Florence Ada (Child) Leverett (1883 - 1958)

Born 25 May 1883 in Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Henry James Leverett — married 1904 in Wandsworth, London, England

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1958 at age 74 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Florence (Child) Leverett migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Florence was born in 1883. She was the daughter of James and Harriett Child.

England and Wales Census, 1891: Living with her parents and five siblings at Nelson Grove, Clapham, London, England. Aged 9 and a scholar. Also in the household was 71 year old Ann Child.

She married Henry James Leverett in 1904 at London, England^[1].

They had four children.

England and Wales Census, 1911: Living with her husband Henry, two children George (5), Alice (4), 23 year old Harriet Child and 1 year old Ethel Leverett.

Florence and her family emigrated from England to New Zealand on board the ship Rotorua in 1923, bound for Auckland.

In the 1928 NZ Electoral Rolls she was living at 7 Karaka Street, Auckland Central with her husband Henry and two of their children George and Alice. Henry was a Caretaker.

In 1954 she was living at 28 Moira Avenue, Ponsonby, Auckland with her husband and daughter Alice.

Henry died in 1956.

Florence passed away in 1958 at the age of about 76 and is buried at Purewa Cemetery, Auckland^[2]. Block J, Row 1, Plot 37.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2677-39N : 13 December 2014), Henry James Leverett, 1904; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1904, quarter 3, vol. 1D, p. 1398, Wandsworth, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221231211/florence-ada-leverett), memorial page for Florence Ada Child Leverett (1882–18 Feb 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 221231211, citing Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand ; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980)

• New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch [[1]]

• NZ BDM Historical Death Records: Registration No: 1958/19838 | Family Name: Leverett | Given Name(s): Florence Ada | Age at Death: 76Y | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• https://purewa.co.nz/loved/florence-ada-9/

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QZD3-6W2 : 2 May 2019), Florence A Child in household of James Child, Clapham, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW8N-R4N : 8 July 2019), Florence Leverett in household of Henry Leverett, Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.