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Mary Elizabeth Harris (Hall)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom
Death: August 16, 1902 (88)
Little River, Canterbury, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Little River, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edward Hall and Mary Ann Hall
Wife of Robert Harris
Mother of Elizabeth Anne Hammond; Sarah Ann Butler; Edward William Harris; Robert Harris; Mary Anne Davidson and 9 others
Sister of Elizabeth Jane Hall; Joseph Thomas Hall; Amey Hall; John Hall and Isaac Samuel Hall

Occupation: Silk Weaver
Find A Grave ID: 157856071
Immigration to New Zealand: Steadfast, 8th June 1851
Married: 26 June 1832 St Leonard's, Shoreditch, London, Eng.
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About Mary Elizabeth Harris

Obituary

On Sunday last the remains of one of the very old settlers of the Peninsula were interred in the Little River Church yard, in the person of Mrs R. Harris. Amongst her descendants are Mr E. W Harris, of Okain's, Mrs Hammond, senr., of German Bay, Mrs Radford, Little River, and Mrs Tom. Harris, of Head of the Bay. A large number of old friends of deceased and family followed the remains to the grave. The late Mrs Harris leaves some 240 descendants.
Source: Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2700, 26 August 1902, Page 2 [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19020826.2.8]

An old identity died at Little River on Saturday in the person of Mrs M. E. Harris, aged ninety-six years. She arrived in Lyttelton on June 6, 1851, in the ship Steadfast, with her husband and nine children. She leaves twelve children, 93 grandchildren, 124 great-grandchildren, and seventeen great-great-grandchildren living.
Source: Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12898, 19 August 1902, Page 5 [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT19020819.2.41

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Mary Elizabeth Harris's Timeline

1813
September 17, 1813
Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom
October 10, 1813
Saint Leonards, London, England, United Kingdom
1832
December 18, 1832
Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom
1833
1833
Hackney, London, England (United Kingdom)
1836
March 15, 1836
West Hackney, London, Middlesex, England
1838
February 1, 1838
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1840
1840
Hackney, London, England (United Kingdom)
1840
Hackney, London, England (United Kingdom)
1844
1844
London, England (United Kingdom)