Henry Maurice KIRBY
Date of Birth:
c 1877
Date of Death:
28 Dec 1951
Henry was born at Wamate.
He married Catherine Lowry (born at Oamaru in 1877) in 1900.
They had five sons & three daughters. two sons & one daughter died in infancy. The daughter is buried in Levin.
Two sons, Noel & John, & two sons-in-law, Edward Horan & Leonard Stanaway, served in WW2.
Henry started out as a bottler in Wellington & then became a police constable. He remained a constable for the rest of his career. he served in Levin from at least 1905 to 1908, then Wairoa, Whitianga, finishing up in Hamilton.
His brother Charles was a blacksmith in Levin during the same period he was there.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Henry Maurice Kirby, Maurice Henry Kirby, Dorothea Moen Amundesen, Catherine Mabel (Kathleen) Lowry, John Edward Lowry, Mary Ann Macintosh, Henry John Kirby, Vena Dorothea Ruth Kirby, Patrick Anthony Courtney, Edward Andrew Horan, Agnes Lenore (Lena) Johnson, Leonard James Montrose Stanaway, Doris Eileen Kirby, Olga Irene Jessie Kirby, Clement Black, Robert Charles Kirby, Noel Henry Martin Kirby, Florence Taylor, Ronald Arthur Kirby, Rona Clare Benson, John James Kirby, Jessie Sybil Constance Sturm.