Brief Life History of Matthew
When Matthew Vesty was born about 1846, his father, Samuel Vesty, was 25 and his mother, Mary Smith, was 29. He married Mary Watson Catanach in 1874, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 2 June 1936, in New Zealand, at the age of 91, and was buried in Hastings Cemetery and Crematorium, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Matthew Vesty, "Find A Grave Index"
- Matthew Vesty, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
- Matthew Vesty in entry for Rubina Vesty, "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
Spouse and Children
1846–1936 Male
1856–1942 Female
Children (12)
1875–1952 Female
1877–1950 Female
1879–1966 Male
1881–1970 Female
1883–1980 Female
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1822–1866 Male
1818–1889 Female
Siblings (8)
1844–1846 Male
1846–1936 Male
1848–1920 Male
1850–1919 Male
1851–1854 Male
+3 More Children
World Events (7)
1846 · The First Constitution Act
Age 0
1858
Age 12
1876
Age 30
Name Meaning
English: probably a variant of Vasey with intrusive -t- ( compare Lenfestey ). The 14th-century Poll Tax forms cited below may be early examples or may represent misreadings of orthographically similar -t- for -c-.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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