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Emily McWilliam

Biography

Emily was born in 1840.[1] She is the daughter of James Cauty and Eliza Mills. She immigrated to New Zealand with her brother James and his wife. She married Elijah Croucher in 1860.[2] It was not a happy marriage. She did not live with him and moved away under an assumed name. She was the first woman to be granted a divorce in New Zealand.[3] She then married James McWilliam.[4] She passed away in 1899.[5][6][7]

Emily was born in 1840. Emily was baptised at St Mary, Dover, Kent on 1 April 1840. Her father was James Canty and her mother's name was Eliza Ann.

·      Fact: Residence (1841) Dover, St Mary, Kent, England

·      Fact: Residence (1851) Dover St Mary the Virgin, Kent, England

Emily had an older sister named Mary, and a brother named James. The 1841 Census shows them living in Dover, in Chapel Place, her father being a schoolmaster, but no mother present.

In 1851 Emily was living with her Eliza Canty (sister? or sister-in-law?), who was a lodger in the household of the Sedcole family in Dover.

Her marriage took place in New Zealand, where Emily wed a missionary, James McWilliam, in 1873.

·      Fact: Residence (1896) Otaki, Wellington, New Zealand

She passed away in 1899. She died intestate and the probate record is dated 1910. Her daughter, Olive Winchester, signed an affidavit which is in the probate file. Her other children mentioned were James Thomas McWilliam, clerk in Holy Orders of Auckland, Isabel Maud Burr wife of Patrick Harvey Burr of Te Hauke (schoolmaster), and Muriel Mary Annie Mc William of Te Hauke (spinster). Letters of administration were granted to Olive Winchester, who was the wife of bank manager Arthur Vere Winchester of Levin.

Sources

1.       ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3MX-RYY : 11 February 2018, Emily Ann Cauty, 01 Apr 1840); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 355,633.

2.       ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-KV8B : 4 October 2016), Elijah Hayes Croucher and Emily Ann Canty, 1860; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1860/2803, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.

3.       ↑ https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/119061569/respectable-missionary-was-nzs-first-divorcee

4.       ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-3XKL : 4 October 2016), James McWilliam and Emily Anna Canty, 1873; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1873/10030, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.

5.       ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-L7M3 : 4 January 2018), Emily Ann McWilliam, 1899; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1899/2353, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.

6.       ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV1-325G : 12 August 2019), Emily McWilliam, 1899; Burial, Pukehou, Central Hawke's Bay District, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Te Aute Church Cemetery; citing record ID 184287373, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

7.       ↑ Deaths, Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9736, 6 May 1899, Page 2, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18990506.2.5

·      "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQK1-RKW : 21 May 2019), Emily Cauty in household of Mary Cauty, St Mary in the Marsh, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast ( http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

·      "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLH-B4S : 9 November 2019), Emily Canty in household of William Sedcole, St Mary The Virgin, Kent, England; citing St Mary The Virgin, Kent, England, p. 7, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast ( http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

·      "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VC8-962 : 28 May 2019), Emily Anne McWilliam, 1910; citing, Palmerston North probate files [second sequence], 1922-1994, record number 21/10, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007208899.

·      England & Wales Civil Birth Index - FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Name: Emily Ann Canty; Registration Year: 1840; Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar; Registration district: Dover; Inferred County: Kent; Volume: 5; Page: 123

·      England Select Births & Christenings - Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Name: Emily Ann Canty; Gender: Female; Baptism Date: 1 Apr 1840; Baptism Place: St. Mary, Dover, Kent, England; Father: James Canty; Mother: Eliza Ann Canty; FHL Film Number: 1836143

·      1841 England Census - Class: HO107; Piece: 494; Book: 7; Civil Parish: St Mary; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 5; Folio: 33; Page: 20; Line: 3; GSU roll: 306885. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Name: Emily Canty; Age: 1; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840; Gender: Female; Where born: Kent, England; Civil Parish: St Mary; Hundred: Dover Town and Port; County/Island: Kent; Country: England; Registration district: Dover; Sub-registration district: St Mary

·      New Zealand Marriage Index - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Name: Emily Anna Canty; Marriage Year: 1873; Marriage Place: New Zealand; Spouse: James McWilliam; Folio Number: 1777

·      Death - "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-L7M3 : 4 January 2018), Emily Ann McWilliam, 1899; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1899/2353, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington

·      Probate - "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VC8-962 : 10 August 2017), Emily Anne McWilliam, 1910; citing Palmerston North, Palmerston North probate files [second sequence], 1922-1994, record number 21/10, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007208899

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