Eliza (Marks) Matthews (1803 - 1889)

Born 24 May 1803 in Reading, Berkshire, England

Wife of Charles Matthews — married 9 Aug 1828 in Thatcham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1889 at age 86 in Nelson, New Zealand

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Biography

Eliza (Marks) Matthews was born on 24 May 1803 in Reading, Berkshire, England.

Eliza married Charles Matthews 9 August 1828 at Thatcham in Berkshire.

Eliza died on 7 Aug 1889 in Nelson, New Zealand. ^[1]

....Mrs Matthews, of Hardy street, where she died yesterday at the good old age of 84. Mrs Matthews came out with her husband and family in 1842 in the ship Olympus, and among the older settlers was so well known that to many of them " Granny Matthews " was familiar as a household word. Her husband and sons were the champion shearers of their day. and all were industrious and persevering settlers, and all of them were industrious and persevering settlers, one of them having by dint of hard work and thrift secured for himself a fine property in Marlborough. The old lady was full of activity and energy up to a late period of her life, but for the last few years she has been bedridden and a great sufferer. ^[2]

She was buried in the Wakapuaka Cemetery on the 9 August 1889. Her grave is in Block 3, Plot 056. ^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, accessed 27 December 2021, Death registration 1889/3583 for Eliza Matthews, age 84
2. ↑ Obituary, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18890808.2.11, Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 171, 8 August 1889, Page 2
3. ↑ Nelson City Council, Cemeteries Search, http://www.nelson.govt.nz/, Accessed 27 December 2021, Burial details for Eliza Matthews
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182740415/eliza-matthews : accessed 27 December 2021), memorial page for Eliza Marks Matthews (24 May 1803–7 Aug 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #182740415, citing Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand ; Maintained by Terri Williamson-Lee (contributor 49155228) .