Hilda Pee^[1]

1893 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Hilda Pee
  Born	12 Jul 1893	New Zealand   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	E2D324FA3BCE464FBB0EE3237E738542F820
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I12883	Treefive
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Living
  Mother	Corah Elizabeth Masters,   b. 26 Nov 1858, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 20 Sep 1920, Otahuhu, New Zealand  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F5011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbert George Greenwood,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1910	New Zealand   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F4402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Reece and the Pee Families from Shropshire (Alison Honeyfield (compiler), 1997) notes: 'After Hilda's husband, Herbert Greenwood, left her and moved south, she and the children lived with Violet in two detached rooms at the back of the Maternity Home in Otahuhu. It is believed that Hilda did most of the housework, cooking and washing.' There is a rather more graphic story that has been handed down in the family: Herbert abandoned Hilda and their four children Muriel, Daisy, Alfred and George in Auckland in the depression and ended up in Australia in a bigamous relationship. Hilda was left to fend for herself and would not have survived without the assistance of the Salvation Army. For some time Hilda lived with her sister, Violet, in two detached rooms at the back of the Maternity Home for Unmarried Mothers that Violet owned and operated in Otahuhu, Auckland. Hilda and Violet’s sister, Daisy established the home but, when Daisy married James Russell in 1923, Violet took it over. Heather says that Violet used Hilda as a ‘slave’ to do all the housework, cooking and washing, in return for food and board. Hilda and her family lived near a Maori community in Otahuhu, Auckland. The community, realising how much Hilda was struggling financially, offered to adopt Daisy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4930] TRE Family tree - Braby Website (owner Tracey Braby) on myheritage.com accessed 27 Sep 2015, Stanley Andrews. [S1593] BIR Birth Index New Zealand on-line, Hilda Pee; 9850; 1893; Cora Elizabeth and John. [S5512] SIM020 Daisy Lavers to Rex Sinnott re Andrews genealogy, SIM020., Comments on Andrews genealogy; personal email; 13 December 2016; Rex Sinnott. [S5514] BOK237 The Reece and the Pee Families from Shropshire (pp 1-22), BOK237., pages 1-22. [S1596] MAR Marriage Index NZ - on-line, Bert George Greenwood; Hilda Pee; 413; 1910.