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.
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
| Birth | 25 Apr 1855 | Everdon, Northamptonshire, England | |||
| Death | 20 Aug 1937 | Tasman, New Zealand | |||
| Burial | Collingwood Cemetery, Tasman, New Zealand | ![]() | ![]() |
Families
| Father | William Bird Kenning ( - ) |
| Mother | Lavinia Stanton ( - ) |
| Sibling | John William Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | Richard Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | Maria Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Elizabeth Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ellen Lavinia Kenning (1868 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Selina Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | Annie Kenning ( - 1873) |
| Sibling | James Hyam Kenning (1873 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Augusta Anne Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ernest James Kenning ( - ) |
| Sibling | Arthur Askin Kenning ( - 1964) |
Notes
Burial
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 127859705Block D, Plot 60
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