Who’s Who: Harris Family in England and New Zealand
The Harris, Rendel, Hobson, Eliot, Dobson, Court, Murray, Hill and Paddon families are connected by marriage. There are strong associations with Plymouth, England and thus to New Zealand from 1840 onward. Second and subsequent generation names to look out for are (NZ) Moore, Hobbs, Weyergang, Briant, Jeffery, Silcock and (UK) Jones, Fowler.
* See also following generation
Generation 1 (Plymouth, England)
Harris, Hill
James Pasco Harris (1771-1846) glazier, married Mary Roberts Good (1774-1850) in Plymouth in 1794.
Children of James Pasco Harris and Mary Roberts Good (5 sons, 6 daughters):
*James Cobham Harris (1794-1876), married (1) Elizabeth Oake in 1819. 1 son, 3 daughters; (2) Elizabeth Culverwell in 1864. 1 son, 1 daughter.
*Catherine Jane Harris (Kate) (1799-1884), married James Meadows Rendel in 1828. 5 sons, 3 daughters.
*Emma Harris (1802-1889), married Stephen Collins Court in 1832, 3 sons, 3 daughters.
*Edwin Harris, (Ned) (1806-1895), married Sarah Hill (Sally) in 1833. 1 son, 7 daughters.
Theodosius Harris, born 16 November 1807 died 12 April 1810.
*Augusta Harris (1809-1874), married George Clarisse Dobson in 1835. 5 sons, 1 daughter.
Theodosia Harris, born 24 July 1809, baptised 15 August, died 16 August 1809 (Augusta’s twin).
Theodosius Henry Harris (1811-1839), unmarried.
Emily Theodosia Harris (1813-1840), unmarried.
*Henry Marmaduke Harris (1815-1895), married Elizabeth Corker Budd in 1848. 3 sons, 7 daughters.
*Ellen Susan Harris (1819-1863), married David Murray around 1849, five sons.
Also in Harris household in the 1840s:\
Aunt Maria Good (1794-1875), sister of Mary Roberts Harris, nee Good.
Grandmother Susannah Good (17xx-18xx) has dementia 1842.
Also in Harris household in 1861:
Ellen Murray, widow 42.
Sons Chas H 10, Archibald 9, Francis 7, Stephen 5.
Emma Court, sister, 57, widow.
Maria Good, aunt, 67.
1871 Maria Court / Good lives with Emma Court and family, Barton, Lincs. [Burton?]
1875 A Maria Good dies aged 82 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire.
William Hill (1767-1846) married Elizabeth Dyer (1770-1819) at St James Westminster in 1796. William Hill born Union St, Plymouth. Elizabeth Dyer born Stonehouse, Devon, parents William Dyer (died 1819) and Ann Mountjoy. Living in Flora Place, Plymouth, in early 1830s (SH notebook).
Children of William Hill and Elizabeth Dyer (2 sons, 7 daughters):
Elizabeth Hill (Bessy), born between 1796-98 probably in St James, Westminster, died young (SH notebook).
*William Hill (1799-18xx), born 8 Sept 1799 St James Westminster, bap 9 Oct 1799. Married Elizabeth [or Mary Ann?] Rudmore (died 1873), Lived in France (St Quinton and Nantes), where sister Emma visited him. William still living in 1872. Children: Victor, born in France now abiding in London 1871. Alfred born in France now abiding in London 1871 (SH notebook).
Eliza Ann Hill (1801-c1820), born Plymouth, Devon, bap 3rd April 1801. Died aged 21 years, a year after her mother (SH notebook).
Emma Jane Hill (1802-1866), born Plymouth, Devon, governess and teacher, unmarried.
Caroline Hill (1804-1825), born 6 Oct 1804, Plymouth, Devon, buried 23 Feb 1825 age 19.
*Sarah Hill (1806-1879), married Edwin Harris (1806-1895) in 1833. 1 son, 7 daughters.
*Ann Mountjoy Hill (1808-1887) married Francis William Paddon (c1804-185x) around 1836-37. 1 son, 1 daughter.
*Elizabeth Dyer Hill (Lizzie) (1810-1887), married George Cole in 1849. 1 son, 1 daughter.
Rowland Hill, 7th Aug 1812 said to have been born 5th May 1812 buried 23 Mar 1816 3yrs 7mths.
Generation 2 (England and NZ)
Harris, Rendel, Court, Dobson, Murray, Paddon
James Cobham Harris (1794-1876), portrait painter, married (1) Elizabeth Oake (born c.1792-95) in 1819; (2) Elizabeth Culverwell in 1864.
(Harris photo album James Cobham Harris 1863, p. 17.)
Children of James Cobham Harris and Elizabeth oake (1 son, 3 daughters):
Jane Harris (18xx), unmarried.
Eliza Dean Harris (1821), unmarried.\
*James Harris (1822), married Mary xx in 18xx. Both living 1891.
*Catherine J[ane] Harris (Kate) (1832), married cousin James Murray Dobson (1846-1924) in 18xx.
Children of James Cobham Harris and Elizabeth Culverwell (1 son, 1 daughter):
George Harris (c.1865).
Ellen L Harris (c.1869).
Catherine Jane Harris (Kate) (1799-1884) married James Meadows Rendel (1799-1856), civil engineer, in 1828.
Children of James Meadows Rendel and Kate Harris (5 sons, 5 daughters):
*Alexander Meadows Rendel (1829-1918), civil engineer, married Eliza Hobson (1830-1916) in 1853. 5 sons, 3 daughters.
Lewis Rendel (1830-1851), civil engineer, unmarried.
Catherine Rendel (1831- 1839).
*George Wightwick Rendel (1833-1902), civil engineer, married (1) Harriet Simpson (died 1878) in 1860. 5 sons; (2) Luciana Pinelli in 1880. 2 sons, 1 daughter.
*Stuart Rendel (1834-1913), married Ellen Sophie Hubbard (1838-1912) in 1857. 4 daughters. (Photo album, p3)
Emily Frances Rendel ((Fanny) 1836–1897), married Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen (died 1894), barrister, in 1862. 2 sons, 1 daughter. (Harris photo album, p 3., taken just before her marriage)
Emma Hamilton Rendel (1837-1839).
Edith Rendel, (1839-1922), married Frederick Prickett Hebeler in 1867. 2 sons, 1 daughter.
*Emily Catherine Rendel (1840–1921) married Clement Francis Wedgwood (1840-1889), potter, in 1866.
Hamilton Owen Rendel (1843-1902), manufacturing engineer, unmarried.
Emma Harris (1802-1889) married Stephen Collins Court (died 1858?), surveyor, in 1832.
(Harris photo album: Kate, Mary Harris Court, Emma Court (nee Harris), 1864-65, Archibald court, Emma Court, Katie Court, Adam and Faith court, pp 18-20)
Children of Stephen Collins Court and Emma Harris (3 sons, 3 daughters):
Catherine Court (Katie) (1835), unmarried. (Harris photo album, May 1870, p. 20)
Mary Harris Court (1837). (Harris photo album, 1860-61, p. 19)
Emma Court (1839). (Harris photo album 1862-63, p. 20)
Stephen Court (1841)
Archibald Court (1845). (Harris photo album, p. 19)
Adam Smith Court (1848-14 Apr 1874). Married Faith Juplin(?). (Harris photo album 1870, p. 20)
Edwin Harris (Ned) (1806-1895), artist, surveyor, farmer and teacher, married Sarah Hill (Sally) (1806-1879), teacher, 24 Nov 1833.
Children of Edwin Harris and Sarah Hill (1 son, 7 daughters):
Hugh Corbyn Harris (1835-1860), farmer, unmarried.
Emily Cumming Harris (1837-1925), artist and teacher, unmarried.
*Catherine Harris (Kate) (1839-1913), teacher, married Alfred William Moore (1834-1912) in 1863. 4 sons, 4 daughters.
Unnamed daughter (7-12 Mar 1841), buried at sea.
Frances Emma Harris (1842-1892), artist and teacher, unmarried.
*Mary Rendel Harris (1845-1932), married Carl Philip August Alexander Weyergang (1829-1904) in 1871. 2 sons, 1 daughter.
Augusta Harris (1848-1870), unmarried.
Ellen Harris (1851-1895), artist and teacher, unmarried.
Augusta Harris (1809-1874) married George Clarisse Dobson (1801 – 1874), civil engineer, in 1835.
(Harris photo album: George Dobson, taken 1861-62, p. 17)
Children of George Dobson and Augusta Harris (6 sons, 1 daughter):
George Augustus Dobson (1836-1838).
*Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921), poet and essayist, married Frances Mary Beardmore in 1868.
Charles Dobson (1842-1909), mariner.
*James Murray Dobson (1846-1924), civil engineer, married cousin Catherine Jane Harris (Kate) (1832) in 18xx.
William Alfred (Willy) Dobson (1847-). (SH notebook)
Frances Mary Dobson (Fanny) (1854-1950), unmarried in 1871.
Henry Marmaduke Harris (1815-1895), painter and decorator, married Elizabeth Corker Budd (c1817-1892), ladies and children’s outfitter, in 1848.
Children of Henry Harris and Elizabeth Budd (3 sons, 7 daughters):
Emily Murray Harris (c1850), married.
Henry Vigurs Harris (c1851), art decorator and artist’s colourman (1895).
James Rendel Harris, (1852-1941), Biblical scholar, married Helen Balkwill (1842) in 1880.
Elizabeth Corker Harris (Bessie) (c1853), aged 8, scholar, born Plymouth (1861), unmarried
Edith Florence Harris (c1855), aged 6, scholar, born Plympton (1861), married.
Catherine Mary Harris (c1855), aged 6, scholar born Compton (1861), married. Twin?
George Chambre Harris (c1857), aged 4 born Plymouth (1861), house decorator and fine art dealer (1892. Wife died c.1896, leaving children 11, 9 and 4 months).
Minnie Augusta Harris (c1858), aged 3, born Plymouth (1861), married.
Frances Maria Harris ((Fanny) c1859), aged 2, born Plymouth (1861), unmarried
Mabel Septima Harris (1860?), married John Mortimer Angus in 1882.
Blanche Octavia Harris (SH notebook)
Ellen Susan Harris (1819-1863) married David Murray (1803-185x), bookseller, c1848-49.
(Harris photo album, pp 21-22: David (just before death), Ellen, (c1848-49) Charles, Francis, Archibald)
Children of David Murray and Ellen Harris (5 sons):
David Murray (1849), infant death.
Charles Henry Murray (1850), mechanical engineer, married Louisa Harriet Goy in 18xx. (Photo 1871-72)
*Archibald James Murray (1852), married Priscilla Catherine Luscombe around 1879. 1 son, 2 daughters. (Photo 18xx)
Francis Edwin Murray (1854), married Henrietta Ada Stanesby around 18xx. 3 sons, 4 daughters. (Photo 1873)
Stephen Maguire Murray (1856), married someone called Polly. No photo.
Ann Mountjoy Hill (1808-1887) married Francis William Paddon (c1804-18xx) accountant, around 1836-37.
(Harris photo album: p. 22. Aunt Paddon Mary Mountjoy Paddon)
Children of Frank Paddon and Ann Hill (1 son, 1 daughter):
*Francis William Paddon (c1838-1871), married xx. 1 son.
Mary Mountjoy Paddon (1849-1925), typist, unmarried. (Photo album, p.22)
Elizabeth Dyer Hill (Lizzie) (1810-1887), married George Cole in 1847.
Children of George and Lizzie Cole (2):
Emma Elizabeth Cole (c1850-died 1 May 1865, aged 15). (Harris photo album, p 2)
Frederick Cole (1850s).
Generation 3 (England and NZ)
Harris, Rendel, Wedgwood, Moore, Weyergang, Dobson, Murray, Paddon
James Harris (1822), printer and painter, married Mary xx in 18xx. Edwin’s nephew, in Plymouth 1891.
Catherine Jane Harris (Kate) (1832), married cousin James Murray Dobson (1846-1924) in 18xx. 1 daughter.
Alexander Meadows Rendel ((Meadows) 1829-1918), civil engineer, married Eliza Hobson (Lila) (c.1828-1916) in 1853.
Children of Meadows Rendel and Lila Hobson (5 sons, 3 daughters):
*James Meadows Rendel (Jim) (1854-1937), married Eleanor Strachey (1859-1944) in 1882. 2 sons, 2 daughters.
*William Stuart Rendel (1855-1898), married Ruth Frances Paul (died 1937) in 1881. 1 son, 2 daughters.
*Catherine Jane Rendel (1857-1939), married Halsey Ralph Ricardo (1854-1928), architect, in 1882. 1 son, 2 daughters.
Edith Mary Rendel (1861-1915), unmarried.
*Arthur Bowen Rendel (1862-1984), doctor, married Elizabeth Cecilia Blair (1872) in 1902. 1 daughter.
Helen Constance Rendel (Connie) (1864) married Roland Danvers Brinton (1858), doctor of medicine, in 1890. 3 children. Mary Stocks.
Herbert Rendel (1865), married Anne Drysdale in 1909. 1 son (1910).
Henry Wedgwood Rendel (1866-1903), civil engineer, unmarried.
George Wightwick Rendel (1833-1902), civil engineer, married (1) Harriet Simpson (1836-1877) in 1860. (2) Luciana Pinelli in 1880.
Children of George Rendel and Harriet Simpson (5 sons):
Lewis Rendel (1862), still living 1911. No record of marriage or death found.
Cecil George Rendel (bap 1862-1944), married Fanny Louisa xx in 1906. Fanny still living in 1944.
Stuart A Rendel (c1865-1930]. No record of marriage or death found.
Leopold Joseph Rendel (1866-1896), married Gertrude Maria Beadon in 1893.
Clement Noble Rendel (1867-1930), married Emily Edith Astbury in 1903.
Children of George Rendel and Luciana Pinelli (2 sons, 1 daughter):
Silvio George Rendel (1881-1956).
Romilda Margaret C Rendel (1882-1971).
George William Rendel (1889-1979), diplomat, consulate service. Author. Daughter Rosemary Rendel.
Stuart Rendel (1834-1913), politician and baronet, married Ellen Sophie Hubbard (1838-1912) in 1857.
Children of Stuart Rendel and Ellen Hubbard, Lord and Lady Rendel (4 daughters):
*Rose Ellen Rendel 1863, married (1) Harry Chester Goodheart (1858-1895) in 1886. 1 son. (2) Wilbraham Villiers Cooper (d 1955) in 1902.
Maud Ernestine Rendel 1866 – 1941, married Henry Neville Gladstone (1852-1935) in 1890.
Emma Rendel (bap Grace Daphne) 1868-1952), married Edward Martin Dunne (1864-1944) in 1899. 1 daughter. Sylvia Griselda Dunne, unmarried.
Clarice Margaret Rendel (1874-1958), physiotherapist, unmarried.
Emily Catherine Rendel (1840–1921) married Clement Francis Wedgwood (1840-1889), potter, in 1866.
Children of Clement Wedgwood and Emily Rendel (4 sons, 1 daughter):
Francis Hamilton Wedgwood, pottery manufacturer.
Josiah Clement H Wedgwood, politician and peer, married cousin Ethel Kate Bowen (Lane).
Sir Ralph Wedgwood, railways superintendent (Lane).
Another son (Lane).
Cicely Frances Wedgwood, married Sir Arthur Money (Lane).
Catherine Harris (1839-1913), married Alfred William Moore (1834-1912), farmer, in Nelson in 1863.
Children of Alfred Moore and Kate Harris (4 sons, 4 daughters):
*Alfred Henry Moore (1864-1942), married Emma Florence Willis (1872-1952) in Sydney in 1895. 6 daughters.
Constance Catherine Moore (Concie) (1866-1942), unmarried.
Reginald Townsend Moore (1867-1917). Died in Carcoar, NSW, Australia.
Mary Frances Moore (Fanny) (1868-1896), unmarried.
Hugh Harris Moore (1870-1905), unmarried.
Ruth Moore (1872-1964), unmarried.
*Frank Edwin Moore (1874-1963), married Minnie Hill Moon (1878 or 79-1977) in 1902. 1 son, 2 daughters.
Ella Grace Moore (1878-1964), married George Samuel Hobbs (1879-1959) in 1904. No children found.
Mary Rendel Harris (1845-1932), married Carl Philip August Alexander Weyergang (1829-1904), teacher, businessman and farmer, in New Plymouth in 1871.
Children of August Weyergang and Mary Harris (2 sons, 1 daughter):
*Carl Herman Alexander Weyergang (1872-1932), orchardist, married Minnie Constance Gilbert (1876-1971) in 1909. 3 daughters.
*Ellen Gretchen Weyergang (1875-1954), married Edgar Llewellyn Briant (1870-1934), coach-builder and farmer, in 1898. 2 sons.
Otto Philip August Weyergang (1878-1918), orchardist, unmarried.
Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921), poet and essayist, married Frances Mary Beardmore in 1868.
Archibald James Murray (1852), married Priscilla Catherine Luscombe around 1879.
Children of Archibald Murray and Priscilla Catherine Luscombe (1 son, 2 daughters):
Reginald Arthur Murray (1879).
*Constance Emily Murray (1881).
Lilian Kate Murray (1883).
Francis William Paddon (c1838-1871), married xx.
Child of Frank Paddon and xx. 1 son.
*Francis William Paddon (1869-1944), accountant, married Gladys Mary Perry (c1886-1964) after 1911. 1 daughter.
Generation 4 (England and NZ)
Rendel, Ricardo, Wedgwood, Goodheart, Moore, Weyergang, Briant, Murray, Paddon
James Meadows Rendel (Jim) (1854-1937), barrister, married Eleanor Strachey (1859-1944) in 1882.
Children of Jim Rendel and Elinor Strachey (3 sons, 2 daughters).:
Elizabeth Rendel (1883-1923), unmarried.
Frances Elinor ‘(Ellie/Elly’) Rendel (1885-1942), doctor of medicine, attended to Virginia Woolf in 1930, unmarried
*Richard Meadows Rendel ((Dick) 1887-1966), colonel, HM Army, married Julia Margaret Marshall (1889)in 1912. 1 son, 2 daughters.
*Andrew James Rendel (1888-1917), married Louise Romer. 2 daughters.
*William Vincent Rendel (1898-1974), solicitor, married Ecila / Ila Wilkinson in 1928.
William Stuart Rendel (1855-1898), married Ruth Frances Paul (died 1937) in 1881.
Children of William Stuart Rendel and Ruth Frances Paul (1 son, 2 daughters):
Leila Margaret Rendel (1883).
Robert George Rendel (1884-1944).
Olive Rendel (1889-1973). Doctor: UK incoming passenger on the Madeira, April 1960, married, living at 12 Washington House, Basil Street, London SW3. No marriage record found.
Catherine Jane Rendel (1857-1939), married Halsey Ralph Ricardo (1854-1928), architect, in 1882.
Children of Halsey Ricardo and Kate Rendel (1 son, 2 daughters):
Harry Ralph Ricardo (1885-1974), Married Beatrice Hale (1882-1975) in 1912 (Autobiography).
Anne Catherine Ricardo (1889-1959), married Charles Maresco Pearce.
Esther Mary Ricardo (1893-1985), married Walter G Howarth.
Arthur Bowen Rendel (1862-1984), doctor, married Elizabeth Cecilia Blair (1872) in 1902.
Children of Arthur Bowen Rendel and Elsie Blair (at least 1 daughter):
*Catherine Sarah Rendel (Kitty) (1910), married (cousin?) Clement Tom Wedgwood in 1934. 1 daughter: Susan Frances Wedgwood.
Rose Ellen Rendel 1863, married (1) Harry Chester Goodheart (1858-1895) in 1886. (2) Wilbraham Villiers Cooper (d 1955) in 1902.
Child of Harry Goodheart and Rose Rendel (1 son):
Harry Stuart Goodheart Rendel (Hal) (1887-1959), architect, unmarried.
Alfred Henry Moore (1864-1942), married Emma Florence Willis (1872-1952) in Sydney in 1895. Harry died 12 July 1942 at his home, 5 Boronia St, Dee Why, NSW. Emma died 12 Dec 1952, same home address.
Children of Harry and Emma Moore (6 daughters):
Augusta Dorothy Moore (1896-1979), born Sydney, unmarried. Miss DA Moore lived in Lismore, NSW. Clerk for Northern Star. Corresponded with Philip Briant, Marton, NZ 1969-1972. Died 24 Jan 1979, buried in Lismore.
Ada Frances Moore (1898-1925), born Lismore, NSW, Married Ernest Arthur Marsh in Lismore in 1922. Lived in Clovely, NSW. Son Glenn Ernest Marsh, born 1925.
Constance Kathleen Moore (1901), born Lismore, NSW, married Victor H Griffin in Lismore in 1927. Living in Albury, NSW in 1980.
Grace Birdsell Moore (1909), born Lismore, NSW, married Harold William Wenban in Manly in 1939. Separated by 1949, Grace living at Boronia St, Dee why. Moves to Grafton to live with sister Bonnie?
Emily May (Bonnie) Moore (1911), born Lismore, NSW, married Edward Arnold Victor Tregeagle in Grafton in 1940. Living in Grafton, NSW in 1942. Death of Edward Tregeagle in Grafton 1954. Daughter Susan Tregeagle, born c. 1945-46. Still living in Grafton 1969-72.
Frank Edwin Moore (1874-1963), tinsmith and plumber, married Minnie Hill Moon (1879?-1977) in 1902.
Children of Frank Edwin Moore and Minnie Hill Moon (1 son, 2 daughters):
William Deslie Moore (1905), sign-writer and painter, married Mary Rita Burrell in 1935. Separation?
Leila Gladys Moore (1908) married Frederick Jackson.
Betty Francis Moore married John Westerman.
Carl Herman Alexander Weyergang (1872-1932), orchardist, married Minnie Constance Gilbert (1876-1971), music teacher and writer, in Nelson in 1909.
Children of Herman Weyergang and Connie Gilbert (3 daughters):
*Gretchen Constance Emily Weyergang (1910-1992), aka Margaret, married Alfred Edmond Matthew Jeffery in 1938. 1 son.
Friedl Mary Weyergang (1914-1940), teacher, unmarried. Died in car crash.
*Faith Weyergang (1917-2002), married Cyril Keith Silcock (1915-1977), RNZAF and airline officer, in 1941. 1 son. Richard Alexander R Silcock (1944-xx), photographer, born in England. Married Victoria Catherine xx.
Ellen Gretchen Weyergang (1875-1954), married Edgar Llewellyn Briant (1870-1934), coachbuilder and farmer, in Eltham, Taranaki, in 1898.
Children of Eddy / Ted Briant and Gretchen Weyergang (2 sons):
*Philip Winning Briant (1902-1987), 2NZEF and farmer, married Janet Fullerton Smith (1919-2011) in 1947. 4 daughters.
*Hugh Godfrey Briant (1903-19xx), farmer, married Mildred Jane Morrin in 1936. 1 son, 2 daughters.
Constance Emily Murray born 24 June 1881.
Francis William Paddon (1869-1944), accountant, married Gladys Mary Perry (c1886-1964) after 1911.
Child of Frank Paddon and Gladys Perry (1 daughter):
Elizabeth Mary Paddon (19xx-2017), married Cyril F Fowler in 1950. Children?
Generation 5 (England and NZ)
Rendel, Wedgwood, Jeffery, Silcock, Briant
Richard Meadows Rendel ((dick) 1887-1966), Colonel, HM Army, married Julia Margaret Marshall (1889) in 1912.
Children of Dick Rendel and Julia Marshall (1 son, 2 daughters):
Julia Rendel.
James Meadows Rendel 1915 – 2001.
Margaret Rendel.
Andrew James Rendel (1888-1917), married Louise Romer.
Children of Andrew Rendel and Louise Romer (2 daughters):
Nancy Rendel.
Pippa Rendel.
William Vincent Rendel (1898-1974), solicitor, married Ecila / Ila Wilkinson in 1928.
Children of Vincent Rendel and Ila Wilkinson (x sons, x daughters):
*Catherine Sarah Rendel (Kitty) (1910), married (cousin?) Clement Tom Wedgwood in 1934. 1 daughter: Susan Frances Wedgwood.
*Gretchen Constance Emily Weyergang (1910-1992), aka Margaret, teacher and writer, married Alfred Edmond Matthew Jeffery, teacher, in 1938.
Child of Alfred Jeffery and Margaret Weyergang (1 son):
*Michael Jeffery (1941-2013), equine artist, married Susan Loveday in 1972. Lived in Melbourne 1972-87, 2 daughters, Catherine and Emma, grandchildren Lily and Isla. Divorced c1987. Based in Chantilly, France 1987-97, based in Newmarket, Suffolk until 2013. Daughter Emma based in Prague in 2013.
*Faith Weyergang (1917-2002), married Cyril Keith Silcock (1915-1977), RNZAF and airline officer, in 1941.
Child of Keith Silcock and Faith Weyergang (1 son):
*Richard Alexander R Silcock (1944), photographer, born in England. Married Victoria Catherine xx. Richard Silcock could be the Auckland cousin who remembers visiting the Jeffery’s Mt Albert home and seeing Michael’s drawings of horses. ‘A cousin recalls him being infatuated with horses, and drawing them from an early age. “I remember as a child playing at his parents’ house and thumbing through his collection of sketch books filled with images of horses, all named with their owner, trainer and jockey, and with their colours noted. He learnt about colour and light from our grandmother, who was a landscape water colourist who exhibited widely throughout New Zealand.”’ (Michael Jeffery obituary, 2013). Grandmother is Constance Weyergang, whose work is in collections in New Plymouth and elsewhere. Faith and Keith Silcock lived in Auckland from around 1949. By 1954 they were living in Mt Albert, near the Jefferys. By 1963 the Silcocks were living in Sandringham, Victoria, and by 1977 (the year Keith died) Faith was living in Double Bay, Sydney. She returned to NZ and the following year she was living in Waikanae, where she died in 2002.
*Philip Winning Briant (1902-1987), 2NZEF and farmer, married Janet Fullerton Smith (1919-2011) in 1947.
Children of Phil Briant and Janet Fullerton Smith (4 daughters):
Judith Elizabeth Briant (1948), married Plimmer.
Annabel Briant (1949), married Galpin.
Philippa Gretchen Briant (1953).
Roseanne Briant (1953), married Peter Cranstone.
*Hugh Godfrey Briant (1903-19xx), farmer, married Mildred Jane Morrin in 1936.
Children of Goff Briant and Mildred Morrin (1 son, 2 daughters):
Godfrey James Winning Briant (1938), married Judith.
Brenda Jane Briant (1940), married Craig Smith.
Jacqueline Heather Linda Briant (1947), married Jones.