OBITUARY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18618, 14 July 1930, Page 8

OBITUARY.

MRS GUILFORD. There passed away at her residence, Frankleigh Park, New Plymouth, on June 29th, another of the early settlers of South Canterbury, in the person of Mrs Ann Guilford, aged 81 years. Born Urford ’ Shropshire, England, in she came to New Zealand with £®liP arents (the late Mr and Mrs W. «crni« OW 'i. of Waitohi, Temuka) in the T shi P Huntress, which arrived at oJ™: 1 4 in April, 1863. Her parents 1^ t ° , Tima ru, and she followed abodt a year later. In 1866 she wpnJ i the late Wm - Guilford and rwaiJi 0 IVe afc Pleasant Valley, near her ? her husband was tut SJ arining and sawing timber, ber full share of pioneer--4 They lived there for 36 tn 1902 the family shifted hanH • Taranaki ’ where her husremoved d tn V 9O6 ’ Mrs « GuUford then 1 New pl ymouth. where she inSui rti ver < since - ° f a cheerful and Sf d tn di ™ on ’ she endeared herWlth wh om she came in con- ? a !ii ™p«f? any a mile did she tra mp 1“ thnl i thers ’ to give a helping hand to those in need, when ways and means of getting about were either in fnSfv nf f? n foot ’ She lea ves a large * a ”? ily ? ? ve sons and six daughters, and a host of friends to mourn their