Thomas Edwin DURANCE

Person Sheet


Name Thomas Edwin DURANCE, M
Birth 14 May 1850, Arbour Place, Stepney, London, ENG, UK [617], [610], [641], [642], [643], [644], [24]
Birth Memo Big age discrepancy in docs: 30 on mother's death cert, 37 on father's death cert, 58 on his own death cert; Births Jun 1850: Durance Thomas Edwin Stepney 2 557
Death 14 Jan 1915, South Fitzroy, VIC, AUS [641] Age: 64
Death Memo Myocardial degeneration and heart failure for 4 years; informant Emily Wilson - an agent;
Burial 15 Jan 1915, Melbourne General Cemetery, VIC, AUS [641]
Burial Memo Lived 44 years in VIC; lived 10 years in NZ
Immigration 22 Sep 1854, Sydney, NSW, AUS [613], [614], [615], [616] Age: 4
Immigration Memo Martha A., Matthew T., and Thomas Edwin arrived on board the ship "Hanover". (Reel F839)
Occupation Government registrar, Merchant, Warehouseman [641], [645]
Father Matthew Thomas DURANCE, M (ca1827-1890)
Mother Martha Ann/Caroline COOPER, F (1830-1881)
Misc. Notes
Resided at Arbour Place, Stepney, at time of Thomas Edwin's birth (1850).
Resided at 21 Jamaica St (parish of St Thomas), Stepney, Tower Hamlets, at time of 1851 census.
1851 census for London lists:
Matthew T. Durance, Head of Household, aged 23, cork cutter (Jonsney (I guess)), born Middlesex - St George in the East.
Martha Durance, Wife, aged20, dress maker, born Middlesex - Limehouse
Thomas Durance, son, aged 11 months, born Middlesex - Stepney
Elizabeth Flanders, servant, aged 12, gents servant (I think), born Middlesex - Limehouse

Arrived in Australia 1854, NSW/ship Hanover.
Listed in Waitemata 1880, 1882 in NZ electoral rolls [646]
Listed in Waitemata 1887 in NZ electoral rolls [647]
Listed in Christchurch 1890 NZ electoral rolls [648]
Listed as "T.E. Durance, Yarram, late of Port Melbourne" on James William's obituary notice [599]
Spouses
1 Susan PHILLIPS [645], F
Birth 6 Oct 1851, Wellington, NZ [645], [649]
Father Thomas PHILLIPS, M (-1890)
Mother Eliza DARLEY/DALY, F
Misc. Notes
On register of marriage to Thomas Edwin DURANCE, Susan is listed as a Widow. [645]

Information from Electoral Rolls [650]:
1900 Eden Roll (Auckland) - Susan DURANCE Devonport homeduties
1903 City of Auckland Roll - Susan DURANCE Shamrock Hotel Hotelkeeper
Lois Beatrice DURANCE Shamrock Hotel, homeduties.
In Wises NZ Directory 1906 - Susan DURANCE Shamrock Hotel, Wellesley St. W, Auckland
Mrs Susan DURANCE - Burleigh St., Auckland
She was not in Wises for 1907-1910 nor on electoral rolls to 1910.

NZ deaths right through to 1938 no DURANCE deaths - Susan would have been 87 by then. [650]
Indexes for the largest Auckland cemetery - not there either. [650]
Also the Devonport Cemetery where a child of her first marriage to Richard GRATTAN was buried in 1894. [650]
Marriage 2 Jul 1878, St. Paul's Ch., Auckland, NZ [641], [645]
Marriage Memo Witnesses Carl KOHN (Jeweller, Auckland) and Jannett POWELL (Auckland)
Children Martha Lois, F (1879-)
Alice, F (1883-)
Thomas Harold (Harold Edwin), M (1885-)
Lois Beatrice, F
Last Modified 14 Aug 2003 Created 19 Feb 2005 by Stephen & Karen Karner (Reunion 7.05 for Macs)
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