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Hugh Earley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Armagh, UK
Death: 1881 (62-63)
New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
Place of Burial: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Husband of Anne Earley
Father of Isabella Bennett and Robert Hugh Earley

Managed by: Teressa Jane Margetts
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About Hugh Earley

Arrived in NZ in August 1855 from Ireland. He was a sergeant in the 65th regiment and he arrived on the "Duke of Portland". He saw service around Taranaki during the maori wars and saw service in the Waireka battle near Waitara. he was awarded the NZ star medal for his service in February 1873. He left the regiment late in 1860, following his battle and as a military settler was alloted land. he was granted a section in New plymouth on the North West corner of Courtney and Elliot street and presumably built a house and liverd there with his family for he appears in electoral rolls at that address for almost 20 years

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Hugh Earley's Timeline

1818
February 12, 1818
Armagh, UK
1844
1844
Castlehaven, CO, Ireland
1850
July 29, 1850
New Zealand
1881
1881
Age 62
New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
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Strandon, New Plymouth, New Zealand