George Hammond DE THIERRY and Marata AKARAUTI and Mary REYNOLDS (Weblink DT3 George Hamond De Thierry-Akarauti-Reynolds) George Hamond DE THIERRY B about 1857-1859 Parnell Auckland D 05 October 1946 Rangiriri New Zealand M 1 st about 17 January 1890 Auckland (no Issue) M 2 nd 1900 folio 1548 NZ (5 Issue) Marata AKARAUTI B about 1860 New Zealand D before 1900 New Zealand Mary REYNOLDS B about 1869 Tairua New Zealand D 29 October 1949 Rangiriri Hamilton Children: 1. Charles Harvey DE THIERRY born about 1900 New Zealand 2. Richard Louis Francis James DE THIERRY born about 1902 New Zealand 3. George Hammond DE THIERRY born 06 November 1905 New Zealand 4. Isabella Reynolds DE THIERRY born 1906 New Zealand 5. Jack William DE THIERRY born about 1908 New Zealand The family history of George Hamond DE THIERRY & Marata AKARAUTI also George Hamond DE THIERRY & Mary REYNOLDS George Hamond DE THIERRY was born about 1857 or 1859 Parnell Auckland. I searched RGO NZ birth registrations but there was no trace of a birth for George. Note: I do not know who George s parents are. Marata AKARAUTI was born about 1860 in New Zealand SEARCH 1860 Auckland Church parish records and RGO NZ birth registration Intention to Marry Auckland district 17 January 1890 George Hamond DE THIERRY bachelor aged 31 years (born about 1859) occupation Railway employee dwelled in Rangiriri 7 years and Marata AKARAUTI spinster aged 30 years (born about 1860) dwelled in Rangiriri 9 years intend to marry in the dwelling place of Mr Richard DE THIERRY Union Street Auckland by Church of England minister Rev Wm De Rieu. (Reference Archives NZ Wellington Intention to marry BDM series 20 item 35 page 50 line 58 Auckland district) George Hamond DE THIERRY married Marata AKARAUTI 1890 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1890 folio 0109 Auckland district) I was told that a Marata DE THIERRY had one child but the child died young. George s wife was named Marata and his uncle Charles the 2 nd Baron wife was also named Marata but which lady this information belongs to I do not know. Marata DE THIERRY formerly AKARAUTI died before 1900 New Zealand. Mary REYNOLDS born about 1857 SEARCH 1857 Auckland Church parish records and RGO NZ birth registration 1
Intention to Marry 1900 for George Hammond DE THIERRY and Mary REYNOLDS SEARCH (Reference Archives NZ Wellington Intention to Marry 1900 agency BDM series 20 George Hammond DE THIERRY married Mary REYNOLDS ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1900 folio 1548) Mary & George Hammond had a son Charles Harvey DE THIERRY who was born about 1900 New Zealand. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1900 folio and web BDM reg. 1900/1340) Mary & George Hammond had a son Richard Louis Francis James DE THIERRY who was born about 1902 New Zealand. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1902 folio and web BDM reg. 1902/858) Mary & George Hammond had a son George Hammond DE THIERRY who was born 06 November 1905 New Zealand. SEARCH (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1905 folio and web BDM ref 1905/) Mary & George Hammond had a daughter Isabella Reynolds DE THIERRY born 1906 New Zealand. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1906 folio and web BDM ref 1906/12597) Mary & George Hammond had a son Jack William DE THIERRY who was born about 1908 New Zealand. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1908 folio and web BDM reg. 1908/23224) George Hamond DE THIERRY age 89 years (born about 1857) died 06 October 1946 Rangiriri district ORDER (Reference RGO NZ Maori death registration 1946 folio 1669 and web BDM reg. 1946/37589) George Hammond DE THIERRY death date 05 October 1946 place Rangiriri occupation Railway Employee Court Hamilton filed date 11 September 1992 type Intestate letters of Administration ORDER (Reference Archives NZ Auckland Officer or Hamilton Court probate number 781/92) Mary DE THIERRY formerly REYNOLDS age 80 years (born about 1869) died 29 October 1949 Rangiriri ORDER (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1949 folio new web BDM reg. 1949/29636 Rangiriri district) Rangiriri Cemetery Hamilton Area A Row 8 George Hammond DE THIERRY, husband of Mary, died 06 October 1946 aged 89 years also Mary, died 29 October 1949 aged 80 years (Reference National Library of NZ microfiche of New Zealand cemeteries) George Hammond & Mary DE THIERRY their children and descendants 2
1- Charles Harvey DE THIERRY born about 1900 NZ died 05 August 1960 buried 08 August Alexandra cemetery Pirongi married 1928 Jean RYRIE born died 1-1-Female DE THIERRY and Male KELLY 1-2- Male DE THIERRY (Baron by order of descent) 1-3- Male DE THIERRY 1-3- Male DE THIERRY 1-4- Female DE THIERRY 1-5- Male DE THIERRY Charles Harvey DE THIERRY who was born about 1900 NZ. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1900 folio and web BDM reg. 1900/1340) Charles Harvey DE THIERRY married Jean RYRIE 1928 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1928 folio 9522 SEARCH (Reference Archives NZ Wellington Intention to marry 1928 Charles Harvey DE THIERRY Land Documents Application regarding Mortgage 1938 re Rehabilitation Act Charles Harvey DE THIERRY Farmer Allot 324 Block Parish Whangamarino 37 Acres Freehold property situated 10 miles Huntly 2 miles from Railway station and also Rangiriri property situated 1½ miles from nearest town Rangariri 2½ miles from Railway Station 1½ miles from school road access Sanded road and then by boat across Waikato River The property comprises an Island in the Waikato River. He has 25 diary cows, 1 bull, 5 yearlings, I horse, 2 sows and 1 boar, a 5 roomed home in fair order (very old erected 1870 of Kauri) 300, 4 ball cowshed poor 30, M shed (corrugated iron built 1900) 50 and Washhouse and bath room (built 1936) 25 Total 405. Applicant enjoys good health but wife not very well. 3 sons aged 5,4 and 2 years 1 girl 7 years. Wife assists No labour employed. Mortgage application & documents ANZ AKL BCDG-11543-70-1619 Hamilton Court. In the Court of Review Holden at Huntly In the matter of the Mortgagors and Lessees Rehabilitation Act 1936 and In the matter of an application by Charles Harvey De Thierry for an adjustment of his liabilities I Charles Harvey DE THIERRY of Rangiriri in the province District of Auckland and Dominion of New Zealand Farmer make oath and say as follows: - 1 THAT I am the applicant herein and am the present owner of that piece of land containing 37 acres more or less being the Island situated in the Waikato River called allotment No 324 of the parish of Whangamarino or Manutahi Island and being all the land in Certificate of Title Volume 167 Folio 3 SUBJECT however to Memoranda of Mortgage Nos 38668 and 185960 to the State Advances Corporation. 2- THAT I am a married man with a family of five children whose ages raging from 9 years to 6 months. 3 THAT the said property is now too small to support me, and my family 4 THAT the locality of the said property is not conducive to the betterment of the present poor state of health of certain members of my family. 5 THAT the only access to the said property is by boat which especially in bad weather is not suitable for the transportation of those of my children who have to attend school with the results that the said children are not able to maintain regular attendance at school 6- THAT I am unable to supplement my earnings by taking outside work, as my constant attendance at the Island is necessary to transport the said children on their way to school 3
7 THAT my mother and her sisters own an area of Native Land at Pirongia, which is being improved under the Native Development scheme 8- That I intend to take up UNIT IN THE SAID development Scheme and as I am the only male member of my family my guidance in the development of other portions of the said area us necessary and I have been requested by my mother and aunts to assist them in the development thereof 9 THAT I am desirous of selling my said Island property and taking over the said unit at Pirongia 10 That I have received an offer dated the 16 day of June 1939 from Charles Ash WATTS of Rangiriri Farmer to purchases the said Island property together with all stock and chattels thereon at or for the price of 350 over and above the amount owing to the State Advances Corporation which amount at the last instalment day 1 st January 1939 was 724-11-9 a true copy of such offer is attached hereto and marked A 11 That I consider a sale of the said Island property at the price offered is in my best interest and in the best interest of my mortgage 12 THAT I have therefore accepted the said offer conditionally upon the consent of this Honourable Court being obtained Sworn at Huntly this 3rd day of July 1939 before me C H de THIERRY (also signed by Solicitor of Supreme Court of NZ) C A WATTS signed a declaration for the purchase of Manutahi Island together with stock and chattels. (Reference Archives NZ Auckland Office agency BCDG series 11543 item 80 record 1850) Charles Harvey DE THIERRY age 59 years (born about 1901) died 05 August 1960 and was buried Alexandra cemetery Pirongia. There is a headstone on grave area C row 5 no 139. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1960 folio and web BDM reg.1960/29496) Charles Harvey DE THIERRY Probate Intestate died 05 August 1960 Hamilton widow Jean De Thierry of Pirongia six children WILL ORDER (Reference Archives NZ Auckland Office agency BCDG series 4421 item 152 record 683/1960 DE THIERRY Charles Harvey 1901-1960 Obituary notice in NZ Herald 8 August 1960 oldest son of his family and a direct descendant of Baron de THIERRY who arrived in 1837 at Hokianga and had the strongest claim to the title survived by wife and large family age 59 Pirongia. ORDER (Reference NZ Biographies 1960 Volume 1 page 10) 2- Richard Louis Francis James DE THIERRY born about 1902 New Zealand died 1964 NZ married 1940 NZ Moengaroa RIHARI 2-1- Issue unknown Richard Louis Francis James DE THIERRY who was born about 1902 New Zealand. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1902 folio and web BDM reg. 1902/858) Richard Hiley DE THIERRY married Moengaroa RIHARI 1940 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage 1940 folio 12038) Richard Lewis Francis James DE THIERRY age 62 years (born about 1902) died 1964 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1964 folio web BDM web ref. 1964/38396) 4
3- George Hammond DE THIERRY born 06 November 1905 New Zealand died 27 June 1942 Killed in action Egypt during World War Two married 1938 Harriet Adelaide MONTGOMERY George Hammond DE THIERRY was born 06 November 1905 New Zealand. SEARCH (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1905 folio and web BDM ref 1905/) George Hammond DE THIERRY married Harriet Adelaide MONTGOMERY 1938 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1938 folio SEARCH World War Two War records for George Hammond DE THIERRY service number George Hammond DE THIERRY died 27 June 1942. He was killed in action in Egypt during World War Two. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ WWII death registration 1945 folio and web BDM ref 1945/36707) 4- Isabella Reynolds DE THIERRY born 1906 NZ married 1942 Dennis Arthur ELLIOTT Isabella Reynolds DE THIERRY born 1906 New Zealand. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1906 folio and web BDM ref 1906/12597) Isabella Reynolds DE THIERRY married Dennis Arthur ELLIOTT 1942 ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1942 folio 4885) 5- Jack William DE THIERRY born about 26 February 1908 NZ died 1972 NZ married 1937 Hazel Madeline BURKE Jack William DE THIERRY who was born about 1908 New Zealand. ORDER (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1908 folio and web BDM reg. 1908/23224) John William DE THIERRY married Hazel Madeline BURKE 1937 New Zealand ORDER (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1937 folio 12682) Jack William DE THIERRY died 1972 New Zealand ORDER (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1972 folio and web BDM reg.1972/31057) Miscellaneous family information 5