Mary Ann (Bould) Clapham (abt. 1837 - 1926)

Born about 1837 in England

Ancestors

Wife of William Thomas Clapham — married 1863 in Wellington, New Zealand [uncertain]

Died 29 Jun 1926 at about age 89 in Wellington, New Zealand

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Biography

Mary Ann was born about 1837. She emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand with her parents and brothers, Thomas and George, on the Lord William Bentinck in 1841.

She married William Thomas Clapham in 1863.^[1] The children of William and Mary Ann were: Thomas William, Alice Harriett, Robert Alfred, Marian, Maud, Annie and Amy.^[2]

Many older residents of Wellington will have learned with regret of the death last Tuesday of Mrs. M. A. Clapham, Pipitea street. The late Mrs. Clapham was one of the few left of the old Wellington residents who arrived in the Dominion in the early 'forties, and has spent the whole of her life in the district. Her husband predeceased her 36 years ago. Mrs. Clapham arrived in New Zealand with her parents in the ship Lord William Bentinck in 1841, her father being the late Mr. Robert Bould, sen., of Johnsonville. The interment took place at Sydney street cemetery on Thursday morning. Mrs. Clapham leaves a family of five daughters—Misses Clapham (4), of Wellington, and Mrs. Harold Smith, of Paekakariki, two sons, Mr. T. W. Clapham, of Wellington, and Mr. A. R. Clapham, of Eketahuna, and fourteen grandchildren. Mrs. Clapham was one of those who signed the presentation to the Duke of York—now H.M. the King—on his visit to New Zealand in 1901, and was one of the few who signed the next presentation to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in Wellington in 1920.^[3]

She passed away in 1926^[4][5] and was buried in the Sydney Street (now Bolton Street) Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Marriage: 1863/7654 Mary Ann Bould and William Clapham
2. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Births:

   1864/9883 Clapham Thomas William Parents - Mary Ann and William

   1866/14591 Clapham Alice Harriett Parents - Mary Ann and William

   1868/18275 Clapham Robert Alfred Parents - Mary Ann and William

   1872/20884 Clapham Marian Parents - Mary Ann and William

   1873/30751 Clapham Maud Mary Ann William

   1876/12605 Clapham Annie Parents - Mary Ann and William Thomas

   1880/13444 Clapham Amy Parents - Mary Ann and William Thomas

3. ↑ Women in Print, Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1926, Page 17
4. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Death: 1926/3420 Clapham Mary Ann 89Y
5. ↑ Deaths, Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1926, Page 1
6. ↑ Friends of Bolton Street Cemetery - Mary Ann Clapham