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Topic: *Completed*Edwin STEEDS around Christchurch? (Read 363 times)
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Philcandy
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Can any one help me with information about Edwin STEDDS, originally from Somerset, who settled in the South Island?
He apparently went in to partnership with a distant relative, Artemis CANDY.
It seems possible that he is mentioned in the Cyclopaedia of New Zealand, or perhaps in the Biographical Card Index in the Canterbury Museum.
Any information about his family background would be very welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Philip Candy
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althea
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Do you have nothing further?
eg do you want burial?
There is an Edwin Mark Steeds probate 1937
http://www.stead-steedons.co.uk/probate/nz/z1937b08.htm
What sort of age are we looking at?
In 1893 electoral roll
Surname STEEDS
Given Name Edwin
Number 10599
Electorate Christchurch
Voting Qualification Residential
Residential Address Cashel St east
Occupation Merchant
Bye
Althea
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Philcandy
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Hello Althea
Thanks for the prompt about being a little more specific; I simply forgot to give some approximate dates...
Unfortunately I don't have a lot more to go on, although I suspect that the Edwin STEEDS I am researching was a little bit older than the one you have found.
Certainly Artemis CANDY was born in 1834 and died in 1925 in Auckland. There is a possible Edwin STEEDS born in Evercreech, Somerset in 1834. He is still in the UK in 1861 (unmarried) but seems to have disappeared by 1871, so he is a potential candidate. However, it seems unlikely that he would have been 103 when he died, so perhaps Edwin Mark STEEDS is his son.
If this is the right link, the Edwin STEEDS I have found was a son of William and Ann STEEDS, and William had a brother named Mark, so perhaps that is where the middle name came from.
The 1893 entry in the Electoral Role could well be the right person.
Many thanks for helping me out with this; maybe someone else will have marriage, death or burial records that might identify the right Edwin in or near Christchurch.
Thanks a lot and kind regards
Philip Candy
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althea
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Sorry, Assumed you had looked at CHCH burials
they are online
and yes there is an edwin
Surname: STEEDS
First name(s): EDWIN
Date of death: Sunday, 20 January 1901
Cemetery: Linwood Cemetery
Date of burial: Monday, 21 January 1901
Block number: 13
Plot number: 3
Age: 66 years
Address: SYDENHAM
Occupation: MERCHANT
Place of birth: ENGLAND
Years in New Zealand: 18
PLus some more if you look at
http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/
BYe
althea
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Hi Althea
This is fantastic. It is definitely the right person, and in fact it looks as if his wife, may have been Mary Gay STEEDS.
Into the bargain, I was able to find his cousin Thomas Baynton STEEDS, who I had previously 'lost' out of the English records.
Thanks so much for your help with this inquiry.
Kind regards
Philip Candy
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althea
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Right, good now they are right then
in 1893 Surname STEEDS
Given Name Mary Gay
Number 10601
Electorate Christchurch
Voting Qualification Residential
Residential Address 23 Cashel St
Occupation Housewife
Surname STEEDS
Given Name Edwin Mark
Number 10600
Electorate Christchurch
Voting Qualification Residential
Residential Address 23 Cashel St
Occupation Salesman
So you were right Edwin Mark must be the son
and Thomas is nearby
Surname STEEDS
Given Name Thomas
Number 2714
Electorate Riccarton
Voting Qualification Residential
Residential Address Papanui
Occupation Groom
BYe
Althea
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Hi Phil,
I checked the church register index at the Christchurch Library and found these records for your STEEDS. You may have some of this already.
Mary Gay’s maiden name was ANDERSON.
1. Elizabeth Boxall STEEDS, b. 11 Jan 1877, baptised 2 Dec 1900. Parents: Edwin, provision merchant, and Mary Gay. Residence Windmill Rd, Ellerslie. Sponsor: Emily Gifford.
2. William Thomas STEEDS, b. 4 Nov 1882, baptised 17 Nov 1899. Parents Edwin and Mary Gay, Windmill Rd. Sponsor: L FITZGERALD.
3. Francis Alexander STEEDS, b. 21 April 1887, baptised 4 Aug 1902. Parents Edwin and Mary Gay. Sponsor: WT STEEDS
4. Edwin Mark STEEDS married Lillian Ethel THOMPSON, 4 Dec 1902, Holy Trinity Church, Avonside.
Edwin: 30 yrs, merchant, born Ballarat, residence Sydenham. Father: Edwin, provision merchant. Mother: Mary Gay nee ANDERSON
Lillian: 26 yrs, household duties, born Christchurch, residence Sydenham. Father: Robert THOMPSON, importer, Mother: Emma nee GOODCHILD.
Witnesses: Robert THOMPSON, WE THOMPSON, music seller.
5. Agnes M STEEDS married William Thomas DOAK, 8 Aug 1907, St Johns, Christchurch.
Agnes: 34 yrs, spinster, b. Ballarat, residence Christchurch. Parents Edwin and Mary Gay.
William: 48 yrs, widower (1904), storekeeper, born NT Stewart, Ireland, residence Mt Somers. Father: George Michael DOAK, surgeon, Royal Navy. Mother Emma nee ROBBINS.
Witnesses: Elizabeth Boxall STEEDS, teacher, HN BARLOW.
6. Alfred Henry STEEDS married Barbara MACKENZIE, 17 Nov 1909, St Andrews Church.
Alfred: 35 yrs, miller’s agent, b. Ballarat. Usual residence New Plymouth. Father: Edwin. Mother Mary Gay nee ANDERSON.
Barbara: 26 yrs, b. Christchurch. Father: John MACKENZIE, traveller. Mother: Margaret nee MACRAE.
Witnesses: James STEEDS, salesman, Christchurch, Elizabeth Boxall STEEDS, teacher, Cheviot, John MACKENZIE.
There was a note that the marriage was dissolved in Wellington 22 June 1921.
7. Francis Alexander STEEDS married Blanch Maude WITHELL, 3 June 1914, St Michaels and All Angels.
Francis: 27 yrs, chemist and druggist, Father: Edwin. Mother: Mary Gay.
Blanche: 28 yrs, milliner, usual residence Timaru. Father: George, timber merchant. Mother: Avis Sarah nee ATTWOOD.
Witnesses: Edgar STEEDS, sales manager, Fanny STEEDS, Eleanor E. BAYNON, milliner.
8. June Atwood STEEDS, b. 22 Feb 1918, baptised 25 March 1923. Parents: Francis Alexander, chemist and Blanche Maude. Sponsors: E E BAYNON, WT STEEDS, EB STEEDS
9. Mark STEEDS, 18 Jan 1923 (didn’t note if this was birth or baptism sorry!), Parents: Francis Alexander and Blanche Maude STEEDS.
Sponsors: WT STEEDS, FA STEEDS.
10. Mary Gay STEEDS, b. 10 Sept 1922, baptised 25 March 1923. Parents William Thomas, commercial traveller, and Esther Gertrude STEEDS, residence Wellington.
Sponsors: EB STEEDS, EJ CAVERHILL, FA STEEDS
11. Winifred Fay STEEDS, b. 2 Mar 1924, baptised 14 Sept 1924. Parents: William Thomas, traveller and Esther Gertrude, residence Hataitai, Wellington.
Sponsors: EL NICOL, JA NICOL, EJ STEEDS
12 Mary Gay STEEDS, buried 10 Sept 1838, Linwood. Aged 87, 2 Hood Street, New Brighton.
13. Frances Ann STEEDS, buried 16 Jan 1961 (crematorium), aged 80, 2 Hood Street, New Brighton. Next of kin: William STEEDS, brother, Redcliffs.
There is this one too who may not be “yours”...
14. Emily STEEDS married Francis LAVERY, 10 July 1909.
Emily: 21 yrs, factory worker, b. Christchurch. Parents: Thomas STEEDS, gardener and Florence nee HELLEIUR.
Francis: 24 yrs, French Polisher, b. Temuka. Parents: Robert, contractor and Sarah nee HYLAND. Witnesses: Charles BARRETT, Beatrice HAY
Phew - think that's the lot!  Had a look in the Cyclopedia of NZ but couldn't find any STEEDS in the index.
Kind regards,
Stephanie
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Philcandy
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What a remarkable labour of love.
Thank you so much for this wonderfully detailed information. I started this inquiry with no information about who Edwin was, and I now know more about him than anyone else in his branch of the Steeds family!
The quality of the information is stunning; thanks so much for the time and trouble spent on this research for me.
Kind regards
Philip Candy
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Well done, Kea
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 Stephanie
Excellent deed..deserves recognition
Mare
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