Henry SUNLEY
Date of Birth:
c 1872
Date of Death:
3 Feb 1947
Henry was born at Bathurst in Australia. He came to NZ around age 16.
He married Mary Knapman (born c 1874) at Gisborne in 1898.
They had 4 sons & 5 daughters. The 1st son died in infancy.
The other 3 sons all served in WW2 with Wilfred losing his life when his ship was torpedoed.
The other two are buried at Levin.
Three son-in-laws also served, Harold Crewe in WW1 & Arthur Kershaw & Ivan Craven in WW2.
Henry was a butcher by trade. He started in Gisborne & then moved to Longburn around 1905. He then tried farming, briefly, at Manakau before moving to Levin as a labourer around 1919. He moved to Ackland around 1931, first as a shopkeeper & then as a labourer.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Henry Sunley, Robert Maxwell Sunley, Selina Roberts, Mary Jane Knapman, John James Knapman, Sarah Jane Wheeler, William Henry Sunley, Thomas Henry Sunley, Dorothy Ann Dean, Kathleen Mary Sunley, William Harold Sunley, Ada Mary Rhoda Sunley, Myrtle Jane Sunley, Harold Frederick Crewe, Robert Knapman Sunley, Olive Florence Sunley, Vivian Thomas Rogers, Ruth May Sunley, Arthur Eric Kershaw, Annie Elizabeth Sunley, Ivan Onslow Robert John Craven.