Sarah Ann (Harrington) Blackbee (1842 - 1901)

Born 25 Sep 1842 in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Arthur Blackbee — married 11 Jan 1860 in Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1901 at age 59 in Havelock, Marlborough, New Zealand

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Biography

• Birth: 1842 Regd. Sudbury Registration District (Mar, 12, 451). Registered as Sarah Harrington
• Baptism: 25 Sep 1842 Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
• Emigration: 11 Aug 1859 from London on the ZEALANDIA. Arrived Lyttelton, New Zealand 12 Nov 1859 (age 17yrs) as an unaccompanied servant. (Sarah was the niece of William Sowman/Sarah Songar who emigrated to New Zealand in 1851)
• Marriage: 1860 Regd. Online BDM 1860/3493, Bride: Sarah Ann Harrington, Groom: Charles Blackbee.
• Death: 1901 Regd. Online BDM 1901/4581, Blackbee, Sarah Ann, aged 59yrs.
• Note: Pelorus Guardian 01 Oct 1901. Death; Mrs Sara Ann Blackbee:- September 28, at her residence, Neil Street, Havelock, Sarah Ann, relict of the late Charles Blackbee, aged 59 years.
• Obituary: Mrs Charles Blackbee:- We are again regretfully called upon to record the death of one of the early settlers of this portion of Marlborough, in the person of Mrs Charles Blackbee, who passed away, peacefully, at her residence, Havelock, on Saturday morning last, in her 60th year. The deceased, who was a native of Sudbury (Suffolk), England, arrived in New Zealand in 1859, by the ship Zealandia, from London, and, after residing for some four years in the northern portion of Canterbury, came, with her husband (the late Mr Charles Blackbee) to Havelock, at the time of the Wakamarina "rush", in 1864, since which time she has been a resident of the township. The deceased, who was well known and respected for her many acts of non-officious kindness, had not been in the best of health for some time, and on the Monday before her death was compelled to retain her bed from an attack of bronchitis, which, developing into its most acute form, caused her death, on Saturday last. Mrs Blackbee was predeceased by her husband some six years, and leaves six daughters and two sons to mourn the loss of an affectionate parent. The remains of the deceased were laid in the Havelock Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, in the presence of a large number of friends, the Funeral Service being conducted at the graveside by Mr W. Ward, in the absence of the Rev H.W. Howell. Pelorus Guardian, Tuesday October 1 1901

On her headstone it lists her fathers name as Thomas and has her name as Sarah-Ann.

Sources

• Research (2003-2016) based on original source documents by S. C. Harvey at the Suffolk Record Office.
• Ancestry transcription - England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• Ancestry transcription - England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980
• FamilySearch [1]
• FamilySearch [2]
• Ancestry - Marie Annette Jacobs tree [3]
• NZBDM Historical Records Online [4]
• Pelorus Guardian, Tuesday October 1 1901 [5]
• Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154688328/sarah_ann-blackbee#view-photo=131275973