George Farrer WASCOE

1827 - 1886  (58 years)

• Name	George Farrer WASCOE
  Birth	08 Nov 1827	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England   [1, 2]
  Baptism	18 Nov 1827	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	14 Mar 1854  [1, 2]
  	Master mariner
  Death	18 Jul 1886	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 4]
  Burial	20 Jul 1886	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [5]
  Probate	29 Jul 1886	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [6]
  Person ID	I6185	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family	Sarah LONG,   b. 1822, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England d. 12 Apr 1915, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1868	New Zealand   [1, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F2164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 08 Nov 1827 - Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Baptism - 18 Nov 1827 - Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Marriage - 18 Sep 1868 - New Zealand Death - 18 Jul 1886 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Burial - 20 Jul 1886 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Probate - 29 Jul 1886 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone - George F Wascoe In memory of George Farrar Wascoe, died July 18th 1886 aged 59 years. Plot: Plot number: 265A

  
  

• Sources

  [S293] Cemertries of Christchurch, (Christchurch City Libraries, Christchurch City Council, Christchurch, New Zealand), none. [S1255] UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927, (Ancestry.com). [S852] England & Wales, Christening Records, 1530-1906, (Ancestry.co.uk). [S753] Papers Past - Lyttelton Times, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S293] Cemertries of Christchurch, (Christchurch City Libraries, Christchurch City Council, Christchurch, New Zealand), none. Addington Cemetery - ROW A No. 10 WASCOE. George Frederick WASCOE, 59, died on 18 July 1886. WASCOE was a master mariner, his Banks Peninsula vessel being the Linnet which was ultimately blown up for target practice in Lyttelton Harbour. On 19 September 1868 WASCOE married Sarah HAYLOCK, widow of Charles Lagden HAYLOCK a member of a prominent Akaroa family. WASCOE sued George SCARBOROUGH, who would become first Mayor of Akaroa, seeking 500 pounds compensation because he had used for brewery purposes a building in which C. L. HAYLOCK had left his wife a life interest. WASCOE lost the case. In the 1950s Dr. David MacMILLAN observed that, as one approached Birdlings Flat, from Christchurch, one came upon 'big gum trees [which were] always known as 'WASCOE'S'. He knew that WASCOE had had an accommodation house at Birdlings Flat in the 1870s and '80s. This was on the exact spot where there had broken out the 'eat-relations feud' which decimated Ngai Tahu and left them vulnerable to attack from Ngati Toa chief Te RAUPARAHA. In 1882 WASCOE owned three acres, worth 875 pounds, in the Selwyn County - perhaps at his last home in Bryndwr, and land worth 15 pounds in the Akaroa County. In his will, WASCOE gave, devised and bequeathed all his real and personal property to his 'dear wife', the estate being 'sworn at under 950 pounds'. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). Probate record [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Brides & Grooms Index