William Edward Landon was aged 20 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay. William was born on the 20th of September 1844 in Warrington, Northamptonshire, England, to Ogle Landon and Elizabeth Fowler.
William came to New Zealand as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme, he never learnt to read or write and married fellow Bombay passenger Harriet Jane Wootten on the 14th of February,1867.
William died on the 8th of August,1914 and Harriet on the 8th of August,1937 both in Bombay.
Refer separate entry for Harriet Wootten for William’s children.
Thomas Langham was aged 33 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay.
Thomas died on the 26th of July,1898.
Catherine Langham (Maiden name Unknown) was aged 31 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay.
Catherine died on the 16th of October,1908.
Thomas and Catherine’s known children are:
Mary Ann Langham. Mary was born in 1859.
Thomas Lanham. Thomas was born in 1862 and married Sarah Jane Ashby in 1899.
Mary Ann Langham was aged 5 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay.
Thomas Langham was aged 2 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay.
Thomas married Sarah Jane Ashby in 1899. Sarah was born in 1871 in New Zealand to Sarah Ann Hands and Thomas Ashby.
Thomas died on the 29th of September,1921 in a work accident and Sarah on the 5th of June,1930.
Thomas and Sarah’s known children are:
Thomas Leslie Langham. Thomas was born in 1906 and married Sarah Sheila Malone in 1940.
Rita Langham. Rita was born in 1914.
Thomas Labrum was aged 45 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay. Thomas was born on the 29th of November,1818, in Weedon & Flore, Northampton, England to agricultural Labourer Thomas Labrum Snr and Mary Ann Cross. Thomas married Mary Wright in Northampton on the 23rd of February,1845.
Thomas and Mary came as part of the Waikato Immigration scheme and settled in Williamson Clearing, Great South Road, No 53, town lot at Pokeno. One Road, Allotment No: 285 in Pokeno Parish of Mangatawhiri and County of Eden bounded on North East by allotment No: 2881.
In 1868 Thomas was called as witness to a court case surrounding a suspicious fire that burnt down the Great South Road Hotel. After a few years Thomas found work in the Railways as a Signalman.
Thomas was found dead at his home by his granddaughter Elizabeth Labrum aged 8, on the 6th of June,1895, he died from from old age and was buried in Remuera Cemetery, Auckland. Thomas left a estate valued at £10.7 and 9.
A extract from the coroners report from eyewitness Mary Ann Nelson reads... I am wife of Harold Nelson who is a Laborer, living at Remuera next door to the deceased whose body I identify. I have known him the last 13 months. I last saw him alive on Thursday June 4th at 9 am. He was then in his own house. He had been ailing for some days and was not able to go to his work. He was making mutton broth for himself. He lived alone, except that he kept the last witness in the absence of her parents. He looked ill and said that he was suffering from a cold. At 8 o’clock am this day Thursday June 6th, I heard the child crying. I went into his house and the child said her father was dead. On entering the scullery I found deceased lying o n his right side on the floor. He had on a shirt and coat but no trousers. There was no bed in the room. I did not touch the body but had no doubt that he was dead. I sent to the Railway Station and informed Mr Hardwick, Stationmaster at Remuera.
Mary Elizabeth Labrum (Maiden name Wright) was aged 44 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay. Mary was born in 1821 in Northampton, England. Mary married Samuel Stanton in 1840 however Samuel died just two years later.
Mary and Thomas then married on the 23rd of February,1845 in Northampton, England.
Mary died on the 25th of July,1888 at home in Remuera, Auckland from a Strangulated Hernia.
Thomas and Mary’s known children are:
Elizabeth Labrum. Elizabeth was born on the 3rd of June,1847 and did not travel on the Bombay, in the 1871 Census there was a servant in Castle Ashby with her particulars.
Mary Ann Clarkson. Mary was born on the 23rd of December,1850 and married David Clarkson on the 17th of January,1870 then George Cairns Laverock in 1879.
Hannah Jane Labrum. Hannah was born on the 30th of October, 1853, however she died in 1856.
Thomas Alfred Labrum. Thomas was born on the 16th of October, 1857 and married Jessie Agnes Portnell on the 25th of September,1882.
Mary Ann Labrum was aged 14 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay. Mary was born 23rd of December,1850 in Northampton, England, and married David Clarkson on the 17th of January,1870.
David was from Scotland, and had came with his father to New Zealand aboard the ship Ida Ziegler in 1868, they were joining other family members who were already in the country and were gold mining in Thames, New Zealand.
Mary’s story is full of intrigue and drama, it is suspected the marriage was one of convenience, David and Mary had their first child one month after being married, but it is unclear how they met, also it should be noted David’s family did not attend the wedding. Mary is suspected of having a lifetime affair with a wealthy businessman named David Spratt and it is suspected that some of Mary’s children are his. David Clarkson would spend little if any time with his new family, instead heading for the gold mines of Australia.
Mary then married a George Cairns Laverock on the 17th of February 1879 in Tauranga, George a Baker was born on the 14th of June,1836 at St Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland and came to NZ in the 1870’s. Mary and George’s marriage was in bigamy, Mary stated she was a widow to David Spratt, while her first husband David Clarkson was still alive prospecting for Gold in Australia and New Zealand. George is suspected to have drowned in 1902.
Mary voted in the 1893 general election, making her one of the first women in the world to vote, the same year she met Phillip Bailey in Napier, they lived together for several years before marrying on the 25th of November,1920 in Dannevirke.
Phillip was from Kent and came with his wife Harriet Pearson and 2 daughters to NZ where they would have 5 more girls, Harriet died giving birth aged 40.
Mary died on the 20th of October,1921 in Dannevirke, after suffering several years from Hydatids, and Phillip on the 19th of June,1931 in Wellington.
Reference: http://tree.mixmox.com/I4162.htm
Mary’s and David’s known children are:
Mary Elizabeth Clarkson. Mary was born on the 26th of February 1870. Mary first married James Spence and then later John Pierce on the 16th of Febuary,1915.
Richard Clarkson. Richard was born in 1872.
Hepyzber Annie Clarkson. Hepyzber was born on the 27th of December,1875, but died in 1890 from Typhoid fever.
Mary’s and George’s known children are:
Albert George Laverock. Albert was born on the 19th of June,1880.
Elsie May Sorensen. Elsie was born on the 1st of May,1882 and married John Jorgen Sorensen on the 22nd of October,1901. John was born in Palmerston North and had parents from Denmark.
Jane Ann Laverock. Jane was born on the 21st of March,1885, but died a short time later on the 2nd of May from Diarrhea.
John Cairns Laverock. John was born on the 26th of October,1886 and married Mary Livingstone Johnson on the 29th of October,1912. John then married Mary Ellen Wolland in 1919 under a false name of James Innis Loverick.
William Laverock. William was born on the 12th of November,1891, however he died the 16th of October,1892 from Convulsions brought on from teething.
Hepysbah Amelia Laverock. Hepysbah was born on the 16th of March,1895, but died the following month from Marasmus.
Thomas Alfred Labrum was aged 7 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay. Thomas was born on the 16th of October, 1857 in Northampton, England. Alfred followed his father into the Railways and worked as a Plate-layer. Thomas married Jessie Agnes Portnell on the 25th of September,1882.
Jessie was born on the 18th of November,1861 in Auckland to James Portnall and Margret Gill. James was a Private in the 58th Regiment of Foot (2246). James died in 1869 and in 1871 Jessie’s house burnt down where she was living with her mother and siblings, in 1874 Margret remarried to Mark Taylor,
In 1882 Jessie’s brother shot another of her brother’s accidently in the leg.
Thomas worked in Auckland, Rotorua and finally settled in Huntly. Several of the children were not registered at birth which may have been due to these house moves.
Jessie died in Waikato Hospital after suffering from Peritonitis on the 4th of January,1914 leaving ten children at home, Thomas was in the Waikato hospital from 1928 until his death on the 28th of June 1940. Thomas had been suffering from cancer.
Thomas and Jessie’s known children are:
Thomas Albert Labrum. Thomas was born in 1883, and married Patience Reay on the 28th of December,1931.
George Edward Labrum. George was born in 1885 and will marry Sarah Elizabeth Armer on the 30th of December,1908 then Amelia Margret Bush in 1932.
Elizabeth Jane Labrum. Elizabeth was born in 1887 and married Thomas William Warner on the 26th of August,1911 in Wellington.
William Joseph Labrum. William was born on the 21st of August 1888, he served in WW1 with the NZ Field Artillery (6/1601), including being at Gallipoli, but died on the 2nd of December,1915 from Malaria.
Jessie Christina Fraser. Jessie was born in 1896, she married Peter Henry Fraser in 1914, then William Brooks after Peter died on the 30th of July,1918.
Lillie May Miller. Lillie was born on the 18th of December,1897, she married William Agnew Miller on the 28th of September,1911 then Francis Alexander Charles Raki on the 6th of April,1950.
Mary Gertrude Hudson. Mary was born in 1899, she married William George Hudson on the 4th of May,1921and then left him for another man called Mr Slade and lived at 4046 Great North Road, Glen Eden.
Winiford Alice Timmins. Winiford was born on the 15th of February, 1901, she first married Patrick Henry Timmins on the 16th of March 1922 then Fredrick James Smith, then Thomas Sydney Littlechild in 1969.
James Stanley Labrum. James was born on the 4th of February,1908, and married Gladys Clara Babb.
Julia Lock was aged 19 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay.
Further Research Required: Suspect it is Julia Lock born to William Lock and Julia Sheen in Camberwell, London and married William Godfrey Collins in 1865. This Julia died on the 5th of July,1926 in Cambridge, New Zealand and had a number of children.
Theodore Lucas was aged 27 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay.
Elizabeth Lucas (Maiden name Unknown) was aged 25 years old at time of registering passage for the Bombay.
Edwin Lucas was aged 9 months old at time of registering passage for the Bombay.
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