Name, date (13 November 1811) and place of birth and death, from research file27 in June 2018.

Occupation from the 1851 England Census taken on the night of 30 March 1851 for the parish of Gillingham, Village of Gillingham, Kent, England, found in May 2025:
Address: 89 Church Street, Gillingham
Catherine Bartlett, Head, age 73, Annuitant, Born: Rochester, Kent, England [circa 1879]
George Bartlett, Son, age 40, Pensioner Marines[?], Born: Tillingbourne, Kent, England [circa 1811]
Frances Bartlett, Son's Wife, age 32, Dressmaker, Born: Wheaton Aston, Shropshire, England [circa 1819]
George Bartlett, Grandson, age 2, Born: Gillingham, Kent, England [circa 1849]

Place of burial, from Find a Grave website found in May 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274225798/george-bartlett
Name: George Bartlett - Husband of Frances Bartlett
Birth: unknown
Death: 10 Dec 1860
Burial: St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Plot: Plot 106
Children:
- George Henry Bartlett 1849-1915
- Fanny Graham (nee Bartlett) 1852-1934
- William Bartlett unknown to 1875
Arrived in Auckland on the ship Inchinnan, 27 May 1852.
Regiment: Royal Marines 17th. (Information gained from nzfenciblesociety.org.nz)
Credit for Source: https://www.graveinsightsonehunga.nz

Date of burial from the https://www.graveinsightsonehunga.nz website’s “01-Family-Names-beginning-with-A-B.pdf” document:
Plot: 106
Name: Bartlett, George
Date of Death: 10 Dec 1860
Date of Burial:12 Dec 1860 (### Fencible)
Age: [Not recorded]
Other Information:
- Husband of Frances Bartlett.
- Arrived in Auckland on the ship Inchinnan, 27 May 1852.
- Regiment: Royal Marines 17th. (Information gained from nzfenciblesociety.org.nz)

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The Fencibles
Description from:
https://www.graveinsightsonehunga.nz/#fencibles

The Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps were retired soldiers from Britain and Ireland, often referred to as ‘pensioners’, who enlisted as a military reserve to act as a ‘defence force’ for the protection of the early settlers in the fledgling town of Auckland.

The word ‘Fencible’ comes from the word ‘defence’ which this detachment of retired soldiers were required to do, as opposed to a unit of fighting men.

The Fencibles and their families arrived in Auckland, New Zealand between 1847 and 1852 on board the following ships:

Ramillies – arrived 5 August 1847
Minerva – arrived 8 October 1847
Sir Robert Sale – arrived 11 October 1847.
Sir George Seymour – arrived 26 November 1847
Clifton – arrived 23 January 1848
Ann – arrived 16 May 1848
Berhampore – arrived 16 June 1849
Oriental Queen – arrived 18 September 1849
Inchinnan – arrived 27 May 1852
Berwick Castle – arrived 13 December 1852

The men numbered 721 and together with their families comprised a total of over 2,500 new settlers for the villages of Onehunga, Otahuhu, Howick and Panmure.

The men had served in many regiments of the British Army in many parts of the world. They were used to harsh conditions and many were ‘pensioned out’ as being unfit for further active service, largely due to rheumatism.

A large number of the families were from Ireland, which was in the middle of the famine period, and all would have left for a better life in New Zealand. The promise of owning land would have been a great incentive. When the first contingent arrived it had not been decided where they should settle, nor had any accommodation been built. The families quickly settled into life in New Zealand, building their own houses, growing vegetables and finding work on the neighbouring farms.

The Fencibles were a large group of immigrants who swelled Auckland’s population at the time. They created the four villages, now suburbs of Auckland. They were instrumental, in the creation of roads, bridges and lines of communication. They shaped the communities with churches, schools, shops and local governing bodies.

Now it is estimated that there are over a quarter of a million descendants of Fencible families living today spread around the world. The villages are now bustling communities. The Fencibles came for a better life; they committed themselves to developing their communities with their labour and their limited resources. They are to be remembered with respect, for without their service the shape of Auckland would have been a very different place to what it is today.

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Year and place of marriage from a PDF found in May 2025:
https://www.thebestlittlebookstore.nz/excerpts/bartlettexcerpt.pdf

Further notes in above PDF found in May 2025:
George joined the Royal Marines at age 16 as a labourer, possibly giving a false age as some of his records so far do not tally with his birth date of about 1811. He transferred to the Royal Marine Artillery Service on 20th June 1830, commissioned at Chatham, England, where he became a Sergeant.

He was in receipt of a Chelsea Pension from the Royal Greenwich Hospital due to injuries received and poor health while in service. He was admitted to Greenwich Hospital on 21st December 1837.

It is known George served in Syria, China and Gibralter. In 1840-42 aboard the Cornwallis he received the China medal.

Later during the same years, aboard the Vanguard, he received the General Service Medal for duty in China and Syria.
His description was given as 5ft. 9 inches with sandy hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion, with a quiet nature.

He died of inflammation of the lungs in Onehunga, the informant at his death being his nephew William Busbridge living in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand.

George arrived in New Zealand in 1852 aboard the "Inchinnan," with his wife Frances and young son George and baby daughter Fanny, who was born aboard ship on the way to New Zealand.

In 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860 George appears on the Auckland Jury Lists. (New Zealand Gazette) In 1863 Frances made a pension claim on behalf of her deceased Husband. (New Zealand Gazette) George appears in the books "The Royal NZ Fencibles 1847-1852" and also "Early Settlers”.

Marriage: 1847, Staffordshire, England
Burial: George was buried on 12 December 1860, at St Peters Church, Onehunga, Auckland.
Census 1851: Living 89/90 Church Street, Gillingham, Kent with his Mother Catherine. Wife Frances and baby Son George
Christening: 03 Nov 1811, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. Batch no/s 103781-4 and source no. 147372120
New Zealand Gazette 1: 1863, A pension claim was made by Frances on behalf of her deceased Husband
New Zealand Gazette 2: 1858, George was on the Auckland Jury List

Children of GEORGE BARTLETT and FRANCES LAWRENCE are:
i. GEORGE HENRY' BARTLETT, b. 10 Apr 1849, Gillingham, Kent, England; d. 03 Sep 1915, General Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

ii. FRANCES ELIZABETH BARTLETT, b. 21 Jan 1852, Aboard "Inchinnan" on way to New Zealand; d. 12 Apr 1934, Paterangi, Waikato, New Zealand.

iii. MARY ANN BARTLETT, b. 29 Aug 1854, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand; d. 12 Jan 1922, Albert St, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand.

iv. WILLIAM BARTLETT, b. 29 Mar 1857, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand; d. 13 May 1875, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand

v. CATHERINE JANE BARTLETT, b. 24 Oct 1860, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand; d. 11 Aug 1913,2 Canada St, Auckland, New Zealand.

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