Miriam Packer (abt. 1866 - 1936)

Born about 1866 in Horselydown, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Died 21 May 1936 at about age 70 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

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Miriam Packer migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Birth

Date: abt 1866

Place: Horselydown, Surrey, England

Residence

Residence: Age: 5

Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Date: 1871

Place: St John, London, England

Emigration

Miriam Packer, with her parents Rosanna, William and other siblings participated in an assisted emigration to New Zealand. They left England aboard the James Nicol Fleming on 4 May, 1875 and arrived in Otago August 11, 1875.

For the various reports of the ship's arrival see this entry. One of the deaths reported onboard during the journey was of Gertrude Hibbard, whose name appears on the passenger list the page before the Packer family. The family settled in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Marriage

Marriage to William Thompson

1890

Age: 24

New Zealand

Residence

1896

Age: 30

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

1935

Age: 69

5 High St S2, Dunedin South, Otago, New Zealand

Death & Burial

21 May, 1936

Age: 70

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Burial: George Street, Otago, New Zealand

Sources

• England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
• 1871 England Census: Class: RG10; Piece: 625; Folio: 100; Page: 15; GSU roll: 818924 APID: 1,7619::5424136
• New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973: index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12349-302360-69?cc=1609792 : accessed 11 June 2015), Otago > 1875 > James Nicol Fleming > image 10 of 36; National Archives, Wellington.
• New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934
• New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 : 1896 and 1935
• New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1964
• New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007