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     Michael Holmden Mason Norling was born in 1935.¹ He is the son of Jack Mason Norling and Rata Victoria Townshend.¹

     Ernest Edwin Townshend was born on 4 February 1858.¹ He was the son of Reverend Lord George Osborne Townshend and Jessie Victoria McKellar.¹ He married Rosa Harriet Plumley, daughter of E. A. Plumley, in 1882.¹ He died in 1945.¹

     Rosa Harriet Plumley was the daughter of E. A. Plumley.¹ She married Ernest Edwin Townshend, son of Reverend Lord George Osborne Townshend and Jessie Victoria McKellar, in 1882.¹ She died on 30 November 1937.¹
     From 1882, her married name became Townshend.¹

     E. A. Plumley lived at Auckland, New Zealand.¹

     Clifford Edwin Townshend was born in 1884.¹ He was the son of Ernest Edwin Townshend and Rosa Harriet Plumley.¹ He married Rose Evelyn Greensill, daughter of John Abraham Greensill, on 17 August 1915.¹ He died in 1958.¹

     Rose Evelyn Greensill is the daughter of John Abraham Greensill.¹ She married Clifford Edwin Townshend, son of Ernest Edwin Townshend and Rosa Harriet Plumley, on 17 August 1915.¹
     From 17 August 1915, her married name became Townshend.¹ She was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1967.¹

     John Abraham Greensill lived at Picton, New Zealand.¹

     John Edwin Townshend was born on 17 April 1918.¹ He was the son of Clifford Edwin Townshend and Rose Evelyn Greensill.¹ He married Mary Sharp, daughter of William Joseph Curran Sharp, on 4 November 1943.¹ He died on 9 February 1990 at age 71.¹
     He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.¹

     Mary Sharp is the daughter of William Joseph Curran Sharp.¹ She married John Edwin Townshend, son of Clifford Edwin Townshend and Rose Evelyn Greensill, on 4 November 1943.¹
     From 4 November 1943, her married name became Townshend.¹ She lived in 2003 at 9A Waterhouse Street, Taradale, Napier, New Zealand.¹

     William Joseph Curran Sharp was Superintendant of Post & Telegraph, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States.¹