Eliza (Aitken) Caldwell (abt. 1846)

Born about 1846 in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Caldwell — married 30 Apr 1866 in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in New Zealand

Biography

Eliza (Aitken) Caldwell was born in Ireland.

Eliza (Aitken) Caldwell has Scottish Ancestors.

Eliza (Aitken) Caldwell migrated from Ireland to New Zealand.

Lizzie was born about 1846. She was the only daughter of William Aitken, a grain merchant operating in Londonderry city, and Elizabeth Orr.

On 30 April 1866 at 3rd Presbyterian Church, Derry city, she(20) married Thomas Caldwell (first cousin), a merchant of Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland; son of David Caldwell, farmer. Witnessed by William Aitken and William Aitken jnr. ^{[1] [2]}

They came to New Zealand in 1866, settling on the South Moor Farm, Willoughby, Ashburton, where son William Aitken was born. About 4 or 5 years later, the family moved to a station at Matamata for about 5 years, and then Poverty Bay in 1884, finally settling at Tolaga Bay in 1891. Their other sons were D., T. H., and Douglas, the latter dying in the war. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Caldwell, Eliza Aitken, 1866, Londonderry at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages
2. ↑ "Married", Londonderry Standard - Wednesday 02 May 1866, Page 3. "April 30, in the Third Presbyterian Church, Londonderry, by the Rev. James Denham D.D. Mr. Thomas Caldwell, Kingcase Cottage, Ayrshire, to Lizzie, only daughter of Mr. William Witken, grain merchant, of this city."
3. ↑ This information is in her son William Aitken Caldwell's obituary.