David Martin Cole

David Martin Cole

David Martin Cole b. Ireland 1836 d. Mangapai 1874 m. NZ 1859 to Catherine Moore b.? d.1887		Margaret Catherine Cole b. Whangarei 24/10/1860 died in infancy
		Foster Child Lucy Catherine Johnson b. Auck 1851 d. Waikiekie 1921 m. Mangapai 1872 to Robert Cassey Pigeon b. England 1836 d. Waikiekie 1910
		Foster Child Mary Maria Johnson b. NZ 1854 m. Waikiekie 1881 to Henry John Walker

David arrived in Mangapai in 1859
His sister Ann Martin (nee Cole) followed at some later date, presumably following the death of her husband, to live permanently with David and Catherine

Lucy & Mary Johnson lived with the Coles at Mangapai from 1860 and were probably fostered by them
Nothing is known of their whereabouts between 1858, when their parents died, and 1860 when they arrived at Mangapai
Prior to my contact with Michael Andrews, the Cole descendants had no knowledge at all of their existence

Their parents were
James Johnson
m. Parramatta NSW 1839
Jane McManus
To Auckland about 1844
Both d. Auckland 1858

History Coles of Mangapai
Caduceus
Margaret Catherine Cole birth notice
Margaret Catherine Cole death notice
Anna Bella Harrison Death Notice
William Harrison Vaccination I
Catherine Cole (nee) Moore was possibly sister-in-law to William Harrison who was the other storekeeper at Mangapai