Charles W Bryan

[ricardoespana]

Hello

Help please.....am trying to find details of when my great uncle CHARLES W BRYAN settled in New Zealand.....I believe North Island, but I may be wrong......Although he was born in Plymouth, Devon, England in about 1872, I know he upped sticks and emigrated when he was either late teens or early 20's (family argument.lol).....

I have always been under the impression from my late mother, that he set up a coach/bus/transport business, I presume under the name of Bryan.....and that he married a local girl.....

Any help/details please will be grateful for marriage(s)....children...business....work....death etc, etc....

[trish1120]

Others may be able to help you more later but Charles only seems to appear in the 1881 Census with Parents SAMUEL H/ELIZA S
Birth Reg 1871 under Charles Walter Bryan.

Have you looked around on NZ BMD:
Possible Death Reg;
Charles Walter BRYAN, 1930, Age 60 (1930/10437)

There is a Charles Walter Bryan who died 1999, Birth 11 Sept 1906, possible Son.

The only Birth Reg c 1906 is this;
BRYAN, Charles, 1906/15481
Parents, MARY SMITH and CHARLES
Other Children with same Parents;
DAVID 1909
JOHN DANIEL 1910

Mary Smith BRYANs Death was Reg 1945, age 65 (Birth c 1880)

Marriage Reg;
Mary Smith CRAIG
Charles BRYAN
1906/3730
Website;
https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/

As I said there are other experts on the NZ Board with access to better Records than me who may help you more

[Thamesite2017]

the Charles Walter Bryan mentioned above, and his son and buried at Waitara Cemetery
Surname: BRYAN
Forenames: Charles Walter
Gender:
Last Address: Onaero (Farmer)
Age at Death: 60 Years
Date of Death: 10 Dec 1930
Category: Burial
Funeral Director: Not Available
Date of Burial: 12 Dec 1930
Cemetery: WAITARA
Info in the NEw Plymouth Database
http://www.newplymouthnz.com/CouncilAtoZ/CemeteriesAndCrematorium/CemeterySearch.htm

Bye
Althea

[Janette]

Hello,

This article has a Charles W Bryan boarding in Auckland in 1908

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0me7/


Cheers Janette

[trish1120]

NZ Electrol Roll;
1911, Westland, West Coast
BRYAN, Charles, Ngahere, Engine Driver
Bryan, Mary Smith, Ngahere, Married
+ these for Charles
1919, Aratika, Engine Driver
1928, Kotuku, Engine Driver + Charles Jnr, Saw Millhand
Mary Smith Bryan is on both also.

[Thamesite2017]

HI
we have two Charles Bryans..from info above (excluding the junior)

One who was in Taumaranui then Stratford, a farmer..that is the 1930 burial

Then South Island..guess the telling factor is if you are after Charles Walter Bryan
Bye
althea

[Lucy2]

Help please.....am trying to find details of when my great uncle CHARLES W BRYAN settled in New Zealand.....I believe North Island, but I may be wrong....

Hi ricardo...

The Charles Walter BRYAN who died 1930, (and is buried at Waitara, Taranaki, North Island), first appears on a New Zealand electoral roll in 1911.

1911 - Taumarunui (Supplementary) Roll

BRYAN - Charles Walter - Uruti* - occ. farmer

[* Uruti is in North Taranaki region, not too distant from Waitara. ]

In 1914 he is at the same location with his wife, Edith.

What I wasn't able to find on NZ records, was a marriage for a Charles BRYAN with a wife named Edith.
[But more on that later. ]

There is however on the NZ (online) Birth index, the following:

1909 - BRYAN - Lionel William Egmont

Parents:   Edith and Charles Walter BRYAN

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[Thamesite2017]

The married in England according to NZSG cert collection
Bye
Althea

[Lucy2]

In the 1935 and 1938 electoral rolls for Stratford and New Plymouth (both Taranaki region), Edith BRYAN (still listed as married, though a widow) is at Onaero.

1935 -- with Charles Walter BRYAN [junior], farm hand and Lionel William Egmont BRYAN, farmer.

1938 -- at same place, with Charles Walter [jnr] and (what appears to be another son), Bernard Rimu BRYAN, farmhand.

[If you look at the cemetery link provided earlier, you'll see records also for these other BRYANs -- all with a connection to Waitara. ]

Bernard Rimu BRYAN's death registration records he was born 18 January 1913 (his birth is not yet showing on NZ BDM, online due to the 100 year limit).   Charles Walter BRYAN (d.o.b. 11 September 1906) is not recorded as being born in NZ.
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