Arthur Charles DENTON

Date of Birth: 
15 Aug 1881
Date of Death: 
30 Jul 1956

Arthur was born at Oxford, near Christchurch.

He married Ada Cole (nee Henderson) (born at Greytown in 1875) at Levin in 1916.

Her first husband Joseph Cole died in 1911. At that stage she had six daughters & two sons, all under the age of 10.

Arthur & Ada had two sons.

Three step son-in-laws, Harold Jepson, Thomas Gee & Alfred Fogden, served in WW1. One step son, Huia Cole, served in WW2.

In 1911 Arthur was a farmer at Koputaroa. By 1928 he is farming at Otaki, where they both lived for the rest of their lives.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
Arthur Charles Denton, Thomas Charles Denton, Helen White, Ada Sarah Henderson, Joseph Cole, Una Marcia Cole, Harold John Jepson, Thomas Alfred Gee, Marian Alice Gee, Leah Vida Cole, Alfred Joseph Fogden, Ella Joyce Cole, Wilfred Lawrence Anderson, Weva Zillah Cole, George Raymond Percival Bills, Mavis Ada Cole, John Gordon Baron, ? Whitley, Camden Chelsea (Lyell) Cole, Magdaline Mary Arnold, Huia Basil Cole, Ethel May Barrowman, Doreen Louise Cole, Loloma Cole, Guy McGiffert Cleland, Arnold Arthur Denton, Phyllis Adelaide Masters, Stanley Ernest (Shirley) Denton, Minnie Agnes MacKenzie.