The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Hamilton
Birth29 Mar 1848, Derby, England
Baptism23 Apr 1848, Ashford, Derby, England
Death11 Jun 1925, Christchurch, New Zealand
BurialLinwood Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand
FatherDavid Wilson Hamilton (1823-1887)
MotherMartha Handley (<1821-1856)
Misc. Notes
Name, date and place of marriage, from the biography of ‘Augustus Florance’ written by Richard L N Greenaway for the Millennium and for the 150th anniversary of the Canterbury settlement in New Zealand.

Year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2020:
1925/4257. Florance, Elizabeth, died age 77Y [Therefore born circa 1848]

Full date of death of 11 June 1925 from further searching in June 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Date of baptism from baptism record found in June 2020:
Name: Elizabeth Hamilton
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 23 Apr 1848
Baptism Place: Ashford, Derby, England
Father: David Hamilton
Mother: Martha
FHL Film Number: 422180, 497375

Date and place of birth, place of death and burial, from Linwood Christchurch Cemetery Records found in June 2020:
Area 9, Row L, plot 4914:
August FLORANCE, born Dorset, England 28 May 1847, died at Christchurch 8 Nov 1897 arrived in N.Z. 1860. Also Elizabeth, wife of the above, born Derby, England 29 Mar 1848, died at Christchurch 11 June 1925, arrived N.Z. 1856.
Spouses
ChildrenAda (1867-1945)
Birth28 May 1847, Portland, Dorset, England
Baptism27 Jun 1847, Portland, Dorset, England
Death8 Nov 1897, Christchurch, New Zealand
BurialLinwood Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand
FatherDr Augustus Florance (1812-1879)
MotherJane Angel Stone (1825-1856)
Marriage13 Oct 1872, St Luke’s, Christchurch, New Zealand
ChildrenElizabeth (1874-1950)
 Augustus (Gus) (1878-1957)
 Robert Handley (1881-1966)
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