TUTTY, George Hubert
Born 1886; died 21 November 1918; buried 23 November 1918;. age 35
George Hubert TUTTY was born on 27 April 1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England, third child of Lucy Mary PUDNEY and Thomas Tutty. Thomas was born around 1856 and Lucy around 1855 and they married in 1881 in Halstead, Essex, England. George Hubert Tutty was baptised on 6 June 1886 at Greyfriars Church, Reading, England.
Lucy and Thomas had five children as well as George: Eva Elizabeth Mary (b. 1882 & died before the 1911 census); Robert Henry (b 1884); Arthur Reginald (b 1887); Herbert Bridge (b 1889); William Thomas (b 1891 & died 1893).
In the 1901 England Census George Hubert Tutty was listed as a plumber. On board the ship “Tongariro” departing London 1 November 1905 there is a steerage passenger listed as Mr G H Tutty, Plumber, who landed in Wellington.
George Tutty married Bethia STEWART on 22 January 1908 in Wellington, New Zealand. Bethia was born in New Zealand on 23 April 1880, daughter of Agnes MITCHELL and Thomas Stewart.
Two of George’s brothers, Arthur Reginald and Herbert Bridge, perhaps on the advice of their brother, decided there would be opportunities for them in New Zealand, and in 1908 they sailed on the “SS Rimutaka” arriving at the end of July 1908 into Wellington, before settling in the Feilding area. Arthur married and had a family and is buried in the Feilding Cemetery. Herbert served in WW1 and died on active service on the Western Front on 4 October 1917 from his wounds. This is the date of the first Battle of Passchaendaele, in which more NZ men died in one day that at any other time in WW1. His memorial is in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Their older brother Robert made his way somehow to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, where he married. He eventually died in Sydney.
When George and Bethia married, Bethia had a son Roylance Gordon Stewart who was born in 1901 but his birth was registered in 1903. No father was listed. Roylance took the Tutty name. In 1910 Thomas Claude Hubert was born to George & Bethia, followed by Mary Agnes Bethia, born in Wellington in 1912, and George Henry Frederick, born on 1 August 1914 in Wellington.
In the 1914 Electoral Roll for Wellington North Bethia and George were living at 23 Brook Street, Wellington and George’s occupation was given as a driver. Several newspapers in November 1913 published a disclaimer stating:
“I wish to give an emphatic denial to the rumour that one of my Carters (Mr George Tutty) had offered to return to his employment while his fellow-drivers had gone on strike, as I had not seen or heard from him since Tuesday last, when they went on strike, and the proposed boycott of his wife’s shop in Tory Street on that account is a great injustice to them. Signed by A G Saunders, Phoenix Aerated Water Co Ltd."
The New Zealand Army WW1 Reserve Rolls 1916-1917 2nd Division listed George Hubert Tutty, Driver, 11 John Street, Wellington but he did not serve.
On 11 November 1918 (Armistice Day) the New Zealand Times reported a fatal accident when a youth was killed. Roylance Gordon Tutty, aged seventeen, was riding a bicycle down Crawford Road, Kilbirnie, when he lost control of his machine, and colliding with a tram, was killed almost instantly. He was living with his family at 11 Guthrie Street, Thorndon at the time.
A sad accident occurred in Crawford Road, Kilbirnie, about 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when a youth named Roylance Gordon Tutty 17 years of age, who lived with his father, George Herbert Tutty, at 11 Guthrie Street, Thorndon, was killed as the result of a mishap with his bicycle. Crawford Road winds down the hill from Constable Street into South Kilbirnie, with a somewhat considerable incline, and it was at the first bend that the fatality took place. The youth was seen riding down the hill at a very high speed, the pace at which he was travelling seeming to indicate that he had lost control of his machine. Apparently, he came into contact with a tramway standing at the corner of the road, for he was thrown forward over the handles of the bicycle for a distance of two or three yards, violently striking his head against a gate of a house. Tutty was picked up by the driver of a passing motor-car, and expired almost immediately. His body was removed to the morgue by Constables Joss and Hollis, of the Wellington South Police. An inquest will be held. There were two brakes on the bicycle, which was badly smashed, and both appeared to have been in good order. The deceased was a driver by occupation, and was employed by Kellow's Automatic Bakeries.
(Dominion, 11 November 1921)
Roylance was buried in the Public 2 section of Karori Cemetery the day after the accident.
While the family were still reeling from Roylance’s sudden death, George became unwell with influenza. He was transferred from his home at 11 Guthrie Street, Thorndon, to the nearby Sydney Street Temporary Hospital, where he died on 21 November 1918. He joined Roylance in the recently occupied plot in Karori Cemetery on 23 November 1918. The Funeral Director was Flygers. The Plot was purchased by W E Jeffrerys, 222 Cuba Street on 15 March 1921.
Death notices were published on 23 November in the Evening Post and Dominion:
“Tutty – On November 21, 1918 at Sydney Street Hospital, George Hubert Tutty, the beloved husband of Bethia Tutty. Deeply regretted.”
“Tutty – On November 21, 1918, at Sydney Street Hospital, George Hubert Tutty, the beloved husband of Bethia Tutty, 11 Guthrie Street, aged 35. Funeral postponed”
A “In Memoriam” notice was published on 21 November 1919:
“Tutty – In affectionate remembrance of George Hubert Tutty, who died of influenza on 21st November, 1918. Inserted by his loving wife and children”
Bethia Tutty continued to live in the Wellington area and at the time of her death in November 1973 she was living in Tawa.
The wording on the grave headstone is as follows:
In Loving Memory of
Roylance Gordon Tutty
Died 9 Nov 1918 Aged 17 years
George Hubert Tutty
Died 21 Nov 1918 Aged 35 years
Mary Agnes Bethia Tutty
Died 31 Dec 1937 Aged 25 years
Bethia Tutty
Died 7 Nov 1973 Aged 93 years
Researched and written by Beverley Hamlin
Grave Information:
Section: PUBLIC2
Plot: 341 H
Sources:
1. New Zealand Births Deaths & Marriages historical – www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
2. Newspapers – www.paperspast.natlib.gov.nz
3. Karori Cemetery – www.wellington.govt.nz > Services > Community & Culture> Cemeteries
4. New Zealand Electoral Rolls / Family information – www.ancestry.co.uk
5. Family information from England – www.findmypast.co.uk & www.ancestry.co.uk
6. Immigration Shipping records – www.familysearch.org
7. England Births, Deaths & Marriages – GRO - www.gro.gov.uk
Born 1886; died 21 November 1918; buried 23 November 1918;. age 35
George Hubert TUTTY was born on 27 April 1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England, third child of Lucy Mary PUDNEY and Thomas Tutty. Thomas was born around 1856 and Lucy around 1855 and they married in 1881 in Halstead, Essex, England. George Hubert Tutty was baptised on 6 June 1886 at Greyfriars Church, Reading, England.
Lucy and Thomas had five children as well as George: Eva Elizabeth Mary (b. 1882 & died before the 1911 census); Robert Henry (b 1884); Arthur Reginald (b 1887); Herbert Bridge (b 1889); William Thomas (b 1891 & died 1893).
In the 1901 England Census George Hubert Tutty was listed as a plumber. On board the ship “Tongariro” departing London 1 November 1905 there is a steerage passenger listed as Mr G H Tutty, Plumber, who landed in Wellington.
George Tutty married Bethia STEWART on 22 January 1908 in Wellington, New Zealand. Bethia was born in New Zealand on 23 April 1880, daughter of Agnes MITCHELL and Thomas Stewart.
Two of George’s brothers, Arthur Reginald and Herbert Bridge, perhaps on the advice of their brother, decided there would be opportunities for them in New Zealand, and in 1908 they sailed on the “SS Rimutaka” arriving at the end of July 1908 into Wellington, before settling in the Feilding area. Arthur married and had a family and is buried in the Feilding Cemetery. Herbert served in WW1 and died on active service on the Western Front on 4 October 1917 from his wounds. This is the date of the first Battle of Passchaendaele, in which more NZ men died in one day that at any other time in WW1. His memorial is in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Their older brother Robert made his way somehow to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, where he married. He eventually died in Sydney.
When George and Bethia married, Bethia had a son Roylance Gordon Stewart who was born in 1901 but his birth was registered in 1903. No father was listed. Roylance took the Tutty name. In 1910 Thomas Claude Hubert was born to George & Bethia, followed by Mary Agnes Bethia, born in Wellington in 1912, and George Henry Frederick, born on 1 August 1914 in Wellington.
In the 1914 Electoral Roll for Wellington North Bethia and George were living at 23 Brook Street, Wellington and George’s occupation was given as a driver. Several newspapers in November 1913 published a disclaimer stating:
“I wish to give an emphatic denial to the rumour that one of my Carters (Mr George Tutty) had offered to return to his employment while his fellow-drivers had gone on strike, as I had not seen or heard from him since Tuesday last, when they went on strike, and the proposed boycott of his wife’s shop in Tory Street on that account is a great injustice to them. Signed by A G Saunders, Phoenix Aerated Water Co Ltd."
The New Zealand Army WW1 Reserve Rolls 1916-1917 2nd Division listed George Hubert Tutty, Driver, 11 John Street, Wellington but he did not serve.
On 11 November 1918 (Armistice Day) the New Zealand Times reported a fatal accident when a youth was killed. Roylance Gordon Tutty, aged seventeen, was riding a bicycle down Crawford Road, Kilbirnie, when he lost control of his machine, and colliding with a tram, was killed almost instantly. He was living with his family at 11 Guthrie Street, Thorndon at the time.
A sad accident occurred in Crawford Road, Kilbirnie, about 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when a youth named Roylance Gordon Tutty 17 years of age, who lived with his father, George Herbert Tutty, at 11 Guthrie Street, Thorndon, was killed as the result of a mishap with his bicycle. Crawford Road winds down the hill from Constable Street into South Kilbirnie, with a somewhat considerable incline, and it was at the first bend that the fatality took place. The youth was seen riding down the hill at a very high speed, the pace at which he was travelling seeming to indicate that he had lost control of his machine. Apparently, he came into contact with a tramway standing at the corner of the road, for he was thrown forward over the handles of the bicycle for a distance of two or three yards, violently striking his head against a gate of a house. Tutty was picked up by the driver of a passing motor-car, and expired almost immediately. His body was removed to the morgue by Constables Joss and Hollis, of the Wellington South Police. An inquest will be held. There were two brakes on the bicycle, which was badly smashed, and both appeared to have been in good order. The deceased was a driver by occupation, and was employed by Kellow's Automatic Bakeries.
(Dominion, 11 November 1921)
Roylance was buried in the Public 2 section of Karori Cemetery the day after the accident.
While the family were still reeling from Roylance’s sudden death, George became unwell with influenza. He was transferred from his home at 11 Guthrie Street, Thorndon, to the nearby Sydney Street Temporary Hospital, where he died on 21 November 1918. He joined Roylance in the recently occupied plot in Karori Cemetery on 23 November 1918. The Funeral Director was Flygers. The Plot was purchased by W E Jeffrerys, 222 Cuba Street on 15 March 1921.
Death notices were published on 23 November in the Evening Post and Dominion:
“Tutty – On November 21, 1918 at Sydney Street Hospital, George Hubert Tutty, the beloved husband of Bethia Tutty. Deeply regretted.”
“Tutty – On November 21, 1918, at Sydney Street Hospital, George Hubert Tutty, the beloved husband of Bethia Tutty, 11 Guthrie Street, aged 35. Funeral postponed”
A “In Memoriam” notice was published on 21 November 1919:
“Tutty – In affectionate remembrance of George Hubert Tutty, who died of influenza on 21st November, 1918. Inserted by his loving wife and children”
Bethia Tutty continued to live in the Wellington area and at the time of her death in November 1973 she was living in Tawa.
The wording on the grave headstone is as follows:
In Loving Memory of
Roylance Gordon Tutty
Died 9 Nov 1918 Aged 17 years
George Hubert Tutty
Died 21 Nov 1918 Aged 35 years
Mary Agnes Bethia Tutty
Died 31 Dec 1937 Aged 25 years
Bethia Tutty
Died 7 Nov 1973 Aged 93 years
Researched and written by Beverley Hamlin
Grave Information:
Section: PUBLIC2
Plot: 341 H
Sources:
1. New Zealand Births Deaths & Marriages historical – www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
2. Newspapers – www.paperspast.natlib.gov.nz
3. Karori Cemetery – www.wellington.govt.nz > Services > Community & Culture> Cemeteries
4. New Zealand Electoral Rolls / Family information – www.ancestry.co.uk
5. Family information from England – www.findmypast.co.uk & www.ancestry.co.uk
6. Immigration Shipping records – www.familysearch.org
7. England Births, Deaths & Marriages – GRO - www.gro.gov.uk