Frederick was the 2nd of 6 known children of Frederick Henry Ibbetson (1819-1875) from St Helena to Auckland and of Mary Huddlestone (1823-1909).
His mother was born in Isle of Wight, daughter of John & Eliza Huddleston. They all emigrated to New Zealand in 1864 on the 'Eagle Speed' as her husband Frederick was Deputy Commissioner General during the New Zealand Wars. In 1891 (8 years before Frederick's death) she returned to England with youngest daughter Ella and passed away in 1909. She is buried in Locksbrook Cemetery (read his father's notes)
* His grandfather was Denzil Ibbetson (1775-1857), a British draftsman and Assistant Commissary General on St Helena from 1815 to 1823.
Frederick married Mathilde Kusz in Nelson on 6 April 1877
they had 7 children
1878 - 1957 Frederick Henry Selwyn Ibbetson (+Smith)
1880 - 1952 Mary Elizabeth Mathilde Ibbetson
1884 - 1892 Ella Edith Laura Ibbetson (+Brown)
1886 - 1922 Charles Christian Andrew Ibbetson
1888 - 1967 Minnie Alice Laura Ibbetson (+McHattie)
1890 - 1975 Otto George Boscowen Ibbetson (+Common)
1892 - 1975 Alfred Hermann Huddleston Ibbetson (+Cuff)
Written about 1897 .. Mr Frederick Henry Ibbetson, Clerk of the District and Magistrate's Courts, Clerk of the Licensing Committee, Returning Officer, Registrar of Electors and Deputy Sheriff, is the eldest son of the late Mr. F. H. Ibbetson, Deputy Commissary General for the Colony, who arrived in 1864 and, retiring from the service eight years later, died at Auckland in 1875. The subject of this notice, who was born in 1846 in Cephalonia, one of the lonian Islands, was educated in England and Ireland. Arriving in Auckland, per ship "Eagle Speed," in 1864, he entered the Imperial service as a temporary clerk in the Treasurer's Department. Nine years later Mr Ibbetson joined the civil service at Westport as a constable and in 1874 he was promoted to the position of clerk and receiver of gold revenues at Cobden and afterwards at Notown, from which place he was appointed Chief Clerk in the Treasury at Nelson, under the late Provincial Government. Subsequently he successively filled the positions of Clerk of Courts and Receiver of Gold Revenue at Nelson, Lyell, Maori Gully, Maori Creek, Ahaura, Nelson Creek, Reefton and Greymouth and in 1892 received his present appointment.
Mr Ibbetson is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Past Master of the Masterton Lodge, No. 19, a member of the Royal Arch Chapter and a Mark Master, he being one of the few who have become entitled to wear his father's aprons and jewels.
In 1877 Mr Ibbetson was married to a daughter of the late Mr C. Kusz, of Clapham, London and has seven children — four sons and three daughters.
Frederick was the 2nd of 6 known children of Frederick Henry Ibbetson (1819-1875) from St Helena to Auckland and of Mary Huddlestone (1823-1909).
His mother was born in Isle of Wight, daughter of John & Eliza Huddleston. They all emigrated to New Zealand in 1864 on the 'Eagle Speed' as her husband Frederick was Deputy Commissioner General during the New Zealand Wars. In 1891 (8 years before Frederick's death) she returned to England with youngest daughter Ella and passed away in 1909. She is buried in Locksbrook Cemetery (read his father's notes)
* His grandfather was Denzil Ibbetson (1775-1857), a British draftsman and Assistant Commissary General on St Helena from 1815 to 1823.
Frederick married Mathilde Kusz in Nelson on 6 April 1877
they had 7 children
1878 - 1957 Frederick Henry Selwyn Ibbetson (+Smith)
1880 - 1952 Mary Elizabeth Mathilde Ibbetson
1884 - 1892 Ella Edith Laura Ibbetson (+Brown)
1886 - 1922 Charles Christian Andrew Ibbetson
1888 - 1967 Minnie Alice Laura Ibbetson (+McHattie)
1890 - 1975 Otto George Boscowen Ibbetson (+Common)
1892 - 1975 Alfred Hermann Huddleston Ibbetson (+Cuff)
Written about 1897 .. Mr Frederick Henry Ibbetson, Clerk of the District and Magistrate's Courts, Clerk of the Licensing Committee, Returning Officer, Registrar of Electors and Deputy Sheriff, is the eldest son of the late Mr. F. H. Ibbetson, Deputy Commissary General for the Colony, who arrived in 1864 and, retiring from the service eight years later, died at Auckland in 1875. The subject of this notice, who was born in 1846 in Cephalonia, one of the lonian Islands, was educated in England and Ireland. Arriving in Auckland, per ship "Eagle Speed," in 1864, he entered the Imperial service as a temporary clerk in the Treasurer's Department. Nine years later Mr Ibbetson joined the civil service at Westport as a constable and in 1874 he was promoted to the position of clerk and receiver of gold revenues at Cobden and afterwards at Notown, from which place he was appointed Chief Clerk in the Treasury at Nelson, under the late Provincial Government. Subsequently he successively filled the positions of Clerk of Courts and Receiver of Gold Revenue at Nelson, Lyell, Maori Gully, Maori Creek, Ahaura, Nelson Creek, Reefton and Greymouth and in 1892 received his present appointment.
Mr Ibbetson is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Past Master of the Masterton Lodge, No. 19, a member of the Royal Arch Chapter and a Mark Master, he being one of the few who have become entitled to wear his father's aprons and jewels.
In 1877 Mr Ibbetson was married to a daughter of the late Mr C. Kusz, of Clapham, London and has seven children — four sons and three daughters.
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