George Henry James Hillsdon
1852-1926
London Street
Lyttelton
George Henry James Hillsdon was born in London in 1852 the son of Thomas Hillsdon, Engineer and Susan Hillsdon nee Walters. He arrived in New Zealand about 1876 and married Elizabeth Annie Woolley at St Luke's Church, Christchurch on 8 February 1881. A daughter Alice Mary Isabel was born in 1884 and a son Richard Walter in 1887, George Hillsdon is shown on the church records as a photographer of Lyttelton. He died on 19 February 1926, the burial records show he was then a stationer living in Lyttelton aged 70 years, his correct age would have been closer to 74. His wife had died in 1919 and they are buried in Bromley Cemetery, block 35 plot 30.
Free Births, Deaths and Marriages Births Dec 1852 - recorded as Hillsden, George Henry James Lewisham vol.1d page 576
CCC Cemteries Database
George Hillsdon's headstone in Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch.
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