Margaret Ann (Fuller) Hobday (abt. 1824 - 1905)

Born about 1824 in Cork, Ireland

Wife of James Hobday — married before 31 Dec 1854 in Dover, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1905 at about age 81 in Caversham Rise, Dunedin, New Zealand

Biography

Margaret Fuller married James Hobday in 1854 in Dover. She had 4 known children during her marriage.

In 1874 her family emigrated under the sponsorship of the Kent Agricultural Workers Union to New Zealand in 1874. Her eldest daughter Ellen, in domestic service, remained in England. The family sailed on the ship William Davie arriving at Bluff in 1874.

Margaret and james settled in Makerewa township in Southland for a time and later Riverton.

In 1905, Margaret passed away aged 77 at the home of her son-in-law, William Arthur, Leckhampton Court, Caversham Rise, in Dunedin.

Margaret's burial location is unknown.

Sources

• https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au

England Census 1861,1871

England Marriage Index - Vol 2a, Pg 1161

NZ Electoral Rolls

• https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Otago Daily Times 22 Nov 1905 Out of copyright
• http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search?recordid=83025&type=Burial

• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSTF-4MZ : 8 August 2017), James Hobday, 12 Apr 1874; citing ship William Davie, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm .