Alfred Marsh Snr (1831 - 1912)

Born 12 Nov 1831 in Netherbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Emily (Batten) Marsh — married 1855 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1912 at age 80 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

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Biography

Alfred was born in about 1830 to James and Maria. He immigrated with his parents to New Zealand aboard the Timandra in 1841.^[1]

DEATH, Taranaki Daily News 3rd February 1912

DEATH - MARSH - on February 1st 1912 at the New Plymouth Hospital, Alfred Marsh of Junction Road, Mangorei the beloved husband of Emily Marsh aged 80 years - deeply regretted.

Obituary, Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143708, 2 February 1912

It is our duty to-day to record the death of another of the pioneer settlers of Taranaki in the person of Mr. Alfred Marsh, who passed away at the hospital on Thursday evening after a long illness. The deceased, who was eighty years of age, came out with his family in the Timandra, arriving here on February 24, 1842, so that he was a settler of just upon seventy years’ standing. During the Maori war he served in the Militia as a bugler. After the conclusion of the war he resumed his business as a wheelwright, but in the early seventies, he commenced farming in the Mangorei district, and was one of the earliest and most successful of the farms of that district. His residence, near the Junction Road, which he had occupied up to the time of his death, is a well-known land mark throughout the district, and the view to he obtained from it is a magnificent one. The gentleman was an ingenious mechanic, and his services were much in request for the construction and erection of water-wheels. He also showed great skill with all kinds of farm and harvesting machinery.Socially, he was hail fellow well met to all, being of a cheery and genial disposition, and could wile away many an hour by recounting his recollections of the early days in Taranaki. Up to a few years since, he took a keen interest in school committee work, and he also occupied a seat on the directorate of the Mangorei Co-operative Dairy Company for about ten years, where his practical knowledge proved of good service to his fellow settlers. His well-known figure will he much missed by those who knew him best. He leaves a widow, three sons, Mr. George Marsh and Mr. M. J. Marsh, of Egmont Village, Mr. Arthur Marsh, of Junction Road, and one daughter, Mrs. John Allen, of Tikorangi. His eldest son, Mr. Alfred Marsh, of Egmont Village, predeceased him a few years ago. There are also seventeen grandchildren, and five great-grand-children.

Died 1 FEB 1912. New Plymouth, New Zealand. Source: Note: Age: 80.

Baptism: Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Buried Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. ^[2]

Alfred was an ingenious mechanic - a wheelwright by trade <p><p><p>(noted for his contructions of water wheels) Died aged 81 years - Buried at Te Henui Cemetery<p>. File Format: jpg. Alfred Marsh Article. Format: jpg. Alfred Marsh photo. Format: jpg. Alfred Marsh and wife Emily headstone.

Sources

1. ↑ Passenger list
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194958000/alfred-marsh : accessed 26 April 2022), memorial page for Alfred Marsh (1831–1 Feb 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 194958000, citing Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand ; Maintained by Peter Stocks (contributor 49002552) .

• N.Z.Govt.B.D.M.Index married registration no. 1855/2179
• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VCD-R9V : 9 August 2017), Alfred Marsh, 1912; citing New Plymouth, New Plymouth probate files, 1867-1981, record number 1519, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007373776.
• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQYQ-592 : 3 September 2017), Alfred Marsh in household of James Marsh, Netherbury, Dorset, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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