1. Helen McGregor (1842 - 10 March 1876) married Isaac Sargeant (variously spelled Sargeant or Sarjeant) (1838 - 1907) of Fernie lea in 1865. Isaac was a widower with two daughters:
A. Louisa Sargeant married John James Tylee (son of John James and Mary Rickett Tylee nee Bowman) (1854 - 1937) in 1881
B. Rosa Marion "Marion" Sargeant (1859 - 1957) married Arthur James Stewart Seaton (1853 - 1918) in 1880
Isaac and Helen had six children, including:
1.1 Isaac William Henry Sargeant (1867)
1.2 Annie Victoria Sargeant (1870)
1.3 Edgar Munro Sarjeant (1872 - 1942) married Jessie McLeod (1875 - 1957) in 1896. The family lived at Denlair, Fordell.
1.3.1 Eric Keith Sarjeant (1897 - 1963). Eric served in WWI, enlisting in July 1917.
1.3.2 Evan Sarjeant (1898 - 1922)
1.3.3 Henry Lyall Sargeant (1899 - 1966) married Myrtle Richardson in 1925.
1.3.3.1 Henry Lyall Jennings Sarjeant (1927 - 1950)
1.3.4 Edgar Sarjeant (11 December 1903 - 1985) married Gertrude Smith in 1926.
1.3.5 Isaac Sarjeant (28 March 1906 - 1982)
1.3.6 Archibald Stuart Sargeant (2 September 1908 - 1974)
1.3.7 Roderick Leslie Sargeant (1910 - 27 June 1942). Killed during WWII
2. John McGregor (1843 - 1916) married Christian/a McDonald McGregor (adopted daughter of a different John McGregor of Cherry Bank) (1850 - 1893) on 15 February 1871 by Rev. Hogg at her father's residence.
2.1 John Boyd McGregor (1872) married Grace Mary Crespin in 1907
2.1.1 Gordon Paterson McGregor (1908 - 1908). Died as a two day old infant.
2.1.2 Christina Rahwinia Boyd McGregor (1909)
2.2 Rob Roy McGregor (1873 - 1893, Thames)
2.3 Charles James McGregor (1875)
2.4 Christian McDonald "Girlie" McGregor (1877) married David Fleming on 19 December 1906 at St Paul's Church, Wanganui by Rev. Ryburn.
2.5 NR McGregor (1878)
2.6 Ada Mary McGregor (1882 - 1957) married Adam Wilkie (4th son of Daniel Wilkie of Waitotara) in July 1901
2.7 Flora Catherine McGregor (1887) married Frank Oswald Victor Acheson (son of Robert and Annie Sinclair Acheson nee Allan) (27 June 1887 - 25 March 1948) in 1910. Frank became a well known Land Court Judge.
2.8 Kenneth Alexander McGregor (1890 - 1918)
2.9 Eliza Lennetta McGregor (7 July 1892 - 1977). Probably brought up outside her immediate family given her mother's death while she was merely a baby, and also noting that she is not included in the action taken by her surviving siblings against their father in 1911.
Following Christiana's death, John then married for the second time to Florence Ann Beaver (1871 - 1958) (eldest daughter of the late Charles Beaver of Nelson) on 5 May 1896
2.10 Harry Douglas "Douglas" McGregor (1897)
2.11 Helen Cathrine McGregor (1903)
2.12 Doris McGregor (1906)
2.13 Ian McGregor (1908 - 1908). Died aged just three days.
John McGregor's obituary was published in the Hawera & Normanby Star on 5 April 1916:
OBITUARY.
ME JOHN McGREGOR.
One of Wanganui's best-known personalities, a man, indeed (says the Chronicle) whose sterling qualities were known and appreciated by settlers all over the southern half of this island, passed away yesterday in the person of Mr John McGregor.
The deceased gentleman, who was in his 73rd year, came of that good pioneer stock of which New Zealand has reason to be so proud. His father, the late Mr Gregor McGregor, came to New Zealand in the ship Blenheim, and had the honor of being one of the first colonists to land in Wellington, in which city his son John, now deceased, was born. Except for a few years in his childhood's days, Mr John McGregor has spent his life in this district, and became intimately associated with the well-known Cherry Bank property.
At the outbreak of the native trouble in the Taranaki district, Mr McGregor, though at that time only a lad of sixteen, went up to "do his bit," and he remained in close touch with the stirring times until the war was ended. Today two of his sons are serving with the Colors, one, Kenneth, having gone to the front with the Sixth Reinforcements, and his youngest son, Douglas, having just sailed with the Eleventh Reinforcements.
The deceased, whose passing makes another gap in the dwindling ranks of our oldest and most esteemed settlers, was noted for his strict integrity, and his death will be sincerely regretted by all who had the privilege of his acquaintance. He was twice married, and is survived by a grown-up family of three sons and four daughters by his first wife, and by one son and two daughters of his second marriage.
3. James McGregor
4. Duncan McGregor (24 October 1845, NSW - August 1923) married Annie Norah Smith (1846 - 1924) in 1869 by Rev Hogg.
4.1 Marjory McGregor (1870 - 1943) married William Stobie (1872 - 1935) in 1892. Lived in Takaka.
4.1.1 Cecil William Stobie (23 November 1892 - 28 August 1960) married Charlotte Hunter (daughter of James and Charlotte Hunter) (1895 - 1959) on 23 April 1925 at the Presbyterian Church in Reefton
4.1.1.1 Charlotte Rona Stobie (19 October 1926, Takaka)
4.1.2 Gerald Leslie McGregor Stobie (1894 - 26 August 1918, France) Gerald was killed in WWI.
4.1.3 Duncan Geoffrey John "Geoffrey" Stobie (1897 - 1930) married Eliza Annie Stent in 1922. Geoffrey Stobie was known for cartoons he drew while he was away at war. These can be viewed here.
4.1.4 Errol Roy Stobie (1901 -1952) married Daisy Coral Barnett (daughter of Frank Burleigh and Emma Barnett nee Moulder, who had married in 1888) (1902 - 1971) in 1923
4.2 Gregor McGregor (14 July 1872 - 27 May 1944, Wellington) married Emily Eleanor Chubbin (1868 - 1935) on 21 April 1897
4.2.1 Eric Watkins McGregor (4 December 1898 - 1979) married Ada Ramsbottom (elder daughter of Thomas and Bertha Ramsbottom nee Mudd in 1900 - poor Bertha Mudd went from one not so glorious name to another one!!!!) (1902) in 1929
4.2.2 Douglas Stewart McGregor (7 February 1900 - 1982)
4.2.3 Annie Emily Margaret McGregor (12 November 1903 - 22 May 1994) married Gifford Milne Hughes (third son of Joseph Daniel and Margaret Ann Hughes nee Milne, who had married in 1889) (7 September 1898 - 18 Decmber 1976) in 1931. They lived around Patea/Hawera. Gifford and Annie are buried at the Patea Presbyterian Cemetery.
4.2.3.1 Stillborn Baby Hughes (1932) Buried in Patea.
4.2.3.2 Joseph Gifford Hughes (1932 - 28 January 1956). Joseph is also buried in Patea.
4.2.4 Jean Fraser McGregor (12 January 1910 - 1977). Never married.
4.3 Roy McGregor (1875) married Emma Louisa Davy (1875 - 1927) in 1908
4.3.1 Theodora Annie McGregor (1909 - 1970) Never married.
4.3.2 Ellen Mysie McGregor (22 August 1911 - 21 September 2009) married Robert William Lewis (elder son of Norman John and Beryl Florence Lewis nee Kitney) (25 March 1910 - 12 July1982) on 30 November 1938
5. Catherine McGregor (12 April 1853 - 12 April 1920) (3rd daughter) married Nathaniel Sutherland (17 April 1847 - 15 September 1931) on 8 January 1874. For their family, see here.
6. Gregor McGregor (1856 - April 1942) married Te Pura Manihera in 1879. Lived at Te Mawae, 129 Harrison Street, Wanganui
6.1 Gregor Duncan McGregor (1880) married Mary Elisabeth Bremnan in 1908
6.2 Mary Jane Rawinia "Lena" McGregor (1884 - 17 December 1910)
7. Marjory McGregor married Hugh Calders (1848 - 1904) on 18 December 1873 at her father's residence by Rev. John Elmslie.
7.1 Mabel Venus Calders (1875) married Ernest Lovell Soundy (1874 - 1929) in 1901
7.2 Helen Blanche Calders (1876) married John Morrison in 1900
7.3 Hugh McGregor Calders (1879 - 1906)
7.4 William Fox Hampson "Hampson" Calders (1883 - 1924)
7.5 Kathleen Hilda Marjory Calders (22 June 1885 - 1973) married Stephen Barker Williams (1879 - 1947) in 1913
7.6 Marion Rita Calders (10 February 1892 - 1980) married Harold Varnham Halse (1884 - 1935) on 26 June 1909 in Greymouth
7.6.1 Marjorie Varnham Halse (10 November 1910 - 1999) married Mr Wilson. Marjorie graduated from Otago University in 1933 with an M.A.
8. Jane McGregor (1849) married Gregor McLeod (1836 - 1896) in April 1871
8.1 Jessie McLeod (1875 - 1957) married her first cousin Edgar Munro Sarjeant (1872 - 1942) in 1896. See 1.3 above for details of their family.
8.2 Catherine Helen McLeod (1881)
8.3 Georgina Cowan McLeod (1884 - 1946) married Charles James Burr (1880 - 1959) in 1912
8.4 Nathaniel Archibald McLeod (1885 - 1967) married Clytie Anderson Bambler (17 August 1888 - 1974) in 1913
8.5 Margery Matilda McLeod (1888 - 1957)
9. Alexander McGregor married Alice Handley (eldest daughter of William Handley of Nukumaru) on 20 October 1890. or married Mary ? (1847 - 7 March 1910)
10. Matilda McGregor (1864 - 20 October 1894) married Angus Macintosh of Mars Hill in 1891.
11. Mary McGregor (1865)
12. Donald McGregor (1869)
Two more sons??
Mrs Gregor McGregor Snr died on 4 January 1914, and the Wanganui Chronicle reported the following day:
MRS
GREGOR McGREGOR.
Another
of our sterling pioneers passed away yesterday in the person, of Mrs
Gregor McGregor, senior. The deceased lady was born in
Invernessshire in 1823, and came out to New Zealand in the ship
Blenheim, landing at Wellington on December 27th, 1840. Mr. Gregor
McGregor, to whom she was married in Wellington two years later,
accompanied her on the voyage out. When the Maori war broke out in
1845 Mr Gregor McGregor took his wife and then two children to New
South Wales for safety, returning to Wellington in 1849 when the
country became more settled.
In
1851 Mr McGregor, with the late Mr Wilson and Captain Daniels, left
Wellington on foot. The two latter held scrip from the New Zealand
Company, and selected suitable areas at Bulls and at Turakina
respectively. Mr McGregor remained some years with Mr Wilson at
Turakina and then came on to the Matarawa Valley, where he purchased
a farm and settled with his wife and family, subsequently adding to
the Matarawa property and acquiring other properties in the Wanganui
district. Mr McGregor, who was also a native of Invernessshire,
where he was born in 1818, predeceased his wife, passing away in
1876.
For
some years past the late Mrs McGregor had resided in Wanganui,
spending in peace and quietude the latter years of a strenuous and
useful life. A family of five sons and four daughters survive.
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