John Henry Garmonsway

He was known as "Jack" and was the first of the N.Z. family progenitor's children to marry. John Henry was listed in the 1865/66 Electoral Roll in the City of Auckland West electorate living in Princes Lane. In 1869 he was listed in the Auckland Provinicial Highway Rolls 1863-70 at Pirongia located in the North Island's Waikato region, about 11 km west of Te Awamutu and 30 km south of N.Z.s largest inland city of Hamilton. During the soldier settler era Pirongia was known as Alexandra. In the "Return of Freeholders for 1882" he was listed as a baker at Alexandra with freehold land valued at £4.

Children of John Henry Garmonsway and Crichton Petrie were:
+ 1.   Letitia Garmonsway
    2.  Edward Alexander Garmonsway
+ 3.   John Henry Garmonsway II
+ 4.   James Garmonsway
   5.   Christiana Augusta Garmonsway
   6.   Charles Thomas Garmonsway
+ 7.   Helen Blair Garmonsway
   8.   Francis Henry Garmonsway

1.  Letitia Garmonsway b. 10 Mar 1862 ¹ in Auckland, NZ^, ; d. 30 Mar 1919 ⁷ and was buried in Taupiri Cemetery, New Zealand.  She married on 14 Aug 1880 ², Robert Richard Stewart  b. 1854 ¹⁷  New Zealand, d. 10 Nov 1910 ⁷, buried Taupiri Cemetery, N.Z.,  son of David Stewart and Janet Torrance.

She was the first born grandchild of Edward Watts and Letitia, and the first to marry. Her father Jack had a bakery at Pirongia. The Stewart family were at Komakorau, out of Taupiri, Waikato ⁵. After the death of her husband Robert the farm was sold during WW I when youngest son Charles Stewart was serving overseas ². Likewise to Letitia's father and grandparents, Robert' parent's  David Stewart and Janet Torrance arrived in N.Z. on the Inchinnan on 27th May 1852 as fencible soldier/settlers and were settled at Howick ⁴. Apart from Robert born in 1854, the couple had Margaret Elizabeth born ca. 1859, and another son David. In 1866/68 David Stewart Sr. had 5 acres in Pakuranga and his section at Howick ¹⁵. Robert Richard & wife Letitia appeared as settlers at Taupiri in the 1893 Waikato Electoral roll when N.Z. women first became entitled to register and vote in elections.

Children of Letitia Garmonsway and Robert Richard Stewart were:
      9.   i.      Mary Stewart
    10.   ii.     Jack Stewart
    11.   iii.    Robert Stewart
    12.   iv.    Edith Helen Stewart
    13.   v.     Unknown Stewart [Triplet]
    14.   vi.    Percy Stewart [Triplet]
    15.   vii.   David Douglas Stewart [Triplet]
+ 16.  viii. Charles Stewart

3.  John Henry Garmonsway II  b. 16 Nov 1865 ¹. He  married on 27 Aug 1900 ²⁰ in Kawhia, New Zealand,  Edith Helen "Unknown".

Likewise to his father he was a baker. He was a carpenter around Raglan and Kawhia before going south to join his brothers at Mataroa near Taihape in 1910. He had a mail run there but sold it and went back to carpentry.

Children of John Henry Garmonsway and Edith Helen were:
    17.   i.     William James Garmonsway
+  18.   ii.    John Henry Garmonsway III
    19.   iii.   Francis Edward Garmonsway
    20.   iv.   Violet May Garmonsway
    21.   v.     Horace Charles Garmonsway
    22.   vi.    Edna Mildred Garmonsway
    23.   vii.   Leo Garmonsway
    24.   viii.  Helen Edith Garmonsway
    25.   ix.    Ernest Kahurangi Garmonsway
    26.   x.     Harold Garmonsway
    27.   xi.    Thelma Dorothy Garmonsway
    28.   xii.   Rita Evelyn Garmonsway
    29    xiii.  Stanley Charles Garmonsway
    30    xiv.  Vera June Letitia Garmonsway
    31    xv.    Nydia Garmonsway

He may have married 1911 (#1911-8346), which is the first NZ indexed marriage for a James Garmonsway. However this was likely his second marriage as a 4 year old son born ca. 1905 is buried with him in Mataroa Cemetery near Taihape where he went farming in the 1890s. It is posssible he married a first wife about 1890 when aged in his early 20s. If so the following Auckland born children may have been his:

    (1) Karner Botilda Elizabeth Garmonsway b.1890 (#1890-2195)
    (2) Cyril Arnold Garmonsway b.1894 (#1894-3415); d. 1895 (#1895-30)

His children were:
    32.   i.     Albert James Garmonsway
    33.   ii.    Albert James Garmonsway
    34.   iii.   Alexander Edward Garmonsway

6.   Charles Thomas Garmonsway b. 1 Jul 1871 ¹ (not BDM listed).  He married in 1902 ²² Ann Unknown .

Children of Charles Thomas Garmonsway and Ann were:
    35.   i.     Annie Edith May Garmonsway
    36.   ii.    Charles Robert Garmonsway
    37.   iii.   Nellie Florence Garmonsway

She may have married as Ellen Garmonsway (#1895-119). It is possible two unallocated Auckland births were her children EX marriage viz:

    (1) Karner Botilda Elizabeth Garmonsway b.1890 (#1890-2195)
    (2) Cyril Arnold Garmonsway b.1894 (#1894-3415); d. 1895 (#1895-30)

Children of Helen Blair Garmonsway and Mr. Dawson were:
    38.   i.     Melissa Dawson
    39.   ii.    Clarrice Dawson
    40.   iii.   Zena Dawson
    41.   iv.   John Dawson

Frank Garmonsway went farming in the late 1890s in the Mataroa area near Taihape. He enlisted in 1900 in the Boer War. His marriage has not been noted in the NZ BDM Indexes. It may have been in 1901 for which the NZ marriage index fiche has the Gs missing. Alternatively he may have met and married his wife Lillian (Lily) in South Africa in 1901/2 when she would have been about twenty. Obituary

9 .    Mary Stewart  b. after 1880 ².  She married James Stewart.

10.   Jack Stewart b. after 1880; d. 1889 ².

11.   Robert Stewart  b. 4 Mar 1885 ¹¹ in New Zealand; d. 7 Dec 1954 ¹² in  New Zealand. He married Grace Limmer d. 13 Jul 1969 ¹² in New Zealand.

12.   Edith Helen Stewart b. 8 Jan 1887 ¹¹in New Zealand; d. circa 1973 ¹⁰. She married Alf Baigent.

13.   Unknown Stewart (Triplet) b. in 1890; d. 1893 ².

14.   Percy Stewart (Triplet)  b. 1890 ²⁵; d. 1891 ².

15.   David Douglas Stewart (Triplet)  b. 26 Oct 1890 ¹¹.

16.   Charles Stewart b. after 1890 ².  He married Isobella Pickens ².

Children of Charles Stewart and Isobella Pickens were:
    42.   i.      Ruth Stewart
    43.   ii.     Bruce Stewart

18.   John Henry Garmonsway III,  b. 25 Jul 1902 ¹, Kawhia N.Z.; d. 26 Mar 1978 ¹³ in N.Z.; buried in Raetihi Cemetery, New Zealand.  He  married 6 Nov 1926  Florence Mary Allan b. 7 Oct 1903;  d. 23 Jun 1968 ¹³; buried in Raetihi Cemetery, New Zealand

Children of John Henry Garmonsway III and Florence Mary Allan were:
             i.      Don Garmonsway b. 14 Feb 1923. He married Betty 'Unknown'.
             ii.     Joyce Florence Garmonsway b. 13 Dex 1926.
             iii     John Henry Garmonsway  IV b. 7 Jun 1928.
             iv     Gladys Edith Garmonsway b. 30 Dec 1929.
             v       Rodger Ian Garmonsway b. 10 Aug 1931.
             vi      Heather May Garmonsway b. 22 Mar 1933.
             vii     Robin Noel Garmonsway b. 1 Sep 1934.
             viii   Trevor Rex Garmonsway b. 8 Feb 1936.
             ix      Bruce Gemmell Garmonsway b. 23 Jul 1937.
             x       Sylvia Louisa Garmonsway b. 28 Jan 1939.
             xi      Bevan Parry Garmonsway  b. 22 Jan 1940.
             xii     Kenneth Allan Garmonsway b. 2 Apr 1941.
             xiii    Max Bernnard Garmonsway b. 28 Jul 1942.
             xiv    Allan Edward Garmonsway b. 26 Jan 1944.
             xv     Terrence David Garmonsway b. 18 Aug 1948.

20.   Violet May Garmonsway b. in 1905 ¹ reg. Kawhia, New Zealand.

21.   Horace Charles Garmonsway  b. 1907 ¹ New Zealand.

22.   Edna Mildred Garmonsway  b. 1908 ¹ Raglan, New Zealand. She married George Baker.

Children of Edna Mildred Garmonsway and george Baker were:
      i           George William Baker
      ii          Keith Baker
      iii        Arnold Baker
      iv         Rex Baker
      v          Dawn Baker
      vi         Dorothy Baker
      vii        Hazel Baker
      viii      Thelma Jill Baker

24.   Helen Edith Garmonsway Garmonsway b. 1911 ²⁷ reg Huntly, New Zealand

25.   Ernest Kahurangi Garmonsway b. Jul 1912 ²⁸ Taihape, New Zealand; d. 26 Jan 1915 ⁸Mataroa, New Zealand, buried Mataroa Cemetery.  Died age 2½ years (appendicitis).

26.   Harold Garmonsway b. 1913 ²⁹reg. Taihape, New Zealand.

27.   Thelma Dorothy Garmonsway b. 1914 ³⁰reg. Taihape, New Zealand; buried in Wellington, New Zealand. She died when young.

28.   Rita Evelyn Garmonsway b. 1916 reg. Taihape, New Zealand.

29.   Stanley Charles Garmonsway b. Nov 1817 ³²,⁸ reg. 1918 Taihape, New Zealand , died 24 Jul 1918 ⁸  Mataroa; buried Mataroa Cemetery.

30.   Vera June Letitia Garmonsway  b. in 1919 ³³ reg. Taihape, New Zealand

31.   Nydia Garmonsway b. 1922  reg. Taihape, New Zealand.

32.   Albert James Garmonsway  b. circa 1905 ⁸;d. 26 Apr 1910 ⁸at 4 years of age.

33.   Albert James Garmonsway b. 1912 ³⁴

34.   Alexander Edward Garmonsway b. 1913 ³⁵

35.   Annie Edith May Garmonsway "Ann"  b. 1902 ³⁶ reg. Dargaville, New Zealand.

36.   Charles Robert Garmonsway was born in 1905 ³⁷  reg. Dargaville, New Zealand.

37.   Nellie Florence Garmonsway  b. 1908 ³⁸ reg. Hokianga, New Zealand .

38.    Melissa Dawson

39.    Clarrice Dawson

40.    Zena Dawson

41.    John Dawson

42.    Ruth Stewart married Cranston Unknown.

43.    Bruce Stewart married Jessie Alderton.

Sources:
1  Garmonsway Family History/Genealogy (1983) - compiled by Peter Wood & Julie Fox
2  Stewart Family Genealogy - courtesy of Bruce & Jessie Stewart &  research by Judith Moor of NZ
3  Emails dated  Apr 2001 from Jill Van Der Reyden of New Zealand
4   R. Alexander, A. la Roche & G. Gibson, The Royal N.Z Fencibles 1847-1852 (NZ Fencibles Association) & also
LDS microfilm - Passengers into Auckland, 1840-1882.
5  Electoral roll - 1893 Waikato, N.Z. - David Stewart, Taupiri, farmer, freehold, part of lot 15.
6   New Zealand Society of Genealogists CD-ROM - issued 2000
7  Ibid - Taupiri Cemetery Transcriptions
8  Ibid - Mataroa Cemetery Transcriptions
9 Ibid - Taihape Cemetery Transcriptions
10  Ibid - N.Z. Estate Probates - Edith Helen Baigent widow of Auckland, will filed 10 Feb 1974
11  Ibid - School Admission Rolls - 26 Oct 1890.
12  Ibid - Ngarawahia Cemetery Transcriptions
13  Ibid -  Raetihi Cemetery Transcriptions
14  Ibid -  Lawrence Cemetery Transcriptions
15  Ibid - 1866/68 Auckland Provincal Highway Rolls (rating rolls)
16  NZ BDM Indexes #1885-1067
17  Ibid #1854-19083
18  Ibid #1864-7911
19  Ibid #1864-4473
20  Ibid #1900-2920
21  Ibid #1868-0289
22  Ibid #1902-3055
23  Ibid #1873-1023
24  Ibid #1876-2049
25  Ibid #1890-0212
26  Ibid #1909-5049
27  Ibid #1911-0231
28  Ibid#1912-5684
29  Ibid#1913-5876
30  Ibid#1914-6039
32  Ibid#1918-0824
33  Ibid#1919-2838
34  Ibid#1912-2368
35  Ibid#1913-2476
36  Ibid#1902-2587
37  Ibid#1905-2897
38  Ibid#1908-4765
39  Image courtesy of Pauline Garmonsway and Russell Gordon of Sydney, NSW.