George Edward Champion (1865 - 1868)

Born 1865 in New Zealand

Died 5 Jun 1868 at about age 3 in Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

George Edward was born in 1865. He was the son of Richard Champion and Ann Grigson. ^[1] He passed away in 1868 age 3. ^[2]

Fatal Accident at Waimate.— A fatal accident by fire occurred at Waimate on Friday June 5, to a child of about four years of age, the son of Mr Richard Champion, a farmer, residing at Waimate. The child, during a short absence of his mother, is supposed to have been playing with the fire in one of the rooms in the house, and finding his clothes in flames rushed screaming out into the street. Every attention was immediately paid to him by the neighbours and all remedies obtainable were applied to alleviate his sufferings— but his injuries were too severe, and the poor little fellow died the same afternoon on his way to Timaru, whither his parents were taking him for medical treatment He was buried in the cemetery at Waimate on Monday ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Birth registration 1865/15499
2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1868/8141
3. ↑ LOCAL NEWS OF THE MONTH. TIMARU HERALD, VOLUME IX, ISSUE 323, 1 JULY 1868