Wallingford/Jarlov Family Trees

She began school at Levin School on 15 September 1905.

Letter from Phyllis Prouse Taylor to Christobel Nation Tunnington, 22 May 1973:

Phyllis' father, Richard Prouse, bought an old violin in a pawn shop, in Wellington, for £2 as Phyllis remembered it. It was a Migini violin, made in 1744 or 1874 - should only really remembered it was 17 something. It had a gorgeous tone. She remembered a visiting violinist (Leo Chairnafski was the phonetic spelling she used) playing it.

Phyllis believes that Kate (Nessie Williamson Prouse's sister?) had it, but that it never came back to the Prouses after Kate's death.

The Migini was dull and uninteresting, without polish or fancy trim.

In her divorce papers, Phyllis said that she stopped living with Trevor on 27 November 1953 ("I remember that date clearly").

Phyllis filed for divorce on 21 November 1972. On 13 December 1972, Phyllis and June drove the person from the court to Maramarua, where they served Trevor with the papers. He was working at Carter Timber Merchants (a timber mill) at Maramarua.

Summary of Phyllis E. Taylor's notebook relating to support from Trevor Taylor:

Phyllis Taylor kept a notebook that recorded details relating to her relationship with Trevor Taylor, as well as financial notations relating to upkeep and also some other property type transactions that happened through the years.

Though the first notes refer to 1949, it appears many were not made necessarily at the time. The details for the early years, in particular, were probably made later, and perhaps as she was trying to sort out matters prior to divorce in the early 1970s. The book itself would tend to support that.

I paid milkman, butcher, baker, electric light.

T.C.T. paid by cheque Farmers' Trading Co, grocery a/c. Out of moneys paid to me, by him, I kept the house as listed on opp. pages. He ceased to pay grocery bills or any bills from Sep 1952. I paid F.T.C. £15- a/c. These items of money payments are on the right hand pages only, i.e. weekly payments received from my husband. T.C.T. lived here - 7 James St, had his meals, washing etc, up until March 28th 1953. He continued to live here from that date, but had no meals here nor any washing done, he left this address on November 27th 1953.

Built house on Lewis Hill. [Lynmore, Rotorua]
Built house in James St.
Built house in Elizabeth St.

July 1949 (26th)
Final argument to marriage etc.

Moneys received from my husband, housekeeping money, dress allowance
July 27th to Dec 30th, with varying amounts recorded from £1 - £5. Year total of £67.

1950: Jan 17th to Dec 22nd, varying amounts, with a year total of £118-3-7. July 26th (1 year) is noted.

1951: Jan 3rd to Dec 21st, varying amounts, with year total of £106-14. July 26th (2 years) is noted.

1952: Jan 11th to Dec 23rd, varying amounts, year total of £79-10. Left page has mileage readings from Buick car for Oct 3rd to Dec 25.

1953: Jan 9th to Dec 22nd [varying amounts totalling £65. Mar 27th marked with X, and explanation "Beryl married Albert". Nov 27th marked with cross, and explanation "walked out of our accord". Left page has mileage readings of Buick until 6th August. Notation at bottom "Buick was sold on Aug 13th 1953 (£650) Oct 2nd. T.C.T. returned with truck. Sale of Factory including car etc netted £902-7-0 on Loan & Mercantile cheque No 4128."

Next page records Trevor returning and departing from Dec 24th 1952 to May 8th 1953. Noted that on Jan 28th 1953 Trevor "Returned and from 30th Jan until Feb 5th papered and painted interior of this house."

1954: Jan to Dec, with only £37 in total. "Feb 24th T.C.T. called to discuss divorce. Beryl and I visited Taupo (No 4 Acacia Rd) Dec 16th re transfer. Terrible Day."

1953: Record of Trevor's comings and goings from May 8th 1953 to Nov 1st 1953. Oct 16th noted "Departed - roomed at Thirwell House [boarding house on north-east corner of Tutanekai and Eruera Sts]".

Nov 1st T. Departed, taken room as above [Thirwell House].

Nov 24th. T. Departed and packed up gear etc taking bed bedding chairs wardrobe for bush camp at Rangaitiki ---? Had taken furnishings and 2 tallboys mats and blankets - 6 new ones - previously. Bush camp? Living at Thirwell House.

1954. Jan 2nd. T Returned with De Facto and her family to see Queen. Did not call, or see us. me saw them.

1955. T.C.T. called Aug 29th 1955 Maintenance promised.

Nov 14th 1955 After 18 months of no maintenance I sued T.C.T. T.C.T. called 7 James St Dec 5th. We went to J.D. Davys & T.C.T. agreed to pay maintenance at £4-10 a week. Payable forthnightly.

Case was set down for hearing 6th Dec 1955.

[Loose note pinned to early page of notebook] Maintenance claimed from 14/5/54 at £5 per week as agreed £346-8-4 owing up to 14/9/55. Mrs Taylor owes Mr Taylor £400 for property on receipt of Title only [multiple underscores of that word]. Ask Mr Davys to refer to agreement.

T.C.T. in Rotorua Dec 19th. First payment Due Dec 20th & every forthnight thereafter.

Feb 9th 1955. A.M.P. accepted transfer of No 7 James St from T.C.T. to me.

T.C.T. signed over the above on Feb 22nd. P.E.T. signed acceptance of above on Feb 23rd.

1955: Mostly nil payments until Dec 22nd, when note of £9 cheque issued by Magistrate's Court. Total 1955 £9.

1956: Date, cheque numbers and amounts recorded for the year, with heading "Pittance received". Year total £218.

1956 travel recorded:
Jan 28 to Levin via Napier
Jan 30th to Rotorua via Desert Rd.
Feb 3rd to Auck. June and Dick to Sydney & Melbourne.
Feb 4th Home.
Feb 13 to Auck & back to meet June and Dick returning from Aust.
July 11th to Levin
July 19th D[ick?] had flu?
July 25th and Aug 8th [ditto marks]
Left Levin Sep 9 to Napier and home 11th.

1956: "Pittance 1957" has varying amounts totalling £221-0-0

1958: Varying amounts totalling £215-0-0. Noted January 20th £300 in bank, repaid June (21st Jan) 1958. Start again Jan 28th with £13.

1959: "Oct 22nd noon Trevor snooping around. Beryl's visit frightened him off." July 26th recorded as 10th year. Varying money amount totalling £237.

1959 notations:
December 14th Repaid Errol £200.
Dec 11th Bouth frig £35.
Dec Monkey down to 764.

1960 notations:
Whangamata Feb 1st £150 Lot 91 Tui Avenue.
Papamoa Beach No. 13 Nov 21st £300.
Monkey down 685 (1960)
Monkey down 603 (1961)
Monkey down 517 (1962)
April 29th 1959 repaid Errol £100 (1/3 of loan)
Dec 14th repaid Errol £200
1961 - Papamoa £100 Nov 15.

1960 "Pittance"
Varying amounts totalling £260.

1961: Jan 6th T.C.T. rang me to meet him re talk old times etc. Mostly complaint not absolutely sober. Wanted to resume life with me - if I am willing - or as alternative, make a clean break & divorce, will leave the decision to me - what am I going to do? etc. (Mr Davys re opens 17th).
(Jessie May 28th) [Death of Jessie Prouse Parker] Funeral May 30th Levin.
Went to Levin May 14 - 26th returned.
Went to Levin May 28 - June 1st returned.

November 4th 1961
Trevor rang me to meet him - talk etc, his idea to discuss my reaction, re him applying for a divorce on grounds of 7 years etc I will not agree to this & will contest case if he makes or sues etc for divorce. Same old story, he's sick been in Napier Hosp twice & has to go back there again on Monday 6th. Internal trouble he says. Driving Big Fleetmaster 174-097 [registration?]
Nov 25th Stayed with Beryl for night, had requested bed. Been to Mamaku with Ted Bead pegfinding - . Same as above 18th - 21st Dec 1961.

1961: Varying amounts totalling £255.

1962 notations: T.C.T. visited Beryl end of January searching for pegs in Mamaku bush, with an assistant.
In town end of March
In town April 10th
May 19th Albert killed road accident.
funeral 22nd May.
June 10th Beryls daughter arrived Kathryn June (lovely child).
Saw T.C.T. 16th June 1962
Saw T.C.T. 17th June at hospital visiting.
Also during Oct visiting Beryl
Also Dec 21st in town.

1962: Varying amounts totalling £195.1. Noted "Magistrates Court says I am entitled to £234.0 for this year".

1963:

July 25th Thursday J.D.D. received data A.M.P. re assurance transfer re mortgage re roof. Sent information of this to T.C.T. at Kopaki.
No answer, Beryl contacted T.C.T. too busy but would comply. Answer received on Friday Aug 23rd. He did as requested but A.M.P. not entirely satisfied.
Further negotiations resulted. T.C.T. to sign all over again on original policy. He complied with this & visited Beryl Sep 14 & 15th. J.D.D. received these documents 17th Sep (63) & I signed them Sep 19th (63), then handed them to A.M.P. (The trouble incurred was result of A.M.P. not being wholly correct in their requests re signatures etc & forms used) However all was settled agreeably - or near enough - .
T.C.T. stayed with Beryl 27th - 28th. Left for Kopaki 29th.
Visited 14th & 15th & 12th? Visited Beryl twice during Labour weekend & various weekends to follow & during 1964.

1963: Various amounts totalling £253.

1964: Various amounts totalling £234.

1965 notations: Jan 6th T.C.T. caught snooping on No 7 & 9 James St. Known to have been here many times under cover, drunk as usual.
Many times since staying continuously at 14 York St. where Beryl shifted early in May of this year. Acquired No. 13 Nov 11th.
T.C.T. at Beryls every weekend tho building at Whitianga if help available
1966 T.C.T. still building at Whitianga & still hanging around Beryls
11 Nov 1965. M.O.W. house (Castles)
1967 Nov 18th or thereabouts T.C.T. shifted to Maramarua (Carter Bros. Timber Merchants)

1965: Various amounts, almost all £18 per fortnight, totalling £261.

1966: Various amounts totalling £242-10.

1967: Various amounts totalling $490 [change to decimal currency during this year].

1968: $40 per payment, totalling $480 for the year.

1969: Total of $400.95 for the year. Notation "December 22 1969 Yamaha [electronic piano?]".

1970: Total of $480 for the year. Notation "March 3rd 1970 Pioneer [caravan]".

1970: Various notations relating to shares and dividends, for Creditmans account Bendal, U.E.B, Wellington Gas, D.R.G, South Pacific Minerals.

1971: Year total of $480 mostly made by postal warrant. Notation "Dec 22nd 1971 Pioneer ex [caravan]"

1972: Various amounts totalling $400 with note "No further maintenance payments from this month" (Oct 1972).

1972 notations:
Sep 11th Riri deal.
August 15th letter from T.C.T. states he has been 6 weeks at Beryl's 14 York St. Broken arm etc prior to Aug 4th. Suggesting a reunion to live together again - ? I did answer this letter, at end of September.
Oct 31st consulted J.D.D re divorce, a straight forward matter.
Oct 30th wrote T.C.T. informing him of impending divorce. He spent week end at Beryls, 10th Nov to 13th Nov. Nov 14th I saw J.D.D. further divorce procedure, also Nov 15th, signing papers etc. Paid $100 towards costs. Receipt No. CB932248.
Dec 13th June and I accompanied by Mr. Innis (Bailiff) to Maramarua, Mr. Innis served the divorce papers to T.C.T.
[next page]
Jan 1973 Divorce granted Hamilton Mar 9th.
Bailiff $5.50 (14th Dec 1972)
Nov 15th legal payment $100.00 (1972)
Mar 13th 1973. legal payment $101-78.
July 26th Divorce Final Final
July 26th 1974 25 years
July 26th 1975 26 years
July 26th 1976 27 years

[Trevor died 19 October 1976]

On page on its own toward back of notebook:

Mortgage of £2000
Sale of Taupo Rd property £902-7-0 [refer to entry for 1953].

My share in this property £950 from sale of Mamaku property Also £200 from my mother invested in this property. Also moneys taken from me at various times.

I was not informed of mortgage of this property. A.M.P. Assurance man refused to give information when I asked him.

Spurdle £1000
Taupo Rd sale £902-7-0
86 Eliz St £3800
Awatoto sections £600 [Napier - perhaps from his father's estate?]
Has property at Maunga??? Kaharoa [Could this be the property up Oturoa Road?]

12 December 2013

Auntie June (June Taylor Wills) just told Averil Jarlov the story of Phyllis - June's mother, Averil's grandmother - cutting bottles. When times were bad and there weren't enough jars for canning and preserves, she would wind a piece of wool around a bottle and soak it with meths. After lighting it and letting it burn a short while, she would put the bottle into cold water - and it would snap off. They used sandpaper to smooth the edges. A glue was made from flour and water to fix a piece of white paper over the preserves. They had to scrounge even for the white paper - June said that often they would get a piece wrapped around a loaf of bread - a 'barracuda' loaf - if they bought any (they usually made their own).

Letter from Phyllis to Cuffie Tunnington, 22 May 1973

Phyllis wrote shortly after returning from Levin, following her brother Allan Prouse's death. Allan had left Beryl his old Holden car. Cuffie had apparently been left a camera. Phyllis felt it may have been Allan wanting to make amends. Cuffie had asked Phyllis about what Ohakune had been like when Cuffie's mother (Phyllis' sister) Grace had lived there in the early 1900s, but Phyllis had little knowledge or recollection. She also discussed matters relating to Taihape and Mangaweka. Discussed an Arthur Silk, maybe associated with Silk, Smith and Somebody Stables. "His wife somewhat buxom aimed at refainment (sic), she it was who complained to Jess & Mabel & Grace that the servant girl had pushed thPhyllis Elizabethe pram up her back passage, which she had polished only that morning (Bland expressions were held under greate pressure.)" Father Le Croix appears to have fathered a child with Tina's sister "Aunt Liz", the child being named Felice (the Father's christian name being Felix). According to Tina, Liz was later required to repay in a like manner, taking a child of some other woman and a priest. That child was named Hinemoa.