Arrived in New Zealand abt 1863/1865
Son of James OWENS and Mary BLAYNEY of Wicklow. Father was apothocarry.
Marriage to Sara Maria MACMANUS-KERR, (born 1858 Fermanagh, Ireland. (1858-1913) was at residence of John Hunt , French Farm, near Little River. NZ Witness to marriage were Stephen HUNT, farmer, Barry's Bay. Elizabeth HUNT and Duncan M LUCAS
Listed as Bushman at marriage, at death was a coal merchant living at 2 Alfred Stret, Chch. Death 20 September 1923. Buried Lynwood Cemetery
Listed in ChCh Wise's PO Directory as living in St Aspeth Street, Chch in 1901, 1904, 1910, 1913
Was WW1 Army reserve 1917 2nd Division. Motorman living at Alfred Street.
Brother William John Henry OWENS also immigrated to NZ. Possibly 1867 on board "Lancashire Witch". (1840-1925)
William never married.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Aug 1841 | |
| Date of Death | 1st Sep 1923 | VIEW SOURCE |
