Individual Notes
Note for: Elizabeth Davey, ABT 1846 - 20 OCT 1917
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Burial: Date: 22 OCT 1917
Place: Lower Otaio Cemetery
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
Year and place of Birth from Mabel Maria Pye Birth Certificate
*1st Marriage Details Date: Dec 1866, District: Tiverton (includes Oakford), Vol: 5b, Page 795, Names: George W Pye and Elizabeth Davey*
*2nd Marriage Details Date: 1887, Folio No: 3156, John Cook and Elizabeth Pye*
2nd Marriage Details
Marriage Certificate shows When and Where: 16/11/1887, Registrar's Office, Geraldine, John Cook, Aged: 24, Occ: Labourer, Bachelor, Birthplace: Great Limber, Lincolnshire, England, Residence: Present: Rangitata, Usual: Rangitata, Father: Michael Cook, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Ellen Cook nee Hoodless, Elizabeth Pye, Aged: 41, Occ: None Listed, Widowed 19/9/1886, Birthplace: Oakford, Devonshire, England, Residence: Present: Rangitata, Usual: Rangitata, Father: James Winsbrow? Davey, Occ: Labourer, Mother: Elizabeth Davey nee ?, Witnesses: James W Pye, Geraldine, Draper, Eliza Jane Pye, Geraldine, Milliner
Waimate District Council Records show Elizabeth Cook, Date of Death: 20/10/1917, Aged: 74, Area in Cemetery: All Denominations, Plot: 96, Grave
The Timaru Herald 22nd October 1917 shows
Cook - On October 20th, at her residence, Springbrook, St. Andrews, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of John Cook; aged 74 years. At rest
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Funeral Notice
The Friends of Mr John Cook are respectfully informed that the Funeral of his late wife will leave his residence, Springbrook, St. Andrews, This Day (Monday), October 22nd, at 3 p.m., for St. Andrews Anglican Church, where a short funeral service will be held, and leaving immediate after for the Lower Otaio Cemetery. W. J. Lister. Phones 142 and 157
Individual Notes
Note for: Mary Jane Pye, 1867 - 6 OCT 1919
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Burial: Date: 8 OCT 1919
Place: Rakaia Cemetery
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
1888 Occ: Servant from S. Shadbolt notes 1995
*Free BMD Record shows Mary Jane Pye, Birth Registered: June 1867, District: Newton Abbot, Volume: 5b, Page: 153*
*Marriage Details Date: 1888, Folio No: 2415*
Christchurch City Library Church Register Cards show Mary Jane Pye & George Henry Smith, When and Where Married: 3/8/1888 at St Mary's Anglican Church, Addington, Groom's Age: 21, Occ: Farm Labourer, Born Shipton, Oxfordshire, Bride's Age: 21, Born: Stokingham, Devonshire,
Groom's Parents: Stephen & Ann Smith, nee Rawlings, Occ: Farm Labourer, Bride's Parents: George & Elizabeth Pye, nee David (should be Davey), Occ: Farm Labourer, Witnesses: Caroline Priestly East, the Paesonage, Addington, Alice Louise Mazey, Queen street, Christchurch
Probate Record shows Smith Mary Jane, Place: Rakaia, Occ: Married Woman, Court: Christchurch, Probate No: 10703, Date Filed: 13/10/1909, Type: Intestate (Letters of Administration), Where: Archives NZ, Christchurch
Summary of Death Certificate shows When and Where: 6/10/1919, County Hospital, Ashburton, Name: Mary Jane Smith, Usual Residence: Rakaia, Occ: Married, Aged: 53, Cause of Death: Ulcerative enteritis, 6 months, Perforation, general peritonitis, 3 days, Medical Attendant: J R Wells, Last Seen Alive: 6/10/1919, Father: George Pye, Occ: Farm Labourer, Mother: Elizabeth Pye nee ?, Where and When Buried: 8/10/1919, Rakaia, Minister: Rev Blakiston, Church of England, Birthplace: Wales?(Incorrect), How long in NZ: 46 years, Where Married: Addington, Christchurch, Age Married: 22, To Whom Married: George Smith, Living Children's ages: Males: 30, 28, 27, 25 years, Females, 29, 21 years, Informant: J Shaw, Undertaking, Ashburton
The Press 7th October 1919 shows
Smith - On October 5?th, at Ashburton Hospital, Mary Jane, dearly beloved wife of Geo. H. Smith, Rakaia; aged 53 years
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Funeral Notice
The Funeral of the late Mary Jane Smith will leave the residence of her husband, Geo. H. Smith, Chapman street, Rakaia, on Wednesday, October 8th, 1919, at 2 p.m. for the Rakaia Public Cemetery. Charles Shannon, Undertaker
Buried in Rakaia Cemetery, Plot 329, no headstone marks this plot(this was noted in 1995), Buried with George Henry Stephen Smith(son)
Individual Notes
Note for: George Henry Smith, 1867 - 5 SEP 1955
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Burial: Place: Cremated Christchurch And Scattered At Sea?
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
George Smith arrived with his Parents, Stephen and Ann and Sister Alice on the "Ballochmyle". It departed 18/3/1874 from Gravesend (Immigrants loaded at Plymouth) and arrived Lyttelton 1/6/1874,
Names as on Passenger List,
Smith Stephen, 42, Oxon, Farmer Labourer
Smith Ann, 42
Smith George, 6
Smith Alice, 4
It was also noted, No of Adults: 3, Cost to Govt: 43.10 pounds
*Marriage Details Date: 1888, Folio No: 2415*
Christchurch City Library Church Register Cards show Mary Jane Pye & George Henry Smith, When and Where Married: 3/8/1888 at St Mary's Anglican Church, Addington, Groom's Age: 21, Occ: Farm Labourer, Born Shipton, Oxfordshire, Bride's Age: 21, Born: Stokingham, Devonshire,
Groom's Parents: Stephen & Ann Smith, nee Rawlings, Occ: Farm Labourer, Bride's Parents: George & Elizabeth Pye, nee David (should be Davey), Occ: Farm Labourer, Witnesses: Caroline Priestly East, the Paesonage, Addington, Alice Louise Mazey, Queen street, Christchurch