Hello
Does anyone have any knowledge of the Fitzsimmons family of Lyttelton?
The parents were William and Ann (nee Bennington) Fitzsimmons. One daughter, Maud (b.
c1877 in Lyttelton), married Henry (Harry) Ayers in Lyttelton on 9 November 1903. She
died in 1938.
Another daughter, Ada (probably older than Maud & also born in Lyttelton) moved to
Napier and married John (Jack) George Le Geyt on 24 January 1897 in Western Spit, Napier.
Their youngest child, Clarence, was born in 1903 and, in 1917 when John Le Geyt joined the
army, he cited his oldest son, Charles, as his next of kin. I therefore tentatively
assume that Ada died between 1903 and 1917. I cannot find her death in the NZ BDM indexes
but this could because the name, Le Geyt, was often wrongly transcribed.
I can not find any births in the BDM index for the births of any children of William and
Ann Fitzsimmons although the marriage records of both Ada and Maud indicate that they were
born in Lyttelton.
I would be very grateful for any information about this family.
Regards, Judy