John Newton & Ann Coleridge of Wellington

John Newton COLDRIDGE, born in Exeter in 1832, is the third son of Ernest & Sarah COLDRIDGE. He married Ann in Wellington, New Zealand when he was 42 and they had 1 son and 3 daughters. Their marriage was announced in the Wellington Independent:

John Newton COLERIDGE & Ann Isabella, only daughter of William Thomas Locke TRAVERS – Marriage 17th January 1874 in St Paul's Church, Wellington.

The following New Zealand birth records were found for their children:

Ernest William George COLERIDGE – Birth recorded in 1875 in Wellington.

Alicia Maud COLERIDGE – Birth recorded in 1876 in Wellington.

Isabella COLERIDGE – Birth recorded in 1879 in Wellington.

Florence Ida COLERIDGE – Birth recorded in 1882 in Wellington.

Although census records are not kept in New Zealand, the following records were found:

John Newton COLERIDGE – Death recorded in 1887, age 53.

Ann Isabella COLERIDGE – Death recorded in 1892, age 45. A notice in the Fielding Star records her death on 5th September 1892 at the residence of her father W. T. L. TRAVERS, Wellington terrace.

Alice Maud COLERIDGE & Walter Goring JOHNSTON – Marriage recorded in 1901. The New Zealand Tablet notes that the wedding took place at the Lower Hutt in Wellington on 18th April 1901.

Florence Ida COLERIDGE & Ernest Roberts WHITE – Marriage recorded in 1922. The Evening Post notes that the wedding took place at St Paul's Pro-Cathedral in Wellington on 19th April 1922, and that Ernest was from Tara, Takapau, Hawkes Bay.

Isobel COLERIDGE – Death recorded in 1941, age 63. According to a notice in the Evening Post she died at Hanmer Springs on 14th July 1941.