Family History 4.41

The next generation

 

In November 1901, Felicia Ann was married to William Bigelow, and the next year they moved to New Plymouth, where William had been moved by his employers, Sargoods, to work in their office, at that time on the site now occupied by Taranaki Newspapers on the corner of Currie and Courtenay Streets.

1902 Bigelow house, David Street, New Plymouth, since moved to

Lepperton, on Mountain Road near the corner of Manutahi Road.

 

There their three children, John Edwin (Jack), Felicia  Mary (Gaze), and Winifred Amy (Wyn Bird) were born and started school.

 

In 1912, with parents getting older, the family moved back to Auckland and the Auckland office of Sargood's, where William was still working, as Chief Cashier (ie accountant), when I used to visit him during working hours as a little boy with my mother, Mary.

 

Joanne continues:

 

He (Joshua Caleb) was very involved with the Baptist Church and a son made the observation, 'that we were all great temperance people and strongly advocate total prohibition.'

 

Their last move was to Westminster Road in Mt Eden and Mary Ann died here in 1916, at the age of 62. Joshua moved to Bank Street in Mt Eden next to his brother-in-law John Newman, (where he was looked after by Felicia Ann and William and their family, and where we used to visit William when we were children - FG).

 

Eleven years later Joshua died in Auckland Hospital on 15 April after a brief illness. He was buried at Purewa with his wife and their son, Arthur.

 

Joshua's official will put the value of his estate at 2310 pounds.

 

Joshua and Mary's children

 

Edwin (1876-1904), a teacher, never married.

 

Felicia Ann (1878-1934), married William Bigelow, had three children.

 

Harold (1880-1917), a painter, married Rosa, had four children, killed at the Battle of Messines and buried at Le Bizet.

 

Ernest (1884-1950), also a teacher, married Gladys and had four daughters.

 

Caroline (1885-1948) married William Judd, a farmer at Matawai in the hills behind Gisborne.

 

Watkin (1890-1963) married Dora, no children.

 

Harvey (1895-1958) a teacher, married Gladys, served as a medic in the Great War, had three children, two of who became Presbyterian ministers and the daughter, Pam, married Richie Poole.

 

Amy (1898-1970) married George Noble.