Charlotte Clara (Finlay) Turnbull (1864 - 1953)

Born 12 Sep 1864 in Peterborough, Canada West

Wife of Stephen Turnbull — married 3 Oct 1907 in Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand

Died 10 Dec 1953 at age 89 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Charlotte Finlay, daughter of James Finlay and Agnes Parker, was born 1864 and died in 1953.

Born abt 1864 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada ^{[1] [2]}

Died 10 Dec 1953 Auckland, New Zealand ^[3]

Buried Huirangi, nr Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand

Charlotte's will specifically directs that her body be interred there "if practicable" and her name be inscribed on the already existing headstone. She is presumed to be the unnamed TURNBULL recorded in the Huirangi burials in 1953 ^{[4] [5]}

Family

Married 1st: 30 Sep 1884 Register Office, Auckland, New Zealand

Husband: George Currie

Wife Charlotte Finlay

Intention to marry cert."30 Sep 1884 George CURRIE, bachelor, farmer of Waimauku, NZ for life, to Charlotte FINLAY, spinster, 22, teacher of Mauku, NZ 16 yrs, at the Reg. Office, Auck" ^{[6] [7]}

(Divorced 12 Dec 1906) ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Married 2nd: 3 Oct 1907 at the Huirangi School, nr Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand

Husband: Stephen Turnbull

Wife Charlotte Finlay

TURNBULL— CURRIE.— On October 3rd, at.the Huirangi. School, by the Rev. S. J. Garlick, Stephen, youngest son of the late James Turnbull to Charlotte Clara Currie. (no mention of Stephen's mother Jane, who died on Oct 1st and was buried Oct 4th) ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Family information
2. ↑ Dth 10 Dec 1953 Charlotte Clara TURNBULL, aged 89, ref. 1953/29928, from NZ Historical BDM index online, Dept Internal Affairs
3. ↑ Dth 10 Dec 1953 Charlotte Clara TURNBULL, aged 89, ref. 1953/29928, from NZ Historical BDM index online, Dept Internal Affairs
4. ↑ Huirangi Burial Records, held at the then Waitara Branch, NZ Genealogical Society
5. ↑ Will (12 Jul 1947) Charlotte Clara TURNBULL, widow of Auckland, Probate filed Auckland (??), Agency BBAE Series 1570 Probate 2395/53 (images 229 - 239 of 557 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSD7-39MY-C?i=230&wc=4B25-NSN%3A1045247701%2C1590062898&cc=1865481)
6. ↑ Transcription rcvd from Gloria P.
7. ↑ Marr. 1884 Q3 George CURRIE & Charlotte FINLAY, Folio #1985, NZ BDM Fiche index
8. ↑ Email rcvd from Gordon P.
9. ↑ In Divorce Schoolmistresses' Matirimonial Affairs (Charlotte CURRIE petitioning for divorce against husband George, from New Zealand Herald, New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13198, 8 June 1906 , online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19060608.2.94
10. ↑ 1906 CURRIE: George - Charlotte High Court, Auckland Dept of Justice: Item R16696893 Agency: BBAE Series: 4984 Accession: A48 Box33 / Record 282, files held Auckland Archives
11. ↑ Marriage 3 Oct 1907 Stephen s/o James TURNBULL; Charlotte Clara CURRIE, from Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13543, 23 October 1907, online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19071023.2.5

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