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Roubena (Wright) Seymour (1890 - 1991)

Roubena (Reubena) Seymour formerly Wright
Born in Pōkeno, Waikato, New Zealandmap
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Wife of — married 1919 in New Zealandmap
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Died at age 100 in Orewa, Auckland, New Zealandmap
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Biography

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New Zealand
Reubena (Wright) Seymour lived in Pokeno, Waikato, New Zealand.

Birth
Reubena Wright was born in 1890 in Pōkeno, Waikato, New Zealand. She was the daughter of Thomas Wright and Scottish-born Mary Graham. [1] Her name was spelled "Roubena" on her birth record, but is spelled Reubena or Rubena in records after her birth.

Reubena’s father died in 1897 in Pokeno. Reubena’s mother was left a widow with eight children aged two years to 13 years old. Reubena was only six years old at the time. Reubena’s mother would remarry two years later to Charles William Landon.

Marriage
In 1919, Reubena married Stenton Robert “Stan” Seymour. [2] Their son Rodney Collingwood Seymour was born in 1923.


Death
Reubena‘s husband Stenton died in 1979.

Reubena passed away in 1991. [3]

Sources

  1. Birth Registration: "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966", database
    citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1890/13470, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
    FamilySearch Record: Q24K-F5XQ (accessed 6 March 2023)
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths
    Roubena Wright birth 1890 in New Zealand, child of Thomas Wright & Mary Wright.
  2. Marriage Registration: “Births, Deaths & Marriages Online”,
    [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz); Marriage Registration, Reubena Wright and Stenton Robert Seymour, citing registration number 1919/271.
  3. Death registration: “Births, Deaths & Marriages Online”,
    [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz); Death Registration, Reubena Seymour, born 5 December 1890, citing registration number 1991/27761.




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