Phoebe (Curtis) Horton (1824 - 1903)

Born 12 Nov 1824 in Oxhill, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of John Horton — married 10 May 1841 in Oxhill, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1903 at age 78 in Motupipi, Tasman, New Zealand

Biography

Phoebe (Curtis) Horton was born in Warwickshire, England.

Phoebe (Curtis) Horton migrated from England to New Zealand.

Phoebe (Curtis) Horton lived in Takaka, Tasman, New Zealand.

Phoebe was the daughter of Ann and George Curtis, Labourer of Oxhill.

She was baptised on January 9 1825 at Oxhill, Warwickshire.

Phoebe Curtis aged 17 married on 10 May 1841 at the church in Oxhill to John Hortin , 27 year old Agricultural Labourer.

On the night of the 1841 Census (June 6) she is visiting her father and siblings.

The following year she and John boarded the ship Thomas Harrison bound for New Zealand travelling under the assisted immigrant scheme. Phoebe was 18 and john 32.

Phoebe gave birth on the ship to their first child, Ann Maria who was to die just 12 years later in 1854.

On arrival they settled at Motueka where Phoebe was the first woman to teach English to the local Maori.

They moved later to Motupipi where John took on work at Brownlee's Mill. Ten more children followed in Phoebe's new home at Motupipi where she remained until her death in 1903.

Phoebe was 78 and is buried at Clifton cemetery, Takaka.

Phoebe Horton's name is recorded on the Takaka Pioneer's Memorial being among the first early settlers to the district. LOCATION NOT RECORDED.

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Sources

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGBR-391 : 11 February 2018, Phoebe Curtis, 09 Jan 1825); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 548,384, 554,766.
• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D4W-T65 : 13 December 2014), Phoebe Curtis, 1841; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1841, quarter 2, vol. 11, p. 471, Shipston On Stour, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-KYXY : 4 January 2018), Phoebe Horton, 1903; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1903/7649, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
• https://www.tasman.govt.nz/my-community/cemeteries/cemetery-search/ ID 11760

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ1M-514 : 11 April 2019), David Curtis and Joseph Curtis and Stephen Curtis and George Curtis and Phoebe Hortin, Oxhill, Warwickshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-NHSJ07_04-t1-body1-d10.html
• http://www.theprow.org.nz/yourstory/havelocks-general-store/#.XNSYBRQzaUk

• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDV-FBZG : 9 May 2019), Phebe Horton, 1842; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm .

• http://www.museumnp.org.nz/early-settlers/voyageDetails.aspx?voyageId=15

• https://ancestry.com.au NZ electoral rolls

• W Baxter - Baptism record, Marriage record, 1841 Census

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Faye Whitfield.

Acknowledgments

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