Rebecca (Brown) Carvell (1832 - 1907)

Born 3 Jun 1832 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Eli Carvell — married 1856 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

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Died 22 Jul 1907 at age 75 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand

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Biography

Rebecca (Brown) Carvell was born in Northamptonshire, England.

Rebecca (Brown) Carvell migrated from England to New Zealand in 1856.

Rebecca was baptized 1 July 1832 at Preston Capes, Northamptonshire. She was the daughter of John & Hannah Brown. ^[1]

In early 1856 (or possibly late 1855), she married Eli Carvell. ^[2]

They emigrated to New Zealand in 1856 aboard the Emma Colvin departing March 1856, as did Rebecca's own family. ^[3]

Rebecca and Eli Carvell adopted a child Louisa Maude Newton and brought her up as Mary Ann Carvell. They did not have children of their own.

"Mrs Rebecca Carvell, wife of Mr Eli Carvell, died at the residence of her husband in Stephenson Street yesterday at about 1 o'clock. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of Blenheim, and at the time of her death was in her seventy-sixth year. She came out to the Colonies in company with her husband in the Emma Colvin, and landed in Nelson in 1856, coming on to the Wairau about five years later, where her home has since been. She was, until her health failed, prominently connected with the Methodist Church, with which body she was an earnest and effective Christian worker. About two years ago, when visiting the Marlborough Exhibition, she was seized with sudden illness, and had been unable to leave her home since. Of late she had been so weak and frail as to need constant attendance, and yesterday, during the brief absence of her adopted daughter from her room, she quietly passed away. About a year ago Mr and Mrs Carvell celebrated their golden wedding. The husband, who survives, is at present very ill in the Wairau Hospital. There are no children, but Mrs J. Simson is an adopted daughter.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912"
   Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Bishops Transcripts
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9200 #1655600 (accessed 28 January 2024)
   Beekey Brown baptism on 1 Jul 1832 (born about 1832), child of John Brown & Hannah Brown, in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England.
2. ↑ GRO reference: 1856 Q1 Daventry 3b 153 . Brown Rebecca + Cawell Eli (searched via FreeBMD)
3. ↑ Emma Colvin passenger list, RootsWeb ShipsToNZ, accessed 28 Jan 2024.

• 1841 Census: "1841 England Census"
  Class: HO107; Piece: 798; Book: 22; Civil Parish: Preston Capes; County: Northamptonshire; Enumeration District: 9; Folio: 6; Page: 6; Line: 13; GSU roll: 438874
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8978 #8750110 (accessed 28 January 2024)
  Beka Brown (8) in Preston Capes in Daventry registration district in Northamptonshire, England. Born in Northamptonshire, England.
• Possible 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
  Class: HO107; Piece: 1741; Folio: 197; Page: 32; GSU roll: 87696; ED, institution, or vessel: 8; Household schedule number: 149
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8860 #17533230 (accessed 29 January 2024)
  Rebecca Brown (18) servant in household of William Russell (62) in Everdon in Daventry registration district in Northamptonshire, England. Born in Northn, Preston. Noah Carvell is also a servant in same household.
• Death notice published in Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 172, 23 July 1907