kiwi bint family.htm

	Descendants of the Berkshire Bints				Mainly about Philip & Charlotte Bint's Descendants The Rawlinson, Allman, Porter, Soanes, Hayward, Hannam, Hooper, Gallagher, Challenger, Smith & Sutton families
	THE VOYAGE THE ALLMANS PHILIP'S BERKSHIRE FAMILY CHARLOTTE'S ALBUM OLD TARATA PHOTOGRAPHS AN 1898 LETTER FROM HOME GEORGE BINT PHILIP BINT & ELIZA DAY EDWARD HAYWARD & CHARLOTTE BINT WALTER & LILLIAN BINT SYDNEY SMITH & CATHERINE BINT JAMES BINT & ELLEN STRATFORD LESTER & ROSA BINT WILLIAM & ROSE BERTHA BINT COUSIN ARTHUR SOANES & 1880s TARATA THE RAWLINSONS IRENE HANNAM'S LETTERS LORNA SMITH'S STORY TARANAKI MIGRANTS
					Believed to have been taken at the time of Philip's funeral in 1910 and his image added.
					Top row - Philip 1870, William 1880, Charlotte 1878, Lester 1887, Walter 1876, James 1874, Catherine 1892, Philip Thomas 1850, Charlotte 1853, George 1872, Bertha 1885. Our first proven ancestor was John Bint who married Mary Critcher at Shinfield, Berkshire in 1751. He claimed on a settlement document around that time to be from the next-door parish of Hurst and this was confirmed by his former neighbours. (Unfortunately there does not appear to be a record of his birth or ancestors.) They settled at the village of Shinfield and had five sons who reached adulthood. James 1754, Thomas 1769, and William 1772 are the three we know most about. Thomas Bint (1769) who married Sarah Appleton at Shinfield in 1796 and had six surviving children, was the father of Philip, and grand-father of Philip Thomas who migrated to New Zealand. Philip (1812) was named after his grandfather, farm-worker Philip Appleton (1747).

Philip (1812), married a postman's 32 year old widow Elizabeth Lailey in 1839. Elizabeth born in 1807 at the Hampshire village of Monk Sherborne, daughter of Joseph & Sarah Butler, married John Lailey (Lalley) at St James, Westminster, Middlesex in May 1829. They had at least 5 children, James (1831), Jane (1832), Andrew (1833-34), Emma (1834), Harriet (1836) and Ann Elizabeth (1838), before John's death and her marriage to Philip.

The spelling of the name 'Lailey' varies in a number of records. I have assumed this is the correct spelling taking it from Maria's birth certificate and several other records. Its also a fairly common surname in that part of Berkshire.

The 1841 census for Brookers Hill, near the church at Shinfield, shows Philip's occupation as "postman" possibly taking over the horse & cart left by Elizabeth's former husband. Their first child Sarah was born in 1840 and four more were added to the family by 1850. Only three survived, Sarah (1840), Maria (1847) and their only son Philip (1850).

All three children would eventually migrate to New Zealand, Sarah Soanes, Maria Meyer and Philip Bint.

The opening of the Great Western railway from Bristol through Reading to Paddington, West London's main terminal in 1841, changed his life in at least two ways. It meant that the fast growing postal service was gradually taken away from the horse & cart post delivery men. The trains however, gave speedier access to the prosperous and fast-growing West London area with its urgent need for building and laundry workers.

Philip and Elizabeth with their daughter Sarah (1840) moved to the recently built Kensal New Town in the Chelsea area of West London during the mid 1840s.They were living at 6 Hollings Cottages, East Row when Maria Bint was born on the 24th of August 1847.

West Row, Middle Row, East Row and part of Southern Row were laid out between 1841 and 1851 with small two-storey cottages, many with small front gardens. Kensal New Town still had something of a rural character, with many people keeping pigs and growing vegetables in their gardens. Pony-trotting and dog stealing were also said to be popular local pursuits.

The area, many of whose inhabitants were Irish, was dominated by the Western Gas Company and the huge Kensal Cemetery, both providing work but doing little to improve the environment.

Laundry work provided the principal source of employment for the inhabitants giving the area its nickname of ‘Soapsuds Island’. Many of the men being comfortably supported by the labours of their wives, while others were employed at the gasworks.

By 1850 Philip was back in his Berkshire home area. In 1851 he was listed as a farm worker living 3 or 4 miles away from Shinfield at Sandy Bottom, Barkham where his only son, Philip Thomas Bint, was born.



	This 1900 map shows Uxbridge Road north of Starch Green, Shepherds Bush in the Parish of Hammersmith. The block of streets on the extreme left which included Adelaide Road, Williams Terrace and Oaklands Grove, was the home of both Bint families till Philip Bint's death in 1875 and Philip and Charlotte's voyage to New Zealand in September 1876. The address on Philip Thomas Bint's 1870 birth certificate was 2 Oaklands Villas, Uxbridge Road. We have no indication of how long they stayed in Berkshire but in 1861 the census records that the family, minus Sarah who had married Henry Soanes in 1860, were back in West London. Now they were living at Cornwall Road (Cornwall Terrace today), Notting Hill. By 1866 they had moved to Adelaide Road, Shepherds Bush in the parish of Hammersmith. (see map) The 1871 census shows 59 year old bricklayer's labourer Philip Bint and wife Elizabeth was still living at Adelaide Road and his 20 year old son Philip Thomas, with wife Charlotte who was 19, and 11 month old Philip Thomas jnr, living nearby at Williams Terrace. Philip Thomas's occupation was listed as "journeyman carpenter" and Charlotte's as "laundress". He had married 17 year old Charlotte Allman at St Peter's Church, Shepherds Bush in 1869.

	At that time there must have been contact with Christchurch, New Zealand, as Philip Thomas's elder sister Sarah Bint, who married Oxfordshire builder's son Henry Soanes at Paddington in 1860, had migrated there on the "Lancashire Witch" with their two children, Henry and John, in 1863. In all they were to have at least seven children, Henry Albert Soanes (1859), John (1863), Philip Walter (1867), Herbert (1870), Harriet (1872), Rose (1880), and Ethel (1882). One of the grand-children was Montague Harry Holcroft the prominent New Zealand journalist and author. Henry Soanes, who was successfully involved in building homes at Christchurch, was in a position to help Philip Thomas & family, with accommodation and work, should they choose to migrate. In 1875 Philip Thomas's father died. A year later his family, now with 3 sons, were on their way to New Zealand. The Voyage of the Lancashire Witch 1863
			The Lancashire Witch made her first passage to Lyttelton in 1863, and the 420 immigrants who embarked at London experienced a very trying and anxious time. Shortly after her departure scarlet fever broke out, and before reaching Lyttelton three adults and 23 children died and were buried at sea.


	Charlotte Allman (1852-1938)		Eliza Edwards (1829)
	The Allman and Edwards Families Charlotte Allman was born at Hammersmith in 1852, the daughter of dairyman Richard Allman (1828) who was from Wraysbury in Buckinghamshire and Suffolk born Eliza Edwards (1829). Dairyman Richard Allman was born at Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire (now in Berkshire) around 1831, just across the River Thames from Windsor. His father was labourer George Allman and his mother Ann was from nearby Thorpe, near Egham, just over the County border in Surrey. Richard married Eliza Edwards from Wrentham, Suffolk at Kensington, West London on September 29th 1851.They had at least five children Charlotte Allman (1852), William (1855), Eliza [Jane] (1858), Robert (1865) and Alfred (1868). The first three were born at Hammersmith, and the others at Shepherds Bush. Eliza was the daughter of Sampson Edwards who was baptised at Halesworth, Suffolk on the 25th October 1802. He was the son of Sampson and Mary. (no birth dates available) Sampson married Hannah Ashford from Frostenden Suffolk at Frostenden in Oct 1827. Their children were .. Mary Edwards baptised Wrentham 6th of October 1828 Elizabeth Edwards baptised 23rd May 1830 at Wrentham. Sampson Edwards 1831 baptised at Wrentham on 26th of November 1831. Phoebe Edwards 1841 Marylebone, Middlesex Sampson's wife Hannah died sometime between 1851 - 1856 and he re-married at Kensington in the December Qtr of 1857. She was Elizabeth Winslade from Richmond in Surrey and born October 2nd 1822. Elizabeth was 20 years younger than Sampson. They had one child Jane born at Notting Hill, London in 1858. Sampson's occupation in 1851, was 'carman' ( a sort of horse-drawn taxi driver), in 1861 horse-keeper, and from 1871 a self employed laundry man. The 1881 census records him as employing 13 women in his laundry at Acton Green, Middlesex. Sampson died in January 1891. Charlotte's brothers, Robert Allman (1865) and Alfred Allman (1868) remained in the London area. Robert married Florence Annie Younger (1864) from Boston, Lincolnshire at Fulham, West London in 1893. The couple had a shoe repair and sales business in High Street, Chiswick. They had six children. Motor and cycle engineer Alfred married Paddington born Florence Annie Dover (1867), at Fulham in 1893. They appear to have been childless but had a niece, Daisy Dover (1897), living with them.

	Charlotte (centre) as a worker with the Hygienic Laundry (Does anyone know its location?)



	19 year old Philip and 17 year old Charlotte's 1869 marriage at St Peter's, Shepherds Bush. Both were listed as 'minors'.

	Charlotte's locket (from Stephanie's collection) Charlotte's sister, Elisa Allman (1859-1951), also went to New Zealand and married Philip's nephew, Henry Albert Soanes, at Christchurch in 1880. (see ARTHUR SOANES & 1880s TARATA) They had three sons, Arthur Soanes (1881), Bertie (1883) and Frank (1886). Philip Bint and Charlotte were to have ten children. The one not alive when the family photo was taken was Charles Henry Bint who was born in 1884 but only lived for seven years. When originally given the group photo several years ago I was told that according to some family recollections it was taken at the time of Philip's funeral and that his image was superimposed. The photo below of a younger Philip and Charlotte from Stephanie Santaana's collection appears to confirm that.
	All the family agree that Charlotte was used to hard work. In 1871 at 19 years old, when she and Philip with 11 months old Philip Thomas were living at Oaklands Grove just off the busy Uxbridge Road at Shepherds Bush, she described her occupation as 'laundress'. At that time her in-laws Philip Bint aged 59, and Elizabeth 61, lived just around the corner in Williams Terrace. Only half a mile away her grandfather Sampson Edwards had a laundry business and he may possibly have employed her. From her parents she would also have had a fair knowledge of the dairy business. Their plans to migrate to New Zealand where Philip's elder sister Sarah, with her husband Henry Soanes had lived since sailing on the "Lancashire Witch" in 1863, did not turn to reality until after their father Philip's death in 1875. Charlotte's sister Elisa Allman (1859-1951) was another family member in New Zealand who had also married into the Soanes family.
			Philip & Charlotte

	Philip Thomas Bint was a 26 year old carpenter, when he and his pregnant wife Charlotte 23, sons Philip 6, George 4, and James 2, left London for New Zealand on September 9^th,1876,with a Government assisted passage. At the time of Philip's family's arrival the Soanes family were already well established in Christchurch's building industry and it was to one of their houses at St Albans that he and Charlotte first moved. They were later to live further south at Dunsandel where, according to Irene Hannam's family recollections, Charlotte went back to laundry work. One of Philip's grand-daughters Jean Sutton, recalled that for a number of years Charlotte worked at a boys school. Lester Bint was born in August 1887 and the family were again living at St Albans (Crescent Road). He was baptised at St Matthew's Church with his 2 year old sister Bertha on the 6th of November that year.
	Charlotte always went back to her laundry work. It is said, after each confinement, Charlotte had a board placed across her bed so she could carry on with the starching and ironing of lace etc. "One of George Bint’s grandchildren (sorry can’t remember who) gave us the following. Philip and Charlotte Bint lived in Christchurch where they operated a laundry. George Bint delivered the starched fronts and stiff collars to the owners. He also served an apprenticeship to the boot trade." Ron & Rae Bint Charlotte was also an expert seamstress and made suits for all her sons until they turned 21. She was a local midwife when they moved to Tarata, forded flooded streams with 50lbs of stores on her back and sewed up a gash in a labourer's leg with needle and cotton. Their Tarata property was named "Avondale Farm". She died in New Plymouth on the 19th of February 1938.

			Extracts from Charlotte's Bint's shipmates' twenty-eight verse poem. "We crossed the Line November the 9th. And had a pleasant breeze The next we saw Gough Island Which lies south 40 degrees So now we had some children born Until November the 21st Which made the number just the same As when the voyage begun. She gave birth to Walter on the 20th of November. Still bravely sailed our vessel on, Up till December 23rd For four long weeks we have nothing seen Excepting fish and birds Again pale death has found us out Though far away from shore And took eleven souls at sundry times We trust he'll come no more. On January the Second, the cry is "land in sight" While men and women crowd the deck Half frantic with delight Hurrah for New Zealand Which we wished for long in vain May God protect us on the land As well as on the main! It was around 1890 that the Bint family moved up to the North Island and settled on 453 acres at Tarata, Taranaki. Tenth child Catherine (Kate) was born there in July 1892. At 23 years of age she was to marry a 37 year old widowed politician, 37 year old Sydney Smith, at New Plymouth in 1915.
	Bertha, Kate and Lester at Tarata

	Charlotte Bint and passenger

	One of George Bint’s grandchildren (sorry can’t remember who) gave us the following. Philip and Charlotte Bint lived in Christchurch where they operated a laundry. George Bint delivered the starched fronts and stiff collars to the owners. He also served an apprenticeship to the boot trade. The Bint family took up 453 acres on Kohete Road, Taranaki in 1890. They arrived in New Plymouth by boat with vats for cheese making, cheese press, a separator called Alexandra, a churn, Swiss-made side saddle, stumping jacks and furniture. They moved to Ingelwood by train then carted by Joe George’s wagon to Kaimata past five houses and over three rivers which fortunately had bridges. The house consisted of four rooms of adzed weatherboard, lined with scrim and newspaper. A shingle roof, iron chimney with bars across to hang the camp oven and big boilers for vegetables. Ron & Rae Bint
			Mt Egmont from Stratford in 1906


	Philip, Charlotte and Kate at Tarata around 1908		Bint's home at Lemon Street, New Plymouth after Philip's death in 1910.

	From Charlotte's album
	*Hello* - I recently came across your site on the Bint family and was intrigued to find the names of two Soanes brothers, Arthur and Henry who, I think, bought a farm across the road from my great-grandfather, William Jordan, who had a farm on Kupara Road backing onto the Soanes Brothers' farm. I also believe that his daughter, Louisa Jordan (my great aunt who lived with us for a time) married another brother, John Soanes, in Christchurch. Am I talking of the same family? *Sincerely Warwick Armstrong warwick@waitrose.com 18th of April 2011*


	Philip Thomas Bint's 1850 birthplace. Sandy Bottom, Sandy Lane in 1995. Wokingham is 1.5 miles to the right. Arborfield a similar distance to the left.


	Philip Bint and two of his sons producing building planks at their saw-pit near Tarata


	The Bint home at Tarata with young Kate around 1897		Charlotte with Kate, Sydney Smith and Lorna

Mainly about Philip & Charlotte Bint's Descendants