Last Updated : 13 Apr 2021
Furby by Country
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Family #13
Family #44
Family #46
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There are a number of Furby family groups in New Zealand as follows. These include descendents of our John Furby (born around 1787) & Sarah of Middlesex. It is possible also that the George Frederick Furby (born around 1838) below was related distantly to our own Furbys but this has not yet been shown.
Descendents of George Frederick Furby born ~1838 (Family Tree#44)
There are descendents of George Frederick Furby in New Zealand today. He was born about 1838 and had come from Hastings, Sussex, England and moved to New Zealand in 1873. George Frederick had worked as a Steward but had been a Painter and Glazier by trade. He had married a Harriet Thildrich about 1867-1877.
Descendents of Walter Charles Furby born 1846
James Joseph Furby, son of our John William Furby (b.1812), had a cousin Walter Charles Furby who has descendents today in New Zealand. Walter Charles who was born at Bethnal Green, London, England moved to New Zealand in 1862 and married twice there. His first marriage was to Charlotte Baker at Timaru in 1874 and his second was to Susan Ruxton in 1884. There were children from both marriages. Walter Charles had first of all tried his hand at farming but found it did not suit him. He later made his living as a Carpenter at Timuaru.
Descendents of George Furby born about 1820s (Family Tree#13) & Descendents of George Frederick Furby born 1853 (Family Tree#46)
In 1858 George, wife Elizabeth Ann and sons William Stafford Furby (born in London, England in 1849) and George Frederick (born in Eastbourne, Sussex, England in 1853) arrived at Lyttleton, Christchurch. William Stafford became a District Telegraph Engineer at Auckland. He is believed to be the same William Stafford Furby who experimented with the early telephone in 1878. This Furby family is understood to have originated in Yorkshire in the 16th century, though they were in Sussex in the mid 19th century.