Hi Gerald,
Just found your site. We are descended from Edward who married Mary King,
and the family that followed was William, James, Robert, Christopher,
Charles, Alfred, Charlotte, Lionel and Henry. There was 11 in Williams
family, and one son James is recorded as living with his Aunt Charlotte when
19. Of lionel's family, Jemima didn't marry. James married Lydia Ablett,
and had a son Alfred and he took the Clode name to NZ.
Alfred married Rosanna Earlyand then Agnes McDonald. The family had
arrived at Bluff in 1862 and settled at Riverton. Alfred and Agnes took
over the Royal Hotel. 15 years later this burnt down and they became
proprietors of the Great Western and later the Railway Hotel. He was an
enthusiastic volunteer in the Riverton Rifles. During their twenty or so
years in Riverton, the couple had a family of 16. James was the first born
in 1866.. in the mid 1880's a descition was made to break ties with
Riverton and the Clode family moved to Colac Bay and were among the earliest
settlers in this part of Western Southland. Alfred was no around 50 years
old. To follow on from George's anecdote: Agnes was well known for her
first aid skills and was in demand for this and also for mid-wife duties.
In 1899 she was the mid-wife at the birth of Myrtle Henry who was later to
become the Mother of Roma, Noeline and Brian of the James Clode branch.
I have more details of the family if anyone is interested. Maybe they
could be added to the page.
Brian, who is mentioned in the above paragraph is my husband.
Regards,
Gayle Clode