Family History Photos
Below are the complete set of family history photos and their descriptions:
Anderson Family Photos
Robert Jnr. and Martha Anderson (formerly Williams) and their family
My great grandparents and their 13 children taken in London in the early 1900s. Robert Jnr. was a journeyman cabinet-maker and I am the proud owner of a maple chair made by him. Back Row: Charles Edward (1887-1921); Ernest Robert (1881- ); Janet (1886-1922); James Henry (1882-1919); Helen (1879-1960); Alfred (1884-1954); Peter Frederick (1880-1943); Alice (1891-1924); William Walter (1890-1931). Middle Row: Arthur Harold (1892-1975); Daisy (1894-1962); Robert Jnr. (1849-1920); Martha (1852-1927). Front Row: Margaret Eliza (1895-1979); Beatrice Lily (1897-1966).
White Lion Inn, Stowmarket
Birthplace of my great grandmother, Martha Williams (1852--1927).Top Left: 1880s-Drawing of White Lion sign. Closed as inn in 1892; Top Right: Post 1892-Former White Lion in right foreground. Now shop of F W Robinson, coachbuilder; Bottom three photos: Early 1960s-2/3 of building now demolished. Remnant used as storeroom until demolished in early 1990s to make way for inner ring road.
John Bonthram and Jane Veitch Light (formerly Anderson) and their family
Jane Veitch Light was my great great aunt, the sister of Robert Anderson Jnr. Back Row: Grace Lennie (1885- ); Hector (1893-1983); Jane (1883-1964); John Bonthron (1882- ); Janet McEwan (1889- ). Front Row: John Bonthron (1854-1929); Helen Anderson (1896- ); Jane Veitch (1854-1941)
Graves of Robert Jnr. and Charles Edward Anderson
The graves of my great grandfather and great uncle in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. The inscription reads: "A light is from the household done, a voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant in our home, which never can be filled"
Family of Alfred and Florence Anderson (formerly Britton)
The 7 children of my grandparents, taken in Wanganui, New Zealand in the 1920s. Left to Right: Eric Robert (1909-1967); Beryl (1912- ); Ian Charles (1918-1986); Allan James (Bunt) (1921- ); John (Jack) Travers (1916-1989); Mary Huia (1910-2002); Jean (1914- ).
Wedding Invitation of Eric Robert Anderson and Hazel Emily McCauley
Note that the invitation was at the request of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ladner, Hazel's uncle and aunt, who brought up my mother and her siblings. My mother's father, George Thomas McCauley, was still alive at the time of her wedding
Eric Robert and Hazel Emily Anderson (formerly McCauley)
Taken on the marriage of my parents on 22 January 1938 at St. Mary's church, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Eric Robert, Hazel Emily, Patricia Rae and Robert John Anderson
Believed to have been taken when my sister, Patricia, was bridesmaid at the wedding of my uncle, Allan James (Bunt) Anderson and Patricia Treadwell in Wanganui, New Zealand.
Eric Robert and Hazel Emily Anderson
My parents leaving a DC3 aircraft of NAC (now Air New Zealand) during a visit to Christchurch, New Zealand, in the early 1960s to attend a Rotary International conference. My father was the second president of Wanganui North Rotary Club
Robert John and Elizabeth Anderson (formerly Clayton)
Taken in January 2006 when I became Captain of Burton-on-Trent Golf Club
McCauley Family Photos
Christchurch Town Halls
Elijah Gadd, my great great grandfather, built the first (wooden) town hall (second building from the left), completed in 1857, but this soon proved too small. He also provided the stone for the second, much larger town hall (to the right of the photograph), completed in 1863.The stone hall was so badly damaged by an earthquake in 1869 that it was condemned. The Supreme Court used to sit in the wooden hall.
Heathcote Hotel in the 1880s
This hotel was previously jointly owned by my great great grandfather, Elijah Gadd
Heathcote Hotel in 2006
The same hotel as it is today, much modified and renamed the Valley Inn Tavern
Gadd Headstone
In Barbadoes Street Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand. The inscription reads as follows: "Sacred to the memory of Sarah Ann the beloved wife of Elijah Gadd who died Dec 2nd 1854 aged 24 years Also of Samuel their son who died Jan 26th 1855 aged 9 weeks Also of Sarah Ann the second and beloved wife of Elijah Gadd who died Jan 12th 1871 aged 31 years Also of Jane their daughter died May 23rd 1862 aged 14 months"
Joseph and Sarah Cooksley (formerly Gadd)
My great great great aunt (1824-1894), the eldest sister of Elijah Gadd, and her husband who emigrated to New Zealand on the ship Waikato in 1875
James and Hester Carpenter (formerly Gadd)
My great great great aunt (1832-1905), the third sister of Elijah Gadd, and her husband who emigrated to New Zealand on the ship Dunedin in 1874
The Light Brigade
Henry James Ford sailed from London to Lyttleton, New Zealand in this ship in 1868. It was a vessel of 1214 tons
Henry James and Emily Ann Ford (formerly Gadd) and their family
My great grandparents and their 7 children taken in New Zealand in the early 1900s. Back Row: Eva; Christopher Ruben; Elizabeth Ann; Henry James; Sara Ann (1878-1925). Middle Row: Henry James (1850-1915); Emily Ann (1853-1907). Front Row: William Alexander ( -1916); Frederick Thomas
Misses Ford's Tearooms
Taken in Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand, this was one of the old photographs printed on a series of commemorative drink-mats produced in New Zealand in the early 1990s. My grandmother, Sara Ann Ford, is on the left and her sister, Eva, on the right of the photograph.
The Jessie Osborne
The McCauley family sailed from Liverpool to Auckland, New Zealand in this ship in 1876. It was a full-rigged vessel of 1058 tons
George Thomas and Sara Ann McCauley (formerly Ford)
Taken on the marriage of my grandparents in Kaponga, Taranaki, New Zealand on 4th August 1908
George Thomas McCauley
My grandfather, taken in his prime. George was a world champion axeman. He died tragically, burnt to death in his wooden hut, presumably due to smoking in bed, on 19th October 1938
Harry and Margaret Isabella Ladner (formerly McCauley)
My great uncle and aunt, taken on their marriage on 24th April 1911. Without children themselves, they brought up my mother and her siblings following the early death of their mother, Sara Ann McCauley.
Graves of John Jnr. McCauley, William and Eliza Jane McCauley (formerly Donaldson)
My great grandparents, John Jnr.and Eliza Jane McCauley, were born in Northern Ireland and emigrated to New Zealand in 1876. Their graves and that of John Jnr.'s brother, William, are in the Katikati cemetery, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. John Jnr. died on 26th May 1910 when his horse and cart left the road in the Athenree Gorge and fell into the Waihi River.
Margaret Isabella, Lillian and Margaret Olive Allan
My great great aunt Margaret Isabella Allan (formerly McCauley, 1867-1934), a sister of John Jnr. McCauley, and her daughters, Lillian Mabel (1895-1971) and Margaret Olive (1902-1976)
Martha Brierly (formerly McCauley)
My great great aunt Martha Brierly (formerly McCauley, 1863-1932), a sister of John Jnr. McCauley. Martha gave birth to an illegitimate son during the voyage of the Jessie Osborne bringing the McCauley family to New Zealand
Hazel Emily Anderson (formerly McCauley)
My mother taken prior to her marriage
John Glen McCauley
My uncle (and godfather) John joined the RAF after the outbreak of war and was lost while a passenger on a Handley Page Harrow aircraft flying from Portreath, Cornwall, to Gibraltar on 19th December 1942. He, his father (George Thomas McCauley) and grandfather (John Jnr. McCauley) all died in accidents
John Glen and Joan Dorothy McCauley (formerly Harvey)
My uncle and aunt, presumably taken at about the time of their marriage in London on 16th July 1938
Plaque in Memory of John Glen McCauley
Placed beside an oak tree at the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas, Staffordshire, U.K. on 21st September 2006. The wording is as follows: "In memory of Flying Officer John Glen McCauley R.A.F.V.R.118987. Born Kaponga, New Zealand. Lost over Bay of Biscay on 19.12.42, aged 42 years. Planted by his nephew and godson, Robert John Anderson".
Quita Margarett Eva Crone (formerly McCauley)
My aunt Quita was the youngest of my mother's three siblings. She died on 18th September, 1967, at the young age of 44, shortly after this photograph was taken, leaving a husband and six young children