NELSON PIONEER.
MISS M. JENNINGS DEAD Per Press Association. NELSON, Jan. 20. The death has occurred, at the age of 95, of Miss Mary Jennings, a wellknown and highly respected resident, who had been connected with the earliest days ol Nelson. Miss Jennings was born in England and came out to New Zealand with her parents, William and Elizabeth Jennings, at the age of 18 months in the ship Mary Ann landing in Nelson in 1842. She taught a little school in a room in a house in Cambria Street, where she lived until the end. For 23 years, also, she assisted as a teacher in Mr Matthew Campbell’s Sunday school. Miss Jennings survived all the members of her family, except Mrs Emma Hunter, a sister, of Nelson, and Mr F. Jennings, of Wellington.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1936, Page 11
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134NELSON PIONEER. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1936, Page 11
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