Dame
Edith Ngaio
(Ngaio)
Marsh
DBE
Born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Edmund Marsh
and Rose Elizabeth (Seager) Marsh
[sibling(s) unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2016
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Biography
Ngaio Marsh DBE is Notable.
Ngaio Marsh DBE lived in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Edith Ngaio Marsh was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on the 23rd of April 1895, the daughter of Henry Edmund Marsh and Rose Elizabeth Seager.[1]
Ngaio Marsh was the author of 32 detective novels published between 1934 and 1982, and from 1928 to 1932 she was in business as an interior decorator in Knightsbridge, London, England.
Ngaio Marsh died at Christchurch, New Zealand on the 18th of February 1982.[2] She was buried at Church of the Holy Innocents Churchyard, Peel Forest, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand.
The house in Cashmere that she lived in for most of her life (a suburb of Christchurch, NZ) is now operating as a museum. [3]
In 2015, her 122nd birthday was celebrated with a Google Doodle. [4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Zealand - NZ Birth Index> "Birth, Death And Marriage Historical Records". 2020.>Bdmhistoricalrecords.Dia.Govt.Nz.Search Name: Marsh, Edith Ngaio d/o Henry Edmund & Rose Elizabeth; Year: 1895; Reg: 1895/15437.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New Zealand - NZ Death Index> "Birth, Death And Marriage Historical Records". 2020.>Bdmhistoricalrecords.Dia.Govt.Nz.Search Name: Marsh, Edith Ngaio; Year: 1982; DOB: 23 April 1895; Reg: 1982/26990.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Ngaio Marsh House
- ↑ Ngaio Marsh's 122nd Birthday, April 23, 2015.
- "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-198K : 27 November 2017), Edith Ngaio Marsh, 1895; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1895/15437, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
See Also:
- Wikipedia: Ngaio Marsh
- Wikidata: Item Q234392, en:Wikipedia
- Find a Grave, database and images , memorial page for Ngaio Marsh (23 Apr 1895–18 Feb 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #14107272, citing Church of the Holy Innocents Churchyard, Peel Forest, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
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