OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18234, 30 October 1922, Page 8

OBITUARY.

mm • ■ ' «» COLONIST FOR 10 YEARS. MBS. MARGARET OTTO. A colonist of 80 years standing, Mrs. | Margaret Otto, died at her residence, 51, - >-,; ' Benson Road, Remuera. at the age of 81. • Mrs. Otto ,wa6 only six months old •when '' , she arrived at Auckland with her ' Mr. and Mrs. Isaao McEwan, by the ' Duchess of Argyle, on October 10, 1843. ' H«r father, Mr. L McEwen, set up in ' -„* business as a baker and had a shop whew i Fowlds; Ltd.'a premises now stand, bob'" i later moved to the site now occupied by \ Mr. W. H. Woollams. chemist. Mrs. / : Otto retained vivid memories of the Idaori H ■ •war days. She recalled her mother taking . the family to hide beneath the house for .:-> , hours ab the time from the Maoris. She : also spoke of her brother, Philip McEwen, being killed 73 years ago. He was a member of a company trading in sandal-,. wood -which chartered a whaleboat and ' , sailed for the Islands. The natives took , them prisoners and massacred the whole party except the ship's carpenter, who . managed to escape and burned the ship. Apurt from the fact that her closing day •were marred by blindness, she enjoyed, fair fcaalth considering her great age, &nd ■■•■. was present at the Old Colonists' reunion held at the Town Hall on October 10. Mrs. Otto, who was married in 1865, had . ten children, of whom five sons and four duaghters survive her. They are. Mr. .• Robert Otto, of Thames, Messrs. George and Andrew Otto, of Rermuvra, Mr. Phu* lip Otto, of Ponsonby, Mr. dement Otto, r of Bayswater, and Mrs. Stephenson, of Devonport, Mrs. Speck, of Gleninore, Mrs. Walsh, of Ponsonby, and Mrs. Boran, of ; A Remuera. She also leaves 26 grand- .-.s:_: children and 13 great-grandchildren. . MRS. M. SULLIVAN. '^ The death of Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, an old colonist, occurred at on Saturday at the advanced age of 94 yoara. Mrs. Sullivan, who came from Uftle- v - : town Roche, County Cork, Ireland, arrived in New Zealand by the ship >; ■ Caroline about' 50 years ago. She first resided at Oamaru,. where she married, her late husband, who had taken part in the Waikato war a few years earlier. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan afterwards went ;.;;, to the Otago goldfielde, but later removed : . .-■* first to Timaru, and then to Balmerston - r.. North, finally coming to the Auckland ' district about 20 years ago. Mrs. Sulli- >.. van was in full possession of all her mental facilities up to the time of her death and she also enjoyed fair health almost .f \ up to the last. Of a family of three ,/'?' sons and five daughters, only the eldest son, Mr. T. Sullivan, of Sheehan ; Ponsonby, is now living. 1 -■■~_ '