Margaret FLANAGAN 1825-1912

Margarets probable TIMELINE                  

23 December 1825   birth to: John FLANAGAN and Mary BURKE probably Kilfenora, IRE

23 January 1856       married to: Michael MALLEY Kilfenora, County Clare, IRELAND

23 April 1883             emmigration:     from South Hampton, United Kingdom

16 June 1883            immigration:      to Lyttleton, Canterbury, New Zealand

05 April 1905            admission to:     Nazareth House, Christchurch, New Zealand 

11 Sept 1912            death:          fatty degeneration of heart at Nazareth House, Chch,  NZ.

13 Sep 1912             burial:          Block 13B, plot 11.   Sydenham Cemetery, Chch, NZ

Siblings: Michael FLANAGAN (sponsored and paid for passage to NZ after husbands death)

Children:       John-      baptised 12 Dec 1858      sponsor: Michael Malone
                      Bridget-  baptised 20 April 1861    sponsors: Denis Flanagan, Mary Carroll
                      Michael- baptised 18 Feb 1863     sponsors: Michael Malone, Honora Hogan
                      Michael- baptised 25 Sept 1864    sponsors: Patrick Flanagan, Sarah O'Malley
                      Charles-  baptised 31 May 1866    sponsors: Thomas Carroll, Margaret Kierse
                      Sarah-    baptised 26 May 1869    sponsors: Denis Flanagan, Mary Hogan
                      Patrick    (emigration records birth c1858-9)

 Correspondence:      Nazareth House/Sisters of Nazareth
                                   David Atkinson descendant of Margaret’s brother Michael-4^th cousin
                                   Tremauritz descendant of  Margaret’s daughter Bridget- 3^rd cousin
                                   Clare Heritage Centre (17 Sept 2002)

 RECORDS:               Marriage (FMP from National Library of Ireland))
                                   Assisted Emigration (NZ Archives Passenger Lists)
                                   Death Certificate (NZ BDM)
                                   Cemetery record  (Christchurch Library Cemetery  Database)

Margaret and Michael married 23 Jan 1856 in the parish of Kilfenora, Barony of Corcomroe, Co Clare.

Witnesses: Michael & Margaret McNamara.

The priest was shown to charged $2 (pounds) to perform the ceremony.

Unfortunately from a research point of veiw Church Marriage Registers did not commense until 1864.

Parents and place of birth were not a requirement for documentation, however it was customary in Ireland at that time for the bride to be married in her native parish.

It is reasonable then to assume Margaret was born in the Kilfenora parish. 

Emmigrated to NZ 1883 aboard 'IONIC' 1883.  It would appear (by oral history given to David Atkinson) that after the death of her husband Michael O'Malley, Margaret was brought out to NZ with at least 4 of her children. Her fare paid by her brother Michael FLANAGAN who was already living in NZ. – noted on record as single woman, death cert as widow.

Records show the arrival of the "Ionic" which sailed from Southampton 23 April 1883, arriving Lyttleton 16 June 1883 witth passengers: O'Malley; Margaret aged 40, general servant, from Clare.
                                      Patrick aged 24, labourer, from Clare.
                                      Mary aged 23, general servant, from Clare.
                                      Mary (Hogan) aged 23, general servant, from Clare.                                      
                                      Bridget aged 22, general servant, from Clare.
                                      Charles aged 21, general servant, from Clare.  

The 'Clare Heritage Centre' states: "it  is our experience from doing research down through the years that information the emigrants gave with regard to their dates of birth were rarely if ever accurate with discrepancies of up to 4-5 years being commonplace. This was done for a variety of reasons ie. to obtain cheaper passage, better employment opportunities, marriage prospects etc. 

Margaret's death certificate states her age as 86 at time of death, it also states she had spent 50 years in NZ. 

Margaret is my maternal grandfathers Paternal grandmother, my 2x great grandmother
                                     Margaret -->  Patrick-->Thomas -->  Edna --> me

Much of my information has been provided by David Atkinson, a 3^rd cousin once removed, who was originally contacted through records and paper-trail and later confirmed through DNA testing.

According to information registered with Nazareth House, formally situated (pre 2011 earthquake) at Brougham Street, Christchurch, New Zealand,  Margaret was born to John FLANAGAN and Mary BURKE 23 December 1825 County Clare, IRELAND.
This date conflicts with immigration records held at Canterbury Museum which gives her age as 40 years upon her arrival at Canterbury in 12 June 1885 aboard the Ionic. However ages were often falsified to meet the immigration laws of the era.

                         Nazareth House, Brougham Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Based on my genealogical research this piece of flash fiction is written about a key event in the life of Margaret FLANAGAN. Some poetic licence has been taken and some gaps filled in without proof, but it rounds out an ancestor, adds character, personality and interest.

Margaret stood amid her four surviving offspring, they watched the coastline dissolve into the gloomy afternoon. She thought of the darling babbies and beloved man she left behind. They were covered with the same sod she was carrying in an old whiskey bottle tucked carefully away with her mammy’s lace kerchief  and the crumpled and tattered note she had received informing of husband Michaels death eight months ago.  
She shed silent tears that mingled with the salty sea spray. Her life in County Clare had not been easy... that it looked no better for Patrick, Mary, Bridget and Charles, impelled acceptance of her brother’s offer of emigration to New Zealand. He had set sail from these same shores ten years hence and forged a new and prosperous life in the land so far away. None believed they would see him again but now he was providing an opportunity for his five kinfolk by paying their fares.
How she wished Michael was with her though.
"Come in Mammy, you’ll catch your death”, even her thickest woolen shawl couldn’t disguise the thin, slumped shoulders of her mother that Bridget gently put her arm around . Margaret smiled but the sadness of leaving hearth and homeland forever, even when coupled with the excitement of prospective changes, produced emotional bittersweetness.
Bíonn súil le muir ach ní bhíonn súil le tír -There is hope from the sea but none from the land,  this brings new meaning to the adage she thought.
She resisted looking back one more time... like the view, nothing was left there for her anymore.                                                                                          

My 5 Generation' place of birth' Chart

Phyllis Olive GREENFIELD 1904 - 1962

 

Phyllis Olive GREENFIELD was born on 20 Oct 1904 in Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand as the seventh child of Henry Greenfield and Frances MOFFET. She had six older siblings, namely: Earnest Henry (1888-1960), Albert Percy (1889-1962), Joseph Leslie 1891-1942), Eveline Frances (1893-1948), Alexander William Moffat (1895-1976), and Alice Dorothy (1900-1941).

 

In these family portraits Phyllis is the infant. Oral history states there was a nurse behind her mother Frances keeping her steady during the sitting. Phyllis would appear to be six to eight months old. Frances died when Phyllis was 13 months.

Her father remarried on 15 December 1909 to Annie LARCOMBE, Phyllis was aged five years and two months. She was soon to be big sister to two more siblings: Meta Ellinor (1910-1994), and Zora Joy (1912-1983). 　 　
                                                                               

 

        
On 1 May 1930 when she was 25, 
Phyllis married George Henry KING,
son of Thomas KING and Isabella MILES,
in Christchurch, New Zealand
(at Knox House, Carlton Mill Rd, Christchurch).                                

George Henry KING and Phyllis Olive GREENFIELD had the following six children:

Dorothy Maisie KING (1930-2012), George Edward (1932-1980), Frances Margaret Betty (1934-1985), Robert Sydney (1936-2000), Eveline Shirley (1937-2001), and Trevor Harry (1940-1987).

 

left to right: Betty, Shirley, Dorothy, Ted and Sid (Trevor is missing from this photo)

 

Following an interview I had with daughters Shirley and Dorothy in 2006, I have surmised that Phyllis seems to have had a unhappy life. Her own mother died when she was still a baby and although I have seen photographs with Henry and his youngest daughters, none include Phyllis. Her marriage was to a man who was not pleasant, and when he passed away, her oldest son stepped into the bullying role (as evident by correspondence from the armed services re his return to Christchurch, and information from interview with her daughters)... this was not a happy home. Memories of Phyllis by her daughters and daughter-in-law are fond but feelings for her are of sadness for what she endured.

 

 When her family had grown, Phyllis' great love was  'The Red Cross', of which she was a member. My one memory of Nana King is of her dressed in her uniform at the Labour Day Picnic in Linwood Park when I was about six years old.
　　 　 　　
Phyllis died in Christchurch Public Hospital on 09 September 1962 one month before her 58th birthday. Causes of death: 1) Left bronchopneumonia, 2) Right atelectasis (collapsed lung) and right pleural effusion,

3) Carcinoma left breast.

She was buried on 11 September 1962 at Addington Cemetery, Christchurch East, Plot 902c.

 

Fanny GREENFIELD 1863

My serendipitous discovery was this little angel.

Named for her maternal aunty, for whom I was searching at the time, Fanny was born the fourth child of John and Mary Jane GREENFIELD on or about 20 May 1863 in Oamaru, New Zealand. The first New Zealand born child in this line, and only 14 months after her mothers arrival there.

The only evidence of her existence (to date) is her death certificate, NZ BDM ref #1863/1840, which states:
WHEN DIED AND WHERE: 27 May 1863, Oamaru
NAME AND SURNAME: Fanny Greenfield
SEX: female
AGE: 1 week
RANK OR PROFFESSION: -blank-
CAUSE OF DEATH: inflammation of the lungs
SIGNATURE, DESCRIPTION, AND RESIDENCE OF INFORMANT: Jon Greenfield (father), Boatman, Oamaru
DATE REGISTERED: 28 May 1863

God Bless you precious little one, such a short existence in this earthly plain, but duly noted and included in our family tree... remembered in future generations.

11 Dec 2014, Further to this blog:

Several months later I was advised by ancestry.com that there might be a match for Fanny GREENFIELD, there was. Fanny's birth had indeed been registered, NZ Registrars Return BIRTHS ref # 118 which states
WHEN BORN AND WHERE: 21 May 1863, Oamaru
NAME IF ANY: Fanny
SEX: female
NAME AND SURNAME OF FATHER: John Grienfield
NAME AND MAIDEN SURNAME OF MOTHER:  Mary Jane Grienfield formally Annet
RANK OR PROFESSION OF FATHER: Boatman
SIGNATURE, DESCRIPTION AND RESIDENCE OF INFORMANT: Jon Grienfield (father), Boatman, Oamaru
DATE REGISTERED: 28 May 1863

I have since obtained photocopies of both certificates which were registered at the same time and both have Fanny's surname misspelled as GRIENFIELD

Mary Jane ANNETT c1835-1869

Born in c1835, the first of seven children to William ANNETT and Mary RODGERS. Research supports Mary Janes mother was born in the Catholic faith about 1803 in Dublin, Ireland. Her father born c1808 to James and Elizabeth nee ?SHEPHERD was a farm labourer Kent, England and of Church of England faith.

There is some confusion as to whether Mary Jane was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, ENGLAND (as were all her siblings), IRELAND (1841 census) or Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA (1851 census)... to date I have been unable to substantiate or locate any records of her parents marriage, her birth, or documentation pertaining to her travel as an infant.

If born overseas,Mary Jane had returned to her fathers home at Seven Oaks in Kent, ENGLAND before the birth of her first brother in 1838.

By the 1850s revolutions in agriculture and industrial practice had caused great changes in the lives of village folk and many landless farm workers flocked to the large towns and cities.

Meanwhile in Australia, there was an acute shortage of labour caused by the gold rushes which began in 1851. The incentive of assisted passage was offered to emigrants of good character whose skills were needed in the colony. This no doubt had a bearing on the decision of the ANNETT family to emigrate.

At age 16, Mary Jane emigrated aboard the "Priam' as a single woman along with her parents and siblings but on a separate document, she is recorded as a housemaid who could read and write. The Priam departed from Plymouth, England on the 21 May 1852 and arrived 3 months and 4 days later at Portland, Victoria, Australia on 25 August.

At disembarkation Mary Jane went with her parents, who had been allocated a round tent, and camped in that until accommodation was found. Her brother Henry recalled this experience remembering seeing as many as 200 aborigines taking part in a corroboree at Wattle Tree Hill, near Portland.

Upon reaching the new country, Mary Janes father aged 49 years joined the Police Force on the 01 September 1852, but by 1855 he had been found 'Drunk on Duty' on three occasions and was dishonorably discharged.

When 18 years old Mary Jane was married on 09 March1853 to Charles WIGGINS, son of John Wiggins and Sarah Hodges. The Marriage was held in the Presbyterian Denomination in the Portland Parish and recorded in the Pioneer Index file no. 3154.

There is no known issue.

Two years and eight months later aged 20, she married Johannes Barends GROENEVELD son of Barends Hendriks Groeneveld and Catharina SIMMERMANS, at the home of William ANNETT (father), at Portland, Victoria on 17 November 1855.

As Charles did not die until June 1901, it can be assumed that Mary Janes marriage to Johannes was either after an annulment or bigamous. I am unable to substantiate either at this time. Provision for divorce in Victoria was not introduced until 1861.

It is worthy to note here the verbal history, albeit forth-hand and four generations further on , that mentions the idea that Mary Jane was a barmaid or dancer when Johannes rode into town from the goldfields one day. A fellow worker commented to Mary Jane about the handsome gold miner, to which Mary Jane replied 'keep your eyes/hands off him, he's mine' as he was until her untimely death.

Eleven months after their marriage and while Johannes was seeking their fortune in gold, Mary Jane gave birth to their first child Johannes at the Armstrong Diggings, Mt Ararat, on 27 December 1856. Mary followed in 1858 at Belfast (renamed Port Fairy), Victoria, and Caterina at Warnambool, Victoria in 1860.

Perhaps it was the primitive conditions in which they were raising 3 small children, the thrill of a new goldrush, or simply the promise of a better life in a new country... but by the time the youngest child was a year old, Johannes and Mary Jane again emigrated... this time to New Zealand.

Johannes preceded Mary Jane by three months arriving at Port Chalmers, North Otago on either the 'Mary Anne Wilson' or the 'Aldinga'. He traveled on to and settled at Oamaru, a fast developinging South Island harbour town, where he arrange accommodation for his family. Mary Jane and Johannes lived here the remainder of their days.

Mary Jane traveled aboard the 'Mary E Ray' to Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand in March 1862 with her 2 oldest children. Another Mrs Greenfield had traveled to Port Chalmers two weeks earlier aboard the 'Blue Jacket' with a 1 year old infant, I suspect it was Mary Janes sister Frances traveling with the youngest child but to date I have been unable to substantiate this.

Mary Janes brother, Henry ANNETT (aged 30 years) also traveled to Port Chalmers on the same voyage as Mary Jane.

Within 14 months of arriving in the new country, on 20 May 1863, Mary Jane gave birth to her third daughter Fanny undoubtedly named for and in appreciation of her younger sister. Sadly this child survived only one week and succumbed to "inflammation of the lungs".

Jane was born 14 months later on 10 July 1864 and baptised at the local Oamaru Church 'St Lukes'.

A second son, Henry, was born at Oamaru 31 March 1867.

Her final child, Eveline was born on 16 February 1869 also in Oamaru.

DEATH NOTICE IN THE OAMARU TIMES. 24 Sept 1869

On 22nd September, Mary Jane Annett, Beloved wife of John Greenfield, aged 34 years.

The funeral will leave her late residence, Wharfe Street tomorrow (Saturday), at 2 O'clock.

M Grenfell, Undertaker.

Mary Jane died of "Phthisis and weakness" on 22 September 1869 in Oamaru aged only 34 years.

She left a legacy of seven children; Joseph (Johannes Junior) aged 13 years, Mary aged 11 years, Caterina aged 9 years, Fanny (deceased), Janes aged 5 years, Henry aged 2 years, and Evelyn aged only 7 months.

The funeral left the family home in Wharfe Street and traveled to the Oamaru Cemetery. Mary Jane is buried at Block 9 Section 22.

Her final resting place is marked with a significant oamaru stone headstone bearing the inscription:

In loving memory of Mary Jane ANNETT

beloved wife of John GREENFIELD

who departed this life 22 September 1869 aged 34 years.

"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord"

John is also buried with his wife but only her name appears on the headstone.

Only three of Mary Janes children would survive to produce descendants.

It was only once I traced Mary Jane back to Victoria that any light was shed on what had become of her for fellow researchers, to date I have been unsuccessful in all attempts to find any further information on her sister Frances in either Australia or New Zealand.

Mary Janes male siblings became founding families of the area of settlement in Australia and quite prominent and well documented members of society.

The voyage of Mary Jane ANNETT aboard the ‘Priam’  21 May-25 August 1852
                             written (with some poetic licence) by Corrinne KING

In 1852 what would tempt one to embark on the arduous and hazardous three-month journey to the opposite side of the globe?

Of course we had no say, it was father’s decision so that was that!

Throughout the nineteenth century deaths at sea were tragically common, as many as one in five children, and one in sixty adults died on the voyage to Australia.  At least twenty-six emigration ships were lost due to disease, fire, collision or sinking. Few sailors or passengers could swim, rarely were there enough lifeboats available anyway.  Conditions for steerage passengers were little better than those suffered by the unfortunates on coffin or convict ships...

 ‘We was stuffed into the single women’s quarters aft of the ship like livestock into cages at the Sunday market. At times the noise was as bad... and the smell worse.

The bunks running both sides was double-deck, each three foot wide, so we shared with another. Cos we were from the same village Elizabeth and me coupled up. Most of us could sit up on our bunk but the taller girls would bash their head on the low overhead. We brought our own bedding but they was infested with filthy fleas, lice and vermin within a week of leaving shore, and smelly soon after. Every few days, when weather allowed, we took our bedding up to shake and air, but it never seemed to be quite dry ever again.
Our quarters was below the water line so we only had vents to allow air and light in. When the weather was bad we had to shut them. We couldn’t use candles or oil lamps then either,  it was too dangerous with the pitching and rolling, so it got mighty dark, and the air got pretty bad... especially when we first left home and when we hit bad weather, even those without the seasickness was soon vomiting too cos of the smell.

There wasn’t really room for the ladies to bathe. Sometimes we would take a seawater-soaked cloth onto our bunks for ‘top and tail’.  Elizabeth said the men stripped down on a shelf hung over the side of a ship, and threw buckets of water at each other, we envied them sometimes.

There was only two toilets, one each side... there was always a waiting line. We were told to use the rags on the back of the door ‘to clean’, they had been soaked in vinegar but it didn’t really cover the smell. Water that slopped down the bilges smelled even worse and it wafted up through the floor to our quarters, especially in the hot weather.
There was a clothesline down the centre of our passageway, we took turns at washing out a single garment in seawater to hang there. Often they wasn’t dry again the next day but we had to make do.
Cos our ship was new, the captain made sure below deck was scrubbed with vinegar and chloride of lime every few days. Widow Wilson took charge of who was on duty, we tried to dodge her but she always found us.

The food was good enough; pickled meat, flour, sugar and dried peas mostly. The weevils got at it though, as did the rats and mice... Elizabeth found one cooked in her porridge one morning!
Water became foul after about a month and stuff would grow in the barrels that could make you sick. Sometimes even the new water brought onboard still tasted bad and people still got sick. Whenever it rained, if we could get on deck, everyone used whatever they could to collect the rainwater. It tasted so sweet... but there was never enough. Sometimes I would just stand with my eyes shut and my tongue out. Elizabeth said I would catch my death in my wet clothes, but for just a wee while I could pretend I was still back in the fields at home catching the raindrops on my tongue.

We was only a few days out when the first case of measles happened. Seems poor Johnny Crockett brought it onboard. Soon it was raging through the whole ship, even some of the sailors caught it. Five children succumbed. Mum was worried about our bairns, she needn’t be though, they caught it but they came through ok.  Johnny Crockett’s mother left this life after she got to fitting when she saw him buried at sea.
As the trip wore on more people came down with fever and coughing. Doctor said it was infection of the lungs mostly, but all in all we was a healthy bunch. We had seven babies born on the ship too, only one didn’t make it to land.

Come the ninth day, just off Madeira, we hit the stillness when the Trade Winds failed. Absolutely no motion for 12 days! The heat on-deck was unbearable and even with a hat, more than a half-hour in the sun could bring on sun-stroke. Down below it was suffocating, we was soaked in sweat and even fanning brought no relief. We thought this had to be the worst... it wasn’t.  

On day fifty-eight, just past the Cape of Good Hope, we hit the Roaring Forties. It became so much colder and we was met by mountainous seas and drifting ice-floes as we passed through the uncharted expanse of the Great Southern Ocean. For ten terrifying, unrelenting days we was confined in our sodden quarters, fearing for our very lives. Clinging to each other and anything fixed, fervently reciting our Hail Mary’s as the ship and our possessions were tossed about like autumn leaves in a November gale back home. Elizabeth and me was certain this was the end, just like the other ship we had heard was seen sinking off the Cape of Good Hope.

Then... day ninety-six, I saw it!  My first glimpse of the new land... my new homeland.    
I disembarked, older and wiser, at Portland Bay to the unfamiliar but pleasing smell of eucalyptus.’

 References:

1)     Museums Victoria, Journeys to Australia. Accessed from https://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/websites-mini/journeys-australia/1850s70s/sailing-routes/

2)      Clipper route. Accessed from http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/History/Pics/ClipperRoute.png

3)      Steerage Passengers. Accessed from http://www.norwayheritage.com/steerage.htm

4)      Passenger List. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923. Accessed from http://interactive.ancestry.com.au

5)      Voyage of the Priam 1852. Accessed from http://users.ncable.net.au/~jburrell/gen/smith/priam.html

6)      Arrival of the Priam and sighted sinking barque. Accessed from Trove Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875) http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article



Eileen Marianne SHERIDAN 1864-1930

 

Eileen Marianne SHERIDAN was born on 25 Feb 1864 in Dublin, IRELAND (place to be confirmed) as the second child of Terence SHERIDAN and Mary Anne MANNING.

Oral history says that she was born at the Dublin Police Barracks. Correspondence with Cath O'Neil confirms that this is a possibility although to date no record has been found to substantiate the claim.

Her father was a policeman/sergeant with the Royal Irish Constabulary.

She had thirteen siblings, namely:

Mary Anne, born 02 Feb 1863 in County Meath (to be confirmed) and died 2 April 1864 at Kilronan, Aran Isles.

Winifred Maria, born 01 July 1865 on Inishmor, Aran Isles. Died 13 October 1945 at Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand.

James William, born 28 March 1867, Dingle, Co Kerry.

Maryanne, born 05 May 1869, Castlegregory, Co Kerry. Died 24 Jan 1895 at Timaru, NZ.

Patrick, born Castlegregory, 28 Feb 1871.

Bridget, born Co Kerry, 27 Aug 1872. died at Dingle 1873.

Catharine, born Castlegregory 25 Dec 1873.

Terence, born 05 Jan 1876 at Co Kerry, emigrated to Massachutettes, USA.

Bridget, born Co Kerry 17 Oct 1877.

Andrew, born at Shievadieher, Co Kerry 08 Aug 1879.

Thomas, born 11 Feb 1881at Cloghane.

Gerald, born 27 Oct 1882 at Beherbee.

Peter born 04 Oct 1885 at Cloghane.

 

When the tender age of only 15 1/2 years (aged 18 years as per documentation) Eileen aka Ellen emigrated to New Zealand aboard the 'Lady Jocelyn' which departed London 29 August 1879 and arrived at Lyttleton  on 08 December 1879 (as per Canterbury Museum Research Centre records). She was registered as a housemaid from Co Kerry.

       



                            
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It would appear she travelled alone although she was joined later by her two sisters Winifred and Maryanne with whom she had a close relationship in this foreign country.

 

When she was 22, She married Patrick O'Malley, son of Michael O'MALLEY and Margaret FLANNAGAN, on 23 Nov 1886 in Blessed Sacrament, Phillipstown, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Patrick O'Malley and Eileen Marianne SHERIDAN had the following children:

1. John Francis O'MALLEY was born on 17 Feb 1888 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. He died date Unknown. he married Isabella ARCHIBALD.
2. Patrick William O'MALLEY was born on 11 May 1890 in New Zealand. He died in 1974 in New Zealand. He married Alice ?
3. James Joseph O'MALLEY was born on 12 Jan 1892 in Christchurch, New Zealand . He died on 07 Jul 1942 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He married Ethel Esther MALZARD\MILSWOOD.
4. Peter Charles O'MALLEY was born on 07 Oct 1893 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. He died in 1894 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
5. Mary Anne O'MALLEY was born on 25 Dec 1894 in New Zealand. She died on 12 Dec 1979. She married Frederick BENNETT.
6. Eileen Margaret O'MALLEY was born on 25 Oct 1896 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She died on 14 Nov 1972 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She married Martin MULLAY.
7. Leo Charles O'MALLEY was born on 26 Jun 1901 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He died on 15 Jan 1959 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He married Doris Mabel BROCKER.
8. Thomas Augustine O'MALLEY was born on 15 Feb 1903 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He died on 20 Jan 1973 in Christchurch, New Zealand at his daughters home, 61 Shortland St, Wainoni. He married Beatrice BIRD.
9. Ambrose O'MALLEY was born on 15 Nov 1905. He died on 14 Oct 1990. Unmarried. 

　

Places of residence included:

1896-1900:She lived in 87 Barbadoes St, Christchurch, New Zealand.

1911 She lived in 18 Essex St, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand

1919 She lived in 38 Southwark St, Christchurch East, New Zealand

1928 She lived in 36 Burke St, Christchurch South, New Zealand

　

　

To date very little else is known of her.



She died aged 66 years on 19 Sep 1930, at 82 Fitzgerald Ave, Christchurch, New Zealand. of cerebral thrombosis and myocardial degeneration.

 

 

 

 

She was buried on 22 Sep 1930 in Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Block 27 Plot number: 66

Age: 61 years

Address: 82 Fitzgerald Ave, Christchurch

Occupation: Widow

Born: Ireland

Years in New Zealand: 50.

 

 

 

Eliza FOARD 1831-1876

Eliza Foard was born c1831 in Mayfield, Sussex, England, the seventh child of Stephen Foard and Sarah Boots. She was baptized on 10 Apr 1831 in Mayfield, Sussex, England.

Eliza eventually had eleven siblings, namely: William b1817, Sarah b1820, Henry b1821, John b1823, Stephen b1826, Benjamin b1828, Dinah b1835, Alexander b1837, Frances b1839, Elizabeth Ann b1841, and Charlotte b1844

In 1841 she resided at High Street, Mayfield and by 1851 Eliza was living as housekeeper to her widowed brother William and his three young children at 16 Crown Square, Camberwell, Surrey.

When she was 25, at the Parish Church of St Giles, Camberwell, in the presence of brother William and sister Frances, she married Daniel KING (son of John KING and Hannah) on 18 October 1856

Daniel and Eliza had the following children:

1. Henry T KING was born about Sep 1857 in Newington, Surrey, England. Originally thought to have been buried at Mayfield 08 May 1861, however, a photo taken in 1906 names Henry as present.
   
2. Eliza Ellen KING was born in 1859 in Newington, Surrey, England. She died on 08 Feb 1936 in Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand. She married Amos DOUBLE on 07 May 1877 in Primitive Methodist Church, Timaru, South Canterbury, NZ.
3. Daniel Edward KING was born in Jan 1861 in Uckford, Sussex, England. He died on 28 Oct 1949 in Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand. He married Alice RYAN on 05 Jul 1883 in at the home of Daniel Edward King, Temuka.
4. Thomas KING was born about 1865 in Lambeth, Surrey, England. He died on 25 Sep 1944 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. He married Isabella MILES on 12 Feb 1885 in Office of the Registrar, Temuka, South Canterbury, NZ. He married Margaret MARRA on 06 Oct 1909 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
5. Sarah KING was born about 1867 in Lambeth, Surrey, England.
6. John KING was born about 1870 in Lambeth, Surrey, England.
7. Elizabeth Ann KING was born in 1873.

Between her marriage and 1874, Eliza and her family lived at Mayfield and Croydon.

At age 40 Eliza, Daniel, and their 6 youngest children emigrated to New Zealand aboard the 'Carisbrooke Castle' which departed London on 30 May1874 and arrived at Lyttleton, New Zealand on 3 September 1874. An epidemic of measles broke out soon after departure claiming the life of 20 children, this must have been horrific for the family who had no way to escape the cramped and closed living conditions. An account of the voyage and other interesting miscellaneous information can be read at  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/carisbrooke.htm  

CARISBROOKE CASTLE, From London to Lyttelton, New Zealand

The Carisbrooke Castle, 1451 tons, ship, arrived Lyttelton, 3 September 1874 after a 93-day voyage. Michael Cook, a steerage passenger, sent his diary of the voyage back to England to his friends and it was printed in a local newspaper. 23% of the children who came down with measles on the voyage died.

Timaru Herald, 4 September 1874, Page 3

The Phoebe will arrive at Timaru to-day. with 250 immigrants, from the Carisbrooke Castle, at Lyttelton. The Carisbrooke Castle, 1415 tons, John Freebody, from London, with 490 immigrants, came to an anchorage in Lyttelton harbor on Wednesday. Twenty-five deaths (all of which were of children under five years, mostly from measles) occurred during the voyage, but the vessel was free from sickness upon arrival. There were five births during the passage. The men are mostly agricultural laborers, and the single girls are described as very creditable and respectable.

Timaru Herald, 7 September 1874, Page 3

Immigrants. - Two hundred and eleven immigrants were landed from the Phoebe at Timaru on Saturday morning. There were four adults from the ship Northampton, 11½ from the Canterbury, and 197½ from the Carisbrooke Castle; those from the last-named vessel comprising 41 families, 49 single men, and 23 single women.The Ship's Papers can be found at Archives New Zealand Wellington. On the microfiche listing, it says there are 5 pages, but in fact, there are 25 pages. The passenger list held at Archives New Zealand, Christchurch Branch.

To date, no record has been found as to why Henry Thomas did not accompany the family to New Zealand. It was assumed he had died as a child, however, a family portrait taken at Teuka in 1906 names Henry as being present.

By October 1875 Eliza and Daniel were expecting their first New Zealand born child.

       8.  Ruth KING was born on 24 May 1876 in Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand.

Eliza's new life in the new country was very short-lived, just a couple of hours after the birth of Ruth she died of confinement complications. The inquest recorded in 'the Timaru Herald' on 26 May 1876 gives quite a detailed and damning account.

Although the report states there had been nine children only eight births have been found to date.

Also to date and despite much research I have not been able to locate any further documentation of Elizas death or burial details.
Sadly baby Ruth lived only 11 months before succumbing to bronchitis on 14 April 1877. Her death certificate states she was buried at Temuka Cemetery although I have been unable to locate any documentation, I like to think baby Ruth and Eliza are resting together.
NB: The birth was not registered until 1877 (probably at the same time as her death).

A historic non-fiction snapshot re the birth of baby Ruth and death of Eliza
 (some poetic license has been taken)... by Corrinne

I don’t blame my Daniel. This was my ninth baby, I never 'ad a doctor at any of them. I knew what to expect.

My Daniel 'ad done the best by us all when he brought us to New Zealand, near on two year ago, and we was settled proper now. I was glad for the clean air, and my Daniel 'ad plenty of farm-work to keep us all warm and fed. It weren’t no 'ardship when we found we was 'aving another wee one.

When my time come, Ann Barrett and Mrs Murphy attended me from 'alf past one. I’d 'ad Ruth by four. She was perfect... an angel ...we was both doin’ well when they left at six.  Ann 'ad to get her Geordies breakfast.

When she came back at eight I weren’t  feelin’ too good but I didn’t want no doctor, I said I’d be good again by lunch.

My Daniel wanted to get the doctor too, but I just wanted a little cornflour to 'elp my faintness ... and a little drop of brandy...but soon I got to dreadin and was afeared  about wee Ruthie... I didn’t want Daniel to leave me... I was feelin real bad.

Daniel went for the doctor anyway, but when he got ‘ere at nine thirty it was too late.

The jury said if Daniel 'ad sent for the doctor in time I would probably be saved, but 'e only done what I told 'im. It weren’t 'is fault.

Information taken from an original  document available at:
INQUEST. Timaru Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 1431, 30 May 1876
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18760530.2.28?query=Eliza King

Another possible scenario from Daniels's viewpoint... by Corrinne
(some poetic license taken)

Daniel adjusted the woolen scarf, fastened his jacket, and donned his bowler.

The temperature had dropped dramatically this afternoon and he unconsciously noted a new smattering of snow on the Southern Alps.

As he made his way along Main Street toward home, his mind reviewed the torturous account given yesterday by James Match, the jury foreman... "had medical attendance been called in time, life probably might have been saved." Although not a close friend, Daniel knew James fairly well as a fellow resident of the budding township.

James, he let out an audible sigh, is that what you think? Is it what everybody thinks? If I'd have thought for a second...

Hindsight, a wonderful thing, but in the stark reality, he felt the weight of the world on his shoulders.

Eliza, my rock, gone.

He drew a sharp breath at the physical pain which accompanied his admission and fumbled on in pensive, decisive thought, eyes downcast as he walked.

The older children can help the younger ones, and I will ask young Annie if she can stay on as nurse for the baby.

Another wave of anguish washed over him as he thought how delighted they had been at the prospect of the baby being born in their new country. Now she was the source of his despair.

How can I ever look at her without seeing Eliza lying there so pale and still?
Oh God Eliza, how can I ever bear to look at her?