Henry James O’KANE (1887 – 1971)
Name
Henry James O'KaneGender
MaleBirthdate
1887Birthplace
Country Derry, IrelandMarriage(s)
30 April 1914
New Zealand
Mary Margaret O'Kane
25 August 1918
Boleran, Garvagh, Ireland
Ellen Mary O'Kane
Date of death
24 April 1971Place of death
HastingsPartner(s)
- Mary Margaret O'Kane, nee Goode (1892-1916)
- Ellen Mary O'Kane
Children
Biography
Arrived in New Zealand from County Derry, Ireland, 1912
Returned to Ireland 1918 and married Ellen Mary Doherty
Went back to Ireland with wife and four children about 1927 to look after the farm as Henry’s father unwell; Mary born in Ireland
The family returned to New Zealand with Henry James working his passage, both ways, shovelling coal, about 1929 or early 1930
Worked at Tomoana and Waikoko Gardens
Lived at 614 Williams Street, Hastings
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