Misc. Notes
Information from Graeme Kenyon, whose great grandfather was James George Kenyon b.1861 whose second wife was Ada Oliver b.1864, daughter of Samuel Oliver b.1833.
Graeme writes Hannah was, “known in New Zealand as Hannah Willah but no such family name appears to exist in Halifax. She is almost certainly Hannah Willey, descended from a family of stone masons who lived in Northowram (a satellite village of Halifax)”.
Brian of
nzolivers.com notes that Northowram is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England that stands to the east of Halifax on the north side of Shibden valley.
Date of birth is recorded on the flyleaf of an old family bible which John Kenyon brought with him to New Zealand as a young man.
Name, date and place of birth, date and place of death,
Place of birth, date and place of death in Frankley Rioad New Plymouth, from Peter Robert Oliver's Family Tree shared as per email dated 11 July 2023.
Peter is the great-grandson of Charles Oliver 1843-1930 through Charles' son James William Oliver.