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Hi Palmeri,
I have recently received additional information on the Irwins & Whitfields through an Essex genealogist, and Alan & Trisha Thatcher's Family History (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=fireballxl5&id=I437)
The following attachments have been corrected & updated.
Kind regards, Malcolm.

Hi Palmeri,

Fanny Maud IRWIN & William Henry ARNOLD had 4 children:
(1) Ruby Doreen Elizabeth ARNOLD (31 Oct 1902 @ 53 Barbour St, Linwood, Chch - 11 Oct 1969 @ 252 Opawa Rd, Hillsborough,
         Christchurch)
       married: Frederick CHURCH (23 Dec 1884 @ Lauriston, Ashburton, Mid-Canterbury, NZ - 28 Jul 1953 @ 252 Opawa Rd,
         Hillsborough, Christchurch) on 24 Apr 1935 @ St Mark's Anglican Church, Opawa, Christchurch
(2) Iris Alice Pearl ARNOLD (23 Sep 1907 @ 15 Opawa Rd, Opawa, Christchurch - 19 Aug 1972 @ 31 Marama Cres, St Andrews Hill,
         Christchurch)
       married: Charles John FINERAN (22 Jun 1906 @ Darfield, Canterbury, NZ - 19 Jan 1977 @ Christchurch) on 15 May 1929
         @ St  Mark's Anglican Church, Opawa, Christchurch
(3) Olive Thelma Caroline Fanny ARNOLD (11 Mar 1911 @ 15 Opawa Rd, Opawa, Christchurch - 31 Mar 2003 @ Springview Rest
         Home, 74 Chrystal St, Richmond, Christchurch)
       married: James Edwin CARR (21 Jan 1906 @ Ashburton, Canterbury, NZ - 10 Mar 1976 @ Christchurch Public Hospital,
         Christchurch) on 06 Jul 1940 @ St Mark's Anglican Church, Opawa, Christchurch
(4) William Henry Irwin ARNOLD (20 Jul 1914 @ 15 Opawa Rd, Opawa, Christchurch - 20 Jul 1914 @ Christchurch)

Olive was my mother.
William was either stillborn or lived only a few hours, I'm not sure which (I cannot find any entry for a birth or death in the bmd indexes).

Unfortunately, I'm still stuck going back any further with the Irwins. The furthest back I've got to is:
  Thomas IRWIN (1835-36 @ County Armagh, Ireland - 14 Feb 1898 @ Montreal St, Christchurch)
  Henry IRWIN (02 Jun 1837 @ County Armagh, Ireland - 17 Nov 1915 @ 3 York St, Opawa, Christchurch)
Their parents were:
  James IRWIN & Fanny RICHARDSON (unfortunately, I have no bmd info on either of them)
(My mother told me they all came from Portadown in Armagh)

28 generations is pretty impressive. I've only managed 9 generations so far, and that's only in one line.

My apologies for a mistake I made in my last message - Victoria St is in the north-west part of Christchurch's CBD, NOT north-east.

Regards, Malcolm.

https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/Hi Palmeri,

thanks for your reply, but I am a puzzled on your info regarding the death of George WHITFIELD, because, a few years back I called in at the Dept of Internal Affairs office, where they looked him up for me and could only find the 1947 death, but it was registered in Wanganui!!, not Christchurch, and it had absolutely no details of next of kin or parents name or where he was born, so could not guarantee he was the right person. About all that appeared on the certificate was his name and his age of 90.

Also, I'm a little puzzled over the marriage of Grace JOHNSTON to James GREGG or GREIG? in 1858. You quoted registration no. for this marriage (1858/522). But when I typed this into the New Zealand Internal Affairs bmd website (https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/) nothing showed up? Or, was this off the microfiche, which I cannot get access to at present, because Christchurch Central Library is still closed after the February earthquake.

The only titbit I can add to what I sent earlier is: I recently purchased the death certificate for Thomas Whitfield (05 December 1783 @ Shoreditch, London - 11 October 1861 @ 3 Gresham House, Whitecross St, Cripplegate, London.

I do have information on Thomas WHITFIELD's (1783-1861) siblings, which I will include next time.

Regards, Malcolm.

Hi palmeri,

on the death certificate of Grace Irwin (19 April 1897) her first marriage was to a James GREIG, but I don't have a time or place for their marriage, but I presume it was in Ireland, since Grace was born in County Fermanagh in 1836-37.

Grace's parents were Samuel & Margaret JOHNSTON.

Yes, I do have a copy of Henry IRWIN & Elizabeth WHITFIELD's marriage certificate.

Elizabeth WHITFIELD's parents were:
Thomas WHITFIELD (19 May 1816 Shoreditch, Middlesex - 21 February 1902 Balls Rd, Opawa, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Susannah MIDDLETON (17 June 1819 Harwich, Essex - 19 July 1890 St Albans or Waltham ?, Christchurch, New Zealand
they were married 17 August 1841 Bethnal Green Old Church, London

Thomas & Susannah had 7 children:
Ellen (01 October 1842 - 16 April 1852)
William (01 September 1845 - 19  March 1940)
Elizabeth (09 April 1848 - 19 December 1933)
Thomas Blizard (11 January 1851 - 08 December 1929)
Henry Edward (19 November 1853 - 03 April 1935)
George (11 December 1856 - ?)
Anne (26 August 1861 - 22 September 1927)

William departed from Liverpool, England 22 June 1864 from Liverpool, on the barque "Knight Bruce". Arrived Vancouver Island 24 December 1864. Settled in Snohomish, Washington (now an outer suburb of Seattle)

Thomas & Susannah and the other surviving children departed from London, on sailing ship "Light Brigade". Arrived Lyttelton, New Zealand 26 August 1868

Thomas WHITFIELD's (19 May 1816 - 21 February 1902) parents were:
Thomas WHITFIELD (05 December 1783 - ?)
Mary EDDES (I think?) (08 November 1783 - 09 January 1853)

Susannah MIDDLETON's parents were:
Thomas MIDDLETON (? - ?)
? PILBROW (? - ?)

Thomas WHITFIELD's (05 December 1783 - ?) parents were:
Thomas WHITFIELD
Mary ?

Does your friend have any more information about Henry IRWIN's ancestors?, as I am unable to find anyone beyond his parents James IRWIN & Fanny RICHARDSON.

Hope this will be of assistance,

kind regards, Malcolm (Christchurch, New Zealand)