Mitchell Family: what happened to! *COMPLETED*

[lnr]

I am looking for Rebecca Mitchell ch. 5 may 1867 Wimbleton eng and her brother William ch 24 feb 1869. Came on ship Zealandia to nz with mother Sarah who died on board, and father Henry, brother George Harrow mitchell whom i know about also sarah my gg grand mother apparently rebecca and william may have been Farmed out as they say.cannot find a marriage for Rebbeca  or death. can any one help lnr

[Lucy2]

Hi lnr

So this is the family that arrived in Auckland - 15 October 1874 ?

*  Did they stay in that area ?

Mmm ... very difficult to find Rebecca and William if they have been "farmed out" and perhaps given new names ?

You mention knowing about "George Harrow MITCHELL".
I see he was the youngest (aged 3 in 1874).

*    Was he adopted out too ?

*    What became of father Henry - did he re-marry ?

~  Lu

[lnr]

Hi Lu, I have George Harrow  mitchells death died 14 nov 1950. buried waikumete.dont know anything about his life, Father Henry apparently married twice? To Annie Ashby 1893 and Beatrice Adalaide Freeman. Henry James the other son died at 16 on the coromandle. my ggg grandmother was put into service on a farm at Western springs nz where my ggggrandfather george Morrison met her. they married 1879. thanks lnr

[Lucy2]

Hi lnr

Do you have the death printout for Henry (the father). ?

Can you tell me please,

*   where/when he died

*   ages and sex of his living issue (his surviving children)

*   if the names of his wives are on the printout - if so, who were they.

~   Lu
 

[Lucy2]

Hi Lu, I have George Harrow  mitchells death died 14 nov 1950. buried waikumete.dont know anything about his life,

Father Henry apparently married twice? To Annie Ashby 1893 and Beatrice Adalaide Freeman.

Hi lnr

Hmm  ... interesting. 

I went looking for more on George Harrow and found a son - James Percy MITCHELL b. 1898, to George Harrow and Annie.   [There are 3 other births which are "possibles" for the same couple, but parents listed as just  "Annie and George".] 

When I searched for a George MITCHELL marriage to an "Annie", all I got was (1893) and  "Annie ASHBY" as the bride ?   

So, if your family information has this Annie ASHBY in the mix, perhaps this young George remained part of the family ... and it might be that his descendants, know something about Rebecca and William ?

~  Lu



 

[Lucy2]

Son of Annie and George Harrow MITCHELL

1898 - MITCHELL - James Percy

Marriage

James Percy MITCHELL - Leah Mavis KEESING - 1920

Death

1986 - MITCHELL - James Percy - d.o.b.  23 May 1898
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James Percy is also buried at Waikumete.

Died :    13 March 1986 - aged 87 years.

[Couldn't see burials for either wife - Annie or Leah. ]

[SPC]

Hi lnr

Do you have the death printout for Henry (the father). ?

Can you tell me please,

*   where/when he died

*   ages and sex of his living issue (his surviving children)

*   if the names of his wives are on the printout - if so, who were they.

~   Lu
 

From a family tree on ancestry.com

Henry Mitchell 1832 - 1886

m. 1860  Sarah HARROW, Lambeth (  -1874)

Sarah Maria MITCHELL 1861 – 1918
Henry James Mitchell 1863 – 
Rebecca Mitchell 1864 – 
William Mitchell 1869 – 
George Harrow MITCHELL 1870 – 
Infant Mitchell 1874 –

Henry m. Elizabeth Heatley Auckland 1875

Simon

[SPC]

Looks like Henry James died in NZ 1879 aged 16y.

Simon

[Lucy2]

    Is this MITCHELL tree on ancestry, one which is viewable to the public ?