Denne Clement TWYNEHAM

1888 - 1922  (34 years)

• Name	Denne Clement TWYNEHAM
  Birth	18 Feb 1888	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	26 Sep 1916  [2]
  	Salesman, Christchurch, Canterbury
  Military Service	From 19 Jan 1917 to 19 May 1919  [2]
  	Corporal, NZ Rifle Brigade, NZEF
  Occupation	From 01 Nov 1919 to 16 Feb 1920  [2]
  	Clerk, Army District Headquarters, Christchurch, Canterbury
  Death	31 May 1922	Petone, Wellington, New Zealand   [1, 3]
  	Cause: Drowning
  Burial	02 Jun 1922	Taita, Wellington, New Zealand   [3]
  Person ID	I20881	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family	Ethel Adelaide RODRIGUES,   b. 04 Mar 1888, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 29 May 1979, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1913	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [2, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Garth Clement TWYNEHAM,   b. 08 Feb 1914, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 18 May 1997, New Zealand (Age 83 years)   2. Denis Collins TWYNEHAM,   b. 21 Apr 1920, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 09 May 1920, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F7248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 18 Feb 1888 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Marriage - 23 Jan 1913 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Death - Cause: Drowning - 31 May 1922 - Petone, Wellington, New Zealand Burial - 02 Jun 1922 - Taita, Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  FOUND DROWNED ON THE PETONE BEACH Man's Body Washed Up At Western End. "All Right; Good-Bye." The body of a man named Denne Clement Twyneham was discovered washed up on the western side of the Petone beach, at 10 o'clock, yesterday morning. An inquest held by Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., yesterday afternoon, revealed the fact that the man was thirty-four years of age and married. Ethel Adelaide Twyneham, shopkeeper, residing at Petone, in evidence, said that she was the wife of the deceased. They had been separated since December last. Twyneham had come to see her at her house on Wednesday afternoon, and apologised because he had not been paying her any maintenance money, as he was out of work. He had wanted to stop, but she had refused him. "All right; good-bye," he said, and flung himself off. Next morning she found two bundles of his clothes, which be had evidently flung over her back fence. He was addicted to drunkenness; that was a reason for their separation. He had previously been a commercial traveller in the South Island; but latterly was employed in a hotel at Picton. Evidence was given that he was last seen in the Victoria Hotel, Petone, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening. It was stated that deceased had been gassed at the front. He was charged at the Magistrate's Court some months ago for attempting to commit suicide by swallowing "Rough on Rats," and was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Police evidence was to the effect that Twyneham was anything but a pleasant man to live with. "He would sell the very bed from under the woman," the sergeant remarked. The coroner found that death was due to drowning. No relatives of the deceased man are known. Source: New Zealand Times, 2 June 1922, Page 4.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1710] Skylark5, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Taylor Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S2001] Archives New Zealand Online - Military Personnel Files, (Archives New Zealand, https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz), none. [S679] Hutt City Cemeteries Online, (Hutt City Council, Wellington, New Zealand. 2010). [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand).