Individual Notes

Note for: Edward Freethy Gichard, 1 FEB 1877 - 8 MAR 1955 Index

Burial:
     Date:   10 MAR 1955
     Place:   Mangatainoka Cemetery

Individual Note:
     Edward Freethy Gichard was a farmer and when he was 17 he went to Pongaroa where he drew a section of land by ballet draw and he had to work 2 days a week on the roads. The sections of land were called village homesteads. His section was 20 block 1X Mount Cerberus Survey District at a cost of 2 pounds, 2 shillings and 6 pence for half a years rent. He built a house on the land which he leased till he got married and he also bought another section called Range Farm. Ill health forced him to live with his daughter Rellas but his wife continued to live in Pongaroa with their son Noel until he married. Details from J Whitford

*Birth Details Date: 1877, Folio No: 236, Area: Feilding, March quarter*

The Evening Post 10th February 1902 shows
ALLEGED CATTLE - STEALING.
A plea of Not Guilty was entered by Andrew Petersen to indictments charging him with having, at Pongaroa, stolen two bulls belonging to Robert Yeoman, one heifer, the property of Freethy Gichard, and one bull and two heifers, owned by Roland Reid. Alternative counts charged him with, receiving the cattle knowing them to have been stolen.
    Mr. Wilford appeared for the accused. Mr. G. J. Petherick was chosen foreman of the jury.
    Mr. Gully in opening the case for the Crown said Petersen was a settler at Pongaroa, and the others were his neighbours. The main evidence was that accused either drove the cattle on to his own place, or found them there, and altered their earmarks and brands. About the same time Petersen's small herd increased from 25 to something over 30 in a somewhat mysterious manner. The fences between the neighbours were secure, yet when accused was branding and ear-marking his own cattle, the others from his neighbours' places, underwent the same process. Petersen knew the marks used on his neighbours' cattle, and could have ascertained their ownership. Another point that would be brought out was that different statements, of an entirely contradictory character, had been made by accused as to how the cattle happened to be in his possession.
    Mr. Wilford's cross-examination of the witnesses went to show that by means of a stream flowing through the several properties cattle would be able at times to go from one section to another; also, that up to August last the cattle could have similarly passed either way, owing to damaged fencing. There was also a great deal of evidence concerning branding and re-branding.
(Left sitting.)

*Marriage Details Date: 1909, Folio No: 2617*

1929 NZPO Directory shows Gichard Edward Freethy, Farmer, Pongaroa

1955 Wises shows Gichard, Edward F, farmer, Pongaroa

Probate Record shows Gichard Edward Freethey?, Place: Pahiatua, Occ: Farmer, Court: Palmerston North, Archives Reference: AAOY W3298 0149/55, Probate No: 149/55, Date Filed: 21/4/1955, Type: Will, Where: Archives NZ, Wellington

Tararua Cemetery Record shows Gichard, Edward Fruthy?, Date of Death: 8/3/1955, Date of Funeral: 10/3/1955, Aged: 78, Occ: None Listed, Address: Pahiatua, Cemetery: Mangatainoka, Section: Main,
Block: 4, Plot No: 11, Grave: 28

Individual Notes

Note for: Brendon Known As Ben Gichard, 7 OCT 1878 - 18 MAY 1967 Index

Burial:
     Date:   20 MAY 1967
     Place:   Dannevirke

Individual Note:
     *Birth Details Date: 1878, Folio No: 3318, Area: Feilding, December quarter*

*Marriage Details Date: 1903, Folio No: 362*

1929 NZPO Directory shows Gichard Brendon, Butcher, 141 High Street, Dannevirke

1955 Wises shows Gichard, Brendon, 141 High St, Dannevirke

*Death Details Date: 1967, Folio No: 2183, Aged: 89, Area: Hastings, Name: Brendon Gichard*

Tararua Cemetery Record shows Date of Death: 18/5/1967, Date of Funeral: 20/5/1967, Name: Brendon Gichard, Aged: 89, Occ: Butcher, Address: Dannevirke, Cemetery: Mangatera, Section: Main, Block: LD, Plot No: 5, Buried with Esther Gichard(wife)

Individual Notes

Note for: Alfred Edward Brendon Pentire Gichard, 10 NOV 1882 - 26 SEP 1884 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Feilding, New Zealand

Individual Note:
     *Birth Details Date: 1882, Folio No: 4444, Area: Feilding, December quarter*

*Death Details Date: 1884, Folio No: 1122, Area: Feilding, September quarter*

The Fielding Star 27th September 1884 shows
Gichard - On September 26th, at the residence of his parents in Manchester street, Fielding. Alfred Edward Brendon Pentire, youngest child of Mr E. B. Gichard aged two years
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We regret to learn that the infant son of Mr E. B. Gichard, after suffering for some time from a bronchial affection, succumbed to the complaint yesterday morning. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents