NAME: ALICE Mary REDFERN

SURNAME: Redfern.............. GIVEN NAMES: Alice Mary............ *SEX: F

BIRTH: 18 APR 1851 - Weston-Super-Mare,, Somerset,, Somersetshire,, England

DEATH: 25 OCT 1945 , Lucas Creek,, Auckland,, New Zealand , Age: (94)

• FATHER: Joseph STURGE
• MOTHER:Sarah Elizabeth NESBIT

MARRIAGE: George REDFERN (1844-1900 ) Age: (55)

MARRIED: 23 JUL 1872, Monganui, Northland, New Zealand

CHILDREN

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Alice Mary Sturge was born on 15 Apr 1852 in Weston Super Mare and died on 25 Oct 1945 in Greenhithe, Auckland, New Zealand aged 93.

Alice married George Redfern on 23 Jul 1872.

George was born in 1844 in Birmingham and died in 1900 in Auckland, New Zealand aged 56.

They had ten children:
Alice Elizabeth, Ethel Mary, George Nesbit, Joseph Sturge, Edward Albert, Herbert Lewis, Arthur John, Theodora Grace, Frederick Sturge and Annie Sarah.

http://www.pennyghael.org.uk/Sturge.pdf

information taken from .....

DESCENDANTS OF Joseph and Sarah STURGE

....Written by Debbie Crawford,Okaihau, NZ

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Name: Alice Mary Sturge

Sex: F

Birth: 1852

Death: 25 OCT 1945

Reference Number: 1951

Note:

came to NZ Abt 1868

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Father: Joseph Sturge b: 21 AUG 1818

Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Nesbit b: 7 AUG 1821

Marriage 1 George Redfern b: ABT 1844

Married: 23 JUL 1872

Children

Alice Redfern

Ethel Redfern
George Redfern
Joe Redfern
Ted Redfern
Lewis Redfern
Arthur Redfern
Grace Redfern
Fred Redfern
Annie Redfern
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Alice Mary Sturge Pedigree

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Birth:  18 APR 1851   Axbridge, Somerset, England  

Death: 26 NOV 1945 Lucas Creek, Auckland, New Zealand
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Marriages:

 Spouse:  George Redfern  Family 

Marriage: 23 JUL 1872 Monganui, , , New Zealand
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Husband

George Redfern Pedigree  

Birth: 25 MAR 1844 Hanley, Stafford, England
Marriage: 23 JUL 1872 Monganui, , , New Zealand

Death: 03 FEB 1901 Tangeteroria, , , New Zealand

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Wife

Alice Mary Sturge Pedigree  

Birth: 18 APR 1851 Axbridge, Somerset, England
Marriage: 23 JUL 1872 Monganui, , , New Zealand

Death: 26 NOV 1945 Lucas Creek, Auckland, New Zealand

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Children

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1. Alice Elizabeth Redfern Pedigree Female

  Birth:  17 MAY 1873  , , New Zealand  

Death: 01 JAN 1957

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2. Ethel Mary Redfern Pedigree Female

  Birth:  25 SEP 1874  , Auckland, New Zealand 

Death: 08 NOV 1954 , Auckland, New Zealand

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3. George Nesbit Redfern Pedigree Male

  Birth:  27 MAY 1877  , Auckland, New Zealand 

Death: 30 AUG 1937 , Auckland, New Zealand

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4. Joseph Sturge Redfern Pedigree Male

  Birth:  11 FEB 1878  , Auckland, New Zealand 

Death: 07 MAY 1956 , Auckland, New Zealand

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5. Edward Albert Redfern Pedigree Male

  Birth:  29 JUL 1879  , Auckland, New Zealand 

Death: 01 MAR 1954 , , New Zealand

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6. Herbert Lewis Redfern Pedigree Male

  Birth:  09 JAN 1884  Russell, Auckland, New Zealand  

Death: 14 SEP 1927 , , New Zealand

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7. Arthur John Redfern Pedigree Male

  Birth:  11 JUN 1887  Russell, Auckland, New Zealand 

Death: 24 MAR 1963 , , New Zealand

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8. Theodora Grace Redfern Pedigree Female

  Birth:  06 APR 1890  , , New Zealand 

Death: 05 JAN 1941 , , New Zealand

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 9.   Unavailable Pedigree 

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10. Annie Sarah Redfern Pedigree Female

  Birth:  22 MAR 1896  , Auckland, New Zealand 

Death: 02 JUN 1975 , , New Zealand

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George Redfern was born in Brirmingham, England, the son of James Redfern, a Wesleyan Minister.

His father James, a widower, decided to start a new life in the colonies, and in 1862, he and his family of 7 children toook passage in the sailing ship "MATILDA WATTENBACK"

enroute for the new settlement of Albertland on the Kaipara Harbour.

George, who was the eldest son, was 18 years old when he arrived in NZ. He later married Alice Mary Sturge.

For may years, George, Alice and family travelled hundreds of miles on horseback at his trade: photography.

He would take photgraphs of the settlers, gumdiggers, and school photographs and was a very popular figure...photgraphers in those days were still few and far between.

The art of photography was done with a large box camera weighing about 40lbs, which could be carried on the back, together with a tipod on which the box camera would be moutned for taking photos. Film, as we know it now, had not been invented and glass plates were used to capture the images.

George would prepare and develp his own plates using chmeicals which he mised himself, a rather long and tedious processs.

Mr Redfern had his studios in Symonds Street, over a chemist's shop. This shop, together with the studio, was later destroyed by fire and Mr Redfern moved into other premises also situated over a shop. However, withing 2 weeks, he was again burn out. This was in 1899 and he and Mrs Redfern, then decided to establish a new life.

Greenhithe was the area chosen and they first lived in the house a Mr Powell had built on the b anks of Lucas Creek ( Lower Churchouse Rd.)

The same year, they purchased the 36 acres of Land being paort of crown Grant 166.

Mr and Mrs Redfern with 5 of their 10 children, (5 having grown up and moved away), moved into a 2 room house constructed of split rimu logs with a nikau palm roof, which Mr Redfern and his family had constructed. It must have been a great blow to Mrs Redfern when her husband died only one year after having moved to their property.

Mrs Redfern and her children carried on clearing the land of bush and Ti Tree for the establishment of a mixed farm.

IN 1904, it was decided that a larger huse was needed to cater for the growing children and with the heop of Mr Knaggs, who had built his own house where the Community Hall is now, they constructed a new home.

Later in 1914,a further house constructed to replace the previous one. this house was to serve Mrs Redfern the rest of her life.

On October 25 1945, Mrs Alice Redfern died in he 94th year, a grand old pioneer of the Greenhithe area. Life for the average settler was not an easy one, and for a widow with 5 children, the challenge was far greater, but Mrs Redfern faced all hardships with courage and determination.

On her death , the porperty passed to her daughter Annie Redfern who had looked after her mother for many years. Annie Redfern had tiled on the land beside her brothers and the work she put into this porperty would have shamed many a man. she cleared Ti Tree, dug drains, milked cows and fixed fences. She also found time to donate her services to the social activities of Greenhithe.

In 1965, Annie Redfern sold all but 14 acres of the porperty. On her death in 1975, her property passed to her nephew, R W. Ching.

In 1982, Mr Ching donated 2.4 ha of native bush to toeh Takapuna City to be preserved as a native tree reserve and bird sanctuary.

Thanks to Ray King,

25 Tauhinu Rd,

Greenhithe

Auckland

for permission to use this section of his book....TAUHINU, A HISTORY OF GREENHITHE.

This information is from ...The Sturge Family history

compiled by Debbie Crawford (nee Sturge)

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