Rebecca Glass (abt. 1857 - 1894)

Wife of William Whitnall — married 14 Jun 1881 in At the House of Mrs Pearson, Waitahuna Gully, Otago, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1894 at about age 37 in Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Family tradition stated Rebecca was from Glasgow and Jewish.^[1].

Rebecca was born about 1857.

28 February 1874 arrived aboard the Carnatic from London to Otago, New Zealand with her older sister Jane^[2]

Married in a Presbyterian service to William Whitnall at his mother's house, then living with "Canterbury Jack" John Pearson. This marriage certificate provides the name of her parents and her birthplace of Glasgow, Scotland^[3] .

The married couple moved to Sydney, NSW, where other miner families, in particular, 'the Wiggins', had moved on from the Otago goldfields. There they transferred their skills with gold mining sluices and obtained employment with fire brigades^[4].

Rebecca passed away in 1894. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to m Samorzewski.
2. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBG-TJ8 : 12 December 2014), Jane Glass, 28 Feb 1874; citing ship Carnatic, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ New Zealand BDM registry 1881/1345
4. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to m Samorzewski.
5. ↑ NSW registry BDM 9796/1894