Louisa (Groves) Belliss (1849 - 1931)

Born 1849 in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

Wife of Hugh Belliss — married 1871 in Tinui, Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1931 at about age 82 in Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

Louisa arrived on the New Era with her parents and siblings.

She marry Hugh Bellis in 1871. ^[1]

Louisa Bellis died in 1931 aged 82. ^[2]

OBITUARY

MRS L. BELLISS. The many friends of Mrs Louisa Bellis will regret to learn of her death, which occurred in Masterton this morning after an illness extending over some months. Deceased, who was 82 years of age, came to New Zealand with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs John Groves, 75 years ago, in the sailing ship “New Era.” They went direct to Castlepoint after their arrival in Wellington. After some years’ residence in Castlepoint deceased removed to Tinui, where her marriage to Mr Bellis took place. For the past fourteen years the late Mrs Beilis had been a resident of Masterton. She was very popular among a wide circle of friends on the Coast and in Masterton, who will regret her death. A family of two sons, Messrs Percy Bellis (Castlepoint) and C. Bellis (Tinui), and one daughter, Miss Bellis (Pownall Street, Masterton), are left to mourn their loss.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz marriage 1871/8700
2. ↑ www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz death 1931/9664
3. ↑ Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 October 1931, Page 4

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGPK-5W6 : 12 September 2019), Louisa Groves in household of John Groves, Carisbrooke, Hampshire, England; citing Carisbrooke, Hampshire, England, p. 14, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 19 October 2019), database entry for GROVES, LOUISA (Mother's maiden PEACH), GRO Reference: 1849 M Quarter in ISLE OF WIGHT Volume 08 Page 261

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144376050/louisa-belliss: accessed 16 December 2023), memorial page for Louisa Groves Belliss (1849–23 Oct 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 144376050, citing Tinui Cemetery, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand; Maintained by Bigbird Jo_NZ (contributor 47676831).

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