May
Emma
Wilmshurst
formerly Cook aka Peterson
Born in New Zealand
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Henry Edward Peterson
— married
22 Feb 1910 in New Zealand
Wife of
Thomas Henry John Wilmshurst
— married
6 Feb 1928 in New Zealand
Mother of
Eric Edward Peterson, Olive May (Petersen) Knell, Eirene Eda (Peterson) Sutton, Jean Esther Peterson, Leslie Branscombe Peterson, Keith Cyril Peterson and Dulcie Zena Peterson
Died
at age 79
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 20 May 2017
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Biography
May Emma Cook was born in NZ to William Richard and Emma Cook. A son's obituary (1943) notes her father as "the late Mr W. R. Cook of the firm Cook and Gray, Wellington". [1]
In 1910, Henry Edward Peterson and May Emma Cook married in New Zealand. [2] May and Henry had at least four children together: Eric Edward 1911/13633, Jean Esther 1917/9688, Leslie Branscombe 1919/8399, and Keith Cyril Peterson 1920/18506. [3] Henry died in Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand on 17 September 1922.
In 1924, May had another daughter, and in 1928 she and Thomas Henry Wilmshurst married. [4]
Her son's obituary (noted above) also mentions that she owned a farm in Puketaha.
May Emma Wilmshurst was buried on 17 August 1966 at Palmerston North Cemetery, in the same plot as Thomas Wilmshurst. [5]
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Civil Records. Historical Birth Registration number 1887/18975. Accessed from online index at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- ↑ New Zealand Civil Records. Historical Marriages Registration Number 1910/621. Accessed from the online index at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- ↑ New Zealand Civil Records, accessed from the online index at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- ↑ Civil Records NZ bdm registration no.:1928/1652
- "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
- ↑ New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records. Accessed on ancestry.com
- "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
- Death Registration / 1966/39016 / Name: Wilmshurst, May Emma / Aged: 80Y
Acknowledgements
- This profile was supported, on behalf of the New Zealand Project, by Olney-518 19:42, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
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