Chris Korte's New Zealand Genealogy Project
Family: Clement Laurence SUTTON [Laurie] / Grace Isabella ROLLINSON (F315)
m. 11 Aug 1890-
![Clement Laurence SUTTON [Laurie]](photos/thumb_Clement%20Laurence%20SUTTON.jpg)
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Clement Laurence SUTTON [Laurie]
Birth 07 Oct 1856 Karaka, Auckland, New Zealand 
Death 07 Nov 1949 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Burial 09 Nov 1949 Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand Marriage 11 Aug 1890 [1, 2] Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand [1, 2] Father Charles SUTTON | F171 Group Sheet Mother Mary Ann SPURDLE | F171 Group Sheet
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Grace Isabella ROLLINSON
Birth 15 Feb 1871 Dover, Kent, England Death 08 Sep 1955 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Burial 10 Sep 1955 Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand Father Mother
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+ Frank Lawrence SUTTON
Birth 10 Dec 1891 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Death 19 Aug 1968 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Cremation 21 Aug 1968 Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand Spouse Grace Isabella KNAGGS | F764 Marriage 04 Oct 1916 New Zealand
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Irene Annis SUTTON
Birth 30 Mar 1893 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Death 28 Aug 1893 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Burial 1893 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
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+ Winifred Grace SUTTON
Birth 18 Aug 1894 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Death 03 Apr 1985 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Cremation 04 Apr 1985 Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand Spouse George Walter KITE | F765 Marriage 21 Apr 1920 New Zealand
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+ Vincent Blyth SUTTON
Birth 14 Apr 1896 Whatawhata, Waikato, New Zealand Death 23 Sep 1974 Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand Burial 1974 Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand Spouse Leonora Lyle GIRDWOOD | F767 Marriage 21 Dec 1927 New Zealand
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+ Thelma Eva SUTTON
Birth 18 Aug 1897 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Death 14 Sep 1986 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Cremation 17 Sep 1986 Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand Spouse Sydney Leslie EADY | F768 Marriage 07 Mar 1922 New Zealand
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+ Edwin Clement SUTTON
Birth 18 Jan 1899 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Death 13 Jun 1983 Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand Cremation 17 Jun 1983 Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand Spouse Edith May GREEN | F769 Marriage 23 Aug 1927 New Zealand
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Violet Isabel SUTTON
Birth 23 Jun 1906 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Death 09 Aug 1912 Raglan, Waikato, New Zealand Burial 10 Aug 1912 Raglan, Waikato, New Zealand
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+ George Aroha Raglan SUTTON
Birth 15 Oct 1908 Raglan, Waikato, New Zealand Death 03 Nov 1979 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Cremation 07 Nov 1979 Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand Spouse Mary Margaret WILSON | F770 Marriage 21 Jul 1944 New Zealand
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Notes GOLDEN WEDDING.
WAIKATO SETTLERS
Recollections of a varied life in which there was an abundance of hard work, many difficulties and the experiences common to early settlers and their families, were revived when Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sutton, of Karaka, celebrated their golden wedding a few days ago. Mr. Sutton, although 84 years of age, still musters sheep and takes an active interest in his farm.
MR. AND MRS. C. L. SUTTON
As a boy, Mr. Sutton lived, with his father, Mr. Charles Sutton, on a farm at Omata, Taranaki. When the Maoris became restless his father sold the farm and went to live at Raglan.
"My father bought bullocks from the Maoris at Kawhia, and, at the age of 12, with a bullock-plough, I ploughed about 200 acres of farmland on our property at Raglan," said Mr. Sutton. "My father used to go to Kawhia every half-year to buy about 300 bushels of wheat from the Maoris. The wheat was pack-horsed for about 12 miles around Kawhia beach. Then it was my job to help load it on to bullock drays to take it the rest of the journey. After that my sister and I ground the wheat and made flour for bread-baking each morning." He built a windmill to drive the grinder. Even then it took the whole morning to grind 10 bushels of grain.
"I have done all sorts of jobs in my time," Mr. Sutton continued. "I ran a flax mill, and got between £27 10s and £33 10s a ton for my flax. For four years I was chainman for a Government surveyor, right in the heart of the bush, and we used to kill wild pigs and cattle to fill out our bill of fare. Then I drove coaches between Raglan and Hamilton. Often we had to swim the horses across flooded dips in the road near the Waipa River, and passengers went across in boats."
Mrs. Sutton, who is 67, can remember when butter was sold at between 4d and 6d a pound. Her mother was a music-teacher, and some of the settlers paid their children's fees in kind - so many pounds of cheese or butter every week.
Source: New Zealand Herald , 19 August 1940, Page 13.
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