Children of Christopher Rogan

1. John Rogan. ~1823-1899

Married, aged 59, Lucy Turner Reynolds, 1861-1897 - so married ~1882

Judge Rogan arrived at Taranaki aboard the Brougham in 1841 after emigrating from Ireland.

Taranaki on West coast of North Island, ~ half way bewteen Wellington & Auckland

He was a licensed surveyor whose work was instrumental in establishing the sites of new settlements around the area in the years that followed. Later, as a judge of the Native Land Court, he travelled far and wide – particularly in the Kaipara Region where he was apparently well respected by Maori and European alike.

He settled at Helensville for a period where he was resident magistrate until 1875 when he shifted into the city.

Judge Rogan died in 1899, aged 76 and is buried at Waikumete with other members of his family, including a grandson( no, a great nephew)– James Stuart Gannon.1912-1914 ( a son of Lochie & Eleanor Gannon) :

	Son of Loughlan (Lockie) Gannon and Eleanor Gannon Brother of John Rogan Pere (Rogan) Gannon; Audrey Catherine Moore; David Lockie Gannon; Walter Gerard Gannon and Mary Josephine Gannon

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Loughlan Gannon 1881-1949 was a

Son of Michael Joseph Gannon and Kate Wyllie, nee Halbert Husband of Eleanor Gannon Father of John Rogan Pere (Rogan) Gannon; James Stuart Gannon; Audrey Catherine Moore; David Lockie Gannon; Walter Gerard Gannon and 1 other Brother of Michael Joseph Gannon; Arthur Te Waata Gannon; Eleanor Rewanga (Nellie) Gresham and Mere Catherine Tahatu (Mary) Young Half brother of William Hince Wyllie; Hannah Tungia Ralston Gibbons; Flora Sarah Ralston Pavitt; Gavin Ralston Wyllie; Alexander Ralston Wyllie and 4 others

Te Makiri, the house he built at Helensville in 1865, still stands and is registered with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

Helensville~40 kNW of Auckland

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/local-blogs/tales-from-the-crypt/3731918/Tragedy-mars-life-of-land-court-judge