{"id":2946,"date":"2025-03-20T10:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=2946"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:38:33","slug":"henry-alfred-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wheeler\/henry-alfred-wheeler\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Alfred Wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Henry was 3 when he stepped ashore at Lyttelton. He was born on the 27 May 1867\u00a0at\u00a0Frome, Somerset, England.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the 10 May 1893\u00a0at\u00a0Gebbies Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand – probably his parent’s place – Henry married Jane Mary Ridley. According to their son, Jane was born in NZ but I have found no record of that, but there are compelling English records to suggest she was born in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together the couple would have 7 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Child<\/strong><\/td>Born<\/strong><\/td>Married<\/strong><\/td>Children<\/strong><\/td>Died<\/strong><\/td>Notes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Henry Matthew Major <\/td>22 Nov 1893<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>6 May 1919<\/td>Died in NZ of wounds – WWI<\/td><\/tr>
Violet Jane<\/td>8 Mar 1895<\/td>Twice <\/td>4<\/td>30 Sep 1970<\/td>William Muncey
Frank Bennett
Harold Stallard<\/td><\/tr>
Helen Mary<\/td>13 Jul 1897<\/td>Twice<\/td>3<\/td>28 Oct 1995<\/td>Charles Manson
George Munsey
John Kennedy<\/td><\/tr>

Charles Melville<\/td>		23 Nov 1898 <\/td>1922<\/td>1<\/td>10 Apr 1980 <\/td>Alberta Gieseler<\/td><\/tr>
Josephine Agatha<\/td>4 Mar 1902<\/td>20 Aug 1917
01 Jan 1942<\/td>		4\/
2<\/td>		8 Mar 2001 <\/td>William Firmston
Gordon Hammond<\/td><\/tr>
Francis Albert<\/td>28 Nov 1906<\/td>1934<\/td>5<\/td>17 Dec 1983<\/td>Edith Harris<\/td><\/tr>
Alphonsus William<\/td>23 Nov 1908<\/td>1943<\/td>1<\/td>18 Apr 1980<\/td>Gladys Stigley<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Henry passed away on the 29 Jul 1954 at\u00a0Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand and was cremated. A plaque to him can be seen at Canterbury Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, off Linwood Avenue, Christchurch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Notes on Henry’s wives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12 Aug 1912<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Henry’s second wife Isabella passed at the end of 1933 and her final resting place is Prebbleton Cemetery on the outskirts of Christchurch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Henry was 3 when he stepped ashore at Lyttelton. He was born on the 27 May 1867\u00a0at\u00a0Frome, Somerset, England. On the 10 May 1893\u00a0at\u00a0Gebbies Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand – probably his parent’s place – Henry married Jane Mary Ridley. According to their son, Jane was born in NZ but I have found no record of … <\/p>\n

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