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Hutt Valley Biographical Index and Genealogies website www.hbig.gen.nz Evening Post 24 Jul 1869 In the Supreme Court of New Zealand – Wellington District In the matter of the Bankruptcy Acts, 1867 and 1868; and in the matter of Joseph Percy, of the Lower Hutt, in the province of Wellington, miller, an insolvent. Notice is hereby given that Joseph Percy of the Lower Hutt, in the province of Wellington, miller, did this day file in the Supreme Court, at Wellington, a declaration of insolvency. Dated at Wellington, twenty-third of July, 1869. J. G. Allan, Solicitor for Joseph Percy. Evening Post 21 Sep 1869 Sale of Mixed Poultry at the Hutt. Mr James Smith will sell at the Korokoro Mill, Petoni, by instructions from the trustee of Joseph Percy’s estate, on Wednesday, 22 nd September, without reserve, 200 (more or less) Fowls of various kinds. Terms cash. Sale at 2 o’clock. Evening Post 06 Oct 1873 Death On the 4 th inst., at the residence of Mr William Cleland, Taita, Esther Percy, relict of the late Joseph Hewlett Percy, of the Koro Koro, Hutt, aged 74 years. Evening Post 11 Sep 1883 Funeral Notice The Friends of Mr Joseph Percy are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of his late son, Frederick Richard, which will leave Petone for the Taita Cemetery at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 th September, 1883. E. & A. Collett, Undertakers. Petone, 11 th September. Evening Post 15 Mar 1886 Death and Funeral Notice On 14 th March, 1886, at his residence, Petone, after a short illness, Joseph Percy, aged 64 years 6 months; deeply regretted. Wairarapa and Home papers please copy. The Friends of Mr Joseph Percy are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave his late residence, Petone, for the Taita Cemetery, on Tuesday, 16 th March, at 3 p.m. E. & A. Collett, Undertakers. Evening Post 01 Nov 1901 Death On 1 st November, 1901, at her residence, Hutt-road, Petone, Annie Maria, widow of the late Joseph Percy, in her 73 rd year. Otago Daily Times 17 Feb 1910 Personal Mr J. H. Percy, who died at Petone last week, formed one of the guard-of-honour that escorted the Duke of Edinburgh from Wellington to Upper Hutt, when his Royal Highness visited New Zealand some 46 years ago. He was born in Petone over 50 years ago, and spent the whole of his life in the district. His father, the late Mr Joseph Percy, arrived in New Zealand by the ‘Clifton’ in 1841. Mr Percy is survived by his wife and 10 children – six daughters and four sons. HBIG A-Z Percy Last updated 16 February 2013 Page 2 of 5
Hutt Valley Biographical Index and Genealogies website www.hbig.gen.nz Evening Post 12 Jan 1914 Death On the 11 th January, 1914, at his mother’s residence, 164, Hutt-road, Petone, Arthur Everest, beloved son of Mrs Ada and late Joseph Percy, aged 19 years and 9 months. Private interment. Funeral on Tuesday, 13 th January, 1914, at 1.30 p.m. for Taita Cemetery. Evening Post 03 Feb 1934 Mr W. J. Percy The death of Mr Walter John Percy, a member of the well-known family in the Hutt Valley, occurred yesterday. The late Mr Percy was born in Petone 73 years ago. He was the son of the late Mr Joseph Percy and was educated at the state school in Lower Hutt. Early in his career he was a builder and contractor, and with his brothers built quite a number of the houses in the Hutt Valley in the early days. He was once a keen cricketer, rifle shot, and fisherman. He had been retired for a considerable number of years, and with his brothers lived on a beautiful property above the Hutt Road. He was of a retiring disposition and of strong conservative political principles. He was a single man and was survived by two brothers, Messrs William and Arthur Percy. The Percy brothers have perhaps the finest collection of native flora to be found in one area in the Dominion, and the collection and preservation of native flora was an absorbing passion in the life of the late Mr Percy. No trouble or expense was too great for him in obtaining new specimens, and not only specimens from the whole of New Zealand, but rare specimens from the outlying islands are among the collection on the hillside at Petone. On one occasion he and his brothers watched over two rare seeds for three years, and felt amply rewarded when at last one of them germinated. The late Mr Percy was the promoter of a recent petition to Parliament, asking that it be made a penal offence for anyone to destroy native flora by taking it from its natural habitat. Evening Post 20 Jul 1935 Mr William Percy The death has occurred in a private hospital of Mr William Alfred Percy, a member of one of the pioneer families of Petone, in his 82 nd year. The father of Mr William Percy, Mr Joseph Percy, in the early days of the district, leased a mill on the Korokoro Stream, where the Woollen Mills now stand, and his son, who has just died, used to help him. There was another mill, run by Mr Henry Percy, off the Hutt Road, and when the owner removed to Masterton it was unoccupied for a number of years. Eventually, when the mill at the Korokoro Stream was leased, Mr Joseph Percy took over his relative’s mill, which still stands in Old Mill Road. The family lived in a house near the end of the Petone side of the Hutt Road ramp, but when the railway was put through the house was taken to pieces. Some of the timber in this house was taken from the first Hutt Bridge. The house was never re-erected, although the timber is still there, the family living in what is known as Percy’s Gully, in really beautiful grounds. In the early days of Petone’s development many of the houses in the Hutt Valley were built by the late Mr Percy’s brothers. The family also owned a considerable amount of land, which they subdivided. When Mr Joseph Percy came out to New Zealand in 1840 he brought an acorn with him and planted it. The oak was the oldest in the Wellington Province, and the only other one in New Zealand believed to be older is in the North Auckland district. When the railway was put through Mr Percy’s tree was cut down 2ft from the ground by employees of the Public Works Department. The butt was then uprooted, with very little of the roots remaining, and was left lying about for four months. Then, at the instigation of Mr William Percy, it was replanted near the old mill, carefully watered every day, took root, and now is about 15ft high. The late Mr William Percy was an expert horticulturalist. He was an extremely retiring man. Of the original family, which consisted of Joseph, Frederick, John, James, William and Arthur (sons) and Lucy and Adelaide (daughters), Arthur is the only one now alive. HBIG A-Z Percy Last updated 16 February 2013 Page 3 of 5
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