Emma Redkison was born on 6 January 1822. She was the daughter of Thomas Redkison and Mary Goodman
She married Charles John Bartlett on 19 August 1844 at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London. [1]
In the 1851 census she was listed at living in Skinner Street, St Pancras, London aged 29. She was living with her husband Charles who was listed as a linen draper aged 26 and her children Letitia aged 5, Robert aged 4, and William Alfred aged 1.[2]
She emigrated to New Zealand on the ship "Robert Small" on 16 October 1858 with her husband and family.
Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XVII, Issue 84, 20 October 1858, Page 2 ENTERED INWARDS. October 16, steamer Tasmanian Maid, 90, Whitwell, from Wellington, via Waitohi, with 10 chests tea, 10 half do., 10 boxes do., 1 case cigars, 10 boxes candles, 1 case boots, J. R. Hays; 6 packages stationary, Bird 1 package drapery, 1 package saddlery, Nicholson and Ridings 1 package drugs, Prichard 2 boxes soap, Order. Passengers— Charles, Emma, Robert, John, Arthur, and Charles Bartlett -Frederick, Ann, William, Charles, Francis, Richard, and Elizabeth Hadfield; William and Emma Melluish, Charles and Charlotte Orchard, Francis, Eliza, Mary, and Sarah Baith Ellen Horn, Ann Dartnall, Adam Gray, Edward Handyside, Thomas Palmer, George, Mary, Frederick, and Phillip Memtt; Robert Robinson, Fanny, Elizabeth, and Thomas Well Mary and Sarah Ann Durand, Elizabeth and Edwin Lawson, John Waddle, Edwin Crease, VV. and Susan Curpe, James, Andrew, Mary, Jane, Richard, and Evan Rees Thomas Freeman, Edwin M. Price, Mary Perry, Maria Pettigrew, David Barr, Mrs. M'Rae, Mr. and Mrs. Goulter, Mr. Ridings, Mr, Greaves, and four in the steerage.
Emma died on 24 December 1869, at her residence in Grove street, in the Wood, Nelson. She was 48 years old. Her husband had died two months earlier of injuries suffered when a cart and cab collided. Source: Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXV111, ISSUE 104, 29 December 1869.[3][4]
In her will she lists herself as a draper.[5]
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