CENTURY-OLD ROMANCE RECALLED
AGED HALF-CASTE WOMAN’S DEATH
Dominion Special Service. Auckland, October 31. The death occurred last week at Tirohia, near Te Aroha, of Mere Timihi, who was reputed to be 107 years of age. She was the daughter of Captain Cooper, a British Army officer, who was in New Zealand in 1820, and Te Mihi, daughter of a prominent northern chieftain. Soon after his marriage Captain Cooper was recalled to England. His child was christened at Kororareka, and later was adopted by the Ngatitamatera tribe. In due course Captain Cooper sent out from England an emissary to find her. but although he traced her as far as Paeroa, he was assured by the Natives that the child was dead.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 32, 1 November 1929, Page 10
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