Harriett (Burnett) Lyford (1835 - 1901)

Born 11 Jul 1835 in Borden, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of John William Lyford — married 1853 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1901 at age 66 in Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Harriett was born in 1835. ^[1] She came to NZ with her mother in 1841, her father having come out earlier on the Whitby. She married John Lyford in 1853 ^[2] She passed away in 1901 age 66^[3] and is buried in Kaikoura ^[4]

Harriett (Burnett) Lyford was born in Borden, Kent, England.

Harriet Burnett was born on 11 Jul 1835 in Borden, Kent, England to parents Richard Burnett and Elizabeth Ann Burnett. She was christened on 27 Sep 1836 in the Wesleyan Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England.^[5]

She immigrated to New Zealand in Nov 1841 with her father. Her mother had died in 1838, and her brother George died on the voyage from England to New Zealand on 11 Nov 1841.

She married John Lyford on 16 Mar 1853 in Happy Valley, Nelson, New Zealand.^[6]

Children: Ann West, Eleanor, Adolphus William, Arthur, Henrietta, Letitia, John, Clifford, Maud, Emily, Colin, Lionel.

She died on 4 Oct 1901 in Kaikoura, Marlborough, new Zealand, and was buried on 6 Oct 1901 in the Kaikoura Public Cemetery, Marlborough, New Zealand.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ A source is needed for this information
2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration 1853/15
3. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1901/6220
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 September 2018), memorial page for Harriet Burnett Lyford (11 Jul 1835–4 Oct 1901), Find A Grave Memorial no. 150794837, citing Kaikoura Public Cemetery, Kaikoura, Kaikoura District, Canterbury, New Zealand ; Maintained by MystikNZ (contributor 48009964) .
5. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3Z9-GZR : 21 March 2020), Harriott Brunet, 1836.
6. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-J57K : 4 October 2016), John Lyford and Harriet Burnett, 1853; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1853/15, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
7. ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGY3-1DZ8 : 8 September 2019), Harriet Lyford, 4 Oct 1901; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.