Eunice (Knight) Miller (1853 - 1917)

Born Oct 1853 in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 1917 at about age 63 in Halcombe, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Biography

Eunice (Knight) Miller was born in Kent, England.

Birth between Oct and Dec 1853 in Frant, Sussex, England^[1] or in Tonbridge, Kent^[2].

Reformatory - 2 Jan 1868 recorded as receiving 1 month in prison followed by 5 years in a Reformatory School for 'Larceny Simple' in Kent, England. ^[3].

Marriage on 15 April 1873 to William Molineux in Frant, Sussex, England. Father recorded as Henry Knight^[4][5].

Horace Henry Molyneux

Birth of a Child - Horace Henry Molyneux to Eunice and William Molyneux on 7 Sep 1873 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England^[6].

Death of Horace Henry Molyneux recorded in 1874 in Ticehurst, Sussex, England^[7].

Burial of Horace Henry Molineux on 8 Feb 1874 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England^[8].

Eunice Molyneux travelled to Wellington, New Zealand in 1874 aboard the ship 'Waikato arriving 11/7/1874 aged 20. She is later found lived in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.^[9]'.

Eunice then married a man named William Henry Miller in New Zealand.

Death in 1917 Halcombe, New Zealand^[10].

The Probate record provides the name her husband as William Henry Miller and the names of 6 children

Thomas Richard James Miller

William Henry Miller

Alice Victoria Mitchell

Elizabeth Frances Rash

Esther Eunice De Rosa

Nellie Elizabeth Baker

Census

1861 Census located at Brenchley, Kent, England.

Harry Wight 40

Mary A Wight 31

Martha Wight 13

Henry Wight 10

Mary A Wight 9

Eunice Wight 7

NB, on observation of the Census page image the 'Kn' in Knight have been mis-keyed as a 'W'.

1871 Census. Located at 155 Calverly Terrace, Tonbridge, Kent, England.

Sarah Davenport 60 Head

Frances A Weatherh 72 Stepmother (Step Mother)

Sarah Elizth Reynolds 48 Visitor

Rose Elliott 27 Servant

Thirza Hovell 32 Servant

Emma Knight 20 Servant

Sources

1. ↑ Class: RG 9; Piece: 496; Folio: 34; Page: 5; GSU roll: 542649 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from The National Archives, London, England. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.
2. ↑ FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall.
3. ↑ Class: HO 27; Piece: 149; Page: 276 Source Information Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
5. ↑ FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall.
6. ↑ "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFGN-RC8 : 7 December 2017), Eunice Molyneux in entry for Horace Henry Molyneux, 1873.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JXV-LHJ : 31 December 2014), Horace Henry Molineux, 1874; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Ticehurst, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
8. ↑ "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KG8G-61T : 7 December 2017), Horace Henry Molineux, 08 Feb 1874; citing Burial, Wadhurst, Sussex, England, 00171, The Keep, East Sussex Record Office; West Sussex County Record Office, Chichester.
9. ↑ Information provided by Cumings-108 who has undertaken many years of research into Eunice and who has graciously allowed me to quote it here.
10. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-2TZQ : 9 March 2021), Eunice Ester Miller, 1917; citing , Wellington Probate Files [First Sequence], 1843-1939, record number 20677, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 100584954.

• "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD6-KZ8C : 7 December 2017), William Molineux and Eunice Knight, 1873.