George Clifford Jennings (1846 - 1920)

Born 24 May 1846 in London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Grogan) Jennings — married 2 Feb 1863 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 14 May 1920 at age 73 in Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

George was born in 1846.

Arrived 17 May 1950 on the barque "Constantinople" with mother Elizabeth Townsend Jennings. Had left London on 27 Dec 1849

1851 Malcom and Elizabeth Brown and son George stayed on Kawau Island for about 2 years after the marriage, by which time copper mining was on the wane.

19 Jan 1856 George's parents, Malcolm and Elizabeth Brown drowned in a return crossing in a sailboat from Whangarei Heads to Parua Bay. George Jennings was taken in by Thomas Henry.

2 Feb 1863 George married Mary Grogan at St Patrick's Cathedral. Auckland, New Zealand with his surname spelt Gennings on the registration.

14 May 1920 George Jennings ... He passed away in 1920.

First-hand information as remembered by William Jennings, Thursday, January 22, 2015.

Sources

• NZ marriage registration #1863/7247 Mary Grogan & George Gennings
• "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Death Registration George Jennings, aged at death 76Y; citing Death Certificate 1920/11770.
• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-LCDL : 4 October 2016), George Gennings and Mary Grogan, 1863; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1863/7247, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #183180274

• Erica Cowan - family tree research