Peerage Record – 28566

     Amy Joan Daphne Bennison was born on 16 March 1917 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.^1,2 She is the daughter of Francis Richard Bennison and Ada Beatrice Jeffs. She married John Purdie in 1943 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.³
     She was also known as Joan Daphne Bennison.³ From 1943, her married name became Purdie.^4,3

     John Purdie married Amy Joan Daphne Bennison, daughter of Francis Richard Bennison and Ada Beatrice Jeffs, in 1943 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.² He died in August 1972 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.²

     Clarice Mae Bennison was born on 22 November 1921 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.¹ She was the daughter of Francis Richard Bennison and Ada Beatrice Jeffs. She married Kenneth Tilley in December 1947 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.² She died on 21 August 2016 at age 94.³
     Clarice Mae Bennison lived at 19 Beach Road, Ashburton, New Zealand^G. From December 1947, her married name became Tilley.^4,2

     Kenneth Tilley married Clarice Mae Bennison, daughter of Francis Richard Bennison and Ada Beatrice Jeffs, in December 1947 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.² He died in September 1971 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.²

     Francis Bennison was born on 3 October 1850 at Scarborough, Yorkshire, England^G.^1,2,3 He was the son of William Bennison and Elizabeth Newbegin. He was christened on 2 July 1852 at Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England^G.⁴ He married Mary Ann Russell, daughter of Richard Russell and Mary Walker, on 4 February 1872 at Burnham, Canterbury, New Zealand^G.^5,6,7 He died on 14 July 1940 at age 89 at Otipua, Canterbury, New Zealand^G, heart failure associated with bronchitis.² He was buried on 16 July 1940 at Ashburton Public Cemetery, Old Section, Ashburton, New Zealand^G, plot 619.^8,2
     Francis, George, Mary, Harriet, Rebecca, Elizabeth and William immigrated at age 29 with his parents to Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand^G, on the ship Captain Cook, arriving 5 September 1863.^9,10,11 He was a ploughman on 14 October 1878 at Brookside, Canterbury, New Zealand^G.¹ He was a contractor on 2 May 1892 at Newlands, Canterbury, New Zealand^G.⁵ He was a contractor on 30 May 1894 at Newlands, Canterbury, New Zealand^G.⁶

     Mary Ann Russell was born on 19 February 1857 at Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand^G.^1,2 She was the daughter of Richard Russell and Mary Walker.³ She married Francis Bennison, son of William Bennison and Elizabeth Newbegin, on 4 February 1872 at Burnham, Canterbury, New Zealand^G.^4,5,6 She died on 9 October 1928 at age 71 at Ashburton County Hospital, Ashburton, New Zealand^G, pneumonia.³ She was buried on 11 October 1928 at Ashburton Public Cemetery, Old Section, Ashburton, New Zealand^G.^7,3
     From 4 February 1872, her married name became Bennison.¹ Mary, as the mother of the groom, attended Ivy May McKenzie and Ernest Edward Bennison‘s wedding at Registrar’s Office, Ashburton, New Zealand^G, on 10 March 1909.⁸

     John Selby Lundy was born on 11 December 1927 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.² He was the son of William Benjamin Lundy and Winifred Bernice Mary Bennison. He married Rita Murray in 1948.¹ He and Rita Murray were divorced.¹ He died on 11 June 1975 at age 47 at Johns Road and Sawyers Arms Road, Christchurch, New Zealand^G, killed in a car crash.^3,4 He was buried at Kaiapoi Cemetery, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand^G, plot 747.³
     He was a jockey at Gisborne, New Zealand^G.

     Brian Lindsay Lundy was born on 19 May 1929 at Ashburton, New Zealand^G.² He was the son of William Benjamin Lundy and Winifred Bernice Mary Bennison. He married Violet Dorothy Birchfield, daughter of Albert Thomas Birchfield and Iveline Emily Pope, in 1959.^1,3 He died on 11 June 1975 at age 46 at Johns Road and Sawyers Arms Road, Christchurch, New Zealand^G, killed in a car crash.⁴ He was buried at Kaiapoi Cemetery, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand^G, plot 746.⁴
     He was a sawmill manager at Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand^G.

     Mark Terras is the son of Wallace Terras and Iris Beryl Alice Jeffs.

     George Tretheway was born on 17 August 1897.¹ He was the son of Samson Tretheway and Catherine Annie Jeffs. He died circa 1984.¹
     He was a student at Ruapuna School, Ruapuna, Canterbury, New Zealand^G.²