edwardtucker

Painting of the WILLIAM BRYAN, New Plymouth, Taranaki

EDWARD TUCKER (parents EDWARD TUCKER and JANE KITTOW)

b. 16 February 1823 in Devonshire, England,

d. 8 Jul 1879 in the East Clive, Hawkes Bay.

Married EMMA PHILLIPS (parents JOHN PHILLIPS and ANN COCK) on the 26 Aug 1844 in the Wesleyan Chapel, New Plymouth.

b. 1826 in Saint Kew, Cornwall, England,

d. 14 Dec 1908 in Havelock North

EDWARD TUCKER

Occupation: 1849, listed as sawyer and in the late 1860's ran a small farm "Sherwood' in the Hawkes Bay.

Birth Certificate: Fathers occupation was labourer, place of abode is not clear but could be Catch Quarry.

Marriage Certificate: Ref - 1844/5. EDWARDs' age was listed as 'full age' when they were married, EMMA was 17. His occupation was listed as a Joiner. They were married with her mother consent. Both of them signed the marriage certificate with an 'X'.

Death Certificate: Ref: 1879/1096. Occupation: Laborer. Aged 57 years. Occupation of Edward's father: Laborer. Cause of Death: Eptheloma of the jaw. Number of children when he died: M - 8, F - 3. The certificate is signed by F Tucker, Clive. He had been in New Zealand for 38 years before he died. His mothers maiden name was Kitto. He was 22 when he was married.

Burial: Havelock North, New Zealand. Block Name C, Plot Number 23. Date of Death/Burial 08 July 1877. District: Clive.

EMMA PHILLIPS

Death Certificate: Ref - 1908/2505. Age 81 years. Cause of Death: Senile decay, diarrhrea.

Burial: Same location as her husband. Date of Death/Burial 14 December 1908.

Children of EDWARD TUCKER and EMMA PHILLIPS are:

i EMMA TUCKER, d. 11 March 1893, Havelock. Married HENRY JACKSON in 1892. (Headstone inscription below)

iv EDWARD TUCKER, b. 1847; d. 1931. He married SARAH ELLEN HARWOOD in 1871.

Occupation: 1866, Ran Sherwood, a small farm at Ruataniwha

April 23rd issue of the Hawkes Bay Herald of 1877: Return of sheep above 6 months old in the province of Hawkes Bay, 1 May, 1876. E. Tucker 428 sheep.

v JAMES TUCKER, b. 29 May 1849, Auckland. He married FRANCES HARRIS in 1876.

vi FREDERICK TUCKER, b. 30 April 1851, Auckland; d. 24 December 1912. He married EMILY HOWSE in Cirencester, Gloucester in 1874. 'Educated in Auckland and for many years a station worker in Hawkes Bay, a member of the Mangateretere School commitee and the A&P society. Married to the daughter of Mr Edward Howse of Puketapu, she passed away in 1893 leaving 5 sons and 4 daughters'. Taken from the New Zealand Cyclopedia.

Richards inscription is on the tall part of the headstone, and reads: In "loving memory of Richard Tucker, beloved husband of Maria Tucker, who died 15 Dec 1922." The topmost square says "his End was Peace" the middle square reads: "Maria, wife of above, died 2_ Dec 1930, aged __ years", Their son Raymond is also buried here.

viii ELIZABETH ANN TUCKER, b. 09 Sep 1857, Auckland; d. 14 May 1893, Waipawa. She married NATHANIEL HARWOOD on the 30 March 1875.

ix WILLIAM TUCKER, b. 17 September 1859, Freemans Bay, Auckland; d. 24 Oct 1942, Havelock North. He married SARAH JACKSON on the 30 April 1891 in Clive. (An external link for WILLIAM TUCKER)

x JOSEPH TUCKER, b. 1864, Napier; d. 1 April 1908. He married SARAH ANN CHEER on the 31 March 1887 in Clive, Hawkes Bay.

Joseph Tucker Sarah Ann Cheer

xi CHARLES TUCKER possibly died in childhood

This is the reference to Edward Tucker in "Early Stations of Hawke's Bay" - "84 Sherwood

About 1,200 feet above sea level on the North Makaretu road, nine miles from Takapau, and eight miles west of the Napier-Palmerston North highway, Sherwood began as a small holding of less than 1,000 acres that had been cut from the Ashcott (6) property. It was taken up in the late 1860s by Edward Tucker, who had arrived at New Plymouth in the barque William Bryan in 1841. He was the eldest of eight brothers and three sisters who sailed in the Plymouth Company's first immigrant ship, and members of his family later settled at Clive. The land was mainly covered in forest, which possibly suggested the name. In 1872 Tucker had 445 sheep on the property, and by 1875 this figure had increased to 706. By 1876 the number had dropped again to 428, and at this period the property had been reduced to about 400 acres. For a short time his brother-in-law, Nathianel Harwood, took over Sherwood, and a few years later the property was sold to Thomas White of Kent."

This is a bit muddled up because this Edward was born in New Zealand. His father, also Edward, was the one who sailed in the William Bryan with his parents and siblings to New Zealand.

Advert from the Hawkes Bay Herald Tue 16th 1862

Edward Tucker (Date Unknown)

Headstone of Edward and Emma Tucker

Inscription:

The top has two hands clasped with the words "In Loving Memory". "Edward Tucker, died July 8 1877, aged 57 years, also his beloved wife Emma Tucker, died Dec 14 1908, aged 82 years and of Emma, beloved wife of William Henry Jackson and daughter of above, died March 11, 1893, aged 25 years. As a mark of respect many of the descendants of Edward and Emma Tucker gathered here 5 - 11 - 1961."

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