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home page		 These photos are in the order of the birth of the Gemming children.
The surnames are: CHAMBERS, HOSKING, JENNER,
Frederick, Tom, T John and Nellie GEMMING and HALL		 Name index
Charles Bernhard GEMMING Agnes Cecilia GEMMING nee HOLLIS Portraits of Charles and Agnes Gemming at the time of their marriage at St George's Church, Thames in 1878.
Photographer W. H. Reed, Grahamstowm, Thames.
Left:  Charles Bernhard Gemming (1855-1932) son of Nicolaus Gemming and Christina (nee Turner) of Victoria and Thames.
Mine manager of Thames and Waihi.
Right:  Agnes Cecilia Gemming, (1858-1946) daughter of William Hollis and Agnes (nee Graham) of Coromandel and Thames.
Home, Tararu, Thames Family before Tom left for WW1 1915 Left:  The Gemming home at Tararu, Thames.   From left: Agnes (nee Graham), Nita (md. Mellor), Agnes (nee Hollis), Fred (baby), Lynn (md. Hosking), Cissie (md. Chambers), Charlie (C.W,G.G), Charles Bernhard.
Right:  The family about 1915 just before Tom went to war.
Back row: Corralie M J (md. Jenner), Nita Pearl (md. Mellor), Thomas Alfred Clare, Middle row: Aileen Isabel (Lyn) (md. Hosking), Charles Bernhard Gemming, Agnes Cecilia (nee Hollis), Front row: Uncertain,   possibly Edna Doreen (md. Hall) and two Hosking children.
Charles Bernhard and Agnes Cecilia Gemming Charles Bernhard and Agnes Cecilia Gemming Left and right

Charles Bernard Gemming (1855-1932) and Agnes Cecilia (nee Hollis) (1858-1946) in their later years.
The photo on the right was taking on 22 October 1924 at the wedding of Doreen Gemming and Selwyn Hall.
Agnes Graham and her sister Agnes Graham Agnes Graham Agnes Cecilia Gemming (nee Hollis) and two of her Hollis relations

Left:  Agnes Cecelia Gemming (Hollis) and her sister Aileen Huett (Hollis) daughters of Agnes Hollis (nee Graham).
Middle and Right:  Agnes HOLLIS (nee GRAHAM) mother of Agnes Cecilia GEMMING.

Photographers: Foy Brothers, Thames and Hanna 124 Queen St Auckland.
Aileen Isabel Hosking Aileen Isabell Hoskng Richard Gladstone Hosking HOSKING FAMILY

Left and middle:  Aileen Isabel (Lynn) Hosking (nee Gemming) (1881-1956).
Right:  Richard Gladstone Hosking (1884-1957) husband of Lynn and his grandson, John Burgess.
family boat trip Rotorua Hosking children HOSKING FAMILY

Left:  Burgess & Reid family group Rotorua with James Bruce Burgess at the bow and Murray Reid standing in the stern.


Right:  Winifred Joyce, Gwendoline Mary, Aileen Myra and Richard Charles (Dick) Hosking.
R G Hosking at Gisborne with hose and cart R G Hosking and his mother HOSKING FAMILY

Left:  Richard Gladstone Hosking at Gisborne.
Right:  James Bruce Burgess & his mother.
Frederick Gemming snr. Frederick Gemming snr. and family Fred E Gemming left end middle row 1908 Maniapoto Reps Frederick Effrice GEMMING FAMILY

Left:  Frederick Effrice Gemming (1887-1941).
Middle:  From left: Graham, Jack, Clara, Fred and Fred Snr.
Right:  1908 Maniapoto Rugby Reps (Te Kuiti)
Fred Gemming on left middle row.
Frederick Effrice Gemming and his mother Frederick Effrice Gemming with Army troup at Trentham Frederick Effrice GEMMING FAMILY

Left:  Frederick Effrice Gemming and his mother, Agnes Cecilia Gemming (nee Hollis).
Right:  WW1 Army reinforcements in Trentham Camp. Standing second from left is Frederick E. Gemming.
Frederick Gemming and Maggie Smith Frederick and Maggie and wedding party Frederick E. GEMMING first marriage

Left:  Frederick Effrice Gemming wedding to Maggie Smith on 12 December 1917 at Little Ilford (now Manor Park) Essex, England.
Right:  The wedding party   Left to Right:
Sitting: Richard Smith, Maggie Smith, Frederick Gemming, Gertrude Smith, child Ken,
Standing: Gertrude Smith, possibly Sarah and husband Harry Smith and Kate Smith.
Maggie died in Greytown, New Zealand on 14 November 1918. She had accompanied Frederick on his return from active service earlier in the year.
Frederick Gemming and Clara Bishoprick Frederick Gemming and Clara Bishoprick Fred E Gemming and his mother Agnes Cecilia Gemming Frederick E. GEMMING second marriage

Left:  Frederick Effrice Gemming wedding to Alexandra Clara Bishoprick on 3 July 1920 at St John's Church, Te Puke.
Middle:  Fred and Clara on their wedding day.
Right:  Frederick Effrice Gemming and his mother, Agnes Cecilia Gemming (nee Hollis).
Fred and Clara wedding group Fred and Clara wedding group at house Frederick E. GEMMING second marriage

Left:  From left: Charles Bishoprick, Maria Bishoprick (nee Hopkins), their daughter, Clara, Frederick Gemming, bridesmaid Miss Calvert and groomsman name unknown.
Right:  The wedding breakfast was held at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs Bishoprick at Te Puke.
Nita Mellor and baby Betty Nita Mellor and her mother Marriage of Nita Gemming and Cyril Glover Mellor MELLOR FAMILY

Left:  Nita Mellor (nee Gemming) and her first child, Betty Cecilia, born in 1920.
Middle:  Nita Mellor and her mother, Agnes Gemming (nee Hollis).
Right:  Wedding of Nita Pearl Gemming and Cyril Glover Mellor.
From left: Doreen Gemming (m Hall), Charles W. Graham ?, Charles Gemming, groom, bride, Reginald M. Rhodes ? and Nellie May Huett
Brothers notice Auckland 11 11 2018 Gemming crosses Auckland 11 11 2018 Tom and John T GEMMING

Left:  Notice at the Auckland Museum on 11.11.2018 at the Two Brothers field, 634 sets of two brothers including 8 sets of twins.
Right:  12/1956 PTE. T.J. GEMMING (Theophilus John) and
12/359 PTE. T.A.C. GEMMING (Thomas Alfred Clare)
Brothers notice Auckland 11 11 2018 Gemming crosses Auckland 11 11 2018 Four GEMMING brothers at WW1

Left:  Chart showing the Gemming and Turner cousins descended from Margaret Walker's two marriages. John Laurie Turner was also in the NZ Army in England during WW1.
Right:  The Zealand memorial at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, with a statue of Ataturk (who spoke of the New Zealanders as "From the Uttermost ends of the Earth").
Four children of Frederick E. Gemming in 1969. Edna Doreen Hall (nee Gemming) Left:  Four children of Frederick E. Gemming in 1969.  From left: Charles Graham, Lois Clara (m. Pearson), mother Clara (nee Bishoprick), John Phillip (Jack) and Frederick Thomas Gemming.

Right:  The youngest Gemming child, Edna Doreen Hall (nee Gemming (1901-1971) who married Selwyn Eugene Hall.

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