Charlotte Elisabeth (Crispe) Mellsop (1840 - 1925)

Born 14 Jan 1840 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Thomas Mellsop — married 4 Sep 1862 in Mauku Church, Auckland, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1925 at age 85 in Waiuku, Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Charlotte was born in 1840. In 1841 when the census was taken she was at her grandma's house in Warrington along with her sisters Mary and Emma. ^[1]

She married John Thomas Mellsop in 1862. ^[2]

NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XXXIX, ISSUE 11931, 4 APRIL 1902, PAGE 6 Our Waiuku correspondent writes: —I am sorry to report two serious accidents to old and respected residents of the district. The first happened to Mrs. J. T. Mellsop, of Knockmaroon, who, whilst driving with one of her daughters in a sulky, was, through the horse suddenly shying, upset. Mrs. Mellsop had the misfortune to have her hip bone broken, and it is feared she will be crippled for life. Miss Mellsop escaped with a severe shaking. The sulky was much broken. [1]

She died about 1925 aged 85 years old. ^[3]

FRANKLIN TIMES, VOLUME 14, ISSUE 271, 28 AUGUST 1925, PAGE 5 ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES.

EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES

Mrs Mellsop widow of the late Lieutenant John Mellsop, passed peacefully away in her sleep yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs K. Robinson, Waiuku, aged 85 years.

Mrs Charlotte Elisabeth Mellsop was the youngest daughter of the late Mr Joseph Crispe, of Stanlake, Mauku, one of the original settlers in that district.. Born in England on January 14, 1840, she came with her parents to Mauku in 1854. A few years later the behaviour of the natives became alarming, and in October, 1860, it was deemed necessary to remove all women and children to Auckland, while the men armed themselves to defend the young settlement. In company with a large number of women and children Miss Crispe spent an uncomfortable day and night on a schooner in the Mauku estuary, but the trouble was adjusted with the natives, and the fugitives returned to their own homes. On August 24, 1862. Miss Crispe was married to Mr John Mellsop, son of Mr J. T. Mellsop, of Knockmaroon, near Glenbrook. the marriage being the second-one celebrated in St. Bride’s Church, Mauku, the first, strangely enough, being that of Mr George Bregman whose funeral occurred only yesterday. The following year the native troubles culminated in the outbreak of the Waikato war in the winter of 1863. Mrs Mellsop and the rest of the noncombatants of the district had to be lodged for safety in St. Bride’s Church guarded by the rifles of the newly-enrolled Forest Rifles, of which force Mr Mellsop was lieutenant. In the engagements which followed he distinguished himself considerably, and earned honourable mention in dispatches. With the exception of a short period in Waiuku, where her husband was immigration officer, Mrs Mellsop spent the greater part of her life at Knockmaroon, where her family of ten children were born. Of these six, three sons and three daughters, survive her, all being married. They are Mrs S. P. Henry of Arkle’s Bay; Mrs K. Robinson, Waiuku; Mrs C. M. Stuart, Helensville; and Messrs Harold Mellsop, Rotorua; Heywood Mellsop, Clevedon; and Oswald Mellsop, Tuakau. There are also a large number of grand and great-grandchildren. Her husband predeceased her about thirty years.[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQL3-YKY : 22 May 2019), Charlotte Crisp in household of Jane Heywood, Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Marriage Registration of Charlotte Elizabeth Crispe and John Thomas Mellsop ; citing Marriage Certificate 1862/5250 .
3. ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Death Registration of Charlotte Elisabeth Mellsop, aged at death 85Y; citing Death Certificate 1925/5034 .

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