Immigration - Duckworth

[Lucy2]

Too right, Spades.   

We're such an inquisitive lot (... or perhaps that should just be, "curious" lot ? ).   

It's always nice to have the "ending" of a "story".

And knowing whether our "digging" has been fruitful, I think improves our investigative skills.

   ~  Lu

[Lucy2]

... unless it is posible to find a John & Rebecca Eaton in NZ after their arrival in Wellington in mid-1901, both aged about 30 at the time, with a 1 year old called William.  I don't know if they lived in Wellington or elsewhere.

Hi Malcolm

EATON

>   Was John EATON a shoemaker / bootmaker  ?

If so, then he was resident in Canterbury in 1911 (can't see him prior to that.)

1911 - Canterbury - Lyttelton roll

EATON - John - shoemaker
EATON - Rebecca - married    ... both at Redcliffs, Sumner

[Lucy2]

... a couple of "kiwis" to add to the family.   

NZ Births  (To "today's date", 1913)

EATON

1902 - Edith
1904 - Robert

Parents:   John and Rebecca EATON

[Lucy2]

EATON

In 1919, they're on two electoral rolls :

1919 - Christchurch South General roll

EATON - John - bootmaker / Rebecca, married ... at 29 Antigua Street


1919 - Timaru Supplementary* roll
(* which suggests they'd recently moved to the locality )

EATON - John - bootmaker  - Waimataitai

EATON - Rebecca - married - "Park View", Marchwiel Street.

[ ??  Separate addresses ??   I don't know whether "Park View" was perhaps an institution ? ]

[Lucy2]

EATON

No sign of the parents on e/rolls after 1919.

Not on the New Zealand Death Index -- apart from the babe Robert EATON b. 1904 - and died aged 7 days.

   ~  Lu

[Billyblue]

Tongariro
Duckworth is an unusual name and it caught my eye because...
I do indexing for the Ryerson Index and just last night I did one for a Mavis DUCKWORTH, widow of Errol Noake, dod 13 April 2003 (in Brisbane Courier Mail)

Let me know if you think this might have any connection with your Duckworths and I'll PM you the whole entry.

Dawn M

[Lucy2]

Hi Malcolm

From AUSTRALIA Death Index :

EATON - William

Died :  1985 - Mentone, Victoria, AUS
Aged :  86 years   [bc 1899 ]

Father :  John EATON
Mother : Rebecca LOFTS
 

[Lucy2]

Australia - Death Index

EATON - Rebecca

Died : 1955 - Surrey Hills, Victoria
Aged : 84 years  [bc 1871 ]

Father :  William LOFTS
Mother :  Rebina NEIL

[Lucy2]

From TROVE (Australian newspapers website)

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home


Death Notice for Rebecca EATON

"The Argus" - 21 February 1955 - page 13

EATON - on February 18th, Rebecca, loved w/o the late John, loving mother of Edith and William, m-i-law of Eric and grandmother of John and Lillian.  Late of 4 Milan Street, Mentone.