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James Old 1831 – 1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jun 1831

Birth Location: Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK

Death Date: 19 Feb 1882

Death Location: Wanganui, New Zealand

Father: Richard Old

Mother: Jane Liddicoat

Spouse(s): Betsy Wills

Children(s): Laura Old, Amelia Old, Betsy Old, Florence Old, James Old, Emily Old, Anne Old

James Old was born in 1831 in Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK, the child of Richard Old and Jane Liddicoat. James Old married Betsy Rickard Wills, and had children including Laura Isabella Wills Old, Amelia Old, Betsy Jane Clara Old, Florence Maria Old, James Robert Ernest Old, Emily Evaline Old, Anne Maud O Old. James Old passed away in 1882 in Wanganui, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • James Old was born in 1831 in Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK, the child of Richard Old and Jane Liddicoat.
  • James Old married Betsy Rickard Wills, and had children including Laura Isabella Wills Old, Amelia Old, Betsy Jane Clara Old, Florence Maria Old, James Robert Ernest Old, Emily Evaline Old, Anne Maud O Old.
  • James Old passed away in 1882 in Wanganui, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Old
1790 – 1871
Birth Location: St Merryn, Cornwall, UK
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Jane Liddicoat
1794 – 1854
Birth Location: St Columb Major, Cornwall, UK
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Spouses(s)

Betsy Wills
1837 – 1870
Birth Location: St. Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK
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Children(s)

Laura Old
1855 –
Birth Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
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Amelia Old
1857 –
Birth Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
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Betsy Old
1858 –
Birth Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
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Florence Old
1858 –
Birth Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
FO
James Old
1862 – 1944
Birth Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
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Emily Old
1864 – 1939
Birth Location: Wanganui, New Zealand
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Anne Old
1866 –
Birth Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
AO

James Old's Ancestors

Self
James Old
1831 – 1882
Birth Place: Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK
Parents
Richard Old
1790 – 1871
St Merryn, Cornwall, UK
Jane Liddicoat
1794 – 1854
St Columb Major, Cornwall, UK
Grandparents
John Owld
1749 – 1832
St Eval, Cornwall, UK
Martha Ivey
1752 – 1837
St Merryn, Cornwall, UK
Robert Liddicoat
1760 –
St Columb Major, Cornwall, UK
Margaret (Lawry) Rawlings
1748 – 1816
St Ervan, Cornwall, UK
Great-Grandparents
John Ould
1721 – 1804
Jennifer Leverton
1724 – 1810
Stephen IVEY
1702 –
Elizabeth Brewer
1712 –
William Liddicoat
1731 –
Jane Chapell
1726 –
William RAWLINGS
1713 – 1800
Margaret Powell
1713 – 1796
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Ould
1691 – 1737
Margaret Chenoweth
1697 – 1773
John Leverton
1685 – 1741
Julian Dyer
– 1775
Stephen Ivey
1668 –
Katherine Stribley
1666 –
William BREWER
1679 –
ELIZABETH ROBERTS
Robert Liddicoat
1695 – 1760
Mary Scabeio
1695 – 1762
John Chappell
Martha Lang
William Rawlings
1673 – 1733
GRACE Rawling
1678 – 1768
First Powell
Grace Yeats
1678 – 1747

James Old's Descendants

1.
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James Old (19 Jun 1831 – 19 Feb 1882) m. Betsy (Rickard) Wills (Bef. 07 May 1837 – 20 Jun 1870)
  1. 1. Laura (Isabella Wills) Old (31 Mar 1855 – ) m. George (Frederick) Beard
  2. 2. Amelia Old (02 May 1857 – ) m. Alfred (William) Bailey (11 Apr 1849 – 26 Mar 1919)
    1. 1. William (Alfred) Bailey (23 Nov 1875 – 1936) m. Eliza Wilson
      1. 1. Hazel Bailey m. Owen Ross
      2. 2. Ruby (Eliza) Bailey m. Walter Julian
      3. 3. Victor Bailey
      4. 4. Valentine Bailey m. Molly Greenwood
      5. 5. Norman Bailey m. Irene Stockman
      6. 6. Allan Bailey m. Christine Lee
      7. 7. Harold Bailey m. Olga Aagard
      8. 8. Betty Bailey m. Syd Cottam m. Viv Petch
      9. 9. Peggy Bailey m. Edward Bevin m. Duncan Marshall
    2. 2. Ernest (Walter) Bailey (02 Aug 1877 – )
    3. 3. James (Edward) Bailey (07 Dec 1879 – 24 Aug 1960) m. Elizabeth (Lucy) Coombes
      1. 1. Raymond (Edward) Bailey (01 May 1906 – 12 Jun 1983) m. Iris (Ruth) Bayliss
        1. 1. Ivan (Keith) Bailey (10 Feb 1932 – ) m. Margaret Wills m. Colleen Waugh m. Aveen Craig
        2. 2. Neil (Malcom) Bailey (06 Dec 1933 – ) m. Gillian Webb
        3. 3. Raymond (John) Bailey (01 Jan 1936 – ) m. Pauline (Francis) Coles
        4. 4. Maurice (Martin) Bailey (11 Nov 1946 – ) m. Christine (Janet) Leader
      2. 2. Ester (Amelia) Bailey (02 May 1906 – 14 Aug 1991) m. Arthur (Ronald) Williamson
        1. 1. Ronald (Edward) Williamson (30 Sep 1926 – ) m. Doreen (Ellen) White
        2. 2. Gloria (Joy) Williamson (20 Jul 1931 – 05 Sep 1947)
      3. 3. Theodore (Laurence) Bailey (11 Feb 1909 – ) m. Phoebe Simpson
        1. 1. Maurice (Ross) Bailey (08 Jan 1933 – ) m. Valerie (Joan) Simkin
        2. 2. Shirley (Fay) Bailey (15 Aug 1940 – ) m. Harold Richardson m. Maitland Legge
        3. 3. Beryl (Joan) Bailey (22 Mar 1944 – ) m. David Reed m. David Clark
      4. 4. Ronald (Wilfred) Bailey (10 Dec 1912 – 26 Sep 1923)
      5. 5. Alfred (William Earl) Bailey (25 Oct 1913 – 30 Oct 2006) m. Mary (Logan) Jefferis
        1. 1. Marilyn (Jefferis) Bailey (03 Dec 1944 – ) m. Barrie (David) Petersen m. Morgan
        2. 2. Helen (Dean) Bailey (27 Jul 1945 – ) m. George (Bertram) Smith m. Wetzels
        3. 3. Graeme (Mansell) Bailey (23 Jun 1946 – ) m. Merilynne (Isobel) Berry (29 Jan 1946 – ) m. Lynette Wagner
        4. 4. Kathryn (Laura) Bailey (13 Jun 1947 – ) m. Larry (Norman) Simpson
    4. 4. Annie (May) Bailey (28 Apr 1881 – ) m. Alfred Bensley
      1. 1. Lily Bensley
      2. 2. Phyllis Bensley
      3. 3. Edna Bensley
      4. 4. Sylvia Bensley
      5. 5. Alfred Bensley
        1. 1. Janet Bensley
        2. 2. Cushla Bensley ( – Abt. 2001)
      6. 6. Frederick Bensley m. Noeline Kelly
        1. 1. Coral Bensley
        2. 2. Margaret Bensley
        3. 3. Graeme Bensley
        4. 4. Christine Bensley
        5. 5. Alan Bensley
      7. 7. Eric Bensley
    5. 5. Lilian (Alice) Bailey (08 Oct 1882 – 05 Jun 1883)
    6. 6. Albert (Henry) Bailey (06 Jan 1884 – 26 May 1887)
    7. 7. Evelyn Bailey (27 Dec 1886 – 1887)
    8. 8. Olive Bailey (27 Dec 1886 – ) m. Andrew Connett
      1. 1. Marjorie Connett
      2. 2. Meg Connett
      3. 3. William Connett
      4. 4. Dorothy Connett
      5. 5. Barbara Connett
      6. 6. Joan Connett
    9. 9. Frederick Bailey (05 Jul 1888 – ) m. Molly
    10. 10. Christina Bailey (03 Feb 1891 – )
    11. 11. Cecil Bailey (13 Mar 1892 – ) m. Unknown Biggins m. Unknown Haskell
    12. 12. Henry (Cyril) Bailey (26 May 1896 – ) m. Evelyn Gunn
  3. 3. Betsy (Jane Clara) Old (1858 – )
  4. 4. Florence (Maria) Old (1858 – ) m. Michael Flynn
    1. 1. Ernest Flynn
    2. 2. Unknown Flynn
  5. 5. James (Robert Ernest) Old (23 May 1862 – 1944) m. Anna (Margaret) Hawthorne
    1. 1. Robert (Clifford) Old
      1. 1. Jeffrey (Clifford) Old
        1. 1. Robert (Jeffrey) Old
        2. 2. Susan Old m. Unknown Hille
    2. 2. Cyril Old m. Alice Summers
      1. 1. Unknown Old m. Unknown
        1. 1. Carol Bennett
  6. 6. Emily (Evaline) Old (1864 – 22 Apr 1939) m. Charles Evans (Abt. 1851 – 22 Jul 1924)
    1. 1. Alice (Evelyn) Evans (03 Apr 1887 – 15 Sep 1976) m. William (Joseph) George (28 Jun 1877 – 04 Sep 1929)
    2. 2. Edith (Mary) Evans (25 Mar 1889 – 1970) m. Frederick (Harold) Terry (04 Jun 1889 – 1965)
      1. 1. Matthew (Charles) Terry (27 Jul 1916 – 30 May 1999) m. Irene Grindrod (1919 – 21 Jul 2007)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Pamela) Terry (05 Jan 1945 – ) m. Noel (William) Odgers (29 Nov 1943 – )
      2. 2. George (Harold) Terry ( – Bet. 1939–1945)
      3. 3. Kathleen (Mary) Terry
    3. 3. George (Robert) Evans (1892 – ) m. Elizabeth (Mary) Beck
      1. 1. Daisy (Elizabeth) Evans
      2. 2. Franklin (Thomas) Evans m. Unknown m. Unknown
    4. 4. Charles (Alfred) Evans (1897 – ) m. Winifred Yokovitch
    5. 5. Ruth Evans (1899 – 1993)
  7. 7. Anne (Maud O) Old (1866 – )

James Old's Timeline

9 Records

1828
19 Jun 1828
Birth of James Old in St Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK
St Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK
1828
19 Jun 1828
Birth of James Old in Higher Tolcarne, Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall, England
Higher Tolcarne, Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall, England
1831
19 Jun 1831
Birth of James Old in Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK
Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK
1831
19 Jun 1831
James Old was christened in St Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK
St Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK
1843
23 Jan 1843
Age 12
James Old immigrated in arrived in New Plymouth on the ship Essex
arrived in New Plymouth on the ship Essex
1845
Aft. 1845
Age 14
James Old was employed in Farming at Bell Block, Te Henui, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Farming at Bell Block, Te Henui, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
1882
17 Feb 1882
Age 51
Death of James Old in RGO 178, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
RGO 178, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
1882
19 Feb 1882
Age 51
Death of James Old in Wanganui, New Zealand
Wanganui, New Zealand
1882
17 Feb 1882
Age 51
Burial of James Old in Old Wanganui Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand
Old Wanganui Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1828
    Event Place: St Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1828
    Event Place: Higher Tolcarne, Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1831
    Event Place: Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1831
    Event Place: St Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Immigration
    Event Date: 23 Jan 1843
    Event Place: arrived in New Plymouth on the ship Essex
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: Aft. 1845
    Event Place: Farming at Bell Block, Te Henui, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1882
    Event Place: RGO 178, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Feb 1882
    Event Place: Wanganui, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1882
    Event Place: Old Wanganui Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
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