Marriages
- Grooms George William Sheldon & Selina MANDER m. 12 April 1904
at St Barnabas, Fendalton.
ages: 34/22, occ: gardener, born:
Amberley/Fendalton.
parents: George & Sarah Sheldon, nee PLEASANCE. farmer.
William & Mary Ann Mander, nee NEAL, gardener.
witness: Gertrude Mander, Fendalton,
Matthew Charles Smith, hairdresser. William Alfred Sheldon & Margaret BROWN m. 13 March 1895 at
res. of Margaret Brown, Lakeside.
ages: 24/32,
bachelor/widow, 16 Nov. 1893.
born: Glossop, Derbyshire/Coalraine
parents: William & Mary Sheldon, nee GAMBLE, power loom
manager.
Joseph & Nancy
CAMPBELL, nee GALBRAITH
witness: mark beckett, Southbridge,
bootmaker, Mary Matthews
Wallace, Lakeside,
Marriages - Brides Charles Henry GORTON
& Fanny Louisa Sheldon m.1 June 1887 at St Paul's,
Leithfield.
ages: 23/19,
occ: sheepfarmer, born: Devonshire,
England/Geelong, Victoria.
parents: Charles & Louisa Gorton, nee TAYLOR, ret. Army officer
John &
Maria Christiana Sheldon, nee YEGER, clergyman.
witness: L.C.Sladden, View Hill,
cadet, Emily Sheldon,
Leithfield, J.C.Sheldon, tutor, Leithfield.
Augustus Fitzgerald STRANGMAN
& Ann Maria Sheldon m. 16 April
1885 at St Andrew's, Oxford.
ages: 32 / 20; occ: bank
agent; born: Waterford, Ireland / Emerald Hill,
Victoria, Australia;
parents; John & Mary Ann
Strangman, nee FITZGERALD, gentleman.
John & Maria
Sheldon, nee JEGER, clergyman, English
Church.
witness: Rowland Palairet; Catherine
McLellan Sheldon;
Drummond BAILEY
& Emily Sheldon m. 26 November 1888
at St Paul's, Leithfield.
ages: 30/22, occ:
farmer,
Born: Bath, England/Winchelsea, Victoria,Australia.
parents: Charles & Charlotte Drummond, nee BURBIDGE, Lieutenant 56
Reg. Ft. H.M.A.
John & Maria Christiana
Sheldon, nee JEGER,
clergyman.
witness: James Homersham, wool stapler,
Leithfield,
M.W.Reston, Catherine Mclellan
Sheldon, John Weld, farmer, Oxford. Douglas Drummond Bailey
- b. 16 October 1902 to Drummond & Emily,
Rangiora, farmer.
James HOMERSHAM
& Catherine McLellan Sheldon m. 28 February
1889 at St Paul's Church, Leithfield.
ages: 53/29,
bachelor/spinster, occ.
wool-broker. born: London, England/Penola, South
Australia.
parents: Arthur Ryder & Margaret
Homersham, nee SEATH,
wool-broker.
John & Maria Christiana Sheldon, nee JEGER, clergyman
witness: A.M Homersham, wool stapler,
Christchurch, Emma J.Gordon, John Melville Homersham -
b. 8 December 1896 to James & Katherine McLellan, New
Brighton, occ gentleman, twin of Wilfred Rainsford
Charles SMITH &
Elizabeth Sheldon m. 14 June 1898 at St
Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: 24/19, occ;
hairdresser, born:
Hokitika/Amberley,
parents: William & Elvia Smith, nee JONES, carpenter
George & Sarah Sheldon, nee PLEASANCE, farmer.
witness: Elizabeth R.Bettle,
Christchurch, George Ward deal,
hairdresser. George Sheldon, Amberley.
Births - George William - b. 19 February 1870 to George
& Sarah, Amberley, labourer. Harold Drummond - b. 1 November 1890to James Christian & Ada
Jane, Charing Cross, schoolmaster. sponsors - Catherine McLellan Homersham,
Drummond Bailey.
Mary Selina Faith - b. 10 July 1907 to George William
& Selina, Sydenham, gardener.
Burials - George -
13 July1904. age 67, pensioner, Amberley Harold James Drummond - bur. 27 Feb. 1962, age 71Crematorium, Geoff
N. Sheldon, brother John - bur. 12 August 1908, age 82. Clerk
in Holy orders, late Vicar of Governor's Bay.
Joseph Benjamin - bur.16 April 1869, age
5mths. son of George, res.Amberley,
Margaret - bur. 13 May 1936, age 74.
Sydenham Cemetery.
Maria Christiana - bur. 9 September 1907, age 74, NOK
Rev. J.Sheldon, res. Linwood.
Selina - bur. 22 July 1907 age 25, wife of George,
dua. of William Mander, res. Sydenham. Papanui Cemetery. Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
10 March 2010