Selina (Nankivell) Durham (1835 - 1923)

Born 22 Feb 1835 in Tavistock, Devon, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Beeching Day — married 21 Oct 1852 in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1 May 1923 at age 88 in New Zealand

Biography

Selina was born in 1835 and baptised on March 8. She was the daughter of Robert Nankivell and Elizabeth Tremills^[1].

She arrived on the Bolton with her family^[2].

Nankeville, Robert 28, Miner Elizabeth 28, John 7, George 6, Selina 4, Thomas 3 Died at sea, Robert 1 Died at sea, Child Born at sea.

Nankeville, William 20 Agricultural Labourer, Ann 24, Mary Jane 6 weeks

Bolton^[3]Such was the rush of people to emigrate to New Zealand that they could not all be accommodated on the ships already chartered by the company, and a additional vessel put on the berth to take those who had been shut out of previous ships was the Bolton. She left Gravesend on the 19th November, three days later she was off the Isle of Wight and took just under a month to reach Santa Cruz, Teneriffe where she made a call. She was a slow craft and didn't reached Port Nicholson until 30th April 1840. All the Bolton's passengers were landed at Thorndon Beach, and the greater part of them lived in very primitive shanties known as "Bolton Row" until they could build themselves something more substantial. Among the passengers were the Rev's J. F. Churton and J. G. Butler, the second and third clergymen to be sent out by the company.

She married William Day in 1852^[4].

After William passed away, she married John Durham in 1875 ^[5].

She passed away in 1923^[6] and is buried at Bromley Cemetery^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ Selina Nankivel Gender: Female Birth Date: 22 Feb 1835 Baptism Date: 8 Mar 1835 Baptism Place: Wesleyan,Tavistock,Devon,England Father: Robert Nankivel Mother: Elizabeth Mills FHL Film Number: 590696
2. ↑ New Zealand Settler Ships - Bolton 1840, https://www.geni.com/projects/New-Zealand-Settler-Ships-Bolton-1840/14229
3. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/Bolton.htm
4. ↑ New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966 Name: William Day Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 1852 Event Place: New Zealand Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Selina Nankivell Spouse's Gender: Female Registration Number: 1852/378 "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-J23D : 4 October 2016), William Day and Selina Nankivell, 1852; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1852/378, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
5. ↑ NZ BDM. Marriage record for Selina Day and John Durham 1875/1300
6. ↑ Selina Durham Death Date: Apr-May-Jun 1923 Registration Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Folio Number: 1551 Source Citation New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966. Source Information Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966 [database on-line].
7. ↑ Selina Durham Death Age: 88 Birth Date: abt 1835 Death Date: 1 May 1923 Cemetery : Bromley Burial Place: Canterbury, North, Central. Source Information Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 [database on-line].