The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameFrances Elizabeth Lawrence
Birth1819, Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, England
Baptism28 Dec 1822, Lapley, Staffordshire, England
Death8 Oct 1891, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand
Burial10 Aug 1891, St Peters Church, Onehunga, Auckland
FatherWilliam Lawrence (1795-)
MotherJane Morton (1784-)
Misc. Notes
Name, year (1819) and place of birth, date and place of death, from research file27 in June 2018.

Second given name of “Elizabeth” from Sarah Ferguson (nee Churton) in June 2018.

Year and country of death, estimated year of birth, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in April 2023:
1891/4775. Bartlett, Frances Elizabeth. Died age 74 [Therefore born circa 1817]

Full date of death of 8 October 1891 confirmed from further searching in April 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Occupation from the 1851 England Census taken on the night of 30 March 1851 for the parish of Gillingham, Village of Gillingham, Kent, England, found in May 2025:
Address: 89 Church Street, Gillingham
Catherine Bartlett, Head, age 73, Annuitant, Born: Rochester, Kent, England [circa 1879]
George Bartlett, Son, age 40, [Peuseouer?] Harrier, Born: Tillingbourne, Kent, England [circa 1811]
Frances Bartlett, Son's Wife, age 32, Dressmaker, Born: Wheaton Aston, Shropshire, England [circa 1819]
George Bartlett, Grandson, age 2, Born: Gillingham, Kent, England [circa 1849]

Place of burial, from Find a Grave website found in May 2025:
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274225911/frances-bartlett
Name: Frances Bartlett - Wife of George Bartlett (Fencible)
Maiden Name: Lawrence
Gender: Female
Death Date: 8 Aug. 1891
Cemetery: St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse: George Bartlett
Children:
- Fanny Graham (nee Bartlett) 1852-1934
- George Henry 1849-1915
- William Bartlett unknown to 1875
Credit for Source: https://www.graveinsightsonehunga.nz

Date of burial from the https://www.graveinsightsonehunga.nz website’s “01-Family-Names-beginning-with-A-B.pdf” document:
Plot: 106
Name: Bartlett, Frances (nee Lawrence)
Date of Death: 8 Aug 1891
Date of Burial: 10 Aug 1891
Age: [Not Recorded]
Other Information: Wife of George Bartlett (Fencible)

Year of birth given as “1817”, year and place of marriage, from a PDF found in May 2025:
https://www.thebestlittlebookstore.nz/excerpts/bartlettexcerpt.pdf

Further notes in above PDF found in May 2025:
Frances made a claim for a Crown Grant in 1863 on behalf of her dead husband George and was granted land at Kariori (Raglan) 70 acres, and Forty Pounds on the 27th of October 1863. She died of paralysis and bed sores at age 74.

Marriage: 1847, Staffordshire, England
Baptism: 28 Dec 1822, Lapley, Staffordshire, England
Burial: 10 Aug 1891, St Peters Church, Onehunga, Auckland
Census 1: 1841, Living with her Parents in Lapley, Staffordshire, aged 15
Census 2: 1851, Living with Her Mother in law at 89/90 Church St, Gillingham, Kent, a dressmaker aged 32
New Zealand Gazette: 1863, Frances applied for a Crown Grant of Land, page 76.

Children of GEORGE BARTLETT and FRANCES LAWRENCE are:
i. GEORGE HENRY' BARTLETT, b. 10 Apr 1849, Gillingham, Kent, England; d. 03 Sep 1915, General Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

ii. FRANCES ELIZABETH BARTLETT, b. 21 Jan 1852, Aboard "Inchinnan" on way to New Zealand; d. 12 Apr 1934, Paterangi, Waikato, New Zealand.

iii. MARY ANN BARTLETT, b. 29 Aug 1854, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand; d. 12 Jan 1922, Albert St, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand.

iv. WILLIAM BARTLETT, b. 29 Mar 1857, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand; d. 13 May 1875, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand

v. CATHERINE JANE BARTLETT, b. 24 Oct 1860, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand; d. 11 Aug 1913,2 Canada St, Auckland, New Zealand.
Spouses
Birth13 Nov 1811, Sittingbourne, Kent
Death10 Dec 1860, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand
Burial12 Dec 1860, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand
FatherWilliam Bartlett (1770-1846)
MotherCatherine McPherson (1777-1873)
Marriage1847, Staffordshire, England
ChildrenGeorge Henry (1849-1915)
 Fanny (1852-1934)
 Mary Ann (1854-1922)
 William (1857-1875)
 Catherine Jane (Kate) (1860-1913)
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