On 22 July 1863 William Paveral and his family arrived in Auckland New Zealand aboard the “Portland “The ship had left London Docks on 28 April, leaving Gravesend on 30 April making the fastest London to Auckland voyage to that date On the passenger list for the "Portland" the families surname is listed as "Protherve"
The New Zealander 23 July 1863 p2
Daniel Dee Hyde and MARY ANN PAVERAL his 2nd wife probably meet as a result of both Daniel and William Paveral's (Mary’s father) membership in the 4th Waikato They would have met at Otahuhu or Onehunga Auckland before the militia was sent to Hamilton. Daniel was living in Onehunga after he arrived in NZ, according to the first Intention to marry document he signed and William was recruited at Onehunga in July 1864. But they would have been thrown together once they were sent to the war zone/fort of Hamilton - although I’m not sure if women and children were sent with the men at first, but where else could they go?
The most surprising thing to me is that Mary Ann agreed to marry a widower with 2 children, single marriageable women were very scarce on the New Zealand frontier in the 1860s, all those single soldiers/farmers in the north and gold miners in the south of New Zealand she could have had any man she wanted
Mary and Daniel where married on the 18 November 1865 at the Registrar office Hamilton New Zealand
Most of the men like Daniel Dee Hyde were Aussie goldminers and had no experience of farming, and certainly not at farming in NZ bush and swamp. They quickly sold their allotted land and left. I wouldn't be surprised if Daniel Dee stayed at the insistence of his wife Mary Ann, to be near her mother and other family members. They would have offered more support than her boozy husband. Daniel Dee Hyde probably drank their own property away.
In the Will of her mother, Elizabeth Pevreal nee Rossiter it shows that Daniel Dee and Mary Ann Hyde were living in one of Elizabeth`s cottages by 1891
The reason I think he drank can be found in the following article even though it was a few years into their marriage
Daniel listed his occupation as a waiter Plumber, Railway Employee and various other things during the early years but it is very clear that he relied on his apprentership as a Tinsmith much of the time
Found in a Wises directory:
1872-1873 (p12) Hyde DD tinsmith ,Great South Rd,Otahuhu
1875-1876 no DD Hyde listed
1887-1888 (p723) Hyde DD tinsmith Hamilton
Daniel Dee Hyde and Mary Ann Paveral had 10 children,. My grandfather (Alfred Ernest Hyde was the 9th and youngest as Stanley Mervyn died as a baby
Hammond Israel Hyde (m) b 25 August 1867 d 19 March 1927 (aged 59)
George Hyde (m) b 19 October 1869 d 15 March 1921 (aged 51)
Eliza Elizabeth (f) b 10 August 1872 d 10 October 1933 (aged 61)
Walter Hyde (m) b 15 November 1875 b 20 March 1951 (aged 76 )
John Houghton Deegan Hyde (m) b 15 July 1878 d 1943 (aged 65 )
Claude Hamilton Hyde (m) b 15 December 1880 d 25 Februry 1905 (aged 24)
Charles Hyde (m) b 28 June 1883 d 19 April 1945 (aged 61)
Norman Hyde (m) b 31 January 1885 d 5 April 1943 (aged 57)
Alfred Ernest Hyde (m) b 20 August 1888 d 29 September 1941 (aged 53 )
Stanley Mervyn Hyde (m) b 5 May 1891 d 10 June 1891
Hammond Israel married Sarah Jane Barber on the 15 April 1894 in Te Aroha New Zealand, he had 7 children
George and his wife Susan Lititia Clarkin had 1 child. Violet They lived in Australia for many years. George was the proprietor of the Criterion Hotel in Newcastle New South Wales Australia
Eliza Elizabeth married Charles Boyd on the 4 March 1892,they had 6 childen.1 of there daughters Myrtle Inis married George Wilkinson
Walter married Ellen Matilda Chaplin on 29 August 1897 at St Peters church Hamilton New Zealand.
I have nothing on John Houghton Deegan
Claude Hamilton was accidentally killed at Bulls New Zealand when he was crushed by a railway wagon when loading gravel,his younger brother Chales witnessed the accident and gave evidence at the inquest into his death
Charles was married twice, firstly to Elizabeth Nookes and then to Mary Ellen Budd..Mary and Charles had 5 children
Norman married Ethel Lillian Butt on 22 October 1913 in Shannon New Zealand
Alfred Ernest married Eleanor Louisa Wilkinson the sister of George Wilkinson.These are my grandparents and lucky for me only had 2 children
Stanley Mervyn was only 35 days old when he died
Was Mary Ann Paveral a church going person? Both her marriages took place in Registry office (Mary married Joseph Reynolds on the 16 april 1903) rather than at a church. While it is possible that there was no church in Hamilton in 1865 there definitely was one in Auckland in 1903. Also it would, I thought have been "not Quite Proper" to have a Registry marriage back in 1903. Other members of her family were buried from church services (newspaper reports), her parents were married in the Established church in Hewelfield England and she was probably christened there but I suggest an anti-church attitude.
I think Mary Ann must have been a woman of strong character to take her husband Daniel and the local Pub keeper to court. Alcohol abuse was higher in the late 19th century than at present, there was no social welfare, women did not have paid employment and wife desertion was common. As a mother of a large family; Mary must have struggled at times to feed and cloth her children. Prohibition was a major Feminist issue in the 1880 and 1890s, so I think her actions might have been based more on survival than moral Religious beliefs.
Daniel Dee died on the 23 November 1894 from a heart attack followed by a stroke .His death certificate can be found at the New Zealand BDM registry folio #1848. His obituary was in the Waikato Times dated 24 November 1894 The funeral was on the 27 November 1894 at the Hamilton West Cemetery where he was buried .The cortege was a large one and included nearly the whole of the surviving members of the 4th Waikato Regiment who assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to their departed comrade
Mary Ann Hyde remarried on 16 April 1903 to a Joseph William Reynolds. Joseph was a miner but on the 1911 Electoral roll for the Tauranga electorate Joseph William and Mary Ann Reynolds were farmers living in Waihou. Mary was on the 1914 Electoral roll but not on the 1919
Joseph William Reynolds died 06 December 1912 in Waihou and was buried at TeAroha
Mary’s death notice in the New Zealand Herald for 15 may 1922 reads:
Reynolds :on the 14 may 1922 at the residence of her daughter Mrs Boyd;"Pahi Whare " Findlay Street ,Ellerslie Mary Ann relic of the late Joseph Renyolds aged 74 years. The funeral will leave the above address at 12.30pm tomorrow Tuesday, May 16 for Hillsborough Cemetery
