Ruth BAXENDALE

1880 - 1968  (87 years)

• Name	Ruth BAXENDALE
  Born	22 Mar 1880	Hackney, London, England   [1]
  		BAXENDALE Ruth Birth certificate
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Jan 1968	Porirua, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  	Porirua Hospital, Porirua, NZ
  		BLAXENDALE Ruth Death certificate
  		BEISSEL Ruth Death notice
  Cremated	27 Jan 1968	Wellington, New Zealand   [3]
  	Karori Crematorium, Wellington, NZ Ashes scattered Karori Cemetery Rose Gardens, 28 January 1968,
  Notes	Arrived in New Zealand sometime between Sep 1911 and April 1914 with George Winton. Had sailed from London on 21 July 1911 on RMS Ophir to Freemantle Australia arriving 4 September 1911. George was baptised on the 11th of March 1874 at st Peters, West Dulwich, in London. When George was 3 years old the family packed up and left England for a better life. They first Sailed to Australia on the "Dallam Tower" on 21 December 1874 with his parents from London England. Possibly arriving around the 17 February 1875 at Wellington N.Z. Disembarking at Port Chalmers Otago N.Z. George 1st married Emily Jane Edna Murch on the 6th of December 1898 at st John's Anglican Church in Invercargill (18yrs old) he was 26yrs old and was a farmer in Invercargill. Around the 28th of October 1899 George deserted his 1st wife Emily and went back to the country of his birth England where he once again became a bachelor and a bootmaker. He had no children to his first wife. In England he met a girl by the name of Ruth Baxendale. He then proposed and bigamously married Ruth Baxendale in Shoreditch London ( 20yrs old) he was 31yrs of age. George decided to stay in England as he had received word the authorities were after him in New Zealand for deserting his wife. George and Ruth had two sons George James Winton born on the 21st January 1904 in Kingston, London, England and Louis William Winton born on the 18th of February 1906 in Kingston, London, England. In 1907, after being deserted for more than eight years George's first wife Emily Jane Winton started divorce proceedings against him and after an extensive search by Police in New Zealand he could not be located. On the 5th of December 1907 a degree nisi was declared in Christchurch Divorce court and the marriage of George William Winton and Emily Jane Edna Murch was over. George was labelled in the NZ Truth "Winton the Waster" titled article on the 14th of December 1907 and mentioned how he had abused and deserted his wife. On the 21st of July 1911 George and his wife and their two children left England on the RMS Ophir for Australia and arrived on the 4th of September 1911 in Freemantle, Australia. They spent some time there and then decided to move to Invercargill where George's family was. George died on the 13th of April 1914 at his home 64 Yarrow street, Invercargill from Tuberculosis. He was buried on the 15th of April 1914 at Saint John's Cemetery, Waikiwi, Invercargill. His grave is unmarked.
  Person ID	I16950	Rossow-Beitzel
  Last Modified	24 May 2021

  
  

  Family	William George BEISSEL,   b. 01 Sep 1883, Invercargill, New Zealand ,   d. 21 May 1962, Lower Hutt, New Zealand  (Age 78 years)
  Married	27 Jan 1915	Invercargill, New Zealand   [1, 4]
  	St Johns Church, Tay Street, Invercargill, NZ
  		BEISSELL William George and Ruth (nee BAXENDALE) Marriage certificate
  Children	+ 1. Godfrey Baxendale BEISSEL,   b. 17 Aug 1915, Invercargill, New Zealand ,   d. 27 Dec 1936, Longbush, Invercargill, New Zealand  (Age 21 years) + 2. Ruth Rachael BEISSEL,   b. 17 Jun 1917, Invercargill, New Zealand ,   d. 17 Feb 1989, Upper Hutt, New Zealand  (Age 71 years) + 3. George Hinves BEISSEL,   b. 19 Jan 1919, Invercargill, New Zealand ,   d. 13 Oct 2011, Paihia, New Zealand  (Age 92 years)   4. Gordon Stuart BEISSEL,   b. 05 Jan 1924, Invercargill, New Zealand ,   d. 12 Apr 2013, Levin, New Zealand  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	24 May 2021
  Family ID	F29701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Mar 1880 - Hackney, London, England Married - 27 Jan 1915 - Invercargill, New Zealand Died - 24 Jan 1968 - Porirua, New Zealand Cremated - 27 Jan 1968 - Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S170] Research material from Jordan Faint. [S115] New Zealand Birth, Death, Marriage, (http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/search/), 1968/36075. [S192] http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search, http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=29048&serviceType=Cremation&previousPage=%2fservices%2fcommunity-and-culture%2fcemeteries%2fcemeteries-search%2fresults%3fserviceType%3dAll%26lastName. [S115] New Zealand Birth, Death, Marriage, (http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/search/), 1915/13288.