Esther Olivia HEWLETT

1851 - 1937  (86 years)

• Name	Esther Olivia HEWLETT
  Birth	1851	London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	29 Jul 1862	Gravesend, Kent, England   [2]
  Emigration	From 29 Jul 1862 to 12 Nov 1862	ship "William Miles"   [3, 4]
  Immigration	28 Nov 1862	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   [2]
  Death	09 Oct 1937	Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand   [5, 6]
  Burial	11 Oct 1937	Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand   [6]
  Person ID	I19214	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family	Richard POULGRAIN,   b. 19 May 1851, Devonport, Devon, England d. 24 Jun 1931, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	05 Mar 1873	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   [1, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F6540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1851 - London, Middlesex, England Emigration - 29 Jul 1862 - Gravesend, Kent, England Immigration - 28 Nov 1862 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Marriage - 05 Mar 1873 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Death - 09 Oct 1937 - Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand Burial - 11 Oct 1937 - Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  OBITUARY MRS. ESTHER POULGRAIN. The death occurred on Saturday of a very old Auckland resident, Mrs. Esther Poulgrain, of Pratt Street, Ponsonby, in her 87th year. Mrs. Poulgrain, whose maiden name was Hewlett, was born in London, and arrived at Auckland in 1862 as a child of 10 in the ship William Miles. She married Mr. Richard Poulgrain, a Cornishman, who was well known for many years as a partner in the firm of T. Bach and Company, proprietors of the Vulcan Ironworks, Albert Street. Mr. Poulgrain died six years ago. Except for one trip to Wellington, Mrs. Poulgrain spent the last 76 years of her life in Auckland. and had resided for 59 years in the same house in Pratt Street. She is survived by a son and four daughters, all of Auckland. There are four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Source: New Zealand Herald, 11 October 1937, Page 14 [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1586] sdshute, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - George Poulgrain Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S1587] Papers Past - The Daily Southern Cross, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S719] Papers Past - New Zealand Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S1587] Papers Past - The Daily Southern Cross, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. PORT OF ONEHUNGA - ARRIVAL OF THE ' WILLIAM MILES.' Yesterday morning the 'William Miles,' 1,103 tons, from London, 106 days out, came to an anchor in the harbour. She brings a general cargo of merchandise, and 339 passengers. She sailed fiom Gravesend on the 29th July. .... Passengers included Thomas Hewlet, Farmer; Mrs Hewlet, thomas, John, Esther, James, Mary, Ada and Minnie Hughes. - Published 139 Nov 1862 [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S130] Purewa Burials and Crematorium Search, (Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Auckland), none. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S719] Papers Past - New Zealand Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. MARRIAGES. Poulgrain - Hewlett. On March 5, at Greystreet, Aucklaud, N. Z., by the Rev. P. H. Cornford, Richard, eldest son of Mr. Geo. F. Poulgrain, Thames, to Esther Olivia, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Hewlett, of London, England. Published 10 March 1873