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Robert Dickinson DUXFIELD

Robert Dickinson DUXFIELD

Male 1862 - 1938  (76 years)    Has 14 ancestors and 74 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Robert Dickinson DUXFIELD 
    Birth 1862  Willington, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 02 Apr 1871  Silksworth, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Degree 1886  [5] 
    Bachelor in Arts, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 
    Graduation 1886  University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Degree 1889  [5] 
    Master in Arts, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 
    Graduation 1889  University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation From 1891 to 1901  [6] 
    School teacher 
    Occupation From 1894 to 1896  [7] 
    Teacher, Whangarei, Northland 
    Occupation From 1896 to 1897  [8] 
    Teacher, Christ's College, Christchurch, Canterbury 
    Residence 1896  Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation From 1902 to 1910  [7, 8] 
    Farmer, Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand 
    Occupation From 1904 to 1917  [6] 
    Justice of Peace, Waipa, Waikato 
    Occupation From 1920 to 1938  [7] 
    Farmer, Horotiu, Waikato 
    Death 26 Apr 1938  Horotiu, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Burial 27 Apr 1938  Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Probate 13 Jun 1938  Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Person ID I7501  NZ Genealogy Project | DUXFIELD Descendant
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2023 

    Father John DUXFIELD,   b. 1818, Stannington, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1890, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth DICKINSON,   b. 1828, Coxlodge, Gosforth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1864, Willington, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 19 Nov 1856  Gosforth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    Census 07 Apr 1861  Coxlodge, Gosforth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Documents
    1861 Census    		1861 Census
    Family ID F95  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kathleen Emily CUBITT,   b. 04 Oct 1878, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Jan 1975, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 01 Apr 1899  Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 17] 
    Residence 1911  Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Harold John Lyttleton DUXFIELD,   b. 23 Jun 1899, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1968, Longreach, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. Dorothy Kathleen DUXFIELD,   b. 01 Aug 1901, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1983, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +3. Robert Cubitt DUXFIELD,   b. 21 May 1903, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1977, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +4. Horatio Nelson DUXFIELD [Doug],   b. 08 Dec 1905, Horotiu, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Sep 1991, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +5. Edward Kitchener DUXFIELD,   b. 28 Feb 1910, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1975, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     6. Hugh Massey DUXFIELD,   b. 31 Mar 1912, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1913, Horotiu, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F2558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1862 - Willington, Northumberland, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 02 Apr 1871 - Silksworth, Durham, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsGraduation - 1886 - University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsGraduation - 1889 - University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1896 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 01 Apr 1899 - Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1911 - Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Apr 1938 - Horotiu, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 27 Apr 1938 - Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 13 Jun 1938 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Robert Dickinson DUXFIELD    		Robert Dickinson DUXFIELD

    Documents
    Will - Robert Dickinson DUXFIELD    		Will

    Histories
    Places - Willington, Northumberland, England    		Places - Willington, Northumberland, England
    Information about Willington in Northumberland, England. Willington was the birth place of members of the Duxfield family, including Elizabeth Sarah Duxfield in 1861. Elizabeth's father (John Duxfield b 1818) and his children migrated to New Zealand in 1886.

  • Notes 

    • NEWS REPORTS

      THE "DUX" OF THE FIELDS.

      WHEN the good ship "lonic" brushed against the Wellington wharf one day in the year 1885, she had aboard, a young Northumberlander, who hailed from that city of ship-docks and collieries - Newcastle-on-Tyne. But coal and seacraft had not occupied the boyhood of Robert Dickenson Duxfield, and when he landed in New Zealand his mental baggage was labelled M.A. Duxfield's erudite genius, while at Trinity College, Dublin, had won for him this distinction.

      The Tyne-side scholar was not sea-Sick on his trip to New Zealand, a lengthy cadetship on a Bombay sailing trader having established his sea-legs as a youngster. For some years after his arrival in New Zealand, Duxfield brought his batteries of intelligence to bear with perspicuous aim upon the craniums of Wanganui and Christ Colleges and Whangarei High School students; he was headmaster of the latter for five years.

      When his ancestral instincts made the call to the soil greater than the appeal of the birch and blackboard, Duxfield said "cows" - and wheresoever could one choose better country to spank the kine than Waikato; so at Horotiu with his Shorthorns he has been for 28 years. As in his school days, he did things thoroughly and well, and there being no Order of the Shorthorn Academy for his own attainments, he sees to it that, his cattle get their share of whatever honours lay in the filling of the milk-bucket.

      At the Royal Show at Palmerston North in 1925, the champion Shorthorn milch cow and champion Shorthorn bull belonged to the Duxfield meadows. The honour of being a Justice of the Peace longer than anyone in his district is the one odd feather in the cap of this agriculturist. All the others are the prominent plumage of office plucked from the Auckland Provincial Farmers' Union; the Auckland Farmers' Trading Co.; the N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser Co., Ltd.; and the N.Z. Farmers' Union, of which he is a life member.

      As a little respite from milking cows, Duxfield launched out into politics at the last general election, when in the interests of the Country Party he contested the Raglan seat against R. F. Bollard, the present member and Minister of Internal Affairs.

      Source: NZ Truth on 23 June 1927.

      Obituary

      MR. R. D. DUXFIELD.

      HAMILTON, This Day.

      Mr. R. D. Duxfield, M.A., J.P., a prominent breeder of Shorthorn cattle and an exhibitor, died at his home at Horotiu this morning.

      The late Mr. Duxfield was. born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, in 1862, and was educated at the Yarmouth Grammar School.; He passed his preliminary law examination, and was articled for one year to a legal firm at Stockton-on-Tees. He later entered Dublin University, and filled various teaching positions. Coming to New Zealand in 1885, he taught at Wanganui College, later going to the Whangarei High School, where he was principal for five years. Also, as a master, he was associated with Christ's College, Christchurch. In1898 he took up farming in. the Waikato, and took a prominent part in farming matters, being connected in an official capacity with the Farmers' Union for many years.

      Source: Evening Post on 26 April 1938.

  • Sources 
    1. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.

    2. [S92] FreeBMD, (http://www.freebmd.org.uk//), none.
      Births Sep 1862 DUXFIELD Robert Dickenson, Tynemouth Vol 10b Page 117

    3. [S93] 1871 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.

    4. [S93] 1871 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.
      Name: Robert Dickinson Duxfield; Age: 8; Estimated birth year: abt 1863; Relation: Son; Gender: Male; Where born: Wallsend, Northumberland, England; Civil Parish or Township: Silksworth; Ecclesiastical parish: Silksworth; Town: Silksworth; County: Durham; Country: England

    5. [S2124] A Catalogue of Graduates of the University of Dublin, Vol II (1868-95), (Dublin, 1896).

    6. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005).
      NZ Gazette

    7. [S983] NZ City & Area Directories, 1866-1954, (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.

    9. [S162] Papers Past - The Evening Post (Wellington), (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), Volume CXXV, Issue 96, 26 April 1938, Page 13, none.
      MR. R. D. DUXFIELD. (By Teiegraph - Press Association.) HAMILTON, This Day. Mr. R. D. Duxfield, M:A., J.P., a prominent .breeder of Shorthorn cattle and an exhibitor, died ..at his home at Horotiu this morning. The late Mr. Duxfield was. born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, in 1862, and was educated at the Yarmouth Grammar School.; He passed his preliminary law examination, and was articled for one year to a legal firm at Stockton-on-Tees. He later entered Dublin University, and filled .various teaching positions. Coming to New Zealand in 1885, he taught at Wanganui College, later going to the Whangarei High School, where he was principal for five years. Also, as a master, he was associated with Christ's College, Christchurch. In1898 he took up farming in. the Waikato, and took a prominent part in farming matters, being connected in an official capacity with the Farmers' Union for many years.

    10. [S719] Papers Past - New Zealand Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.

    11. [S1116] Family Search - NZ Archives - Probate Records, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.

    12. [S1982] Archives New Zealand Online - Probate File, (Archives New Zealand, https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz).

    13. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005).
      Probate record

    14. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.
      Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.

    15. [S95] Debra Duxfield, Wellington, NZ, Descendants of John DUXFIELD 1818-1890, (20 Nov 2000 and 2004).

    16. [S163] 1861 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.
      Name: John Dixfield (actually DUXFIELD); Age: 43; Estimated birth year: abt 1818; Relation: Head; Gender: Male; Where born: Stannington, Northumberland, England; Civil parish: Coxlodge; County: Northumberland; Country: England; Others in Household: Elizabeth Dixfield (wife), George Joseph Dixfield (son 3), John Thomas Dixfield (son 2), Frederick William Dixfield (son 10 months), 4 farm servants.

    17. [S538] Papers Past - Northern Advocate, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.
      8 April 1899, Page 2. Marriage. DUXPIKLD-CUBITT - On April Ist. at Christ Church, Whaugarei, by the Vicar, father of the bride, Robert Dickinson Duxfield, of Ngaruawahia, to Kathleen Emily, second daughter of the Rev. L L. Cubitt.


 

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