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Harriet Jane EASTERLING

Parents: Christopher Easterling & Harriet Gladwin

Harriet Jane EASTERLING:
 Born: Thursday 4 November 1869, Northbury Cottages, Hart Street, Barking
Bapt: 26 July 1874, St Margaret's, Barking, Essex
Died: Tuesday 27 October 1936, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand (aged 66)
Bur: October 1936, Otahuhu Cemetery, Auckland City, NZ

George William STEAD = Harriet Jane EASTERLING
 Married: Saturday 7 March 1896, At the house of Mr J S Ingram, Paeroa, New Zealand

George William STEAD:
Born: 21 December 1869, 17 Old Bailey, Islington, London
Died: 10 May 1954, Ocean Beach Road, Mount Maunganui, NZ (aged 84)
Bur: 12 May 1954, Tauranga, Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty, NZ
Occupation: Labourer

Parents: George William STEAD & Maria CHEESE
Married: 12 September 1869, St Bride, London.

George William Gladwin STEAD

George William Gladwin STEAD:
Born: 1896, Bow, London, England
Bapt: Monday 11 January 1897, Paeroa, NZ
Died: 22 August 1918, Killed in action during the Great War: Bapaume, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Bur: New Grévillers, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Rose Gertrude STEAD

Rose Gertrude STEAD:
Born: 1898, Paeroa, NZ
Bapt: Sunday 18 September 1898, Paeroa, NZ
Died: 6 July 1962, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, NZ (aged 63 years)

Richard BELL = Rose Gertrude STEAD
Married: 24 October 1923, New Zealand

Richard BELL:
Born:
Died:

Parents:

2nd marriage
Thomas GAVIN = Rose Gertrude STEAD
Married: 1940, New Zealand

Thomas GAVIN:
Born:
Died:

Parents:

Robert Samuel Sydney (Bob) STEAD

Robert Samuel Sydney (Bob) STEAD:
Born: Friday 21 December 1900, Dargaville, Kaipara, Northland, NZ
Died: 17 August 1974, 113 Malfroy Road, Rotorua, NZ

Robert Samuel Sydney (Bob) STEAD = Hedwig Bertha Annie POSSELT

Hedwig Bertha Annie POSSELT:
Born: 10 June 1900, Berlin, Germany
Died: 28 December 1979, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, NZ
Bur: 31 December 1979, Rotorua Cemetery, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, NZ

Parents: Karl Otto Rudolf POSSELT = Martha SIGLOWSKI

Frederick John STEAD

Frederick John STEAD:
Born: Sunday 9 August 1903, Dargaville, Kaipara, Northland, NZ
Died: Thursday 18 August 1994, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, NZ (aged 91 years)
Occupation: Surfaceman, Labourer

Frederick John STEAD = Matilda May (Mamie) LITTLE
Married: 1928, New Zealand

Matilda May (Mamie) LITTLE:
Born: 4 July 1904, Auckland, NZ
Died: 12 July 1969, Otahuha, Auckland, NZ

Parents: James Grey LITTLE = Lilian May WOOD
Married: 27 January 1904, Auckland, NZ

2nd Marriage
Frederick John STEAD = Marjorie May WILKES
Married: 1971, New Zealand

Marjorie May WILKES:
Born: 17 September 1917, NZ
Died: 18 DSeptember 2000, Atawhai Centre, Gloucester Street, Napier, Hawke's Bay, NZ (83)
Bur: 16 October 2000, Whareriangi Lawn Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay, NZ

Parents: Joseph Warwick Bickford WILKES = Kate Amy Burges PLAYER
Married:

Lyonel Arthur STEAD

Lyonel Arthur STEAD:
Born: 17 December 1906, Dargaville, Kaipara, Northland, NZ
Died: 17 April 1974, Auckland, NZ
Occupation: Railway Porter

Lyonel Arthur Sidney STEAD = Maureen KENNEDY-SMYTHE

Maureen KENNEDY-SMYTHE:
Born:
Died:

Parents:

2nd marriage
Lyonel Arthur Sidney STEAD = Constance Loraine ????

Constance Loraine ????:
Born: 25 October 1919, NZ
Died: 24 June 1985, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ

Parents:

Ursula Mary STEAD

Ursula Mary STEAD:
Born: Tuesday 16 November 1909, Dargaville, Kaipara, Northland, NZ (Twin)
Died: 1 August 1996, Tamaki-makaurau
Bur: August 1996, Burried with her mother, Otahuhu Cemetery, Auckland City, NZ

Arthur John PATTERSON = Ursula Mary STEAD
Married: 1927, NZ

Arthur John PATTERSON:
Born: 15 December 1888, Kilkeel, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Died: 18 July 1941, NZ

Parents: Samuel PATTERSON = Eliza Jane SIBBETT

Violet Ethel STEAD

Violet Ethel STEAD:
Born: Tuesday 16 November 1909, Dargaville, Kaipara, Northland, NZ (Twin)
Died: 20 September 1972, Auckland, NZ (aged 62 years)
Bur: 1972, Mangere, Auckland, NZ

Godfrey WOODYARD = Violet Ethel STEAD
Married: 1941, NZ

Godfrey WOODYARD:
Born: 13 June 1911, Ohakune, NZ
Died: 4 October 1989, NZ

Parents: James Bennett WOODYYARD = Bertha Caroline Anne LEAN

Additional Information

George W Stead wife Maria son George William and daughter Rosa M sailed from Plymouth on the 25 December 1874 on the sailing ship "Dallam Tower" along with 257 immigrants on board. They arrived in Wellington, New Zealand on the 17th March, 1875 taking just 81 days for the crossing.
The passenger list has the following
George W Stead 25 Middlesex labourer
Maria Stead 28
George Wm Stead 5
Rosa M Stead 3
Note: George William Stead was born 21 December 1869 at 7 Old Bailey, Islington, London
and Rosetta Mary A Stead was born Dec 1871 Poplar, London
Rosetta Stead married Isaac Longstaff in New Zealand in 1896

Harriet Jane Easterling left England as a 21 year old, she is thought to have stopped off at Sydney or Tasmania on the way as she was 23 years old when she arrived in New Zealand. The ship was named something like "Waratara".

Maria Easterling sailed on the ship "Ionic" from London bound for Wellington, New Zealand and arrived on the 18th July 1904.
This was probably Harriet's sister. No evidence of her staying or departing again from New Zealand has, so far, been found.

Auckland Hospital records
Admitted - Harriet Jane Easterling 23 March 1895 aged 23 years
Discharged - 6 June 1895

Harriet's Will left everything to George William Stead.
George William Stead worked in a railway foundry and lost an eye during his time there.
In his last few years he lived in a raupo (reed) hut out in the bush.

Harriet went to England in 1930, when she was 60, to visit her brother, Christopher.
Incoming passenger List.
Southampton, England.
R.M.S. "Rangitiki" of the line New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.
Port of Embarkation - Wellington
Port of landing - Southampton
Date of landing - May 1930
Passenger - Mrs H.J. Stead
Proposed address - 58 Fanshawe Ave., Barking, Essex
Class - 3rd
Occupation - Domestic duties
Age - 60
Permanent residence - New Zealand

In 1939 her brother, Christopher John Easterling, was by then, living just a short distance from Fanshawe Avenue in Wedderburn Road, Barking

Photographs


Harriet with grand daughters Joan (l) & Shirley (r).


George & Harriet Stead (nee Easterling)


Harriet & George Stead


Harriet Stead (nee Easterling), the motor cycle belonged to her son, Robert Samuel Sydney 'Bob' Stead.


Harriet Stead with her son Robert Samuel Sydney 'Bob' Stead on his motor cycle.


Harriet Stead (nee Easterling) by airoplane


Headstone for Harriet and daughter Ursula.