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Descendants of John MCLUCAS

Generation No. 3

7. FLORA⁴ MCINNES (MARGARET³ MCLUCAS, JOHN², ARCHIBALD¹)⁶ was born February 02, 1857 in Raymond Terrace nr.Maitland, NSW, Australia ⁷, and died July 27, 1925 in Devonport Road, Tauranga, New Zealand. She married SAMUEL HARDY June 05, 1877 in Presbyterian Church, Hokitika. He was born 1846 in Nottingham, England, and died March 31, 1909 in Waihi, New Zealand.

Notes for FLORA MCINNES:
Born on Drimfine Estate, Cabbage Tree, near Raymond Terrace (Maitland area) N.S.W. Australia, and the birth registered in 1857/10696 . Her death certificate gives Raymond Terrace, NSW as her place of birth. This is east of Maitland, towards the coast and south of Clarence Town. Was 20 when she married Samuel in the Presbyterian Church in Hokitika, 5 June 1877. Two of her sons were given Clarence as a second name because she had connections with Clarence - either the river or more likely the town.

A Hardy relative says she remembers Flora telling her that the McInnesses came from Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.

She died in 1925/2138 at home, Devonport Road in Tauranga, of cardiac failure and bronchitis. She was 68. Methodist burial in Tauranga Cemetery

More About FLORA MCINNES:
Burial: July 28, 1925, Tauranga
Occupation: Owner of cartage business, Tauranga. Very early Bay of Plenty settler

Notes for SAMUEL HARDY:
Speculative birth reference for Samuel Hardy is Nottingham, vol XV ?504 (illegible) 1845, Sup Registrars District 56. This from the St Catherine's index.

Married in the Presbyterian Church in Hokitika, 5 June 1877. Gave his age as 30 and occupation as miner. Born 1846 or 1847. If his son Charles is correct on his death certificate, he had been in New Zealand since about 1866, though given that he married Flora from Australia,when she was only 20, he may have gone back and forth between the two countries, or Charlie may have meant 1867 and got the maths wrong!

Family lore has it that Sam's father wanted him apprenticed to a trade which did not appeal to him, so he ran away, took a cattle ship to North America, and from there followed the trail of gold discoveries from California to Australia and to the West Coast of N.Z. where he married Flora, who had come from Australia to marry him. From there they settled in Tauranga where he established Hardy Transport. The family home was on Fourth Ave, Lot 469, Sec 2 in an 1881 roll. It was off Cameron Road close to what is now a medical clinic. On his death, he left a considerable fortune in property to his son Archibald, in trust for the daughters. Archie ran through it very quickly!

Death recorded 1909/192 in Waihi. He was 62 and appears to have died of complications of surgery for stomach cancer and consequent pneumonia. According to his son Charles, who lived in Waihi and reported the details, he was a coal merchant. Charlie had no knowledge of his grandparents' names and knew only that his father had been born in England. There is no record of his burial. He was survived by three sons and four daughters.

More About SAMUEL HARDY:
Occupation: Owner of cartage business, Tauranga. Very early settler

Children of FLORA MCINNES and SAMUEL HARDY are:

JESSIE MARGARET⁵ HARDY, b. 1879, ?Westport, New Zealand; d. Abt. 1963, Tauranga, New Zealand; m. RICHARD ALEXANDER MACKRELL, 1905, ?Auckland.

Notes for JESSIE MARGARET HARDY:
Known in the family as Jakey. Died early 1960's. Husband was Alexander Mackrell who may have been an alcoholic. When he died, Jessie returned to the family home with the boys. She lived there for the rest of her life. Her son, Ron, was a property developer who redeveloped all the Fourth Avenue property after Jessie and Lena, the elderly aunts, died.

Marriage Notes for JESSIE HARDY and RICHARD MACKRELL:
Reference 1905/1921

ii.

CHARLES THOMAS HARDY, b. May 27, 1880, Tauranga, New Zealand; d. March 17, 1958, Tauranga, New Zealand; m. HELEN MARGARET JOHNSTON, March 11, 1903, Tauranga; b. April 23, 1878; d. February 25, 1973, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Notes for CHARLES THOMAS HARDY:
Wife was Molly Johnston and their children Laddie, Kitty and Molly. Kitty is the closest relative on the Hardy side that I know well.

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LILY CAROLINE HARDY, b. 1882, Tauranga, New Zealand; m. SAMUEL DARRAGH, 1909.

Notes for LILY CAROLINE HARDY:
Married Sam Darragh and had one daughter, Lorna. Lived in Morrinsville. Birth reference 1882/172, may have been born the previous year.

Marriage Notes for LILY HARDY and SAMUEL DARRAGH:
Reference 1909/2170

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SELINA MARTHA HARDY, b. 1883, Tauranga, New Zealand; d. 1965, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Notes for SELINA MARTHA HARDY:
Died early 1960's. Never married, though Kitty has a copy of a love letter to her, and I a copy of a letter from R.W. Wilson about Hugh's death, among other things. Lived on the family Fourth Ave property all her life - she may have had her own little cottage at some point.

Death recorded 1965 82 Tauranga 4606.

MARGARET MARY HARDY, b. October 17, 1884, Tauranga, New Zealand; d. December 15, 1955, Rotorua, New Zealand; m. FREDERICK ROBERT MARRIOTT, November 15, 1911, Knox Presbyterian Church, Parnell, Auckland; b. April 08, 1883, Auckland, New Zealand; d. July 14, 1951, Cambridge, New Zealand.

Notes for MARGARET MARY HARDY:
My grandmother, married Frederick Robert Marriott in the Knox Presyterian Church at Parnell, Auckland, 13 November 1911. More details in the family record.

Birth reference Tauranga 1884/3639. Death, Rotorua 1955/4650

More About MARGARET MARY HARDY:
Occupation: Teacher and headmistress

Notes for FREDERICK ROBERT MARRIOTT:
Married Margaret Mary Hardy of Tauranga in Knox Presbyterian Church in Parnell, 13 November 1911. He was a good friend of her brothers. My grandparents.

Death record Cambridge, 1951/2978. Buried Hautapu Cemetery, floral tributes from George and Grace Marriott, Jack and Kath Marriott, Mr and Mrs E. L. Hardy. Who are these Hardys?

More About FREDERICK ROBERT MARRIOTT:
Occupation: Sales representative

vi.

CHRISTINA ANNIE (KITTY) HARDY, b. 1887, Tauranga, New Zealand; d. 1908, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Notes for CHRISTINA ANNIE (KITTY) HARDY:
Youngest daughter and very beautiful. Died at 21 of pneumonia. Her niece, Kitty Hardy (born 1912) was named for her.

Death recorded 1908/2421 Tauranga.

More About CHRISTINA ANNIE (KITTY) HARDY:
Burial: 1908/2421
Cause of Death: Pneumonia

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HUGH MCINNESS HARDY, b. 1888, Tauranga, New Zealand; d. Abt. 1918, At sea.

Notes for HUGH MCINNESS HARDY:
Died at sea during World War 1. He was returning to New Zealand and was striken with influenza during the epidemic and died. His death is recorded amongst the war deaths 1914-18/14626. We think he died in 1918.

More About HUGH MCINNESS HARDY:
Occupation: Soldier in World War I

viii.

ROBERT JOHN HARDY, b. 1890, Tauranga, New Zealand; d. 1891, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Notes for ROBERT JOHN HARDY:
Third son in the family born 1890, died 1891probably less than a year old. Not in the family photo which we had estimated as being taken in 1890. His death date puts the photo as a likely 1889-1890.

Birth reference 1890/2314, death 1891/103.

Names are interesting. The Robert appears to be for Flora's brother and the John for her father.

More About ROBERT JOHN HARDY:
Burial: Tauranga, New Zealand

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ARCHIBALD CLARENCE HARDY, b. 1896, Tauranga, New Zealand; d. 1965, Tauranga, New Zealand; m. HILDA MARY BINNEY KINGSWELL, 1923.

Notes for ARCHIBALD CLARENCE HARDY:
Youngest son and a real charmer.

Married an Auckland socialite. Was apparently a much younger friend of my Marriott grandfather. Inherited the family fortune in trust, but appears to have run through it very quickly. My mother says his wife was a kleptomaniac and he used the fortune to settle her bills. When I knew him, he was a fisherman at the Mount.

Death reference 1965 69/Tauranga 6298

More About ARCHIBALD CLARENCE HARDY:
Occupation: ?Fisherman

Marriage Notes for ARCHIBALD HARDY and HILDA KINGSWELL:
Reference 1923/1640

8. RODERICK⁴ MCLUCAS (ARCHIBALD³, JOHN², ARCHIBALD¹) was born 1861 in Woodford Dale, NSW, Australia, and died 1942 in NSW, Australia. He married ANNIE C. GRAHAM 1887 in NSW, Australia. She died 1936 in NSW, Australia.

Children of RODERICK MCLUCAS and ANNIE GRAHAM are:

	i.		VIVIAN C.⁵ MCLUCAS, b. 1888; m. ETHEL I. MCLENNAN, 1914, NSW, Australia.
	ii.		IVY G.M. MCLUCAS, b. 1890.
	iii.		VERA J. M. MCLUCAS, b. 1892; m. JAMES V. HACKETT, 1912, NSW, Australia.
	iv.		ELLA M. R. MCLUCAS, b. 1894.
	v.		URBAN R. R. MCLUCAS, b. 1896.
	vi.		ALMA A. A. MCLUCAS, b. 1898; m. JAMES ELLIS, 1915, NSW.
	vii.		ERIC F. J. MCLUCAS, b. 1900.
	viii.		KEITH L. MCLUCAS, b. 1902.
	ix.		THELMA C. MCLUCAS, b. 1905; m. ALBERT BUSHELL, 1922, NSW, Australia.
	x.		<UNNAMED>.
	xi.		WILLIAM TRAVIS MCLUCAS, b. June 09, 1906; m. MARJORY RUTH WENZEL, 1928, Grafton, NSW, Australia; b. December 29, 1909; d. June 1994.

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