OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22274, 13 December 1937, Page 2

OBITUARY

MRS D. C. TENNENT (yrr Saturday the death occurred at the home, of her daughter, Mrs Hugh Boyer, “Marholm,” Waverley, of Mrs Douglas Cowper Tenncnt. Mrs Tennent was the eldest child of the late Mr and Mrs John Greenwood (Nelson) and eldest grandchild of the late Dr. and Mrs Danforth Greenwood, and Major and Mrs C. Manners Gascoyne, both of Motueka and Nelson. The former arrived in the sailing ship

Phoebe, in January, 1841, and the latte?, Major Gascoyne, retired from the Indian Army in 1857. Mrs Tennent’s husband, of "Westward Ho,” Marton, died in 1920. Her grandfather, Major Gascoyne, was a “first cousin of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third Marquis of Salisbury., and father of the present holder of the title, both of whom have visited New Zealand. The late Marquis was Prime Minister of England for 13 years. Mrs Tennent’s maternal grandfather. Surgeon Donald Campbell, of the Fifth Bengal Light Cavalry, was the last child to be born in the ancient Royal Dunstaffnage Castle, Argyleshire, the hereditary seat of. the Campbell Clan, in which the famous Coronation Stone was lodged for 300 years. Mrs Tennent’s family has been noted for its longevity. Her mother died at the age of 96 years, and her grandmother at 93 years of age. Mrs Tennent is survived by Mrs lan Simpson (Woodville), Mrs R. N. Todd (Invercargill), Mr Percy D. Tennent (“Dunstaffnage." Waverley), Mrs A. V. Oliver (Greymouth). Mr John G. Tennent (Hawera). Mrs H. Boyer (Waverley), Mr William C. Tennent (Hastings), Mrs E. Oliver (Pleasant Point, South Canterbury). Her two brothers are Dr. Cecil Danforth Greenwood (Sydney), and Mr Charles Greenwood (“Westmere.” Wanganui). Her aunt. Mrs Gordon Saxby (nee Greenwood) died in November of this year at East Cape. North Island. MRS E. S. GILBERTSON At the Grey mouth Hospital the death occurred recently of Mrs Eliza Sarah Gilbertson, a native of Reefton, aged 60 years. Mrs Gilbertson, who had been ailing for some time, was the eldest daughter of the late Henry William Lloyd, formerly a hotel-keeper at Reefton and Westport. Her husband, James Gilbertson, of Westport, predeceased her by some years. Mrs Gilbertson is survived bv one daughter. Mrs F. Williams, Paroa. The funeral which was private, was held at Karoro Cemetery.