Brief Life History of Arthur Ernest Parnell
When Arthur Ernest Parnell Molesworth was born on 1 May 1870, in Paris, France, his father, Rev Samuel Molesworth 8th Viscount Molesworth, was 40 and his mother, Lady Georgina Charlotte Cecil Gossett, was 30. He married Nellie Maud Banks on 28 November 1910, in New Zealand. He lived in Fawkham, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Little Petherick, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 2 September 1951, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 81, and was buried in Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Arthur E Molesworth in household of Visct Molesworth, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Arthur Ernest Parnell Molesworth, "Find A Grave Index"
- Arthur Ernest Parnell Molesworth, "New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844-1963"
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1880
Originally the Glen Eden area had not been planned for close settlement. Early maps show the area cut up into blocks of 50 to 100 acres...Pre-1880, there were families living scattered in Glen Eden, then known as Waikumete. The Main occupation of the early settlers was farming and nursery work. The clay soils of Waikumete were conducive to the brick making that was done along the Whau creek...In later years Bullock teams were used to haul the logs from the foothills of the Waitakere Ranges.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1893
New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Huntingdonshire, named in Old English from the personal name Mūl (genitive Mūles) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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