Eliza Symes Close, 1834–1908 (aged 74 years)

Name
Eliza Symes /Close/
Birth
Baptism
Census 1841
Note: Living with parents and family at Baltonsborough, Somerset.
Immigration
about 1842 (aged 8 years)
Note: Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12201, 26 March 1908, Page 2

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12201, 26 March 1908, Page 2

OBITUARY.
MRS. E. S. EPPS.

... she came to New Zealand with her parents in the good ship Mary Ann in the year 1842...

Immigration
Note: The voyage of the barque Mary Ann to New Zealand in 1841/1842:

The voyage of the barque Mary Ann to New Zealand in 1841/1842:

Sailed Downs 24 September 1841.
Arrived Wellington 29 January 1842.
Then to Nelson 8 February 1842.

Marriage
Note: Estimate
Note
after 1854
Note: NOTE: 10 Children in total; 7 sons and 3 daughters. Not obvious who some of them were.
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Death of a daughter
Burial of a daughter
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199962274/augusta-julia-karsten
Death of a husband
Burial of a husband
Note: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007

New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007

Name: John Christopher Martin Karsten
Death Age: 61
Birth Date: abt 1809
Death Date: 27 Dec 1870
Death Place: Nelson
Cemetery: Hallowell
Burial Place: Marlborough, Nelson, Nelson

Marriage
about 1874 (aged 40 years)
Note: New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937

New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937

Name: Eliza Karsten
Marriage Year: 1874
Marriage Place: New Zealand
Spouse: Thomas Epps
Folio Number: 796

Death of a sister
Note: New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

Name: Louisa Pitcher
Death Date: 1875 Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place: Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Folio Number: 1205

Burial of a sister
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140827907/louisa-pitcher
Death of a brother
Note: New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

Name: James Nelson Close
Death Date: 1876 Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place: Nelson, Auckland, New Zealand
Folio Number: 198

Burial of a brother
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140827909/james-nelson-close
Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140827917/mary-ann-close
Death of a father
Note: New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

Name: Stephen Close
Death Date: 1886 Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place: Nelson, Otago, New Zealand

Burial of a father
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140827927/stephen-close
Death of a brother
Note: New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

Name: Alben Close
Death Date: 1894 Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place: Kaikoura, Wellington, New Zealand
Folio Number: 2049

Burial of a brother
Death of a husband
Burial of a husband
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143688724/thomas-epps
Death
Note: New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

Name: Eliza Symes Epps
Death Date: 1908 Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place: Reefton, Wellington, New Zealand
Folio Number: 465

Burial
Note: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007

New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007

Name: Eliza Symes Epps
Death Age: 74
Birth Date: abt 1834
Death Date: 23 Mar 1908
Burial Date: 23 Mar 1908
Cemetery: Wakapuaka
Burial Place: Marlborough, Nelson

Obituary
Note: Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12201, 26 March 1908, Page 2

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12201, 26 March 1908, Page 2

OBITUARY.
MRS. E. S. EPPS.

Another old settler in the person of Mrs Eliza Symes Epps, passed away at her residence, Nile street East. on Monday last, aged 74 years. Deceased was the eldest daughter of the late Mr Stephen Close, and she came to New Zealand with her parents in the good ship Mary Ann in the year 1842. She was married twice, to Mr J. C. M. Karsten and Mr Thomas Epps, both of whom she survived, and by her first marriage had ten children, seven daughters and three sons, eight of whom are still living. The late Mrs Epps resided in Nelson 66 years, and experienced many vicissitudes in the early days of the settlement. It was her pleasure to converse on the many interesting events that took place in the days gone by. She with her parents, witnessed the wreck of the Fifeshire on the Arrow Rock, near the old entrance of the harbor, and saw the first ship, the Phoenix, launched in Nelson. The vessel went to sea shortly afterwards, and was never heard of again. Her father and "the late Mr James Puller started the first saw pit in the birch forest over the Maitai river, now cleared and occupied by smiling homesteads. The deceased lady was a good mother and a kind and generous friend. The family will have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in their bereavement. The funeral took place yesterday morning the remains being interred in the new cemetery

Family with parents
father
1841 Census
1806–1886
Birth: about 1806 — Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 3 September 1886 — Nelson Province, New Zealand
mother
1841 Census
1811–1880
Birth: 7 December 1811 — Ilton, Ilminster, Somerset, England
Death: 3 March 1880 — Nelson Province, New Zealand
Marriage Marriage — 4 November 1833 — Whitchurch, Bristol, Somerset, England
14 months
herself
1841 Census
1834–1908
Birth: about 1834 — Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 23 March 1908 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
3 years
younger sister
1841 Census
1836–1918
Birth: about 1836 — Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 20 December 1918 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
4 years
younger brother
Freemason
1839–1894
Birth: about 1839 — Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: about 1894 — Kaikoura, Marlborough Province, New Zealand
5 years
younger brother
1843–1876
Birth: about 1843 — New Zealand
Death: 10 February 1876 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
21 months
younger sister
NZ Cemetery Record
1844–1875
Birth: 25 September 1844 — Wakapuaka, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Death: 1 December 1875 — Wakapuaka, Nelson Province, New Zealand
5 years
younger brother
1849–1913
Birth: about 1849 — New Zealand
Death: about 1913 — Wakapuaka, Nelson Province, New Zealand
4 years
younger sister
1852–1934
Birth: about 1852 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Death: 13 September 1934 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Father’s family with an unknown individual
father
1841 Census
1806–1886
Birth: about 1806 — Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 3 September 1886 — Nelson Province, New Zealand
Family with John Christopher Martin Karsten
husband
1810–1870
Birth: about 1810 — Germany
Death: 27 December 1870 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
herself
1841 Census
1834–1908
Birth: about 1834 — Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 23 March 1908 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Marriage Marriage — about 1854 — New Zealand
18 months
daughter
1855–1929
Birth: 11 June 1855 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Death: 22 February 1929 — New Zealand
22 months
daughter
1857–1927
Birth: 14 April 1857 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Death: 2 August 1927 — New Zealand
3 years
son
1859–1916
Birth: about 1859 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Death: 20 December 1916 — New Zealand
9 years
daughter
1867–1868
Birth: 28 June 1867 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Death: 27 June 1868 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Family with Thomas Epps
husband
1809–1900
Birth: about 1809
Death: 3 October 1900 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
herself
1841 Census
1834–1908
Birth: about 1834 — Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 23 March 1908 — Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand
Marriage Marriage — about 1874 — New Zealand
Census 1841

Living with parents and family at Baltonsborough, Somerset.

Immigration

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12201, 26 March 1908, Page 2

OBITUARY.
MRS. E. S. EPPS.

... she came to New Zealand with her parents in the good ship Mary Ann in the year 1842...

Immigration

The voyage of the barque Mary Ann to New Zealand in 1841/1842:

Sailed Downs 24 September 1841.
Arrived Wellington 29 January 1842.
Then to Nelson 8 February 1842.

Marriage

Estimate

Note

NOTE: 10 Children in total; 7 sons and 3 daughters. Not obvious who some of them were.

Marriage

New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937

Name: Eliza Karsten
Marriage Year: 1874
Marriage Place: New Zealand
Spouse: Thomas Epps
Folio Number: 796

Death

New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966

Name: Eliza Symes Epps
Death Date: 1908 Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place: Reefton, Wellington, New Zealand
Folio Number: 465

Burial

New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007

Name: Eliza Symes Epps
Death Age: 74
Birth Date: abt 1834
Death Date: 23 Mar 1908
Burial Date: 23 Mar 1908
Cemetery: Wakapuaka
Burial Place: Marlborough, Nelson

Obituary

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12201, 26 March 1908, Page 2

OBITUARY.
MRS. E. S. EPPS.

Another old settler in the person of Mrs Eliza Symes Epps, passed away at her residence, Nile street East. on Monday last, aged 74 years. Deceased was the eldest daughter of the late Mr Stephen Close, and she came to New Zealand with her parents in the good ship Mary Ann in the year 1842. She was married twice, to Mr J. C. M. Karsten and Mr Thomas Epps, both of whom she survived, and by her first marriage had ten children, seven daughters and three sons, eight of whom are still living. The late Mrs Epps resided in Nelson 66 years, and experienced many vicissitudes in the early days of the settlement. It was her pleasure to converse on the many interesting events that took place in the days gone by. She with her parents, witnessed the wreck of the Fifeshire on the Arrow Rock, near the old entrance of the harbor, and saw the first ship, the Phoenix, launched in Nelson. The vessel went to sea shortly afterwards, and was never heard of again. Her father and "the late Mr James Puller started the first saw pit in the birch forest over the Maitai river, now cleared and occupied by smiling homesteads. The deceased lady was a good mother and a kind and generous friend. The family will have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in their bereavement. The funeral took place yesterday morning the remains being interred in the new cemetery

Baptism
Census 1841
Immigration
Media object
1841 Census
1841 Census
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Passenger List
Passenger List
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Baptism Register
Baptism Register