Richard Cliff Francis Pheney^{[1, 2]}

1831 - 1869  (38 years)

• Name	Richard Cliff Francis Pheney
  Born	13 May 1831	London, Middlesex, England   [3]
  	Address: Acton, St Pancras
  Christened	18 May 1833	London, Middlesex, England   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  	Address: St Mary
  Gender	Male
  _UID	DD93560D0DBA461BB86AE5F3DDE58B9BDDAA
  Died	21 Oct 1869	New Plymouth, New Zealand   [7]
  	Address: Courtenay St
  Buried	25 Oct 1869	New Plymouth, New Zealand   [8, 9]
  	Address: Te Henui cemetery
  Person ID	I1518	Treefive
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Richard Pheney,   b. Abt 1803, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 4 Mar 1881, New Plymouth, New Zealand  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Frances Maria Cripps,   b. 1 Sep 1807, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 27 Apr 1835, Clapham, London, England  (Age 27 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1830	London, Middlesex, England   [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  	Address: St James, Paddington
  Family ID	F456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Mitchell,   b. 20 Sep 1835, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 6 Jan 1921, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 85 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1856	London, Middlesex, England   [18, 19, 20]
  	Address: the Old Church, St Pancras
  Children	1. Frances Pople Pheney,   b. 27 Dec 1856, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 9 Feb 1939, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 82 years)   2. Emma Mildred Pheney,   b. 8 Oct 1858, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 22 Jun 1947, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 88 years)   3. Catherine Pheney,   b. 5 Dec 1861, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 1863, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 1 years)   4. Robert Francis Vaughan Pheney,   b. 22 Oct 1867, New Plymouth, New Zealand ,   d. 30 Aug 1942, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		00536 Taranaki farming scene - painting by R.C.F. Pheney
  		00537 Sheep - painting by R.C.F. Pheney

  
  

• Notes

  Richard was born in 1831 and baptised in 1833 - a copy of the baptism entry says 13 May but the original says 18 May. In the 1851 census he was at 10 Stanhope St, Pancras, Marylebone where he was said to be the nephew of William Pople, head of the household (actually a great-nephew). He was aged 19 and apprentice to a lithographer. It is possible that Richard, and perhaps his brother Francis, who were both lithographic artists, may have worked for or with Robert Mitchell, who was to become Richard's father-in-law. Perhaps Richard boarded with the Mitchells after his father left for New Zealand. When Richard married Emma Mitchell in 1856, the marriage entry gave his age as full, his profession as lithographer and his residence as Mary St. Richard was an artist of some note. Page 217 of A dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London exhibitions from 1760 to 1893 New enl. ed. (London, H. Graves, 1895) says:- Pheney, Richard. London. 1855-1858. Landscape. '1 exhibition at Suffock Street, and 5 various exhibitions elsewhere.' Richard and his family emigrated to New Zealand in 1867. In January 1869 he showed six watercolours in the Institute reading room in New Plymouth, before sending them to the Otago Fine Arts Exhibition in Dunedin. The Taranaki Herald reviewed the drawings very favourably. In December 1969, after his death, a large collection of his paintings was shown in the Council Chambers in New Plymouth. Richard signed a will on 14 Oct 1869. The sole executrix was his wife Emma, he left everything to Emma for the benefit of her and the children. His death notice in the Taranaki Herald of 23 Oct 1869 said: "Pheney - On the 21st October, of consumption, Richard Clift Pheney, late of Camden Town, London, in his 39th year." Consumption was the term then commonly used for tuberculosis. Richard was buried at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, as was his father Richard in 1881. The graves' locations are not known. After Richard's death, the family returned to England. William Mitchell (Emma's brother) had returned to UK in 1876, and may have seen Emma and the children there and helped persuade them to return to New Zealand. Frances was the first to re-emigrate, travelling alone in 1878 on the Dallam Tower.

  
  

• Sources

  [S426] Biography Pheney, Richard and R.C.F - sources (Ann Evans). [S510] Background Shipping Index New Plymouth Arrivals and Departures 1852-1880, Mr Pheney - passenger; 2 October 2000; It is possible that the "Mr Pheney" was R.C.F. Pheney's father. [S1002] ancestry.com London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, London Metropolitan Archives, Acton St Mary, Register of Baptism, dro/052, Item 006. [S9] BAP001 Baptism Pheney RCF - "true copy", BAP001. . [S20] BAP009 Baptism Pheney RCF - register page, BAP009. [S3513] ancestry.com London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, 18 May 1833: Pheney, Richard Cliff Francis & Margaret Jane. [S123] DTH022 Death Pheney, Richard Cliff Francis, DTH022. [S101] BUR012 Burial Pheney, Richard Cliff Francis, BUR012. [S2758] ancestry.com New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, BUR193., Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth. [S173] MAR010 Marriage Pheney, Richard jnr and Cripps, Frances Maria, MAR010. [S216] MAR067 Marriage Pheney, Richard and Cripps, Frances Maria - transcript, MAR067. [S1345] MAR183 Marriage Pheney, Richd and Cripps, Frances, MAR183. [S1347] MAR185 Marriage Frances Cripps and Richd Pheney, MAR185. [S1397] MAR255 Marriage Pheney, Richard and Cripps, Frances Maria, MAR255. [S2402] ancestry.com England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, 1 Jun 1830: Richard Pheney and Frances Maria Cripps. [S3352] ancestry.com London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, 1 Jun 1830: Richard Pheney and Frances Maria Cripps. [S3953] BUR292 Pheney; Frances and Margaret, Frances Pheney, 27 Apr 1835, age 27. [S174] MAR011 Marriage Pheney, Richard jnr (RCF Pheney) and Mitchell, Emma, MAR011. [S1346] MAR184 Marriage Pheney, Richard, MAR184. [S2402] ancestry.com England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, 4 Feb 1856: Richard Pheney and Emma Mitchell.