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Abraham Ashworth (1815 - 1908)

Abraham Ashworth
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 93 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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Biography

Abraham was born about 1815. [1]

He married (1st) Eliza ...

They had children:

  1. David Ashworth (1841)
  2. Ann (Ashworth) Davies (1842)
  3. Mary (Ashworth) Hemingway (1845)
  4. Susannah (Ashworth) Hey (1847-1930)
  5. Isabella (Ashworth) Fletcher (1849)
  6. Eliza (Ashworth) Lee (1853)
  7. Hannah (Ashworth) Woodhouse (1857)
  8. Abraham Ashworth (1859)

He married (2nd) Isabella McKenzie (after 1861 - date TBC)

They had children:

  1. Joseph Frederick Ashworth (1868-1935)
  2. Sarah Jane (Ashworth) Hosking (1869-1941)
  3. John Ernest Ashworth (1872-1953)
  4. Emily Edith Ashworth (1874-1892)
  5. Mary Ashworth (1877 -)
  6. Agnes (Ashworth) Wright (1879 -)
  7. Minnie Isabella Ashworth (1881-1881)

Isabella passed away in June 1881,[2]

He passed away in January 1908, aged 92 years,[3][4] and is buried in Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch.[5]

Research Notes

  • Butcher by trade
  • Children named in will (1908) as residing in England - Abraham Ashworth, Hannah Woodhouse. Ann Davies, Mary Hemingway, Susannah Hay/Hey, Isabella Fletcher, Eliza Lee.

Sources

  1. Based on age as recorded at death
  2. https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz - NZBDM - Death 1881/3002
  3. NZBDM - Death 1908/1663
  4. Death Notice - Press, 30 Jan 1908, pg 3 [1]
  5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158646385/abraham-ashworth
  • MacDonald's Dictionary of Canterbury Biography - Entry for Abraham Ashworth [2]
  • Probate Documents [3]




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