Edward Charles Frost (1846 - 1940)

Born 21 Oct 1846 in Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Harriet (Rooney) Frost — married 29 Feb 1876 in Epsom, Auckland

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1940 at age 93 in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Edward Charles (known to his descendants as 'EC') arrived in New Zealand, with his parents & siblings, as an 18 year old. The family initially settled in Ararimu near Waimauku north of Auckland.

Just 3 years later he began a flax fibre industry in Tuakau. Around 1870 the bottom fell out of the market and 'EC' ventured to the Northern Wairoa (Dargaville) to trade in timber, working teams of up to 28 bullocks.

The canning of whitebait then attracted his attention and during 30 years he developed an extensive whitebait industry on the Waikato River @ Tuakau.

Throughout his life 'EC' was a keen student of politics and was a staunch Methodist. It is believed he paid for the land on which the Salvation Army Citadel stands on Upper Queen Street, Auckland and in later life he became interested in bible numerics and copied out the Bible in longhand.

Sources

• Christine Frost

NZ Certified Copy of Entry of Marriage R.G.117 078403 issued 24 July 1985

• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-HNX4 : accessed 1 October 2017), Edward Charles Frost and Mary Harriet Rooney, 1876; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1876/174.

• "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Y-7PLP : 8 August 2017), Edward Charles Frost, 1846.
• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGG7-PXP : 29 July 2017), Edward C Frost in household of Samuel Frost, , Staffordshire, England; citing , Staffordshire, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7CG-6C8 : 28 September 2016), Edward C Frost in household of Samuel Frost, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.