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Chorlton, Okains Bay, Little Akaloa, Pigeon Bay are all on Banks Peninsula.
Cheviot,  Loburn, in  North Canterbury

Marriages  -  Males -
Alban Douglas  Wells  &  Agnes SPENSLEY   m. 12 September 1882    at St Marks Opawa,  
ages: 25/23,    occ: ironmonger,   b. Worcester / Melbourne,
parents:  Frederick & Eliza Wells,  nee Partington
              James & Agnes Galbraith Spensley,  nee REID (music seller)
witnesses:   James Spensley, Woolston, ( music seller)     Isabella  Baltimore Spensley, Woolston.

Alfred John  Wells   &  Helena JACKMAN   m. 15 April 1897   at St. Lukes Anglican Church, Christchurch.  
ages 27/26,   occ: carter,     born: Christchurch / Christchurch,
parents: George Thomas & Mary Ann Wells   nee BERBIDGE (brewer)
              Samuel & Helena Jackman     nee STEWART
witnesses: Charles Frederick Wells (bootmaker) Linwood,     Ellen Matilda Armitage.

Arthur Thomas  Wells    &    Jane SHUTTLEWORTH   m. 26 April 1891   at James Wells house, Little Akaloa.
 born: Okains Bay/Little Akaloa,     ages: full age/full age,    occ: farmer,
parents:  James & Huldah Wells
              Robert & Hannah Shuttleworth  nee STIMPSON
witness: James & Ellen Louisa Shuttleworth.

Charles Alexander  Wells   &  Florance (Lizzie)  LANE   m. 16 October 1883   at St. Marys, Church Merivale, Christchurch.
both full age,     born: Cheltenham, Eng./ Sydney,
parents:  Warwick Walter & Frances Janet Wells   nee FOX  (surgeon)
               W.H.  & Alice Jane Eskine Lane   nee BEAUCHAMP  (Gent)

Edwin Henry Wells  &  Margaret Jane JOHNSTON  m. 31 December 1885   at Holy Trinity Avonside,
ages: 22/23,   occ: upholsterer,        born: Avonside / County Down, Ireland,
parents:  George Thomas & Mary Ann Alice Wells,  nee Burbidge
               Charles & Jane Johnston,  nee McMEEKIN

Edwin Joseph Wells  &  Ellen FOULDS  m. 19 April 1864  at Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton.   
occ: gardener.
witnesses:  Richard Butt, marriner of Lyttelton,   Rosetta Butt, Isabella Foulds,   Amelia Foster

Ernest George Wells  &  Clara Annie Marguerite HULSTON  m.29 December 1920   at Durham St. Methodist Church.   
ages: 34/30  born: Greendale / West Melton,
parents:  John & Eliza Wells,  nee ADDINGTON
              James & Clara Anne Hulston,  nee CUBBAGE
witness:  Mary Calder  of Halkett,     Fred Aubrey Wells, of View Hill.

Ernest Joseph Wells  &  Edith Emily ROBSON   m. 22 August 1900   at house of  Mr Robson, St. Albans.  
occ: presser,  born: Okains Bay / Christchurch,
parents: Edward & Ellen Wells   nee FOULDS
              Henry & Louisa Robson    nee WILSON

Frank Harry Wells  &  Kathleen Annie SWAFFIELD  m. 28 March 1902  at house of Rev. Laws,  East Belt, Christchurch,            
ages: 27/24,           occ:  carpenter,       born: Surrey, England / Dorset, England
parents:  Aaron & Mary Ann Wells    nee WALLIS
              Augustus & Anne Swaffield    nee GILLINGHAM

Fred Wells  &  Elizabeth Harriet Mary FENTON   m. 31 March 1920
ages: 19/19,              born: Penge, England/Lyttelton,  
parents:  Benjamin & Mary Wells     nee MAY
              Edward Charles & Lucy Fenton     nee ELSTOB

George Wells  &  Elizabeth  GORSTAGE  nee DIXON   m. 31 January 1875   at The Manse,  (St. Andrews Presbyterian)   
widower/widow,  ages:  43/42  occ: joiner.
witness: Margaret Purdie, spinster, Tuam street,  Isabella McCOLL, Manse, spinster

George Wells  &  Annie  SHUTTLEWORTH   m. 22 January 1887
ages: 25/25,                occ:  baker,             born: Derby, England/Essex, England,
parents:  William & Elizabeth Wells,  nee SCOTT  ( mechanic)
              Abraham & Emily Shuttleworth,    nee GODSAVE
witness  Elizabeth Wells, Addington,    C.F. McIntosh, The Manse, St. Andrews, Christchurch

Harry Wells  &  Ada PIKE   m. 7 January 1884   at St. Saviours Church, Sydenham.
occ:  Professor of Music,              born: Worcester, England / Stephens Green, Henley on Thames, England.
parents:  Frederick & Eliza Walker Wells,    nee PARTINGTON  (builder)
              William Henry & Maria Pike,    nee BECKETT (coach builder)
witness:  Blanche Pike,     Alban Doug. Wells, ironmonger, Timaru

Henry Charles Wells  &  Sarah Annie MILLS   m. 1 January 1879    in the Primitive Methodist Church, Greendale.   
ages: 20 / 20,
witnesses:  William Theodore Mills & Christine Isdele Mills, Malvern.

Henry James Wells  &  Annie Teresa KELLEY  m. 15 July 1907  at St. Saviours Church, Sydenham,
ages: 29/28,     occ: butcher/waitress,       born: Nevington, Surrey, England /  Oamaru,
parents:  John Thomas & Annie Ada Wells,   nee MAYHECK  (printer)
              James & Catherine Kelley,   nee DOWLING  (labourer)
witness  R.W.Richards, Southbridge, seed dresser,     Agnes Daly, Cashel St. Christchurch.

Herbert  Wells  &  Ada Mary HEASMAN  m. 18 March 1890   at house of Rev. Redstone, Durham Street, Christchurch,
ages:  26 / 23,            occ: fitter/tailoress,     born:  Derby, England / Peckham, Surrey, England,
parents:  William & ElizabethWells    nee SCOTT (patternmaker)
               John & Emma Heasman    nee SHEPHERD ( storeman)
witness:   Adam Menzies, (hairdresser), Manchester St.       Charlotte Heasman, (retoucher), Manchester St.

James Wells  &  Annie Bones PHILPOTT  m. 4 July 1878   in  Weslyan Church, Papanui, Christchurch.
both full ages,        occ: stationmaster.
witness:  David Eldridge Philpott,  farmer,  John Philpott,  Papanui,     Lydia Maria ---,      Papanui.

James Seth Wells  &  Mary Louisa PRIEST   m. 4 April 1895 at St. Johns  Church, Woolston.
ages: 26/21,         born: OkainsBay / Woolston,    usual res. Cheviot. occ: farmer.
parents: James William & Elder  nee Howlen  (sic) Huldah nee HOWL       as written on card.
              Frank Hodges & Louisa Ann Priest,    nee DAY ( builder)
witness:  Mary Ann Boatwood,  Woolston,  Charles Priest, Little Akaloa,  (farmer)

James William Wells  &  Huldah HOWLAND  m. 3 November 1863  at St. Johns,
ages; full/under,    b. Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula.       occ: sawyer.
witness: E. Wells, J. Foster, Phoebe Flutey.

John Wells  &  Josephine BLOOR  m. 2 June 1915,  Methodist Church, Cambridge Tce.
ages: 54/48,      widower/widow,  8 June 1914/14 November 1908,
born:  South Australia / Suffolk, England,      present address: View Hill.Oxford
parents:  John & Maria Wells    nee HAWZE  ( farmer)
               John & Deborah Ann Balls    nee SMITH  (miller)
witness  Sarah Jane Fielding, Caledonian road,  John Mayer,  Martin Ave, Christchurch.

John Addington Wells  &  Annie Lavinia MOUNSEY  m. 1 August 1917   at Anglican Church, Coopers Creek, Oxford,
ages: 29 / 23,     occ: farmer,     born: Greendale / View Hill,
parents:  John & Eliza Wells   nee ADDINGTON  of View Hill, Oxford
              John Armstrong & Anne Mounsey   nee BROWN
witness  H.A.Wells,  View Hill  (farmer)  S. John Mounsey, View Hill,  Elsie Mounsey, domestic.

Leonard Spencer Wells  &  Daisy Mabel KENNETT   m. 3 April 1912,   at St. Lukes, Manchester Street, Christchurch,
ages: 26 / 25,      born: Chorlton / Christchurch,  
parents:  Robert & Annie Laura Kennett    nee COOPER (watchmaker)

Lewis Charles Wells  &  Jane WELLER  m. 30 October 1885   at St. Lukes, Christchurch
occ: cabman,       born: London / London,      ages: 56/40,        bachelor/widow,  15 Sept.1881
parents:  Philip Robert & Harriet Wells nee WESTON (coal meter)
               William Yarrow & Elizabeth Weller (painter)

Robert Cornelius Wells   &  Ann Grace STANSELL   m. 24 December 1892   at St. Michaels, Christchurch,
 ages 33/33,      occ: saddler,      b. Victoria/ England
parents:  Henry & Martha Elizabeth Wells    nee COLE
                John Brough  & Ann Amelia  Stansell   nee  RAINBOW  (crier supreme court)
witness  J.M. Roskruge,  Government Buildings,      F.J.Voyle, Christchurch

Rubenstein Wells  &  Annie Maud DUNCAN  m. 16 December 1914  at St. Davids Church, Christchurch,
 ages  23/29,      occ masseur/domestic duties,        b. Sydney/Timaru
parents:    Allan Douglas & Agnes   nee Spensley  (Ironmonger)
               Francis & Mary  nee LAW  (Deputy Harbour master)
witness  Mabel Duncan,  Rugby Street, Chch,  William Henry Luxton,   (draper) Peterborough St.

Thomas Peckman Wells  &  Mary Ann WELFORD  m. 23 July 1907   at St.Lukes, Christchurch,
ages 27/23,    occ: shipwright / domestic duties,       b. Lyttelton / Heathcote,
parents:  Edgar & Abigail Wells    nee Stevens  (labourer)
              John Robert & Mary Ann Welford,   nee Askew,  (maltster)
witness R.E.Elford,  ( maltster)  T.R.G.Elford, Oxford Tce,  (french polisher)    both at 330 Oxford Tce.

William Wells  &  Eleanor Olive HART  m. 16 April 1913,   at Methodist Manse, Sydenham.
ages 23/20,      occ jeweller,      b. Addington/Christchurch,  
parents: George & Annie Wells    nee Shuttleworth,  (baker)
              Alfred Duncan & Jane Hart    nee PACKER  (painter)
witness:  Ada Browne, Sydenham,  Wallace C. Browne, Syd. (picture framer).

William Henry Wells  &  Johanna Gertrude  CAREY  m. 27 November 1907   at Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch,
ages: 27 / 26,     occ: labourer / domestic duties,       born:  Buffalo Creek, Victoria / Invercargill,
parents:  Jno & May Ann Wells    nee YOUNG  (labourer)
                Jno & Johanna Carey   nee HEARTY,  (labourer)
witness:  Arthur Ferguson, (attendant) Woolston,      Mary Ann Hanson,   (servant), Woolston.


Marriages  -  females
Noah Ezra  JONASSEN   &   Agnes Maude  Wells    m. 8 January 1910,    at Holy Trinity, Avonside,    
ages: 21/19 years 5mths.       occ: engineer/domestic,        born:  Christchurch / West Clive, Napier,
parents:  Mads-Peter & Marie Jonassen,  nee HAUBERG  (engineer)
              George & Elizabeth Ann Wells,   nee WILKINSON
witness: Pearl Treloar, Avonside vicarage (domestic duties)    Mathew Rosendale,  verger.

Joseph FOSTER    &   Amelia Ann  Wells    m. 10 September 1856   at Weslyan Chapel, Lyttelton,
ages: 22/23       occ: marriner
witness:   Abraham Palmer,  Mary Ann Scott

William Reynolds CAREY    &  Alma Lucy Blanche  Wells   m. 24 April 1912   at St. Mary's Merivale,  
ages: 25/25,              occ: Draper,          born: Ross, Westland / Christchurch,  
parents:   Andrew  Fuller & Leila Carey     nee CARGEEG  (draper)
              Harry & Ada Wells    nee PIKE    ( muscian)
witness:  H. Wells, muscian, 131 Office Road, Merivale (muscian)   R. Cargeeg,    82 Leinster Road,  (Accountant)

Alfred  OSBORNE   &  Amelia  Wells    m.   2 December 1874,   at residence of Amelia Wells,   Salisbury Street, Christchurch.
ages: 40/50        bachelor/widow,         occ: gardener,
witness:  Richard Gardner (joiner) Papanui Road.   Emily Bone,  Salisbury Street, Christchurch

John MARSHALL   &    Amelia Phoebe  Wells   m. 7 May 1889   at house of James Wells,  Little Akaloa,
ages: full/full,       occ: labourer,          born: Little Akaloa / Okains Bay,
parents:   Robert & Mary Marshall     nee TURNER  ( farmer)
                James William & Hulda Wells    nee HOWLAND
witness:   James William Wells,  A.T. Wells,Little Akaloa,(labourer)
John  Marshall -  born 17 March 1865.

Arthur John Stanley WYATT    &   Amy   Wells    m. 25 October 1911,    St. Saviours Church. West Lyttelton,
ages: 21 / 20,    b. Lyttelton/Lyttelton,       occ: aerated water manufacturer,
parents;   John Francis & Maria Aldred Wyatt    nee   VOMTOM (aerated water manufacturer)
               Edgar & Abigail Wells  nee STEVANS (caretaker)
witness:  Robert Carson, Lyttelton, (plumber) Edgar Wells, Lyttelton (caretaker)      Emily Beatrice Wyatt, Lyttelton, sister of bridegroom.  

Harry Edward SKINNER  &     Annie Beatrice  Wells    m. 22 August 1904    at St. Michaels, Christchurch,   
ages: 27/25,      occ:  bootmaker,       born:  London / Christchurch,
parents:  Harry & Emma Skinner    nee BOWYER  (gardener)
              Alfred & Sarah Jane Wells    nee HALL  (butcher)
witness:  A.W. Wells  (butcher), A.W. Wells, jnr. Sydenham.

Frederick WALLIS    &   Annie Elspeth  Wells   m.   27 December 1926    at All Saints, Sumner,
ages: 35 / 26,    widower  30 April 1923 / spinster,     occ: contractor,       b. Glenore / Pleasant Point
parents:  Walter William  & Christina Mary Wallis   nee Wells   ( railway  surfaceman)
                   Robert Alfred & Eliza Crawford Wells    nee BELLAMY

Thomas PAWSON  &   Charlotte Rosetta  Wells    m.  9 August 1905   at St Lukes Church,  Little Akaloa,
ages: 29/22          occ: farmer,      b. Little Akaloa/Chorlton,
parents: Jonas & Sarah Dixon Pawson    nee BARKER  
              James William & Huldah Wells     nee Howland
witness: L.S. Wells, Chorlton  (farmer),    J.W. Wells,      H Pawson, Greenpark.

Roy TWYNEHAM   &   Christabel Mary Wells    m. 12 December 1911    at St. Marys Merivale,
ages: 26/26,               occ: clerk,              b. both Christchurch,
parents: William & Emily Annie Twyneham    nee DENNE (contractor)
               Henry & Ada Wells    nee PIKE  (muscian)
witness: H. Wells 131 Office Road, Merivale,       W.R. Carey, 28 Mansfield Ave,  (draper)

James Seymour BAKER   &   Constance Kitty Evelyn   Wells      m.  18 December 1919   at St. Matthews St. Albans,  
ages: 29/31,            occ: painter/shop assistant.                   b.  Kaiapoi / Chertsey,
parents: Aaron & Hannah Baker    nee BUTLER (driver)
             James & Annie Bones Wells   nee Philpott (station master)
witness: Eva Mabel Eldridge Wells, 589 Madras St.             Aaron Stanley Baker, Otaki St. Kaiapoi,
James Seymour Baker born 22 June 1889

Harold Aldridge TOWNSEND  &    Doris Rita  Wells   m. 6 September 1922,   at Holy Trinity Avonside,  
occ: warehouseman,                    b. Surrey, England/Christchurch,
parents:  Edward James & Mary Ann Townsend     nee Aldridge (salesman)
               Alfred John & Helene Wells      nee Jackman (cellarman)
witness:  Edward Townsend 256 Worcester St.     W.A.Sharpe,  (schoolteacher),        A.J.Wells,  (cellarman), Linwood.

Selby Miles PALMER  &   Dorothy Helen   Wells    m.  10 April 1912,   at St. Marys Merivale,  
ages: 31/21,  occ: sheepfarmer,          b. Christchurch/Amberley,            usual address Poverty Bay,
parents: Joseph & Emily Anne Palmer   nee FISHER (banker)
             Charles Alexander & Florence Lizzie Wells    nee Lane
witness:  Florence & Charles WELLS,  Ellertich, Amberley,        Beatrice Allen, Lower Riccarton.  

Selby Miles Palmer,  b. 1 May 1880,  Hereford St.

John George ARMITAGE   &  Eliza Wells    m. 7 February 1877   at Durham St. Weslyan Church.  
ages: 26/19,                occ storeman,
witness:       --Wells, Avonville, Christchurch (labourer),       M. Wells, Avonville.

Robert HODGSON    &  Elizabeth Wells    m. 8 August 1883  at Weslyan Church,  Raithby, Loburn, Canterbury,  
ages: 27/21,       b. Christchurch/Christchurch,             occ:   farmer,
parents: Anthony & Barbara Hodgson,     nee LENNOX  (farmer)
            William & Mary Wells    nee McLearey, (farmer)
witness: Twentyman Hodgson  Loburn, (farmer)      Margaret Wells,   Loburn.

Alexander HUTTON   &  Elizabeth Alice  Wells  m. 31 December 1891,  at Holy Trinity, Avonside,
ages: 27/30, occ: shoemaker,      b. Forforshire, Scotland / Linwood, Christchurch
parents:Adam & Elizabeth Hutton     nee WALKER, (labourer)
             George Thomas & Mary Ann Alice Wells    nee BURBIDGE
witness: A. Lilleyman 27 Ward St. Addington,       F.Wells.

James SHUTTLEWORTH    &  Ellen Louisa   Wells  m. 27 April 1890   at house of James William Wells, Little Akaloa,
ages:  full/minor,   b. Little Akaloa/Okains Bay,
parents: Robert & Jane Shuttleworth     nee STIMPSON (farmer)
             James William & Huldah Wells    nee HOWLAND
witness:    James William Wells,   Arthur Thomas Wells,      

James Shuttleworth,  b. 19 October 1867

Samuel Alexander MARSHALL   &  Emma Wells   m.  27 December 1897   at Holy Trinity, Lyttelton,
ages: 23/19,          b. Lyttelton/Lyttelton,
parents: George & Ann Marshall      nee FRAZER (labourer)
              Edgar & Abigail      nee Stevens
Samuel Marshall,   born 1 December 1877

William PAGE  &  Emma Wells     m.11 June 1874,  at The Manse,  
ages:  24 / 26,    occ: carpenter,
witness:    Isabella McColl, Manse, spinster,     Elizabeth Farquhar, Manse.

Robert Charles GILBERT   &    Eva Florence   Wells    m. 29 June 1989   at St. Lukes, Little Akaloa,  
ages: 24/21,             occ: farmer,               b. Okains Bay/Little Akaloa,
parents: Robert & Susan Gilbert,     nee GREEN (farmer)
                   James & Huldah,  nee Howland

Arthur Ernest WILLIAMS   &   Eva Florence   Wells  (widow Gilbert)  m. 5 August 1915   at St Lukes, Christchurch,   
ages: 40/38  bachelor/widow 6 April 1910,            occ: farmer,     b. Amberley/Okains Bay,
parents:  Lyonel Charles & Lucy Williams      nee DUNFORD, (civil servant)
              James William & Huldah Howland.
witness: E.V. Gilmour, 90 Chester St.       L.Williams (ex civil servant),  New Brighton.

William Louie HOFF  &  Frances Susannah Georgina   Wells    m. 1 January 1927   at St Peters, Woolston,  
b. Waiau  /Heriot,  
parents:  John Carel Louie  &  Mary Ship Auckland Hoff,     nee WALKER
              Francis Edward  &  Emma Sarah Wells,  nee CLACK (railway surfaceman)
witness: S.M. & W.S. Mead,  23 Seddon St. Rangiora.

Walter Thomas JONES    &  Hannah  Wells   m. 21 March 1894   at Presbyterian Church, Cust.  
ages: 24/24,      occ:  blacksmith,     b. Papanui / Loburn,    usual address: Okaiawa, Taranaki,
parents: Edmond & Rebecca Jones,  nee FLETCHER (shoemaker)
               William & Mary Wells    nee McClearey
witness: Dina Wells, Cust.   Fred. E. Jones, Papanui.

Philip Henry SHERRATT  &   Janet Marion  Wells    m.15 April 1920,   at St. Barnabas,  Fendalton.
ages: 35/26,     occ: sheepfarmer,     b Wainui, Gisborne/Amberley,
parents: Richard & Ellen Sherratt    nee ROCK (sheepfarmer)
             Charles Alexander & Florence Lizzie,  nee LANE.
witness: Henry Clyde Nolan, Gisborne (sheepfarmer),    Marjorie Wells, Lower Riccarton.     Charles Alexander Wells.

John Thomas BLOOR   &   Julia Miriam Wells     m. 9 October 1918   at Methodist, Cambridge Tce,
ages: 27/21  (farmer),    b. Annat/Greendale,
parents: Joseph & Josephine Bloor,  nee BALL
               John & Eliza,   nee ADDINGTON,
witness:  John Wells  (farmer)  View Hill,  Josephine Wells,  View Hill.

Robert CARSON   &   Lily May   Wells    m.  9 May 1912   at St Saviours, Sydenham.
 ages: 25/22,    occ:   plumber,    b. Lyttelton/Lyttelton,
parents  William John & Mary Anne,    nee CLARKSON
                   Edgar & Abigail  ( caretaker)
witness:    Edgar Wells, Lyttelton,   Alice Wells,  Lyttelton,  sister of bride.

Henry Thomas HAY   &    Maria   Wells     m. 1 May 1868   at The Manse,
ages 26/23,     occ: carter/domestic duties,
witness:  James Fraser, The Manse, (gentlewoman) Mary Falloon Manse,   spinster

William SMITH    &   Maria   Wells    m. 11 October 1879   at St. Lukes, Christchurch,
ages: full,     occ: breweryman,  
witness:  Wallace Stewart, ( platelayer,)   Eliza Windsor

John Ramsay WEBSTER   &   Mary   Wells   m. 29 March 1894,   at Presbyterian Church, Cust,  
ages 29/29,     occ:  farmer/school mistress,     b. Riccarton/Loburn,  
parents:  James & Catherine Webster   nee RAMSEY  (farmer)
               William & Mary Wells,  nee McCLEAREY   (farmer)
witness:  Dina Wells  Cust,     -- Webster, student, Shannon

Robert BRYSON   &   Mary Elizabeth  Wells   m.  10 March 1914,   at  St Andrews Church, Christchurch,  
ages  36/29,     occ: physcian & surgeon,     b. Inverness Scotland / Christchurch,      usual address:  Levin,
parents:  William Kennedy & Helen Bryson,    nee McLEOD ( civil servant)
                  William & Elizabeth Wells     nee SCOTT  (draughtsman)
witness:  George Wensley  Clarkson,  (meat exporter), 10 Carlton Road,  Riccarton,     Adelaide Alice DAWE, Ashburton.

Edgar Channon STUDHOLME    &    Nancy Janet   Wells   m. 20 April 1909   at  St. Marys Merivale  
ages:  42/26,  occ:  farmer/gentlewoman,  b. Waimate / Christchurch,
parents:   Michael & Effiegenia Maria Louisa  Studholme,   nee CHANNON, (farmer) Waimate
                   Charles Alexander & Florence,  nee LANE
witness:  C .Des.Teschmaker, Kauroohill, Mahino

Francis David GEDDES     &   Olive Frances  Wells   m. 13 July 1915   at St Andrews Church,  
ages:   27/25,    occ:  prison warder,   b. Aberdeenshire/Greendale,
parents: Robert & Catherine Geddes,   nee GELLAN   (farmer)
             Henry Charles & Sarah Annie Wells,   nee MILLS
witness:  Ethel Wells (Accountant), Fendalton,     Frank Annand Tyche, Timaru, (ploughman)

Frederick John HEATH     &   Olive Maud  Wells     m. 9 August 1905   at St Lukes, Little Akaloa,  
ages: 29/24,          occ: sawyer,        b. Ngatimoto, Nelson/Chorlton,
parents: John & Sarah Heath,  nee SUTCLIFFE  (farmer)
               James William & Huldah Wells,  nee HOWLAND
witness:  J.W. Wells, Chorlton,   Anne Sarah Heath,  Ngatimoto,    E.J. McHale, Chorlton, carpenter.

Rosa Ann   Wells   &  Thomas William SILVESTER   m. 14 July 1898   at Holy Trinity, Lyttelton
ages: 30/26     occ:  carter,    b. Greenpark/West Kent, England.
parents:  Henry & Emily Silvester,   nee CARRYTHORNE
                 Edgar & Abigail Wells
witness:   Edgar Wells,   Henry Silvester.

Richard BUTT   &   Rosetta  Wells    m. 10 September 1856   at Weslyan Chapel,  Lyttelton.
ages:  26/24,    occ:  waiter.
witness:   William Donald,   Annie Scott

Sarah  Wells   &  John Scott WEIR   m. 3 August 1904   at St Marys, Heathcote,
ages:  27/21,     b. Falkland Islands / Halswell,  
parents:   John Spence & Annie  Weir,  nee SCOTT   (shepherd)
                    William & Ellen  Wells,  nee MORLEY

John KELLY   &  Sarah Ann   Wells   m.  9 November 1872    The Manse,
ages:  30/24,   occ:  farmer/domestic duties,
witness:  Susan McInnes,  The Manse,  spinster,     Annie McCormick, spinster, Opawa.

John Daniel MILLER    &   Sophia Sarah   Wells    m. 14 September 1892   at  the house of Edgar Wells, Little Brenchley, Lyttelton,   
ages:  21/18,  b. Greymouth / Okains Bay,
parents:   Malcolm & Mary Miller,  nee McDONALD   (shipwright)
                 Edgar & Abigail Wells   nee STEVENS
witness:  M.J.Miller  Lytelton,  Rosa Wells, Lyttelton.


Births -    WELLS
Abigail      - b.  8 June 1882    to Edgar & Abigail of Lyttelton, ( labourer).
Albert Spencer     - b. 22 July 1896,  to James Seth & Mary Louise,  of Cheviot.
Alfred John     - b. 11 December 1869,  to George Thomas & Mary Ann,   nee BURBIDGE
Alfred William     - b. 22 October 1880  to Alfred William & Sarah,  nee HALL.
Alice   - b. 22 February 1888  to Edgar & Abigail,  of Lyttelton.
Allen Robert   - b. 2 March 1893  to Arthur Thomas & Jane,  of Little Akaloa.
Alma Lucy Blanch    -b. 25 April 1886  to Henry & Ada,  of Oxford Tce, Christchurch, Organist.
Amelia Phoebe   - b. 11 September 1864  to James William & Huldah,  of Okains Bay.
Amy   - b. 28 February 1891   to Edgar & Abigail of Lyttelton.
Annie   -b. 1 February 1868   to George Thomas & Mary Ann Alice,  nee BURBIDGE
Annie Beatrice   - b. 16 October 1878  to Alfred William & Sarah Jane
Annie Louisa   -b. 13 April 1885   to Edgar & Abigail.
Arnold James   - b.30 December 1902   to James Seth & Mary Louisa,  of Chorlton.
Arthur Thomas   -b.23 September 1865   to James William & Huldah.
Beatrice Joan   -b. 8 June 1912   to Henry & Annie,  of 229 Colombo St. (Butcher)
Benjamin   - bur. 16 Aaugust 1928,  widower of Lyttelton,  age 69
Caroline Louisa    -b. 27 January 1884   to Lewis & Jane Weller,  nee YARROW
Charlotte Rosetta    -b. 2 January 1883   to James William & Huldah, (farmer)
Christabel May    - b. 28 April 1885   to Harry & Ada (Professor of Music)
Cyril William   - b.30 January 1916   to William & Eleanor Olive (jeweller)
Doris Rita   - b. 2 February 1898   to Alfred John W. & Helena, nee JACKSON (carter)
Dorothy Eileen   - b.22 December 1907   to Henry James & Annie Theresa (butcher)
Dorothy Helen    -b. 15 May1890   to Charles Alexander & Florence Lizzie of Amberley
Edgar George    -b. 6 March 1896   to Emma of Lyttelton, single woman sp. Abigail.(mother)
Edwin    - b.15 May 1863   to George & Mary Ann, nee Burbidge.
Elizabeth    - b.4 August 1862   to William & Mary,  of Ferry Road.
Elizabeth Alice    -b. 9 January 1860,   to George & Mary Ann of Avonside,  (cabinet Maker)
Elizabeth Ann   - b.16 September 1885   to Charles Lewis & Jane Elizabeth,   nee YARROW (cabman)
Ellen Louisa    -b 8 October 1871   to James & Huldah,  of Okains Bay (sawyer)
Ellen Margurite    -b. 10 November 1900,  to George Edgar & Myra,  of Chorlton  (blacksmith)
Elsie Ada    -b. 22 Setember 1891   to Herbert & Ada Mary (fitter)
Elsie May   -b. 27 November 1902   to Abigail,   res. refuge.
Emma    -b. 18 July 1877   to George & Abigail,  of Lyttelton.
Eric Caldwell   -b. 19 March 1906   to Annie Louisa,  of Hereford St.
Ernest Joseph   - b.10 February 1876   to Edwin & Ellen,   of Okains Bay,   (carpenter)
Ethel Gwendoline    -  b.23 July 1898   to George Edgar & Myra,  of Chorlton.
Eva Florence    - b.14 May 1877   to James Huldah,  of Okains Bay.
Florence    -  b. 3 September 1876   to Thomas George & Mary Ann,  of   Avonvale (carpenter)
Frederick Charles    - b.4 September 1874   to George Thomas & Mary Ann Alice  (storekeeper)
George    - b.9 July1866   to Edwin & Ellen,   of Lyttelton   (gardener)
George Edgar   - b. 27 July 1873 to James William & Huldah,  of Okains Bay.
Genevieve Alice Cecile    - b. 19 September 1887   to Harry & Ada, organist St. Michaels Church, Christchurch.
Hannah    -b. 3 January    1870   to William & Mary, Loburn.
Hector Arthur    - b. 9 Auguat 1896 to Arthur Thomas & Jane of Cheviot.
Henry Charles    - b. 5 March 1901   to Charles Frderick & Annie Mabel (musician)
Herbert Horace    -b. 19 December 1899   to Alfred John & Helena.
Hilton Stevens    -b. 23 June 1916   to Thomas Peckman & Mary Ann of Lyttelton (shopwright)
Ida Pretoria    -b. 10 November 1900   to George Edgar & Myra of Chorlton  (blacksmith)
James Edwin   -b. 29 December 1864   to Edwin & Ellen of Lyttelton, (gardener)
James Seth   -b. 25 september 1868   to James William & Huldah.
Jane    - b. 30 November 1866    to William & Mary of Loburn. (farmer)
John Henry   - b. 14 April 1871    to Edwin & Ellen & Lyttelton.
John Stanley   - b. 16 December 1888    to Henry & Ada, organist.
Juenette Mae   -b. 9 July 1928    to Henry Charles & Thelma May.
Leonard Spencer    - b. 3 April 1885    to James & Huldah of Little Akaloa.
Leslie Albert    - b. 1 July 1885    to Arthur Thomas & Jane of Little Akaloa.
Lily May   - b. 26 October 1889    to Edgar & Abigail of Lyttelton.
Louisa Annie   - b. 16 May 1872    to Thomas & Mary Ann, nee BURBIDGE
Louisa Florence  -b. 10 August 1868 to Edwin & Ellen of Lyttelton.
Lucy Amelia   - b. 7 August 1886 to Edgar & Abigail of Lyttelton
Margaret   - b. 19 September 1860    to William & Mary of Pigeon Bay.
Marjorie Alice   - b. 16 December 1883    to Charles Alexander & Florence of Amberley
Mary Ann   -b. 13 August 1864    to William & Mary of Rolling Downs, Ashley bank.
Maude   - b. 27 July 1883    to Edgar & Abigail of Lyttelton.
Maurice Jamieson -b. 8 January 1919   to Arthur Clifford & Florence Lucy,  of St. Albans
Nancy Janet   - b. 3 September 1884    to Charles Alexander & Florence Lizzie.
Olive Maude   - b. 28 December 1880  to James william & Huldah of Okains Bay
Phyllis Evelyn   - b. 22 February 1914    to Henry James & Annie of Colombo St. (fruiterer)
Rawinia Maybrook   - b. 6 February 1909    to Henry James & Annie (butcher)
Robert Edgar   -b. 2 March 1925    to Thomas Peckman & Mary Ann of Lyttelton.
Roy Norris   - b. 9 April 1898    to Arthur Thomas & Jane of Cheviot (butcher)
Russell Hunter   - b. February 1918 to Arthur G.
Ruwena   -b. 27 January 1895   to Arthur Thomas
Sarah     - b. 5 January 1883    to William & Ellen of Halswell
Sarah Jane     - b. 3 June 1878   to Edwin & Helena of Akaroa.
Sedley George     - b. 16 August 1906   to Charles Frederick & Annie Mable of Walton St. (muscian)
Sophia Sarah   - b. 22 February 1874   to Edgar & Abigail. of Okains Bay.
Stanford Arthur   - b. 8 September 1899   to James seth & Mary Louisa of Chorlton.
Susan Ellen   - b. 4 February 1866   to Thomas G. & Mary Ann of Avonville.
Thelma Maude   -b. 4 January 1915   to William & Eleanor Olive of Sydenham (jeweller)
Thomas   - b. 27 July 1877    to William & Mary of Loburn.
Thomas Peckman   - b. 12 January 1880   to Edgar & Abigail of Lyttelton
Vera Alice   - b. 16 September 1906   to George Edgar & Myra of Cheviot (blacksmith)
Vincent Leslie   -b. 27 July 1911   to Charles Frederick & Annie Mabel
William   -.b. 15 June 1874   to William & Mary of Loburn.


Burials -
Abigail    - bur. 6 February 1925.   retired of Lyttelton,   age 78,     NOK Edgar.
Alfred William   - bur.16 Aug 1961, at Bromley Cemetery   age 80,   NOK,  Mrs E. Wells
Annie   - bur. 17 October 1871  to George & Mary Ann,   age 3yrs.  storekeeper.
Annie   -bur. 1 April 1949, Linwood Cemetery, age  87  Mr H.H.Wells (son)
Caroline Louisa    - bur. 1 April 1884,  parents Lewis & Jane (cabman)
Charles    - bur. 24 March 1934,  age 36,  of  61 Canterbury St.
Charles Alexander    -bur. 17 August 1923, age 64,  (sheepfarmer) of Lower Riccarton.
Charles Lewis   - bur. 24 December 1888   age 59,  of Madras St. (cabman)
Claud   - bur. 14 January 1892   age 3 days.
Edgar    - bur. 14 July 1930 age 85,   retired  of Lyttelton.
Edgar George    - bur. 19 October 1896,   mother Emma single woman.
Elsie Ellen    -bur. 22 November 1950,   age 34
Elspeth    -  bur. 30 March 1882  age 48
Elizabeth    -  bur. 30 November 1873,   age 72,   Avonville, Avonside,
Florence (Lizzie)   - bur.1 October 1943,   age 83,   of 83 Harakeke St. Christchurch
George Thomas    -bur. 16 March 1887,   of Avonville age 53
Hannah   -bur. 8 February 1869,  parents William & Mary of Loburn - infant
Harold Herbert   - bur. 3 January 1951 at Bromley Cemetery, age 47,
Henry James    -bur. 4 March 1944 at Lawn Cemetery, age 66, of Barrington st.
James Edwin   - died 10 January 1866   age 1 year. Edwin & Ellen, Lyttelton
James William    - bur. 8 August 1938 age 96 of Lyttelton
John Henry   - bur. 25 October 1884    age 13 yrs. Edwin & Ellen
Louisa Annie    - bur. 25 October 1875  age 3 years,  of Avonside.
Louisa Annie    - bur. 25 October 1875  age 3 years,  of Avonside.
Margaret Amy   - bur. 4 May 1884  age 8yrs
Mary   - bur. 19 September 1917 age 85 of Hawthorn St. papanui.
Mary  - bur. 22 September 1920  age 64 of Avonside.
Mary Ann Alice   - bur. 8 March 1932   age 76 of Jubilee Home, Woolston.
Mary Anne   - bur. 4 October 1909, age 72 of Travers St.
Maude   - bur. 6 August 1883   age 8 days.
Robert Edgar   - bur. 5 November 1929  age 4 and half.
Sarah    - bur. 15 March 1891  age 86 of Lyttelton.
William   - bur. 26 May 1919  age 87 of Leinster Road, Christchurch.

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