FREAR FILE

This file is linked with other genealogy files such as WAGENER, SUBRITZKY and BENISTON, and is compiled almost entirely from the family data in Gwenyth Frear's excellent self-published books about the Totara North area of Northland.
Be warned that there will still be omissions, errors and other absurbities, but if you TELL US we can change it and make it RIGHT!

Husband: Nicholas Maria
   Born: 1850             at: Flores, Portugal  
Married: 19 OCT 1875      at: St. Saviours, Kaitaia, NZ  
   Died: 2 OCT 1923       at: Mangonui, NZ  
 Father:
 Mother:
        Other Spouses: 
Maria Family details; Much of the detail provided here is courtesy of Rachel Hill, who has posted it and other family details on the genealogy section of her web page at  http://pl.net/~rnrhill/genealog.htm.
In addition, Florence Keene notes in her 'To the Northward' that Nicholas Maria came to New Zealand in the 'Eliza' in 1866, and was farming for some time in Mangonui before being attracted first to the Thames and then to the Californian goldfields. Returning to New Zealand, he bought 214 acres of good farming land in Oruru Valley, and married Emily, a daughter of Joseph Evans, then of Awanui. As a result of an accident in 1892 Nicholas had a leg amputated and some time afterwards retired to Mangonui. 
   Wife: Emily Evans (Cox)
   Born: 14 JUN 1857      at: Brierly Hill, Staffordshire, England  
   Died: 2 MAY 1949       at: Mangonui, NZ 
 Buried: 4 MAY 1949       at: Mangonui, NZ 
 Father:Joseph Evans
 Mother:Elizabeth (Bessie) Cox
        Other Spouses: 
CHILDREN
   Name: Joseph Albert Maria
   Born: 1876             at: NZ  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 1948             at:  NZ  
Spouses: Eva Helen Carr
   Name: Mary Florence Maria
   Born: 1878             at: NZ  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 1961             at:   
Spouses: Henry Foster  
   Name: Sybella Frances Maria
   Born: 13 OCT 1879      at:  NZ  
Married: 28 DEC 1903      at:   
   Died: 8 JUL 1970       at:   
Spouses: Joseph (Joe) Foster
   Name: William Henry Maria
   Born: 1881             at:  NZ  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 1951             at:   
Spouses: Ellen Catherine (Nellie) Foster Mary Maria (twin) Foster 
   Name: Josiah Alexander Maria
   Born: 5 AUG 1883       at: Oruru Valley, NZ  
Married: 10 DEC 1906      at: Oruru, , NZ  
   Died: 20 DEC 1952      at: Kaitaia, NZ  
Spouses: Annie Florence Richards  
   Name: Susan Beatrice Maria
   Born: 1886             at: NZ  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 1971             at:   
Spouses: Lloyd Noble
   Name: Alfred Walter Maria
   Born: 1890             at: NZ  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 1901             at:   
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