Individual Details
Mary CARGILL (Polly)
(21 Nov 1850 - 10 Jul 1931)
Mary Cargill was born at Nelson, New Zealand on Thursday, 21st November 1850, in Bridge Street, where her mother was recorded as living in the Census of 1849.
Family tradition records that Mary had not attended school before turning 11 years of age. When 11, probably in the year 1862, she spent a year at a private boarding school at Renwicktown, run by a lady who taught Mary to read and write.
Mary was married at the age of 15 years and 1 month, on 20th December 1865, at Blackwood Bay, across Queen Charlotte Sound from the town of Picton. She was married to an Englishman named William Kennington. This marriage was to last 48 years, until William's death in 1913.
The wedding of Mary Cargill and William Kennington took place at the house of Mary's step-father James Mudford, it was a Wednesday and the ceremony was performed by Rev. T. L. Tudor, a Church of England minister. Being only 15 years old Mary required permission from her step-father. William Kennington was 29 years old at the time of their marriage, having been born at Dunholme, Lincolnshire, on Friday 21st October 1836.
Not long after their marriage William and Mary were living in Okaramio, where they set up house in a temporary home, made of wattle and daub, in common with many other settlers of that time. Within a few years this first house was replaced by a more substantial dwelling, this time made of timber of, which there was plenty to be found in the vicinity.
During the 20 years following their marriage William and Mary had ten children born to them. All of them would have been born at home, at Okaramio where a local midwife would have assisted with the delivery. The last two of these were twin boys born in December 1885, at which time Mary was still a young woman of 35 years of age.
William Kennington prospered in his undertakings, and after a few years at Okaramio had freehold over 1000 acres of land there, which formed his large farm. Throughout his life he had many land dealings, buying other sections of land in Marlborough and other parts of the province. William died at Okaramio on 26th June 1913. Mary died on 10th July 1931, also at Okaramio.
Family tradition records that Mary had not attended school before turning 11 years of age. When 11, probably in the year 1862, she spent a year at a private boarding school at Renwicktown, run by a lady who taught Mary to read and write.
Mary was married at the age of 15 years and 1 month, on 20th December 1865, at Blackwood Bay, across Queen Charlotte Sound from the town of Picton. She was married to an Englishman named William Kennington. This marriage was to last 48 years, until William's death in 1913.
The wedding of Mary Cargill and William Kennington took place at the house of Mary's step-father James Mudford, it was a Wednesday and the ceremony was performed by Rev. T. L. Tudor, a Church of England minister. Being only 15 years old Mary required permission from her step-father. William Kennington was 29 years old at the time of their marriage, having been born at Dunholme, Lincolnshire, on Friday 21st October 1836.
Not long after their marriage William and Mary were living in Okaramio, where they set up house in a temporary home, made of wattle and daub, in common with many other settlers of that time. Within a few years this first house was replaced by a more substantial dwelling, this time made of timber of, which there was plenty to be found in the vicinity.
During the 20 years following their marriage William and Mary had ten children born to them. All of them would have been born at home, at Okaramio where a local midwife would have assisted with the delivery. The last two of these were twin boys born in December 1885, at which time Mary was still a young woman of 35 years of age.
William Kennington prospered in his undertakings, and after a few years at Okaramio had freehold over 1000 acres of land there, which formed his large farm. Throughout his life he had many land dealings, buying other sections of land in Marlborough and other parts of the province. William died at Okaramio on 26th June 1913. Mary died on 10th July 1931, also at Okaramio.
Events
| Birth | 21 Nov 1850 | Nelson, New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 20 Dec 1865 | Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand - William KENNINGTON | |||
| Death | 10 Jul 1931 | Kaituna, New Zealand |
Families
| Spouse | William KENNINGTON (1836 - 1913) |
| Child | Stephen John KENNINGTON (1867 - 1945) |
| Child | Lucy KENNINGTON (1869 - 1969) |
| Child | Mary May KENNINGTON (Cissy) (1870 - 1955) |
| Child | John KENNINGTON (1873 - 1951) |
| Child | Jacob KENNINGTON (1875 - 1959) |
| Child | Joseph KENNINGTON (1877 - 1953) |
| Child | Ellen Bertha KENNINGTON (1880 - 1946) |
| Child | Faith Mary KENNINGTON (Tot) (1882 - 1970) |
| Child | William KENNINGTON (1885 - 1950) |
| Child | James KENNINGTON (1885 - 1952) |
| Father | John CARGILL (1818 - 1890) |
| Mother | Mary Ann MEREDITH (1825 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Ellen CARGILL (1843 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Robert William CARGILL (1845 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Annie CARGILL (1847 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Meredith MUDFORD (1855 - ) |