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Charles Henry Wrathall was born circa 1884 in Whangaroa.¹

He married Charlotte Wicks, daughter of Sidney Buckingham Wicks and Harriet Tippett, at Bainbridge Memorial Church in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, on 3 May 1909.²

Charles gives his occupation as 'coachdriver' on the marriage certificate, but at the time of his death is described as a retired tobacconist.^2,3

He was widowed on the death of his wife Charlotte on 19 November 1946.^3,4

Charles died on 11 October 1952 at Dominion Rd in Auckland.^5,3 His ashes were buried at Waikumete Cemetery in Waitakere.⁶

Alice Elizabeth Wright was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, between April 1879 and June 1879.²

She married Thomas Slater, son of Hugh Slater and Ann Paul, in Tynemouth, Northumberland, between July 1900 and September 1900.³
She was listed in the 1901 census at 74 Melton Terrace in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, with her husband Thomas. The Head of the house was her father Charles (a coal-miner) and the household included her younger sister Emily.⁴

She was listed in the 1911 census at 7 Hartley St in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, with her husband Thomas; he was still working as a coal-miner (hewer). Their children Martha and Rhoda were listed as living with them.⁵

Hannah Wright was born in 1811 in Yorkshire.²

Hannah married Stephen Edward Blomfield, son of Ezekiel Blomfield and Mary Funnell, on 25 October 1840 at Mount Scion Chapel in Sheffield, Yorkshire.¹

Hannah's death was registered between January 1846 and March 1846 in Doncaster, West Riding, Yorkshire.^1,3

Donald Wiliiam Sidney Wyatt was born in West Ham, Essex, on 12 May 1913.^1,2

Donald's marriage to Constance May Lane, daughter of Albert Henry Lane and Mabel Florence Rust, was registered between July 1938 and September 1938 in Edmonton, Middlesex.^3,4

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 373 Rush Green Rd in Romford, Essex, with Constance May Lane; he was an accountant's clerk for a carter.²

He and Constance were divorced.

Henry Aitken Wyse was born in St Cuthberts, Midlothian, on 28 December 1835. He was the son of George WYSE and Helen DOVE, with the initial birth/baptism entry only in the name of Henry. A subsequent addition states "Note-by declaration before one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County of Ayr dated 28^th May 1851 the said George Wyse declared that in the recording of the birth of his son his other Christian name ‘Aitken’ which he received at his baptism had been omitted to be entered and requests that ‘Aitken’ be added to that of Henry thus making his name ‘Henry Aitken’ which is his proper name”.
This unusual addition appears to have been prompted by George's relationship with his childless half-brother Alexander, of Ayr, whose mother was Rabina AITKEN. Alexander's original will (of 18 Nov 1835, shortly before Henry's birth) left most of his estate to his half-brother George, with detailed provisions, including requiring George to move to Ayr. In a Codicil to the will dated 24 Jan 1839, Alexander stated “my brother George has a son named Henry Aitken” - so the change to Henry's record appears to have been to align with Alexander's wishes, or to simplify the probate. None of George and Helen's other children had two Christian names.¹

He worked in a newspaper office in Ayr before joining the civil service in Glasgow, but shortly after sailed with his mother Helen on the Giants Causeway out of Greenock on 7 Sep 1858 for Australia, arriving on 12 January 1859 in Melbourne. He there worked for the printing and directory business of Sands and McDougal.^2,3

He left Melbourne for Dunedin in May 1863 on the Aldinga 1, as part of the expansion of the Sands and McDougal business into New Zealand.^4,3

An Otago Daily Times advertisement of 9 July 1863 announced his opening of a stationer's premises on Princes St 'in connection with the well-known firm of Sands and McDougall', but he also offered services for printing and account-book manufacture.

By Oct 1864 he was advertising for entries for his 'Dunedin Directory' to be published in Jan 1865, and the Sands and McDougal connection had been dropped. This was the start of the Wise's Directories business - in 1872 he published the first issue of what is loosely known as Wise's New Zealand Post Office directory; this was not an official publication of the Post Office, but the term was sanctioned in 1881 provided he supplied a free copy to every Post Office in NZ. Publication continued for 100 years.

In the 1880s Wise expanded back cross the Tasman, founding the Victoria Post Office directory (1884–1916), the New South Wales Post Office directory (1886–1950), Wise's Queensland official directory (1890–1949), the Tasmanian Post Office directory (1890–1948), the South Australia Post Office directory (1895–1906) and the Western Australia Post Office directory (1895–1949).

The output was not confined to directories, as his interests saw the publication of many specially commissioned maps, guidebooks and even a set of 15 reproductions of watercolours by John Gully (1877).^5,6,3

He married Elizabeth Isabella Walker in New Zealand in 1864.⁷

He was widowed at age 75 on the death of his wife Elizabeth on 22 February 1911.^8,9

Henry died on 16 June 1922 in Dunedin, Otago, at age 86.^10,11 He was buried on 18 June 1922 at the Anderson's Bay Cemetery.¹²

His will was sealed on 15 August 1923 in London with English effects of £1019/14/9.¹¹

Jessie's birth was registered between July 1852 and September 1852 in Tynemouth, Northumberland.²

She married Matthew Mackey in England.¹

Jessie's death was registered between October 1910 and December 1910 in South Shields, Durham.³

She had a brief liaison with David Moodie, son of Thomas Mudie and Mary Gordon Nicoll, in January 1838 at Clackmannanshire.^1,2