John Ings-Daysh was the 6th of 15 children (5 sons) of John and Elizabeth (nee Clark) Ing-Daysh. He was 7 months old when, along with his parents and 5 siblings, they emigrated to New Zealand on the GERTRUDE in Oct 1841. They all settled in Taita, Lower Hutt.

NOTE .. His grandfather was John Ings (1779-1858). When his father John emigrated to New Zealand he had added the name Daysh to the end of his name. The 6 children born in England have the hyphenated name of Ings-Daysh but the 9 children born in New Zealand do not, they are simply Daysh.

John married Elizabeth Frew Tannahill in Upper Hutt on 10 Jan 1863. Elizabeth was born in Taita of parents from Scotland. He was 23 and she was 18.

They had 10 children in the Wairarapa from 1863 to 1885.

1863 - 1951 John Daysh (+Stoodley)

1865 - 1956 George Daysh (+Allen)

1866 - 1945 James Alfred Daysh (+McKenzie)

1870 - 1950 William Henry Daysh (+Davis)

1872 - 1901 Elizabeth Ann Daysh (+Sycamore)

1874 - 1955 Mary Emily Daysh (+Olsen)

1876 - 1913 Sarah Agnes Daysh (+Anderson)

1879 - 1962 Jessie Priscilla Jane Daysh (+Billman)

1881 - 1919 Amy Susan Daysh (+Drysdale)

1885 - 1967 Arthur Robert Andrew Daysh (+Banks)

He died 26 years after her and they are buried together.

Dominion, 5 Sep 1932 OBITUARY

The death occurred at Grey town last week of Mr. John Daysh, one of the early pioneers of the Wairarapa district, states a "Dominion" Special Service message. Born at Hampshire, England, in 1840, the late Mr. Daysh came to New Zealand with his parents the following year. When seventeen years of age he came to the Wairarapa, where he had resided ever since. His wife predeceased him some twenty-five years ago. There were ten children of the marriage, seven of whom are still living. The late Mr. Daysh leaves forty-nine grandchildren, sixty-six great-grand-children, and one great-great-grand-child.