Anna Mary (Bale) Hingston (1843 - 1935)

Born 13 Oct 1843 in Heath Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Thomas Hingston — married 4 Sep 1873 in Friends Meeting House, Peckham, London, England

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1935 at age 91 in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Biography

Anna (Bale) Hingston was born in England.

Anna Mary Bale was born on about 13 October 1843, her birth being registered by her mother at King's Norton, Worcestershire on 2 November 1843^[1]. She was the daughter of Joseph Catchpool Bale, a Commercial Traveller, and Eliza Watson.

1851 England Census^[2]
3, Camberwell New Road Victoria Place, Lambeth, London & Surrey, England:

1861 England Census^[3]
1, Camberwell New Road County Terrace, Camberwell, London & Surrey, England:

Her father Joseph died on 21 July 1861.

At the age of 29 Anna married 29 year old Thomas Hingston (the son of Thomas Hingston and Mary Ring) on 4 September 1873 at the Friends Meeting House (Quaker), Peckham, London, England^[4][5]. They went on to have two children.

Anna (Bale) Hingston migrated from England to New Zealand.

Anna and her husband Thomas made the decision to emigrate from England to New Zealand, under a settlement scheme orchestrated by George Vesey Stewart. They travelled Saloon Class on the ship "Oxford" under Captain Braddick, departing from Gravesend, London on 5 December 1880 and arriving into Auckland in April 1881^[6]. They were then transported from Auckland to Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty on the Glenelg. They had their two children and their two children Frederick and Edith with them, along with her widowed mother in law Mary Hingston and sister in law Amy Roberta Hingston^[7].

The Hingston family were among the first settlers in Te Puke, about 30 minutes out of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. They had been granted 130 acres of Land on 21 September 1880. Their address prior to leaving England was Copenor, Crescent Rd, Reading, Berkshire.

Tragically her husband Thomas was accidentally drowned while bathing in Waihi Creek, near Maketu on 30 March 1891, aged 48.

Anna Mary Hingston passed away on 29 January 1935 and was buried at the Old Te Puke Cemetery, SH 33 and Landscape Road, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand^[8].

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF

ANNA MARY HINGSTON

WHO PASSED AWAY

29TH JANUARY 1935

AGED 92 YEARS

ALSO OF

THOMAS HINGSTON

DIED 39TH MARCH 1891

AGED 48 YEARS

Death Notices

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22024, dated 2 February 1935, Page 1:

HINGSTON - At her residence, Te Puke, Anna Mary, wife of the late Thomas Hingston; in her 93rd year.^[8]

Te Puke Times dated 1 February 1935, Page 2:

Obituary

Mrs Anna Mary Hingston

It is with deep regret that we have to chronicle the passing of still another of the old settlers of the district in the person of Mrs Anna Mary Hingston, of No. 2 Road, who died on Tuesday last at the advanced age of 92 years. The deceased lady was the widow of the late Mr Thomas Hingston, who was drowned at Maketu very many years ago. She was a native of Reading, England, and arrived in New Zealand with her husband in 1881 by the "Oxford." They met with misfortune almost as soon as they landed at Tauranga, the whole of their goods being burnt in a big fire that destroyed several of the business places in the town. Within three months of their arrival they settled on a block of land on No. 2 Road and here Mrs Hingston has resided ever since, occupying the original homestead. For some years past she had been a partial invalid on account of having sustained a broken thigh about nine years ago but otherwise she enjoyed good health until about a week ago. She leaves a son and daughter — Mr F. Hingston and Mrs J. L P. Harris —and seven grandchildren. The interment took place on Thursday, the Rev Hodgson, Rotorua, conducting the burial service.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NWR-4YF : 1 October 2014), Anne Mary Beale, 1843; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGK3-SMR : 9 November 2019), Anna Mary Bale in household of Eliza Bale, Lambeth, Surrey, England; citing Lambeth, Surrey, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MG-F961 : 3 March 2021), Anna M Ball in household of Eliza Bale, Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ https://cjb.emma.cam.ac.uk/hingston/hd.htm#hd80
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DGQ-MGN : 13 December 2014), Anna Mary Bale, 1873; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1873, quarter 3, vol. 1D, p. 1069, Camberwell, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XVIII, ISSUE 6046, 4 APRIL 1881, PAGE 4
7. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/oxford.html
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42718510/anna-mary_bale-hingston), memorial page for Anna Mary Bale Catchpool Hingston (1843–29 Jan 1935), Find A Grave: Memorial #42718510, citing Old Te Puke Cemetery, Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand ; Maintained by sunset (contributor 48209753) .

See also:

• http://www.sooty.nz/tepukelandballot1881.html

• http://www.interment.net/data/nz/bayofplenty/tepuke/tepuke_go.htm

• NZ BDM Death Records Online: Registration No: 1935/13499 | Family Name: Hingston | Given Name(s): Anna Mary | Age at Death: 92Y | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search