Individual Details

Fanny Jane Kenning

(25 Apr 1855 - 20 Aug 1937)

Daughter of William Bird Kenning and Lavinia Stanton. Fanny married Frederick Harvey on 5 February 1880 at Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand, and had nine children all born at Bestead Gully on the Aorere Goldfields.
The family moved to Rockville and it was from here that four of the Harvey’s five sons set off for war. But there were to be no happy homecomings and Frederick and Fanny Harvey and their daughters and son Harry, who did not go to war, were forced to endure telegram after telegram informing them of the death of yet another son and brother.
To add to their misery,Frederick senior, died on August 20 1919, followed by his oldest son, the seriously war wounded Bill, three months later.
Fanny Harvey died aged 82, also on 20 August, 1937.

Events

Birth25 Apr 1855Everdon, Northamptonshire, England
Death20 Aug 1937Tasman, New Zealand
BurialCollingwood Cemetery, Tasman, New Zealand

Families

FatherWilliam Bird Kenning ( - )
MotherLavinia Stanton ( - )
SiblingJohn William Kenning ( - )
SiblingThomas Kenning ( - )
SiblingRichard Kenning ( - )
SiblingMaria Kenning ( - )
SiblingWilliam Kenning ( - )
SiblingSarah Elizabeth Kenning ( - )
SiblingEllen Lavinia Kenning (1868 - 1916)
SiblingSelina Kenning ( - )
SiblingAnnie Kenning ( - 1873)
SiblingJames Hyam Kenning (1873 - 1873)
SiblingAugusta Anne Kenning ( - )
SiblingErnest James Kenning ( - )
SiblingArthur Askin Kenning ( - 1964)

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