Charles HEMUS

1849 - 1925  (76 years)

• Name	Charles HEMUS
  Birth	1849	Birmingham, Warwickshire
  Gender	Male
  Event	21 Mar 1887	Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
  	An orchestra, led by "Mr. Charles Hemus", accompanied the Ponsonby Choral Society's inaugural concert. Reported in the Sydney Mail, 2nd April 1887.
  Occupation	New Zealand
  	Auckland photographer and painter. Listed as Auckland artist 1878 Wise's. He exhibited with Society of Artists, Auckland 1875, and intermittently with the ASA 1881?1910, his paintings often of Maori subjects.
  Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
  Death	1925	Auckland, New Zealand
  Notes	Charles Hemus married Gertrude Evangeline Edger, who was the sister of Kate Edger (the first woman university graduate in New Zealand) and a daughter of Rev. Samuel Edger, an Albertland minister. The Edger family had travelled on MATILDA WATTENBACH in 1862, and lived at Port Albert about 10 years before moving to Auckland during the 1870's and 1880's. He and his business partner were Vice-Regal Photographers for some years.
  Person ID	I10743	Gadd
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Solomon HEMUS,   b. 18 Jan 1817, Northfield, Worcestershire
  Mother	Mary Ann WILLIAMS,   b. 16 Apr 1818, Warwickshire
  Marriage	27 Aug 1837	St. George's Church, Birmingham, England
  Family ID	F4285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Evangeline EDGER,   b. Q4 1852, St Neots Reg'n District, Cambridgeshire d. 1938 (Age 86 years)
  Children	1. Geraldine HEMUS,   c. Auckland, New Zealand + 2. Claude Edger HEMUS,   b. 1878   d. 1918 (Age 40 years)   3. Irene Gertrude Louisa HEMUS,   b. 1881 + 4. Harwood HEMUS,   b. 1882
  Family ID	F4292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Portrait of Charles HEMUS, from composite photo of the 1884 Orchestra of the Auckland Choral Society.