Rev. Mervyn James Stewart

Mervyn James Stewart (1871-1961). Born in Woolwich, Kent in 1871 he arrived in New Zealand with his parents on board the Lady Jocelyn on 17 August 1878. He returned to England with them when they left in 1906. He married Margaret Emma Steuart at St Mary's New Plymouth on 28 March 1910 and became a vicar. Mervyn died in Windsor, Berkshire, England, in 1961. Biography by Debbie McCauley http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/katikati_history/topics/show/1069.

Photo Credit: Emily Surtees Photographic Collection. Photographer: Emily Surtees (nee Stewart) (eldest child of George Vesey and Margaret Stewart). Courtesy of Elizabeth Smith and Ellen McCormack.