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BLYTH, Harold Staley

Male 1891 - 1965  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  BLYTH, Harold Staley was born on 7 May 1891 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia (son of BLYTH, Jonathan and TONKS, Alice); died on 24 Feb 1965 in Auckland, New Zealand; was buried in 1965 in Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.

    Notes:

    He was an excellent swimmer in local competitions he was well known and successful, prior to WW1. He enlisted in the Army on 28 Aug. 1914 (No. 2/973) as Trumpeter/Gunner in the N.Z. Field Artillery, 4th. Howitzer Battery, he saw overseas action and rose to Acting Bombardier, he was wounded at Gallipoli, this eventually led to him being discharged medically unfit for war service, on 17 Aug. 1918. He was able to enlist again in the Army as a Driver in WW2 (No. 801197) on 28 Jan. 1942, he didn't leave N.Z., in May 1943 he was a passenger in a truck that crashed, he received some injuries which again led to him being discharged on a part pension on 28 Aug. 1943.

    Harold married NICHOLSON, Florence Mabel in 1929 in New Zealand. Florence was born about 1897; died on 13 Mar 1948 in Auckland, New Zealand; was buried in 1948 in Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. BLYTH, Harold Brett was born in 1931 in New Zealand; died on 13 May 2005 in Phuket, Thailand.

    Harold married ELLIS, Emily Aroha in 1950 in Auckland, New Zealand. Emily (daughter of ELLIS, Albert Thomas and BESHOFF, Sophie) was born on 23 Jun 1904 in Waihi, New Zealand; died on 26 Apr 1973 in Torbay, Auckland, New Zealand; was buried on 30 Apr 1973 in Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Auckland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  BLYTH, Jonathan was born on 6 Dec 1849 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was christened on 1 Feb 1852 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (son of BLYTHE, Daniel and STALEY, Agnes); died on 3 Aug 1919 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand; was buried in 1919 in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

    Notes:

    He and Alice settled in New Zealand between 1891 and 1894, Jonathan established a Drapery business in New Plymouth. He signed documents re the distribution of monies from the Estate of Allan Staley in 1906 which included cost of his fares to and from New Zealand (he was the Executor).

    Jonathan married TONKS, Alice on 9 Jun 1886 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia. Alice (daughter of TONKS, George and WOOLLEY, Elizabeth) was born in 1863 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia; died on 4 Jan 1910 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand; was buried in 1910 in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  TONKS, Alice was born in 1863 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia (daughter of TONKS, George and WOOLLEY, Elizabeth); died on 4 Jan 1910 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand; was buried in 1910 in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

    Notes:

    The Children all attended New Plymouth Central School, the family was then living in Devon St. New Plymouth.
    (Her birth is recorded as 14 Nov. 1864 on her Headstone, & 1863 in the Victorian Index)

    Children:
    1. BLYTH, Ethel Clarice was born about 1887 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia; died in 1887 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia.
    2. BLYTH, Clara Winifred was born in 1889 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia; died in Apr 1974 in Hastings, New Zealand; was buried in Apr 1974 in Hawke's Bay Crematorium, Hastings, New Zealand.
    3. 1. BLYTH, Harold Staley was born on 7 May 1891 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia; died on 24 Feb 1965 in Auckland, New Zealand; was buried in 1965 in Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.
    4. BLYTH, Alice Miro was born on 22 Sep 1894 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand; was christened on 24 Oct 1894 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand; died on 24 Jan 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand; was buried on 27 Jan 1988 in Manukua Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  BLYTHE, DanielBLYTHE, Daniel was born on 5 Jan 1817 in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland (son of BLYTH, John and LAW, Elizabeth); died on 23 Jan 1887 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Jan 1887 in Carlton North, Victoria, Australia.

    Notes:

    The records for his birth, baptism and arrival in Victoria, spell the name Blythe but in Victoria the "e" seems to have been dropped, Daniel and Agnes emigrated to Australia as assisted immigrants with their two children, John who was nine and EElizabeth aged three, they sailed from Plymouth on board the "Tasman" of 567 tons on 15 June 1848 arriving at Port Phillip on 18 October after a voyage which lasted just over 4 months, they may have gone to Geelong where Agnes' mother disembarkeked but they soon settled in Brunswick. In 1863 he is recorded in the Sands & MacDougall directory in Albert Street and later in Sydney Road, Brunswick. He was an early resident in Brunswick, in the late 1840's, he was a Grocer and owned severaal properties, later he built a brick shop at the corner of Albert Street and Sydney Road; it was a butcher's shop which remained there until 1917 when it became a fish shop, by 1872 Daniel had moved to a residence in Sydney Road, north of Albion Street, Blyth Street in Brunswick is named after him, he was very well regarded in the area. Daniel's Will mentions some of his siblings and a couple of their descendants, this was instrumental in tracing those people.

    Daniel married STALEY, Agnes on 11 May 1838 in West Calder, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Agnes (daughter of STALEY, Jonathan and GOLDIE, Mary) was born on 28 Feb 1820 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 9 Mar 1882 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 11 Mar 1882 in Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  STALEY, AgnesSTALEY, Agnes was born on 28 Feb 1820 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland (daughter of STALEY, Jonathan and GOLDIE, Mary); died on 9 Mar 1882 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 11 Mar 1882 in Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.

    Notes:

    Agnes was a twin, Scots Origins Index lists Agnes and a Jonathan being christened on the same day, 1st. March, 1820. Agnes died of Chronic Nephritis (Kidneys) & Endocarditis (Heart). Agnes' Death Certificate lists 7 children, 3 named Mary, 3 named John or Jonathan, and Elizabeth, only 3 were alive at the time of her death.

    Buried:
    Not in MI's

    Notes:

    Married:
    There are two dates and places for this marriage in Scots origins, West Calder is mentioned on the D/C. as being in Linlithgowshire

    Children:
    1. BLYTH, John was born on 13 Aug 1839 in Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; died on 24 Jul 1853 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Jul 1853 in Carlton North, Victoria, Australia.
    2. BLYTH, Mary was born on 5 Jan 1844 in Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; died before 1848 in Scotland.
    3. BLYTH, Elizabeth was born on 12 Nov 1845 in Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; died before 1848.
    4. 2. BLYTH, Jonathan was born on 6 Dec 1849 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was christened on 1 Feb 1852 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died on 3 Aug 1919 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand; was buried in 1919 in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
    5. BLYTH, Mary was born about 1851 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was christened on 1 Feb 1852 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died before 1859.
    6. BLYTH, John was born about 1853 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was christened on 29 Sep 1853 in Victoria, Australia; died on 12 Dec 1916 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 14 Dec 1916 in Geelong Eastern Cemetery.
    7. BLYTH, Mary was born on 18 Oct 1858 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; died on 13 Jun 1931 in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia; was buried in 1931 in Carlton North, Victoria, Australia.

  3. 6.  TONKS, George

    George married WOOLLEY, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  WOOLLEY, Elizabeth
    Children:
    1. 3. TONKS, Alice was born in 1863 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia; died on 4 Jan 1910 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand; was buried in 1910 in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  BLYTH, John was born on 27 Aug 1787 in Malsford, Edinburgh, Scotland; and died.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Y

    John married LAW, Elizabeth on 29 May 1812 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elizabeth was born about 1791 in Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  LAW, Elizabeth was born about 1791 in Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; and died.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Y

    Children:
    1. 4. BLYTHE, Daniel was born on 5 Jan 1817 in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 23 Jan 1887 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Jan 1887 in Carlton North, Victoria, Australia.

  3. 10.  STALEY, Jonathan was born on 9 Jul 1794 in Parish Of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 24 Jul 1794 in East Kilbride, Lankarshire, Scotland (son of STALEY, Thomas and RITCHIE, Mary); died on 27 Feb 1847 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.

    Notes:

    A copy of the Family Bible entry says Jonathan was born in Glasgow, Parish of Kilbride.

    Jonathan married GOLDIE, Mary on 30 Jun 1820 in Coltburn, Ayrshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of GOLDIE, Thomas and McRAE, Agnes) was born on 8 Dec 1800 in Coltburn, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 27 Dec 1854 in Kensington (Leopold), Victoria, Australia; was buried on 28 Dec 1854 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  GOLDIE, Mary was born on 8 Dec 1800 in Coltburn, Ayrshire, Scotland (daughter of GOLDIE, Thomas and McRAE, Agnes); died on 27 Dec 1854 in Kensington (Leopold), Victoria, Australia; was buried on 28 Dec 1854 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

    Notes:

    Mary arrived with 4 of her children at Geelong, Victoria, Australia on 31 March 1852 aboard the "Cambodia" a vessel of 914 tons, also on board was another daughter, Mary along with her husband and their three children, who were bound for the golldfields. There are eleven children of Jonathan and Mary listed on Mary's death certificate, James and the first John had their ages are given as 0 although James reached at least 10 years by 1841, there was evidence of another son, Jonathan who was Christened on the same day as Agnes and was her twin.

    Buried:
    Geelong Eastern Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 5. STALEY, Agnes was born on 28 Feb 1820 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 9 Mar 1882 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 11 Mar 1882 in Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
    2. STALEY, Jonathan was born on 28 Feb 1820 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died before 1823.
    3. STALEY, Thomas was born on 23 Jul 1821 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 21 Mar 1878 in Moonlight Flat, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 23 Mar 1878 in Castlemaine General Cemetery.
    4. STALEY, Jonathan was born on 12 Jan 1823 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 27 Feb 1890 in South Dakota, USA; was buried in 1890 in Madison, Lake, South Dakota, USA.
    5. STALEY, Mary Ritchie was born on 8 Oct 1824 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened on 10 Oct 1824 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 2 Mar 1856 in Forest Creek, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 4 Mar 1856 in Forest Creek Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
    6. STALEY, Robert was born on 29 Jul 1826 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 19 Jul 1882 in Inglewood, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 21 Jul 1882 in Inglewood Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
    7. STALEY, Allan was born on 16 May 1828 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 7 Feb 1884 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 9 Feb 1884 in Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
    8. STALEY, James was born on 1 Dec 1830 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; and died.
    9. STALEY, David Gray was born on 3 Nov 1832 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 2 Feb 1881 in Yandoit, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 4 Feb 1881 in Vaughan, Victoria, Australia.
    10. STALEY, Margaret was born on 27 Oct 1834 in Scotland; was christened on 9 Nov 1834 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 16 Jun 1881 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; was buried in 1881 in Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
    11. STALEY, John was born on 2 Jan 1838 in Scotland; was christened on 2 Jan 1838 in West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland; died before 1840 in Scotland.
    12. STALEY, John was born on 2 Jul 1840 in Scotland; was christened on 11 Jul 1840 in West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 11 Sep 1882 in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 14 Sep 1882 in Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.