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Marriages  -    males
Aaron Godfrey  &  Mary GILBERT     m.  19 July 1881   at  St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages:  25 / 21;    occ:  farm labourer;    born: Hertfordshire / England / Timaru, NZ.   usual address: Southbridge;
parents:  Joseph &  ------ 
                    John & Mary Gilbert,  nee MADDEN,  a tailor.
witness:  Joseph Reuton,  butcher,  Christchurch:      Ada Gilbert;

Aaron Godfrey  &  Kate GALYER  m.    18 January 1905 at St Thomas's, Dunsandel.
ages: 25 ; 25;    widower, 9 Dec. 1891 / spinster;   born:  Hamstead, Luton, England / Irwell;
parents:  Joseph &  --------   labourer.
                    David & Elizabeth Galyer,  nee CAREY,  farmer.
witness:  Bertram Nelson,  West Oxford, farmer:     Lilian Violet May Galyer,  Brookside.

Alexander Arthur Ernest Godfrey  &  Mary Sarah GOULD  m.  1 January 1888 at Baptist Church,  Oxford tce.
ages: 27 / 23;    occ: baker;   born:  Staffordshire, England / Devonshire, England;
parents:  Elisha & Elizabeth Godfrey,  nee RICHARDS,  grocer.
                    William Collin  & Sarah Hannah Gould,  nee SHADOCK,  house decorator.
witness:   Theodore Augustine Godfrey;   Rosa Eliza Moss;

Alexander  Arthur Ernest Godfrey  &  Amy COLYER  m.  15 July 1891 at East Belt Weslyan Church.
ages: 30 /21:    widower, 5 June 1890 / spinster:    occ: baker;  born: Staffordshire, England / Canterbury, NZ;
parents:  Elisha & Elizabeth Godfrey,  nee  RICHARDS   grocer;
                    Thomas  & Maria Colyer,  nee WALLIN

Arthur Godfrey  &  Kate MORGAN  m. 6 June 1883  at St Paul's, Papanui.
ages:  21 / 17;   occ: labourer;   born:  both Papanui;
parents:  Harry Wiiliam & Anne Godfrey,  nee RAPLEY,  carpenter.
                    Edwin  Morgan &  Elizabeth JENSEN,  nee PRICE,  farmer.
witness:   Edward Godfrey,  butcher, Papanui:   William Godfrey,  saddler,  Papanui:   Harry Hearnden Godfrey,  joiner, Papanui:

Arthur Frank Godfrey   &  Nancy PURVES  m. 23 October 1916  at  Methodist Church,  Fitzgerald ave.
ages:  28 / 24;     occ: carpenter / saleswoman;     born:  Linwood / Papanui; 
parents:  William & Louisa  Godfrey, nee COTTLE,  occ: tailor.
                    John Charles  &    Margaret Purves,  nee ANDERSON,  wool classer.
witness:  Alice Margaret Denson,  Cashel st;       William Robert Godfrey,  boot trader, Christchurch;

Bertram Godfrey  &  Marion Elizabeth Macdonald CRICHTON  m.  18 December 1912  at Holy Trinity, Avonside.
ages:  29 / 30;    occ: salesman / Lady;     born:  Avonside, Christchurch / Belfast / Ireland;
parents:  Henry Charles & Phoebe Godfrey,  nee HODGSON,  merchant.
                    William Stewart &  Mary Crichton,  nee COOKE,  grain merchant.
witness:  V.E.Hamilton,  accountant, Fendalton:    E.M.Crichton,  Avonglade;

Charles Gilbert Godfrey   &  Edith Mary KNOWLES   m.  28 April 1898  at St Jame's,  Cust.
ages:  28 / 19;    occ: farmer;    born:  Norwood / Cust;    usual address:  Wanganui;
parents:  Charles E.  &  Emily Frances Godfrey,  nee COPPINGER,  accountant.
                    Hadareza C.H.  &  Elizabeth Knowles,  nee WHITTEM,  sheep farmer.
witness:  H.A.Wright,  railway dept.  Cust:    Dorothy Godfrey,  Christchurch:

Edward Godfrey   &  Caroline PERSTON   m.  1 February 1896 at Church of Good Shepherd,  Phillipstown.
ages:  32 / 30;        bachelor / widow - 1893;     occ: butcher;   born:  both Christchurch.
parents:  Henry William  & Anne Godfrey,  nee RAPLEY,  builder;
                    Leonard Perston   & Jessie STACE,  nee COLE,  farmer.
witness:  W.Twyneham,  builder, Christchurch;   A. Twyneham,  his wife;

Frederick Godfrey  &  Frances Isabel COWELL  m. 16 December 1886  at St mary's Church, Addington.
ages:  36 / 28;    divorced / spinster;      occ:  cook / nurse;       born: West Bromwich, Staffordshire / Hatfield, Essex, England;
parents:  Richard & Elizabeth Godfrey,  nee BATES,  mechanic.
        William   & Frances Isabel Cowell,  nee WARNER,    vet surgeon.
witness:  Theodore Augustine Godfrey,  cook, Cashel st;     Richard Greenwood,  warder, Sunnyside Asylum.

Frederick Albert Godfrey  &  Isabella SHEPHARD   m.  9 February 1890  at  Baptist Church, Oxford tce.
ages:  23 / 24;   occ: fitter;    born:  Staffordshire, England / Christchurch;
parents:  Elisha  & Elizabeth Godfrey, nee RICHARDSON,   grocer.
                    John  & Jane Shephard,  nee TAYLOR,  farmer.
witness:  Andrew Izett,  Christchurch;   Ann Thurble;

Harry Wiiliam Godfrey   &  Anne RAPLEY  m.  28 May 1856  at Papanui Church.
ages:  full / minor;     occ: carpenter;   
witness:  Arthur Rapley;   William Rapley;

Henry Godfrey  &  Olive Kate  FISHER  m.  2 September 1911  at  Holy Trinity, Avonside,
ages:  29 / 29;    occ: surveyor;   born: Nelson / Gisborne;   usual address:  Wagga Wagga
parents:  Henry Charles  & Phoebe Godfrey,  nee HODGSON,  merchant.
                    Richard  Hill & Alice  Agnes Fisher,  nee WARREN,  share broker.
witness:  Bertram Godfrey,  book keeper;  R.Hill Fisher,  accountant;   Warren Fisher,  share broker:

John Douglas Godfrey   &  Fanny Robertha TUTTON   m.  19 April 1922  at Holy Trinity, Avonside;
ages: 32 / -          occ: solicitor:      born: Christchurch / Rangiora;
parents:   Henry Charles  &  Phoebe Godfrey,  nee HODGSON,  merchant.
                    Alfred Poole  &  Emily Dorcas Tutton,  nee BUSCH,  farmer.
witness:   D.Oliver,  law clerk:    J.Tutton,  grain merchant:

Robert Henry Godfrey  &  Mary Alice Barfield GALLAND   m.  11 May 1884  at Church of Good Shepherd, Phillipstown.
ages:  23 / 22;    occ: telegraphist;    born:  Worcestershire / Victoria.
parents:  Henry & Elizabeth Godfrey,  nee FERIDAY,  nurseryman.
                    William  Burfield   & Emmeline Galland,  nee RHODES,  carpenter
witness:  A. Ulrich,  coal merchant, Christchurch;    Sarah F.B. Galland,  sister of bride.

Robert Walter Godfrey  &  Alice JOHNSTON  m.  14 September 1904  at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages:  30 / 30;    occ:  labourer / housekeeper;          born:   London / wellington;
parents:    Charles Edwin  &  Emily  Godfrey,  nee COPPINGER,  accountant.
                        John  & Fanny Johnston,  nee KINGSBURY,  farmer.
witness:  W.S.Godfrey,  public accountant, Christchurch:       Dorothy Godfrey,  22 Stanmore rd, Richmond;

Samuel John Godfrey   &   Amy Rosina JAMIESON  m.  13 January 1914  at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages:  22 / 22;   occ:  engine driver;    born:  Picton / Hokitika;
parents:  Francis   Robert & Elizabeth Godfrey,  nee RABONE,  contractor.
        Alexander & ida Jamieson,  nee GARNER,  farmer.
witness:  Leonard Halling, motor engineer;     Henry Munro Fulton,  traveller.

Upton Willoughby  Godfrey   &  Clarrisa Robenia FORWARD  m.  17 January 1917  at Methodist Church, Fitzgerald Ave.
ages:  25 / 24;    occ: postal clerk / drapers assistant:   born:  Brunnerton / Prebbleton;
parents:  Theodore Augustine &  Ellen Godfrey,  nee COLSTON,  railway employee.
                        Alfred George & Robenia Forward,  nee TAYLOR,  commission agent.
witness:  Alfred George Forward,  draper, Christchurch:     Edmund John Edwards,  clerk, Christchurch.

Wilfred Stuart Godfrey   &  Alice Mary  PALAIRET   m. 30 January 1900  at  Holy Trinity,  Avonside.
ages:  29 / 25;    occ: accountant;    born:  Thornton Heat, Surrey,  England / Christchurch;
parents:  Charles Edwin  &  Emily Frances Godfrey,  nee COPPINGER,  accountant;
        Colthurst & Louisa Mary Palairet,  nee SLATER,  land broker.
witness:  C. Palairet,  land broker, Linwood:    henry Alexander Glass,  accountant;  Ethel L. Palairet;

William Godfrey   &  Mary MUFF   m. 15 April 1901  at  St John's,  Christchurch.
ages:  33 / 34;     occ: factory manager;     born:  London / Bristol;
parents:  Henry & Anne Godfrey,  nee BEADLEY,  manufacturer.
                        Isaac (dec)  &  Anne Muff,  nee ROBERTS, 
witness:  H.Chapman,  Christchurch,  railways;   G.Roberts,  The Peaks,  teacher;

William Godfrey  &  Martha SMITH   m. 17 April 1862  at  res. of geo. Clark,  Dampier's Bay. Lyttelton.
ages:  53 / 43;   widower / widow;     occ: cabinet maker;
witness:  Ellen Rose Clark,  Lyttelton;   J.S. Balestice,  printer;

William Albert Dunstan Godfrey   &  Gladys Florence BARWELL  m.  16 September 1924  at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages:  27 / 25:   occ: motor car painter;   born:  Kensington, England / Orepuki;
parents:  Henry & Ann Godfrey,  nee  LADE,  linesman.
        Edward & Florence Rachel Barwell,  nee MILLAR,  tramway employee.
witness:  E.H.Ranson, storekeeper, High st:     Elsie Godfrey,  machinist,  Cashel st.

William Charles Godfrey   &  Elizabeth Jane KNIGHT   m.  1 April 1911  at Methodist Church,  Sydenham.
ages:  39 / 34;    occ: cook / tailoress;    born:  Hobart / Bendigo, Victoria;
parents:  John  &  Maria Elizabeth Godfrey,  nee WATSON,  gold smelter.
                        William John &  Sarah Jane Knight,  nee DREW,  dairyman.
witness:  William Henry Rigby,  engineer;   George Peter Taylor,  carpenter;

William Henry Godfrey  &  Ada Winifred FIELD  m.  11 November 1915  at All Saint's,  Sumner.
ages:  38 / 39;     occ: clerk / nurse;      born: London, England / Christchurch;  usual address: Tokanui;
parents:  Benjamin  & Eliza Godfrey,  nee COOPER,   bank manager.
                    James & Jane Field,  nee PARKERSON,  farmer.
witness:  Elizabeth Kate Field,  nurse, Sumner:    Gerald Pixley Field,  Springfield,  farmer: 


Marriages  -  Brides
Cecil Alexander CHAMBERS   &   Annie Violet Eva Godfrey  m.  22 March 1906  at res. Mrs Chambers, Sydenham.
ages: 25 / 25:    occ: telegraphist;    born:  both Christchurch;  
parents:  James & Charlotte Eliza Chambers,  nee CADE,  contractor.
                    Elisha  & Elizabeth Godfrey,  nee RICHARDS,  storekeeper.
witness:  G.H.Chambers, clerk,  Sydenham:    Ruby E. Fountaine,  Chester st, Christchurch.

Thomas Parker DAVISON  &  Eleanor Burman Godfrey  m.  9 January 1851   on board "Castle Eden"
witness:  Hannah Fletcher;   William Holmes: 

Nelson JONES   &  Eleanor Margaret Godfrey   m.  15 October 1907  at Holy Trinity, Avonside.
ages:  27 / 21;   occ: electrical engineer;    born:  Wanganui / Christchurch;  
parents:  Leonard Henry  &  Agnes Jones,  nee HODGSON, 
                    Henry Charles & Phoebe Godfrey,  nee HODGSON,  merchant.
witness:  Henry Godfrey,  surveyor,   Wellington;      H.C.Godfrey,  merchant, Christchurch;   Elsie Arrowsmith; 
                                Irene Jones;   Risna Jones;  Zoe Arrowsmith; 

George Thomas CLARK   &  Ellen Rosa Godfrey  m.  7 February 1855 at Temporary Church,  Lyttelton.
ages: 24 / 20;   occ: carrier;        witness:  William Godfrey;   Ann Rapley; 
also present  Christopher Alderson Calvert,  barrister at law,  sec. to JACKSON

Royd Thornton ROBERTS  &  Kathleen Mary Godfrey  m.  22 June 1940 at All Saints,  Sumner.
occ:  soldier; m    born: Whakatane / Christchurch;      usual address:  Opotiki;
parents:  Allan Frith  & Winifred Sawyer Roberts,  nee ELDRIDGE,  clerk;
                        Bertram & Marion Elizabeth Macdonald Godfrey,  nee CRICHTON, 
witness:  R.D.Lovell,  Burnham;   K.L.Manson,  Redcliffs;

Henry Alexander GLASS  &  Marion Prescott Godfrey   m.  2 February 1895 at All Saint's, Burwood.
ages:  31 / 27;    occ:  Bank Clerk:     born: Aldershot / Kensington;
parents:  Henry Edward  & Anne Evans Glass,  nee BRIDGMAN,  Colonel H.M.I.
                        Charles Edwin  &  Emily Frances Godfrey,  nee COPPIAGE,  managing clerk.
witness:  Chas. E.Godfrey,  Avonside,  clerk:      Dorothy Godfrey,  Avonside;

Hugh Edward MORGAN   &   Mary Godfrey   m. 8 June 1887  at  St Paul's,  Papanui.
ages:  both full;    occ: wool sorter;   born: Hadleigh,  Suffolk / Papanui, Christchurch.
parents:  Edward & Jane Morgan,  nee GROUSE,  schoolmaster.
                       Harry William   &  Ann Godfrey, nee RAPLEY,  builder.
witness:  H.Godfrey,  builder, Papanui;  Anne Godfrey;  Ellen Godfrey;  William Godfrey, saddler;  
                                Rose Amelia Good;  A.B.Morgan:

Robert Carruthers NICHOLSON   &  Margaret Macdonald Godfrey   m.  25 January 1941 at  All Saints, Sumner.
occ:  clergyman;   born:  Christchurch / Riccarton;
parents:  Robert &  Cassandra Hannah Nicholson,  nee WALKER,  woollen merchant.
                    Bertram & Marion Elizabeth Macdonald Godfrey,  nee CRICHTON,  comm traveller.
witness:    Bertram Godfrey,  comm traveller;   Robert Nicholson, Fendalton;   Basil H.Williams, clergyman,  Rangiora.

Thomas James  WOOD   &  Rose Amelia Godfrey   m. 29 October 1863  at  Holy Trinity, Lyttelton.
ages:  both full;     occ: farmer;     
witness:  William Godfrey, cabinet maker,  Lyttelton;     Reginald Orton,  overseer,  Charteris Bay;    Alice Gee;


Births  - 
Albert Stanley - b.  22 August 1896  to William & Louisa,  occ: tailor.
Arthur -  b.  16 October 1861  to  Harry & Anne,  Papanui.
Arthur Frank  - b. 10 May 1887  to  William & Louisa,  Linwood,  occ: tailor.
Aubrey Theodore - b. 1 October 1890  to Frederick Albert  & Isabella,  nee SHEPHARD.
Bertram  -  b. 8 July 1883  to Henry Charles  &  Phoebe,  Haast st, Avonville,  salesman.
Constance Ann  - b. 23 July 1884  to Arthur & Kate,  Papanui.
David -  b. 11 February 1892  to  Henry Charles  &  Phoebe,  Lincoln st.
Dorothea Jane -  b. 14 October 1876  to  Charles Edwin  &  Emily  Frances,  Avonville.  civil service.
Edith Alice  - b. 30 November 1891  to  Louis  &  Amelia,  Christchurch,  occ: carver.
Edward -  b. 20 July 1863  to  Harry William  & Ann,  Harewood,  carpenter.
Edward Murray   - b. 3 May 1902 to Charles Geoffrey Gilbert & Edith Mary,  farmer.
Eleanor Margaret  - b. 18 January 1886  to  Henry Charles  &  Phoebe,  Armagh st.
Ellen -  b. 25 July 1870  to  Harry William  & Anne,  Papanui,  carpenter.
Elsie May -  b. 11 January 1886  to  Arthur & Kate,  North rd,  Papanui.
Emily -  b. 20 July 1863  to  Harry William  & Ann,  Harewood rd,  carpenter.
Frances Colthurst -  b. 26 August 1906  to  Wilfred Stuart  &  Alice Mary,  Linwood,  accountant.
Frank - b. 29 August 1875  to  Harry William  & Ann,  Papanui,  carpenter.
Fred -  b. 29 August 1868  to  Harry William  & Ann,  Papanui,  carpenter.
Frederick Polwhole -  b. 17 May 1883  to  Henry Polwhole  & Isabella Catherine,  Ealing, Ashburton,  farmer.
Harold Bateman  -  b. 20 April 1904  to Wilfred Stuart  &  Alice Mary,  Linwood,  accountant.
Henry Hearaden -  b. 3 April 1860 to  Harry William  & Anne,  Papanui,  carpenter.
Herbert James -  b. 31 October 1873  to Harry William  & Anne,  Papanui,  carpenter.
Ida Frances - b. 31 July 1905  to  Robert Walter  & Alice Mary,  Prebbleton.  farmer.
Jack Gilbert -  b. 25 August 1909  to  Robert Walter & Alice,  Halswell,  farmer.
John  - b. 2 July 1865  to  Harry William  & Anne,  Seadown,  farmer.
John -  b. 2 January 1880  to  Charles Edwin  &  Frances Emily,  Avonside,  clerk.
John Douglas -  b. 12 February 1890  to  Henry Charles  &  Phoebe,  Armagh st.  salesman.
Kathleen Judith  -  to Edward Murray & Alice Edith Aubrey,
Kathleen Mary  - b. 9 March 1914  to Bertram  & Marion Elizabeth, Macdonald.
Leonard Knowles  -  b. 10 May 1900  to  Charles Geoffrey Gilbert & Edith Mary,  farmer. res. Raetihi.
Lilian Maud  - b. 11 June 1887  to Arthur & Kate,  Papanui.
Lucy Kate - b. 7 August 1894  to  William  & Louisa,  Linwood.  occ: tailor
Margaret Macdonald - b. 27 March 1916 to Bertram & Mary Elizabeth Macdonald.  Riccarton,  salesman
Marion Robenia - b. 3 august 1923  to  Upton Willoughby  &  Clarissa Robenia,  P.O.clerk
Mary  - b. 26 June 1858  to   Harry William  & Anne,  Papanui,  carpenter.
Mary Edith Knowles  -b. 3 September 1904  to  Charles C.Gilbert & Edith Mary,  Raetihi, Wanganui.
May - b. 12 November 1877  to Harry & Anne,  Papanui,  builder.
Moreen Gloria - b. 17 July 1923  to William Robert & Ida Isabel,  Linwood,  storeman.
Nellie Isabel Cowell  - b. 23 September 1887  to Frederick & Frances Isabel,  Spreydon.
Noel Upton Colston  - b. 21 December 1918  to  Upton Willoughby & Clarissa Robenia, 
Percy George - b. 10 August 1899  to  William & Louisa,  Linwood,  occ; tailor.
Thomas -  b. 2 October 1866  to  Harry William  & Ann,  Papanui,  carpenter.
William -  b. 13 May 1857  to harry William  & Ann,  Harewood rd,  carpenter.
William Robert -  b. 21 June 1892  to William & Louisa,  Linwood,  occ: tailor.
Yzna Leila Ruth - b. 13 February 1892  to  Alexander Arthur Ernest  & Amy,  Chch,  confectioner


Burials  - 
Alice -  bur. 14 October 1937,  age 66,  farmer, Church Bay.  wife of J.Godfrey.  Bromley Cemetery.
Annie Violet Eva - bur. 10 October 1880,  dau. of Elisha  &  Elizabeth,  grocer.
Benjamin  -  bur. 10 December 1869,   age about  40,    occ;  groom, 
Charles Edwin  - bur. 1 May 1918  age 79,  res. Shirley.
Dorothea Jane  -  bur. 1 January 1911,  age 34,  res. Richmond.
Elisha -  bur. 10 January 1883, age 5,    son of Elisha & Elizabeth,  storekeeper, Chester st.
Elizabeth -  bur. 4 September 1901, age 62,  wife of Elisha,  storekeeper.
Emily  -  bur.  7 September 1863,  age 6weeks.  dau. of Harry William  & Ann.
Emily Frances -  bur. 19 June 1921,  age 84.
Fanny Florence -  bur. 2 January 1885,  age 3 days. 
Henry Charles -  bur. 15 June 1921,  age 65,  Linwood Cemetery.
John  - bur. 15 January 1880,  age 12 days,  son of Charles Edwin  &  Frances Emily,  Avonside,  clerk.
Joseph Broadley -  bur. 15 April 1879  age 6yrs,  son of Elisha & Elizabeth,  grocer.
Mary -  bur. 24 September 1941,  age 76,  (Mrs)  Waimari Cemetery
Mary Louisa -  bur. 5 August 1894  age 12,  Okain's Bay.
Mary Sarah -  bur. 7 June 1890,  age 25,  n.o.k. Alexander Arthur Ernest Godfrey.
Moureen Gloria -  bur. 6 June 1924,  age 10mths.  Lyttelton.
Nellie Isabel Cowell -  bur. 21 February 1888, age 5mths,  Frederick & Frances Isabel.
Richard James Palairet  - bur. 11 September 1956, age 8,  Ohakea Air Force Station.
Rosetta -  bur. 12 July 1855  age 46,  n.o.k.  William Godfrey,  school mistress,  Lyttelton.
Ruth -  b. 19 September 1890  to  Arthur &  Kate,  Styx.
Stuart Palairet  - b. 3 December 1900 to  Wilfred Stuart & Alice Mary,  Linwood,  accountant.
Susannah -  bur. 29 June 1902,  age 58. at Linwood, n.o.k.  Levi Godfrey.
Theodore Augustine  - bur. 29 April 1928,  age 59.
Thomas -  bur. 7 February 1870,   age almost 5 yrs.
Thomas Aaron  -  bur. 13 January 1909,  age 45?  formerly Southbridge.
Wilfred Stuart - bur. 2 May 1931  age 60, 
William -  bur. 10 January 1872,  age 64,  Lyttelton,  cabinet maker.

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