GEORGE BIGNELL AND EMILY ELIZA FOY BIGNELL

George Bignell, 1814 – 1892, wheelwright, died Otago, age 78 at Brooklet, Waiareka Junction. (death notice Oamaru Mail) NZ Cemetery Records: died at 78 28 Feb 1892 in Otago. Came from Isleworth, Middlesex. Had 1 brother , Thomas. George married Emily E Bignell in 1849, 22 April at age 34 (Marriage certificate)  Emily was born in 1823 in London. Died 1904 at age 81 in Wanganui (NZ cemetery records). They had 7 children

“Be ye also Ready” on tombstone. Also George and Henry John, grandchildren of the above. In Oamaru (Headstones, Oamaru)

Born in Hitchen, Hampshire, England. Listed as Coachmaker on marriage certificate.

and

Emily Eliza Foy Died in Wanganui.  in She was over 80 years old and until a “few months ago, enjoyed good health”. “The infirmities of old age, however, had lately crept on rapidly and the end was not unexpected. She had been staying with her son – Mayor of Wanganui – for some years past, at whose residence she passed away.” Married 22 April 1849

?? An obituary in Wanganui Herald  – Emily Margaret, beloved mother of Arthur G and Charles W aged 82 in 1904

had 7 children:

Stephen Frederick

Charles William

1871 Census:

George Bignell aged 56 (listed as builder in census at 45

Emily Bignell aged 47

George Bignell (scholar census when father was 45)

Henry J Bignell aged 15, born  1859 arrived 1875 on The Tweed

Walter Bignell

Emily M Bignell aged 12, born 1856

Arthur C Bignell aged 10, born 1861

Stephen F Bignell BORN 1865 aged 6, born 18 baptised Sept 5^th 1869

            gasfitter apprentice in Census when he is 16 years old

Charles W Bignell born 1867aged 3 baptised Sept 5 1869, scholar in census when he is 14