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Contents

Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 7

GUDGEON Family Connections.................................................................................................. 9

WAYTE of Norfolk......................................................................................................................... 11

11^th Century WAYTHs................................................................................................................ 11

Norfolk WAYTEs........................................................................................................................ 11

Religion.......................................................................................................................................... 13

Spelling of WAYTH..................................................................................................................... 13

WAYTH – GUDGEON Overview................................................................................................. 17

WAYTH of Suffolk......................................................................................................................... 18

Henry WAYTE/WAITE (~1540-<1606) & Elizabeth CRAPNELL ( - 1606)......................... 19

Henry WAYTH ( -1636) & Jane KIRSPE................................................................................. 19

Nicholas WAYTH (1594-1653) & Joan BATEMAN ( -1636).................................................. 20

Daniel WAYTH (1632-1681) & Susan ALEXANDER ( -1685)............................................... 20

Daniel WAYTH (1665-1734) & Ann REYNOLDS (1666-1738).............................................. 20

Daniel WAYTH (1694-1752) & Mary BORRETT (1697-1740)............................................... 21

Mary WAYTH (1726-1811) & Samuel KILDERBEE (1725-1813)......................................... 21

Daniel WAYTH (1729-1785) & Mary RABBETT (1722-1799)............................................... 22

William WAYTH (1667-1729) & Elizabeth BROWNE (1668-1735)........................................ 22

Daniel WAYTH (1700-1780) & Mary SAWYER (1702-1782)................................................. 22

Thomas WAYTH (1760-1818) & Elizabeth GUDGEON (1772-1827).................................... 23

SLAPP of Suffolk............................................................................................................................ 32

Thomas SLAPP (1635-1716) & Anne HAMBLIN (1642-1719)............................................... 32

Nicholas SLAPP (1675-1737) & Hannah................................................................................... 33

Thomas SLAPP (1711-1751) & Ann RUST.............................................................................. 33

Thomas SLAPP (1742-1805) & Jane WAYTH (1737-1819) (unmarried)............................... 34

TOWSEY of Dorset......................................................................................................................... 36

Joseph TOWSEY (1756-1839) & Elizabeth FOOKS (1750-1820)........................................... 37

GUDGEON of Suffolk.................................................................................................................... 41

Elizabeth GUDGEON (1772-1827) – Robert’s Mother............................................................ 42

Eye Suffolk................................................................................................................................... 44

GUDGEON of Winchester.............................................................................................................. 45

Robert GUDGEON (1791-1880) & Catherine Ann TOWSEY (1785-1860)........................... 45

Robert Edwin GUDGEON (1818-1891) & Ann HORSLEY (1826-1905).............................. 53

Robert Edward Horsley GUDGEON (1849-1904) & Mary Elizabeth EASTHER (1853-1921) 59

George Edward GUDGEON (1853-1920) & Hilda Rose CAPLIN (1861-1928).................... 65

Athole Edwin GUDGEON (1885-1917)..................................................................................... 73

Basil Frederick Horsley GUDGEON (1880-1938)..................................................................... 74

Edwin Austin GUDGEON (1864-1935) & Eliza Jane KNOWLES (1858-1935).................... 76

Charles Wilfred GUDGEON (1887-1950) & Goda Mildred ALDERSON (1890-1968)....... 79

Edward Barnaby GUDGEON (1821-1890) & Jane BENNETT (1820-1857)........................ 82

Bertram Charles Frederic GUDGEON (1888-1948) & Rose................................................... 91

Stephen Edward GUDGEON (1888-1956) & Daisy Alice HOSKINS (1888-1968)................ 92

Gudgeon of New Zealand................................................................................................................ 94

Thomas Wayth GUDGEON (1816-1890) & Mary JOHNSON (1817-1866)........................... 94

Destiny Well Sown...................................................................................................................... 106

Walter Edward Gudgeon (1841-1920) & Edith Maria BEST (1846-1879)........................... 109

Walter Edward Gudgeon (1841-1920) & Emily Bertha TUKE (1853-1933)........................ 109

Cyril Edwin GUDGEON (1848-1915) & Catherine Mary Cecelia MURRAY (1853-1934) 137

John Basil GUDGEON (1854-1895) & Augusta Matilda Avice (Maude) COOKE (1855-1928) 144

Walter Augustine Wayth GUDGEON (1888-1951) & Margery Aldham Wetherall SMITH (1890-1978) 150

GUDGEON in Australia............................................................................................................... 152

Wilfred Wayth GUDGEON (1856-1925) & Gertrude Mary LANGSFORD (1857-1920).. 152

John Langsford Wayth GUDGEON (1884-1946) & Dorothy Isabelle MOULD (1890-1955) 158

Gertrude Ella GUDGEON (1882-1966)................................................................................... 160

Cyril Nelson Wayth GUDGEON (1888-1944) & Adelaide Eliza KERRISON (1886-1972) 163

JOHNSON Families....................................................................................................................... 167

Captain John JOHNSON (~1777-1838) & Lucy DOREE (~1793-1849)............................... 167

1849 – a bad year for the Johnsons.......................................................................................... 169

Anna Mary JOHNSON (1816-1849) & Thomas DAVIS (1819- ).......................................... 170

Mary JOHNSON (1817-1866) & Thomas Wayth GUDGEON (1816-1890)......................... 170

John Geneau JOHNSON (1822- )............................................................................................. 171

William Henry JOHNSON (1824- )........................................................................................... 171

Thomas Junius JOHNSON (1826-1906) & Ellen Kebbey BAWLER (1822-1905).............. 171

Robert Henry JOHNSON (1831- )............................................................................................ 173

ROSS of New Zealand................................................................................................................... 175

Hugh ROSS (1797-1869) & Sarah WHITE (1799-1825)......................................................... 175

Hugh ROSS (1797-1869) & Anna Maria WOOD (1802-1853)............................................... 175

Alfred Anthony ROSS (1835-1904) & Mary Isabella GUDGEON (1843-1912)................... 179

Partridge of Australia.................................................................................................................... 188

John Douglas PARTRIDGE (1832-1890) & Alice Anne GUDGEON (1844-1912)............. 188

Gosset of New Zealand and Australia.......................................................................................... 191

Alfred Hobson GOSSET (1857-1895) & Catherine Bertha (Kate) GUDGEON (1851-1918) 191

Ralph Gabriel Wayth GOSSET (1880-1940) & Constance Marion BUTLER (1883-1950) 192

CROUCHER of England and New Zealand................................................................................ 191

George Herbert CROUCHER (1885-1922) & Dorothy Anna GUDGEON (1884-1979).... 195

Cecil Howard Bruce CROUCHER (1910-1987) & Dorothy Nancy GOSSET (1920-2002) 196

LANGSFORD of Cornwall........................................................................................................... 194

Thomas LANGSFORD (1732-1821) & Margaret WILLS (1749-1828)................................ 199

William LANGSFORD (1778-1867) & Elizabeth GERRY (1779-1856)............................... 201

Thomas LANGSFORD (1813-1869) & Mary WILLIAMS (1817-1901).............................. 203

John LANGSFORD (1781-1833) & Mary COCKER (1790-1877)....................................... 204

John LANGSFORD (1809-1874) & Ann Raynor BENNICKE (1812-1898)....................... 206

LANGSFORD of New Zealand.................................................................................................... 207

Charles LANGSFORD (1826-1925) & Margaret OSBORNE (1834-1912).......................... 207

Augusta Ann (Gus) LANGSFORD (1845-1941) & Herbert Frank EDGER (1854-1909).. 210

Gertrude Mary LANGSFORD (1857-1920) & Wilfred Wayth GUDGEON (1856-1925).. 211

Henrietta Emma Margaret (Hettie) LANGSFORD (1862-1945)........................................... 211

Charles Victor (Vic) LANGSFORD (1870-1963) & Catherine Hannah (Katie) MERRITT (1870-1961) 212

Florence Elfrida LANGSFORD (1874-1950) & Hugh OWEN (1867-1909)......................... 215

Leila Violet LANGSFORD (1877-1960)................................................................................... 216

OSBORN of Suffolk & Canada..................................................................................................... 198

Peter OSBORN (1769- ) & Sarah HUMPHREY.................................................................... 218

Joseph OSBORNE (1805-1858) & Ann MacGREGOR (1807- )........................................... 219

HENTY of Sussex and Australia................................................................................................... 218

James HENTY (1800-1882) & Charlotte CARTER (1806-1865).......................................... 226

Thomas HENTY (1836-1887) & Lucy Mary PINNOCK (1850-1917).................................. 229

James Denham PINNOCK (1810-1875) & Lucy Ann HULL (1826-1856)........................... 230

Philip Guy HENTY (1883-1949) & Violet Muriel Marie GUDGEON (1880-1945)............. 231

Mary Wayth HENTY (1914-2008)........................................................................................... 234

Lucy Pinnock HENTY (1920- )................................................................................................. 234

John Guy HENTY (1918-2006) & Jean Marion HODGE (1918-2014)................................. 237

OSBORNE of Bristol...................................................................................................................... 225

Dorothy Elfrida GUDGEON (1890-1984) & Frank Harold OSBORNE (1885-1929)......... 243

Dorothy Muriel OSBORNE (1916-2009)................................................................................. 249

Wilfred James (Jim) OSBORNE (1918-2012) & Gillian (Gill) Mary Brooke BAILEY...... 254

Frank Champion OSBORNE (1920-2000) & Nancy Doreen (Nan) HORTON (1925-2014) 259

Frank and Jim Osborne’s War Service – 2/8 Field Regiment,,.............................................. 259

NETHERCOTE and PELL of Northamptonshire & Australia................................................. 240

John Nethercoat PELL (1826-1886) & Elizabeth SMITH (1840-1921)................................. 263

John William Henry (Harry) NETHERCOTE (1862-1931) & Mary Dickie NEILSON (1863-1949) 263

Ernest Henry (Ernie) NETHERCOTE (1890-1983) & Agnes Eileen (Tui) GUDGEON (1888-1985) 265

John Wayth Nethercote (1924-2003) & Jean Macdonald Aikenhead (1927-2010)............... 267

Dorothy Wayth Nethercote (1925-2009)................................................................................... 268

HENSHALL................................................................................................................................... 272

Joseph Henry HENSHALL (1910-1945) & Margaret Wayth (Meg) GUDGEON (1914-1975) 272

ELLIS.............................................................................................................................................. 273

Leicester Nicholas ELLIS (1915-1989) & Kathleen Mary GUDGEON (1916-2007)........... 273

Loose Ends...................................................................................................................................... 275

Lancashire, Yorkshire, Northamptonshire and Berkshire GUDGEONs............................. 275

SLAPP Family............................................................................................................................ 275

GUDGEON of Suffolk.............................................................................................................. 275

WAYTH of Suffolk.................................................................................................................... 275

JOHNSON Family...................................................................................................................... 275

Appendices...................................................................................................................................... 276

Genealogical Practices and abbreviations................................................................................ 276

-- TRUTH -- STRANGER THAN FICTION........................................................................... 277

Preface............................................................................................................................................. 278

The Disappointed........................................................................................................ 28 July 1875 279

Hope Deferred........................................................................................................ 12 August 1875 279

The Inebriate 16 October 1875.................................................................................................. 280

A Living Ghost.......................................................................................................... 6 March 1876 282

The Disputed Right-of-Way....................................................................................... 8 April 1876 283

The Forgery 22 April 1876....................................................................................................... 284

The Instrument of Providence................................................................................... 19 July 1879..... 285

The Scotch Wedding................................................................................................... 26 July 1879 287

Adventure in a London Fog.................................................................................... 2 August 1879 289

The Presentiment................................................................................................... 16 August 1879 290

The Cholera 23 August 1879................................................................................................... 291

Twenty Years Ago................................................................................................. 30 August 1879 292

The Will 6 September 1879....................................................................................................... 293

Makutu (Witchcraft)....................................................................................... 13 September 1879 294

The Emigrants.................................................................................................. 27 September 1879 295

The Resuscitation.................................................................................................... 4 October 1879 296

The Irish Servant.................................................................................................. 11 October 1879 297

The Earthquakes of New Zealand...................................................................... 18 October 1879 298

The Demi-Monde.................................................................................................. 25 October 1879 299

The White Cannibal........................................................................................... 1 November 1879 301

The Black Sheep................................................................................................. 8 November 1879 302

In the Bowels of the Earth............................................................................... 15 November 1879 303

How He Won Her................................................................................................... 1 October 1881 304

A Slip ‘Twixt the Cup and Lip......................................................................... 24 December 1886 305

Other Articles.................................................................................................................................. 308

The Assessment List............................................................................................... 24 August 1874 308

Address to the Rev. Father Lonergan, Late Pastor of the Thames............. 27 November 1874 309

My Visit to Wanganui.......................................................................................... 24 January 1880 310

My First Impressions of New Zealand The Waitara Land Question.................... 19 April 1880 311

The Native Commisioner’s Report.......................................................................... 23 April 1880 312

Temperance Being a Virtue, Is Total Abstinence a Neccesity?.............................. 25 May 1880 313

The Maori Hakihaki............................................................................................ 17 January 1882 314

Treaty of Waitangi............................................................................................... 4 February 1882 314

A Story of the New Zealand War............................................................................. 10 June 1885..... 315

TUI NETHERCOTE’S NEW ZEALAND DIARY................................................................... 318

Cast List, Relatives met.............................................................................................................. 318

The Diary.................................................................................................................................... 321

Bibliography................................................................................................................................... 352

Index................................................................................................................................................ 356