Cecelia (Carter) Anderson (1883 - 1986)

Ancestors

Contents 1 Cecelia's Parents: 2 Cecelia's Timeline: 3 Further reading: 4 Further research: 5 Sources: 6 Further information:

Cecelia's Parents:

Cecelia was the daughter of George Petoni Carter (b. 22 November 1840, in Wellington^[1]) and Emma George (b. 1 January 1848, in Wellington^[2]). ^[3]

Portrait of George Petoni Carter, taken by Price & Co, circa 1890. Reference Number: PA3-0194

George Petoni Carter was the son of Joseph Carter (b. 5 April 1811 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England^[4]), and Sarah Ann Briant* (b.1812 in Chelsea, England), who were married 5 April 1831^[4]. Joseph and Ann Carter came to New Zealand on the first immigrant ship to come to the colony, the "Aurora", with four of their children, Richard (7yrs), Emily (6), Cecelia (3), and Ellen (8 mths), landing on Petone Beach on 22 January 1840. In those days there were very few houses at Petone and people lived in huts near the beach. George was born at Petone ten months later on 22 November 1840. The family lived near Tinokori Rd, Wellington, and there were four more children born there - Joseph, Isabel, Fred, and Walter. Joseph worked as a clerk, and was associated with shipping. Sarah at some stage opened a private school for young ladies in the vicinity of where Woodward Street is now. Joseph Carter died in 1875 (aged 65^[5]) suddenly at work. Sarah died in 1881 (aged 70^[6]) at George's home in Newtown, where she had been living since 1882. ^[3]

*Hutt City "Petone Settlers Data" for Joseph Carter cites two spouse surnames for Sarah; Briant & Cosgrove. Cecelia cited her grandmother's maiden surname as Briant. Cecelia also cited a son born in Wellington, "Fred", who is also recorded in the Petone Settlers records, as "Briant Frederick Carter" - the name Briant included in Fred's name surely verifying that Cecelia has her grandmother's maiden name correct. The mix-up may come from Sarah Briant's mother's name, cited as a "Sarah Ann (nee COSGROVE) Briant", in "A Pioneer Family". ^[3]

Portrait of Emma Carter circa 1898. Reference Number: PAColl-2221-01

Emma George was the 3rd child of Thomas George (b. 4 March 1810) and Mary Wall (b. 23 August 1819 in Wales) who came to Nelson about two years after the Carter family arrived in Petone. She had one older brother and sister, and two younger sisters and six younger brothers ^[2]. Thomas and Mary George were married in Old St Mary's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on 26 October 1841^[7], just 10 days before departing Liverpool for Nelson, on the "Martha Ridgway"^[2]. They arrived off Point Halswell on 29 March 1842. In 1937 when Emma was 90 years old a reporter from the Freelance Journal went to see her. Emma said "Nelson was mainly huts and tents when my parents arrived and as soon as they landed my father built a mud hut, as did everybody else, with toi toi for the roof. The uprights were of wattle saplings. A few months later my mother said she felt she had everything neccessary for a home, except a teapot. She therefore sallied forth to purchase this very neccessary article, but when she got back her home with everything in it was burnt to the ground. So the tables were turned and she was then in the position of having a teapot - but nothing else." A couple of years later the George family moved to Wellington travelling on the cutter "Johnnie Walker". They lived firstly in Willis Street, and then moved to Tinakori Road. The George homestead was the first to be built in Tinakori Road. Mary ran tea-gardens there, the "Cream Horn Tea Gardens", which apparently wern't very popular! Thomas George was the "turnkey" at the Terrace Jail for twenty-two years. Thomas died in 1894 (aged 84^[8]), and Mary died in 1902 (aged 82^[9]). ^[3]

George Carter could speak fluent Maori, and was a builder by trade. He met Emma George through his good friend Thomas George, Emma's older brother. After George and Emma got engaged, George and Thomas undertook a long and hard journey to Collingwood in search of gold. They succeeded in finding enough gold for Emma's wedding ring as well as for a "special brooch" for her. At one point on the way home they were waylaid by robbers! Luckily George thinking quickly hid the gold in his hat and threw it into a bush. When the robbers found the pair had nothing they let them on their way. The lads returned later and successfully recovered George's hat. George and Emma were married the day before Emma turned 18, in December 1865 ^[1][10], in "Old St Paul's Church" in Thorndon, Wellington, "probably before the official opening*". George had built a house ready for himself and Emma where they lived for many years. ^[3]

*It seems St Paul's was technically still a construction zone in December 1865. The Foundation Stone was laid by Sir George Grey on 31 August 1865, ten months after contruction had begun, and the church was not officially opened and consecrated until 1866^[11]. Cecelia cites that George and Emma were married on 30 December 1865 "the day before Emma turned 18", but Hutt City "Petone Settlers Data" for George Carter cites 03 December 1865. The original marriage record available from NZBDM^[12] would clear this up.

Cecelia's Timeline:

Quotes following are excerpts from A Pioneer Family", chapter IV, "Cecelia Anderson's Life". A Pioneer Family was compiled by Cecelia's daughter, Olive Mullinder. In chapter IV, Cecelia, then aged 93, spoke of her ancestry and her life in great depth. What is quoted is but a tiny snippet of what Cecelia shared ...

Birth: 11 Jul 1883, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[3]

Residence: July 1883, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[3]

... "our big home in Riddiford Street ... was two storied and well set up for family living. The kitchen went right across the back of the house, and of course had a large range ... when we had visitors the big table would be shifted, and we would have a dance in the kitchen, Father playing the violin ... the big girls playing the accordian, and Beckie the Concertina ... We had everything for our welfare that was available at the time - an orchard with apples, plums, greengages, cherries, pears, and gooseberries and a good vegetable garden. There was a bathroom with a large bath across the yard, toilet, and wash house with copper and tubs. There was a coal box which would take a ton of coal. We had four fireplaces in the house. We had a swing, and a summerhouse, and father had a workshop." ^[3]

Residence: circa.1895, Reikorangi, Waikanae, Kapiti Coast, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[3]

Around 1895 the family moved to a farm in Reikorangi as George felt a country life may be better for his family.

... "We loved the bush, and gathering the ferns and playing around by the river ... friends enjoyed coming up for hay making ... it was a lovely life really ... the only entertainment at Reikorangi was what we made ourselves, walking and exploring, gathering ferns and playing about in the river, and horse riding." ^[3]

"When I was about fifteen or so, before the turn of the century, I first spoke on a telephone. I had to ride three and a half miles to the store at Waikanae because Bella, my sister, was to ring at a certain time with an important message. I well remember how wonderful it was to hear her voice all the way from Wellington. It was a great moment." ^[3]

"At Reikorangi we had dances at different people's places and at the school room. We used our big washhouse and Father and the boys provided the music - accordions and violin. father taught me to dance, first the polka, and then to waltz and we had square dances. At the school we paid so much for the night, and if we didn't feel ready to go home the boys would put in another shilling each to cover the extra charge. The ladies provided the supper. Afterwards people would walk home across paddocks with lantern, or ride along the rough country roads with tree roots standing out in places.

When I was sixteen and a half we were having a New Year dance at the school and a newcomer to the area came along with his workmates from the timber mill. He was August Anderson, aged twenty-four, and he said he was attracted to me from first seeing me come in. Back at the camp he had asked the other fellows if there were any nice girls around and they said "not many, there are the Carter girls, but they are too stuck up". He wanted me for a partner for most of the dances and asked if he could take me home. Our brothers were supposed to take us home but they would sometimes be escorting other girls. So the romance began. On the Sunday he and his friend walked up our way, and met Emmie and me by "chance", and he was always waiting to see me from then on. We use to go riding together and on one occasion the saddle slipped and I landed on the ground, shaken but not too much hurt.

My parents felt I was too young to be seeing so much of this young man, and this was one reason why they decided to move from Reikorangi to Palmerston North where Father had bought several houses and sections. However, very soon August found a job near Palmerston and we still met in secret, and he sent me letters which I collected at first from a nearby store, and later under an assumed name - Miss. Kate Lewis - at the Post Office. When I was twenty, I suppose I was getting tired of the secrecy and plucked up courage to tell Father I was engaged, and was going to bring August home for tea. From then on Father dropped all opposition, and seemed happy to give us a big wedding.

During the wedding preparations August won favour with Mother because he was so helpful. His father and three brothers all attended as well as our Carter and George relatives and a large number of friends. We were presented with a family Bible because we were the first couple to be married in St. Peter's Church."

Marriage: 1904, at St Peter's Church, Palmerston North, New Zealand. ^[3][13]

August & Cecelia's wedding. L to R: Johannes Anderson (groom's father), George Carter (bride's brother), Ida Carter (bride's sister), August & Cecelia Anderson, Emmie Carter (bride's sister), Lil Jeffs (bride's neice), George Carter (bride's father), Emma Carter (bride's mother).

Residence: 1905, in Komako, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. ^[14]

"... Komako, an isolated place beyond Pohangina, about 15 miles north east of Ashhurst. Near our place two rivers met, the Pohangina and the Opawe, and when they were flooded there was a great noise of boulders being thrown against one another. ...

The country around Komako had just been opened up and August worked at making the roads. Foundations had to be good, the levels right, and the camber correct. He was a foreman, and was responsible for the County Engineer at Pohangina." ^[3]

Birth of daughter: 1905, Helen Alice "Nell" Anderson, was born in Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. ^[15]

"When I had Nell still a baby, and I was expecting another child, I went down to Palmerston to stay at Mother's. When returning home Emmie was coming to stay. August came down in the gig to bring us, and also a sack of oats and another of chaff, so we were very loaded. The road was pretty hilly in parts, and the way we went we had to ford the river no fewer than eight times ... At one ford the stones were very large, so it was hard going for the horse, and he stopped in the middle of the river. For quite some time he would not move and it was very frightening, the more so to me after the earlier experience in the flooded river. We reached home safely but in the middle of the night the baby arrived prematurely. August got a neighbour to come and help him but the baby died in the night. Early next morning he went a distance to the mailman to get him to ring Dr Peach in Palmerston, to get him to come urgently to attend me. He had to come at high speed, driving a gig and changing horses half way. To us the charge of seven guineas was a lot of money to find, but of course without the good care anything could have happened to me." ^[3]

Birth of daughter: 1906, Violet Anderson, was born at Komako, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. ^[16]

Death of daughter: 1906, Violet Anderson (1 day old), passed away at Komako, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. ^[17]

Residence: circa.1907*, Boundary Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand. ^[3]

*"... when Nell was a toddler we moved to Boundary Road, Palmerston North, where we lived for a few years, and where Olive and Nesta were born". ^[3]

Birth of daughter: 1908, Olive Cecilia Anderson, was born at Boundary Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand. ^[18]

Birth of daughter: 1910, Nesta Rosamond Anderson, was born at Boundary Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand. ^[19]

Residence: 1911, Ashhurst, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. ^[3][20]

"August was appointed the job of looking after the road through the Manawatu Gorge so we moved to Ashhurst ... Wages were low but we lived simply, August always having a good vegetable garden, while I made everything that the members of the family wore, even to oilskin coats for August at work. The Wertheim Sewing Machine which we had bought before we were married served very well, and has done so to this time, 1977." ^[3]

Birth of son: 1912, Leslie Wallace Anderson, was born at Ashhurst, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. ^[21]

"Leslie was born in 1912, and when he was still very young August developed a hernia, perhaps from a mishap at work, and had to go to Palmerston North Hospital and have an operation, staying there for six weeks. When he was due to come home it was organised for us that a young man with a new type of vehicle, a car, would bring him. In fact I went in too, so had a ride both ways and felt it to be very strange, and very luxurious. It was a big event!" ^[3]

August, Cecelia, & family circa.1913

Residence: 1914, Ashhurst, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. ^[22]

Residence: circa. 1916, Otaki, Kapiti Coast District, New Zealand. ^[3]

"During the first world war we moved to Otaki, where we lived for three years and it was during this time that Father died. He was 79 years old and had enjoyed good health up till then. ..." ^[3]

Death of father: 15 June 1919, George Petoni Carter passed away in Wellington.

Residence: 1919, Main Road North, Otaki, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand ^[23]

..."Soon after August's father was in failing health, and we decided to move to Carterton to take care of him. After being a widower for 40 years, and living quite alone for a very long time, he really appreciated my cooking and our care for him. He had been a great reader but by then he only read two books, both in Swedish, one the Bible, We lived in one of his houses next door to him, and then bought "Stonehurst" which had been a private hosital. Grandfather died there seven months after we had taken charge of him". ^[3]

Residence: 1919 - 1920, Carterton, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[3]

Death of father-in-law: 7 Jul 1920, Johannes Anderson passed away in Carterton, New Zealand. ^[24]

"We bought a section adjacent to our large house and August laid it out in an attractive garden ... During the five or six years there August served on the Borough Council and some of it's sub committees, he was on the school committee, and was active in the Methodist Church ... I came in for a little money from Father's estate and with it I bought a piano and the three girls had music lessons ... When we were suddenly made a good offer to sell the house to a local doctor we decided to accept, and to move to Lower Hutt where there were more opportunities for the children. We took temporary housing and looked about for what we wanted to buy. I was shown a section in Copeland Street ... for the price £250. During 1926 this house was built and we settled in, and August set about laying out the garden." ^[3]

Residence: 1926, 16 Copeland Street, Lower Hutt, Wellington. ^[3]

"August took on a number of different jobs in landscape gardening here and in Wellington, and had several people who relied on him for work by the day to keep their gardens in order ... August grew plenty of good vegetables, and I was, as always, economical in every way. The slump had started and jobs were very hard to get." ^[3]

August & Cecelia circa. 1929

Residence: 1928, at 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[25]

Marriage of daughter: "end of 1934", Olive married Keith Mullinder. ^[3]

Keith was a doctor. After they were married he and Olive ... "set off for England soon afterwards. They were to be away perhaps two years, but the war came before they were ready to return so it was a long parting, eleven and a half years. They had their family in England." ^[3]

"During some of the thirties and forties when August had no job he and I ran a little business from the house. He went round houses in part of the Hutt and took orders for various kinds of cakes and small goods which I cooked, and he delivered by means of a kind of carrier on his bicycle ... During the war when rationing was so severe in England, and Olive having a difficult time, I made and sent parcels of food including large fruit cakes. I had to weigh them very carefully as they were not allowed to be more than five pounds in weight. They were made and posted in special square tins. We were lucky because as far as we know all our parcels reached their destination." ^[3]

Residence: 1935, at 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[26]

Marriage of daughter: 1937, Nesta married Sydnee Bisdee. ^[3]

" ... the boy next door ... and we have been neighbours ever since ... Sydney was an engineer at the Railway Workshops ... It has always been a source of great pleasure to us to see our three Bisdee grandchildren so often. They were always coming and going between the two houses, and were never any trouble." ^[3]

Residence: 1938, at 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[27]

Death of mother: 1939, Emma (nee George) Carter passed away aged 91, in Wellington, New Zealand. ^[28]

"Although she and father went everywhere together when he was alive, she seemed to adapt to widowhood and enjoy in a different way in those last twenty years. She was not ill before she died at over 91, but just seemed to fade away over a period of about a fortnight. Her mind was active to the last, and when I was sitting with her towards the end she opened her eyes and said, "How is Girlie?" She was refering to Olive, who was in England. Of her children, four died in their fifties (one from a mishap and one from Scarlet Fever), three lived into their seventies (one was 79), and four lived into their eighties (May was 88)." ^[3]

Residence: 1946, 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[29]

Residence: 1949, 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[30]

Residence: 1954, 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[31]

Residence: 1957, 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[32]

Widowed: 28 Nov 1959, August passed away in Taita, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[33][34]

"Right up until August was over eighty years old he worked hard to keep the garden and lawns in good order, and to grow vegetables, but since his death it has become a task too big and hard for me of course, though I have done all I could of it." ^[3]

Residence: 1963, at 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[35]

Residence: 1969, at 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[36]

Residence: 1972, at 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[37]

Residence: 1977, at 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[3]

"I have many memories and have enjoyed recalling them and making this record. It is for the younger generation, to give them some idea of the kind of people thier forebears were, and the way of life in earlier years. It is my pleasure now to be more of an onlooker as it were, and to hope for my descendants to live a good life. I have found life hard in many ways, and agree with August, that what helps most to make it feel worthwhile are the many fine people one knows, both relatives and friends. My father's and my life span together cover the period from that first immigrant ship arriving in Petone in 1840, to this present year of 1977. The changes in New Zealand have been tremendous, and there are now a great many people descended from these two young couples George and Sarah Carter, and Thomas and Mary George." ^[3]

Residence: 1978, at 16 Copeland St, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[38]

Residence: 1981, at 57 Wai-iti Cresent, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[39]

Residence: July 1995, Woburn Home, Wait-iti Crescent, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[40]

Death: 14 Jun 1986, Woburn, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. ^[3][40]

Children of August and Cecelia:

Helen Alice (Nell) Anderson

Violet Anderson

Olive Cecilia Anderson

Nesta Rosamond Anderson

Leslie Wallace Anderson

Further reading:

"A Pioneer Family", by Olive (Anderson) Mullinder, provides a fascinating insight into life in early New Zealand, the very first days of the Nelson settlement, and the early days of the now capital city of Wellington. It contains a selection of photographs, and comprises the following chapters and family trees:

Chapter I: "Colonists with the New Zealand Company".

Chapter II: "The coming of the George couple", (includes Emma Carter's story for the Free Lance in 1937).

Chapter III: "A glimpse of Joseph Carter from his letters".

Chapter IV: "Cecelia Anderson's life".

Chapter V: "Pioneering in the Wairarapa", and , "Bushfalling in the Forty Mile Bush in the year 1898", by August Anderson.

Family Trees:

"Descendants of Joseph & Sarah Anne Carter".

"Descendants of Thomas & Mary George".

"Descendants of August & Cecelia Anderson".

"Descendants of George & Emma Carter".

Further research:

Alexander Turnbull Library, "Interview with Cecelia Anderson", Part of the NZOHA Sunlight Centenarians Oral History Project;

Venue - Lower Hutt : 1985

Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe

Venue - Woburn Home, Wait-iti Crescent, Lower Hutt

Accompanying material - Newspaper article ; Carter family tree ; book `A pioneer family' compiled by Olive Mulinder

Ref: OHInt-0004/07

Sources:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hutt City - Te Awa Kairangi, Petone Settlers Data, record for George Petoni Carter;

   Details for Record #101537

   Name: GEORGE PETONI

   Family Name: CARTER

   Date of Birth: 1840-11-22

   Place of Birth: PETONE or THE HUTT

   Date of Death: 1919-06-15

   Place of Death: WELLINGTON

   Record Source: PFC

   Child number: 5

   Date of marriage: 1865-12-03

   Where married: WELLINGTON

   Spouse's name: EMMA GEORGE

   Parent: JOSEPH CARTER #100159

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Rootsweb family: Martha Ridgway Passenger List and details of the George family; "GEORGE family: Thomas GEORGE, Agricultural Labourer, born 4th March 1810, (son of Thomas GEORGE and Elizabeth MAIR), and his wife Mary WALL, born Wales 23rd August 1819, (daughter of George WALL and Mary HALL), were newlyweds married on the 26th October 1841 at the Cheltenham Parish Church in the County of Gloucestershire, just 10 days before departing Liverpool for Nelson, New Zealand, on the Martha Ridgway. Thomas GEORGE was four years later listed as entry no. 294 on the 1845 Nelson Census, Grove Street, as a Labourer and Squatter. The first two of Thomas and Mary’s eleven children are thought to have been born in Nelson. (1) Thomas GEORGE Jnr born 1844, who married Elizabeth YULE. (2) Mary Ann GEORGE born 1846, who married Charles SLIGHT. By the time their third child (3) Emma GEORGE born 1st January 1848, who married George Petoni CARTER, was baptised on 21st September 1848, the family had travelled on the cutter Johnnie Walker to Wellington where they permanently settled. The family lived in Willis Street and then a short time later at Tinakori Road, opposite where the present botanical gardens are. Thomas was the Turnkey at the Terrace Gaol for 22 years. Mary ran a Tea Garden called "The Cream Horn Garden". (4) William GEORGE born 1850, firstly married Mary Ann SAYERS, then Marion Josephine HOOPER and Ellen BOYCE. (5) Elizabeth GEORGE born 1853 married Henry KILMINSTER. (6) John GEORGE born 1855 married Sarah Ellen GILLARD. (7) James GEORGE born 1856 married Mary Amelia SKIPPER. (8) George Frederick GEORGE born 1858 married twice, firstly Catherine Mary STANTON then Melena GOSS. (9) Robert GEORGE born 1859 married Elizabeth CAMPBELL. (10) Henry GEORGE born 1861 married Mary McDONALD. (11) Rebecca GEORGE born 1863 married Joseph Japhet COTTLE."
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35} "A Pioneer Family", by Olive Mulinder, Cecelia (Carter) Anderson's daughter.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Hutt City - Te Awa Kairangi, Petone Settlers Data, record for Joseph Carter;

   Details for Record #100159

   Name: JOSEPH

   Family Name: CARTER

   Gender: M

   Date of Birth: 1811-04-05 or 1811-07-17

   Place of Birth: KINGSCLERE, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND

   Sailed from: GRAVESEND

   First settled In: THE HUTT

   First settled In: PETONE

   Later places of settlement (1): PIPITEA STREET.

   Later places of settlement (1): WELLINGTON FROM 1843-44

   NZ Company application number: 535

   Other references: REFER TO SURNAME FILE OF SPOUSE FOR ADDITIONAL

   Place of burial: BOLTON ST, CEM.

   Place of burial: WELLINGTON

   Place of marriage: LONDON

   Residential address (1): PETONE, LATER MOVED ROUND TO

   Residential address (2): THORNDON, PIPITEA.

   Additional notes: SOME INFORMATION FROM LETTRS 1857 WRITTEN BY JOSEPH CARTER

   Additional notes: DATE OF BIRTH IS AS GIVEN IN REG. FOR BAPT. 1842

   Spouse's first name: SARAH ANN

   Spouse's first name: SARAH ANN

   Spouse's PSM Ref No: 73F

   Spouse's PSM Ref No: 225F

   Spouse's surname: COSGROVE

   Spouse's surname: BRIANT

   Information sources: FAMILY HISTORY, SHIPPING LISTS: AUCKLAND, MUSEUM LIBRARY, LATTER

   Information sources: SHIPPING LISTS, NAT. ARCHIOVES, A.T.L.

   Information sources: DAY SAINTS GENEALOGY LIBRARY, B.D.M. LOWER HUTT.

   Relationship to Settlers: GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER

   Relationship to Settlers: WIFE TO G.G. GRAND SON

   Date compiled: 1991-03-05

   Date compiled: 1991-04-26

   Compiler name: MRS D. PHILLIPS

   Compiler name: D. ORR

   Compilter Details: UPPER HUTT

   Compilter Details: SOUTH AUCKLAND

   Port of arrival: PORT NICHOLSON

   Date of departure: 1839-09-18

   Date of marriage: 1831-04-05

   Date of arrival: 1840-01-22

   Religion: C. OF E.

   Occupation or calling: LABOURER/LANDING WAITER H.M. or 'TIDE-WAITER' FOR CUSTOMS.

   Date of death: 1875-05-03

   Vessel Name: AURORA

   Related: JOSEPH CARTER #1335

   Related: SARAH ANN BRIANT (CARTER) #100157

   Related: SARAH ANN COSGROVE #100158

   Child: RICHARD CARTER #101531

   Child: CECELIA SARAH or FEMALE ? CARTER #101532

   Child: EMILY CARTER #101533

   Child: ISABELLA MARY CARTER #101534

   Child: SARAH ELLEN CARTER #101535

   Child: EMILY REBECCA CARTER #101536

   Child: GEORGE PETONI CARTER# 101537

   Child: JOSEPH THOMAS CARTER #101538

   Child: ELLEN EDWARDS CARTER# 101539

   Child: ISABELLE MARY CARTER #101540

   Child: BRIANT FREDERICK CARTER #101541

   Child: WALTER PULLEN CARTER #101542

   Related: JOSEPH CARTER #159030

5. ↑ NZBDM, Death search;

   Registration Number: 1875/3456

   Family Name: Carter

   Given Name(s): Joseph

   Date of Birth/Age at Death: 65Y

6. ↑ NZBDM, Death search;

   Registration Number: 1881/3996

   Family Name: Carter

   Given Name(s): Sarah Ann

   Date of Birth/Age at Death: 70Y

7. ↑ England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, database, FamilySearch Thomas George, 1841; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1841, quarter 4, vol. 11, p. 274, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
8. ↑ NZBDM Death Search;

   Registration Number: 1894/4476

   Family Name: George

   Given Name(s): Thomas

   Date of Birth/Age at Death: 84Y

9. ↑ NZBDM Death Search;

   Registration Number: 1902/7147

   Family Name: George

   Given Name(s): Mary

   Date of Birth/Age at Death: 82Y

10. ↑ New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896, database, FamilySearch George Carter and Emma George, 1865; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; NZBDM registration number 1865/6236.
11. ↑ Old St Paul's Wellington New Zealand
12. ↑ NZBDM Marriage Search; :Registration Number: 1865/6236

    Bride's Given Name(s): Emma

    Bride's Family Name: George

    Groom's Given Name(s): George

    Groom's Family Name: Carter

13. ↑ New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934, Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;

    Name: August Anderson

    Gender: Male

    Marriage Year: 1904

    Relation: Bridegroom

    Spouse: Cecilia Carter

    Folio Number: 4743

14. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1905-1906 Oroua Roll, pg. 2, 55: "Anderson, August, Komako, roadman", 60: "Anderson, Cecelia, Komako, married"
15. ↑ NZBDM Birth Search;

    Registration Number: 1905/22871

    Family Name: Anderson

    Given Name(s): Helen Alice

    Mother's Given Name(s): Cecilia

    Father's Given Name(s): August

16. ↑ NZBDM Birth Search;

    Registration Number: 1906/14308

    Family Name: Anderson

    Given Name(s): Violet

    Mother's Given Name(s): Cecilia

    Father's Given Name(s): August

17. ↑ NZBDM Death Search;

    Registration Number: 1906/4414

    Family Name: Anderson

    Given Name(s): Violet

    Date of Birth/Age at Death: 1D

18. ↑ NZBDM Birth Search;

    Registration Number: 1908/206

    Family Name: Anderson

    Given Name(s): Olive Cecilia

    Mother's Given Name(s): Cecilia

    Father's Given Name(s): August

19. ↑ NZBDM Birth Search;

    Registration Number: 1910/1398

    Family Name: Anderson

    Given Name(s): Nesta Rosamond

    Mother's Given Name(s): Cecilia

    Father's Given Name(s): August

20. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1911 Orua Roll, pg. 3, 97: "Anderson, August, Ashhurst, roadman", 98: "Anderson, Cecelia, Ashhurst, married"
21. ↑ NZBDM Birth Search;

    Registration Number: 1912/12806

    Family Name: Anderson

    Given Name(s): Leslie Wallace

    Mother's Given Name(s): Cecilia

    Father's Given Name(s): August

22. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1914 Orua Roll General Roll, pg. 3, 96: "Anderson, August, Ashhurst, roadman", 97: "Anderson, Cecelia, Ashhurst, married"
23. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1919 Otaki General Roll, pg. 3, 92: "Anderson, August, Main Road North, Otaki, Railway, labourer", 94: "Anderson, Cecelia, Main Road North, Otaki, Railway, married".
24. ↑ "Pioneering in the Wairarapa", by August Anderson. Transcribed from "A Pioneer Family", by Olive Mulinder.
25. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1928 Hutt Electoral Roll, pg. 5, 182: "Anderson, August, Copeland Street, Lower Hutt, contractor", 184: "Anderson, Cecelia, Copeland Street, Lower Hutt, married"
26. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1935 Hutt Electoral Roll, pg. 5, 197: "Anderson, August, Copeland St, Lower Hutt, contractor", 199: "Anderson, Cecelia, Copeland St, Lower Hutt, married"
27. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1938 Wellington Suburbs General Roll, pg. 5, 196: "Anderson, August, Copeland St, Lower Hutt, contractor", 197: "Anderson, Cecelia, Copeland St, Lower Hutt, married"
28. ↑ NZBDM Death Search;

    Registration Number: 1939/18172 &/or 1939/21196

    Family Name: Carter

    Given Name(s): Emma

    Date of Birth/Age at Death: 91Y

29. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1946 Hutt Supplementary Roll, pg. 3, 12609: "Anderson, Cecelia, 16 Copeland St, married"
30. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1949 Hutt Electoral Roll, pg. 6, 205: "Anderson, August, Copeland Street, contractor", 206: "Anderson, Cecelia, 16 Copeland Street, married"
31. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1954 Hutt General Roll, pg. 6, 217: "Anderson, August, 16 Copeland Street, contractor", 220: "Anderson, Cecelia, 16 Copeland Street, married"
32. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1957 Hutt General Roll, 209: "Anderson, August, 16 Copeland Street, retired", 211: "Anderson, Cecelia, 16 Copeland Street, married"
33. ↑ Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998, database with images, FamilySearch, Record for August Anderson, 1959; citing Wellington, Wellington Probate Files [Third Sequence], 1947-2003, record number 1305/59, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.

    Name: August Anderson

    Event Type: Probate

    Event Date: 1959

    Event Place: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    Residence Place: Lower Hutt

    Occupation: Retired

    Agency: AAOM

    Series Number: 6031

    Series Name: Wellington Probate Files [Third Sequence], 1947-2003

    Item Code: R23054968

    Box Number: 296

    Record Number: 1305/59

    First Image Number: 518

    Last Image Number: 527

    Number of Images: 10

34. ↑ New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Cemetery Records. New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated;

    Name: August Anderson

    Birth Date: abt 1876

    Death Age: 83

    Death Date: 28 Nov 1959

    Burial Place: Wellington, New Zealand

    Cemetery: Taita

35. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1963 Hutt Main Roll, pg. 3, line 42, "Anderson, Cecelia, 16 Copeland St, widow."
36. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1969 Hutt Main Roll, pg. 3, line 69, "Anderson, Cecelia, 16 Copeland St, widow."
37. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1972 Hutt Main Roll, pg. 4, line 48, "Anderson, Cecelia, 16 Copeland St, widow."
38. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1978 Western Hutt Main Roll, pg. 2, 152: "Anderson, Cecelia, 16 Copeland St, widow."
39. ↑ Ancestry.com, Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche; 1981 Western Hutt Composite Roll, pg. 2, 146: "Anderson, Cecelia, 57 Wai-iti Cresent, widow."
40. ↑ ^{40.0 40.1} Alexander Turnbull Library, "Interview with Cecelia Anderson", NZOHA Sunlight Centenarians Oral History Project;

    Venue - Lower Hutt : 1985

    Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe

    Venue - Woburn Home, Wait-iti Crescent, Lower Hutt

    Accompanying material - Newspaper article ; Carter family tree ; book `A pioneer family' compiled by Olive Mulinder

    Ref: OHInt-0004/07

Further information:

• Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Cecilia Anderson Carter (11 Jul 1883–14 Jun 1986), Find A Grave Memorial no. 180480957, citing Taita Old Cemetery, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand ; Maintained by S. Melton (contributor 48360335) .