Mary-Ann Sarah (Clarkson) Carson (1846 - 1889)

Born 16 Sep 1846 in Petone, Wellington, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of William John Carson — married 4 Jun 1863 in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 20 May 1889 at age 42 in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Sarah was the daughter of William Clarkson and Sarah Nicholson. She was born in Petone, Wellington, NZ, in the spring of 1846.

Sarah moved south to Lyttelton with her parents sometime in 1849, which meant the Clarkson family were on hand to greet the first four ships of the Canterbury settlement when they berthed the following year.

Sarah married John Carson, a Mariner, in Lyttelton in 1863, and they lived in Lyttelton, producing 12 children over 25 years. Mary Ann was only 17 at the time she married, and is marked as a minor on the marriage record. Present at the wedding were:

• Rev Francis Knowles, Officiating Minister^[1]
• James Scott, Mariner, Lyttelton, Witness
• Georgina Millburn, Lyttelton, Domestic Servant

Sarah and Jack had 12 children over the first 25 years of their marriage. Five years after thier youngest was born, Sarah suffered a brain haemorrhage at her Brenchley Rd home in Lyttelton. She died soon after, in the autumn of 1889, at only 42 years of age.^[2]

Sarah's funeral service was held at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Lyttelton, and she was buried in the Anglican Cemetery there on 23 May 1889.^[3] Her grave site now contains the memorial plaque to all the descendants of her parents, William and Sarah Clarkson.

Funeral Notice:

"The Friends of William John Carson are respectfully informed that the funeral of his late Wife, Mary Ann, will leave his residence, Brenchley road, Lyttelton, To-morrow, Thursday, at 3.30 p.m., for the Church of England Cemetery."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d21-d13.html
2. ↑ Aged 44 per her death record.
3. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890522.2.34.1
4. ↑ Star (Christchurch) Issue 6552, 22 May 1889, Page 3. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890522.2.34.1

• Marriage:
  • https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs] Marriage Registration. Accessed 19 December 2022: 1863/6248 Mary Ann Clarkson William John Carson
  • NZBDM record of William John Carson and Mary-Ann Sarah Clarkson attached.
• Death:
  • https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs] Death Registration. Accessed 19 December 2022: 1889/2475 Carson Sarah 44Y
  • NZBDM record attached.
• Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 August 2020), memorial page for Mary Ann Sarah Clarkson Carson (16 Sep 1846–23 May 1899), Find a Grave Memorial no. 214882358, citing Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery, Lyttelton, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand ; Maintained by Kathy Viney (contributor 47786463) .
• Other:
  • Family Tree: 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 - compliled for the Reunion ofthe Clarkson Family held i Christchurch, NZ 12 - 15th January 1990 Master Listing Source: Y
  • McDonald Dictionary card with biographical detail of W & S Clarkson and family: https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/720927