Lucie Ethel Maud (Harris) Prentis (1870 - 1941)

Born 18 Nov 1870 in Prospect Lodge, Braunton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Arundell Freke Scott — married 1 Jun 1892 in Holy Trinity Church, Tauranga, New Zealand

Wife of Edward Lowther Prince (Prentis) Prince-Prentis — married 25 Aug 1902 in Rotorua, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1941 at age 70 in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Linda Prole [send private message]

Ethel (Harris) Prentis was born in England.

Ethel (Harris) Prentis migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Lucie "Ethel" was born in 1870.^[1] She was the daughter of William Prole Harris and Elizabeth Rachel Scott Cockburn.

BIRTHS

HARRIS.—November 18, at Prospect Lodge, Braunton the wife Mr. William Prole Harris, of a daughter.^[2]

England and Wales Census, 1871: Living with her parents, four older siblings and two servants at Prospect Lodge, Braunton, Devonshire, England. Aged 4 months.

England and Wales Census, 1881: Living with her parents and five siblings in Braunton, Devon, England. Aged 10 and a Scholar.

When she was 10 the family emigrated from England to New Zealand, departing Gravesend on 3 December 1881 arriving on 10 March 1882 on the "Oxford". The voyage took 98 days with Captain Braddock in command.

The family settled on land in No.1 Road, Te Puke under the George Vesey Stewart scheme.

Ethel married Arundell Freke Scott in 1892:

MARRIAGES

Scott-Harris.- June 1, at Holy Trinity Church, Tauranga, New Zealand, by the Rev. Charles Jordan, B.A., Incumbent, Arundell Freke, youngest son of George Scott, I.C.S., Blackmore Hall, Devon, to Lucie Ethel Maud, second daughter of William Prole Harris, of Lynwood, Te Puke, N.Z., formerly of The Firs, Braunton, North Devon.^[3]

They had at least one son; George Edward (who tragically died in the 1st World War, aged 21).

In the 1896 NZ Electoral Rolls she and her husband were living in Te Puke, where they were farming.

Ethel and Arundell were later divorced.

She married, secondly, Edward Lowther Pearce Prentis in 1902.

PRENTIS — HARRIS: At Rotorua, on 25 August, Edward Lowther Prince Prentis of Maketu to Lucie Ethel Maude, second daughter of William Prole Harris of Orangi, Rotorua, late of Lynwood, Te Puke. Home papers please copy. ^[4]

They had three children; Edmund, Dorothy and Lilac.

In the 1905 NZ Electoral Rolls she and her husband Edward were living in Maketu, where Edward was a Carpenter.

Her husband died in 1921.

She passed away in 1941 at the age of 70.

Burial

Old Te Puke Cemetery, 2 Landscape Rd, Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand^[5]

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

EDWARD

BELOVED HUSBAND OF

ETHEL PRENTIS

WHO PASSED AWAY AUG. 8 1921

AND HIS BELOVED WIFE

WHO FELL ASLEEP OCT. 5TH 1941

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 20 March 2020. From "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006." Database. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : 2012. Citing General Register Office, Southport, England. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XWC-Z88
2. ↑ North Devon Journal 24 November 1870, Pg 8, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/
3. ↑ Colonies & India, London, England, 30 July 1892, www.findmypast.co.uk
4. ↑ Bay of Plenty Times, Mon 8 Sep 1902, p2, www.paperspast.co.nz
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42760968/ethel-prentis), memorial page for Ethel Prentis (unknown–5 Oct 1941), Find a Grave Memorial no. 42760968, citing Old Te Puke Cemetery, Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand ; Maintained by Michael Harrington (contributor 46760007) .

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shipstonz/PassLists/oxford1882.html

• New Zealand BDM Marriage Records Online: Registration No: 892/964 | Bride's Given Name(s): Lucy Ethel Maud | Bride's Family Name: Harris | Groom's Given Name(s): Arundell Freke | Groom's Family Name: Scott | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/BOPXMarriagesPZ.html

• New Zealand BDM Marriage Records Online: Registration No: 1902/3811 | Bride's Given Name(s): Lucie Ethel Maud | Bride's Family Name: Harris | Groom's Given Name(s): Edward Lowther Pearce | Groom's Family Name: Prentis | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• New Zealand BDM Death Records Online: Registration No: 1941/27147 | Family Name: Prentis | Given Name(s): Lucie Ethel Maude | Age at Death: 70Y | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• http://www.interment.net/data/nz/bayofplenty/tepuke/tepuke_pz.htm

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCVJ-GWR

• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrisnz&id=I64

• https://billiongraves.com/grave/person/11178930#/

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5TQ-W4H : accessed 11 November 2015), Lucy E M Harris in entry for William P Harris, 1871.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXW-GNGG : accessed 11 November 2015), Lucy E M Harris in household of William T Harris, Braunton, Devon, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census,"