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Descendants of: William WAKEHAM
		b 25 Mar 1814
		d 2 Jun 1891 Wainuiomata
		bu Wainuiomata Cemetery, WTN, NZ

And: Elizabeth PROUSE (1817-1901)
Married: 16 Aug 1840 England

Arrived Nelson, NZ on the 'Barkshire' 30 Jan 1850

Children
|
|----- Mary Jane WAKEHAM
|	b 16 Dec 1842
|	m 19 Jun 1863 Alfred JOHNSON
|	d 30 Jul 1890 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ
|
|----- John WAKEHAM
|	b 10 Jul 1848
|	m 14 Jul 1870 Mary Ann JACKSON Wesleyan Chapel, Lower Hutt, NZ
|	d 7 Apr 1931 Petone, WTN, NZ
|	Mary Ann: b Oct 1849 dau of Edwin and brother of Joseph Enoch JACKSON
|	Mary Ann: Arrived NZ 1857 on 'Indian Queen with her parents
|	and brother Joseph who married Harriet PROUSE
|	Mary Ann: d 14 Oct 1919 Petone, WTN, NZ
|		|
|		|--- Miriam Elizabeth (Minnie) WAKEHAM
|		|	b 23 Dec 1871
|		|	m 1903 Claud William WAKELIN
|		|	d Nov 1959
|		|
|		|--- Edwin Richard Leigh (Eddie) WAKEHAM
|			b 24 Jan 1877
|			d 16 Nov 1894
|
|
|----- Miriam Elizabeth WAKEHAM
|	b 2 Aug 1850 Nelson, NZ
|	m 1881 John Newman COLLIER
|	d 7 Aug 1919 Wellington Hospital, NZ aged 66yrs
|	bu Wainuiomata Coast Road Cemetery, WTN, NZ
|
|----- Elizabeth WAKEHAM
|	b 2 Aug 1853 Wellington, NZ
|	Registered as Elizabeth WAKAM
|
|----- William WAKEHAM
|	b 1855 Wellington, NZ
|	d 1879 Wellington, NZ
|	bu Wainuiomata Cemetery, WTN, NZ
|
|----- Richard WAKEHAM
|	b 1857 Wellington, NZ
|	d 1871 Wellington, NZ
|	bu Wainuiomata Cemetery, WTN, NZ
|
|----- Emma WAKEHAM
	b 6 Nov 1859 Wellington, NZ
	m 24 Feb 1883 William Presley RASH
	d 1888 Wellington, NZ
	bu Wainuiomata Cemetery, WTN, NZ
	William: Born 1856 (Un-named male b 1855 Wellington, NZ)
		|
		|--- Winifred Elizabeth (Winnie) RASH
			b 24 Jun 1884 Wellington, NZ
			m 1910 William John THOMPSON
			d 9 Dec 1977
			William John: b c1887, d c1934


Evening Post 4 Jun 1891
Another old colonist in the person of Mr William Wakeham died at
Wainuiomata on Tuesday. The deceased, who was the father of Mr
John Wakeham, a member of the Hutt County Council, had lived at
Wainui for a great number of years, and was much respected.

Evening Post 6 Dec 1901 Death
On 4th December, at her residence, Wainuiomata, Elizabeth Wakeham,
relict of the late William Wakeham, in her 86th year.

Evening Post 14 Oct 1905
Mr John Wakeham, who has respresented the Wainuiomata riding in the
Hutt County Council for the past twenty-one years, has consented to
seek re-election.