Son of George Mayo, b 10/7/1840, Richmond Surrey England, d Wairoa 6/8/1914, and Mary Ann Clements Whur, b 27/8/1841 Nottinghill Kensington England.

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Born 11/6/1871,"Orere" Mitchell road Wairoa "down by the river where the fishes bite".
Died Napier 10/3/1928 at Wellington. Buried Napier.
Married Mary Louisa Gardiner at Hastings 5/7/1892.
Mayor of Wairoa for period during 1917-1919.
Father of Alice Melba Mayo.
Grandfather of Patrick James Lawton and Barbara Pearl Parker (nee Lawton).

Brothers and sisters of John Mayo were: Ada Clements, George Frederick, William, Benjamin, Daniel Arthur, Rebecca (Dick), Ernest, Harold, Ethel, Daisy, (Source, TO WAIROA THEY CAME by Stephanie and Ivan Hughes. ISBN O-473-02388-1]