Born in Foxton, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Henry Williams
and Elizabeth Anne (Bray) Williams
Sister of
Elizabeth Jane (Williams) Sullivan, William John Williams, Symon Henry Williams, Samuel Williams, Rosa Ann Williams, Mary Ann (Williams) Town, Susanna Gertrude (Williams) Kilmister, Frederick Alfred Williams, George Enoch Gideon Bray Williams, Alice Amelia Burton (Williams) Walden, Joseph Nicholas Williams, Ellen Louisa (Williams) Whibley and Emily Edith Esther Evelyn (Williams) Dix
Wife of
James Patterson
— married
1891 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
James Robert Henry Patterson, Ethel Jane (Patterson) Wildbore, Percy Harold Alexander Patterson, Ruby Eliza Isabel (Patterson) Robinson, Myrtle Mavis (Patterson) Salter, Evelyn Ruahine (Patterson) Cannons, Susan Irene Kaiora (Patterson) Belfit, Gordon James Patterson and Noeline Jean (Patterson) McNeur
Died
at age 86
in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Apr 2015
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Biography
Emma was born in 1878. She was the daughter of William Williams and Elizabeth Bray.
An article published on Saturday, November 21, 1891 in the Manawatu Herald brought into question the ability of her parents to be proper and caring parents, when they consented for their little daughter to be married at the age of 13 years and two months:
"It is lawful, but it is objectionable and the reasons urged in justification of the marriage, makes the fact of the utter want of supervision over the members of the family most startling, and justifies our previous statement that these parents have no right to the care of their children."
The marriage went ahead regardless and Emma married James John Patterson in 1891.
They went on to have at least nine children (one of whom died young).
In the 1900 NZ Electoral Rolls she was living at Palmerston North with her husband James, who was a Labourer.
In the 1928 NZ Electoral Rolls Emma was recorded living at Root Street, Makino with her at least two of her children, Evelyn and Percy. James was not in the household at the time.
Her husband died in 1949.
In the 1963 NZ Electoral Rolls Emma was living at 37 Millar Street, Palmerston North, a widow.
She passed away on 30 April 1965 at the age of 86.
Burial
3 May 1965 - Feilding Cemetery, Feilding, New Zealand. Sub/Block: 2, Row: 68, Plot Number: 1018. Interment ID: 2367[1]
Inscription:
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF
- JAMES PATTERSON
- DIED NOV. 30TH 1949 IN HIS 82ND YEAR
- AND ALSO HIS BELOVED WIFE
- EMMA ELIZA
- DIED APRIL 30TH 1965 IN HER 86TH YEAR
- ALSO GORDON.
- DIED DEC. 13TH 1920, AGED 7 WEEKS
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210005780/emma-eliza-patterson), memorial page for Emma Eliza Williams Patterson (22 Sep 1865–1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 210005780, citing Feilding Cemetery, Feilding, Manawatu District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand ; Maintained by Baby Stegosaurus (contributor 49885654)
- NZ BDM Birth Records Online: Registration No: 1878/16039 | Family Name: Williams | Given Name(s): Eliza Emma | Parents: Elizabeth Ann & William Henry | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ BDM Marriage Records Online: Registration No: 1891/2187 | Bride's Given Name(s): Emma Eliza | Bride's Family Name: Williams | Groom's Given Name(s): James John | Groom's Family Name: Patterson | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ BDM Death Records Online: Registration No: 1965/30783 | Family Name: Patterson | Given Name(s): Emma Eliza | Age at Death: 86Y | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emma:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
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