1.5.6.1 ERIKSEN, Mary Helena Jane (1889 – 1918) / 1.5.6.2 ERIKSEN, Ivy Annie (1890 – 1968) / 1.5.6.2.1 SORINSEN, Irene Ivy (1912 -) / 1.5.6.2.2 SORINSEN, William Geoffrey (1913 – 1997) / 1.5.6.2.3 SORINSEN, Doris Annie (1917 – 1994) / 1.5.6.3 ERIKSEN, Sophia Ellen (1893 – 1969) / 1.5.6.4 ERIKSEN, Elsie Gabriella Lucy (1894 – 1973) / 1.5.6.4.1 MILLAR, Maggie (1915 – ) / 1.5.6.4.2 MILLAR, Thelma Betsy Jane (1918 – ) / 1.5.6.5 ERIKSEN, Albert John (1896 – ) / 1.5.6.4, ERIKSEN, William Andrew (1897 – 1983) / 1.5.6.5 ERIKSEN, Stanley Joseph (1903 – 1987)

Mary Helena Jane ERIKSEN (1.5.6.1)

Born:  14 March 1889

Parents:  Betsy Ann THOMAS and Andreas Emmanuel ERIKSEN

Married:  Sam MCCULLOGH (born 7 March 1874)

Died:  22 November 1918

Children:

Elsie Mary MCCULLOGH

David Thomas MCCULLOGH

Jean MCCULLOGH

Ian Samuel MCCULLOGH

Joseph Andrew MCCULLOGH

Helena May MCCULLOGH

 

 

Elsie Mary MCCULLOGH (1.5.6.1.1)

Born

4 June 1911

Parents

Mary Helena Jane ERIKSEN and Sam MCCULLOGH

 

 

David Thomas MCCULLOGH (1.5.6.1.2)

Born

9 July 1912

Parents

Mary Helena Jane ERIKSEN and Sam MCCULLOGH

 

 

Jean MCCULLOGH (1.5.6.1.3)

Born

1 August 1913

Parents

Mary Helena Jane ERIKSEN and Sam MCCULLOGH

 

 

Ian Samuel MCCULLOGH (1.5.6.1.4)

Born

7 January 1915

Parents

Mary Helena Jane ERIKSEN and Sam MCCULLOGH

 

 

Joseph Andrew MCCULLOGH (1.5.6.1.5)

Born

19 September 1916

Parents

Mary Helena Jane ERIKSEN and Sam MCCULLOGH

 

 

Helena May MCCULLOGH (1.5.6.1.6)

Born

14 September 1918

Parents

Mary Helena Jane ERIKSEN and Sam MCCULLOGH

 

 

 

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Ivy Annie ERIKSEN (1.5.6.2)

Born:

1 December 1890, Pahiatua, New Zealand

Parents:

Betsy Ann THOMAS and Andreas Emmanuel ERIKSEN

Married:

Peter Christian SORINSEN on 21 March 1911

Information about Peter Christian SORINSEN:

Born:   abt 1890.

Occupation:  Worked as a Sheep Farmer.

Died:   16 September 1966, Omata Valley, Waverley, New Zealand

Died:

10 December 1968, Patea Hospital, New Zealand

Children

Irene Ivy SORINSEN

William Geoffrey SORINSEN

Doris Annie SORINSEN

 

Irene Ivy SORINSEN (1.5.6.2.1)

Born:

29 March 1912, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand.

Parents:

Ivy Annie ERIKSEN and Peter Christian SORINSEN

Married:

Ernest Martin LUDERS (born 20 December 1906).

Children:

Five

Occupation:

Farmed at Omata Valley, Waverley Bulls and Te Akau all in New Zealand.  Peter gave her money to help buy the farm.

Died:

Hamilton, New Zealand

 

William Geoffrey SORINSEN (1.5.6.2.2)

Born:  24 May 1913, Hawera, New Zealand

Parents:  Ivy Annie ERIKSEN and Peter Christian SORINSEN

Occupation:  Sheep Farmer

Married:  Margaret Olive HIGHLAND (born 1915)

Children:  Five

Died:  1997, Waverley, New Zealand

 

Doris Annie SORINSEN (1.5.6.2.3)

Born:  28 March 1917, Huntly, New Zealand

Married:  Herbert RAWSON 5 July 1939

Resided:  Farmed at the back of Waverly. Sold that farm, leased farm in Waverly, sold Kaitoke, Wanganui, big farm at Ngaroma, Te Awamutu. Herbert got two farms in Ohinewai

Children:  Two

Residence:  When Herbert died kept Newstead 30 acres and then to 49 Chedworth Ave, Hamilton, New Zealand in retirement

Died:  9 December 1994, Hamilton, New Zealand

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Sophia Ellen ERIKSEN (1.5.6.3)

Born

27 October 1893, Pahiatua, New Zealand

Parents

Betsy Ann THOMAS and Andreas Emmanuel ERIKSEN

Marriage

1915 to Christmas WATSON (born 25 December 1890, England)

Children of Sophia Ellen ERIKSEN and Christmas WATSON

Betsy Amelia WATSON 15 MAY 1916

Marriage

James REID 1931

Children of Sophia Ellen ERIKSEN and James REID

One

Marriage

Albert Vernon STEVENS

Children of Sophia Ellen ERIKSEN and Albert Vernon STEVENS

Three

Death

27 December 1969, Cornwall Hospital, Green Lane, Auckland, New Zealand

 

Betsy Amelia WATSON (1.5.6.3.1)

Born

15 May 1916

Parents

Sophia Ellen ERIKSEN and Christmas WATSON

 

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Elsie Gabriella Lucy ERIKSEN (1.5.6.4)

Born

8 November 1894, Pahiatua, New Zealand

Parents

Betsy Ann THOMAS and Andreas Emmanuel ERIKSEN

Married

Andrew Gillespie MILLAR 1913

Resided

Auckland, New Zealand

 

About Andrew Gillespie MILLAR

Born:  11 February 1883, Parkneuk, Cleish, Kinross, Scotland

Emigration:  Andrew with brothers David, Jim and Alex came to New Zealand.  Some of the brothers went to West Australia first

Occupation:  Crumbs Brick Works, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand

Death:  Hamilton, New Zealand

Divorce

1937

Residence

Before 1937 and after separation lived in Orini.  Worked share milking on Charlie Proctor’s farm.  Rented a house at Primrose Street, Hamilton.  Then Colombo Street, Hamilton.  After 1937 lived at Haig Street looking after an old lady – Mrs Wilson.  After her divorce moved to Christchurch for three years, then to Dedwood Tce, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.  Bought a house at 12 Albert Street, Hamilton and then divorced Andrew

Death

27 November 1973, Te Pahu Road, Whatawhata, Hamilton, New Zealand

 

Children of Elsie Gabriella Lucy ERIKSEN and Andrew Gillespie MILLAR

 

 

Maggie MILLAR (1.5.6.4.1)

Born:  10 May 1915 Hamilton, New Zealand

Parents:  Elsie Gabriella Lucy ERIKSEN and Andrew Gillespie MILLAR

 

Thelma Betsy Jane MILLAR (1.5.6.4.2)

Born:  15 May 1918, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Parents:  Elsie Gabriella Lucy ERIKSEN and Andrew Gillespie MILLAR

Occupation:  Housekeeper

Died:  San Michele, Te Awamutu, New Zealand

 

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Albert John ERIKSEN (1.5.6.5)

Born:

2 March 1896

Parents

Betsy Ann THOMAS and Andreas Emmanuel ERIKSEN

Occupation:

Ashhurst Transport.  Had a carrying business, cattle trucks

Married:

Doris GRINLINGTON

Children:

Jack ERIKSEN and four other children

 

 

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William Andrew ERIKSEN (1.5.6.6)

Born:

14 November 1897

Parents

Betsy Ann THOMAS and Andreas Emmanuel ERIKSEN

Death

9 July 1983, Sunnyside RSA Home, Hamilton, New Zealand

 

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Stanley Joseph ERIKSEN (1.5.6.7)

Born:

30 July 1903, Pahiatua, New Zealand

Parents

Betsy Ann THOMAS and Andreas Emmanuel ERIKSEN

Education:

Went to boarding school after his mother died and his father went back to Norway

Married:

Phyllis Catherine Carr (born 27 July 1903)

Children:

Four

Died:

26 May 1987, Pahiatua, New Zealand