Sarah Louisa (Cleaver) Wilson (1851 - 1932)

Born 14 Apr 1851 in Wahapu, Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of John James Wilson Sr — married 11 Jun 1868 in Mahurangi, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1932 at age 80 in Private Hospital, Whangarei, New Zealand

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Biography

Of Whitianga, Mercury Bay, Coromandel, late of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

Epitaph

"At Rest."

Background

Sarah Louisa Cleaver was the eldest daughter of William Cleaver and Charlotte Jane McDowell. She was born on 14 April 1851 in Russell, Bay of Islands. She was one of the first European children born in the Bay of Islands.

Marriage and family

On 11 June 1868 she married John James Wilson, with issue 11 children (three of whom died in infancy).

Later years

Her husband died in 1918. She went to live in Whangarei in 1930.

Death and burial

She died on 15 March 1932 in Whangarei, in her 81st year. She was buried in Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei.

Legacy

At her death she was survived by six children, 29 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Sources

A Time to Build: A Biographical Account of Thomas & Susan McDowell Gamble, William & Charlotte Jane Cleaver, John James & Sarah Louisa Wilson, William & Sarah Lee and Their Descendants Who Were Pioneers in the Mercury Bay District and Who Settled at Whitianga between 1868 & 1890, by Sonia Lee Edwards, Opotiki, NZ (1990).

Obit 15 Mar 1932 Mrs Sarah L Wilson, Whangarei, AS, Vol LXIII, Issue 63, Papers Past, NLNZ.[1]

Marriage reg 1868/5735 Sarah Louisa Cleaver & John James Wilson; death 1932/2157, age 80, NZBDM.[2]

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