Individual Notes

Note for:   Elizabeth Davey,   ABT 1846 - 20 OCT 1917         Index

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         Index

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         Index

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