Lucy Anna (Nicholson) Tanner (1850 - 1899)

Born 1850 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Tanner — married about 1866 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1899 at about age 49 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Lucy was born in 1850 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was the daughter of Charles Nicholson and Elizabeth Adelaide (Pavey) Nicholson.^[1]

Lucy's marriage to Benjamin Tanner was registered in 1866 in New Zealand.^[2]

Research Notes

This person was mentioned in the Auckland Star on 23 May 1885 in Auckland, New Zealand.^[3]

Her two surviving brothers published an In Memorium on the first anniversary of her death in the Auckland Star on 2 January 1901 in Auckland, New Zealand.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922.
   Ancestry Record 1778 #2816689 (accessed before 25 July 2021).
2. ↑ Marriage Registration: "New Zealand, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1840- 1901"
   Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1840-1901
   Ancestry Record 62565 #126676 (accessed 19 January 2024)
   Lucy Anna Nicholson marriage to Benjamin Tanner in 1866 in New Zealand.
3. ↑ 1885 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 115, 23 May 1885, Page 5
   Papers Past Article (accessed 12 September 2023)
4. ↑ 1901 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 1, 2 January 1901, Page 8
   Papers Past Article (accessed 12 September 2023)