Lizzie Emily (Turfrey) Ireland (abt. 1869 - 1933)

Born about 11 Jan 1869 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Ireland — married 24 May 1886 in Makaretu, Central Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1933 at about age 64 in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

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Biography

This profile is part of the Hanborough, Oxfordshire One Place Study.

Lizzie (Turfrey) Ireland migrated from England to New Zealand.

Birth

Lizzie was born in 1869 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire.^[1] She was the daughter of Thomas Turfrey and Eliza (Berry) Turfrey. Her baptism took place at St Peter and St Paul, Hanborough on 21st February 1869.^[2] Her father stated on the register that he was a labourer and that the family were living in Hanborough at the time.

Censuses

1871 Residence: Church Handborough, Oxfordshire^[3]

Thomas Turfrey, head, mar, 38, agricultural labourer, born in Handborough, Oxon

Eliza Turfrey, wife, mar, 31, gloveress (leather), born in Handborough, Oxon

William Turfrey, son, 8, scholar, born in Handborough, Oxon

George Turfrey, son, 6, scholar, born in Handborough, Oxon

Edwin Turfrey, son, 4, scholar, born in Handborough, Oxon

Lizzie E Turfrey, dau, 2, born in Handborough, Oxon

Jane Turfrey, dau, 3 mo, born in Handborough, Oxon

Emigration

Thomas, wife Eliza and children Sarah, William, George, Edwin, Lizzie, Jane and Kate emigrated on the "Winchester" which left the UK on 2nd May 1874. and arrived in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand on 27th July 1874.^[4] The records show they came from Oxfordshire and that Thomas was a railway labourer.

Marriage

Benjamin Ireland and Lizzy Emily Turfrey were married in 1886.^[5]

Death

Lizzie died on Sunday 10th September 1933 at the age of 64. ^[6] She was buried on her own in Plot 034 at Forest Gate Cemetery at Onga Onga in central Hawkes Bay, a few miles roughly north-west of Waipukurau.

Notes

Burial record gives her birth date as 11th January 1869 but birth date is not on the baptism register so the birth registration would need to be checked to confirm this date so set to date on the profile to uncertain. Her birth was registered as Lissie Turfrey but she was baptised as Lizzie Emily.

Sources

1. ↑ Register of Births: GRO Reference: 1869 M Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 696
2. ↑ St Peter and St Paul Church Hanborough baptism register, Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Reference Number: PAR120/1/R2/2 Image
3. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Class: RG10; Piece: 1450; Folio: 61; Page: 2; GSU roll: 828789 Ancestry Sharing Link
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBM-H6L), Thos Turfrey, 27 Jul 1874; Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004412148.
5. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-3Y9T), Benjamine Ireland and Lizzy Emily Turfrey, 1886; Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1886/1420, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
6. ↑ Central Hawkes Bay District Council online cemetery data: <https://www.chbdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-database/?rid=600023>: Ireland, Lizzie Emily, female, 64 years, occupation unknown, address unknown, died Sunday 10th September 1933, interred in a standard depth grave at Forest Gate Cemetery, on unknown date.

See also

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114705278/lizzie-emily-ireland), memorial page for Lizzie Emily Turfrey Ireland (11 Jan 1869–10 Sep 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114705278, citing Forest Gate Cemetery, Onga Onga, Central Hawke's Bay District, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.