Community Contributed
Vincent Christopherson RANSOM
Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:49:52+00:00Father of Arnold Reginald Ransom, a Levin builder, and Wilfred Hamilton Ransom, Levin plumber.
| Date of birth | 30/12/1851 |
| Date of death | 20/10/1905 |
| Mothers name | Harriet SOWERBY |
| Spouses name | Mary Ann KNIGHT |
| Mothers date of birth | 04/06/1831 |
| Spouses date of birth | 23/11/1852 |
| Mothers place of birth | London, UK |
| Spouses place of birth | Lower Hutt, Wellington |
| Mothers date of death | 18/09/1897 |
| Spouses date of death | 15/02/1950 |
| Fathers date of birth | 01/12/1823 |
| Mothers place of death | Lower Hutt, Wellington. |
| Spouses place of death | Levin |
| Fathers name | John Robert RANSOM |
| Fathers place of birth | Lawshall, Suffolk, UK |
| Marriage date | 12/08/1875 |
| Parents date of marriage | 09/10/1849 |
| Place of marriage | House of James Knight, Lower Hutt, Wellington. |
| Parents place of marriage | St Giles, London, UK. |
| Fathers date of death | 15/10/1894 |
| Fathers place of death | Lower Hutt, Wellington. |
| Siblings | Florence Jane (1853-1942), Harriet Lucy (1855-1951), William Sowerby (1857-1945), Susanna Mabel (1863-1895), Reginald John (1865-1884), Ethelbert Alfred (1868-1943),, Evelyn Mildred (1859-1942), Marion Catherine (1873-1954 |
| Children | Harold John (1878-1970), Myrtle Lillian (1880-1935), Roland James (1883-1951), Arnold Reginald (1886-1973), Oswald Edgar (1888-1975), Hinemoa Cornwall (1889-1914), Norman and Alan (1892. 3 weeks old) Marion Florence (1894-1983), Ethelbert Knight (1876-1947), Wilfred Hamilton (1891-1986) |
| Buried where | Rongotea cemetery |
| Places of relevance | Lower Hutt, Rongotea, Levin, , |
| Place of birth | Camdentown, London. |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Place of death | Levin |
After marrying Mary Ann Knight in 1875, they sailed from Wellington to Foxton and took a bullock wagon to Sanson where they lived whilst clearing the bush from the land they had bought in Campbelltown (now Rongotea).
Vincent Ransom was the first Chairman (1895-1903) of the Rongotea Co-operative Dairy Company while his brother-in-law Samuel Knight was the first Secretary (1895-1898).
They farmed in Rongotea until 1903 when they moved to Levin to farm the Fairfield area; 103 acres bought for 38 pounds an acre.
After Vincent died in 1905 Mary Ann sold the farm and built a house in Kent Street, Levin. (SE corner of Kent and Winchester).
NB: One genealogy recorded Vincent's second name as Christopher, and a second one as Christopherson.
| Children | Parents | Grandparents |
Great Grandparents |
| Ethelbert Knight Ransom |
Vincent Christopherson Ransom | John Robert Ransom | John Ransom |
| Harold John Ransom | |||
| Lillian "Myrtle" Ransom |
Harriet Skipper | ||
| Roland James Ransom | |||
| Arnold Reginald Ransom |
Harriet Sowerby | William Sowerby | |
| Oswald Edgar Ransom | |||
| Hinemoa Cornwall Ransom |
Jane Rowley | ||
| Wilfred Hamilton Ransom | |||
| Norman Ransom |
Mary Ann Knight | James Penrose Knight | William Knight |
| Allen Ransom | |||
| Marion Florence Ransom |
Mary Ann Penrose | ||
| Mary Ann Fairweather | Robert Fairweather | ||
| Barbara Palmer | |||
Related Items
- Vincent Christopher Ransom and family. </ li>
- Vincent Ransom - family tree 1 </ li>
- Vincent Ransom - family tree 2 </ li>
- Vincent Ransom - Family Tree 3 </ li>
- Arnold Reginald Ransom </ li>
- Wilfred Hamilton (Wilf) Ransom </ li>
- Mary Ann RANSOM (nee Knight) </ li>
- John Robert RANSOM </ li>
- Harriet RANSOM (nee Sowerby) </ li>
- Groom - Vincent Christopherson Ransom, 12 August 1875 </ li>
- Mary Ann (nee Knight) and Vincent Ransom, 12 August 1875 </ li>
- Vincent </ li>
- Ethelbert Knight (Bert) RANSOM </ li>
- Harold John RANSOM </ li>
- Roland James (Jim) RANSOM </ li>
- Oswald Edgar RANSOM </ li>
- Marion Florence HANNAN (nee Ransom) </ li>
- Vincent Ransom Obituary </ li>
-
Biography Vincent Ransom
</ li>