John Jeffs
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Original information:
John Jeffs migrated to Canterbury when he was four with his parents, Charles Jeffs, an agricultural labourer (1830-1902), and Mary (26), his siblings Richard (4), Albert (2) and Sarah (infant), and his relatives Benjamin Jeffs, an agricultural labourer (1826-1903) and Elizabeth (25).
Charles Jeffs bought land at Templeton; Benjamin was granted a wine and beer licence in Kaiapoi and built the Sneyds Arms hotel in the 1860s.
In 1900, Charles was in Templeton; Richard and Benjamin were in Rink Stables, Dunedin; and John Jeffs was in Southbrook.
I’m directly descended from Charles & Mary Jeffs, and a correction if I might.
Charles, according to records I’ve got, was born in Hillesden, Buckinghamshire in 1826, not 1830.
You are correct. I checked his headstone and it says “departed this life April 19th 1902 aged 76 years”. Which makes his birth year 1826.
Some information on Mary has come to light as well.
See here a copy of the suffrage petition that Mary Jeffs signed (two lines above Kate Sheppard’s signature).