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Duncan was born c1864, being aged 26 in his Intention to marry Annie Alicia RICHARDS in 1891. They were married in Feilding on 20 Jan 1891.

Can find them in electoral rolls together in Rangitikei, Wellington, Masterton and Dannevirke up to 1911. In 1914 I think Annie is in Te Kuiti, no sign of Duncan. They divorced in 1917. Annie is still in Te Kuiti in 1919.

Had four children
Frederick Duncan 1891-1952
Flora 1893-1940
Bernice Alicia 1895-1963
Agnes Rititi 1897-1982

Annie went on to marry Joseph Christopher SPINLEY in Auckland in 1919, and died in Auckland in 1936.

Duncan was a blacksmith. He was adjudged bankrupt in 1893-96.

Not looking for anything further on Annie or the children, but hoping someone can assist in finding what happened to Duncan.

Thanks
Ian C

Mercy TICEHURST was the daughter of Herbert Stretton TICEHURST and Mary Ann PACKHAM. She was born Eastbourne 1850.

She is in the 1851, 1861 and 1871 census with her parents in Eastbourne. After that she seems to disappear. Can't find her on the census or anywhere else.

Can anyone find her please. The surname can sometimes be written as anything, but even using other variations she doesn't want to be found.

Thanks
Ian C

I have a couple of photographs of a man and a woman taken by a W HICKS, Photographer, Eastbourne. One has just the name and the other has an address of 4 Cornfield Place.

They are the carte-de-visite size on a thin card base, so am guessing taken in the late 1860s.

It is fairly certain who the man is but not the woman. Thought it might have been his sister, but she died in 1854 so not likely. Possibly his wife.

Looks like it was William HICKS according to the census.
1861 at Ryde, IoW, occupation Photographic Artist
1871 at Eastbourne, occupation Photographer
1881 at Eastbourne, now a Builder, his son John born IoW now the photographer. John still a photographer in 1891 and 1901.

Looks like I might have partially answered my own question, but does anyone have any further info about William and his likely addresses so we can nail down a date of when they were taken.

Thanks.
Ian C

No research or queries on this one, just having a bit of a rant.

There are two Louisa Jane UDYs with a similar birth year in the 1860s, and everyone seems to be confusing the first one with the other one which is showing up in a lot of trees on Ancestry and MyHeritage. The trees on Familysearch appear to be correct for them.

The first Louisa Jane UDY, who was the second daughter of William UDY and Maria UDY nee TICEHURST of Greytown, was born in Greytown in 1865. She lived there pretty much her entire life, and died there in 1948 as Louisa Jane UDY. She also never married. She is buried in the Greytown Cemetery with her parents. At no stage did she live in Otago or Auckland. This is my UDY line and Louisa Jane was my great-grandmother's older sister, so a lot about her is family knowledge.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105346729/louisa-jane-udy

The other Louisa Jane UDY was born in Cornwall in 1863 and arrived in Dunedin in November 1875 on the Alhambra from Australia with her mother. Father was already here I think. She was the daughter of William Henry UDY and Emblyn/Emmeline WILLIAMS and is definitely the Louisa Jane who married John ROWSE at Hamiltons in Central Otago in 1883. He was a passenger on the same ship as her into Dunedin. They both ended up in Auckland. This Louisa Jane died in Auckland as Louisa Jane ROWSE in 1937 aged 74, and was buried at Mangere with her husband. This particular UDY family had nothing to do with the Wairarapa ones, although they were from the same area in Cornwall. John ROWSE was also from Cornwall and probably knew the family.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257211511/louisa-jane-rowse

Accepting too any wrong hints or just copying from other trees I suspect.

Rant over.
Ian C

Hoping someone can assist please with translating the latin bits from this 1732 baptism from Shrawardine in Shropshire.

Thanks
Ian C