Person:James Levesque (3)

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James Stanley Levesque
b.17 Mar 1850 Mont a L'Abee, Saint Helier, Jersey
d.8 Apr 1935 Birkdale, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand
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m. 25 Feb 1849
  1. James Stanley Levesque1850 - 1935
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m. 8 Jan 1870
  1. James Daniel Levesque1870 - 1949
  2. Mary Isabel Levesque1871 - 1964
  3. Joshua Henry Levesque1873 - 1966
  4. Susan Rachel Levesque1874 - 1967
  5. John William Levesque1875 - 1971
  6. Charles Frederick Levesque1876 - 1948
  7. Harriet Jane Levesque1878 - 1955
  8. Ralph Stanley Levesque1880 - 1969
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  1. Ethel May LevesqueAbt 1886 - 1922
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Facts and Events
Name James Stanley Levesque
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Mar 1850 Mont a L'Abee, Saint Helier, Jersey
Christening[1] 7 Apr 1850 Saint Helier, JerseyGodparents - Father and Sophie Levesque
Residence[3] 1851 Saint Lauren, Jerseyage 1
Residence[4] 1861 Saint Helier, JerseySea View Place - Gardener's son age 11
Marriage 8 Jan 1870 Saint Helier, Jerseyto Mary Ann Humby
Residence[5] 1871 Saint Helier, Jersey10 Grassdale Lodge - Seedgrower age 21 with parents
Residence[10] 29 Mar 1871 Saint Helier, Jersey7 Minden Place from Mar 1871 to 1881
Marriage to Harriet Elizabeth Humby
Immigration[7] 22 Dec 1884 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia KILDARE B 444 001 from Portsmouth, England
Immigration[8] Apr 1898 Auckland, New Zealandfrom Sydney
Occupation[8] 1901 Birkdale, North Shore City, Auckland, New ZealandGentleman / Fruit Grower/Sawmill owner/Farmer
Residence[11] 1911 Birkdale, North Shore City, Auckland, New ZealandFruitgrower
Death[2] 8 Apr 1935 Birkdale, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand
Burial[2] 10 Apr 1935 Birkenhead, North Shore City, Auckland, New ZealandBirkenhead/Glenfield Cemetry - Location: Old Portion - Public Block 1 Plot 279age 85
Probate[9] 1935 Birkdale, North Shore City, Auckland, New ZealandFarmer - Will held Auckland

James owned a Sawmill in New South Wales bef 1898 when they family came in New Zealand

Ancestry - New Zealand Electoral Roll - 1900, 1905, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1928

The Levesque family arrived in Melbourne aboard the Kildare on the 22nd December 1884. The family set sail from London on October 22nd 1884 including three of Mary Ann's [nee Humby] sisters. The ship called into Tasmania on the 15th of December to unload passenger and cargo. This was when Mary Ann's sister Maria Terrey Humby and her husband Thomas Wiseman departed to make a new life in Tasmania and on the 20th they left Hobart after reloading and arrived in Melbourne on the 22nd December. Later on one of Maria and Thomas's sons came to live with the Levesque family in Melbourne when both of them died in Tasmania and he stayed with them until he married in New Zealand.

Owned and ran a sawmill for some years in Birkdale on the North Shore, Auckland. Also had a huge strawberry patch and orchard employing the family and others. He started a canning business in 1901 and sent the produce to various places in New Zealand.

Untitled - Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 288, 3 December 1913, Page 4 Our Birkenhead correspondent writes as follows: —A telephone bureau has been installed at Mr. J. W. Levesque's residence, Birkdale, for the convenience of the settlers. Since the strawberry season commenced it has been in great request, and should be a boon to the district generally. The Birkdale Fruitgrowers' Association were the means of getting the telephone service, and every credit is due to that body for the enterprising way they are studying the general welfare of the district."

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/St_Helier_baptisms_1842-1909_Levans_to_Lozuet
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cemetery Records and findagrave.com with photos included
  3. ↑ Census 1851
  4. ↑ Census 1861
  5. ↑ Census 1871
  6.   Census 1881
  7. ↑ Unassisted Immigration - Victoria Archives
    Left 7 Oct 1884 from Portsmouth, England, arrived Hobart, Tasmania 15 Dec 1884, Left 20 Dec 1884 for Melbourne and Arrived 22 Dec 1884 Melbourne.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973 - A J Levesque was in the Steerage Passengers that left 3 Mar from Sydney. No Age mentioned
  9. ↑ Archways
  10. ↑ Newspaper clipping
  11. ↑ 1911 Electoral Rolls NZ
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