Isabella (Young) Fero (1869 - 1927)

Born 22 Sep 1869 in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of William John Hessey Jnr. — married 3 Feb 1889 in Registery Office, Auckland, NZ

Wife of Frank Fero — married 29 Jul 1921 in Auckland, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1927 at age 57 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

1869 - Sep 22, Isabella Young was born in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, to parents Archibald Young and Isabella (Dorran) Young.^{[1] [2]}

1889 - Feb 3, Isabella Young married William John Hessey at the Register Office Auckland New Zealand. ^[3] The marriage document reads as follows - 3 Feb 1889, Office of the Registrar of Marriages Auckland. William Hessey age 22, Iron Moulder, bachelor, born Gainsborough, address Onehunga, father William John Hessey, Iron Moulder. Mother Ann (Stubbings) Hessey. Isabella Young age 19, spinster, born Auckland, address Ponsonby, father Archibald Young, Shipwright. Mother Isabella (Doran) Young. Signed by William and Isabella. Witnessed by father of the bride Archibald Young with his mark, and her younger brother Thomas Young, Boat Maker of Ponsonby.

1889 - Mar 11 birth of son Roy William Hessey at Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.

Photograph taken in 1889.

William John Hessey jnr, wife Isabella Young, with son Roy Wm Hessey.

1890 Aug 2, birth of daughter Kate Hessey at Ponsonby Auckland.

Later the same year Isabella, husband William and children Roy and Kate moved to Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand where husband William had secured a position with Messrs Reid and Gray, Engineers & Agricultural Implement Makers, Princes Street, Dunedin.

1892 Mar 19 birth of son Walter William Hessey at Dunedin, Otago.

Isabella (Young) Fero signed the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition

1894 Apr 1st birth of son Harold William Hessey at Dunedin, Otago.

1896 Mar 18 death of brother Adam Archibald Young aged 19 who was killed at sea en route to New York when he fell from the mast of the vessel "Albertina".

1896 NZ Electoral Roll has Isabella Hessey living at Maria Rd, Caversham, Dunedin. Her husband is not registered.

1896 Dec 31 birth of son David Hessey at Dunedin, Otago.

1906 Aug 9 Advertisement in "Evening Star" - Madam Hessey, Scientific Reader and Palmistry, hours 10am - 10pm. ^[4]

1907 Feb 3rd birth of daughter Matilda Annie (Tillie) Hessey at Dunedin.

1908 Dec 14 death of brother Thomas Henry Young who drowned aged 37 in a shipwreck near Kawau Island in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand.

1911 NZ Electoral Roll has Isabella, husband William, & oldest son Roy living at 37 Douglas Rd, Dunedin.

1914 NZ Electoral Roll has Isabella, husband William, & sons Roy & Walter living at 37 Douglas Rd, Dunedin.

1914 Nov 11 death of father Archibald Young at Ponsonby, Auckland.

1916 - Mar 21, sudden death of husband William Hessey at 37 Douglas Street, St Kilda, Dunedin, NZ. (Isabella is age 46).

1919 NZ Electoral Roll has Isabella and son Walter living at 37 Douglas Rd. Walter is married and living elsewhere, and Isabella may have already moved to Auckland so this record is unreliable.

1921 - 29 Jul, widow Isabella (Young) Hessey married American Frank Fero who is 16yrs her junior, in Auckland New Zealand.^[5]

1926 Nov 29 death of mother Isabella (Doran) Young at Auckland, NZ.

1927 Jul 15 death of Isabella (Young) (Hessey) Fero, of 1 Pitt Terrace, Auckland. Isabella died of heart disease at the age of 57 at Auckland Hospital, New Zealand. ^[6]

Death Notice - FERO - On July 15, Isabella, dearly beloved wife of Frank Fero, second eldest daughter of the late Archibald and Isabella Young, of Lincoln Street, Ponsonby. At rest. Funeral will leave J. Weir's, 70 Ponsonby Road, at 2pm today (Monday) for Waikumete Cemetery.

Burial 18 Jul 1927, Auckland NZ. Fero, Isabella, married, Residence-Hospital. Cause of death:Cardiac Disease. Usual Residence: 1 Pitt Terrace. Age 56. Born NZ. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-Y1NK
2. ↑ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search NZ Birth Index 1869/14955
3. ↑ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search NZ Marriage Index 1889/85
4. ↑ NZ Paperspast.
5. ↑ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search NZ Marriage Index 1921/8071
6. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270718.2.2.2?query=Isabella
7. ↑ Waikumete Cemetery Records, 1886-1948 Non-conformist burials.

New Zealand Electoral Rolls

New Zealand Death Index 1848-1964 New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007