A FAMILY RECORD.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12568, 8 February 1934, Page 2

A FAMILY RECORD.

145 DIRECT DESCENDANTS. HAMILTON 7 OLD LADY. Among the passengers who had a flight in the monoplane Faith in Australia at Rukuhia was Airs Isabella Grey Tuck, of Hamilton, who is now in her eighty-seventh year. Jt was the first experience of flying that Airs Tuck had had, and she greatly enjoyed it. She said the flight was not half long enough for her. It is a coincidence that Mrs Tuck should have been born m Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She sailed from the Clyde in the sailing ship Victory in March, 1863, with her parents, the late Air and Airs Robert Alorton, and arrived at Port Chalmers seven months later. On February 2, 1865, Aliss Alorton, as she was then, was married to Air John Tuck at Romnhapa (then Glen Omaru), Otago. Air and Mrs Tuck had many trying experiences in the early days. They used a bullock sledge as a means of conveyance during their honeymoon tour. Air Tuck was a sawmiller, and Airs Tuck assisted her husband in pitsawing and in team-driving. The couple later lived in the Ala na wa tu, Hawke’s Bay aTiid at Greymoutb. AVhen Air Tuck died, Airs Tuck came to Hamilton, where she has resided for 19 years. Airs Tuck had 17 children, and of these 14 survive. The combined ages of her children total 727 years. There are 69 grandchildren and 62 greatgrandchildren, the total number of direct descendants being 145. This number is believed to be a record for New Zealand,, and Airs Tuck said she would like to know of another family which equals or heats it numerically. Mrs Tuck enjoys excellent health and visits her many relatives frequently.