Born in Ireland, son of a prebendary of Limerick Cathedral.
Soldier & Civil Engineer.
Married Matilda Sophia WRIGHT (nee BRADY) about 1862. The family sailedto NZ on the 'Helvellyn' arriving Auckland on 16/11/1863.
Came to NZ in 1863 with Daniel, his brother.
Was appointed Captain of the 4th Waikato Militia. He found work as anengineer and built Beresfort (from which the district Beerescourt tookits name). His career took him from Hamilton in 1880. -
First child born in Auckland 1864. Had 8 children.
Lived in Devonport in 1893.
Died in Auckland in 1914.Civil Engineer on Probate Record in NZSG CD ROM. Probate No. BBAE 15699418/14 - Auckland
George came out to NZ on the 'Shalimar' with Holroyd BEERE arriving inAuckland on 20 December 1862.
Surveyor.
Four days later, George Armstrong BEERE married Georgina Emily ARMSTRONGhis cousin, on 24 December 1862 in Auckland, NZ (67/197).
Lived at Carnarvon St, Gisborne.
Makaraka Cemetery, Gisborne:
"In Loving Memory of Georgina Emily BEERE, died 5 June 1914 aged 71 yrs;George Armstrong BEERE, died 27 March 1915 aged 77 yrs."Buriel Records: Georgina Emily BEERE, buried 6 June 1914, 71 yrs.Carnarvon St, wife of George Armstrong BEERE.
George Armstrong BEERE - buried 29 March 1915, 73 yrs. Carnarvon St,Surveyor.Also in same Plot:
Fanny Louisa ARMSTRONG - buried 2 June 1908, 91 yrs. North Gisborne,Anglican.
Emily Florence BEERE (ashes) - buried 22 April 1969, 94 yrs. 500 AvenueEast Rd, Hastings, Anglican, Spinster.
"Sacred to the Memory of Fanny Louisa, relict of the late Alexander JamesARMSTRONG, and the eldest daughter of the late General Sir George BELL,K.C.B. of Montrose, Scotland; who died 1 June 1908 in her 94th year."Probate filed 28/4/1915 in Gisborne Ct - Surveyor. Probate No. BAJI 1594561/15 - Auckland
Archives.
"Nony Francis Mary ARLIDGE". Burial Record: ARLIDGE, Nony Francis Mary- buried 10 January 1944 (wife of Colin Dale ARLIDGE) of 73 Wilson St,Hawera aged 78 yrs.
Will dated 8/1/1944 in Hawera - Public Trustee - Document No. 010036.
Married woman - 3 pgs. Lands & Deeds, New Plymouth.
Holroyd came to NZ on the 'Shalimar' with George Armstrong BEERE,arriving on 20 Dec. 1862.
Died 1 July 1906 in Wellington.
Probate Filed 19 July 1906 - living in Seatoun, Wellington.
Probate No. 10107 - Wellington Archives
Came to NZ about 1854 when she was 8 yrs, and used to say she had to hidein the bush from a Maori war party.
She was apparently a strong-minded woman who did not approve of her son,Douglas, marrying in England.
She settled in Whangarei which, in 1920, was a safe distance fromWellington.