Individual Details
Gertrude CHALLIS
(24 Mar 1863 - 13 Feb 1940)
Events
| Birth | 24 Mar 1863 | Edmonton, Middlesex, England | |||
| Residence | Abt 1877 | Hildeshiem, Germany |  | ||
| Emigration | 5 Jun 1885 | England to New Zealand | | ||
| Residence | From 1888 to 1911 | "Waiwhero", Waiotahi Valley - Waiotahi Valley, (near Opotiki), Bay of Plenty, New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 8 May 1888 | Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - John Bilton GORDON | | ||
| Property | From 1895 to 1909 | Melmerly Collegiate School - Parnell, City Central Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | | ||
| Residence | From 1911 | 20 St George's Bay Road, Parnell - Parnell, City Central Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | | ||
| Death | 13 Feb 1940 | Te Karaka, Poverty Bay, New Zealand | | ||
| Burial | Aft 13 Feb 1940 | Meadowbank, Central East Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | | ||
| Religion | Christian - Church of England - Parnell, City Central Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | |
Families
| Spouse | John Bilton GORDON (1862 - 1920) |
| Child | Gladys Newton GORDON (1890 - 1964) |
| Child | John Wollocombe GORDON (1889 - 1914) |
| Child | Penelope Gertrude GORDON (1891 - 1927) |
| Child | Winifred Marion GORDON (1891 - 1930) |
| Child | Marjorie Katherine GORDON (1892 - 1927) |
| Child | Sydney GORDON (1894 - 1968) |
| Child | Malcolm Bilton GORDON (1897 - 1968) |
| Child | Gwendoline Mary GORDON (1899 - 1903) |
| Child | Edward Kenmure GORDON (1902 - 1960) |
| Child | Nancy Molesworth GORDON (1904 - 1995) |
| Child | Christine Alice GORDON (1906 - 1990) |
| Child | Robert Charles GORDON (1909 - 1939) |
| Father | Charles James CHALLIS (1834 - 1883) |
| Mother | Emily Harriet NEWTON (1834 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Mildred CHALLIS (1864 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Margaret Kate CHALLIS (1866 - ) |
| Sibling | Ethel Marion CHALLIS (1867 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Annie CHALLIS (1868 - ) |
| Sibling | Frank CHALLIS (1869 - ) |
| Sibling | Leila CHALLIS (1870 - ) |
| Sibling | Charles Julius Edmund CHALLIS (1873 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Thomas Neville CHALLIS (1874 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Leonard CHALLIS (1876 - ) |
Notes
Residence
On the border of Brunswick and Hanover.Went to Germany where education was excellent and cheap.
Emigration
On the boat "Ruapehu", sailing from Plymouth.She came out with her widowed mother and six siblings. Their fare was
257 pounds, 5 shillings for the passage. It was on this passage that
she met her husband, John Bilton GORDON.
Marriage
At St. Mary's Pre-Cathedral, Auckland.John had originally emigrateds to New Zealand in 1882 but had returned
to England in 1884 to see his mother who was ill. It was on the boat
on his return to New Zealand in 1885 that he met Gertrude, who was
emigrating to New Zealand with her widowed mother and six siblings.
Gertrude was the sister of Mildred GORDON (nee CHALLIS) who maried
Stephen Charles GORDON.
Property
Bought the school in partnership with Miss Amy HULL, the successor toMrs Mary Ellen CLAYTON (nee NEWTON) (Mrs CLAYTON was Gertude's aunt.)