Ursula Winifred (Fernyhough) Paterson (1912 - 2009)

Born 29 Jan 1912 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Blyth Paterson — married 1956 in Auckland, New Zealand

Died 29 Aug 2009 at age 97 in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

Ursula Winifred Fernyhough was born in 1912. She was the daughter of British immigrants who came from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire to New Zealand. Her father was John Fernyhough (Jack) and her mother was his second wife, Alice Mary Norgan.

Ursula (Fernyhough) Paterson migrated from England to New Zealand.

Ursula first appears on New Zealand Electoral rolls in 1935, as a young unmarried woman of about 23 years of age, living in Auckland. She shows as still single in 1954, but in 1963 has taken on her husband's name.

While her marriage date is not confirmed, it is believed she married George Blyth Paterson when she was in her late 40's or early 50's.

Ursula died in 2009. Her final resting place is Totara Memorial Park in Thames, where she was interred on 16 April 2010 at 2PUBL-065-0018. This is the plot next to the one for her father, John Fernyhough, and her mother Alice.

Sources

• England & Wales Civil Birth Registration - FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Name: Ursula W Fernyhough; Mother's Maiden Name: Norgan; Registration Year: 1912; Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar; Registration district: Hemel Hempstead; Inferred County: Hertfordshire; Volume: 3a; Page: 1749
• Headstone of George Blyth Paterson at Huntly Cemetery
• New Zealand Electoral Rolls - years: 1935, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1978, 1981
• Death Registration - Registration no. 2009/22197 for Ursula Winifred Paterson, date of birth 29 January 1912. Accessed at BDM Online (Births, Deaths & Marriages, Dept of Internal Affairs, New Zealand online database) on 16 Nov 2017
• Thames-Coromandel District Council Cemetery Viewer - entry for Ursula Winifred Paterson, death date 29/08/2009; birth date 29 Jan 1912; age at death 97; Unique ID: 2PUBL-065-0018; Cemetery Name: Totara Memorial Park; Cemetery ID: 2; Area Code: PUBL; Sub Area Code: 065