Name Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

Dax Eric Clayton Lloyd, great-grandson of Jessie Bertha Oliver b.1876, writes:
“James George Kenyon was born in New Zealand in 1861. According to the New Zealand Birth's; Registration Number: 1861/9785, Family Name: Kenyon, Given Name(s): James George, Mother's Given Name(s): Ellen, Father's Given Name(s): John, Still Birth”

“While NZ deaths has his death registered in 1954, Hamilton East Cemetery records indicate he died in 1952. Name: James George KENYON, Age: 91, Sex: Male, Death: 4/12/1952, Born:, Buried: 6/12/1952, Type: Burial, Funeral Director: Scrimshaw, E. G., Last Address: Unspecified, Location: Hamilton East Cemetery, D-J-79”.

Place of birth and full date of death from Graeme Kenyon, whose great grandfather was this James George Kenyon b.1861 whose second wife was Ada Oliver b.1864, daughter of Samuel Oliver b.1833.
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Graeme Kenyon quotes a note compiled on the occasion of the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of Edith Adelaide Kenyon and John Wilson and quote here James George Kenyon was born in Picton, where his mother had been sent during the Taranaki Maori Wars.

PLEASE NOTE: In a subsequent email dated 26 July 2021, Graeme writes that James George Kenyon WAS NOT born in Picton but, “in Lower Wairau (Blenheim)”.
Graeme writes that James George Kenyon’s mother [Ellen] went first to Nelson and was among the last of the Taranaki wives to depart due to the first Taranaki war. In the passenger list from the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle dated 12th December 1860, it is written, "Nov. 8... Kenyon, wife and family".
Graeme writes, "The family referred to is just her and her son Joe Willah Kenyon about 1 year old. It is not clear if her husband [John Kenyon] was with her, from wording of above news clip I am inclined to believe not. She was pregnant with James George Kenyon at the time".
Graeme writes, "One month after arriving in Nelson, she and baby Joe Willah made a coastal passage where the destination of the vessel was Picton and Wairau (Blenheim)". In the same Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle dated 12th December 1860, it is written, "December 7, schooner Mary, 40, McClean, for Picton and Blenheim. Passengers:... Mrs Kenyon and child..."
Graeme writes, "James George was born in Lower Wairau (Blenheim)", as per a birth notice published in the Marlborough Press of 2nd February 1861, "BIRTH. At Lower Wairau, on the 28th January, the wife of Mr John Kenyon, Carpenter, of Taranaki, of a son".
Graeme writes, "the complete family (mother, father, two children) then travelled back to New Plymouth in 1862". In the Taranaki Herald of 29th March 1862, "Shipping Intelligence: ARRIVED...Mr and Mrs Kenyon and family..."
Graeme writes, "In 1864 the Eldest child (Joe Willah) died in New Plymouth about 5 years old. James George, now about 3 years old, survived".
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Graeme Kenyon says James George Kenyon was a farmer in South Taranaki. And, James ceased farming sometime between 1928 and 1935 and, with his wife Ada (nee Oliver), retired to Grey Street, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Chronology of ‘James George Kenyon’, from Graeme Kenyon:

28 Jan 1861: Born Lower Wairau, Blenheim
1862 - ca 1870: Fulford Street, New Plymouth
Ca 1870 - 1885: Frankley Road farm, New Plymouth
29 Sep 1885: Married Francis Wilson
1885 - ca 1888: Westown, New Plymouth
ca 1888 - 1892:Tataraimaka, Taranaki
1892 - 1894: Rowan Road, South Taranaki
1894 - 1899: Kaponga, South Taranaki
1899 - 1902: Cardiff, South Taranaki
1902 - 1903: Kaupokonui (Manaia), South Taranaki
23 Apr 1903: Wife Francis Kenyon (nee Wilson) dies in Manaia
1903 - 1906: Taikatu Road, Otakeho, South Taranaki
1906 - 1909: Normanby Road, Manaia, South Taranaki
1909: Sold up all, prepared to leave Taranaki
28 Oct 1909: Married Ada Oliver
1909 - 1912: Sheep farm, Sandon Block near Hunterville
1912 - 1917: Newstead, Waikato
1918: Bush farm at Waimai, Waikato
1919: Dairy farm at Motumaoho, Morrinsville
1920 - ca 1935: On various Boards, Morrinsville
ca 1935 - 1952 Retired to Hamilton
4 Dec 1952: James George Kenyon dies, Hamilton
23 Jan 1959: Ada Kenyon (nee Oliver) dies, Hamilton