George William Frean

  Noted events in his life were:

• note:. ⁸⁸¹ Lisa Kriel notes:
George had an English public school education, partly in France, of which he had fond memories. Didn't want office work with Peek Frean Co., and in 1880 at age 20, sailed as crew with a cousin to Christchurch NZ. Met Mary, returned to England and came back. In 1883 he was with the company L.D.Nathan in Ponsonby, Auckland, working with the Maoris as a carpenter and later as a cabinet-maker. NB: A Pickens came to NZ on "Roman City" in 1882 with a cousin, & settled at Waingaro, near Huntly. George had a cousin named Picken: it's conceivable this is how George came to be in Huntly and meet Mary!?
Married 6 January 1886, Registry office, Auckland.
George was 25 and Mary Jane 20. One witness was Catherine Dunn (aunt or possibly a sister?).
Family living at Waipu in the north. George worked as an upholsterer, hairdresser.
1887 b. George (died at 16 months, drowned in the Waipu River).
??? Rhoda (m. Ted? Jennings, d 1990 aged 101).
1891: b. Alf (fought in WWI - visited aunt Agnes, m. Marge Savory, b. Elizabeth & Rosemary. d. 1960)
1893 b. Alice (m. Percy McCabe, b. Marie, Pat, Kathleen. d. 1970).
March, 1894. The family moved to Whitianga in the Coromandel: a kauri mill town of ~300 settlers, with many Maoris who came in to trade. Access by steamer once a week, or coach from Coromandel (22 miles). George spoke Maori.and had a business in crockery, drapery, footwear, jewellery, hardware, bicycles and phonographs, as well as being the town's photographer and barber! They had a boat; Rhoda recalls going up and down from Purangi in it. No water, drainage or bathroom.
1896 b. Tom (fought in WWI, m. Mary McGrath,.b. Rhoda, Doreen, b. 1936 "Zan" = Margaret. Tom d. 1960).
[Nb. Zan's daughter Susannah = principal "at" waiuku.school.nz... and has >= two brothers]
189? b. Dorothy "Jimmy" (m Henry Rodewald, b. Mim Ringer).
1902 b. Frederick
Trips to Auckland by steamship. Moved there (to Pitt Street) around 1908. By 1910 the family had moved to 59 Gribblehurst Rd (formerly Elizabeth St), Mt Eden, Auckland. Gas lighting with water laid on, and heating by wood fires. There was an "earth closet". George ran a hairdressing shop in Mt Eden Road and also did picture framing. Later he ran a book exchange/ library on Dominion Road. His life savings were invested in the Whitianga shop however (being rented). The shop burned to the ground and the shock killed him (stroke), 21 Jan 1922. He is buried at Waikumete, Auckland

• connection. ⁸⁸¹ Lisa Kriel is linked to me through both Robert and Les in the following ways:
Links to Robert:
Lisa Kriel (c1960)
Her father was ? Kriel (c1930) who married Alice McCabe (c1930)
Her father was Percy McCabe (1890) who married Alice Frean (1892)
Her father was George Frean (1860)
His father was Thomas Frean (1833)
His father was George Frean (1793) & he also had John Frean (1831) who married Mary Siderfin (1827) & they also had Mary Frean (1861) who married Francis Walsh (1857)
They had Ethel Walsh (1883) who married Clayton Abbott (1880)
They had Albert Abbott (1919) who married Joyce Bryan (1920)
Her father was Eric Bryan (1899) who married Lyla Beanland (1901)
Her father was Joseph Beanland (1870) who married Elizabeth Goldsworthy (1871)
Her father was * Thomas Goldsworthy (c1845) who married Eliza Polkinghorne (c1844)
Her father was William Polkinghorne (c1806)
His father was George Polkinghorne (c1785) who married Eleanor Deeble (1788)
Her father was James Deeble (1757) & he also had Solomon Deeble (1786) who married Catherine Jory (1795)
Her father was Edward Jory (1763) who married Jane Landeryou (1763)
Her father was Peter Landeryou (1738)
His father was John Landeryou (1706) & he also had Blanch Landeryou (1741)
She had Robert Landeryou (1768)
He had John Landeryou (1803)
He had Sarah Ann Landeryou (1826) who married Thomas Bray (1821)
They had Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
He had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Link to Les:
Lisa Kriel (c1960)
Her father was ? Kriel (c1930) who married Alice McCabe (c1930)
Her father was Percy McCabe (1890) who married Alice Frean (1892)
Her father was George Frean (1860)
His father was Thomas Frean (1833)
His father was George Frean (1793) & he also had John Frean (1831) who married Mary Siderfin (1827) & they also had Mary Frean (1861) who married Francis Walsh (1857)
They had Ethel Walsh (1883) who married Clayton Abbott (1880)
They had Albert Abbott (1919) who married Joyce Bryan (1920)
Her father was Eric Bryan (1899) who married Lyla Beanland (1901)
Her father was Joseph Beanland (1870) who married Elizabeth Goldsworthy (1871)
Her father was * Thomas Goldsworthy (c1845) who married Eliza Polkinghorne (c1844)
Also had Thomas Goldsworthy (1873) who married Ann Manns (1878)
Her father was Isaac Manns (1847) & he also had Mary Manns (1868) who married Edward Wealands (1864)
He had Ralph Wealands (1895)
He had Eric Wealands (1918)
He had Kelly Wealands (1942) who married Jenny Peterson (c1950)
Her father was Leslie Peterson (c1920)
His father was Levin Peterson (c1890) who married Alice Lillian Hall (1893)
Her father was William Hall (c1870) who married Matilda Darnley (nee Pye) who also married Joseph Keighran (1879)
They had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• migrated, 1883, New Zealand. ⁸⁸²

George married Mary Jane Dunn, daughter of Arthur Riley Dunn and Unknown, on 6 Jan 1886 in Auckland New Zealand.⁸⁸¹ (Mary Jane Dunn was born on 31 May 1865 in Auckland New Zealand, christened on 26 Jun 1865,⁸⁸¹ died on 27 Jul 1952 in Waikumete, Auckland New Zealand ⁸⁸¹ and was buried in Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland New Zealand ⁸⁸¹.)