Individual Details
Elizabeth De Granche NICOLLE
(8 May 1789 - 28 Feb 1877)
Note 1.
Judging from the birth places of their children, Elizabeth NICOLLE and her husband, George OTTO lived at various times in Jersey
Island, Spain, Antwerp, Belgium, then moving to London (UK) in 1817
where they remained until about 1833, when they emigrated to Sydney
(Australia). She left Australia shortly after her husband's death,
arriving in New Zealand 14 August 1838 on board "Diana". She landed at
Kororareka, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.
Note 2
The origins of Elizabeth NICOLLE (Otto-Rampling) have never been
clear. her death certificate states her maiden name as NICOLAI.
NICOLAI may have been how NICOLLE sounded in a French or German
accent: ie how Elizabeth pronounced it (Elizabeth may have been
illiterate, she signed her will with an X, although she was very old
at the time) or how it was pronounced by the person who said the name
to the doctor who completed the certificate.
Family tradition says her family name was NICOLAI de GRANCHE. That
would be logical if we allow that memory has corrupted the words.
NICOLLE was a very common name and a description would be required, as
in NICOLLE du (of the) GRANGE (farm, literally means barn). That said,
it is not clear why Elizabeth and her siblings have their births
registered in St Saviour when it is presumed that the family lived at
their father's family farm at le Grange, Grouville. Perhaps St Saviour
was more convenient, or Jeanne returned to her mother's home for her
confinements.
And contrary to family tradition, Elizabeth's father was not a Count -
there are no titles in the family.
The resourceful relative who uncovered Elizabeth's parents had little
to go on. Elizabeth NICOLLE is a very common name in Jersey. To date
(May 2008) no civil or military record of Elizabeth's marriage has
been found. It was hoped that a marriage certificate would name her
parents because nothing else has.
However there was one clue: the Alexander Turnball Library in
Wellington has the journal of a Jean de CARTERET of Jersey who was in
New Zealand in 1859. De CARTERET commented on many Jersey-ex-patriots
he met, including:.........
Note 3
Other researchers have concluded a different family tree for
Elizabeth.
It has her born 8 May 1789 in La Hougue Bie, St Saviour, Jersey,
Channel Islands. She was christened on 24 May 1789 at St Saviour.
(They query if born in 1789)
Her parents are said to be Clement NICOLLE and Jeanne HUBERT. They
were married on 22 November 1773 in Grouville.
Clement was born in the west of Grouville where his family had a farm
called le Grange (the barn). His parents were Elie NICOLLE, born about
1679 in Grouville, and Elizabeth AUBIN, christened on 11 March
1704/05. They were married on 15 January 1727/28 in Grouville.
Jeanne HUBERT came from a more prosperous farming family who lived
close by at la Hougue Bie in the east of the Parish of St Saviour.
Clement and Jeanne's known children were:
Jeanne - born 26 June 1774 at St Saviour.
Phillipe - born 29 May 1778 at St Saviour
Marie - born 16 September 1781 at St Saviour
Jean - born 21 November 1784 at St Saviour
Elizabeth - born 8 May 1789 in la Hougue Bie, St Saviour.
Note 4
Various family traditions record the obtaining of souvenirs from
Waterloo immediately after the war. Among the souvenirs were a glass
salt cellar, a vinegar bottle, and a bed quilt.
The quilt was donated to the Auckland War Memorial Museum by the
Blakey family (Elizabeth Otto (nee Nicolle)>Susanna Gimbel (nee
Otto>Laura Blakey (nee Gimbel) etc). Another family member had it
assessed by Clare Brown of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who
responded:
"The pattern is a variation on one known since the 18th century. Its
earliest dated appearance is on flock wallpaper known to have been
hung in 1735 in the offices of the Privy Council in London, and the
design, with variations relating to the size of the pattern repeat and
small decorative details, was woven as a damask through the rest of
the 18th century and in the 19th. The width you give for your pieces
of 21 inches is consistent with having been woven on a draw loom, but
does not preclude it being jacquard woven. It would be very difficult
to try to give a precise date and likely country of origin to the
silk."
Whatever the true origins of the quilt, the family has its own many
and varied accounts of how George and Elizabeth acquired it.
Oral tradition from Philip Hanncken (grandson)
"The morning after the battle Elizabeth Otto joined the usual hordes
of locals who swarmed over the battlefield taking whatever they could
carry. From the farmhouse commandeered by Napoleon for his own use,
Elizabeth took the quilt from Napoleon's bed and a glass salt-cellar
and a small glass vinegar bottle from his table."
From a letter from Claudia Stebbing (Philip Hanncken"s daughter,
1881-1970) to A.R, 8 October 1881.
"The Battle of Waterloo had been won and everyone was doing their best
to get safely away. Our grandmother (Elizabeth Otto) pulled the quilt
off the bed that Napoleon had used, wrapped it round her baby one day
old, climbed up on the horse with her baby in her arms and rode safely
away. A Miss Dolly Miller had the quilt for many years, but I never
met her or heard what became of it after she died. She was quite
elderly and I was only a little girl."
From a family history written by an Otto descendant, date unknown.
"George Otto collected many souvenirs on the Peninsular Campaign
including a quilt which had been used by Napoleon at
Waterloo...Napoleon at the time used to travel about in a coach and
after Waterloo this coach was captured by the British Forces. In the
coach was the quilt which George Otto took possession of. George Otto
had previously said to his wife "I am going out to see if I can get
something", and Elizabeth replied. "Get something useful and nothing
to drink."'
A family member also has a china figurine of Napoleon, said to have
been owned by George Otto. The story goes that George Otto, like many
Europeans and despite on being on the other side in the war, greatly
admired Napoleon.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Note 1.
Judging from the birth places of their children, Elizabeth NICOLLE and her husband, George OTTO lived at various times in Jersey
Island, Spain, Antwerp, Belgium, then moving to London (UK) in 1817
where they remained until about 1833, when they emigrated to Sydney
(Australia). She left Australia shortly after her husband's death,
arriving in New Zealand 14 August 1838 on board "Diana". She landed at
Kororareka, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.
Note 2
The origins of Elizabeth NICOLLE (Otto-Rampling) have never been
clear. her death certificate states her maiden name as NICOLAI.
NICOLAI may have been how NICOLLE sounded in a French or German
accent: ie how Elizabeth pronounced it (Elizabeth may have been
illiterate, she signed her will with an X, although she was very old
at the time) or how it was pronounced by the person who said the name
to the doctor who completed the certificate.
Family tradition says her family name was NICOLAI de GRANCHE. That
would be logical if we allow that memory has corrupted the words.
NICOLLE was a very common name and a description would be required, as
in NICOLLE du (of the) GRANGE (farm, literally means barn). That said,
it is not clear why Elizabeth and her siblings have their births
registered in St Saviour when it is presumed that the family lived at
their father's family farm at le Grange, Grouville. Perhaps St Saviour
was more convenient, or Jeanne returned to her mother's home for her
confinements.
And contrary to family tradition, Elizabeth's father was not a Count -
there are no titles in the family.
The resourceful relative who uncovered Elizabeth's parents had little
to go on. Elizabeth NICOLLE is a very common name in Jersey. To date
(May 2008) no civil or military record of Elizabeth's marriage has
been found. It was hoped that a marriage certificate would name her
parents because nothing else has.
However there was one clue: the Alexander Turnball Library in
Wellington has the journal of a Jean de CARTERET of Jersey who was in
New Zealand in 1859. De CARTERET commented on many Jersey-ex-patriots
he met, including:.........
Note 3
Other researchers have concluded a different family tree for
Elizabeth.
It has her born 8 May 1789 in La Hougue Bie, St Saviour, Jersey,
Channel Islands. She was christened on 24 May 1789 at St Saviour.
(They query if born in 1789)
Her parents are said to be Clement NICOLLE and Jeanne HUBERT. They
were married on 22 November 1773 in Grouville.
Clement was born in the west of Grouville where his family had a farm
called le Grange (the barn). His parents were Elie NICOLLE, born about
1679 in Grouville, and Elizabeth AUBIN, christened on 11 March
1704/05. They were married on 15 January 1727/28 in Grouville.
Jeanne HUBERT came from a more prosperous farming family who lived
close by at la Hougue Bie in the east of the Parish of St Saviour.
Clement and Jeanne's known children were:
Jeanne - born 26 June 1774 at St Saviour.
Phillipe - born 29 May 1778 at St Saviour
Marie - born 16 September 1781 at St Saviour
Jean - born 21 November 1784 at St Saviour
Elizabeth - born 8 May 1789 in la Hougue Bie, St Saviour.
Note 4
Various family traditions record the obtaining of souvenirs from
Waterloo immediately after the war. Among the souvenirs were a glass
salt cellar, a vinegar bottle, and a bed quilt.
The quilt was donated to the Auckland War Memorial Museum by the
Blakey family (Elizabeth Otto (nee Nicolle)>Susanna Gimbel (nee
Otto>Laura Blakey (nee Gimbel) etc). Another family member had it
assessed by Clare Brown of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who
responded:
"The pattern is a variation on one known since the 18th century. Its
earliest dated appearance is on flock wallpaper known to have been
hung in 1735 in the offices of the Privy Council in London, and the
design, with variations relating to the size of the pattern repeat and
small decorative details, was woven as a damask through the rest of
the 18th century and in the 19th. The width you give for your pieces
of 21 inches is consistent with having been woven on a draw loom, but
does not preclude it being jacquard woven. It would be very difficult
to try to give a precise date and likely country of origin to the
silk."
Whatever the true origins of the quilt, the family has its own many
and varied accounts of how George and Elizabeth acquired it.
Oral tradition from Philip Hanncken (grandson)
"The morning after the battle Elizabeth Otto joined the usual hordes
of locals who swarmed over the battlefield taking whatever they could
carry. From the farmhouse commandeered by Napoleon for his own use,
Elizabeth took the quilt from Napoleon's bed and a glass salt-cellar
and a small glass vinegar bottle from his table."
From a letter from Claudia Stebbing (Philip Hanncken"s daughter,
1881-1970) to A.R, 8 October 1881.
"The Battle of Waterloo had been won and everyone was doing their best
to get safely away. Our grandmother (Elizabeth Otto) pulled the quilt
off the bed that Napoleon had used, wrapped it round her baby one day
old, climbed up on the horse with her baby in her arms and rode safely
away. A Miss Dolly Miller had the quilt for many years, but I never
met her or heard what became of it after she died. She was quite
elderly and I was only a little girl."
From a family history written by an Otto descendant, date unknown.
"George Otto collected many souvenirs on the Peninsular Campaign
including a quilt which had been used by Napoleon at
Waterloo...Napoleon at the time used to travel about in a coach and
after Waterloo this coach was captured by the British Forces. In the
coach was the quilt which George Otto took possession of. George Otto
had previously said to his wife "I am going out to see if I can get
something", and Elizabeth replied. "Get something useful and nothing
to drink."'
A family member also has a china figurine of Napoleon, said to have
been owned by George Otto. The story goes that George Otto, like many
Europeans and despite on being on the other side in the war, greatly
admired Napoleon.
Judging from the birth places of their children, Elizabeth NICOLLE and her husband, George OTTO lived at various times in Jersey
Island, Spain, Antwerp, Belgium, then moving to London (UK) in 1817
where they remained until about 1833, when they emigrated to Sydney
(Australia). She left Australia shortly after her husband's death,
arriving in New Zealand 14 August 1838 on board "Diana". She landed at
Kororareka, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.
Note 2
The origins of Elizabeth NICOLLE (Otto-Rampling) have never been
clear. her death certificate states her maiden name as NICOLAI.
NICOLAI may have been how NICOLLE sounded in a French or German
accent: ie how Elizabeth pronounced it (Elizabeth may have been
illiterate, she signed her will with an X, although she was very old
at the time) or how it was pronounced by the person who said the name
to the doctor who completed the certificate.
Family tradition says her family name was NICOLAI de GRANCHE. That
would be logical if we allow that memory has corrupted the words.
NICOLLE was a very common name and a description would be required, as
in NICOLLE du (of the) GRANGE (farm, literally means barn). That said,
it is not clear why Elizabeth and her siblings have their births
registered in St Saviour when it is presumed that the family lived at
their father's family farm at le Grange, Grouville. Perhaps St Saviour
was more convenient, or Jeanne returned to her mother's home for her
confinements.
And contrary to family tradition, Elizabeth's father was not a Count -
there are no titles in the family.
The resourceful relative who uncovered Elizabeth's parents had little
to go on. Elizabeth NICOLLE is a very common name in Jersey. To date
(May 2008) no civil or military record of Elizabeth's marriage has
been found. It was hoped that a marriage certificate would name her
parents because nothing else has.
However there was one clue: the Alexander Turnball Library in
Wellington has the journal of a Jean de CARTERET of Jersey who was in
New Zealand in 1859. De CARTERET commented on many Jersey-ex-patriots
he met, including:.........
Note 3
Other researchers have concluded a different family tree for
Elizabeth.
It has her born 8 May 1789 in La Hougue Bie, St Saviour, Jersey,
Channel Islands. She was christened on 24 May 1789 at St Saviour.
(They query if born in 1789)
Her parents are said to be Clement NICOLLE and Jeanne HUBERT. They
were married on 22 November 1773 in Grouville.
Clement was born in the west of Grouville where his family had a farm
called le Grange (the barn). His parents were Elie NICOLLE, born about
1679 in Grouville, and Elizabeth AUBIN, christened on 11 March
1704/05. They were married on 15 January 1727/28 in Grouville.
Jeanne HUBERT came from a more prosperous farming family who lived
close by at la Hougue Bie in the east of the Parish of St Saviour.
Clement and Jeanne's known children were:
Jeanne - born 26 June 1774 at St Saviour.
Phillipe - born 29 May 1778 at St Saviour
Marie - born 16 September 1781 at St Saviour
Jean - born 21 November 1784 at St Saviour
Elizabeth - born 8 May 1789 in la Hougue Bie, St Saviour.
Note 4
Various family traditions record the obtaining of souvenirs from
Waterloo immediately after the war. Among the souvenirs were a glass
salt cellar, a vinegar bottle, and a bed quilt.
The quilt was donated to the Auckland War Memorial Museum by the
Blakey family (Elizabeth Otto (nee Nicolle)>Susanna Gimbel (nee
Otto>Laura Blakey (nee Gimbel) etc). Another family member had it
assessed by Clare Brown of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who
responded:
"The pattern is a variation on one known since the 18th century. Its
earliest dated appearance is on flock wallpaper known to have been
hung in 1735 in the offices of the Privy Council in London, and the
design, with variations relating to the size of the pattern repeat and
small decorative details, was woven as a damask through the rest of
the 18th century and in the 19th. The width you give for your pieces
of 21 inches is consistent with having been woven on a draw loom, but
does not preclude it being jacquard woven. It would be very difficult
to try to give a precise date and likely country of origin to the
silk."
Whatever the true origins of the quilt, the family has its own many
and varied accounts of how George and Elizabeth acquired it.
Oral tradition from Philip Hanncken (grandson)
"The morning after the battle Elizabeth Otto joined the usual hordes
of locals who swarmed over the battlefield taking whatever they could
carry. From the farmhouse commandeered by Napoleon for his own use,
Elizabeth took the quilt from Napoleon's bed and a glass salt-cellar
and a small glass vinegar bottle from his table."
From a letter from Claudia Stebbing (Philip Hanncken"s daughter,
1881-1970) to A.R, 8 October 1881.
"The Battle of Waterloo had been won and everyone was doing their best
to get safely away. Our grandmother (Elizabeth Otto) pulled the quilt
off the bed that Napoleon had used, wrapped it round her baby one day
old, climbed up on the horse with her baby in her arms and rode safely
away. A Miss Dolly Miller had the quilt for many years, but I never
met her or heard what became of it after she died. She was quite
elderly and I was only a little girl."
From a family history written by an Otto descendant, date unknown.
"George Otto collected many souvenirs on the Peninsular Campaign
including a quilt which had been used by Napoleon at
Waterloo...Napoleon at the time used to travel about in a coach and
after Waterloo this coach was captured by the British Forces. In the
coach was the quilt which George Otto took possession of. George Otto
had previously said to his wife "I am going out to see if I can get
something", and Elizabeth replied. "Get something useful and nothing
to drink."'
A family member also has a china figurine of Napoleon, said to have
been owned by George Otto. The story goes that George Otto, like many
Europeans and despite on being on the other side in the war, greatly
admired Napoleon.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Note 1.
Judging from the birth places of their children, Elizabeth NICOLLE and her husband, George OTTO lived at various times in Jersey
Island, Spain, Antwerp, Belgium, then moving to London (UK) in 1817
where they remained until about 1833, when they emigrated to Sydney
(Australia). She left Australia shortly after her husband's death,
arriving in New Zealand 14 August 1838 on board "Diana". She landed at
Kororareka, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.
Note 2
The origins of Elizabeth NICOLLE (Otto-Rampling) have never been
clear. her death certificate states her maiden name as NICOLAI.
NICOLAI may have been how NICOLLE sounded in a French or German
accent: ie how Elizabeth pronounced it (Elizabeth may have been
illiterate, she signed her will with an X, although she was very old
at the time) or how it was pronounced by the person who said the name
to the doctor who completed the certificate.
Family tradition says her family name was NICOLAI de GRANCHE. That
would be logical if we allow that memory has corrupted the words.
NICOLLE was a very common name and a description would be required, as
in NICOLLE du (of the) GRANGE (farm, literally means barn). That said,
it is not clear why Elizabeth and her siblings have their births
registered in St Saviour when it is presumed that the family lived at
their father's family farm at le Grange, Grouville. Perhaps St Saviour
was more convenient, or Jeanne returned to her mother's home for her
confinements.
And contrary to family tradition, Elizabeth's father was not a Count -
there are no titles in the family.
The resourceful relative who uncovered Elizabeth's parents had little
to go on. Elizabeth NICOLLE is a very common name in Jersey. To date
(May 2008) no civil or military record of Elizabeth's marriage has
been found. It was hoped that a marriage certificate would name her
parents because nothing else has.
However there was one clue: the Alexander Turnball Library in
Wellington has the journal of a Jean de CARTERET of Jersey who was in
New Zealand in 1859. De CARTERET commented on many Jersey-ex-patriots
he met, including:.........
Note 3
Other researchers have concluded a different family tree for
Elizabeth.
It has her born 8 May 1789 in La Hougue Bie, St Saviour, Jersey,
Channel Islands. She was christened on 24 May 1789 at St Saviour.
(They query if born in 1789)
Her parents are said to be Clement NICOLLE and Jeanne HUBERT. They
were married on 22 November 1773 in Grouville.
Clement was born in the west of Grouville where his family had a farm
called le Grange (the barn). His parents were Elie NICOLLE, born about
1679 in Grouville, and Elizabeth AUBIN, christened on 11 March
1704/05. They were married on 15 January 1727/28 in Grouville.
Jeanne HUBERT came from a more prosperous farming family who lived
close by at la Hougue Bie in the east of the Parish of St Saviour.
Clement and Jeanne's known children were:
Jeanne - born 26 June 1774 at St Saviour.
Phillipe - born 29 May 1778 at St Saviour
Marie - born 16 September 1781 at St Saviour
Jean - born 21 November 1784 at St Saviour
Elizabeth - born 8 May 1789 in la Hougue Bie, St Saviour.
Note 4
Various family traditions record the obtaining of souvenirs from
Waterloo immediately after the war. Among the souvenirs were a glass
salt cellar, a vinegar bottle, and a bed quilt.
The quilt was donated to the Auckland War Memorial Museum by the
Blakey family (Elizabeth Otto (nee Nicolle)>Susanna Gimbel (nee
Otto>Laura Blakey (nee Gimbel) etc). Another family member had it
assessed by Clare Brown of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who
responded:
"The pattern is a variation on one known since the 18th century. Its
earliest dated appearance is on flock wallpaper known to have been
hung in 1735 in the offices of the Privy Council in London, and the
design, with variations relating to the size of the pattern repeat and
small decorative details, was woven as a damask through the rest of
the 18th century and in the 19th. The width you give for your pieces
of 21 inches is consistent with having been woven on a draw loom, but
does not preclude it being jacquard woven. It would be very difficult
to try to give a precise date and likely country of origin to the
silk."
Whatever the true origins of the quilt, the family has its own many
and varied accounts of how George and Elizabeth acquired it.
Oral tradition from Philip Hanncken (grandson)
"The morning after the battle Elizabeth Otto joined the usual hordes
of locals who swarmed over the battlefield taking whatever they could
carry. From the farmhouse commandeered by Napoleon for his own use,
Elizabeth took the quilt from Napoleon's bed and a glass salt-cellar
and a small glass vinegar bottle from his table."
From a letter from Claudia Stebbing (Philip Hanncken"s daughter,
1881-1970) to A.R, 8 October 1881.
"The Battle of Waterloo had been won and everyone was doing their best
to get safely away. Our grandmother (Elizabeth Otto) pulled the quilt
off the bed that Napoleon had used, wrapped it round her baby one day
old, climbed up on the horse with her baby in her arms and rode safely
away. A Miss Dolly Miller had the quilt for many years, but I never
met her or heard what became of it after she died. She was quite
elderly and I was only a little girl."
From a family history written by an Otto descendant, date unknown.
"George Otto collected many souvenirs on the Peninsular Campaign
including a quilt which had been used by Napoleon at
Waterloo...Napoleon at the time used to travel about in a coach and
after Waterloo this coach was captured by the British Forces. In the
coach was the quilt which George Otto took possession of. George Otto
had previously said to his wife "I am going out to see if I can get
something", and Elizabeth replied. "Get something useful and nothing
to drink."'
A family member also has a china figurine of Napoleon, said to have
been owned by George Otto. The story goes that George Otto, like many
Europeans and despite on being on the other side in the war, greatly
admired Napoleon.
Events
| Birth | 8 May 1789 | La Hougue Bie, St Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands | |||
| Christen | 24 May 1789 | St Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands | |||
| Occupation | Bet 1810 and 1816 | Nurse - Spain |  | ||
| Marriage | 1810 | Jersey, Channel Islands - George Henry Blackfield OTTO | | ||
| Religion | From 1816 to 1833 | Church of England - Stepney, East London, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Residence | 1816 | 14 Zirk Street, Antwerp, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium | | ||
| Emigration | Abt Jun 1816 | Antwerp to London, England | |||
| Residence | Abt Sep 1816 | Stepney, East London, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Emigration | 1833 | London, England to Sydney, Australia | |||
| Marriage | 21 Nov 1836 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - James RAMPLING | | ||
| Emigration | 14 Aug 1838 | Sydney, Australia to Bay of Islands, New Zealand | | ||
| Death | 28 Feb 1877 | Union Street, Auckland City Central, Auckland, New Zealand | | ||
| Burial | 2 Mar 1877 | Symonds Street Cemetey, Auckland City Central, Auckland, New Zealand | | ||
| Residence | Various places | |
Families
| Spouse | George Henry Blackfield OTTO (1785 - 1836) |
| Child | Eliza Jane OTTO (1819 - 1880) |
| Child | George (2) OTTO (1811 - 1812) |
| Child | Susanna OTTO (1813 - 1892) |
| Child | Andrew OTTO (1815 - 1818) |
| Child | John (2) OTTO (1816 - ) |
| Child | Mary Ann Isobel OTTO (1817 - ) |
| Child | Emma OTTO (1822 - 1908) |
| Child | Elizabeth OTTO (1824 - 1828) |
| Child | George (3) OTTO (1826 - 1828) |
| Child | Philip OTTO (1828 - 1892) |
| Child | Andrew (2) OTTO (1834 - 1896) |
| Spouse | James RAMPLING (1775 - 1850) |
| Father | Clement (4) De La P NICOLLE (1748 - 1789) |
| Mother | Jeanne HUBERT (1750 - 1804) |
| Sibling | Jeanne (2) NICOLLE (1774 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Phillipe NICOLLE (1778 - ) |
| Sibling | Marie (2) (m) NICOLLE (1781 - ) |
| Sibling | Jean (f) NICOLLE (1784 - ) |
Notes
Occupation
A family tradition says that at one time Elizabeth worked in an armyfield hospital in Spain.
Marriage
The names of their children, that we know, come from the Otto familybible.
Religion
Elizabeth was almost certainly, as a Jersey Islander, strict Chapel.It wasn't until she arrived in England that she was able to have her
children christened in the Church of England. Their baby son, John,
was christened on 27 September 1816 in St George's in the East
Anglican Church. St George's was the Church of England's Shadwell
Parish Church.
Later, when she was living in Auckland, she attended the
Congregational Church.
Residence
Zirk Street is still standing, but numbers 14 to 20 are now achildren's playground and park, although many other houses from the
period survive.
Residence
he East End of London is the area described so depressingly by CharlesDickens in his novels, the first written in the mid 1830's.
Marriage
At St Phillips Church of England, Sydney, NSW.Emigration
Left Sydney, Australia, shortly after the death of her husband, GeorgeOTTO. Sailed aboard the "Diana", landing 14 August 1838 at Kororareka,
Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. She was accompanied by her
son-in-law, Frederick HANNCKEN and some other members of her family.
Probably moved shortly thereafter to Auckland, New Zealand.
Death
Died at Union Street, Auckland.Burial
Buried at Symonds Street Cemetry, Auckland, New Zealand.Matriarch Elizabeth Otto-Rampling Dies
From the "Hankeen/Otto New Zealand Family History downloaded May 2002
On 28th February, 1877 Eliza Hannken's Mother Elizabeth Otto-Rampling
Died. She was 87 years old and at the time living at Frederick and
Eliza's home in Union St., Auckland N.Z.
Elizabeth was buried in the Otto family plot at Symonds Street
Cemetery. Today it has no headstone and it not known if it ever had
one. The plot is the grass area in the first row, just when you come
down the stairs from Symonds Street, on the north side of Grafton
Bridge.
It is a four plot group, numbers 18 to 21 in the Wesleyan Section,
Area 3 Block A.
Almost certainly, also buried there is James Rampling, Emma Keven and
possibly Philip Otto.
The family have a glass salt celler. A vinegar bottle and a bed quilt,
said to have been souvernired by Elizabeth from the house Napoleon
stayed in the night before the Battle of Waterloo.
Despite being on the other side of the war, Elizabeth's first husband
George Otto, like many Europeans, greatly admired Napoleon. A family
member has a china figurine of Napoleon, said to have been owned by
George Otto.
Somewhere, an Otto descendant has a painting of Elizabeth. We were
told it hung at the top of the stairs in the home of a later
generation. The children were warned, when misbehaving, "be good or
Granny Rampling will get you!"
This story came from Claudia Stebbing (Philip Hankeen) but it is also
known by the family of other Otto descendants. The descendants of
Eliza Otto-Hannken always referred to Elizabeth and Granny Rampling
and say that that was what she was called that by the community when
she was alive. However, the descendants of Elizabeth's other children
on ever referred to her as Granny Otto.
The Blakey family donated Elizabeth Otto's Napoleon quilt to the
Auckland War Memorial Museum. Clare Brown of the Victorian & Albert
Museum responded to a family member's inquiry: "The pattern is a
variation on one known since the 18th century. It's earliest dated
appearance is on flock wallpaper known to have hung in 1735 in the
offices of the ….text missing…….. The size and pattern repeat and
small decorative details, was woven as a silk damask thought the rest
of the a8th century and in the 19th. The width you give for your
pieces of 21 inches is consistent with having been woven on a
drawloom, but does not preclude it being jaquard woven. It would be
very difficult to try and give a precise date and likely country of
origin to the silk."
Residence
Judging from the birth places of her children, she lived at varioustimes in Jersey Island, Spain, Antwerp, Belgium, London, Sydney, and
Auckland.