Fourth Generation 
Fourth Generation 20. Fanny Elizabeth SIMMONDS [11671] (Joseph8, John2, William1) was born in 1841 in Coventry Warwickshire England and died in 1919 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 78.
Fanny married John WRATT [12396] [MRIN: 5372], son of George WRATT [12397] and Jane BACON [12398], on 04 Jan 1861 in Waimea West Nelson Marlborough New Zealand. John was born in 1834 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England, died on 17 Nov 1889 in Park Road Auckland New Zealand at age 55, and was buried on 19 Nov 1889 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.
Children from this marriage were:
27 F i. Fanny WRATT [12399] was born on 30 Apr 1862 in Wairau Valley Marlborough New Zealand and died on 20 May 1865 in Wairau Valley Marlborough New Zealand at age 3.
28 F ii. Julia Augusta WRATT [12400] was born on 08 May 1864 in Blenheim Marlborough New Zealand and died before 1919.
Julia married John Thomas Gilbert WALKER [12406] [MRIN: 5374] on 15 Jul 1885 in Wesleyan Church Grafton Rd. Auckland New Zealand. John died on 04 Aug 1927 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand.
General Notes: Elsie Curnow says he married Rose TIER In 1902.
He had a pet shop in Queen St, Auckland "Johnny Walker's pet shop was quite famous", and died at his Avondale residence on 4 August 1927.
Informed he had 3 children - Reginald, Eileen & Elsie.
29 F iii. Alice Maud WRATT [12401] was born in Nov 1865 in Wairau Valley Marlborough New Zealand and died in Dec 1868 at age 3.
+ 30 F iv. Ada Jane WRATT [12402] was born on 11 Apr 1869 in Blenheim Marlborough New Zealand and died on 30 May 1947 in Remuera Auckland New Zealand at age 78.
31 M v. Herbert Edward WRATT [12403] was born on 20 Mar 1870 in Wairau Valley Marlborough New Zealand and died about 1960 in Melbourne VIC Australia aged about 90. Another name for Herbert was Herbert WYATT.
32 F vi. Winifred WRATT [12404] was born on 11 Feb 1872 in Wairau Valley Marlborough New Zealand and died on 21 Jan 1961 in Napier Hawke's Bay New Zealand at age 88. Another name for Winifred was Chambers.
33 M vii. John WRATT [12405] was born on 24 Jul 1875 in Spring Grove Waimea West Nelson Marlborough New Zealand and died before 1919.
Fanny next married William SAWYER [12408] [MRIN: 5376] in 1893 in New Zealand.
21. Ann Maria SIMMONDS [11668] (Joseph8, John2, William1) was born on 28 Dec 1842 in Queen's Gardens Nelson Marlborough New Zealand and died on 30 Jul 1934 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 91.
General Notes: She was the daughter of Joseph SIMMONDS and Frances Lavina THACKER who arrived in the "Fifeshire", the first ship to bring settlers to Nelson.(Fifeshire left London on 15 September 1841 and arrived at Nelson on 2 February 1842, and was wrecked there when leaving on 27 February 1842).
Joseph & Frances emigrated with an infant daughter.
After leaving Queens Gardens where Ann Maria was born, the family moved to Moutere but, finding the land unsuitable for farming and the Maoris hostile, they moved to Spring Grove, and finally cut a home out of the bush on the banks of the Wai-iti River.
Her father was also a member of the Nelson Provincial Council.
On 16 August 1881 she married John BAGGE (his 2nd marriage), first Postmaster of Masterton, and on his retirement they moved to Marton.
She was living as a married woman in Masterton in 1893.
Known as Granny BAGGE.
Died 1934 in Wellington.
Ann married John BAGGE [5142] [MRIN: 5135], son of Rev. James BAGGE [11641] and Cecelia RODERICK [11642], on 16 Aug 1881 in Masterton Wairarapa New Zealand. John was born on 22 Nov 1830 in Ardmore Waterford Ireland, died on 22 Dec 1905 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand at age 75, and was buried in Omaka Cemetery Blenheim Marlborough New Zealand.
General Notes: Born in Ardmore, Waterford, Ireland. Ardmore comes from "Aird Mho'r"meaning "the great promontory or hill". Daughter, Alice Rose Cecilia, thinks her father's estate in Ardmore was named 'Ardallan' or'Ardsallagh'.
(In 2002, Sylvia visited Ardmore, and was told that the only Bagge relation alive there is "Countess de Fearney, Main Road, Ardmore, Waterford, Ireland)
Came to NZ from Ireland in 1855.
He went to a college for clergymen's sons, and then to Dublin University. He entered a Bank in Dublin. He got permission to go to a gold rush in Victoria, Australia, in the early 1850s, and then came to NZ and Blenheim. He had a legacy from his mother, Cecilia RODERICK.
1860 he was appointed Asst Clerk, Magistrates Court, Blenheim.
"In the N.Z. Gazette (from National Archives 1/8/1996)
Tuesday November 4, 1862
Postal Appointment of Postmasters
General Post Office
Auckland 30 October 1862
In virtue of the powers delegated to me by his Excellency theGovernor, the following
appointments have been made in the serviceof the colony.
Marlborough
John Bagge
to be Postmaster at Blenheim."
Married a widow, Elizabeth LOCKLEY (nee PUGH) on 6 October 1862 inBlenheim - had 10 children.
(Her daughter, Alice, from her 1st marriage+ 5 children from her 2nd, died of diptheria in August
1868 within 3weeks.)
After she died in 1876, he married Ann Maria SIMMONDS in 1881 and they had one daughter, Muriel.
Postmaster at Blenheim, first Postmaster at Masterton (19 yrs) - retired to Marton. On his retirement in 1895 he was given a biscuit barrel -inscribed in silver "Presented to John Bagge Esq., Postmaster, by thestaff of the Masterton Post and Telegraph Department, 1895".
On his retirement in 1895 he bought a farm near Crofton, Marton, and called it "Hawkestone".
Died in 1905 in P.N., and buried in Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim.
A cousin, John Henry BAGGE, came to NZ and bought an estate at Te Pukenear Tauranga (Bagge's Bush is named after him.)
The child from this marriage was:
+ 34 F i. Evelyn Muriel BAGGE [11672] was born on 28 Oct 1882 in Masterton Wairarapa New Zealand, died on 18 Sep 1948 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand at age 65, and was buried in Karori Cemetery Wellington New Zealand.
22. Joseph Henry SIMMONDS [12386] (Joseph8, John2, William1) was born on 06 Nov 1845 in Waimea South Nelson Marlborough New Zealand, died on 30 Jun 1936 in Takanini Auckland New Zealand at age 90, and was buried on 02 Jul 1936 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.
General Notes: Born in Spring Grove, Nelson.
Educated in Nelson; Canterbury College; some experience in farming and public school teaching; accepted as Minister of Wesleyan Methodist church in 1869; Waikato 1869-70; Fiji 1871-3; circuits in Canterbury, Wellington and Auckland districts till 1894; President NZ Methodist Conference 1895; Principal of Three Kings College 1895; Auckland University College Council; Governor Theological Insitute 1896-1910.
He married (1) Sarah HOLDAWAY in 1871, who died in 1905.
He married (2) Annie Louisa WATSON in 1907. She died in 1948 in Auckland, Widow, buried Purewa 5 April 1948. (Lived in Princess St, Takanini, Auckland.)
Sarah HOLDAWAY was from a strong Methodist family. The first 3 yrs of their marriage were spent in Fiji. However the tropical climate did not suit their son, Harold Ernest, and in 1874 they moved back to NZ. After moving around to numerous towns, in 1895 Joseph became the Principal of Three Kings College, a post he held until his retirement in 1916.
Joseph was very interested in the conservation of natural forests, and wrote a book on eucalypts of NZ. He planted many trees at Three Kings.
Will filed 20 July 1936 at Auckland Ct (Retired Method. Minister).Probate BBAE 1570 555/36 - Auckland Archives.
He died of pneumonia/bronchitis/senility in 1936 at the age of 91, and is buried at Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.
Joseph married Sarah HOLDAWAY [12409] [MRIN: 5377], daughter of John HOLDAWAY [12410] and Amelia EYLES [12411], on 26 Apr 1871 in Richmond Nelson Marlborough New Zealand. Sarah was born on 21 May 1849 in Matai Nelson Marlborough New Zealand, died on 25 Jan 1905 in Three Kings Auckland New Zealand at age 55, and was buried on 27 Jan 1905 in Waikumete Auckland New Zealand.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 35 M i. Harold Ernest SIMMONDS [12412] was born in 1873 in Levuka Fiji, died on 19 Jul 1943 in Mount Eden Auckland New Zealand at age 70, and was buried on 21 Jul 1943 in Waikumete Auckland New Zealand.
+ 36 F ii. Edith Marion SIMMONDS [12413] was born in 1876 in Wanganui Waikato New Zealand.
+ 37 F iii. Amelia Frances SIMMONDS [12414] was born on 19 Dec 1877 in Foxton Waikato New Zealand.
+ 38 F iv. Ella Constance SIMMONDS [12415] was born in 1880 in Timaru Canterbury New Zealand.
+ 39 M v. Joseph Charles SIMMONDS [12416] was born in 1882 in Kaiapoi Canterbury New Zealand.
40 M vi. Charles Henry SIMMONDS [12417] was born in 1884 in Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand.
Charles married Florence COREY [12420] [MRIN: 5380] in 1909 in New Zealand.
+ 41 F vii. Olive Elfrida SIMMONDS [12418] was born in 1888 in Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand, died in Nov 1971 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 83, and was buried on 17 Nov 1971 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.
Joseph next married Annie Louisa WATSON [12419] [MRIN: 5379] in 1907 in New Zealand. Annie died in 1948 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand and was buried on 05 Apr 1948 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.
23. Clara SIMMONDS [12387] (Joseph8, John2, William1) was born in 1848 in Waimea West Nelson Marlborough New Zealand.
Clara married John Alfred LANGFORD [12421] [MRIN: 5381] on 08 Jan 1876 in Spring Grove Waimea West Nelson Marlborough New Zealand. John was born in 1849 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand.
Children from this marriage were:
42 F i. Ada Lavinia LANGFORD [12422] was born on 12 Oct 1876 in Spring Grove Waimea West Nelson Marlborough New Zealand.
Ada married Stanley Moxham DIXON [12425] [MRIN: 5382] in 1900 in New Zealand. Stanley died in 1950 in Wanganui Waikato New Zealand.
43 F ii. Leila Mary LANGFORD [12423] was born on 10 Aug 1878 in Brightwater Nelson Marlborough New Zealand.
Leila married John George TURNER [12426] [MRIN: 5383] in 1904 in New Zealand.
44 M iii. John Alfred LANGFORD [12424] was born about 1880.
24. George SIMMONDS [12388] (Joseph8, John2, William1) was born on 23 Apr 1851 in Waimea West Nelson Marlborough New Zealand and died on 29 May 1932 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 81.
George married Jessie VENN [12427] [MRIN: 5384], daughter of William VENN [16291] and Mary Roots BROWN [16292], on 25 Jan 1882 in Thornden Wellington New Zealand. Jessie was born about 1857 in England and died in 1942 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand aged about 85.
Children from this marriage were:
45 M i. Harold Venn SIMMONDS [12428] was born in 1882 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand and died on 25 Sep 1883 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand at age 1.
46 M ii. Francis Reginald Venn SIMMONDS [12429] was born in 1884 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand and died on 11 Feb 1974 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 90.
Francis married Ellen Kate Mason WALTERS [12437] [MRIN: 5385] in 1916 in Helensville Northland New Zealand. Ellen was born about 1895 and died on 05 Feb 1974 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand aged about 79.
Francis next married Jean SEFTON [12438] [MRIN: 5386].
47 F iii. Marion Venn SIMMONDS [12430] was born in Jan 1886 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand, died on 14 May 1886 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand, and was buried in Terrace End Cemetery Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand. The cause of her death was pneumonia.
48 M iv. Leonard Venn SIMMONDS [12431] was born in 1887 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand and died in 1950 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 63.
+ 49 F v. Alice Myrtle Venn SIMMONDS [12432] was born in 1888 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand and died in 1980 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 92.
+ 50 M vi. Stanley Venn SIMMONDS [12433] was born in 1889 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand and died on 23 May 1950 in Onehunga Beach Auckland New Zealand at age 61.
51 F vii. Ivy Margaret Venn SIMMONDS [12434] was born in 1891 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand and died in 1891 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand.
+ 52 F viii. Dorisie Mary Venn SIMMONDS [12435] was born in 1892 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand and died in 1978 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 86.
53 M ix. Alexander Venn SIMMONDS [12436] was born in 1894 in Palmerston North Manawatu New Zealand and died on 18 Jan 1939 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 45.
Alexander married Mary WALSH [12439] [MRIN: 5387].
26. Frederick SIMMONDS [12391] (Joseph8, John2, William1) was born on 20 May 1873 in Spring Grove Waimea West Nelson Marlborough New Zealand and died before 1956.
Frederick married Louisa Adeline SLOANE [12440] [MRIN: 5388], daughter of James Kennedy SLOANE [12441] and Mary Alice HORSBOROUGH [12442], on 31 Oct 1900 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand. Louisa was born in 1870 in Lyell West Coast New Zealand and died on 05 Dec 1956 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 86.
Children from this marriage were:
54 F i. Rimu Zillah SIMMONDS [12443] was born in 1901 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand.
Rimu married Herbert Vivian HOBMAN [12446] [MRIN: 5391].
55 F ii. Ngaire SIMMONDS [12444] was born in 1913 in Wellington Wellington New Zealand.
Ngaire married Edwin Henry LOVATT [12445] [MRIN: 5390].
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