Betsy (Newth) Hunter
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Betsy Jane (Newth) Hunter (bef. 1832 - 1877)

Betsy Jane Hunter formerly Newth
Born before in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Wife of — married 1 Jan 1851 (to 24 Aug 1877) in Waimea West, New Zealandmap
Descendants descendants
Died after age 44 in Waimea South, Nelson, New Zealandmap
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Biography

Betsy was the third daughter of Mark and Ann Newth and baptised on September 29, 1832 in Wiltshire, England.

1841 Census [1] had Ann aged 35, Amelia (15), Mark (14), Eiz. (8), Ellen (6), Eliz, (4), Martha (2) and a number of adults (mainly Excavators) living at Wood Street, Kingsbridge, Wootton Bassett

She arrived in Nelson with her mother and siblings on the ship 'Lloyds' in 1842.

Her father had arrived earlier on the 'Will Watch' with an advance party in November 1841.

In 1852, She married Gardner Hunter at her family home. Betsy and Gardner were to raise a large family of 13 children.

Betsy Jane (nee Newth) passed away age 45 and is buried at St Michaels, Waimea West. She and her family are recorded on a memorial plaque acknowledging the Newth family as founding settlers of Waimea.


Sources

  1. https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5e3ec23bf4040b1550b4a27e/amelia-newth-1841-wiltshire-kingsbridge-1826-?locale=en
  • "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-JFJB : 4 October 2016), Gardner Hunter and Betsy Jane Newth, 1851; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1851/28, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
  • "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBGB-X4F : 10 February 2018, Betsey Jane Newth, ); citing item 38 p 129, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,358.
  • This profile was started through the import of Family Tree March 2011.ged on Jan 11, 2012 by Lorraine MacKenzie.




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