Individual Details
Captain John (2) COLEMOSS
(11 Sep 1849 - 25 Dec 1905)
John COLEMOSS had dropped the MOSS before his marriage, and was called
COLE.
COLE.
Events
| Birth | 11 Sep 1849 | Howick, East Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Baptism | 11 Sep 1849 | Howick, East Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |  | ||
| Occupation | 1867 | Labourer - Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Residence | 1867 | Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 2 Dec 1867 | Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Louisa MERRICK | | ||
| Death | 25 Dec 1905 | Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Occupation | Master Mariner | ||||
| AKA | COLE | | |||
| Military Unit | Fencibles - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | |
Families
| Spouse | Louisa MERRICK (1842 - 1924) |
| Child | Joseph COLE (1869 - 1937) |
| Child | John COLE (1871 - 1949) |
| Child | Louisa St Hilda COLE (1873 - 1874) |
| Child | Annie COLE (1876 - 1877) |
| Child | Edward James COLE (1878 - 1949) |
| Child | Margaret Jane COLE (1879 - 1947) |
| Child | William Arthur COLE (1882 - 1882) |
| Father | James COLEMOSS (1806 - 1865) |
| Mother | Mary Ann MOORFOOT (1811 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Susannah COLEMOSS (1847 - 1929) |
| Sibling | James (2) COLEMOSS (1830 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann COLEMOSS (1833 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Mary COLEMOSS (1841 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Jane Maria COLEMOSS (1844 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth COLEMOSS (1855 - 1922) |
Notes
Baptism
At Howick Catholic Church.Marriage
At St Paul's Church, Auckland.Officiating Minister: Venerable Archdeacon John Frederick FLOYD.
Witnesses: Joseph MERRICK and Jane BROWN.
Grooms age is given as 21 years.
One record has the date of marriage as 11 September 1867.
Louisa MERRICK was formerly married to Mr James WEBB in 1859. They had
four children. He died when a tree fell on him, leaving Louisa to rear
the four small children alone.
AKA
His children were all known as COLEMilitary Unit
He has been identified in a picture taken at the 1897 reunion of theFencibles.