Born about in South Rauceby, Lincolnshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Hunt
and Elizabeth (Brown) Hunt
Sister of
Frances Hunt, Mary Hunt, Thomas Hunt, Thomas Brown Hunt, Frederick Hunt, Caroline (Hunt) West, Emma (Hunt) Peterson, Naomi (Hunt) Warburton, Lot Hunt, George Henry Lot Hunt and Brown Hunt
Wife of
George Joseph Sellwood
— married
1855 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
George Joseph Sellwood, Annie Maria (Sellwood) Martin, Letitia Sellwood, Alfred Richard Sellwood and William Sellwood
Died
at about age 91
in Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Oct 2012
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Biography
Thomas Hunt and Elizabeth Brown arrived in New Zealand on the Martha Ridgeway, mid November at Wellington, having sailed for 130 days. Louisa (Lavinia) was age 10.
Lavinia died aged 90 in 1922.
Research Notes
- N.B. Family sources believe that Lavinia Hunt is the Louisa Hunt who was baptised at St Peter, Rauceby, Lincolnshire on August 7 1831. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Hunt of South Rauceby.
Sources
- Marriage- NZ BDM 1855/1685 for Lavinia Hunt, bride, and George Sellwood, groom. Accessed at BDM Online (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) on 8 Mar 2021
- Death - NZ BDM 1922/732 for Lavinia Sellwood, age 90. DOD 10 Mar 1922. Accessed at BDM Online (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) on 8 Mar 2021
- Burial - Find A Grave: Memorial #171867094 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 March 2021), memorial page for Lavinia Hunt Sellwood (1831–10 Feb 1922), Find a Grave Memorial no. 171867094, citing All Saints Cemetery, Howick, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand ; Maintained by Pam Childs (contributor 48661081)
- Bereavement Notices- New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18055, 1 April 1922, Page 1. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19220401.2.2.5
- Martin family records
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