Girthon BLYTHE
Date of Birth:
13 Dec 1881
Date of Death:
26 Jul 1968
Girthon was born in England.
He cam to NZ with his parents & siblings, in Sep 1900, arriving in Wellington on the "Tomoana".
He married Mary Twohill (born in 1871) in 1905.
They had two sons & two daughters, one of whom was born in Levin.
Girthon served in the Boer War & also WW1.
He started his working life as a draper in Wellington, then went farming. He was in Levin for at least two years, farming, before moving to Auckland, Waimauku, Wanganui & finally to Napier as a service station proprietor.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Girthon Blythe, William Robert Blythe, Fanny Maria Robertson, Mary Catherine (Kate) Twohill, Edmond Twohill, Catherine Roughan, Girthon William Blythe, Olga Irene Dubbelt, Kathleen Mary Blythe, Moira Cecilia Blythe, Giacomo John James (Jack) Barnao, Patrick Joseph Blythe, Roma May Blythe.