Spiers Family of Karori Wellington

[Hibiscus1]

Is anyone out there researching the family of James and Harriottee Spiers of Karori.
Arrived on the ship Oriental in 1839 from London with no children. Have there passenger records.
Married 1834 at St Marys Church, Haggerston. London. Have Parish record with no parents names etc. Witness's were used on other marriages the same week.
James born 1812 re the NZ Gazette. No information on were. James died 1872 Karori.
Harriotte was nee Friend, have no other information on her either.
Cannot find any links from New Zealand back to the records in the UK as prior to census and registration, marriage has nothing to help.
Have been searching this family for many years now and no closer to finding their families in the UK.

[Janette]

Hello and welcome to RootsChat

I see there is a death notice Wellington Independent 27 February 1868 Page 3 DEATH.

 http://www.rootschat.com/links/01b3l/

Spiers.—On the 24th November, 1867, James Spiers, Esq., of No. 1, Pembroke Villas, Stamford Road, Kingsland, London, aged 75 years.

There is not a death registered in NZ for this chap,it may well be the father
This looks like the London death reg

Deaths Dec 1867   
Surname  First name(s)     Age     District     Vol     Page
Spiers    James               75   Hackney    1b   269   
The district Hackney spans the boundaries of the counties of Greater London, London and Middlesex

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

Here is the 1861 census
It may be a second marriage for James


1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
1, Stamford Road, Hackney, London, England
Household Members
First name(s)    Last name    Relationship    Marital status    Gender    Age    Birth year    Occupation    Birth place    
James    Spier    Head    Married    Male    68    1793    Retired Silk Weaver    Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England    

Jane    Spier    Wife    Married    Female    51    1810    -    Chadshunt, Hertfordshire, England    

Lydia    Spier    Daughter    Unmarried    Female    20    1841    -    Spitalfields, Middlesex, England    

Alfred    Spier    Son    Unmarried    Male    11    1850    Scholar    Middlesex, England    

John    Spier    Son    Unmarried    Male    12    1849    Scholar    Middlesex, England    

Ann    Purkiss    Servant    Unmarried    Female    17    1844    Ho Servt    Walcott, Surrey, England

Cheers Janette

[minniehaha]

1867 death registered in New Zealand for:

Harriotte SPIERS aged 60 years.


www.dia.govt.nz/births-deaths-and-marriages

Minniehaha.

[minniehaha]

SPIERS. On November 5, at Selwyn Rise, Karori, Harriotte, the beloved and truehearted wife of James Spiers, aged 60. Truly she had "light at evening time".

'Wellington Independent', dated 9.11.1867.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Minniehaha.

[spades]

Both those names, SPIERS and FRIEND, are commemorated with street names in the suburb of Karori.

Spades

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi,

Just throwing this in.  The burial locator states that Harriotte was  mentioned in a book "High Point", Page 309, at St Marys, Karori, Wellington.   I am guessing this is a book that has been published by a Historical Society.




Cheers
KHP
   

[spades]

The correct title of this book is Commanding a high point by Margaret Alington. 
Looks at the history of St Mary's Church, Karori, the first Anglican church in the Wellington suburb.

Spades

[minniehaha]

Marriage:

SPIERS - COLE. On the 4th April at St. Paul's, Thorndon by the Bishop of Wellington, Charles Alfred, eldest surviving son of James Spiers, Selwyn Rise, Karori to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of John Camden Cole, Chelsea Cottage, Karori.

'Wellington Independent' dated 6.4.1865.

Death of Charles Alfred SPIERS in 1933, aged 90 years.

Minniehaha.