Peter
Billings
Born in Jersey
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Coombs) Billings
— married
1876 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Ann (Billings) Fulton, Matilda (Billings) Prouting, Elizabeth Billings, Peter Billings, Violet (Billings) Hopkinson, Annie (Billings) Double, Ina (Billings) Beavan, John Billings, Edwin Billings and Robert Billings
Died
at about age 88
in Geraldine, South Canterbury, New Zealand
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Biography
Peter Billings was born in 1843.
In 1876, he married Mary Coombs. [1]
They were the parents of ten children.
He passed away in 1931.
- OBITUARY. There passed away recently at Geraldine one of the pioneers of Auckland district, in the person of Mr Peter Billings. Born in Jersey, Channel Islands, eighty-eight years ago, Mr Billings left home at the age of twelve and for a number of years was at sea in various parts of the world. In the early days Mr Billings served with the Forest Rangers under Major Von Tempsky. Later he was in charge of a schooner trading between Whangarei Heads. Kawau Island and Auckland. Later he came to Winchester, where he worked on the first railway line and viaduct construction between Timaru and Christchurch, and helped to sink the cylinders for the Rangitata Bridge. For eighteen years he worked with the Geraldine Road Board, and later with the Geraldine County as clerk of works for twenty years. Mr Billings is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs T. W. Fulton, Paeroa; Mrs P. Prouting, Christchurch; Miss E. Billings, Christchurch; Mrs W. Double, Temuka; Mrs G. Hopkinson, Temuka; Mrs F. Beaven, Geraldine; Messrs P. and R. Billings, Geraldine; J. Billings, Ashburton; and E. Billings, Christchurch.[2]
He is buried in Temuka cemetery. [3]
Sources
- ↑ NZ BDM 1876/892 Elizabeth Coombs Peter Billitz
- ↑ Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXV, Issue 18920, 4 July 1931, Page 6
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166460322/peter-billings: accessed 29 September 2022), memorial page for Peter Billings (unknown–1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166460322, citing Temuka Cemetery, Temuka, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand; Maintained by Cyndi (contributor 47314338) .
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