Ambrose Israel RHODES

1851 - 1926  (75 years)

• Name	Ambrose Israel RHODES
  Birth	12 Jan 1851	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	04 Feb 1926  [1, 2]
  Burial	05 Feb 1926	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [2]
  Person ID	I17280	NZ Genealogy Project | RHODES Descendant
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Israel RHOYDS [Israel RHODES],   b. 21 Feb 1813, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England d. 01 Feb 1871, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Martha SYKES,   c. 04 Dec 1814, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England d. 14 Jun 1888, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1838	Mirfield, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Family ID	F3797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Viles CHAPMAN,   b. 11 Feb 1858   d. 19 Nov 1946 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1877	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Ambrose Israel Edward RHODES [Edward],   b. 24 Jun 1883, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 07 Dec 1973, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F5787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Jan 1851 - Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand Marriage - 16 Oct 1877 - Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand Burial - 05 Feb 1926 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY. MR AMBROSE RHODES. There passed away yesterday morning at the Christchurch Hospital in his seventy-sixth year Mr Ambrose Rhodes, third son of the late Mr Israel Rhodes of Flea Bay after a long illness. Mr Rhodes was born at Flea Bay and took up farming as an occupation, at one time working the Stoney Bay property which he sold to the late Mr George Armstrong. Mr Rhodes was of a very genial bright disposition, being much liked by everyone. He married Miss Chapman of Little River and leaves a widow, two sons Messrs Edward Rhodes of Ashburton and Stanley Rhodes of Wainui and four daughters Mesdames W. McKay (Le Bons), Jim Stewart (Barry's Bay), Alex Stewart (Wainui), and J. McQueen (Little River). Another daughter Mrs Allan Wright predeceased him some years ago. Source: Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume L Issue 5144, 5 February 1926. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1256] Darren Hortin, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Hortin Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S243] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database, (Christchurch City Council). [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S864] Papers Past - Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. MARRIAGE. Rhodes-Chapman. - On October 16th, at St. Peter's Church, Akaroa, by the Rev. P. C. Anderson, Ambrose, third son of the late Israel Rhodes, Esq., of Flea Bay, Banks' Peninsula, to Miss Agnes Chapman, of Akaroa. [S864] Papers Past - Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.