Re: BUXTON ' s in NEW ZEALAND
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In reply to:
BUXTON ' s in NEW ZEALAND
Stephen Buxton 3/22/03
Searby settled in Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island and in due course was elected as the member for Geraldine where he stood for a term, and died in Ashburton in 1919 leaving a wife, four sons and three daughters.
His oldest son Thomas built up a seed cleaning business in Temuka, where he served as Mayor and later was also a parliamentarian, for a short time holding the office of Minister without Portfolio in McKenzie's government of 1912.
I don't have any information about Searby's other children.
Thomas had two children, Ngaire and Alan Thomas Buxton. Alan was an accomplished athlete at school level in Temuka and Timaru, attended the University of Otago and pursued a career in Dentistry, a career move which seems to have taken everyone by surprise. Alan married Hazel Glaister, of Dunedin, and they settled in to a life of Dentistry and Floristry in Takapuna on Auckland's north shore.
Alan and Hazel had four children, Rosemary, Helen, John and David.
Rosemary married Graham Wilkinson and had four children, Brett, Julie, Teresa and Nigel, all of whom seem to have scores children of their own.
Helen died of cancer, I think in her twenties.
David married Joy and had two chilren, John and Jackie.
I know most of the above thanks to the work of John, my father, who researched it for his book "Blood & Guts".
John outdid his ancestors by representing (several) provinces, the NZ Universities and ultimately his country on a stage far more important to a New Zealander than the political one: the rugby paddock. He married Jenny Robb of Auckland and between 1962 and 1973 had five children, Anna, Rachel, Thomas, Oliver (that's me) and Sarah.
Anna lives with her husband Shane Brealey and their three sons Thomas, Isaac and Joseph in Auckland New Zealand.
Rachel lives with her husband Peter Tynan and their two children, John and Rose in Sydney Australia.
Thomas died in infancy.
I live with my lovely wife Bridget and our two sons, Robert Searby Buxton and Alfred Charles Buxton, in London UK.
Sarah lives with her husband Liam O'Hagan in Los Angeles California and is soaking up the pressure from the rest of us to have some sproggs!
Olly Buxton