George Whitehead
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George James Whitehead (1837 - 1932)

George James Whitehead
Born in 26 The Minories, London, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 17 Jul 1864 in Spencer Cottage, St Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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Died at age 94 in 243 Kilmore Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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Biography

George Whitehead is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

When married George's occupation is that of Baker, Richard Clark, a baker and Amy Clark both of St Albans were the witnesses.

1871 list of those in Government employment. Whitehead C. J. Clerk, Post Ofice, Christchurch £125 20 May 1867 4 yrs 1 mth

1875/1876 Electoral Roll City of Christchurch Whitehead, George James, Kilmore Street, Household Part town section 206, house and land, north side Kilmore street east.

1881 Electorate: Christchurch North Surname: Whitehead Given Name: George James Nature of Qualification: Residential Place of Residence: Kilmore Street Occupation: Clerk

CHRISTCHURCH STAR 22 Jan 1884 Yesterday afternoon a fire took place in Kilmore street East, by which a house owned and occupied by Mr Salvatore LEZZA, confectioner, was nearly destroyed. A passer-by noticed the smoke issuing from the back part of the premises, which consisted of a dwelling house of six rooms attached to which was a low building used as a factory for confectionery. Immediately the smoke was noticed the alarm was given from box no 10 at the corner of Barbadoes street, close to the scene of the fire, and Messrs PAINTER and WHITEHEAD, two of the neighbours, with some other person, broke into the burning building, the occupants of which were absent, Mr and Mrs LEZZA having gone out about 2 o'clock. The Fire Brigade were promptly on the spot and the Chemical Engine proved of great service in preventing the fire from taking hold of the two adjoining houses, which belong respectively to Mr WHITEHEAD and Mr HARVEY. The Railway Fire Brigade under Superintendent ASHLEY and great credit is due to Superintendent TURTON and the Brigade for the manner in which the fire was prevented from spreading. Change of Arson. 4 SALVATORE LEZZA'S CASE. ACCUSED DISCHARGED. At the Magistrate's Court this morning, before C. Whitefoord, Esq., R.M., and F. Guinness, Esq., Salvatore Lezza was charged that on Jan. 27 he had wilfully and maliciously set fira. to a building used for the manufacture of confectionery, with intent to defraud the Victoria Insurance Company (Limited). Mr Weston appeared for the accused. The accused is a native of Corsica (French). Mr De Montalk was sworn as interpreter for the prosecution, and Mr Lang acted in the same capacity at the request of Mr Weston. . Inspector Pender called the following evidence : - DetectiveJO'Connor said that about 4.25 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, he heard the firebella ring. Went to Kilmore street east and saw a building, which belonged to prisoner, on lire. Looked for prisoner but could not find him. Saw him at 5.15 p.m. on tho footpath. Asked him if his house was insured, and for what amount. He said, "Yes, for .£700" and took two receipts for premiums (produced) out of his pocket, and showed them to witness. Examined the papers, and handed them back to him. Shortly afterwards Sergeant Morice and witness I took prisoner to a private room in Mi ' Whitehead's house close by. Requested prisoner to put what he had in his pockets on the table. He at first objected, but ultimately complied. Sergeant Morice asked him how he came to have the insurance papers in his pocket. He said, " I kept them in the shop, and the boy gave them to me yesterday." (The witness produced the things prisoner had in his possession, comprising a gold watch and I chain and two pendants,£2l 14s in money, pocket knives, three diamond shirt studs, three keys, pencil, flint and steel, cigar-case, four pocket-handkerchiefs, four purses). The money was , made up of six £1 notes, £9 10s in gold, £2 48 in silver in a purse, and £-1 in silver done up in £1 packets. Asked prisoner where the insurance policies were. He replied, " Near the fire," and went with witness and [ pointed them out in a register grate. [ Pulled out the grate and found a tin box (like a confectionery tin) . which was filled with papers - receipts, &c, and an insurance policy (produced) | for .£7OO in the centre of the papers. Also found in the box a policy of insurance of the plate glass in the shop for .£3l 11s, a lease of the shop, and/various other documents, including a receipt dated Jan. 15, 1884, and another dated Jan. 16, 1884. Witness arrested the prisoner ; and in going to the station prisoner remarked several times witness had made a great mistake. At the station he told witness to be very careful of the tin, as it contained a large cheque. Witness told him he could not find any cheque there. He then said it was not a cheque, it was the receipts he meant. The documents in the tin were done up in bundles. The lid of the register grate was closed, and difficult to push back from the tin being behind it. When witness pulled oxit the grate from the chimney the tin box fell down. Cross-examined : Believed two of the four purses had been handed to prisoner during the fire. George James Whitehead, a clerk in the Post-office, living in the house adjoining prisoner's, said prisoner had occupied the premises that were burnt for about 38 months. On Sunday last saw prisoner, his wife, and children, go out between 2 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. Had not noticed them all go out together like this on any previous Sunday afternoon. Prisoner was generally at work on Sunday. He is a very industrious man. About 4.15 p.m. witness was sitting in his garden, reading, and saw smoke issuing from the eaves of prisoner's workshop at the back, apparently from the room used to manufacture sweets. Went over and saw that the room was full of smoke. Rang the electric alarm. Came back, and got out his own furniture. Cross-examined: Had always found accused a most respectable neighbour, and had not any reason to suppose that he had set fire to the place. He had a confectionery shop in High street, and had recently been adding to his worshops, a new building having been finished only the day before. Frederick Aynsley, a butcher living opposite prisoner's house, said he saw the j fire just after the last witness. He got through the front window to try and save some furniture. Went through the four rooms, but saw no furniture in the house except a bedstead. The front door was fastened, but persons got some things out through the windows. All the furniture was taken out before the fire. Witness removed some lollies. Theresa Parrell, a servant employed during the last month at prisoner's house, said that on Sunday last she got leave to go out. When she left, the accused, his , wife and children, were dressed to go out. , Had never seen them go out .before on a j Sunday since witness went there. Had ; never seen accused at work in the factory I on Sunday j but had seen him shelling ; peas on Sunday. There was a fire in the factory on Sundays, and it was used for cooking food. There was a portable boiler standing in the middle of the floor in the factory. There was a fire under this boiler when witness went out. The smoke went out of an iron pipe passing through the windows. Cross-examined: When witness went out the house was in its ordinary state. None of the furniture had been disturbed or stock removed during the month witness had been there. The boiler stood on legs, resting on bricks, on the floor. Witness cooked, the dinner in the boiler on the Sunday. Used no kerosine. Prisoner owed witness no money. Walter Robson, a lad, said he sometimes assisted Mr Lezza in the shop in the morning, and was at his house in the afternoon. Mrs Lezza managed the shop in High street, and accused worked at the factory at the private house that was burnt. Witness gave the two premium receipts (found on accused) to accused on Saturday last (the day before the fire.) Mrs Lezza was looking for some sewing in a drawer in the shop, when she saw the receipts and asked witness to take them to accused. Cross-examined : Had been employed by Mr Lezza eighteen months. Mr Lezza worked very hard, and had recently enlarged his. workshops. He was making preparations to begin working in the new place on Saturday last. Up to 6 p.m. on Saturday, when witness was at the house, no stock or furniture had been removed from it. A ton of the stock was going to be sent to Dunedin. Knew the room in which the register grate was. There was a quantity of lollies stored there. Used to see accused stoop down and put papers and receipts somewhere about the fireplace, but did not see where he put them. There was no iron plate under the boiler standing on the wooden floor of the factory. Re-examined : It was not possible for fire to fall out of the boiler to the floor. Edward Lennox Wallace, Secretary to the Mutual Benefit Building and Investment Society, produced a policy of insurance on the accused's house in the Victoria Insurance Company for .£3OO. It was kept by the Society as part security. Cross-examined : The Society held a mortgage of £4OO over accused's house, of which four weekly instalments had' to be paid. As far as the books show, accused had paid his monthly instalments with great regularity. The mortgage had been current since Sept., 1882, and now stood at £323 5s. There was no further instalment due till Feb. 18 next. Witness' Society had not, to his knowledge, instituted these proceedings. William Syme M'Geachin, officer in charge of the Victoria Insurance Company in Christchurch : The accused effected an insurance on Nov. 3, 1882. Two policies were issued, for £300 on the building and , £7OO on the stock, furniture, &c, which were still in force. Since the last receipt was issued a new " drying-room" had been erected, but not in accordance with the terms stated on the receipt. Cross-examined : The Company could dispute the payment of insurance, as the conditions had not been complied with. The Company had not instituted these proceedings, and had not taken steps to have a Coroner's inquest on the fire. Had taken a risk on the stock, &c, in the street store for .£3OO a fortnight ago. Examined the stock there on Monday last, and did not notice any material difference in the quantity. Alfred Gee, confectioner : Went to the scene of the fire on Wednesday last with Mr Christie and Detective O'Connor. Examined the premises and remains of plant and stock. The plant was of the ordinary kind, and very good ; when in good order it would be worth £III 4s 6d, and the stock £93 12s lOd. Cross-examined : Could not say that the plant I saw was all prisoner had before the fire. Had no previous knowledge of the stock. Re-examined : The plant, witness saw was sufficient to carry on business. Allowed for all damaged stock. D. Christie gave corroborative evidence. Cross-examined: Wooden moulds were i used in the confectionery business. Inspector Pender said the position he would now take up was to ask the Bench whether there was sufficient evidence to justify a further remand for a week. Mr Weston thought that it would be an insult to justice to grant a further remand, as the police's own witnesses had disproved their case, and there was no evidence of arson adduced. The Bench stood between the Crown and the prisoner at the bar, and whether the prosecution came from the police or not, they would, he was sure, mete out even-handed justice. The whole case was a sham, and he had witnesses that would completely support his defence. Mr Whitefoord did not understand from Mr Pender that the police had hopes of getting any further evidence, and the Bench did not think it right to accede to the request of the police, therefore the application for a remand would be refused. Did Mr Weston ask the Bench to dismiss the charge on the evidence for the prosecution, or would he call evidence for the defence. Mr Weston thought in justice to his client he would call evidence. Mr Whitefoord said that as the case stood at present the Bench would rule at once that there was no case to go to a jury, and would dismiss the information. Mr Weston, in that case, would not prolong the agony. Mr Whitefoord, addressing the accused, told him there was no prima facie case made out against him, and he would be discharged. The decision of the Bench was greeted with applause, which was quickly suppressed. Star , Issue 4914, 1 February 1884, Page 3

LOST.- Near the Boatsheds, on Saturday last, a Lady's Silver Genera Watch, with silver chain attached. Finder will be rewarded by returning same to Miss Whitehead, 42, Kilmore street east. Star , Issue 5444, 19 October 1885, Page 2 [Not sure which of the daughters lost this watch. CBW]

Larceny of a Hand-cart. William M'Ginity and Joseph M'Dermott, two small boys, were charged with stealing on Oot. 21 one hand-cart, value 30s, the property of G. J. Whitehead, of Kilmore street. The boys, through their fathers, pleaded not guilty. The evidence of two little children went to show that they were playing on the footpath with the cart when three boys came up and ran away with it. Detective Benjamin said he went with Constable M'Alister to St Asaph street on Saturday afternoon, and found the boys playing with the cart. The Bench discharged the boys with a cauticn, and ordered the parents to repair the damage done to the cart. Star , Issue 7401, 24 October 1892, Page 3

1893 Electorate: Christchurch Number: 11879 Surname: Whitehead Given Name: George James Residence: 42 Kilmore St Occupation: Clerk Type: Freehold Whitehead Mary Ann 42 Kilmore street domestic duties

New Zealand PO Directory 1894-95 (Wise) Kilmore Street 42 Whitehead George J.

1896 Electorate: Christchurch Number: 14501 Surname: Whitehead Given Name: George James Residence: 42 Kilmore street Occupation: clerk Whitehead Mary Ann 42 Kilmore street domestic duties

George James Whitehead. J. G. Wabd, General Post Office, Wellington, 31st July, 1903. Postmaster-General. Report of Controller and Auditor-General. The Audit Office has no objection to raise to the proposal in the above notification to grant a pension to George James Whitehead. J. K. Wabburton, Audit Office, Wellington, 4th August, 1903. Controller and Auditor-General. H-04 PENSIONS PROPOSED TO BE GRANTED TO OFFICERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. Untitled, 1 January 1903

1911 Electorate: Christchurch East Number: 8973 Surname: Whitehead Given Name: George James Residence: 243 Kilmore Street Occupation: clerk

Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database Result Detail Surname: Whitehead First name(s): George James Date of death: Thursday, 28 July 1932 Cemetery: Bromley Cemetery Date of burial: Saturday, 30 July 1932 Block number: 3 Plot number: 315 Age: 94 years Address: 243 Kilmore St, ChCh Occupation: Retired Place of birth: England Years in New Zealand: 73

DNA

  • Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Colin Whitehead and his second cousin once removed HW. Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, George James Whitehead and Mary Ann Clark. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 188 centimorgans shared across 8 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Colin Whitehead and his second cousin once removed MCW. Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, George James Whitehead and Mary Ann Clark. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 178 centimorgans shared across 9 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

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