Ethel Mary (Johnson) Dempster (1873 - 1905)

Born 25 Oct 1873 in Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of James Dempster — married 11 Sep 1895 in New Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1905 at age 31 in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

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Ethel (Johnson) Dempster has English ancestors.

Biography

Ethel (Johnson) Dempster lived in Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Ethel Mary Johnson was born in Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand on 25th October 1873, the fifth child and first daughter born to William (Bill) Johnson and his wife Jane Williams Marshall. ^[1] Two months later, on 31st December 1873, Ethel was baptised at St Mary's Anglican Church in New Plymouth.

Nothing is known of Ethel's childhood but she married James [Jim] Dempster at the Inglewood Registry Office in Taranaki shortly before her 22nd birthday. The couple moved to live in Napier where Jim was working as a "benchman" at a local sawmill, feeding logs into sawing machines .

• NJB**: children

According to her death certificate, Ethel died at the age of 31 from "uraemia caused by chronic inflammation of the kidneys" [the verdict of the Coroner’s Jury] on 12th June 1905; she was buried at the Napier [Old] Cemetery on 15th June 1905. ^[2] She left a husband and five young children …two males [one aged 2 years, the other 9 months] and three females [aged 9, 7, and 5 years].

Information on the administration of her estate by the [New Zealand] Public Trust can be seen on Ancestry, under NZ Notices of Deceased Estates. ^[3]

• Fact: Christening (31 December 1873) New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
• Fact: Burial (15 June 1905) Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online [digital index], NZ Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) Birth Registrations: Ethel Mary Johnson, daughter of Jane and William, 1873/ 803; confirmed date 25 October 1873.
2. ↑ Old Napier Cemetery Burial Register: SSE Block 1; new block east: #1460: Ethel Mary DEMPSTER, died 12 June 1905 aged 32 years.
3. ↑ New Zealand Notices ofDeceased Estates: Particulars of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the Charge of the Public Trustee for Management during the month of August 1905:
   1. 10: Dempster, Ethel M; Colonial Residence: Napier, supposed British or Foreign Residence: England; time of Deceased’s Death: 12 June 1905; Remarks: relatives known.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 May 2019, 22:41), entry for Ethel Mary Johnson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KNH4-437); contributed by various users.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 June 2016, 00:06), entry for Ethel Mary Johnson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KNH4-437); contributed by various users.

• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-TBYV : 4 October 2016), James Dempster and Ethel Mary Johnson, 1895; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1895/1475, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.