The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameMary Louisa Lethbridge
Birth14 Sep 1828, Ugborough, Devon, England
Death13 Aug 1875, New Plymouth, New Zealand
FatherRichard Lethbridge (1794-1873)
MotherLouisa Mary Yates (1799-1876)
Misc. Notes
Name found in December 2023 from:
https://winsomegriffin.com/Newsham/JamesBayly.html

Date and place of death found in December 2023 from:
https://winsomegriffin.com/Newsham/Toms_Family.html

Photo courtesy of Winsome Griffin’s websites as per authorisation in email dated 25 December 2023 and added here in January 2024.

Winsome Griffin's (nee Guilford) husband, Neville Griffin, is related to the Bayly family. Neville's maternal grandfather, George Newsham, had a sister, Emma Eliza Newsham. She married Albert George Bayly. Albert had a sister, Emma Bayly, and she was the mother of Elinor May Gower, the maternal step-grandmother of Brian of nzolivers.

And, Winsome Griffin (nee Guilford) is the granddaughter of Francis Charles Guilford (1876-1961) whose second wife, Laura Elizabeth Wood, was first married to Charles Ernest Oliver, grandson of James (1805-1886) and Ruth (nee Batten) Oliver.

Year and country of marriage confirmed from search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2024:
1846/21. Bride: Mary Louisa Lethbridge. Groom: Tom Newsham

Full date of marriage of 10 September 1846 confirmed from further searching in January 2024 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Emigrated to New Zealand [with parents and siblings] on the ship 'Oriental’ arriving at New Plymouth on 7th November 1841, added here in March 2024 from:
https://winsomegriffin.com/Newsham/Lethbridge.html

Lethbridge family as listed on the Passenger List for the Barque Oriental that sailed from Plymouth, England on 22 June 1841 and arrived in New Plymouth, New Zealand on 7 November 1841 added here in March 2024 from:
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/Oriental41.htm
Lethbridge, Richard. Age 44. Occupation: Labourer [Born circa 1797]
Lethbridge, Louisa. Age 40 [Born circa 1801]
Lethbridge, George. Age 20 [Born circa 1821]
Lethbridge, Thomas. Age 18 [Born circa 1823]
Lethbridge, Richard. Age 15 [Born circa 1826]
Lethbridge, Mary. Age 13 [Born circa 1828]
Lethbridge, Emily. Age 10 [Born circa 1831]
Lethbridge, Edith. Age 2 [Born circa 1839]
Spouses
Birth24 Dec 1821, South Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Baptism1830
Death7 Feb 1874, Omata, Taranaki, NZ
Burial8 Feb 1874, Waireka Cemetery, Omata, Taranaki, New Zealand
FatherJoseph Newsham (1796-1842)
Mother Susannah Jecks (1790-1853)
Marriage10 Sep 1846, New Plymouth, New Zealand
ChildrenEmma Eliza (1851-1891)
 George (1863-1941)
Last Modified 9 Mar 2024Created 6 Aug 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh