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John Edward NEAME

John Edward NEAME

Male 1849 - 1906  (57 years)


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  • Name John Edward NEAME 
    Birth 30 Jul 1849  Deptford, Kent, England - 11 Crossfield Lane Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 5 Dec 1849  Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1871  Onamalutu Valley, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 3 Oct 1906  Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Age 57 years 
    Burial aft. 3 Oct 1906  Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John NEAME,   b. 1666, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1732, Thanet, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather) 
    Maria WEEB,   b. 1786   d. 1858  (Age 72 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I302  Gardiner
    Last Modified 16 May 2023 

    Father John Edward NEAME,   b. 1826, Birchington-on-sea, Thanet, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1901, The Benevolent, Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Other Partners: Harriet Rebecca LYNE  m. 2 Jun 1855;   Mary GREIG  m. 6 Jun 1871  
    Mother Sarah PAVEY,   b. 1829, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1854, Nelson, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 8 Aug 1849  St Pauls, Deptford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age at Marriage John was ~ 23 years and 8 months - Sarah was ~ 20 years and 8 months. (Were Married 4 years and 7 months). 
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Notes 
    • Research seems to show two more siblings. A Helen Mary Neame and a James Neame.
      James is thought to be born in 1854. There are no New Zealand birth records for a James in 1854.
      Helen is though to have been born at the same time (1852) as Jessie Sarah Neame or maybe the year after.
      I have not found any records for a Helen Neame in marriage or death. So far electoral rolls have no shown a Helen Neame.
      There is no given names on the birth record for 1852, the year that Jessie Sarah Neame used throughout her life.
      In the absence of historic records for Helen, I would tend to believe that Helen didn't exist or Helen was Jessie Sarah Neame.

      This timeline might be a clue to her life growing up:
      1854: Jessie Sarah Neame was only 15 months old when her mother died.
      1855: John Edward Neame (Jessie Sarah's father) married Rebecca Lyne. Jessie was now 2 and half years.
      1867: Jessie now had 6 half brothers and sisters. She was now 14 years and 4 months.
      1867: Jessie Sarah's step mother was committed to an asylum and he father (John Edward Neame) left for the Gold Field on the West Coast.
      1869: Jessie Sarah Neame arrived in Melbourne Australia at the age of 16 years and 6 months. Arriving from Plymouth and it seems was traveling alone.
      1871: Jessie Sarah Neame married Gustav Wilhelm Hillbrich. she was 18 and a half years.

      It is assumed that some stage Jessie Sarah left New Zealand and went to England. It could have been to visit relatives. It could have been just to get away from a her life in New Zealand. It is odd that Jessie Sarah Neame went to Melbourne Australia instead of returning to New Zealand.
    Family ID F100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father John Edward NEAME,   b. 1826, Birchington-on-sea, Thanet, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1901, The Benevolent, Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Other Partners: Harriet Rebecca LYNE  m. 2 Jun 1855;   Mary GREIG  m. 6 Jun 1871  
    Stepmother Harriet Rebecca LYNE,   b. 23 Jun 1833, Westbourne, West Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1885, Nelson Lunatic Asylum, Nelson, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Half siblings 5 half brothers and 1 half sister 
    Family ID F104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father John Edward NEAME,   b. 1826, Birchington-on-sea, Thanet, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1901, The Benevolent, Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Other Partners: Harriet Rebecca LYNE  m. 2 Jun 1855;   Mary GREIG  m. 6 Jun 1871  
    Stepmother Mary GREIG,   b. 1846, Saline, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1906, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Half siblings 3 half brothers and 1 half sister 
    Family ID F105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Other Spouse James SINCLAIR 
    Stepmother Mary GREIG,   b. 1846, Saline, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1906, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Family ID F252  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Matilda Jane LODGE,   b. 1844, Winterbourne Stoke, Wilshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1887, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 26 Feb 1870  Nelson, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage John was 20 years and 7 months - Matilda was ~ 26 years and 2 months. (Were Married 17 years and 6 months). 
    Children 
     01. Female Fanny Mary NEAME,   b. 2 Oct 1871, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1958, Marlborough, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    ▻ William Newcombe FAIRHALL  m. 4 Feb 1891
     02. Female Beatrice Elizabeth NEAME,   b. 5 Jul 1873, Onamalutu, Marlborough, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1908, Wairau Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    ▻ George Edward BONNINGTON  m. 28 Jun 1894
     03. Female Edith Jessie NEAME,   b. 3 Mar 1875, Onamalutu, Marlborough, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1953, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    ▻ Albert Daniel TOVEY  m. 28 Jun 1894
     04. Male Sydney William Stanley John NEAME,   b. 1881, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1958, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    ▻ Alice May REEVES  m. 18 Oct 1904
     05. Male Leslie Clements Lewis NEAME,   b. 17 Jul 1882, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1883, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     06. Male Renwick Newton Mark NEAME,   b. 17 Jul 1882, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1949, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Maria PEEL,   b. 1850, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1934, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 1893 
    Age at Marriage John was ~ 43 years and 5 months - Maria was ~ 43 years. (Were Married ~ 13 years and 10 months). 
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map Click to display
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Jul 1849 - Deptford, Kent, England - 11 Crossfield Lane Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Feb 1870 - Nelson, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Oct 1906 - Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - aft. 3 Oct 1906 - Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    John Edward Neame (1849-1906)    		John Edward Neame (1849-1906)

    Documents
    Passenger List from 'Pekin' 1849    		Passenger List from "Pekin" 1849
    9 Aug 1849 to 5 Dec 1849: Ship "Pekin", Whitby, from London, with 116 passengers, chiefly for Nelson.

    Headstones
    John Edward Neame (1849-1906) & Maria (Peel) Neame (1850-1934)    		John Edward Neame (1849-1906) & Maria (Peel) Neame (1850-1934)
    Plot: New Cemetery (No. 1) - Block 3, Row 0, Plot 12
    John Edward Neame (1849-1906) & Maria (Peel) Neame (1850-1934)    		John Edward Neame (1849-1906) & Maria (Peel) Neame (1850-1934)
    Plot: New Cemetery (No. 1) - Block 3, Row 0, Plot 12

    Newspapers
    John Edward Neame and Matilta Jane Lodge (1870)    		John Edward Neame and Matilta Jane Lodge (1870)
    NEAME - LODGE - February 26, at the residence of the Rev. Edward Thomas, Nelson, by the Rev. John Crump, John Edward Neame , to Matilda Jane Lodge.

  • Notes 
    • (Neame FTW) From 'Nelson Colonist' - Married at residence of Rev. Edward Thomas at Nelson, by the Rev. John Crump on 26/2/1870 John Neame and Matilda Lodge.

      Source: http://www.neamefamily.com/tree/getperson.php?personID=I2675&tree=neame
      Registered 8 Aug. 1849
    • Biography:
      John Edward was born in 1849.[1] He emigrated to NZ as a newborn with his parents aboard the 'Pekin'.
      He married (1st) Matilda Jane Lodge in 1870.
      After she passed away in 1887[4], he married (2nd) Maria Stewart (a widow) in 1893.
      He passed away in 1906 age 58 and is buried in Oamaka Cemetery, Blenheim.

      Mr John Edward Neame, who died at his residence yesterday, was a very old resident of Marlborough. He was born at Maidstone in Kent, and came out to New Zealand in the year 1846, being then a child of about three years of age. For a number of years he resided in Nelson where he married.Matilda Lodge, his first wife. Later he came to Marlborough and had the distinction of being the oldest and best known waggoner upon the road. For 27 years he followed this occupation, and for the last 17 years had driven a team for Mr J. White, of Onamalutu. His excellent qualities won him many friends and he was generally respected throughout the district. On Saturday last he was engaged in his ordinary occupation and after a brief illness died on Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock. His second wife, whom he married about 1892, survives and he also leaves to mourn his loss three daughters and two sons: Mrs W. Fairhall, of Spring Creek, Mrs G. Bonnington, of Wairau Valley; Mrs A. Tovey, of Blenheim, Mr S. Neame, of Tua Marina, and Mr Newton Neame, of this town.

      Note: The error in his published obituary regarding age and date of migration. His name appears on the passenger list of the Pekin 1849, age 10 days

      Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Neame-70

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Online Source (URL), 8 May 2023, https://www.freebmd.org.uk (Reliability: 1).
      Birth:
      Registration: Greenwich: Vol. 5 Page 28

    2. [S5] Online Source (URL), 15 May 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206912565/john-edward-neame (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S5] Online Source (URL), 8 May 2023, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/ (Reliability: 2).
      Death
      Registration number: 1906/7739

    4. [S5] Online Source (URL), 15 May 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206912565/john-edward-neame (Reliability: 2).
      Plot:
      New Cemetery (No. 1) - Block 3, Row 0, Plot 13

    5. [S3] Original Copy, 31 May 2012 (Reliability: 3).
      Certified copy of an entry of marriage.


 

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