OBITUARY.

Western Star, 23 October 1917, Page 3

OBITUARY.

MRS WM. STEIVENS.

In our last issue we made brief reference to the death of Mr® Stevens. We now append further details:

The late. Mrs Frances Emma Stevens (relict of Captain Win. Stevens, of Beaumont Station and Gummies Bush) was born on January 10, 1843, at Paddington, London. ' She left England for Sydney in 1848 in the ship Tropic, commanded by Captain Robertson, with his son as mate, and arrived in Sydney in April, 1849,' after a stormy and eventful passage off five months, without putting in at any port. They were twice chased by pirates, and some men were killed and the passengers nearly starved. Mrs Stevens left Sydney for New Zealand on June 17th, 1860, in the brig Thomas and Henry, commanded by Captain Patten (afterwards pilot at Port Chalmers), with Mr Duncan Hight as mute. She arrived in Dunedin on July 1, IB6o', and left Dunedin on the 20th of the same month for Riverton (Jacob’s River) in the steamer Oberon, commanded by Captain Louden, with Mr Cha-s. Fraser as mate. Captain Louden was also a pilot at Port Chalmers some years later. Mrs Stevens arrived in Riverton on July 31st, 1890. " She married Capt. Wmi. Stevens (a widower with eight children) on February Ist, 1862, and was the mother of twelve children, the eldest being Capt. Win. Stevens, late of the Union S'.S. Co. Shei had over forty grandchildren. Alfter the death of Captain Stevens in 1897, Mrs Stevens resided for some time at Gummies Bush, removing to Invercargill in 1898. She left Invercargill for Wellington in 1902, proceeded to> Australia in 1903, returning three years later, and finally ending her days in Christchurch. The deceased had been in broken, health for some years, and for the last six months was bedridden, Death resulted ironi) paralysis on October 11. .