Jane (Gill) Wimsett (abt. 1813 - 1898)

Born about Jun 1813 in Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Martin Wimsett — married 18 Jul 1860 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 26 May 1898 at about age 84 in New Zealand

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Biography

Jane Gill was born in 1813. She came to NZ in the Mary Ann in 1842, described as a servant aged 21, though her age from her baptismal record was 28. On the applications for passage she is described as a dairymaid aged 21, resident at Baltonsborough, Town of Walton, Somerset.43 On her death certificate her parents were said to be William and Mary, but should be Henry and Mary.

She married Hiram Dane in 1842 ^[1] After he passed away in 1858, she married 2nd Thomas Martin Wimsett in 1860 ^[2] (and the following year, her daughter married Wimsett's son)

As Mrs Thomas Wimsett she is noted among those present at the Old Settlers' Luncheon held on 21 June 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's 50th Jubilee. Also present was a Mrs Gill, probably Jane's brother Henry's widow, Charlotte. To quote Broad: Many a tear was shed as old shipmates recalled leaving the Old Country nearly 50 years previously, the struggles in the infant days of settlement, and fond remembrances of those who had passed away

She passed away in 1898 age 84 ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ A source is needed for this information
2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration 1860/3790 (his name recorded as "Kinsett")
3. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1898/2073

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