Harold (Henry\Harry) Stamers Dibley
Parents
- George Dibley1827–1901
- Elizabeth Sophia Stammers1828–1885
Spouses
- Roxane Victoria Buels1867–1921
- Emma Watts
Children
- Alfred Douglas Stammers Dibley1896–1997
- Christine Josephine Roxane Dibley1897–1985
- Horace Francis Dibley1898–1957
- Eveleen May Dibley1900–1999
- Stella Maris Dibleyb. 1902
- Moana Mary Dibley1905–1993
Research findings
- Arrival: Harold (Henry/Harry) Stamers Dibley — Kaikoura 1895 to Wellington
Resolves the previously unconfirmed Wellington 1890s English cluster entry for Harold/Henry Dibley. KEY METHODOLOGICAL NOTE: This was found by Rainer with a bare Google name search after I had repeatedly searched for 'Harold Dibley' (the GEDCOM's primary recorded form) and missed him under 'Hy Dibley'. The lesson — when GEDCOM records alternate names in Ancestry's '(alt\alt)' notation, ALL variants must be searched. Henry Stamers Dibley is how Rainer always called him; my code was reading only the .first token (compounded with the 'Harold (Henry\Harry)' inline notation) and lost both 'Henry' and 'Harry'. Mrs R Dibley = his wife Roxane Buels travelling with him; her ark URL TBD — log as candidate roxane-buels-kaikoura-1895-same-voyage until captured.
Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30 - Residence: Roxane Dibley (née Buels / Mme Eveleen Carlton) — owner of 40 & 42 Aro Street Wellington 1902-1907
Co-subject Henry/Harold Stamers Dibley (husband, @I200240037080@) — he likely co-occupied but title was in Roxane's name. NEW BIOGRAPHICAL THREADS: (a) where Roxane sold to in 1907 may indicate a Dibley family move (next residence TBD); (b) the financial picture — soprano earnings funded a substantial property purchase, reinforcing the prominent-people entry; (c) Heritage NZ Aro Street Historic Area List #7030 may be worth a fuller pull for narrative context. Also: Rainer surfaced this from the Wellington City Heritage area page; WebFetch is bot-blocked on the live site but Google search snippets reveal the body text.
- [S59]https://www.wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz/buildings/1-150/11-6-house-42-aro-street(primary)
- [S60]https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/7030/Aro%20Street%20Historic%20Area(primary)
- [S61]https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/nodes/view/258806(primary)
Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30 - Arrival: Roxane Buels (Mrs R Dibley / Mme Eveleen Carlton) — Kaikoura 1895 to Wellington
Joint-arrival finding with co_subject Henry/Harold (@I200240037080@). Single FamilySearch ark covers both; record format is the spouse-paired entry typical of 1890s NZSCo manifests. The 1895-Kaikoura → 1896-Hinemoa → 1901-royal-concert → 1902-Aro-Street property trajectory now hangs together as one biographical arc.
Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30