Thomas Henry Tidd (1868 - 1948)

Born 12 Jul 1868 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Whale) Necnikowski — married 2 Aug 1899 (to 1919) in Feilding, Wellington, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1948 at about age 79 in New Zealand

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Biography

Thomas Henry was born in 1868. He is the son of Thomas Tidd and Louisa Midgley. ^[1]He married Elizabeth Jane Whale in 1899 ^[2]

Bankruptcy.—A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by Thomas Tidd, a wood dealer, of Feilding. His total liabilities amount to £195 16s 2d, and ; his assets .63 ; deficiency, £112 16s 2d ^[3]

ALLEGED INCEST. Thomas Henry Tidd (Mr A. _M. Ongley) was charged with committing incest on his daughter, aged 15 years 5 months, at Feilding on February 20, 1918. He was also charged with indecently assaulting his daughter. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr C. A. Loughnan prosecuted. The following jury was empanelled: .1 J. Knight (foreman). W. Kyle, F. Kensington. .T. Davis, P. O'Neill, A. Cutler. J. J. Cox, D. Murray, B. A. Moore, J. W. Colclough, O. Browning, and .T. P. O 'Connor. The Court was cleared during the hearing of the case. Evidence was given by the daughter on whom the offence was alleged to have been committed, by a younger daughter, and by the police. After a lengthy retirement, the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. ^[4]

PALMERSTON DIVORCE COURT At Palmerston Supreme Court in the undefended case Elizabeth Jane Tidd v. Thomas Henry Tidd, the petitioner sued for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of adultery. The petitioner in her evidence stated that she had been married to the respondent at Feilding on August 2nd, 1899. and there had been eight children born of the union. Everything went well until about eight years ago, when the parties were living at Mangaweka. She had then reason to suspect undue intimacy between the respondent and a woman who was living in the house, but he denied the accusation. She (petitioner) had left the house to earn her own living as a waitress, and after that her husband had taken to drinking heavily. She had reason to believe that he was living with another woman while she was earning her own living, and she put in a letter from him making certain admissions. Corroborative evidence having been given by two witnesses, His Honor granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months, with costs on the lowest scale against the respondent ^[5]

After the divorce, he married 2nd Annie Smith in 1922 ^[6]

A fractured left leg was suffered by Mr. Thomas Tidd, married, aged 75, bushman, of 150 Great North Road, New Lynn, when he was struck by a motor-truck near his home at 8.30 o'clock last night. The accident occurred when Mr. Tidd moved out on the road when helping with a car that had stopped by the side of the highway. He was taken to the Auckland HospitaL ^[7]

He passed away in 1948 age 83 ^[8] Note Age at death does not tie up with year of birth

Research Note

Not to be confused with Thomas Henry Tidd, his cousin (son of his father's brother Henry)

Sources

1. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-TKP4 : accessed 14 October 2017), Thomas Henry Tidd, 1868; citing Birth, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1868/10713.
2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration 1899/3231
3. ↑ Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6839, 1 November 1900
4. ↑ SUPREME COURT Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13887, 16 May 1918
5. ↑ Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 1175, 18 February 1919
6. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration 1922/3261
7. ↑ STRUCK BY MOTOR-TRUCK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23790, 18 October 1940
8. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1948/20839