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Surname: 
Gliddon
Given names: 
Rachel
Given address: 
King Street
Sheet No: 273
Town/Suburb: 
Timaru
City/Region: 
South Canterbury

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.

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Will ESLER

Posted: 29 May 2016

the late Trevor GLIDDON (1926-2014) recorded his grandmother Rachel GLIDDON nee AGNEW's birthdate as 17 May 1856, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Will ESLER

Posted: 27 May 2016

Rachel Knox GLIDDON nee AGNEW b. Antrim ca. 1857. d. 1935, arr. NZ on Waipa 11 Dec. 1878 m. 3 April 1879 James GLIDDON b. Devon 1845 d. 1928 arr. NZ 1875 ex Royal Navy. Family legend has it that James carried Rachel ashore when she landed at Timaru. James was Timaru's 'night soil' collector and a roading contractor around 1893. They were a strict Brethren family (but in an openish faction). Mother of 6 incl. Wm. John KIA Somme 14 July 1916 Sgt NZEF #8/1994. A handsome but stern woman known as "Mrs GLIDDON" rather than Aunty to her nieces and nephews.