During April 2020 the month of this #AtoZChallenge I will be sharing short posts on some of the 2,000+ descendants I have identified of my 3x Great-Grandmother, Elizabeth Phipps. Elizabeth Phipps 1785-1869 was a convict who was transported from England to New South Wales in 1814 per Wanstead.
Back in 2011 I wrote about Phipps descendants, The Clifford Sisters, and suggested a reason for their move to New Zealand. I thank Robert Barrack, a researcher and distant cousin for sharing details of this Kiwi branch with me way back then.
Today I am penning a short post on Ethelinda's daughter, Sarah Gertrude Eyton who married another Phipps descendant, her first cousin, William MacPherson,
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| This family chart shows Sarah and William's relationship |
Sarah went to live with William in Fiji soon after their marriage.
Robert Barrack states "William married my grandmother Sarah G Eyton in Palmerston North, NZ in 1897, the two meeting for the first time, the day before the wedding." (https://fijilandofourfathers.com/william-gunn-macpherson/) Sarah returned to live in New Zealand some time after her husband died in 1924.
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| Source: AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXI, ISSUE 242, 13 OCTOBER 1930 |
Can't imagine marrying someone I had only known for a day. But many women did, and sometimes -- as with your ancestor -- the marriage worked out.
ReplyDeletei can’t imagine marrying someone the day after meeting them either.
ReplyDeleteMy brother-in-law moved to Fiji for work, then married and stayed there. He loves it!