Eliza Louisa (White) Creamer (1879 - abt. 1963)

Born 1879 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of William Samuel Hill Creamer — married 1906 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died about 8 Aug 1963 at about age 84 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand [uncertain]

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Biography

Eliza (White) Creamer migrated from England to New Zealand.

Eliza was born in 1879, the son of John Ebenezer White and Charlotte Benge.

UK 1881 Census Date: Recorded at 9 Gideon Road, Battersea, Surrey (London) England:

John E. White, head, age 46, retired gold miner born New Zealand

Charlotte White, wife, age 26, born West Riding Middlesex

William B White, son, age 5, Lambeth Surrey (London)

Eliza L. White, daughter, age 2, born Lambeth Surrey (London)

Edward White, son age 0, born Battersea Surrey (London)

Eliza emigrated from England to New Zealand with her parents and siblings in 1882:

Auckland Star 6.12.1882 p:2

The N.Z.S.Company’s ship Hythonus 1.152.tons in charge of Captain H. P. Hewson left London for this port on October 11th with the following passengers : Saloon - John H.White, Charlotte White, Wm.White, Eliza White, Edward White, Thomas White and W.J.Sinclair ...

She probably married William Samuel Hill Creamer in 1906.

If so, her husband was a Lighthouse Keeper. They had the following children:

William Eric Hill Creamer (born June 11, 1907 at Cape Maria van Diemen)

Charlotte May Creamer (born January 17, 1909 at Tiritiri Matangi lighthouse)

John White Creamer (born April 27, 1912 at Cape Brett)

Leonard Joel Creamer (born January 3, 1914 at Cape Brett)

Dorothy Iris Creamer (born July 14, 1916 at Cape Campbell)

Thelma Currie Creamer (born January 1, 1921 at Castlepoint)

Her husband died in 1944 at the age of 61.

Eliza died in 1963 at the age of about 84.

Burial

10 August 1963 - Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. Location: Block E, Row 51, Plot 8^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.purewa.co.nz/view/?id=21159

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L69X-HPN/eliza-louisa-white-1879-1963

• NZ BDM Marriage Records Online: 1906/3785 Eliza Louisa White and William Samuel Hill Creamer https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

• http://www.newzealandlighthouses.com/creamer_william.htm

• NZ BDM Death Records Online: 1963/24869 Creamer Eliza Louisa 84Y https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6Y-TRW1 : accessed 27 April 2016), Eliza L White in household of John E White, Battersea, London,Surrey, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census,"