John Fry KITCHING

1831 - 1898  (67 years)

• Name	John Fry KITCHING
  Birth	1831	Wells, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1898	Roxburgh (Otago) New Zealand
  Person ID	I1296	Weeks and Teeks | The TEEK Family
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Stephen Fry KITCHING   d. 19 May 1838
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine TEEK,   b. 13 Jan 1796, Dulcote Out-Parish, Wells, Somerset d. 9 May 1873, Wells, Somerset, England (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Apr 1822	St. Cuthbert's Church, Wells, Somerset
  Family ID	F392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Martin SANDEMAN,   b. 1862, Dundee, Scotland d. 21 May 1948, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1882	Home of Alexander Thomson, Greenvale, Otago NZ
  Children	1. Elizabeth Mabel Gertrude KITCHING,   b. 17 May 1883, Tapanui, New Zealand d. 1944, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Katherine Frances KITCHING,   b. 16 Jan 1885, Tapanui, New Zealand d. 1963, Whangarei, New Zealand (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Osbaldeston KITCHING,   b. 1886, Tapanui, New Zealand d. 24 Apr 1951, Tapanui, New Zealand (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Adelaide Sarah KITCHING,   b. 1896  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2018

  
  

• Notes

  J F Kitching had a colourful career including being a miner, owning race horses, several properties and building the 1st Beaumont Hotel. Together with his syndicate he owned the Beaumont Bridge and Hotel until the bridge was swept away in the 1878 flood. Following this he operated a punt across the river charging an exorbitant price. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Roxburgh Cemetery, NZ.