(contributed by Shirley Hutchinson, a Broadbent descendant.)

Sarah and Amos Eyes Amos Eyes was baptised on September 7 th 1834 in Stretton, Cheshire. It is therefore most likely this is where he was born, probably some time in 1834. (contributed by Shirley Hutchinson, a Broadbent descendant.) His father was a shoemaker named Thomas Eyes. (1813-1887 unverified) His mother s maiden name was Lois Lightfoot. (1811-1881 unverified) 1 Thomas Eyes had married Lois Lightfoot on 20 th February 1832 at Edge Hill, St Mary, in Lancashire. 1 Birth dates estimated from census data. Death dates from England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 1

Amos grew up in Stretton, and appears at the age of 8 years old with his family in the 1841 census. He has an elder sister Hannah and a younger brother Charles. 1851 Census Stretton Cheshire England Now at the age of 16 we see the occupation of Amos is recorded as cordwainer same as his father. His brother Charles, now 6, is at school. His sister Hannah, now 18, is not present but Amos now has a new sister, Elizabeth. Within a few years the young Amos left the shoemaking trade and commenced his lifetime career as a railwayman. In a letter he wrote some years later, Amos stated: I was employed by the London & North Western Railway Comp upwards of seven years as Porter, Shunter, Pointsman, Extra Passenger, and Goods Guard, Parcels Clerk and in charge of a large junction, Bushbury. Since Amos had left the UK by the end of 1863 we can infer that his seven years with LNWR must have commenced around 1856. The LNWR was formed in 1846 with the merger of the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, and rated in its day as the largest stock company in the UK. Locomotive Publishing Company - Reprinted in The Premier Line, O.S. Nock. 1952, Ian Allan 1858-1872 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 2

By 1857 Amos had left Stretton and was employed as a railway worker in Wolverhampton. The image below was taken from the website Ancestry.com Name: Amos Eyes Birth Date: abt 1835 Residence Date: Aug 1857 Age: 22 Station: Wolverhampton Company: London and North Western Register of Wages and salaried staff including station masters, agents, porters, policemen, pointsmen, signalmen, female cleaners, foremen, gatemen, shunters, clerks, breaksmen and Description: lampmen.... 1837-1871 In the 1861 census Amos, 26, is recorded living in Wolverhamton (Staffordshire) His occupation is railway porter. He is boarding with a stone mason and his wife, in Wolverhampton (Staffordshire.) (together with two other railway porters.) 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 3

Marriage to Sarah Ward 1862 Sarah Ward was born in Wolverhampton. Evidently Amos met Sarah while he was living there and working for the railways. In 1862, back in his home town of Stretton, Amos Eyes and Sarah Ward were married. Ancestry.com Name: Gender: Age: Father's name: Spouse's Name: Spouse's Age: Amos Eyes Male Full Age Thomas Eyes Sarah Ward Minor Spouse's Father's Name: John Ward Marriage Date: 30 Jun 1862 Marriage Place: Stretton (near Warrington), Cheshire, England Their first child was Charles, born in 1863. Amos joined the Church of England Emigration Society and in November 1863, with their 7-month-old child Charles, the family of 3 left England bound for the Special Settlement of Pakiri, north of Auckland, New Zealand. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 4

Emigration November 1863 The following newspaper article tells us that a couple of years after Amos and Sarah were married, they joined a group of emigrants who had been judiciously selected under the auspices of the Church of England Emigration Society and were destined for a settlement on the Pakiri Block in the Province of Auckland. It is recorded (see article on the next page) that this group of pioneer settlers was sent out ahead of the main body. Amos was one of six who had been elected for the purpose of conducting the general business of the Society while on the voyage and after arrival in the colony. So it was that Amos and his wife Sarah came to New Zealand on the ship Golden City. GOLDEN CITY (earlier-as -CHALLENGE) w3s 365t 1851 New York Lithograph by N.Currier "Clipper Ship Prints by Currier and Ives" compiled by Fred J. Peters The emigrant ship Golden City was later converted to the transporting of guano, and was wrecked in 1866. The Golden City departed Gravesend on November 13 th 1863 and arrived in Auckland on the 4 th March 1864. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 5

SPECIAL SETTLEMENT EMIGRANTS. New Zealander, Volume XX, Issue 2044, 9 February 1864 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. New Zealander, Volume XX, Issue 2057, 5 March 1864 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 6

New Zealander, Volume XX, Issue 2057, 5 March 1864 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 7

New Zealander, Volume XX, Issue 2057, 5 March 1864, After just four days in Auckland the settlers proceeded to Pakiri. New Zealander, Volume XX, Issue 2062, 11 March 1864 (extract) So far we have no record of Amos and his family actually going to Pakiri with this pioneer party of 60. However, as previously recorded, Amos had been one of six settlers voted onto an executive committee with the responsibility of acting on behalf of settlers after arrival, so we might assume he proceeded to Pakiri at this time. It is hard to imagine the reaction of a railwayman s family to the totally unfamiliar environment they would have been confronted with at Pakiri in 1864. This was not the green fields of England. More likely burned forest, blackened stumps and rutted dray tracks. The Great North Road was still being formed. The only infrastructure in this isolated spot would have been a weekly visit by a trading cutter, or schooner bringing the mail, supplies of flour and the odd passenger to return with timber and shingles, the only product going out of Pakiri at that time. Pakiri was an open beach, exposed to the north easterlies in bad weather and with no harbour or wharf, subject to swell even in good weather. The nearest shelter would be Omaha a few miles to the south, so although newspapers at the time record a fairly regular coastal trade in basic materials and a few passengers between Pakiri and Auckland, communication must always have been subject to weather conditions. Auckland at that time had no railway. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 8

The news clipping from the previous page states that four days after arriving in Auckland, the party proceeded by small vessel to Pakiri. Shipping reports for 7 th and 8 th March, unfortunately, have not recorded this event. 60 passengers by sea might have required a sizeable vessel or a small fleet. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 9

The year before His Honor the Superintendent had promised the placement of an accommodation building for the new arrivals at Pakiri. He had also gone so far as to assure the Society that the natives to the North of Auckland are quiet, and in all probability will remain so New Zealander, Volume XIX, Issue 1940, 7 August 1863 However the following news clippings reveal that communications between the Superintendent in New Zealand and the Immigration Society s agent in England had been poor, and misunderstandings had occurred. The promised accommodation block had not been constructed, the peaceful natures of the natives to the North was soon to become doubtful, and to make matters worse, the suitability of some of the 20,000 acres of land which had been set aside for settlement was also being questioned (It should be noted that in August 1863 when these assurances were given, fighting had already broken out in the Waikato and both the east and west coasts were blockaded by British warships. Gun boats and British soldiers were in action, the local militia had been called up, and Auckland not 40 miles south was on a war footing.) It is true that Maori tribes to the north of Auckland in 1863 were, on the whole, not involved in the King movement or the fighting, but an event was shortly to occur which caused alarm none the less. By late 1864 Pakiri and surrounding areas were volatile with the appearance of 200 Maori prisoners of war who had been taken in November 1863 from the battle of Rangiriri. Surprised and dismayed at being disarmed and held prisoner after the battle, they were at first imprisoned in a hulk in the harbour, then sent to George Grey s Kawau Island. In September 1864 the prisoners of war escaped. They soon built a pa at Omaha and began to attract recruits. By October 1864 there were newspaper reports that they were causing alarm to settlers in the nearby Pakiri area. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 10

New Zealander, Volume XX, Issue 2062, 11 March 1864 (extract) New Zealander, Volume XX, Issue 2068, 19 March 1864 Presence of escaped Maori prisoners of war was causing concern. New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 282, 7 October 1864, Page 3 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 11

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 289, 15 October 1864 New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 308, 7 November 1864 New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 556, 24 August 1865 New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 635, 24 November 1865 A lengthy report follows in which the meeting considers the possibility of applying for land elsewhere, and then resolves to send a committee to first examine the suitability of the land which had been set aside. Evidently the Pakiri Settlement was not a success, and if the Eyes family had settled there (which at present we do not know) it would have been for a brief period only. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 12

The first record we have of Amos in New Zealand is the registration of the birth of their second son, Amos John Thomas Eyes, which tells us that by early 1867 the Eyes family was living at Freemans Bay in Auckland City, Amos employed as a storeman. During the time at Freemans Bay, events were occurring not far away which must have been of great interest to Amos. Ann Stewart Ball 2 has recorded the following: The ceremony of turning the first sod of the Auckland to Drury railway was held on 16 February 1865. This took place in Mr. Dilworth s paddock at Newmarket and was attended by about 200 people. The first sod was turned by the then Provincial Superintendent, Mr Graham. The Daily Southern Cross reported on the occasion, the ceremonial beginning of the first public railway to be established in the North Island: The Auckland and Drury Railway is therefore a misnomer. It is the main trunk line which is ultimately to connect Auckland, not only with Drury, but with the Waikato; not only with the Waikato but with the shores of Cook's Straits. The daily papers wrote extensively on the railway s progress. The citizens of Auckland and further afield continued to freely offer their expert opinions on the route, construction and future direction of this railway... Amos would have read the newspaper reports with interest: THE AUCKLAND AND DRURY RAILWAY. II. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2464, 13 June 1865 Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2603, 21 November 1865 Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2604, 22 November 1865 The construction of Auckland s first railway then stalled for some time. However with the expansionist policies of the new Vogel Government in the 1870 s, the project recommenced. Ann Ball continues:. When planning for the railway recommenced in 1870 under Vogel s scheme for immigration and public works, the proposed terminus was extended to Mercer. Stewart and Harding resurveyed the Drury railway to the new amended standards. In 1872 work on he line began again, and Stewart was appointed Resident Engineer in the Public Works Department. His role was to work with and oversee the Auckland Mercer contract of Brogden Brothers, who had been contracted by Government to construct several railways in New Zealand. 2 The complete article may be read at: http://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/en/heritage/localhistory/countiesmanukau/transport/pages/auckl andtodruryrailway.aspx 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 13

Sarah and Amos recorded the births of the following six children in New Zealand. Births (BDM online) 1867/11818 Eyes Amos John Thomas Sarah Amos 1869/12476 Eyes Minnie Sarah Amos 1872/16185 Eyes Joseph Edward Sarah Amos 1877/558 Eyes Lily Antigone Sarah Amos 1880/9301 Eyes Lois Mabel Sarah Amos 1882/5749 Eyes Daisy Effie Sarah Amos (BDM online also informs us that Minnie died after 16 days and Joseph Edward died in 1875.) There was also a daughter born in 1871. In early 1870 Amos and family had returned to England. It is said they travelled by train across the United States of America, and completed the journey to Liverpool, by sea. Evidently, while they were in England, they took the opportunity to have their son Amos John Thomas Eyes christened back in their home town of Stretton. He was christened on 6 th Nov 1870 (England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906) They did not stay long in England. The family departed once more for New Zealand in Dec 1870, this time on a ship called Caduceus. During the passage a daughter was born. She was named Amy Caduceus Eyes. 3 On return from their brief visit to England, the Eyes family was recorded as owning freehold property and living at 158 England Street, which is in Freemans Bay NZ Electoral Roll 1870-71 Amos Eyes Freehold 158 England Street, Alma Place Newton district premises in his occupation. As noted, the Eyes family had been living in Freemans Bay before their brief return to England, since at least 1867 in fact. POLICE COURT. Wednesday. Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 409, 3 May 1871 By 1973 Auckland s first railway line was complete. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/the-vogel-era/building-vogels-railways Auckland s first railway, between the city and Onehunga, was built by Brogdens and opened in 1873. 3 In an article published in Timespanner in March 2009 Lisa Truttman states that Amy Caduceus Eyes was born 17 th Jan 1871, one day before the ship crossed the equator, and she died in Ponsonby in 1946. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 14

Was it the prospect of getting in on the ground floor with a new career as a railwayman in New Zealand which had brought Amos so soon back to Auckland? Amos had been trying for some time to contact Brogdens for employment on this railway. They had referred him to a Wellington office called A&WR (could this have been Auckland Wellington Railway? - perhaps not even yet in existence) whatever the reason, his applications were returned unopened. Finally in desperation, on June 7 th 1873 he wrote a letter to the Hon. Dr. Pollen. 4 4 A long standing and well-known member of parliament, Dr. Pollen had retired, but in March 1873 had returned to the cabinet and a few weeks later been given the portfolio of Colonial Secretary. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 15

Here is a transcription of the letter, made by Lisa Truttman in an article she published on the blog Timespanner in 2009 (http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/2009/03/before-avondales-mosque-teachers.html) Epsom Mt Eden June 7th 1873 To The Hon Dr. Pollen Dr Sir I beg most respectfully to offer myself as a candidate for a Situation on the A & W Railway, as Station Master, Inspector, Guard or Signal Man. I also beg to inform you that I am quite qualified to undertake any of the aforesaid offices, having a thorough knowledge of all Railway work as I was employed by the London & North Western Railway Comp upwards of seven years as Porter, Shunter, Pointsman, Extra Passenger, and Goods Guard, Parcels Clerk and in charge of a large junction, Bushbury. I wrote to Messrs. Brogden & Son and they referred me to an office at Wellington called the A&WR. I have written to that office twice the last time with an enclosed stamped addressed enveloped Mar. 4th 73 and they returned it empty copy herewith enclosed. I should feel obliged if you would be kind enough to see to it for me and if you should require any more local references I shall feel most happy to furnish you with them as I am well known by almost all the leading Gentlemen in Auckland. I hope Sir you will pardon me thus trespassing on your valuable time and beg to remain Your Humble and Obedient Servant Amos Eyes Copy of letter to Brogden & Son: Epsom Mt Eden Mar 4th 1873 To the Manager of the A & W Railway Principal Office Wellington Dear Sir I beg most respectfully to repeat my application for a Station Master, Inspector, Guard or Signal Man on the Auckland & Waikato Railway as it is fast advancing and I wrote you some six months agow [sic] enclosing three Testimonials also W Cawkwell Esq. Manager of the L & N W Railway whose service I was in upwards of 7 seven years informs me he has forward to your [sic] my Character during the time I was in that Comp Service. I should feele [sic] greatly obliged if you would say whether you have received the same and if my application is accepted by so doing you will greatly oblige Your Humble and Obedient Servant A Eyes 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 16

National Archives Auckland. Reference number R21574928 Evidently by March 1873 the Eyes family had shifted from Freemans Bay, as these letters give the address as Epsom, Mt. Eden. The letter written by Amos Eyes must have brought the result he wanted. The following article tells us that Amos was working for the railways in Auckland before the end of 1874. On that day (Boxing Day 1874) he was acting ticket collector. 5 POLICE COURT. Thursday. [Before Thos. Beckham, Esq., R. M.] Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5416, 1 January 1875 The article had also been reported earlier in the Auckland Star. 5 Judging by the period of service, 25 years 1 month, noted beside his name on the first published list of railway employees in 1895 (AJHR), Amos Eyes began working for the department in May 1874. Lisa Truttman, Timespanner article March 7 2009 http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/2009/03/before-avondales-mosque-teachers.html 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 17

Since the earlier report contains an exchange between the accused, a witness and the Judge which today might be considered amusing, a section of this more detailed account is also given here. ( Amos has been mis-spelt as Aaron ) Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1524, 31 December 1874 In 1877 Amos was renting out a house built for the stationmaster, which suggests his position may have been station master for 18 months by this time. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4808, 14 April 1877 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 18

Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2339, 14 September 1877 Amos Eyes made a Will 6 and in this document he was recorded as: Stationmaster at Papakura 1879 EYES Amos - Papakura - Settler (R21445425) NZ Archives Auckland Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3145, 16 August 1880 Amos Eyes, stationmaster, with freehold property in Papakura, appears on three electoral rolls during this decade. Electoral Roll 1880 1881 Eden District 263 Eyes, Amos freehold Papakura station master Allotment 40, section 6 Electoral Roll 1880 1881 Franklin District 610 Eyes, Amos freehold Papakura station master Lots 91, 92 Papakura Electoral Roll 1880 1881 Manukau District 317 Eyes, Amos freehold Papakura station master Allotment 40, section 6 6 He left his property to his wife Sarah, Sarah to be the executrix, and on her demise his property to be equally divided among their living children, 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 19

Amos Eyes Stationmaster at Mt Eden in 1885 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7354, 15 June 1885 extracts: Between1889 and 1900 Amos was combined Postmaster/Stationmaster at Avondale Railway Station. 7 The following is taken from an article by Timespanner (March 7 2009): A nasty surprise awaited a diligent government servant in Avondale one October Monday morning in 1889, in the days before we had a resident police constable. Less than two months after he d taken up his position as both stationmaster and post master at the Avondale rail station, Mr. Amos Eyes came to work to find the premises had been broken into during the night. He quickly sent a telegram to the Auckland police, and two detectives were despatched to the distant rural railway station: a Detective Herbert immediately by horse-cab, followed closely by a Detective Ede. The safe was found, unopened, 70 yards from the station building by Mr. Eyes. 7 At the opening of the Avondale Post Office in August 1938, H. G. R. Mason recited a brief history of the post offices in the district and their postmasters. Amos Eyes was named as combined stationmaster / postmaster at Avondale Railway Station from 1889-1900 (Timespanner 7/3/2009) 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 20

From Lisa Truttman Timespanner article March 7 th 2009 http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/2009/03/before-avondales-mosque-teachers.html Avondale Railway Station. The bearded man on the left is possibly Amos. Lily Eyes, representing Avondale in 1891, won a certificate of merit as a result of examinations in Agricultural Science among pupils attending Auckland schools. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8616, 11 July 1891 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 21

1898 Marriage of Lily Eyes to Frank Ducker Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 302, 22 December 1898 It is interesting to note that the marriage took place in Papakura. Evidently Amos Eyes had invested in property in Papakura, Mt. Eden and Avondale. Amos Eyes, Avondale Stationmaster, retires at the end of 1900 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11558, 18 December 1900 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 22

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/2956091/best-of-the-west Photo: PAPAKURA HISTORIC SOCIETY AND AVONDALE WATERVIEW HISTORICAL SOCIETY. EARLY DAYS: Amos Eyes was an Avondale stationmaster in the late 1880s, this is the earliest known photo of somebody at work in Avondale. The same photo was used by Lisa Truttman in the 2009 article she wrote for Timespanner. She commented on what appeared to be a permanent squint. This attracted the following comment in reply: Sue Eyes March 5, 2011 at 7:33 PM Amos Eyes was my great grandfather - he fell in front of a train and lay between the tracks as the train passed over him it is believed he was burnt - hence the squint. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 23

Death of Amos Eyes 1901 Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 12, 15 January 1901, New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11552, 16 January 1901 PAPAKURA. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 14, 17 January 1901 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 24

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11733, 15 August 1901 This is the granite memorial Referred to in the above News clipping. Photograph from Joan Morrison s collection IN MEMORIAM. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1902 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 25

Death of Sarah Eyes 1924 New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18801, 30 August 1924 OBITUARY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18807, 6 September 1924 Janet Fleming recorded that after Sarah died, she went to live with her daughter Amy in Ponsonby. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 26

Sarah and Amos Eyes (from the collection of Ron Henderson) After the death of Sarah Eyes, the estate of Amos Eyes was wound up, and the sale of two properties is recorded in a series of newspaper advertisements over the next few months. Papakura property Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 226, 24 September 1927 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 27

Avondale property Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 266, 10 November 1927 An interesting article identifies a number of properties owned by Amos Eyes, one of which later became a Seventh Day Adventist Church and School, then an Islamic site. The article was written by Lisa Truttman and may be read at: http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/2009/03/before-avondales-mosque-teachers.html 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 28

Children of Sarah and Amos Eyes (Notes made by Janet Fleming.) Lily marries frank Life and family See scrapbook The Ducker Family New Plymouth Settlers and find the chapter on Frank Ducker 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 29

Photo from the collection of Lee Farrow (nee Ducker) After leaving Frank Brian thinks Lily went to Te Aroha for a while, then went to Pukekohe. She met Broadbent at Kaitaia when working as a housekeeper for the Mathews family. Possible contact Ray s wife Peg Broadbent at Netherton. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 30

Lily Eyes second marriage: Thomas Broadbent. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17080, 8 February 1919 The Minnie Broadbent here is almost certainly Mary Emily Rayner who married Alfred Broadbent on 19 th January 1876 in the County of York. The certificate tells us Alfred, 28, was a card manufacturer, as was his father. Mary Emily Rayner, 21, is simply recorded as a spinster. Her father was a surgeon. In the 1881 census Thomas Broadbent is recorded as 1 year old, so he must have been born around 1880. The census also records that he was born in Gomersal, Yorkshire. Thomas does not appear in the 1891 census, but in 1901 he is recorded away from home, boarding in Birstal, Yorkshire. He is 21 and his occupation is fitter (textile machine.) At this time there is no information on when Thomas Broadbent emigrated to New Zealand, but he can be identified living in Hamilton and employed as an engineer in the 1911 electoral roll. Lily and Thomas Broadbent were married in 1919 in Auckland, and in the same year they registered on the electoral roll, living in Kaitaia. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 31

Lily and Thomas had a son they called Rayner Amos Broadbent. (Cropped from a photograph from Ron Henderson) Brian Ducker says Clarry got a bit unmanageable at about the age of 8 (refused to cooperate with Amy Grace) sent to Kaitaia new brother for Norm. Very strong willed, would do whatever he wanted to do. Brian related a story about Clarry and Norm, Clarry suggesting setting a tin of petrol alight, which eventually exploded. Kaitaia Keith Parker wrote a book on Kaitaia, might know about Broadbent In 1935 and 1938 Thomas and Lily are registered on the electoral roll, address Springleigh Street in the Roskill electorate. The family was recorded together in the Ponsonby electorate, Auckland, in 1946. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 32

In 1949 Thomas and Lily are registered as living in McEntee Rd in the Waitakere electorate, West Auckland. Thomas is now recorded as retired. Lily died in 1950. Thomas may have died in Hamilton in 1952 (unverified.) Lily Antigone Broadbent (nee Eyes) died in 1950 1950/28413 Broadbent Lily Antigone 73Y Waikumete Cemetary The A. Graham above is Lily s sister Amy Caduceus (nee Eyes) 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 33

Photo from Ron Henderson s collection Evelyn Williams wrote, rather sadly: Dad did take my brother and I to visit Lily Antigone's grave at Waikumete Cemetery in the late 1950's, but when I went to visit again her grave was gone and she is now interred in a communal grave near a church on the Cemetery grounds. I found this very sad indeed. No name... nothing. Only on the records in the office. 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 34

(Amos John Thomas Eyes had married Ethel Rose Pelley in 1906.) NZ BDM online Eyes Marriages until 1935 (Evidently there is another Eyes family in NZ by 1848 (William Henry and Eleanor Eyes)) 1867/7051 Lucinda Eleanor Eyes Hugh Duckworth 1894/101 Amy Caduceus Eyes Arthur Graham 1898/2817 Lily Antigone Eyes Frank Ducker 1906/1295 Lois Mabel Eyes Harry Newson Bailey 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 35

1911/3479 Itta Lucinda Eyes Norman Stanley Prichard 1911/8766 Madge Eleanor Eyes Donald Neil McKinley 1919/552 Lily Antigone Eyes Thomas Broadbent 1921/1066 Sophie Madeline Eyes Frederick Cuthbert Cochrane 1928/11416 Ziphoria Mabel Eyes Roland Franklin Povey 1930/6475 Nita Emily Eyes Herbert Day 1880/1983 Maud Mary Tayler William Henry Eyes 1883/2150 Barbara Fullarton Glover Alexander Millar Eyes 1885/2359 Emily Cicilia Jones Septimus Eyes 1888/1071 Sophie Hannah Day Charles Eyes 1906/199 Ethel Rose Pelley Amos John Thomas Eyes 1912/7945 Dorothy Roberts Herbert Wilmor Eyes 1912/7946 Anna Catherine Thomsen Harry Dean Eyes 1920/966 Margaret May Holster Edward Amos Eyes 1924/8724 Evelyn Louisa Rose Charles Herbert Eyes Sophia Hannah (nee Day) married Charles Eyes in 1888 Photograph from Papakura Museum NZ BDM Online Eyes Births until 1935 1848/1989 Eyes Lucinda Ellenor Elenor William Henry 1850/1000 Eyes NR Eleanor William Henry 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 36

1852/1128 Eyes NR Eleanor William Henry 1853/3086 Eyes NR Eleanor William Henry 1855/4532 Eyes NR Eleanor William Henry 1857/6352 Eyes Francis Mary Elleanor William Henry 1859/8334 Eyes Septimus Eleanor William Henry 1864/11513 Eyes Charlotte Eleanor William Henry 1867/11818 Eyes Amos John Thomas Sarah Amos 1869/12476 Eyes Minnie Sarah Amos 1872/16185 Eyes Joseph Edward Sarah Amos 1877/558 Eyes Lily Antigone Sarah Amos 1880/9301 Eyes Lois Mabel Sarah Amos 1881/18864 Eyes Itta Lucinda Maud Mary William Henry 1882/5749 Eyes Daisy Effie Sarah Amos 1882/7825 Eyes William George Maud Mary William Henry 1883/12456 Eyes Mary Constance Maud Mary William Henry 1884/15115 Eyes Mildred Ellen Maud Mary William Henry 1884/19636 Eyes William Millar Barbara Fullerton Alexander Millar 1885/12752 Eyes Kathleen Maud Maud Mary William Henry 1886/18979 Eyes Eleanor Maud Emily Cecelia Septimus 1887/15650 Eyes Crawford Ernest Barbara Fullarton Alexander Millar 1887/7272 Eyes Wilhelmine Mabel Maud Mary William Henry 1888/18234 Eyes Herbert Wilmor Emily Cecilia Septima 1889/4252 Eyes Charles Herbert Sophie Hannah Charles 1890/10791 Eyes Harry Dean Emily Cecelia Septimus 1891/9183 Eyes Edward Amos Sophie Hannah Charles 1893/5901 Eyes Sophie Madaline Sophie Hannah Charles 1894/533 Eyes Gertrude Maud Sophie Hannah Charles 1895/11924 Eyes Mary Nesta Emily Cecilia Septimus 1897/16820 Eyes Frederick John Sophie Hannah Charles 1900/6060 Eyes Percy Alexander Sophie Hannah Charles 1901/8410 Eyes Nita Emily Emily Cecilia Septimus 1902/15816 Eyes Ziphoria Mable Sophie Hannah Charles 1909/1659 Eyes Jack Allen Ethel Rose Amos John Thomas 1913/9548 Eyes Ronald Dean Anna Catherine Harry Dean NZ BDM Online Eyes Deaths until 2000 1869/3636 Eyes Minnie 16D 1873/4528 Eyes Joseph Edward 4M 1881/2818 Eyes Charles Frederick 32Y 1883/382 Eyes William George 8M 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 37

1887/4328 Eyes William Henry 35Y 1897/6620 Eyes Eleanor 73Y 1901/510 Eyes Amos 66Y 1907/3580 Eyes William Henry 88Y 1911/8308 Eyes Emily Cecilia 55Y 1914/1856 Eyes Alexander Millar 58Y 1915/8803 Eyes Nesta 20Y 1918/40465 Eyes Crawford Ernest NR 1918/56308 Eyes Frederick John 21Y 1919/2670 Eyes Arthur Edward 2Y 1920/9153 Eyes Maud Mary 59Y 1922/3537 Eyes Charlotte 58Y 1924/4911 Eyes Sarah 81Y 1928/11007 Eyes Herbert Wilmor 39Y 1928/11014 Eyes Dorothy 36Y 1930/10129 Eyes Ethel Rose 49Y 1932/12344 Eyes George 84Y 1933/5682 Eyes Charles 69Y 1935/18605 Eyes Amos John Thomas 68Y 1936/13672 Eyes Sophie Hannah 73Y 1942/32362 Eyes Barbara Fullerton 77Y 1943/28786 Eyes Frances Mary 86Y 1945/13169 Eyes Jack Allan 31Y 1947/18826 Eyes Septimus 87Y 1954/29270 Eyes Harry Dean 64Y 1958/34220 Eyes Mary Constance 74Y 1959/39034 Eyes Mildred Ellen 75Y 1959/39071 Eyes Wilhelmina Mabel 72Y 1964/40671 Eyes Charles Herbert 76Y 1966/33537 Eyes Anna Katrina 74Y 1968/43568 Eyes Edward Amos 76Y 1974/33426 Eyes Wilmor Keble 22/11/1916 57Y 1975/32012 Eyes Evelyn Louisa 7/3/1899 76Y 1975/32351 Eyes Marion 16/10/1920 54Y 1981/13 Eyes Ronald Dean 8/03/1913 68Y 1985/39102 Eyes Gertrude Maude 19/10/1894 90Y 1986/52518 Eyes Margaret May 4/6/1897 89Y 1988/54117 Eyes Mary Ellen 22/10/1920 68Y 1989/34563 Eyes Nancy Elizabeth 15/09/1925 63Y 1989/43248 Eyes Gordon 9/08/1921 68Y Electoral Roll 1870 Amos Eyes lot 153 England St Alma Pl Newton freehold Station Master 1880 Amos Eyes Allotment 40 Section 6 Papakura freehold Station Master 1880 Amos Eyes Lot 91 92 Papakura Papakura freehold Station Master 1885 Amos Eyes Papakura freehold Station Master 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 38

1885 Charles Eyes Papakura residential farmer 1890 Amos Eyes Lot 90 91 Kirikiri Avondale freehold Station Master 1890 Charles Eyes part lot 2 Opaheke Papakura freehold farmer 1890 John Eyes Papakura residential farmer 1896 Amos Eyes Avondale residential Station Master 1896 Amy Eyes Avondale residential domestic duties 1896 Sarah Eyes Avondale residential domestic duties 1896 Amos Eyes Papakura freehold Station Master 1896 Sarah Eyes Papakura residential domestic duties 1896 Sophie Hanna Eyes Papakura residential domestic duties 1896 Charles Eyes Waima residential farmer 1896 Sophie H Eyes Waima residential domestic duties 1900 Amos Eyes Avondale Station Master 1900 Sarah Eyes Avondale domestic duties 1900 Charles Eyes Waima residential farmer 1900 Sophie H Eyes Waima residential domestic duties 1900 Lily A Ducker Avondale home duties 1900 Frank Ducker Avondale currier 1905 Charles Eyes Rawene farmer 1905 Sophie H Eyes Rawene married 1905 Sarah Eyes Sen. Mt Eden Rd Mt Eden home duties 1905 Lois Mabel Eyes Mt Eden Rd Mt Eden home duties 1905 Lily Antigone Ducker Opotiki domestic duties 1905 Frank Ducker Opotiki labourer 1905 Ernest Ducker Opotiki sawmill hand 1911 Charles Eyes Rawene farmer 1911 Sophie H Eyes Rawene married 1911 Charles Herbert Eyes Rawene boatbuilder 1911 Daisy Effie Eyes Mt Eden Rd Mt Eden spinster 1911 Sarah Eyes Sen. Mt Eden Rd Mt Eden domestic duties 1911 Lily Antigone Ducker Ohiwa married 1911 Frank Ducker Ohiwa post master 1914 Charles Eyes Rawene farmer 1914 Charles Herbert Eyes Rawene boatbuilder 1914 Sophie Hannah Eyes Rawene married 1914 Edward Amos Eyes Rawene labourer 1914 Sophie Madeline Eyes Rawene spinster 1914 Sarah Eyes Avondale widow 1914 Daisy Effie Eyes Manukau Rd Avondale spinster 1914 Lily Antigone Ducker Ohiwa married 1914 Frank Ducker Ohiwa post master 1919 Charles Eyes Rawene farmer 1919 Charles Herbert Eyes Rawene boatbuilder 1919 Sophie Hannah Eyes Rawene married 1919 Edward Amos Eyes Rawene labourer 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 39

1919 Sophie Madeline Eyes Rawene spinster 1919 Gertrude Maude Eyes Ohura Hokianga Rawene spinster 1919 Edward Amos Eyes Houto Whangarei labourer 1919 Sarah Eyes Avondale widow 1919 Daisy Effie Eyes Manukau Rd Avondale spinster 1919 Lily Antigoni Broadbent Kaitaia married 1919 Thomas Broadbent Kaitaia engineer 1928 Charles Eyes Alexandra St Avondale farmer 1928 Gertrude Maude Eyes Alexandra St Avondale spinster 1928 Sophie Hannah Eyes Alexandra St Avondale married 1928 Lily Antigone Broadbent kaitaia married 1935 Lily Antigone Broadbent 25 Springleigh Av Auckland married 1935 Thomas Broadbent 25 Springleigh Av Auckland fitter 1938 Lily Antigone Broadbent 25 Springleigh Av Auckland married 1938 Thomas Broadbent 25 Springleigh Av Auckland fitter 1946 Lily Antigone Broadbent 13 Georgina St Auckland married 1946 Thomas Broadbent 13 Georgina St Auckland fitter 1946 Rayner Amos Broadbent 13 Georgina St Auckland teacher 1949 Lily Antigone Broadbent McEntee Rd Waitakere married 1949 Thomas Broadbent McEntee Rd Waitakere retired Items in National Archives Wellingon Probate Title Years EYES Amos John Thomas (R23112658) 1935-1935 Item ID Agency Series Accession Box / Item Record no. Record type 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 40

R23112658 AAOM 6029 836 / 56907 Text Auckland Title Inwards letters. 7 June 1873 - Amos Eyes, Epsom, Mt Eden - Asking for employment on Auckland and Waikato railway, and detailing experience. (R21574928) Years 1873-1873 Item ID Agency Series Accession Box / Item Record no. Record type R21574928 ACFL 8170 A1628 12 / bm 73/507 Text Auckland Probate EYES Amos - Papakura - Settler (R21445425) 1901-1901 Item ID Agency Series Accession Box / Item Record no. R21445425 BBAE 1569 A48 124 / 3866 Record type Text Auckland (Bailey is husband of Lois Mabel ie Amos son in law.) In the matter of The Settled Land Act 1908 and the Will of Amos Eyes. Associated names. Sarah Eyes [Ward] and Harry Newson Bailey. (R23402757) 1910-1910 Item ID Agency Series Accession Box / Item Record no. R23402757 BBAE 4982 A48 20 / 477 Record type Text Auckland In the matter of The Settled Land Act 1908 and the Estate of Amos Eyes. (R23403865) 1920-1920 Item ID Agency Series Accession Box / Item Record no. R23403865 BBAE 4982 A48 102 / 1623 Record type Text 26/04/2018 graemekenyon@hotmail.com 41