William George TUSTIN
Date of Birth:
26 Jun 1857
Date of Death:
29 Apr 1934
William was born at Sheffield in England.
He came to NZ on the 'Matoaka' with his parents in 1859.
He married Harriet Pilcher (born at Wellington in 1860) at Wellington in 1879.
They 4 sons & three daughters. One daughter died in her teens & the other two never married.
Three sons served in WW1, Frederic, Ernest & John. A grandson, John Ross Tustin was killed in WW2.
William started as a painter, then and oil & colour merchant.
Son Frederick followed as a painter and then retired to live in Parker Ave, Levin, turning 100 in May 1988. He is buried in Levin.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
William George Tustin, William Tustin, Harriet Elizabeth Dixon, Harriet Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pilcher, Henry John Pilcher, Marian Martha Moy, William Henry Tustin, Alice Maud Helen Ross, Mary Taskas Harris, Emily Mabel (Tussie) Tustin, Evangelina (Lilla) Tustin, Frederic Charles Tustin, Elizabeth Mary (Mae) Shaw/e, Helen (Nellie) Payne, Arthur Herbert Phipps, Harry Alphone Tregea Gallagher, Ernest Bolton Tustin, Cora Evelyn Curtis, Lice Lydia Tustin, John Catchpool Tustin, Zillah Isabel Lucas.