Eleanor Gannon 1881-1964
Camerons Ancestry tree
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In email contact, from 8/5/2020, with Catherine Field Dodgson (CFD) - Ancestry tree - 413 people: she descended from Eleanor: her grandmother was Frances Gresham 1920, her mother Mary Conly. CFD has done fantastic research on the Gannons, Halberts and Greshams- for which many thanks
1881. Eleanor Rewanga Gannon was born Gisborne, Poverty Bay, on 8/12/1881 to Michael Joseph Gannon, 29, licensed interpreter, & Katie Halbert, 39.
1907. Eleanor Rewanga Gannon married Hugh Gresham on 27/3/1907 at All Saints Anglican, Ponsonby, Auckland
1914. Hugh Gresham, inspector of scaffolding, was living Ladies Mile, Remuera, Parnell, Auckland ,along with his wife, Eleanor Rewanga Gresham
1915. Ellen Moyra Gresham was born to Hugh & Eleanor
1916-1917. Hugh Gresham, inspector of scaffolding, living Merivale Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, was on the Army Reserve list
Other children were: Turangi Laughlan Gresham 1908; Roma Catherine Gresham 1909; Noel Waimana Gresham 1910; Frances Eleanor Gresham 1920; and Leah Gresham 1918, who died as a babe.
Eleanor with her daughter Moyra ~ 1919
Occupation, where lived, memories of them, etc...PHOTOS
1928. Hugh Gresham, land agent, was living 85 St. Andrews Road, Roskill, Auckland ,along with his wife, Eleanor Rewarge Gresham
1935. Hugh Gresham, farmer, was living Rotorua along with his wife, Eleanor, & son Laughlan Hugh Gresham, company secretary
1938 . Hugh Gresham, farmer, was living Sunset Road, Rotorua along with his wife, Eleanor
from l to r : front row Nanny/Eleanor Gresham, France, Noel with Michael who is Roma's younger son, Moyra, ? Back row Maurice Conly married to France, don't know, don't know, Roma and her husband Neville and older son
From l to r.: Derek Steer, Moyra holding babe Eleanor, Eleanor with toddler John on her knee & Hugh
1949. Hugh Gresham, farmer, was living 38 Grey Street, Rotorua along with his wife, Eleanor
1951. Hugh Gresham died 4/10/1951 in Auckland. Have not found an Obituary - NZ Past newspapers seem to end in 1950!
Do you have one??
1964. She died & was buried alongside her husband in Rotorua Cemetery . Do you have her d.c?
Other children:
Roma Catherine Gresham 1909 married James Neville Harrison in 1935 in Rotorua; Noel & Frances were bridesmaids - NZ Past newspapers
Laughlan Hugh Gresham 1908 married Kathleen Athol Chatfield in 1938
Frances Gresham married Maurice Conly: they had Mary Conly whose daughter is Catherine Field Dodgeson
1944. Noel Gresham was educated at the Diocesan High School, Auckland , trained at Auckland Teacher's Training College, infant teacher at the Diocesan High School, taught at Rotorua Infant school, then joined an European School in Raratonga, Cook Islands