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Rebecca Selina (Rickard) Blight (1855 - 1894)

Rebecca Selina Blight formerly Rickard
Born in Tregrehan Mills, St Austell, Cornwall, Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died at age 39 in Taranaki, New Zealandmap
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Biography

Rebecca Rickard was born on 16 April 1855 in Tregrehan Mills, St Austell, Cornwall, England to Joseph Rickard and Ann (Bond) Richard.

She married William George Blight in 1875 in Cornwall, England. [1] In Cornwall, they became the parents of William Joseph Blight and Florence Annie (Blight) Cavaney,

Between 1878 and 1879, William and Rebecca took their little family and immigrated to New Zealand. There they became the parents of Frederick Thomas Blight, Lily Blight, Herbert Noah Blight, Lewis Albert Blight, Ives Nathaniel Blight, Alick George "Alexander" Blight, and Alice Selina Rebecca (Blight) Michel Perkins.

Rebecca died on 29 April 1894 in Taranaki, New Zealand and was buried at Tarata Cemetery in Tarata, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Sources

  1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Rebecca Rickar, Registration Year: 1875, Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun, Registration district: St Austell, Inferred County: Cornwall, Spouse: William George Blight (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).

See also:

  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204792949 : accessed 05 January 2020), memorial page for Rebecca Selina Rickard Blight (16 Apr 1855–29 Apr 1894), Find A Grave Memorial no. 204792949, citing Tarata Cemetery, Tarata, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand ; Maintained by theosmum (contributor 48201822) .
  • Refer to Tracy Blight polaraccess@gmail.com




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