Individual Details
Elizabeth Lines
( - 18 Feb 1922)
Mrs Elizabeth Humphreys, whose death occurred on Saturday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs F. Woodsford, 81 King Street, Sydennham, at the advanced age of 82, had passed 80 years of her life in New Zealand. When she was just two years of age her parents, Mr and Mrs Lines, decided to try their fortunes in the new land at the other side of the world and took passage with their family on the ship Thomas Harrison, which sailed from London in 1842, and the same year landed them safely in Nelson, where they settled. Their daughter Elizabeth became the wife of Mr Frank Humphreys, and the young couple made their home in Blenheim for a for a short period and then removed to Canterbury, where Mrs Humphreys has lived for 64 years, the first three years on the late T. S. Mannering's station at Birch Hill, 51 years in Rangiora, and during the past ten years with her daughter at Sydenham. Her husband predeceased her thirty-two years, his death resulting from an accident met with when driving on the Rangiora-Oxford Road. For many years Mrs Humphreys was one of the best-known maternity nurses in the northern district and her skilful care of her patients and kindly disposition won for her a wide circle of friends who held her in the highest esteem. She leaves eight children, thirty-nine grandchildren and forty great-grandchildren. There are three daughters, Mrs T. Nottingham, Rangiora, Mrs F. Woodsford, Sydenham, and Mrs B. Tarant, Wellington, and five sons, Messrs Frank Humphreys (Hastings), George and Charles Humphreys (Rangiora), Wynn Humphreys (Marton) and Harry Humphreys (Ashburton).
Star (Christchurch), Issue 16663, 20 February 1922, page 6.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 16663, 20 February 1922, page 6.
Events
| Christen | 30 Jun 1839 | Maidford, Northamptonshire, England |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 1841 | (Thomas Lines and Anne Sarah Blackwell) Maidford, Northamptonshire, England | | | |
| Emigration-shared | 26 May 1842 | (Thomas Lines) Gravesend, Kent, England | | | |
| Marriage | 30 Apr 1858 | Richmond, Nelson, Malborough, New Zealand - Frank Humphreys | | | |
| Death | 18 Feb 1922 | Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
| Burial | Rangiora Methodist Cemetery, Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand | | |
Families
| Spouse | Frank Humphreys (1838 - 1890) |
| Child | Frank Edwin Humphreys (1859 - 1950) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth Humphreys (1861 - 1935) |
| Child | Anne Alice Humphreys (1863 - 1894) |
| Child | William George Humphreys (1865 - 1934) |
| Child | John Wynn Job Humphreys (1867 - 1935) |
| Child | Harriet Catherine Humphreys (1869 - 1872) |
| Child | Ellen Florence Humphreys (1871 - 1932) |
| Child | Harry Arthur Humphreys (1874 - 1953) |
| Child | Mabel Amelia Jane Humphreys (1877 - 1956) |
| Child | Charles Austin Lines Humphreys (1879 - 1963) |
| Father | Thomas Lines (1803 - 1885) |
| Mother | Anne Sarah Blackwell ( - 1900) |
| Sibling | Fanny Lines (1837 - ) |
| Sibling | William Lines ( - 1840) |
| Sibling | William Thomas Lines (1841 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Thomas Harrison Lines (1842 - 1859) |
| Sibling | George Lines (1846 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Job Lines (1846 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Lines (1848 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane Lines (1850 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Martha Lines (1852 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Amelia Millie Elsie Lines (1854 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Ellen Lines (1854 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Austin Lines (1857 - 1941) |
Notes
Christen
Elizabeth LinesEvent Type: Christening
Event Date: 30 Jun 1839
Event Place: Maidford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Maidford, Northampton, England
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Thomas Lines
Mother's Name: Ann
Census (family)-shared
Thomas Lines Male 35 NorthamptonshireAnn Lines Female 26 Northamptonshire
John Lines Male 12 Northamptonshire
Benjamin Lines Male 10 Northamptonshire
Elizabeth Lines Female 2 Northamptonshire
William Lines Male 0 Northamptonshire
Emigration-shared
Thomas Lines departed Gravesend, Kent, England, aboard the ship Thomas Harrison on 26 May 1842, with his wife, Anne Sarah Blackwell, their daughter aged 3 (Elizabeth) and three boys, aged 12, 11 and an infant (John and Benjamin, born to Thomas�?first wife, Sarah Jones; the infant William was born to Thomas and Anne Sarah Blackwell). Another son, Thomas Harrison Lines was born at sea on the ship for which he was named. Thomas Lines�?daughter by Sarah Jones, Eliza Mary Ann Catherine Lines, age 15, was also with this group.Travelling with this family was Thomas�?brother, Benjamin Lines and his wife, Elizabeth Watts, with their two sons aged 13 and an infant (Benjamin and John), and two daughters aged 11 and 2 (Sarah Ann and Leah).
All the immigrants in this extended family were from Northamptonshire, England. They had been recommended to receive free passage to the colony at Nelson, New Zealand, by the Reverend S. H. White. The ship Thomas Harrison arrived at the port of Nelson on 25 October 1842. Thomas and Benjamin Lines were laborers and lime burners by trade, and Eliza Mary Ann Catherine Lines was a seamstress.
Marriage
Frank HumphreysEvent Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1858
Event Place: New Zealand
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Lines
Spouse's Gender: Female
Burial
Plot: Row C 041CEndnotes
1. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J756-MLN.
2. England and Wales Census, 1841 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7Q7-73N.
3. New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDV-FY1Z.
4. New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-VTWY.
5. Find a Grave Memorial 203471687.