Anna (Lawry) Vercoe (bef. 1801 - 1862)

Born before 13 Aug 1801 in Lanivet, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Henry John Vercoe — married 25 Jul 1820 in Gorran, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1862 after age 60 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

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Anna (Lawry) Vercoe migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Anna (Lawry) Vercoe was born in Cornwall, England.

Anna was born and then christened on 29 December 1801 in Lanivet. She is the daughter of Joseph Lawry and Anna Vercoe.^[1]

She married Henry John Vercoe on 25 July 1820 in Gorran, Cornwall, England.^[2]

UK Census Date 1851: Living with her husband and four children in Egloshayle, Cornwall, England. Aged 49. Also in the household were 5 servants.

Occupation: Farmer Wife

Anna and Henry emigrated from England to New Zealand with five of their seven children on board the Joseph Fletcher, departing London on 31 August 1852 and arriving into Auckland on 8 October 1852.

Her husband passed away in March 1862, and Anna passed away 3 months later on 18 June 1862. ^[3] Anna is buried in Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland with her husband.

Research Notes

Auckland Cemetery records don't have the record online or the spelling is incorrect Rodgers-4539 18:45, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Baptisms Citing Anna LAWRY Year 1801 Lanivet Parents: Joseph and Hannah (Accessed 5 Nov 2022)
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2L5-34L : 10 December 2014), Henry Vercoe and Anna Lawrey, 25 Jul 1820; citing Gorran,Cornwall,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 916,938.
3. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18620708.2.17.3; New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1702, 8 July 1862, Page 4 (website) (Accessed 17 Nov 2021)

• Family records

• Death: https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/ REG4450

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=181076939

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBQ-556 : 3 September 2017), Anna Vercoe in household of Henry Vercoe, Egloshayle, Cornwall, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGK1-S47 : 29 July 2017), Anna Vercoe in household of Henry Vercoe, Egloshayle, Cornwall, England; citing Egloshayle, Cornwall, England, p. 10, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,"