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Virginia Helen Perry was born in New Zealand in 1940.^2,1

Virginia died in 1940 in New Zealand.^2,1,3

Amy Lulu Peters was born in Mitcham, South Australia, on 6 April 1885.¹

She married Albert George Forsaith, son of Ebenezer James Forsaith and Annie Rawsthorne, at Chalmers Church in Adelaide, South Australia, on 1 July 1911.^2,3

Amy died on 2 November 1957 at Clovelly Park in Adelaide, South Australia, at age 72.^4,5 She was buried on 4 November 1957 at the Mitcham Cemetery, 39 Belair Rd in Mitcham.⁶

Peter McGregor Peters was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 11 June 1927.^2,3

Richard and Peter arrived in Southampton on 11 July 1931 on the Corinthic, having left Auckland on 2 Jun 1931 (under the name of Giffard-Burgess) with Stanley and Jean.^1,4

He began a professional football career with Reading and made two appearances for them in 1945/46, but in 1947 joined Canterbury, before being transferred to West Ham in Jan 1949 for a fee of £500.
He did not make their first team in the two and half seasons spent there, and joined Margate in 1952. At 6ft tall, he was regarded as a 'wonder keeper' by the local press and went on to play 211 games for Margate with 52 clean sheets. During this time he worked as a carpenter.
In the 1957/58 season he was carried off unconscious in an August game, after which his play became erratic; he was dropped as first keeper and moved to Headington United in Feb 1958.⁵

Peter died on 14 November 2012 in Bendigo, Victoria, at age 85.^6,7,3 His ashes were buried on 22 November 2012 at Eaglehawk Remembrance Park, 5 Victoria St in Bendigo.³

William Petty was born in Whitechapel, London, Middlesex, on 15 October 1904.^1,2

William's marriage to Lilian Frances Spurgeon, daughter of Edward Spurgeon and Alice Maud Whitford, was registered between October 1932 and December 1932 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex.³

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 5 Mildmay Park in Islington, London, Middlesex, with Lilian Frances Spurgeon; he was a builder's labourer and she was an office cleaner. William Edward Petty was listed as living at the same address.¹

William's death was registered between October 1992 and December 1992 in Hackney, London, Middlesex.⁴

William's birth was registered on 15 October 1933 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex.^1,2

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 5 Mildmay Park in Islington, London, Middlesex, along with William Petty and Lilian Frances Spurgeon.²

Mary Ann Philp was born circa 1830. (Birth year based on age at death).

Mary's marriage to William Mitchell, son of William Mitchell and Elizabeth Lobb, was registered between October 1883 and December 1883 in Stoke Damerel, Devon.^1,2

She was listed in the 1891 census at 35 Union St in Stoke Damerel, Devon, with her husband William; he was a Metropolitan police pensioner.¹

Mary's death was registered between July 1892 and September 1892 in Stoke Damerel, Devon.³

Robert Pickford was born in Flinders, South Australia, on 20 July 1921.²

He married Marjorie Denton, daughter of Norman Guelph Rutherford Denton and Dorothy Esther Forsaith, at St Columba's Church in Hawthorn, Adelaide, South Australia, on 23 November 1945.^1,3

Robert died on 30 June 2004 in Christies Beach, South Australia, at age 82.^4,5 He was cremated at the Centennial Park in Pasadena on 14 July 2004.⁵

Adela Maria Pickmere was born in New Zealand on 7 August 1865.^2,1,3

Adela's marriage to Jenkyn Jones was registered between July 1894 and September 1894 in Warrington, Lancashire. There were no children from this marriage.^1,4

She was widowed on the death of her husband Jenkyn in 1940.¹

Adela's death was registered between July 1946 and September 1946 in Oswestry, Shropshire.^5,6

Alan Radcliffe Pickmere was born on 2 February 1926.^1,2

He married Jean Kathleen Cameron in New Zealand on 4 March 1949.^1,3

Alan died on 4 August 2003 in Whangarei, Northland, at age 77.^4,5 He was cremated at the Maunu crematorium, Cemetery Rd in Whangarei on 6 August 2003.⁴

Alison Blomfield Pickmere was born in Mount Eden, Auckland, on 14 November 1908.^2,1,3

She married Terence Thornton Bond in Sydney, New South Wales, on 30 June 1949. There were no children from this marriage.^2,1,4

The following biographical details were taken from the NZ Dictionary of Biography: -
"After leaving school she wanted to be an artist, but succumbed to pressure and postponed a career that her family considered both insecure and unsuitable. Instead, for 10 years she was secretary to an engineering firm, where she became knowledgeable about metals; she also worked as a part-time interior decorator.

Finally, in 1937 she attended Auckland’s Elam School of Art for nine months, laying the foundation of her future career. In 1942 she joined the Auckland Society of Arts (ASA), serving both as a working member and as its secretary (1942–46). She also became a member of the Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Art Society and the Rutland Group. By 1947 she was in Australia studying at East Sydney Technical College, where her friend Dorothy Thornhill was teaching. At that time the Contemporary Art Society was drawing New Zealand artists to exhibit there, including Rita Angus, Alfred and James Cook, and Godfrey Miller. She also studied Bauhaus design for three months with Phyllis Shillito.

On 30 June 1949, in Sydney, she married Terence Thornton Bond, a publisher from Auckland. A nephew of the well-known New Zealand painter Charles Goldie, he had attended Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, and then studied typography and bookbinding in England. For some years his property at Mahurangi had been a haven for many in Auckland’s literary and artistic community. Terry provided Alison with moral support, a studio, a library on ecology (she was a lifelong conservationist), and a self-sufficient garden at his home in Birkenhead, Auckland. There were no children of the marriage.

In the 1950s Alison’s younger brother Ralph, an architect, helped design the National Women’s Hospital at Green Lane, Auckland. Alison researched the effects and therapeutic benefits of colour on patients, and helped design the hospital’s interior decor. She was again employed by the ASA between 1952 and 1956, and organised the first Australian contemporary art exhibition in Auckland. She exhibited with the Thornhill Group and in 1957 with The Group. In 1958 her work was included in an exhibition of New Zealand contemporary artists touring the Soviet Union.

In 1963 Pickmere (who continued to work under her unmarried name) attended Paul Olds’s design in painting course at Wellington Polytechnic, which provided another way of handling semi-abstraction. Later that year she and Terry went to Europe, where printmaking was booming. In Paris she attended S. W. Hayter’s Atelier 17 to study viscosity printing, a technique that enabled many colours to be printed simultaneously. After her return home friends helped her make rollers, a hot plate and etching equipment, as import licensing made the acquisition of essential printmaking materials difficult.

From the early 1960s Pickmere mostly used Hayter’s colour-etching technique. She exhibited four times at the New Vision Gallery, as well as at the ASA, the Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Art Society, the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, and galleries in Sydney and Adelaide. She is best remembered for her abstract interpretations of New Zealand landscapes, particularly the Northland and Auckland coasts, which display a strong but subtle use of colour. In 1968 she and two other printmakers were commissioned to produce 450 prints for an international hotel group."^5,6

Alison died on 5 August 1971 at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland at age 62.^2,1,7