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John Moorhouse Hartley (abt. 1848 - 1927)

John Moorhouse Hartley
Born about in Threshfield, Linton in Craven, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1868 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at about age 79 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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John Hartley was born in England.

Biography

John was born in Threshfield, Yorkshire, England around 1848. In 1851 he resided in Linton in Craven, Yorkshire. In 1871, he resided at Halifax, Yorkshire, employed as a carpenter. In 1876, he emigrated with his wife and children to New Zealand on the ship Countess of Kintore, sailing on 2 February and arriving on 19 April at Lyttelton. He lived in Christchurch, apparently having further children before separating from his wife in the the 1880s. He passed away in Ashburton in 1927 aged 79.

Sources

  • Birth: GRO Index, Skipton, Vol 23, Page 632 q September 1848.
  • Marriage: GRO Index Halifax, Vol. 9a, Page 755, q December 1868.
  • Residence: UK census 1851,1871.
  • New Zealand births, deaths & marriages search for death reg. no. 1927/7922, John Moorhouse Harley, age 79Y.
  • New Zealand passenger lists via Family Search, ship Countess of Kintore, arriving in Canterbury in 1876, with passengers including John M. Hartley, age 27, Yorks., carpenter; Matilda Hartley, 27; Robert Hartley, 7; Christr., 5; Isabella, 4.

Seperation: John and Matilda separated in about 1886 according to a testimony given by Matilda at the Magistrate's Court in 1892. Source: Papers Past: MAGISTERIAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7421, 16 November 1892, Page 2

  • Star (Chistchurch), 16 November 1892, page 2 via Papers Past, Magisterial [at the end of the article] John Moorhouse Hartley was charged with failing to provide for his wife Matilda Hartley and her 7 children, 4 under 15 years of age, living apart from her husband for about 6 years.
  • Star (Christchurch), 10 September 1927, page 6 via Papers Past, death on September 9 at Ashburton of John Moorhouse Hartley, late of Christchurch, in his 80th year.
  • Death: 9 September 1927 • Tuarangi Resthome, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Source: Death Registration Entry, No.90. Registered 10 September, 1927. Also Source Papers Past: DEATH. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18257, 10 September 1927, Page 6. Note: No family members are mentioned at all.

Research notes

  • His death was given as 1922 in Wetherby, Yorkshire, England, but this was unsourced and may have been confusion with somebody else.




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