Frederick and Charlotte Kingsford

[Lady Mary]

Looking for any information on Charlotte Elizabeth and Frederick Bosworth KINGSFORD. They were early residents of Razorback (near Bombay/Pokeno) Especially looking for their arrival around 1880. They reappear in the UK in 1901.  Frederick owned land around Pokeno but I know little else. Papers Past has no info. other than he was on the Pokeno Domain Board and put himself forward as a representative for a General Election.
T.I.A.,
Mary

[Fresh Fields]

.....Edit..... Papers Past has no info. other than he was on the Pokeno Domain Board and put himself forward as a representative for a General Election.
T.I.A.,
Mary

Morning Mary.

If you just use 'Kingsford' as your search item in Papers Past, limited to just the Auckland newspapers and the date range you mention, and no adverts, there are quite a number of hits for both a Mr and a Mrs KINGSFORD in the South Auckland area you mention. Particularly to do with Church matters, the fundraising for etc.  There are also NZ coastal shipping mentions, though some of those give different Christian names or initials, but could be related.

Unfortunately as it is also a name associated with gold mining etc, there are a lot of unwanted hits unless the search critera is refined.

My family were in the area at the time you mention, but moved to the Waikato in 1906. However members like kiwihalfpint know the area, and from the open days at the Pukekohe East Church I know that there are others who may be able to assist.

- Alan.
 
PS
Would Montague KINGSFORD be related because he gets mentions? I have found references to a 6 page will relating to his death 29/5/1942. Also this is a surname with later history in the Cambridge area.

[Janette]

Hello Mary,

The 1881 electoral roll has him living in Pokeno in the Franklin South electorate,occupation farmer and his Property qualification was 350 acres, Maungatawhiri which were freehold.
The 1893 roll has his occupation as Gentleman living at Razorback in the Waitemata Electorate
 Freehold land with a Half share part Te Pua, Tangihua

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

1893 also has an entry the same as 1881 but it has become the Waipa electorate,he looks to have had land in two different places.

Cheers Janette

[Johnf04]

Mr F B and Mrs C E KINGSFORD arrived in London on the Rimutaka on 17th May 1896 - information from incoming passenger lists, on Ancestry.

[minniehaha]

Hello Mary,

These items may be of interest to you............

Mr. F. B. Kingsford leaving for England………[1893]

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18931027.2.4.5?end_date=31-12-1949&page=5&phrase=2&query=f.+b.+kingsford&start_date=01-01-1839


A snippet about Mrs. F. B. Kingsford as organist…….[1890]

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18900804.2.6?end_date=31-12-1949&page=10&phrase=2&query=f.+b.+kingsford&start_date=01-01-1839


Minniehaha.

[kiwihalfpint]

Hello,

Throwing this into the mix, as Alan mentioned Montague.

There is a a death for a Montague Kingsford 1942 aged 87 and a Charlotte Eliza aged 81 1955 in the Otahuhu Public Cemetery.

http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/cemeteries/cemetery.html

There is also a Probate held for Charlotte Eliza Kingsford held at Auckland.

https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/SimpleSearchResults.do


Cheers
KHP
   

[kiwihalfpint]

author=Fresh Fields link=topic=793966.msg6504870#msg6504870

However members like kiwihalfpint know the area.

Yes, I may know the area, but the family may not have settled there permanently.

According to The New Zealand Gazettes Frederick Bosworth Kingsford is mentioned as being in:

1880-1881 Franklin
1882          Manukau
1884          Maungatawhiri
1888-1892  Manukau
1890           Waitemata

Yes similar to what Janette has put down.

Cheers
KHP

Added:  Just a side note, the middle name Bosworth has also been transcribed as Besworth.

[kiwihalfpint]

There is a Frederick Bosworth Kingsford who died 11 May 1929 in Bristol, England, Probate date was 3 Jul 1929 and a Charlotte Elizabeth who died 15 April 1929 Bristol, England, Probate 3 August 1929.


Cheers
KHP