Emily was born in Lyttelton in June 1866. We don’t know much of Emily’s early life, but she won two prizes for academic achievement at the Lyttelton Borough School:
In 1892-3 James and Emily's address was Bridle Path Road, off Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. That directory must have been a little late in publication because their first child, James, was born in Wellington in 1891 as James and Emily made their way north, but the ten children that followed (including two sets of twins) were all born in Hastings.
Emily was a woman of quiet but strong Christian faith. She prayed regularly for her children and grandchildren and attended St Andrews Presbyterian Church in Hastings.
Emily and James had ten children: 6 sons, 4 daughters.
Emily was known as "Grannie" by her grandchildren. She died aged 75, in Hastings in 1941 and was buried at Hastings Cemetery (K14). James was the sole executor and beneficiary of Emily's will. Her estate was valued at £389, 4s, 11d.
↑ LYTTELTON TIMES, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 4638, 27 DECEMBER 1875
Source: S66 Ancestral File Family Tree of William Clarkson and Sarah Ann Nicholson Margaret Skelton, Clark James, Betty Hines, Irene Price, Doris Williams, Gordon Clarkson, Irene Beaton Publication: 9 March 1990 - compiled for the Reunion ofthe Clarkson Family held in Christchurch, NZ 12-15 January 1990 Master Listing Source: Y
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-XD64 : 4 October 2016), James West and Emily Florence Carson, 1890; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1890/2477, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-5KNR : 27 November 2017), Emily Florence Carson, 1866; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1866/22345, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-XD68 : 4 October 2016), James West and Emily Florence Carson, 1890; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1890/2477, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6V-14DK : 4 January 2018), Emily Florence West, 1941; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1941/27385, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
"New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDT9-M27 : 28 May 2019), Emily Florence West, 1941; citing , Napier probate files [third sequence], 1923-1959, record number 3081/41, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 005083544.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily 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 Emily: