Christina Annie McDONELL

1852 - 1922  (70 years)

• Name	Christina Annie McDONELL
  Birth	24 Jul 1852	New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Sep 1922	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [1]
  Burial	25 Sep 1922	Parewanui, Rangitikei, New Zealand   [2]
  Person ID	I19120	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	James McDONELL [Big Mac],   b. 15 Jun 1818, Achaidh Luachraich, Glen Garry, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 05 Sep 1875, Parewanui, Rangitikei, New Zealand (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Annie CAMERON,   b. 26 Apr 1829, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland d. 16 Apr 1919, Parewanui, Rangitikei, New Zealand (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1852	Kaiwharawhaura, Wellington, New Zealand   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F6500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hugh FRASER,   b. 02 Mar 1843, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand d. 17 Nov 1934, Ohura, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1874	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [4, 5, 6]
  Children	+ 1. James Alexander Taratoa FRASER,   b. 19 Nov 1875, Matahiwi, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 21 Apr 1949, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 73 years) + 2. Mysie Agnes FRASER,   b. 25 Nov 1876, Manawatu District, Manawatu, New Zealand d. 09 Jul 1951, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 74 years)   3. Elsie Magdeline FRASER,   b. 11 Jan 1879   d. 25 Apr 1960, Okaihau, Northland, New Zealand (Age 81 years)   4. John Douglas FRASER,   b. 31 Oct 1892, Pohangina, Manawatu, New Zealand d. 09 Nov 1962, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F6494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Jul 1852 - New Zealand Marriage - 10 Nov 1874 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Death - 23 Sep 1922 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Burial - 25 Sep 1922 - Parewanui, Rangitikei, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone - Hugh and Christina Fraser In loving memory of Christina Annie, dearly beloved wife of Hugh Fraser,who passed to rest Sept 23rd 1922, aged 70 years. Also Hugh Fraser, died Nov 17 1934 aged 92 years.

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY THE PASSING OF A PIONEER. By telephone on Saturday evening the Palmerston North friends of Mrs Hugh Fraser received the sad news of her somewhat sudden death at Wanganui, where she had resided since leaving the district some years ago. Mr Hugh Fraser and his wife were the first settlers to reach the back blocks, thirty miles up the Pohangina river. At Komako they made their house the delightful resort of hundreds of friends and the welcome home of many in distress. Mrs Hugh Fraser known far and well as "Aunt Christina," in the absence of any other facilities, became first postmistress and telephonist of Komako and conducted the office for a long period. Mr Hugh Fraser, two daughters and two sons survive. They will remember with pride and affection the mother who, though always in delicate health was cheerful and helpful to everyone. Two sisters, Mrs J. Smith, of Massey Street, and Mrs P. Daniell, of Ruahine Street, live in Palmerston North, and her brother, Mr A. A. McDonnell at Ashhurst, and Mr John McDonnell, at Marton. One son lives in Samoa and one in Wanganui. Mrs Frasers father, James McDonnell, "Big Mac." of "The Hoe," lower Rangitikei, was one of the very early arrivals in that district where he had resided since 1850. In her early days, and in fact after she was sixty years of age, she was a clever horsewoman. She was one of those rare personalities who never appeared to grow old. Always the bright companion as well as the mother nature of the younger generation, by whom she will long be remembered as a life's ideal for their own following. By the calendar, her years exceeded those allotted to us, but being beloved of many, she could not grow old. The. funeral will leave Wanganui at 11.30 to-day for the Fraser family burial place at Parewanui. Source: Manawatu Times, 25 September 1922, Page 4 [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1569] Terrence Stack, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Strack Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S708] Papers Past - Manawatu Times, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S1570] Hugh McPhail, The Blenheim People, (Hugh McPhail, Wellington, New Zealand 2015). [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S125] Papers Past - Wanganui Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. FRASER - McDONNELL - On the 10th November, at Wauganui, by the Rev. Father Tresallet, Hugh, the youngest son of Mr Duncan Fraser, of Fraserfield, Rangitikei, to Christiana Ann, eldest daughter of Mr James McDonnell, Inverhoe, Rangitikei. Published 10 November 1874 Page 2