TIFFEN CHILDREN ENGLAND
The English children's parents were William and Charlotte Tiffen (nee Stoakes).William 1785 - 1855
Charlotte 1791 - 1876
Charlotte 1791 - 1876
William Tiffen was a printer in Hythe, Kent. His father a miller in Essex
The English Tiffen Children were: Charlotte 1815. 1862 *Henry Stokes 1816 - 1896 ** migrated 1842Amelia 1823 - 1881 (m Wigginton)Mary 1824 - 1856 (m Westgarth)Charles Hart 1826 - 1899 (m Esther Carmilina)Fred John 1828 - 1911 (m. L.E. Monteith. 1859). Ansell 1829 - 1916 - bachelor. migrated 1855Belinda 1836 - 1923. (m Haselden) migrated 1860.
Already, their daughter Charlotte had moved to raise their children in France with her husband Theordore Davenport. Theodore was an English scholar. The Davenports raised eight children.
Two siblings lived all their lives in England: Charles Hart Tiffen. and Amelia Wigginton (nee Tiffen)*Henry migrated in 1842.
Two siblings lived all their lives in England: Charles Hart Tiffen. and Amelia Wigginton (nee Tiffen)*Henry migrated in 1842.
* A Wigginton daughter, also named Amelia, came out on a holiday to New Zealand in 1855 with her husband.
She became a matron of a hospital in London.
Great Grandad Fred was the fifth English Tiffen child.
new Zealand CHILDREN of Fred and LUCY TIFFEN
1860 - 1932 George William1862 - 1947 Mary Eleanor (Tuke) *1864 - 1952 Frederick Ansell1866 - 1939 Ida Eleanor ( Lysnar) 1867 - 1945 Louisa Winifred (Miller)1869 - 1920 Henry Ernest1871 - 1938 Frank Louis
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Louisa Winfifed Tiffen 1867 - 1943
Frederick Tiffen married Lucy Monteith. He ArriveD at age sixteen in 1846. He married at age 31. LUCY arrived AT AGE under one. She married at age 19
Lucy Tiffen (nee Monteith ) was the fourth Monteith child. 1839 - 1910
New Zealand Patriarch. Frederick John Tiffen (1846 - 1911).
THE IDEA OF PEOPLE STARTING OUT
- NEWS PAPER ARTICLE SUMMARY 1862
- 1.At Elmshill, on the 18th inst, the wife of F.J. TIFFEN, Esq. of a daughter.
- 2.In 1862, brother Louis Ansell had some goods stolen.
- A man was imprisoned for six months.
- 3.Algernon Gray Tollemach bought land in Hawkes Bay.
Frederick and Lucy raised seven children. This boy was the first son of Charles Laurence and Mary Tuke (nee Tiffen)
He was Lawrence Godfrey Tuke. (1883 - 1929)Lawrence served in WWI. Recipient of the Military Cross. 1914 - 1920He lived in Scotland after WWI. "His brother Aubrey saw him once in 1917 in London when he had recently arrived there, recruited to London to train for war." * Aubrey, third son. Below
He was Lawrence Godfrey Tuke. (1883 - 1929)Lawrence served in WWI. Recipient of the Military Cross. 1914 - 1920He lived in Scotland after WWI. "His brother Aubrey saw him once in 1917 in London when he had recently arrived there, recruited to London to train for war." * Aubrey, third son. Below
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more in family notes
Frederick and Lucy Tiffen. Napier 1904. Home landscaped. Station Street
(botton of scroll) Napier.
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Aubrey Tuke, third son of Mary and Charles Tuke, readied for War. Photo 1917. New Zealand. Photo from the F.L.Tiffen Album
(private collection) *
*Tuke was the first other family name I learnt as a girl. Dad had a photograph of Aubrey in his photo album. IT was first his dd, F.L. Tiffen's album.
Aubrey had been a farm shepherd in Hawkes Bay. Wire fencing, one day, he badly damaged one eye.
Note. 2026.
I spoke with Laurie Tiffen in 2022. Laurie said he enjoyed visiting Aubrey in his home in Auckland when he was a boy. Aubrey would say,' Fetch me that (such and such thing). It
is over there'. Laurie was intrigued that he knew the feel of where everything was orientated in his room, as he was blind.
Aubrey Tuke. (1892 - 1982) Hawkes Bay. c 1917
Aubrey married in 1930.
married, TUKE—CLAYTON—On January 15, 1930, at the Diocesan High School Chapel, Auckland. by the Veil. Archdeacon MacMurray, Ida Ziegler, elder daughter of the late C. Z. Clayton and Mrs. Clayton, Ellerslie
Corrections. Switch the images right to left.
Belinda Hazelden (1831 - 1923)
Born Belinda Alice Ansell Tiffen in Hythe on 30 September 1831. Belinda Tiffen lived with her parents in Hythe, until she married in 1860. She married Charles John Allen Haselden in Folkestone. They emigrated that year.
Haselden, Charles John Allen, 1838-1913
" He was appointed clerk in the Militia and Volunteer Office, Auckland, N.Z., in July 1863" Charles became under-secretary of the NZ Department of Justice, and the couple had six children. * Belinda died in Wellington on 28 October 1923.*https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22495364
" He was appointed clerk in the Militia and Volunteer Office, Auckland, N.Z., in July 1863" Charles became under-secretary of the NZ Department of Justice, and the couple had six children. * Belinda died in Wellington on 28 October 1923.*https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22495364
* Note. The family located a long letter of eight pages from Frederick to his sister, Belinda, describing his very early adventures and points of view in full during the 1840s.
Me starting Teacher's College 1966. Ardmore. Photograph by Fiona Laming.
Clarifying details.
I am the daughter of Seth John and Phyllis Tiffen.
Seth's grandfather, Frederick John, and his great uncles Henry, Ansell, Charles and great Aunties Amelia and Belinda were brothers and sisters to the eldest sibling Charlotte Davenport * (nee Tiffen).
Aubrey Tuke was a cousin to Seth, son of his Aunt Mary and Uncle Laurence. This family started out in Taradale and Napier, then worked in Tauranga and retired in Auckland.
Belinda was Fred, Henry and Ansell 's one sister who lived most all of her life in Wellington. Fred paid her some visits when single and then also with his wife. The Hazeldens had three daughters.
They all had another sister Mary Elizabeth, who sailed in 1855, married in Taita, Wellington, New Zealand in 1856, sailed to Shanghai with her husband, ship Commander, Captain Westgarth, the very man she met sailing from England to New Zealand in the ship Westminster.
Mary died in Shanghai in 1856.
Mary was buried at Shantung Road Cemetery.
This was for foreign internationals.
It was demolished in 1868.
History here.
https://archive.org/details/shanghai-shantung-road-cemetery
An excerpt from this booklet on Shantung Road
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This little booklet was commenced in 1942 soon after the Japanese occupation, but my work was discontinued during the period of our internment. Some details have been added and other parts slightly altered during 1946, which spread of time may possibly explain the difference in certain conditions, owing to the great historical changes which have taken place during this period. On page 49 will be found a few epitaphs taken from some tombstones. Some of these appear to have been decided upon by friends of the persons buried, but the wording of others seems to indicate that they were selected by the departed ones.
More modern tombstones appear to bear shorter inscriptions and fewer details.
Where sums of money are quoted in this booklet, the following very 8 rates of exchange can be taken as a rough guide for the years One Mexican Dollar was worth 75 of a Shanghai Silver Tael. One Tael was worth about six shillings. One thousand Cash went to one Mexican Dollar. During the above period, the Mexican Silver Dollar was in current use, until gradually replaced by Chinese Silver Dollars. Prior to the above dates, Spanish or Carolus Dollars were the chief medium of trade. These were also known as Pieces of Eight," as mentioned in Treasure Island.” Cash, brass with a square hole, were carried in strings, 100 cash in a length. ' Author. E.S. ELLISTON