OBITUARY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18397, 15 May 1934, Page 11

OBITUARY

MRS WILLIAM MILNER (Per Press Association.) NELSON, last night. The death has occurred of Mrs. William Milner, aged 87 years. Mrs. Milner was born ar Nottingham, England. She emigrated with tier parents to Sydney, arriving in the barque St. Kilda, in 18(54, after a stormy passage of five months. In the following year, at the age of 19, she came to Nelson, where she resided for almost 70 years. In .18(58 she married the late Mr. William Milner at Nelson, and had a family of six sons and one daughter. Mr. Milner died at the early age of 40 years, and the whole responsibility of educating and training the family of seven children, ranging in years from two to 13, devolved upon the young widow of 557 years. She lived a quiet retired life, finding her chief recreation in her flower 'garden and in English literature. She retained to the last a remarkably clear intellect and a retentive memory. Mrs. Milner is survived by a daughter and live sons, Miss Annie Beatrice Milner (Nelson), and Messrs. William (solicitor, of Nelson), Harry Milner (secretary to the Nelson Harbor Board), Frank Milner (rector of the Waitaki Boys’ High School, Oamaru), Charles Milner (general manager of Kirkpatrick and Go.), and Arthur Milner (Messrs T. and W. Young, Wellington). MR. EDMUND KEAST (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, last night. The death occurred this morning of Edmund Kcast, senior member of the printing staff of the Southland Times. Ho had been 'connected with the paper for over 50 years. For many years he was president of the Typographical Union. lie was-keenly interested in sport, particularly angling. He was aged (55 years. The days of early settlement about Drury and incidents during the Maori War are recalled by the death in Auckland of Mr. John Fitzgerald, aged 85 years. Mr. Fitzgerald’s parents were among the. first settlers who landed at Onehungn, and it was there that Mr: Fitzgerald was born. The family took up a farm at Drury, and it is stilP occupied by the only surviving member, Mr. James Fitzgerald. The .family was residing at Drury when the historic light took place at the Pukekolie East Church.

The oldest settler of the Queenstown district, Central Otago, Mr. David Reid, of Gibbsttm, lias died. The deceased, who had reached the ago of 93 years, was ■ horn at Stronsay, in tho Orkney Islands. Iu 1861 he went out to tire Victorian diggings, and later crossed over to New Zealand, attracted by the report of the finding of gold at Gabriel's Gully. He carried on mining operations in different centres and subsequently turned bis attention to farming. Mr. Reid was one of the first settlers to apply a system of irrigation to his methods of farming. A family record of five generations has been broken by the death at Cambridge of Mrs. Hannah Wildcn Longley, at the age of 91 years. Her husband was Mr. Robert Longley, who died in 1930. The five generations were represented as follows: —"Mrs. Hannah W. Longley, Cambridge, aged 91 years; Mrs. F. Paris, Cambridge, aged 06, daughter; Mrs. K. Martin, Cambridge, aged 43, granddaughter; Mrs. C. P. Stark, Kotokauri, aged 21, great-granddaughter; James .Stark, aged 2 months, great-great-grandson. Mrs. Longley was born in Nottingham, England, where she spent her early life. With her husband ami family she came to New Zealand in the ship Hindustani nearly (50 years ago.