AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameRichard TRUMAN 
Birth Dateca 1837
Birth PlaceKent, England
MemoDate calculated from death which also states he was born in Kent. The only birth found was late 1838 in Kent he was a John Richard TRUEMAN, however, his father was Benjamin not John so discounted.
Job MemoBootmaker, as noted on daughter Maud's marriage certificate to Robert Scott.
Death Date25 Mar 18861864 Age: 49
Death PlaceWaikari, Canterbury, New Zealand
MemoDied in house fire
Burial Date27 Mar 1886
Burial PlaceWaikari, Canterbury, New Zealand
Memoas per death record
OccupationBootmaker
FatherJohn TRUMAN
Spouses
Birth DateSep 18391865
Birth PlaceHenley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Reside Date7 Apr 18611866 Age: 21
Reside PlaceMarylebone, Westminster, London, England
MemoMary lived at 66, Wimpole Street, Marylebone and was employed as a housemaid by a Mr Robert Stopford.
Death Date8 Nov 19291867 Age: 90
Death PlaceRiccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Memoat “ The Grays” Riccarton Rd. Upper Riccarton from 73 Tennyson St. Beckenham
Burial Date11 Nov 1929
Burial PlaceSydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
OccupationDomestic Servant (1861)
FatherWilliam HISCOCK (ca1806-1846)
MotherRachel WISE (ca1803-1891)
Marr PlaceWestminster, London, England
Marr Memoat parish church St. John the Evangelist, Westminster - Sarah Truman was a witness.
Migration Date31 Oct 1864
Migration PlaceLyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Memo A press clip 31-Dec-1964 paper unknown, about the Truman family includes the following quote, “Richard Truman, who brought his wife, Mary, and histwo infant sons, George and Richard, to Lyttelton in the 431-ton vessel Bellisima on October 31, 1864. They came from Henley-on-Thames, and settled in High Street Rangiora.”
Bellissima, 431 tons, Captain Ritchie, from London, arrived 1st November, after a tedious passage of 125 days, bringing 12 saloon, and a number of steerage passengers. (Title: White Wings (volume II), Author: Henry Brett., Publication details: The Brett Printing Company Limited, 1928)
The Lyttelton Times of 1 Nov 1864 lists Ric’d, Mary Truman, & two childrenas being Steerage Passengers on the Bellisima.
Bellissima, 431 tons, Captain Ritchie, from London, arrived 1st November, after a tedious passage of 125 days, bringing 12 saloon, and a number of steerage passengers. (Title: White Wings (volume II), Author: Henry Brett., Publication details: The Brett Printing Company Limited, 1928)
The Lyttelton Times of 1 Nov 1864 lists Ric’d, Mary Truman, & two childrenas being Steerage Passengers on the Bellisima.
ChildrenRichard (1862-1932)
George William (1863-1940)
Arthur Charles (1866-1949)
Alice Mare (1867-1917)
Frank (1869-1944)
Susan Ann (1871-1896)
Mimi (Winnie) Louisa (1873-1927)
Gilbert Mark (1874-1960)
Maud (1876-1924)
Ernest Henry (1878-1881)
Frederick Henley (1880-1886)
Mary Ellen (1883-1946)
Notes for Richard TRUMAN
(Research):
At Richard & Mary Wise marriage a Sarah Truman was a witness who signed the registration. She could be mother,aunt, sister or sister-in-law of Richard.
There was a Sarah Truman living at 34 Rose St Westminster, with a nephew William, a bootmaker, in 1861 census. Could this be same Sarah? All these Truman’s were recorded as being born in Westminster.
The marriage certificate also states Richard’s father as being John, a labourer. No John Truman (or similar) were found that could be Richard’s father in any census records from 1841-61.
Unfortunately Richard’s death record doesn’t provide any names of his parents. The only possible useful information on this record is that he was born in Kent. The only birth found in the 1830’s for a birth in Kent was a John Richard Trueman (note spelling with an ‘e’) born 4th quarter of 1838, a year later than his age indicated on both marriage and death records. This has been entered as his birth date but a great degree of uncertainty is attached to this.
If the Kent birth is correct there was a Sarah Truman (no ‘e’) living in The Street, Gillingham, Kent together with a son John, aged 2, in 1841 census. This could well be the John Richard Trueman birth registed Medway, Kent 4th quarter, 1838. There is no husband or father recorded on the birth index, however there is a christening record (spelling without ‘e’) which indicates father’s name as Benjamin, not John viz:-
Name: John Richard Truman
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1838 (could be 1837)
Christening Date: 9 Dec 1838
Christening Place: Gillingham, Kent, England
Father's Name: Benjamin Truman
Mother's Name: Sarah
(source: IGI Place: Gillingham, Kent, England; Date Range: 1813 - 1882; Film Number: 1042491.)
The address given by both Richard & Mary Wise, at the time of their marriage is 14 New Street. The best fit found for this 14, New Street, St Martin In The Fields, Westminster which is recorded as Public house in 1861.
At Richard & Mary Wise marriage a Sarah Truman was a witness who signed the registration. She could be mother,aunt, sister or sister-in-law of Richard.
There was a Sarah Truman living at 34 Rose St Westminster, with a nephew William, a bootmaker, in 1861 census. Could this be same Sarah? All these Truman’s were recorded as being born in Westminster.
The marriage certificate also states Richard’s father as being John, a labourer. No John Truman (or similar) were found that could be Richard’s father in any census records from 1841-61.
Unfortunately Richard’s death record doesn’t provide any names of his parents. The only possible useful information on this record is that he was born in Kent. The only birth found in the 1830’s for a birth in Kent was a John Richard Trueman (note spelling with an ‘e’) born 4th quarter of 1838, a year later than his age indicated on both marriage and death records. This has been entered as his birth date but a great degree of uncertainty is attached to this.
If the Kent birth is correct there was a Sarah Truman (no ‘e’) living in The Street, Gillingham, Kent together with a son John, aged 2, in 1841 census. This could well be the John Richard Trueman birth registed Medway, Kent 4th quarter, 1838. There is no husband or father recorded on the birth index, however there is a christening record (spelling without ‘e’) which indicates father’s name as Benjamin, not John viz:-
Name: John Richard Truman
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1838 (could be 1837)
Christening Date: 9 Dec 1838
Christening Place: Gillingham, Kent, England
Father's Name: Benjamin Truman
Mother's Name: Sarah
(source: IGI Place: Gillingham, Kent, England; Date Range: 1813 - 1882; Film Number: 1042491.)
The address given by both Richard & Mary Wise, at the time of their marriage is 14 New Street. The best fit found for this 14, New Street, St Martin In The Fields, Westminster which is recorded as Public house in 1861.
Medical notes for Richard TRUMAN
Died in house file whist trying to rescue son.
Notes for Mary Wise (Spouse 1)
(Research):probable kin, their wives and children
1883/5039 Hiscock ´Maud Alice Mary Emma Frank
death above 1918/3764 Hiscock Frank 78Y (born cir 1840)
1885/12532 Hiscock Ada Mary Elizabeth William (can't find death)
1883/5039 Hiscock ´Maud Alice Mary Emma Frank
death above 1918/3764 Hiscock Frank 78Y (born cir 1840)
1885/12532 Hiscock Ada Mary Elizabeth William (can't find death)
Notes for Richard & Mary Wise (Family)
children by 1873 = seven
Richard (eldest) & George (born England)
Alice May born 1867/319 plus 4 others (require further research)
perhaps some of these
1866/7590 Truman Arthur Charles
1869/9401 Truman Frank
1871/10233 Truman Amy
1873/11462 Truman Thomas Henry
1874/12947 Truman Gilbert Mark
also later
1878/8775 Ernest Henry
1880/10517 Frederick Henley
1883/7700 Mary Ellen
and
1886 Maud (can’t find on-line) born same year father died
Richard (eldest) & George (born England)
Alice May born 1867/319 plus 4 others (require further research)
perhaps some of these
1866/7590 Truman Arthur Charles
1869/9401 Truman Frank
1871/10233 Truman Amy
1873/11462 Truman Thomas Henry
1874/12947 Truman Gilbert Mark
also later
1878/8775 Ernest Henry
1880/10517 Frederick Henley
1883/7700 Mary Ellen
and
1886 Maud (can’t find on-line) born same year father died