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Family of William Henry Rossiter Attfield and Lydia Peatt Simons

Husband: William Henry Rossiter Attfield (1855-1929)
Wife: Lydia Peatt Simons (1860-1945)
Children: Elsie Mary Attfield (1881-1881)
Sydney Dyson Attfield (1882- )
Frank Henry Attfield (1885-1896)
Dora Ellen Attfield (1889- )
Marriage 19 Aug 1879 Wesleyan Methodist Church, Aldershot, Hants
Witnesses 19 Aug 1879 Ellen Rosa Williams, Mary Dyson

Husband: William Henry Rossiter Attfield

Name: William Henry Rossiter Attfield
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: Anne Attfield (1815-1868)
Birth 22 Apr 1855 Guildford Street, Chertsey, Surrey
Birth fact 22 Apr 1855 (age 0) Name on birth certificate: William Attfield, father = William Penfield
Baptism 24 Apr 1855 (age 0) Chertsey, Surrey (William Attfield)
Census 1861 (age 5-6) Living at Guildford St, Chertsey, with mother Anne and grandfather Richard
Baptism 29 Jan 1869 (age 13) Chertsey, Surrey (William Henry Rossiter Attfield)
Occupation 11 Oct 1870 (age 15) Carpenter, Chertsey (mentioned in will of Mary Attfield)
Census 1871 (age 15-16) Living at Guildford St, Chertsey, with Henry & Matilda Attfield
Occupation 19 Aug 1879 (age 24) Carpenter, 1 Tichborne Street, Aldershot (on marriage cert.)
Emigration c. 1879 (age 23-24) from Emigrated to New South Wales, Australia
Occupation 9 Sep 1882 (age 27) Carpenter, Mount Eden Road, Auckland, NZ (son Sydney's birth cert.)
Occupation 1890 (age 34-35) Carpenter, Mount Roskill Road, Eden, Auckland, NZ (Electoral Roll)
Occupation 1929 (age 73-74) Carpenter (on death cert.)
Death fact 1929 (age 73-74) Cause of death: Arterio-Sclerosis
Death 10 Jun 1929 (age 74) State Hospital & Home, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
Burial 12 Jun 1929 Rookwood C of E Cemetery, NSW, Australia

Wife: Lydia Peatt Simons

Name: Lydia Peatt Simons
Sex: Female
Father: William Simons ( -bef1867)
Mother: Ellen Rosa Dyson (1833-bef1901)
Birth 19 Mar 1860 Wesley College, Auckland, New Zealand
Census 1861 (age 0-1) Living with mother, 95 Wellington St, Milton, Gravesend, Kent
Census 1871 (age 10-11) Living with mother
Death 1945 (age 84-85) New Zealand

Child 1: Elsie Mary Attfield

Name: Elsie Mary Attfield
Sex: Female
Birth 1881 New Zealand
Death 1881 (age 0) New Zealand

Child 2: Sydney Dyson Attfield

Name: Sydney Dyson Attfield
Sex: Male
Birth 9 Sep 1882 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand

Child 3: Frank Henry Attfield

Name: Frank Henry Attfield
Sex: Male
Birth 1885 New Zealand
Death 1896 (age 10-11) New Zealand

Child 4: Dora Ellen Attfield

Name: Dora Ellen Attfield
Sex: Female
Spouse: Henry Hunt ( - )
Birth 1889 New Zealand

Note on Husband: William Henry Rossiter Attfield

Carpenter. Emigrated to New South Wales, Australia, c.1879

Father's name on birth certificate: William Penfield

Note on Wife: Lydia Peatt Simons

Note on marriage certificate, 31 Jul 1922:

"Previously married but not heard of husband as alive for 10 years last past."