The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameJane (Jean, Jeanie) Scott
Birth28 Jan 1879, New Zealand
Death2 Apr 1968, Auckland, New Zealand
Burial5 Apr 1968, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand
FatherJohn Miller Scott (1847-1879)
MotherRuth Maria Carrel (1858-1920)
Misc. Notes
Name of “Jane Scott”, year of birth, from Janet (Jan) Kelly, great-granddaughter of Mary Ann Carroll, Mary being a daughter of John and Talitha (nee Hutchings) Carroll/Carrel.

Country of birth, from Birth search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2018:
1879/11721. Scott, Jane. Mother: Ruth Maria. Father: John Miller

Full date of birth of 28 January 1879 from further searching in October 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Preferred names, date and place and marriage notice of first marriage to Charles, year of marriage to Ronald, from Jan Kelly in an email dated 17 October 2018.

Result from marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in October 2018 for second marriage:
1916/762. Bride: Jean Wrisberg. Groom: Ronald Guy Douglas Mervyn Scott-Hamilton

Full date of second marriage of 6 November 1916 from further searching in October 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Result from death search on New Zealand BDM website in October 2018:
1968/31016. Scott-Hamilton, Jean Grace, died age 89Y [From this, estimated year of birth circa 1879 which matches year of birth above].

Full date of death of 2 April 1968 from further searching in October 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Jane here was named after her father’s (John Miller Scott) sister who died as a small girl in Scotland before the family came to New Zealand in 1861. Ronald Scott Morrow in an email dated 16 November 2023 writes, “Sadly, John Miller Scott died of TB when Jeanie [Jean] was only 4 months old”.
Ron (born circa 1929) is the great-grandson of Robert Scott, brother of her father, John Miller Scott.

First marriage: Result from marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2023:
1902/2627. Bride: Jeanie Scott. Groom: Charles Johan Ludvig Wrisberg

Full date of first marriage of 28 January 1902 confirmed from further searching in November 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Charles and Jane in Wellington as per the New Zealand Times 8 October 1903, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
Personal
Tho following visitors to Wellington are at present .staying at the Empire Hotel:- ... Mr and Mrs Wrisberg, Wanganui;.....

Selling furniture [Carl] new proprietor of Hotel as per the Hawera & Normanby Star 16 September 1904, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
As previously mentioned, Mr Wrisberg is leaving Hawera for Denmark, and all his splendid household furniture and effects are to be sold by Messrs Whittaker, Whittaker and Co., but as a number of people have expressed a wish to buy some of the furniture, Mrs Wrisberg will be in attendance at her residence, High street, from Tuesday to Friday next, from 2 till 4 for that purpose.

Charles and Jane in London as per the Auckland Star 11 July 1905, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
Personal Notes From London
Callers at the New Zealand Agent General's office this week:- ....Mr and Mrs Wrisberg (Wanganui)...

Charles and Jane back to New Zealand from London via Australia as per the Evening Post 15 July 1905, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
Personal Notes From London
I notice the names of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Wrisberg, who are on their way to Wellington via Australia...

Charles and Jane in Wellington as per the Evening Post 20 July 1905, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
The following visitors are slaying at the Empire Hotel:- Mr. and Mrs. C. J. L. Wrisberg....

Charles and Jane return as per the New Zealand Herald 25 July 1905, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
Mr. C. J. L. Wrisberg, one of the most successful dairy factory managers in the colony - for several years in charge of the Normanby Company's business - has returned to the colony, after a visit to Denmark and England.

Charles and Jane back to New Zealand from Sydney as per the New Zealand Mail 26 July 1905, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
SHIPPING NEWS
ARRIVED.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19. Moeraki s.s. (12.30 p.m.), 4392 tone, Hales, from Sydney. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames ...Wrisberg... Messrs ...Wrisberg....

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Wellington East Roll 1905/6, found in November 2023:
Wrisberg, Jane, 53 Kent Terrace, married
Wrisberg, Carl Johan Ludwig, 53 Kent Terrace, merchant

Charles leaving for England as per the New Zealand Times 17 June 1909, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
GLEANINGS
Mr C. J. L. Wrisberg, who has been representing the Anglo-Continental Produce Company, of London, in this country for some time, leaves for Britain on Friday.
Mr Wrisberg's future plans are not yet definitely settled, but he will probably represent his firm in Siberia or South America.

Charles and Jane leave New Zealand for Sydney as per the Dominion 18 June 1909, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
SHIPPING NEWS
MANUKA'S PASSENGERS.
The following passengers have booked by the Manuka, which leaves at 5 p.m. today for Sydney direct:- ...... Mesdames... Wrisberg... Mesars... C. J. Wrisberg...

Last mention of Carl and Jane together, here in London as per the Auckland Star 23 September 1909, from Papers Past found in November 2023:
Personal Notes From London
Recent callers at the High Commissioner's Office:- ...Mr. and Mrs. C. Y. I. Wrisberg (Wellington)...

Husband Carl is now in Australia without Jane - as per Record of naturalisation for him dated 16 June 1915

Jane remarries on 6 November 1916 as per record found earlier.

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waimarino (Bay of Plenty) Roll 1919, found in November 2023:
Scott-Hamilton, Jean, Raetihi, married
Scott-Hamilton, Ronald Guy Douglas Mervyn, Raetihi, sheep farmer

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Eden General Roll 1954, found in November 2023:
Scott-Hamilton, Jean Grace, 35 Epsom Ave. S.E.3, married (E)
Scott-Hamilton, Ronald Guy Douglas Mervyn, 35 Epsom Ave. S.E.3, manager (E)

Date and place of burial from the Auckland Council Cemetery records found in November 2023:
Name: Jean Grace Scott-Hamilton
Date of death: 2 April 1968
Age at death: 89 years [Born circa 1879]
Cemetery: Birkenhead/Glenfield Cemetery
Plot location: Public Lawn, Row V, Plot 70
Remains type: Body
Date of burial: 5 April 1968
Funeral director: H. Morris Funerals Limited
Spouses
Birthca 1868, Copenhagen, Denmark
Death1917, Victoria, Australia
OccupationButter Maker in NZ in 1898.
MotherAnna Rasmine Haureberg (ca1838-)
Marriage28 Jan 1902, Presbyterian Church, Hawera, New Zealand
Birth21 Nov 1879, Scotland
Death31 Jan 1956, Auckland, New Zealand
MotherJanet
Marriage6 Nov 1916, New Zealand
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