Florence Mildred (Harris) Witherow (1876 - 1963)

Born 15 Mar 1876 in Braunton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Tanner — married 9 Sep 1910 in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Wife of Thomas Ernest Witherow — married 22 May 1925 in Te Puke, New Zealand

Died 7 Mar 1963 at age 86 in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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Florence (Harris) Witherow was born in England.

Florence (Harris) Witherow migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Florence Mildred Harris was born in 1876.^[1] She was the daughter of William Prole Harris and Elizabeth Rachel Scott Cockburn.

England and Wales Census, 1881: Living in Braunton, Devon, England with her parents and siblings. Aged 5.

When Florence was 5 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.

Florence married John Tanner on 22 August 1910. They had 2 children; Theodore and Jean.

Tragically her husband John passed away in 1918 as a result of a motor car accident.^[2]

Florence married, secondly, Thomas Ernest Witherow in 1925.

Her second husband Thomas died in 1940.

She passed away in 1963 at the age of 87.

Burial

Old Te Puke Cemetery, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand^[3]

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

THOMAS ERNEST

BELOVED HUSBAND OF

MILDRED WITHEROW

DIED JUNE 29TH 1940 AGED 68 YEARS

AND MILDRED WITHEROW

DIED MARCH 7TH 1963 AGED 87 YEARS

ALSO DAUGHTER

JEAN MILDRED

DIED OCT. 18TH 1977 AGED 64 YEARS

AT REST

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XDW-FMK : accessed 11 November 2015), Florence Mildred Harris, 1876; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
2. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TPT19180524.2.4
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42796525/florence-mildred-witherow), memorial page for Florence Mildred Harris Witherow (1876–7 Mar 1963), Find a Grave Memorial no. 42796525, citing Old Te Puke Cemetery, Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand ; Maintained by Michael Harrington (contributor 46760007) .

• New Zealand BDM Historical Marriage Records Online: Registration No: 1910/3984 | Bride's Given Name(s): Florence Mildred | Bride's Family Name: Harris | Groom's Given Name(s): John | Groom's Family Name: Tanner | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• New Zealand BDM Historical Marriage Records Online: Registration No: 1925/4393 | Bride's Given Name(s): Florence Mildred | Bride's Family Name: Tanner | Groom's Given Name(s): Thomas Ernest | Groom's Family Name: Witheron | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

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

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

• http://www.geni.com/people/Florence-Mildred-TANNER/6000000008504873721

• New Zealand BDM Historical Death Records Online: Registration No: 1963/36950 | Family Name: Witherow | Given Name(s): Florence Mildred | Age at Death: 86Y | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXW-GNG5 : accessed 11 November 2015), Florence M Harris in household of William T Harris, Braunton, Devon, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 31, Piece/Folio 2249/78, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,789.