh
St Peter-in-the-East Graveyard
Tomb - large table
HUDSON, William
d. 29.11.1815
aged 78
HUDSON, Hannah, his wife, d.11.2.1830, aged 93; James, son of John and Ann Hudson, b.
6.3.1808, d. 12.10.1837; Ann Matthew, daughter of John and Ann Hudson, widow of John
Matthew of this city, b. 25.7.1805, d. 25.4.1868; John, son of John and Ann Hudson, b.
1803, d. 16.1.1869 [buried Holywell cemetery]; John, son of William and Hannah Hudson, d.
28.5.1837, aged 70; Ann, his wife, d. 14.1.1848, aged 70
44. Frederick HODGE
Child of Harry HODGE and Laura Ellen HUDSON:
Frederick B: 1894 and died in 1914 as a
result of an accident at the Alton Dairy Factory in the district Taranaki, North Island,
New Zealand. Age 20 years.
45. Merle HODGE
Child of Harry HODGE and Laura Ellen HUDSON:
Merle B: around 1896, was killed in Action
in France 1914/1918 - 1st World War - making him only around 20 years of age.
46. Queenie HODGE
Child of Harry HODGE and Laura Ellen HUDSON:
50. Doris Daphne HODGE
Child of Harry HODGE Scrapbook and Laura Ellen HUDSON:
51. Olga HODGE Scrapbook
Olga was a gifted pianist and her mother
Ruth raised pigs to help finance her music education at Sacred Heart College in Wanganui,
NZ.
She died in 1979 leaving no issue.
8. James Ephraim (Jim) HODGE
Child of Henry HODGE and Elizabeth Ann HEARD:
James Ephraim (Jim) HODGE b: 1874 m: ? d: 1858
James was born at Liskeard in 1874 and
baptised at a private ceremony on 20th July 1875 at St Ive Church, Liskeard by W.H. Hodge,
assistant Curate.
He was five years old when he arrived in New Zealand with his
family and was also another of the Hodge children to be a first day pupil at Alton School
when it opened.
After he wedded Mary Anderson at Te Roti, they farmed there for the next
five years before drawing a balloted farm at Kohuratahi, as did his brothers Will
and Charlie. James (Jim) and Will pitched tents for their
families, while Charlie went at a greater distance over the hill with his
family.
James (Jim), his brother and families lived in their tents until they
felled enough trees from the thickly condensed bush to build their homes. Mary
did her cooking outside in a camp oven in which she made the most superb bread.
The first thing Jim did after constructing
the house was to plant an orchard ensuring them an abundant quantity of fresh fruit.
There were four daughters of the marriage: Vera Elizabeth (1897), Vida Lillian
(1898), Isey Muriel (1904) and Edna (1908).
Daughter Vida Lillian (Lil) recalls her mother fashioning all her jam
jars and preserving bottles by tying wool soaked in mentholated spirits, lighting the wool
and then plunging the bottle into cold water, she also recollects groceries being bought
in once a year by pack horse and the grocer would rest overnight before he made the
lengthy track back to his shop.
Lil also remembers when she was about six
years old, she developed pneumonia and her father James rode ten miles to the nearest
telephone - at the Whangamona Post Office, to ring the doctor living sixty miles away.
He was instructed to place camphorated oil on her chest and
then cover it with a flannel soaked in turpentine.
The concoction took all the skin off her chest and at 86
years of age Lil still recollects her mother grabbing the olive oil to
pour over her skinned chest.
She informed us it must have worked as she is still here to
relate the story.
When she recuperated enough to return to school, her father
used to wheel her the two miles to school in the wheel barrow...... But only until she was
capable enough to walk the distance.
After several years, working against impossible odds, they
departed. Jim had strained his heart whilst trying to save a bridge from
being washed out and he was taken to Stratford hospital where he remained for some time.
James Ephraim (Jim) then worked for a while as land agent in Stratford,
before joining the Public Works Dept., where he first worked on Kapuni/Opunake railway
line.
From there he went to the Hydro works at Mangahau before
going to Westport to assistance with the building the Westport/Inangahua rail link.
Collectively Jim spent nineteen years as
overseer of Public Works in the South Island on the Lewis Pass Road, Buller Gorge and
widening the Hamner Springs and Reefton Roads, over the Lewis Pass.
He retired to Blenheim with his little wife Mary, and they lived to
commemorate their golden wedding anniversary, before Mary passed away in
1940, and Jim in 1958.
They both are buried in Blenheim.
Liskeard, where James Ephraim was born, is a market town in
South East Cornwall that lies in an area for rural and seaside tourism. It is 19 miles
from the nearest city of Plymouth (Devon).
52. Vera Elizabeth HODGE
Child of James Ephraim (Jim) HODGE and Mary ANDERSON:
53. Vida Lillian HODGE
Child of James Ephraim (Jim) HODGE and Mary ANDERSON:
54. Isey Muriel HODGE
Child of James Ephraim (Jim) HODGE and Mary ANDERSON:
55. Edna HODGE
Child of James Ephraim (Jim) HODGE and Mary ANDERSON:
9. Alice HODGE Scrapbook
Child of Henry HODGE and Elizabeth Ann HEARD:
Alice HODGE b: 1876 m: 1890's d: 1960
Alice was the seventh (surviving) child and
second daughter of Henry & Elizabeth.
She was born at Pensilva, Cornwall in 1876, and was baptised on September 6th 1877 at the
Middlehill, Pensilva Mission Room by Ass. Curate A.P.Sparling. Henry's occupation at this
time was listed as 'invalid'.
Aged three years when she landed, with her family to New
Zealand.
Alice received her education at the Alton school, being another of the
Hodge family to be 1st day student.
From photos of Alice as she grew up, we can see she was a very attractive
and distinguished looking woman, with gorgeous brown eyes.
She married Robert Donald in the 1890's and
they resided in Manaia, where Robert owned a barbers shop.
When Robert's health failed while still a
youthful man, he sold his business and they relocated to Hawera, where Alice
managed a boarding house for numerous years.
Alice & Robert had two children -
Ruby (1898) and Robert (1904).
Ruby was a charming looking girl and she
enrolled and won the Taranaki Beauty Contest.
Also greatly musical, Ruby was pianist at
the local cinema during the silent film days.
She married Alex Hannah (date unknown) and
passed away 1928 at the age of 30 years.
Son Robert married (1923?) Elsie
Steffert and had a large family. Little else at this time is known of
Robert.
As well as her own two children, Alice
adopted a daughter, Betty who passed away whilst still young.
Despite losing her husband and daughters prematurely in there life, Alice had
a love of laughter, and was highly regarded by all.
She was also a notable favourite with the great nieces &
nephews and their offspring.
Alice died in Hawera Hospital in 1960 and is buried at Manaia as is Robert
and her daughter Ruby.
56. Ruby DONALD
Child of Alice HODGE and Robert DONALD:
Ruby married Alex HANNAN -
no issue
57. Robert Henry DONALD
Child of Alice HODGE and Robert DONALD:
11. Samuel Ernest HODGE Scrapbook
Child of Henry HODGE and Elizabeth Ann HEARD:
Samuel Ernest HODGE b: 1881 m: 1908 d: 1943
The youngest of the family, Sam resided
always at Alton, and was one more of the family to be educated at Alton school
Following the death of Henry in 1903, it is
said Sam leased the farm from his mother Elizabeth,
until her death in 1920, at which time he inherited same.
In 1912, eight years before his mothers death, he had
purchased an adjacent sixty acres to add to the existing estate.
Samuel Ernest wedded Annie Armstrong in 1908 and added
more facilities (for his growing family) to the existing two roomed cottage.
There were six daughters of the marriage and Sam the devoted father gave
their five older girls boys nicknames,
thus
Alice Elizabeth known as Jack b.1909 -
d.1931 accidentally killed in car accident near Patea m. never married no issue
Irene May known as Jim b.1911 - d. unknown. Married. Guy Hardenburg Pamela b.1933
Gordon Hogg Christopher b.?
Fiona b.?
Annie Amelia known as Joe b.1812 - d. unknown.
Married: Edgar Lazarus Marlene b.1934 -
Gretchen b.1940 - m. Ross Moore Vicki b.1961
Robyn b.1962
Kelvin b.1965
Phyllis Amy known as Bill b.1914 - d. unknown
Married Marcus Good
Wendy b.1942 - m. Donald Cameron
Becky b.1979
Hadleigh b.1981
Iris Elaine known as Charlie b.1915 - died
unknown.
She married Harry Luckstedt
Peter b.1940
Paul b.1941 - m. Mary Potroz Children:John & Alan (twins) b.1976
Julianna b.1947 - m. Barry Herlihy Shaun b.1970 Children: Philip b.1972
Tony b.1974
His last daughter Valerie Madeleine (1930)
was not given a nickname. Very likely because she arrived 15 years behind her next sister.
It is unknown when she died.
She married Maurice Morgan
Children: Sheryl b. 1952 - m. Beat De Giger no issue
Annie his wife, died in 1930 and in 1931
Sam's car was involved in an accident near Patea, in which his eldest daughter Alice
Elizabeth died as a result of her injuries. She was just 22 years old.
In 1930 Samuel Ernest put share-milkers on the farm, and in 1943 only
days before his death he leased the property to Les Hodge.
At the termination of the lease the farm was purchased by his
5th daughter Iris and her husband Harry Luckstedt, who in turn later sold to Con. Hurley.
Today - 1960's - the property is farmed by Cons son Alistair.
To this time both the Alton and Hurleyville farms have been
in the possession of direct descendants to Henry Hodge.
One of the rooms in the home at the Alton farm was kept
exclusively for his mother Elizabeth's use, and Sam did
all of her paper work in this room.
The children were never allowed in, and all her private
papers were kept for many years, but, sadly after his wife Annie's death
these papers were destroyed by a non-member of the family, without even having been seen
or understood by Sam's daughters.
Thus so much of the Hodge family history has
gone for all time.
Sam had a immense scar on his right fore-arm which he received when but a
lad. It transpired that when he and his brother Jim were getting near to
home after a days toil cutting cocksfoot, and they had a challenge to see who could throw
his reap-hook the highest. Sam grew a bit confident and his hook caught
him crosswise on the arm, cutting it badly. When they arrived home, his mother covered the
wound with cobwebs before binding it. - this being an old country custom. The forearm
healed, but a few stitches would have left much less disfigurement for Sam.
On his farm one day early this century, Sam was out ploughing and
cultivating the land when he discovered a stone adz - like a cleaver or axe. This adz he
later donated to the Wanganui Museum.
Sam who was a much loved family man and held with high regard by his
friends and associates, died suddenly in 1943 at the Patea hospital. He is buried with his
wife Annie and daughter Alice in the Patea Cemetery.
58. Alice Elizabeth (Jack) HODGE
Child of Samuel Ernest HODGE and Annie ARMSTRONG:
59. Irene May (Jim) HODGE
Child of Samuel Ernest HODGE and Annie ARMSTRONG:
60. Annie Amelia (Joe) HODGE
Child of Samuel Ernest HODGE and Annie ARMSTRONG:
61. Phyllis Amy (Bill) HODGE
Child of Samuel Ernest HODGE and Annie ARMSTRONG:
62. Iris Elaine (Charlie) HODGE
Child of Samuel Ernest HODGE and Annie ARMSTRONG:
63. Valerie Madeleine HODGE
Child of Samuel Ernest HODGE and Annie ARMSTRONG:
12. Amelia HODGE
Amelia 1853 - 183? Parents:
Henry & Jane HODGE
Henry HODGE married Jane Wallace, date unknown, and their 1st
child,
Amelia, was born 17th January 1853, at Lifton Downs, Devonshire.
Amelia b: 17.1.1853 m: 30.9.1873 age 20 d:193? approx 80 years
Amelia was 7 years old when her mother Jane died.
She married Ephraim Jenkin at the registrars
office in Liskeard on 30th September, 1873 when they were both twenty.
Her occupation is listed on the marriage certificate was 'Domestic Servant' while Ephraim
was catalogued as 'Copper Miner'.
His father Robert Jenkin (deceased) had been a farm labourer.
Following their marriage they emigrated to New Zealand (date
unknown) where they settled in Woodville (later Alton).
Ephraim assisted with clearing the bramble along Hursthouse Road, and
they inhabited a cottage adjacent to Mr. James Gibb's homestead.
Amelia bore no children, but they adopted a
daughter, Annie.
Ephraim was an intensely religious man, who went lay-preaching around the
district.
From all accounts he was an intensely hard husband, but Amelia at no time
complained
.
Presumably it was through the sponsorship of Amelia and Ephraim
that Henry decided to come to New Zealand, and they sailed on the
'Eastminister' from Plymouth.
As assisted emigrants the family would have travelled
steerage.
After a few years at Alton, Ephraim went
farming at Midhirst where they were living when Amelia's father Henry died in 1903.
They later relocated to Wanganui where he worked as a
gardener.
Their house was at the rear of the Wanganui Hospital, and the
adolescent Hodge girls who boarded at Wanganui College often visited Amelia at the time of
school term breaks.
Ephraim died at Wanganui in the late 1920's
and evidently left the magnitude of their estate to their adopted daughter leaving his
widow in financial difficulties.
Harry Hodge, Scrapbook her 1/2 brother assisted her contest
the Will, and she eventually won her case.
She lived her last years in a mature person's home in
Wellington, where she died in the 1930's.
A intensely prayerful woman, Amelia always
knelt at her bedside to say her prayers.
The young Samuel (Sam) adored her, and as a
child would hasten to her for consolation whenever he had been chastised.
No one knows what happened to the adopted daughter (Annie),
other than she married, had a family and resided in Wanganui.
14. Mary Jane (Polly) HODGE Scrapbook
Mary Jane (Polly) B: 13.1.1858 - D: 1938 Parents: Henry
& Jane HODGE
Henry HODGE married Jane WALLACE, date unknown, and their 2nd
daughter, Mary Jane (Polly), was born April 1859
Mary Jane (Polly) m: April.1883 age 24
years d: 1938 @ Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Age shown on death certificate as 83 years? (These dates
don't quite match, so have entered them as shown)
The younger daughter of Henry and Jane,
Mary Jane (Polly) emigrated to New Zealand with the family. She was
twenty one when they disembark in NZ.
She married, at 24, one Samuel Dean, also
from Woodville (Alton) in April 1883 at the Wesleyan Parsonage, Patea.
Samuel Dean (husband) was classified as
'labourer.
His father, also Samuel, was an early settler and his mother's name was Martha (nee Briant
or Bryant).
Samuel (the younger) had been born in
Victoria, and after Mary Jane & Samuel's marriage the couple went to
Ballarat.
Records at Patea have no reference of children, but there
exists a photograph of Milly Dean, sent to Kate from her
'niece Milly Dean', confirming there was at least one child borne to Mary Jane
(Polly).
Communication with this family has been lost for numerous
years.
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Mary Jane
Father: Hodge Henry
Mother: Jane WALLACE
Death Place: BALLARAT E
Age: 83
Year: 1938
Reg Number: 13717
Event: Death
Children of Mary Jane HODGE and Samuel DEAN
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DEAN, Martha Amelia Jane Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ball
Reg Year: 1884
Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 14220
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DEAN, Martha Amelia Ja CB 512656 Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ball
Reg Year: 1884 Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 14220
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Martha Amelia Jane
Event: Marriage
Sex:
Spouse Surname: FINLONG/[or FURLONG]
Spouse Gvn Names: Albt Hy
Birth Place: BALLT
Death Place:
Year: 1902
Reg. Number: 8474
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DEAN, Clara Alice Henrietta Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ball
Reg Year: 1886
Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 383
Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Clara Alice Henrietta
Event: D
Sex: F
Spouse Surname/Father: Sam
Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Age: 6
Age Code:
Birth Place:
Death Place: Ballt E
Year: 1892
Reg. Number: 409
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DEAN, Clara Alice Henr CB 511915 Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ball
Reg Year: 1886 Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 383
Death Ref Number: 409 - Age 6 years
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DEAN, Carol M Ruth Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ballt
Reg Year: 1888
Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 17330
Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Carol Mabel Ruth
Event: D
Sex: F
Spouse Surname/Father: Saml
Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Age: 3
Age Code:
Birth Place:
Death Place: Ballt E
Year: 1891
Reg. Number: 4788
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DEAN, Carol May Ruth CB 511841 Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ballt
Reg Year: 1888 Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 17330
Death Ref Number: 4788 - age 3 years
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Author: Trevor SADLER
Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Saml Ernest Alfd
Event: Birth
Sex: Male
Father: Saml
Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Birth Place: BALLARAT
Death Place:
Year: 1891
Reg. Number: 8688
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: William Percy Li
Event: Birth
Sex: Male
Father: Samuel
Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Birth Place: BALL
Death Place:
Year: 1893
Reg. Number: 9476
Birth Info received: 31.8.00
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Robt Hy Stanley
Event: Birth
Sex: Male
Father: Saml
Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Birth Place: BALLT E
Death Place:
Year: 1895
Reg. Number: 17940
Birth Info received: 31.8.00
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Jno Fredk Jas
Event: Birth
Sex: Male
Father: Saml
Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Birth Place: BALLT E
Year: 1898
Reg. Number: 15940
Birth Info received: 31.8.00
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Clara Pretoria May
Event: Birth
Sex: Female
Father: Saml
Mother: Mary HODGE
Birth Place: BALLARAT E
Year: 1900
Reg. Number: 16195
Samuel DEAN
Birth Info 31.8.00 from:
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DEAN, Samuel CB 512847 Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Bryant Martha
Event Place: Magpie
Reg Year: 1856 Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 4570
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Samuel
Father: Dean Samuel
Mother: Martha BRYANT
Death Place: BALLARAT E
Age: 79
Year: 1935
Reg Number: 13625
Event: Death
Died at the age of 79 years as shown on Death Certificate
65. Martha Amelia Jane DEAN
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DEAN, Martha Amelia Jane Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ball
Reg Year: 1884
Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 14220
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DEAN, Martha Amelia Ja CB 512656 Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ball
Reg Year: 1884 Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 14220
Marriage Info received:
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Martha Amelia Jane
Event: Marriage
Sex:
Spouse Surname: FINLONG/[or FURLONG]
Spouse Gvn Names: Albt Hy
Birth Place: BALLT
Death Place:
Year: 1902
Reg. Number: 8474
Could this be 'niece Millie DEAN '
66. Clara Alice Henrietta DEAN
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DEAN, Clara Alice Henrietta Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ball
Reg Year: 1886
Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 383
Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Clara Alice Henrietta
Event: D
Sex: F
Spouse Surname/Father: Sam
Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Age: 6
Age Code:
Birth Place:
Death Place: Ballt E
Year: 1892
Reg. Number: 409
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DEAN, Clara Alice Henr CB 511915 Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ball
Reg Year: 1886 Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 383
Death Ref Number: 409 - Age 6 years
67. Carol Mabel (May) Ruth DEAN
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DEAN, Carol M Ruth Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ballt
Reg Year: 1888
Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 17330
Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Carol Mabel Ruth
Event: D
Sex: F
Spouse Surname/Father: Saml
Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Age: 3
Age Code:
Birth Place:
Death Place: Ballt E
Year: 1891
Reg. Number: 4788
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DEAN, Carol May Ruth CB 511841 Birth
Father: Samuel
Mother: Hodge Mary Jane
Event Place: Ballt
Reg Year: 1888 Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 17330
Death Ref Number: 4788 - age 3 years
68. Samuel Ernest Alfred DEAN
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Saml Ernest Alfd
Event: Birth
Sex: Male
Father: Saml
Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Birth Place: BALLARAT
Death Place:
Year: 1891
Reg. Number: 8688
69. William Percy Li? DEAN
Birth Info received: 31.8.00
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: William Percy Li
Event: Birth
Sex: Male
Father: Samuel
Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Birth Place: BALL
Death Place:
Year: 1893
Reg. Number: 9476
70. Robert Hy Stanley DEAN
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Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Robt Hy Stanley
Event: Birth
Sex: Male
Father: Saml
Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Birth Place: BALLT E
Death Place:
Year: 1895
Reg. Number: 17940
71. Jno Frederick Jas DEAN
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Author: Trevor SADLER
Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Jno Fredk Jas
Event: Birth
Sex: Male
Father: Saml
Mother: Mary Jane HODGE
Birth Place: BALLT E
Year: 1898
Reg. Number: 15940
72. Clara Pretoria May DEAN
Birth Info received: 31.8.00
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Author: Trevor SADLER
Surname: DEAN
Given Names: Clara Pretoria May
Event: Birth
Sex: Female
Father: Saml
Mother: Mary HODGE
Birth Place: BALLARAT E
Year: 1900
Reg. Number: 16195
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