Walter Bartley and Alice Davis

We are continuing our series on the children of Robert BARTLEY and Esther KERBY.
This post also comes with a request. Are you able to add to the little we know about Walter's family? Would you like to do a guest post on this family? Any comments, links, images or information you have to share on the blog would be so appreciated by researchers coming along after us.

Walter Bartley was born at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands on 24 November 1853. His Mother and Father stood as godparents at his baptism on 7 December 1853, recorded at the Town Church of St Helier. It is also likely, being a dissenter family, that an entry was made at their local Wesleyan Chapel.
It was, no doubt, a busy and anxious time for Robert and Esther. That Christmas they were preparing for the first stage of their journey to Auckland in the New Year.
The family arrived in New Zealand in October 1854, a month before Walter's first birthday. With no memory of Jersey, he is the first true colonial child of the family.
Robert took Walter into the building trade when he was old enough. He is listed on electoral rolls as a carpenter
In 1876 he married Alice Jane DAVIS (NZRBDM 1876/1515). Donated research tells us that Alice was born at Hastings, Sussex, England about 1853, a daughter of David Davis and Rhoda HAMPTON.
The couple lived at 8 St Francis de Sales Street in the part of Ponsonby now known as St Mary's Bay. In their day this area contained two and three bedroom cottages built in the 1860's as worker's accommodation.
We know of several children brought up in that house.
(Please be aware the following names and dates are subject to verification. Once again, if you are able to supply sources or more information, please do comment or get in touch.)
Robert Archibald 1877 - 1944, married Lillian HUNT; Frank Percy- 1879 married Ethel PEARCE; Eleanor Ivy 1883-1887; Walter Raymond 1887 - 1902; Edgar David 1892-1893; Gordon Wilfred 1893 - 1925 married Ann HOYES; Winifred.

It seems that Walter and Alice had more than their share of hardship- apart from the infant deaths which visited so many families in those days. Walter Raymond was known as Ray. He was 15 when he misjudged his step getting off the bus to school:

AES 22 Sept 1902

These facts were confirmed at the inquest next day and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

Alice lived into her late 70's. She passed away on 16 March 1931. Her memorial may be found at Waikumete Cemetery, New Lynn in the Wesleyan section. Walter joined her almost exactly a year later on 19 March 1932.

Edward Bartley - The Formative Years

Family researchers and students often contact our archive looking for background information which gives context to the bald data of their source material.
Today I post an extract from our earlier publication Colonial Architect. The information presented here is relevant to both Robert and Edward Bartley researchers seeking to understand their ancestors immigration and settlement in New Zealand, and to those whose interest area relates to the development of early Auckland.

St Helier Harbour, Jersey,Channel Islands image from BFA Postcard collection

The environment and attitudes of Europe in the Victorian Age were to have a lasting effect on Edward Bartley. His formative years were spent in the Channel Islands in a close family environment. He was born in 1839 in the Channel Islands parish of St Helier, Jersey. The Islands were, and still are today, a dependency of the British Crown but not of the British parliament. Their peculiar independent status stemmed from an historical connection with the Duchy of Normandy. The local dialect of Jersiaise is a derivative of that Norman French.

Edward was one of a large family of twelve children. A strong sense of duty and service to community was instilled in all ten surviving children, as they were raised according to the strict Methodist principles of their parents. The Bartley children, like many of their fellow parishioners, were a typical mixture of English and native Channel Islands stock. Schooling and business were conducted in Jersiaise. They lived in a tight-knit local community but had family connections on the island of Guernsey, in England, Europe and in America.

The family home was in Union Court, St Helier- a short lane running off the North side of Union Street. Their home was designed and built by their father, one of several houses in the development of the Court. The Bartley children were well educated, according to the standards of the day. Edward received a solid grounding in drawing, drafting, music and calculation, in addition to the languages, classics and mathematics. He had also acquired a taste for the new science and technologies, which were developing swiftly at that time. In particular the advancements made in the development of the microscope, and in photography, continued to interest him all his life.

Edward was apprenticed to his father, a builder/ architect, at the age of 13. In this he followed his eldest brother, Robert, who was already qualified as a master builder. Two years later he left Jersey, having acquired some work experience and the saleable skills of building and carpentry.

The family’s decision for some members to leave the Islands followed an earlier pattern. An elder married sister, Eliza, left for Australia around 1850. Other cousins and in-laws had settled in America. The local economy was flat, with no further large public building projects being considered. Their father was of an age to retire. He had also contracted tuberculosis, a disease which had already claimed several family members. Emmigration was always a viable option, whether for physical or economic wellbeing. Even the longest sea journey was an attractive proposition with the right inducement.

Edward was fortunate to travel with his eldest brother Robert, a married man, with several children. There were a number of likely destinations available to the family, but the possibility of land grants to approved settlers may have tipped the balance in favour of New Zealand. The Provincial Government of Auckland was keen to attract immigrants and had begun advertising in the British Isles a scheme of free grants of land in the Province. The rate of entitlement for Cabin passengers was one half the sum outlayed in passage money. Robert and Esther bought passage for their family, Esther's sister and Edward, under this scheme. Leaving in June, from England, on board the Joseph Fletcher, the Bartley family arrived in Auckland in October 1854. They must have felt their decision a timely one. In March of that year conditions in Europe had deteriorated further, leading ultimately to the British declaration of war against Russia.

Auckland in 1854 was no sophisticated port settlement.  In the absence of a wharf, the ships anchored in midstream. Passengers and goods were transferred to lighters and run ashore on to the beach to disembark. In some weathers this could be a hazardous and nerve wracking end to a long sea journey, especially for parents of young children who had been penned up for several months.

Edward had worked primarily as an apprentice carpenter and joiner on Jersey. Robert had been employed on a number of large projects there, where the majority of new buildings were constructed from the plentiful local stone. However, the builders waiting at Auckland for the arrival of the Joseph Fletcher that October were keen to acquire skilled labour for a very different kind of construction. Here they were concerned with building entirely in wood, from the very foundations on up. Men with good training who could quickly adapt to colonial methods were desperately needed- men who were not above dressing their own timber in order to get the job done. It was hard physical work that was waiting and there was plenty of it.

Edward's sketch of the first Auckland Prison and Gallows illustrates the contrast in environment between St Helier and Auckland

Edward later recalled how strange the work seemed to him, used to the more delicate work of cabinetmaking. He and his brother were employed by the builder Mr A Black to construct a block of five two-storey shops at the corner of Queen and Victoria St East. There were no timber mills supplying dressed timber. At this time all the boards had to be planed and the tongue and groove worked by hand. The men worked a twelve hour day.

In 1855 when William Griffin, the Chartist activist, called the first public meeting of the Eight Hour Movement in Auckland Edward and a co-worker William Philcox were in attendance. They became instrumental in organising carpenters to be one of the first trades to take action in support of an eight hour day. Employers were given six months notice of their intention to work eight hours instead of twelve. This gentlemanly consideration was given to prevent the disruption of contracts already tendered for. The Chartist principles and the disturbances they occasioned in Britain had left a deep impression on the young Edward growing up in Jersey. Over the years he continued his association with the Eight Hour Movement, working on the committee and attending the annual soiree and the later picnics on Regatta Day.

By 1857 Edward was working with Mr Edmund Israel Matthews. Mr Matthews had come to New Zealand about 1848 with the Department of Royal Engineers. This former Clerk of Works had retired from service to conduct business on his own behalf as a contractor. His contacts and reliability ensured him the lion’s share of Government work. Edward was now 18 years of age. In that year work began on the Mt Eden Gaol, under the supervision of architect Mr Reader Wood.[i] Mr Matthews, with Edward under his wing, was one of the contractors involved in the construction.

Edward's later career owed a great deal to the guidance of Edmund Matthews. He introduced Edward to the superior methods and systems of the Royal Engineers. He also facilitated Edward's access to the latest developments in engineering and construction through his influential connections in provincial government and the military.

Two years later, in February 1859, Edward married Elizabeth Hannken. Elizabeth’s family had come to New Zealand in 1840, settling first in Coromandel before coming to Auckland. Both the Hannken’s and the Bartley’s worshipped at the High St Chapel and her grandmother was from a Jersey family. Edward and Elizabeth shared an interest in music and had both joined the new Auckland Choral Society. The young couple made their home in Union St, becoming owners of part of the original Hannken property there. [ii]

 In 1858 the Militia Act had divided the country into military districts and a system of ballot was introduced. Allowances were made, however, for men to substitute service in volunteer companies in satisfaction of their militia duties. A great number, including Edward, did so. He became a member of the Royal Rifle Company of Volunteers. Part of his employment in this year was work on the construction of the Whau blockhouse, situated in the area now called Blockhouse Bay. Colonel Mould, of the Royal Engineers, designed the building and was careful to acquire the most strategic site. Set above the harbour it was constructed to monitor and defend the traditional route from the Whau estuary to the Manukau. The payments to E. I. Matthews dated from 14 April 1860 until 9 June 1860.

By this time the population of Auckland had grown to approximately 8000 people.

Improvements had been made in the main commercial area of Shortland St and amenities provided where they coincided with the requirements of the government and the military. Elsewhere the streets were narrow, dusty in summer and a quagmire in the winter. Fire had destroyed much of the High St area in 1858, resulting in a shift towards development of Queen St. At that time Queen St was definitely not a prestigious location. It was divided by the tidal Horutu Creek, which ran down the middle of the street. Known locally as the Ligar Canal, this foetid waterway served as a sewer and a drain for adjacent properties, meeting the sea in a swampy area at the beach. The creek was mostly boarded over with planks by the 1860s, but still a hazard to health and personal safety.

As early as February 1854 there had been petitions and complaints registered against the continued use of wooden construction in the town.[iii] Fire was an ever- present threat and Auckland was without adequate water or facilities to fight back. Most Auckland streets contained rows of small wooden dwellings packed close together alongside workshops, mills, smithies and commercial premises. Apart from the fire risk there were serious public health issues to contend with as the population increased. Sanitation services were rudimentary and infant mortality was high.

In the absence of any cohesive town planning, construction went on in wood, much as before, with gradual expansion of businesses into previously undeveloped sites.

One of these new commercial buildings was the Auckland Savings Bank. The project had already experienced a good deal of delay and dissension before Mr Matthews won the contract for construction with a deadline of March 1862. The architect was, by then, Mr Reader Wood. In May a boundary dispute arose which stopped work and required the intervention of the Surveyor Mr Charles Heaphy. The Daily Southern Cross reported in August that the work on completing the building had been done in a creditable manner:[iv] This despite some debate on the standard of workmanship and the delay in it’s completion. Nevertheless the Bank Trustees deducted from their final payment to Mr Matthews a sum equivalent to the three months’ rent the bank had had to pay for its’ temporary accommodation. This experience may well have coloured Edward’s views on the relative bargaining positions of the contractor, the architect and the client. At this time there were no standard terms and conditions in building contracts. Much was assumed to be understood between the parties who worked together regularly in such a close environment. A specific out-clause for liability for time and cost over-runs was obviously not part of Mr Matthew’s protection in this case.

By 1862 Edward was a foreman, engaged with Mr Matthews in demolishing the original St Paul’s Anglican Church in Emily Place. The front gable and tower were left intact and the Church was replaced by a new design by Colonel Mould.[v] Edward particularly admired the design and construction of the roof principles. The building was, he felt, an example of true Gothic Architecture. [vi]   

Building work continued in Auckland while the atmosphere in the town became increasingly tense. The Waikato was only 40 miles away. Many settlers were sending their families into Auckland for their safety. The Volunteers were attending regular training and assisted in manning the Domain Blockhouse against surprise attack.

When the war broke out in July 1863 Orderly-Sergeant Edward Bartley of the No. 5 Militia was ordered to the Front. His active service was short lived. Eleven tradesmen were required to return to complete the Fort Britomart stores, as capacity was fast being outstripped by demand. Edward returned to town and set to work.

In 1865 Mr Matthews and Edward entered into a partnership. Edward was 26 years old and the father of three young children. He may have been able to bring some capital into the business by this stage, but the economic climate was not favourable to the building industry at this time. The military and immigration-led strength in the local economy was waning, making it a difficult time for any financial commitment. The capital city had been removed from Auckland in February, with the attendant loss of personnel and Government contracts. The gold fields of the South continued to pull people away to those areas of the country with more promise of wealth and few native concerns. The removal of the bulk of British troops was now clearly inevitable, no matter how much decried by the Auckland businessmen and speculators. Their partnership, however, seemed fortunate in securing regular engagements.

Matthew & Bartley, Builders traded from the Matthews Seering Hall in Grey Street, with further premises on Elliot Street.[vii] In later years Edward recalled working on the Wesleyan Church in Pitt St. It was completed and opened in October 1866. An inspection of the trust accounts for the Pitt St Church revealed no payments to Matthews & Bartley. It is likely, therefore, that they were sub-contractors to H White, the head contractor on the project, who managed the construction for the architect Mr Herepath. The foundation work for this building was huge and expensive but the building was finished on time, in less than twelve months.

Wesleyan Church, Pitt St, Auckland

The Supreme Court building was another early contract. This building had been started in 1863. The original builders were Amos & Taylor, working to the design of the architect Edward Rumsey. The building had been much criticised in the press, not only for the design but for the interior arrangements as well.[viii]  The services of Amos & Taylor had been dispensed with midway through the construction with acrimony on all sides. Edward later recalled the first payment from this contract came on April 27 1867 and the last in January 1868. This indicates that Matthews & Bartley were involved in the later stages of construction, probably as sub-contractors, from about March of 1867. The building continued to receive unfavourable press in the years to follow.[ix]

Supreme Court, now High Court Auckland

It was about this time that Edward met Anton Teutenberg, a trained engraver who had arrived in Auckland in July 1866 on the Rob Roy with his sisters and his nephew. Teutenberg's brother was already in New Zealand and well known in the Auckland Prussian community. On the voyage out Anton had passed the time with some carving and decorative work for the captain of the ship. Some of these examples of his craftsmanship were shown to the architect Mr Rumsey. This led to his being asked to provide a sample of work in stone  which was accepted, bringing him a commission to work on the heads and gargoyles for the Supreme Court.

Decorative carving detail, Supreme Court Auckland

Edward evidently admired the talents of this young man, maintaining a close business association with him for many years. After Anton opened his own engraving business in Auckland, in 1867, he continued to provide carving for Edward’s buildings. The best known of his later work was the elaborate pulpit and window decorations for St John’s Methodist Church Ponsonby.

February 1870 saw Edward moving to a greater degree of independence with the lease of offices in Albert St, on his own behalf. It was at about this time that he began to apply for purely architectural work in addition to tendering for available building contracts. About June 1872 he moved his growing family to a new home at The Strand, North Shore[x], later building his own home in Victoria Road, Devonport.

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[i] Reader Wood trained in Leicester with William Flint, architect and surveyor. He arrived in Auckland in 1844. After serving in the North with the Volunteer Militia he served as Inspector of Roads and Deputy Surveyor General until 1856 when he turned to private practice as an architect and a career in politics as Member for Parnell.

[ii] Allottment 22, section 42, part of. Edward was still resident there in 1871. Refer Auckland Provincial Government Gazette Electoral Roll for West Ward #3 1863

[iii] Refer The New Zealander 11 February 1854

[iv] The Daily Southern Cross August 1862

[v] Colonel Mould was a man of many talents. Active in the Taranaki, he returned to Auckland and set       about organising recruitment, as well as supervising the provision of more satisfactory roads, which were so essential for improving troop movement to the Waikato

[vi] Reminiscences of Edward Bartley. Unpublished Manuscript. Bartley Family Archive

[vii] Auckland Directory 1866-67

[viii] New Zealand Herald 10 May 1865

[ix] New Zealand Herald 11 April 1871

[x] now Queen's Parade, Devonport

Architecture of Edward Bartley

 Each Southern Hemisphere Spring Auckland New Zealand holds a heritage festival. Recognition of our built heritage is an important part of the event.

Bartley Family Archive holds a strong collection for those interested in colonial architecture. Here we share some of those images as our contribution to the Heritage Festival 2013.

All of the buildings illustrated below are associated with Edward BARTLEY (1839-1919).

Edward was born in St Helier, Jersey and emigrated to New Zealand as part of the family group led by his eldest brother Robert BARTLEY.

During his long career Edward served as architect to the Anglican Church, the Auckland Savings Bank and to the Auckland Hospital Board. By the time he was asked to supervise the construction of St Matthew’s in the City in 1901 he had already designed more than twenty churches for various denominations.

To Aucklanders his most familiar designs are the Jewish Synagogue in Princes st, St John’s Ponsonby, ASB building Queen St and the Blind Institute building in Parnell. All of these surviving buildings are designated Category One by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

The geographical spread of his designs extends from Whangarei to Cambridge. He also fostered the next generation of notable New Zealand architects – both Gerard Jones and M.K.Draffin were articled to him.

In addition, his early involvement with the Eight Hour Movement, industrial and technical education, the Society of Arts, the Museum Institute and the Devonport Borough Council are just some of his contributions to the growth and development of the Auckland region.

ASB Queen St Cross Section

ASB Queen St Front Elevation

Sailors Home Auckland

ASB Devonport Auckland

ASB Devonport Auckland

ASB Devonport Auckland

Holy Trinity Devonport Auckland

Pitt St Theatre Auckland, now the Mercury **endangered**

Mr Wharfe's House Devonport Auckland

Mr Wharfe's House Devonport Auckland

Mr Wharfe's House Devonport Auckland

Costley Home Auckland

Whangarei Hospital

Blind Institute Parnell

St John's Ponsonby

Waiting Rooms Victoria Wharf Devonport

Wesleyan Church Waiuku

Robert Bartley and Esther Kerby

In this next few posts I would like to share some of the images donated by the descendants of Robert Bartley (Jnr) and Esther Kerby. Thanks to all of the families who gave of their time, research and photographs.

Obituary Robert BARTLEY from New Zealand Herald Friday, 5 Sept 1913

Death of a Jerseyman in New Zealand: An Early Settler

Another of the rapidly diminishing band of early settlers, in the person of Mr Robert Bartley died yesterday at the age of 87, at his residence at Devonport.

The late Mr Bartley was born at Jersey, in the Channel Islands, in 1826, where he was brought up to the building trade. With his wife and three children, he arrived in Auckland by the ship Joseph Fletcher in 1854.

The deceased commenced business here as a builder and contractor, and carried on this work for many years. On retiring from his business he was appointed yard manager for the Kauri Timber Company, which position he held for some time.

For some years past, Mr Bartley has been living in retirement at Devonport. He took a keen interest in public affairs, and was always willing to help forward any deserving cause brought under his notice.

He leaves a widow and the following sons and daughters: Messrs Walter Bartley

(Ponsonby), Charles Bartley (Richmond Rd), Clement Bartley ( Ponsonby Rd),

Edwin Bartley (Christchurch), Mesdames J H Witheford, S G Rountree. S Gilbert & R Tudehope.

Robert and Esther's daughter Julia was born at St Helier on Christmas Eve 1851. Her baptism has not been found in the parish register at St Helier, but it likely to be recorded in the records of the Wesleyan chapel there.
In Auckland, New Zealand Julia met and married Stephen Gilbert ROUNTREE, son of Meredith Rountree and Margaret Ann GILBERT, of Co Armagh, Ireland.
Julia and Stephen were married at the Bartley home in Nelson St, Auckland on 19 Dec 1874.

Julia Bartley

The Children of Stephen Rountree and Julia Bartley

Eva 1876 - 1933 ( m Arthur Ferneyhough)

Harry 1878-1950 (m Stella Stewart)

Maud 1879 - 1965 (m Samuel Barry)

Vera 1881 - 1961 (m Percival Mourant)

Zillah 1884 - 1974 (m William Ray Ellingham)

Myrtle 1888 - 1966 (m Horace Richards)

Edward (Ted) 1890 - 1976 (m Anne Rae)

Search copy of Marriage Register Entry

Julia

Jane Bartley and Charles Hamon

Jane Bartley marries Charles Hamon

Jane Bartley was the second child of Robert BARTLEY and Betsy BENEST. She was born 25 March 1823 and baptised at the St Helier Parish Church on 6 April of that year. Both she and her elder sister Harriet married around the same time, to men who were in business together as drapers – William Vonberg and Charles Hamon. There is also a connection to Wesleyan Methodism here in that both William and Charles were active in church affairs at the same time as Robert Bartley.

Charles Hamon was born in October 1821. His parents were Charles Hamon and Susanna HUBERT. Together  Jane and Charles raised a large family and built the drapery business into a very successful enterprise. The business was retained in the family until its closure in 1996.

Photo taken about 1994 of the Hamon Drapery, donated by Hamon family researchers

There were thirteen children in the Hamon family.They lived first at Devonshire Place, St Helier,later moving to a large house called Dulce Dominum at 61 Colomberie. This house is now the Norfolk Hotel.

Jane, Charles and family (Donated by Hamon Family)

Hamon descendants on Jersey still have the portraits of Jane and  Charles (Donated by Hamon Family)

Memorial Card for Jane's death

After Jane’s death in 1882 Charles Hamon remarried,  to Mary Ann EDDY. The eldest daughter of William Eddy and Mary HALL, Mary Ann was born in St Helier in 1833. She worked as an assistant in the drapery and had been godmother to Earnest QUEREE, Jane's nephew in 1865. She also  predeceased Charles, dying on 23 April 1899.

Charles died in 1901 and his son Charles William took over the business.

Jane is buried in the Hamon family plot, in the Methodist section of the Almorah Cemetery, Jersey.

Children of Jane Bartley & Charles Hamon

Maria Jane (1846)

Charles William ( March 1847)

Lydia (1848- 1875)

Wesley ( Feb 1851)

Arthur ( Dec 1851)

Martha ( Jan 1853)

James (1854)

Louisa  (1855)

Matilda  (Oct 1857)

Alice (Jan 1859)

Ada ( Sept 1861)

Jessie  (1863)

Martin  (1865-1900)

Lydia Hamon

Matilda Hamon

Jessie Hamon

Martin Hamon (donated by Hamon Family)

This image has been tentatively identified as Wesley Hamon. Can  any researchers help with confirmation of this?

1871 Census return for Hamon family

The New Zealand Connection

Jane’s youngest son Martin came to New Zealand about the same time as his cousin Earnest Queree, possibly in 1881. He settled in Auckland, near his extended family.

By 1883 he was employed as a clerk with the New Zealand Graphic. He later worked in the advertising department of The Star. Martin also was a talented artist. 

Images of Martin's New Zealand Diarama. (Donated by the Hamon Family)

Martin married Emily FISHER. She was born in 1868 in Auckland, a sister to his cousin Clement Bartley’s wife. 

Extract Auckland Star 21 November 1890, page 4

Emily Fisher

The Bride's Visiting Card

Emily and Martin had two children: Martin Charles and Emily Avis. 

Martin died suddenly of an influenza type illness on 20 September 1900. He was 36 years old.

This notice appeared in the Auckland Star 9 Oct 1900

In July 1901 Emily died as a result of her struggle with Bright’s disease. In those days sufferers of kidney complaints like this lived as dependent invalids and she had not been well since the birth of her daughter. Their children were put into foster care. 

Extract Auckland Star 10 July 1901

The Grave of Emily and Martin Hamon. Purewa, Auckland Block D Row 31 Plot 35

Robert Bartley and Betsy Benest

The Family of Robert BARTLEY & Betsy BENEST

Robert BARTLEY born 18 Oct 1798 St Peter Port, Guernsey

( Parish record transcript town church St Peter Port) 

died 9 April 1857, Union Court St Helier Jersey (Family Bible; Death Cert; Plot 180 Green St Cemetery, St Helier)

m. Elizabeth BENEST 1 July 1822 St Helier Jersey ( Parish record St Helier Parish Church ) she died 24 March 1856 ( Family Bible Trans; Parish record St Helier Parish; Plot 180 Green St Cemetery, St Helier). She born 27 December 1801, Jersey (unverified)

The West of England Inusrance Company Register ref l/A/20 Jersey archives dated 19 July 1823-31 12 1829 notes the UNION COTTAGES and the firm of BARTLEY & GUILLE Builders

In the census of 1841 the Bartley family are living at 9 Union St and the Guille family next door at 11 Union St.

West of England Insurance Co Fire Policy for 4 April 1842-12 May 1845 mentions only

Robert John BARTLEY and Union St, no mention of Bartley & Guille. 1851 census also shows them living at 6 Union Court with neighbours Dennis family, John Hubert and Wm Savage

(sourced with Jersey Archives assistance, unverified)

Robert John BARTLEY

Death Certificate Robert John BARTLEY

1841 Census entry Robert John BARTLEY

1851 Census entry Robert John BARTLEY

Harriett BARTLEY b 16 June 1823 St Helier

( Family Bible Trans; Parish record St Helier Parish Church) bapt 29 June 1823; sponsors Mr & Mrs POPE; Judith CAPLAIN

married William Chadwick VONBERG abt 1844 (unverified, not found St Helier parish)

she died 12 Aug 1846 ( parish record St Helier Parish Church; Family Bible Trans)

Buried 12 Aug 1846 from parish of St Helier to Vonberg plot St Saviour .

William Chadwick VONBERG b 22 July 1823 St Helier ( St Helier Parish record)

Died 1889 Somerset England ( PRO Index March Quarter Deaths Vol 5c 335)

Marchand Draper res St Helier 1851 census

Served as an apprentice with Charles HAMON ( later husb of Jane BARTLEY)

Jane BARTLEY b 25 Mar 1825 St Helier, bapt 6 April 1825

(source Family Bible Trans. No entry found parish records St Helier parish.) 

Died 10 June 1882 at 61 Colomberie, St Helier. Buried Almorah Cemetery, St Helier Hamon Plot

(Source memorial card on file and Family Bible Trans. parish record Parish of St Helier). 

Married about 1844 Charles HAMON in St Helier. (Entry not found parish of St Helier.)

1851 census index ref 31 687 30

Charles HAMON b Oct 1821 St Helier, Jsy 

( Not found St Helier parish records)

Died 1901 (will Judicial Greffe probate granted 30 June 1902 D/Y/A/61/58)

Occupation Draper. Hamon Drapery operated in the family until 1995.

1871 Census entry Charles HAMON

Robert BARTLEY b 22 Oct 1826 St Helier Jsy. Bapt 3 Nov 1826

Sponsors David and Sophie FOOTE

(Source Family Bible Trans; parish record Parish of St Helier)

Census 1851 res 20 James St St Helier, builder –transcript on file

Emmigration to Auckland, New Zealand arrived 13 Oct 1854 on SS Joseph Fletcher.

Source Southern Cross; Entries to Ports of Auckland card index Auckland Public Libraries)

Married Esther KERBY 24 April 1848 St Lawrence, Jersey.

(Source parish reg of St Lawrence

Died 4 Sept 1913 Clarence St Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.

(Death cert sighted.)

Buried O’Neils Point cemetery, North Shore, Auckland,New Zealand

(Gravestone sighted and photographed on file.)

Robert BARTLEY

1851 Census Entry Robert BARTLEY

Gravestone Robert & Esther BARTLEY

Memorial Card Robert BARTLEY

Ann BARTLEY b 10 Oct 1828  St Helier baptised at home at birth and at St Helier on 11 Oct 1828  (Source parish record St Helier Parish)

Died 12 Oct 1828, buried 14 Oct 1828 

(parish record St Helier Parish; family bible transcription; buried Plot 180 Green St Cemetery, St Helier.

Elizabeth BARTLEY b twin to Ann. 

(Baptism not found St Helier. Burial not found St Helier, Plot 180 Green St Cemetery, St Helier.)

Eliza BARTLEY b 26 Feb 1830 St Helier, baptised 12 March 1830 St Helier

(Source Family Bible trans, parish record St Helier parish)

Married Charles HAWLEY 1 June 1847 on Jersey 

(Source Family Bible trans ( illegible place name) not found parish of St Helier)

1858 to Victoria on SS MERMAID State of Victoria Archives-Victoria Inward Passenger List

married Robert WAITE 1870 (BDM Reg 1527 1870)

married Joseph WATERWOTH, 1888, Victoria Australia. 

(Unverified, Family Bible trans)

Died 21 Feb 1889 Guildford, Victoria Australia

(Source Family Bible Trans, unverified)

William BARTLEY b 12 Oct 1832 St Helier Jsy, bapt 28 Oct 1832

Sponsors Father & Mother

(Source parish record Parish of St Helier, Family Bible Trans)

Died 19 July 1836 St Helier Jsy. Buried 20 July 1836, Green St Cemetery, St Helier.

(Family Bible Trans;parish record Parish of St Helier; headstone Green St Cemetery plot 180). 

Louisa BARTLEY b 22 Feb 1835 St Helier, bapt 15 March 1835 

Sponsors Father and Mother (parish entry St Helier Parish; Family Bible Trans)

1881 res Dolce Domum St Helier, Hamon residence (RG 11 5611/63 p 19)

Died 7 July 1884 Grosvenor Villa, St Helier 

(Source memorial card on file, Fam Bible Trans, death entry parish record St Helier Parish

Louisa BARTLEY

Memorial Card Louisa BARTLEY

Julia BARTLEY b 23 April 1837 St Helier, bapt 4 June 1837

Sponsors Father and Sarah HAMILTON

(Source parish entry parish of St Helier; Family Bible Trans)

Died 3 Feb 1850 St Helier.

(Source death cert sighted Nov 1997, Family Bible Trans; Headstone Plot 180 Green St Cemetery; 

Edward BARTLEY b 23 Feb 1839 baptised 17 March 1839 St Helier.

Sponsors Father and Mary Anne WILLIS

(Source parish entry Parish of St Helier; Fam Bible Trans)

1854 to Auckland on SS Joseph Fletcher with family of brother Robert

died 28 May 1919 Victoria Rd Devonport Auckland. 

(Source parish entry Parish of Holy Trinity, Devonport, Auckland. Death cert sighted Fol # 20564.)

Buried 29 May 1919, O’Neill’s Point Cemetery, North Shore, Auckland 

(Source headstone sighted and photographed ref NZSG Cem Rec B02.09)

m Elizabeth HANNKEN 16 Feb 1859 Auckland 

(Source NZBDM Folio ref 59/124)

Edward BARTLEY

Amelia BARTLEY b 17 July 1841 St Helier. Bapt 10 Oct 1841 St Helier

(Source parish record Parish of St Helier; Family Bible Trans.)

married abt 1862 John QUEREE (unverified)

Emmigration - arrived 16 May 1883 Auckland NZ by SS WESTMEATH

Died Auckland NZ 9 Aug 1903, buried 10 Aug 1903 Purewa cemetery, Auckland

(Grave stone sighted; Fam Bible Trans)

Memorial Card Amelia QUEREE (nee BARTLEY)

Gravestone Amelia QUEREE (nee BARTLEY)

Alfred BARTLEY b 17 July 1844 bapt 10 April 1844 St Helier 

(no entry found parish of St Helier)

Died 15 August 1866 at 61 Colomberie, St Helier Hamon residence. Occupation draper. 

 Buried Plot 180 Green St Cemetery. 

(Source parish record Parish of St Helier. Death cert sighted 11/97,Family Bible Trans; Gravestone sighted)