WELCOME TO NZ BLOMFIELDS 2.
MAREE ROWLEY, AUSTRALIA HAS VERY KINDLY MADE AVAILABLE THIS DATA AND VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION OF HER BRANCH OF THE BLOMFIELD FAMILY.
RE JAMES BLOMFIELD AND HIS NEW ZEALAND BRANCH OF THE BLOMFIELDS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAREE.IT IS REALLY AMAZING HOW THIS FAMILY INFORMATION IS COMING TO LIGHT WITH THE HELP OF A FEW ENTHUSIASTIC BLOMFIELD RESEARCHERS, AND I AM MOST GRATEFUL.
So far I have had no feedback from New Zealand Blomfields with the exception of Gail who very kindly donated some Family Photos, thank you Gail
THIS BRANCH OF OUR WONDERFUL BLOMFIELD FAMILY, JAMES BLOMFIELD AND HIS WIFE, SARAH ANNE WARD CAME OUT FROM ENGLAND TO THE WILD SHORES OF NEW ZEALAND ON THE VESSEL "SS FRENCHMAN" 22ND MARCH IN THE YEAR 1860.
TRAVELLING WITH THEIR PARENTS WERE THREE BLOMFIELD CHILDREN, ARTHUR, ANNA AND KATE. ANOTHER DAUGHTER EMILY WAS BORN ON THE SHIP ON THE VOYAGE OUT. SIX MORE CHILDREN, HERBERT, EDITH, EDWARD, WILLIAM, FRANK AND SARAH WERE BORN IN AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND WHERE THE FAMILY SETTLED.UNFORTUNATELY JAME'S WIFE SARAH, DIED IN 1876 AT THE ALBERT BARRACKS, AUCKLAND AND WAS BURIED IN THE GRAFTON CEMETARY SYMONDS ST., AUCKLAND. JAMES BLOMFIELD WAS REMARRIED TO HIS HOUSEKEEPER, ONE PHOEBE JANE HOBBS-BEAMISH IN 1877.PHOEBE'S FATHER WAS THE REV.J. HOBBS.
ARTHUR JAMES BLOMFIELD, SON OF JAMES BLOMFIELD AND SARAH, WAS A DISPENSING CHEMIST IN QUEEN STREET AUCKLAND. ARTHUR UNFORTUNATELY MET A TRAGIC DEATH WHEN HE WAS SLAIN BY AN INTRUDER BREAKING INTO HIS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1902 I NOTICE THERE IS A THEME OF DOCTORS AND CHEMISTS IN THE BLOMFIELD FAMILY, MY OWN GRANDFATHER, THOMAS NEVILLE BLOMFIELD, ALSO A DISPENSING CHEMIST IN AUCKLAND, 2 OF HIS BROTHERS, ONE IN ENGLAND, AND IN NEW ZEALAND, BOTH DRS
