Henry Stokes Tiffen. 1816 - 1896
died. Napier.
No children.
TIFFEN CHILDREN
Of seven children, one settled in France. This was Charlotte.
( 1815 - 1962). Two stayed behind: Charles Hart. and sister Amelia Wiginton ( nee Tiffen )
Individual Tiffen children migrated from Kent to New Zealand. Henry, at age 25.
The fourth child, Frederick Tiffen married Lucy Monteith. He ArriveD at age sixteen in 1846. He married at age 31.
Lucy was the fourth Monteith child. 1839 - 1910
Frederick John Tiffen (1846 - 1911).
Fred was the fourth Tiffen child. His brother Henry, who initiated the New Zealand adventure, was eight years older.
They married in Wellington in 1859, the wedding breakfast at George and Elizabeth Monteith's ( deceased ) home on Dixon Street, Wellington.
The Tiffen's parents were William and Charlotte Tiffen ( nee Stoakes ).
William 1785 - 1855
Charlotte 1791 - 1876
Already, their daughter Charlotte, first born, 1815 - 1862 had moved to work in France with her husband. However, she died in 1862. Charlotte became Mrs Davenpore. The Davenports raised eight children.
Fred and Lucy raised seven children. This boy was the first son of the first child, Mary Tuke ( nee Tiffen )
He was Lawrence Godfrey Tuke. ( 1883 - 1929)
Lawrence served in WWI. Recipient of the Military Cross. 1914 - 1920
Lived in Scotland after WWI.
See references to his father, Charles Laurence Tuke, Anglican minister , and mother Mary ( nee Tiffen ) in CHAPTER ONE
Lawrence Godfrey Tuke.(1883- 1929) First child of Charles Laurence Tuke and Mary Tuke ( nee Tiffen ) * Charles and Mary had three sons go to WWI.
Frederick and Lucy Tiffen. Napier 1904. Lawrence Godfrey's grandparents.
*
Tuke was the first other family name I learnt as a girl. Great Grandad and grandmother's first child, Mary, married a minister, Charles Tuke. He was Charles Lawrence. Dad had a photograph of the Tuke third son, Aubrey, in his photo album. Aubrey had been a farm shepherd in Hawkes Bay. Mary is seen young and older in CHAPTER ONE.
Aubrey Tuke. ( 1892 - 1982 ) Hawkes Bay. c 1917
Aubrey married in 1930.
TUKE—CLAYTON.—On January 15, 1930, at the Diocesan High School Chapel, Auckland. by the Veil. Archdeacon MacMurray, Ida Ziegler, elder daughter o£ the late C. Z. Clayton and Mrs. Clayton, Ellerslie