Edward Weller (1853 - 1894)

Born 1853 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Jessie (Munro) Weller — married 1880 in New Zealand

Died 17 May 1894 at about age 41 in New Zealand

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Biography

Birth

This profile is part of the Hanborough, Oxfordshire One Place Study.

Edward Weller was born in 1853 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire.^[1] He was the son of Mark Weller and Emma Slatter. He was baptised on 17th April 1853 at St Peter and St Paul, Hanborough and his father gave his occupation as labourer on the register.^[2]

Censuses

1861 Residence: Hanborough, Oxfordshire^[3]

Mark Weller, head, mar, 44, ag lab, born in Hanborough, Oxon

Emma Weller, wife, mar, 38, glover maker (leather), born in Hanborough, Oxon

William Weller, son, unm, 16, ag lab, born in Hanborough, Oxon

James Weller, son, 13, ag lab, born in Hanborough, Oxon

Eliza Weller, dau, 10, born in Hanborough, Oxon

Edward Weller, son, 8, born in Hanborough, Oxon

John Weller, son, 3, born in Hanborough, Oxon

1871 Residence: Handborough, Oxfordshire^[4]

Mark Weller, head, mar, 57, agricultural labourer, born in Handborough, Oxon

Emma Weller, wife, mar, 48, gloveress (leather), born in Handborough, Oxon

James Weller, son, unm, 23, agricultural labourer, born in Handborough, Oxon

Edward Weller, son, unm, 18, agricultural labourer, born in Handborough, Oxon

John Weller, son, 13, agricultural labourer, born in Handborough, Oxon

Emigration

Edward emigrated to New Zealand sometime between 1871 and 1880.

Marriage

Edward Weller and Jessie Munro married in 1880.^[5]

Death

Edward died on 17th May 1894 in Oamaru Hospital at the age of 41. He died as a result of an accidental fall at the New Catholic Church.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Register of Births: GRO Reference: 1853 J Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 523
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR120/1/R2/1 Image
3. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): ED 4B Class: RG 9; Piece: 904; Folio: 60; Page: 5; GSU roll: 542719 Ancestry Sharing Link
4. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): ED 4 Class: RG10; Piece: 1450; Folio: 63; Page: 5; GSU roll: 828789 Ancestry Sharing Link
5. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-V3G3), Edward Weller and Jessie Munro, 1880; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1880/967, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
6. ↑ OAMARU MAIL, VOLUME XIX, ISSUE 5949, 19 MAY 1894, PAGE 2 [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OAM18940519.2.20?end_date=01-07-1894&items_per_page=100&query=edward+weller&snippet=true&start_date=01-04-1894 Link to Newspaper image