HUTTON, Amy

1916 - 2016  (100 years)

• Name	HUTTON, Amy
  Birth	7 Jul 1916	Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Jul 2016	Balclutha, Clutha, Otago, New Zealand
  Person ID	I2188	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	HUTTON, Robert Hogg,   b. Jan 1877, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 3 Dec 1946, Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand (Age ~ 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	ROSS, Ellen,   b. 8 Apr 1872, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand d. 5 Apr 1969, Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand (Age 96 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Apr 1904	Otepopo Parish, Otago, New Zealand   [1]
  Family ID	F1022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GRAY, Gordon Thomas,   b. 8 Mar 1914, Wairau, Marlborough, New Zealand d. 27 Sep 1995, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1939
  Children	+ 1. GRAY, Living  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. GRAY, Living  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. GRAY, Living  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. GRAY, Wendy Ann,   b. 3 Oct 1947, Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand d. 25 Feb 1999, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. GRAY, John Malcolm,   b. 21 Mar 1950, Otago, New Zealand d. 1981, Collingwood, Tasman, New Zealand (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Jul 1916 - Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Death - 17 Jul 2016 - Balclutha, Clutha, Otago, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Amy Gray nee Hutton
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  		Wedding_GrayWA & McMillan GV Wend and Vaughan McMillan's wedding
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  		GrayGTHuttonAGrayWAMcMillanKR 1yr Picnic with Amy (nee Hutton), Wendy, Kim (approx 1 year), Gordon Gray
  		Amy Hutton Celebrating 100Years 2016
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  		GrayA(neeHutton)70th BirthdayDunedin Amy's 70th Birthday, lighting the cake with Mark
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• Notes

  Thursday will be a very special day for Balclutha great-grandmother Amy Gray, who celebrates her 100th birthday. Amy Hutton was born on July 7, 1916 in the Waianakarua district in North Otago. She married Gordon Gray, "a lad who lived down the road'', in 1939. The youngest and last surviving of five daughters, Mrs Gray described herself as a "camper and a traveller''. Her son, Cliff, and his wife Isobel, said she travelled all through Europe, even in old age. She continued to travel to the Gold Coast until she was 90. Mr Gray said there was "not a corner of the South Island'' the family had not visited, as they went on holiday almost every long weekend. He said his mother loved gardening and puzzles, as well as trout fishing. Of all the family, she was the keenest to get out on the river. She worked at a variety of jobs, including manager of a store in Herbert. Mrs Gray moved to Balclutha from Dunedin in 1996, one year after her husband died. Mr Gray said she was a happy soul who always smiled at everyone and was well liked by many people. When asked the most important lesson he had learned from his mother, Mr Gray said it was to never smoke. The lesson seems to have been a valuable one, as none of his siblings had taken up the habit either. Longevity seems to have come from Mrs Gray's mother who was buried on her 97th birthday. Mrs Gray is the only one of her siblings to reach 100. She has five children, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mrs Gray now lives at Holmdene Home For The Aged where she will celebrate her birthday with friends and family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).