Individual Details
Priscilla FAWCETT
(3 Jun 1853 - 19 Feb 1926)
b. 15th Oct 1847 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, (son of Hamilton James Wiley and Jane Gausden): occupation Sawyer. Wheelwright and shingle splitter. Charles d. 24the August 1903 in TeKiri, New Zealand: Buried 26the August 1903 in Hawera Cemetery, New Zealand Their marriage was very unhappy in the respect that Charles drank very heavily and knocked Priscilla about. He used to go to hotels and steal liquor and in the end he was jailed.
In one of the letters she wrote to her brother Joseph, she states she divorced, but no records have been found to clarify this. Charles Richard Wiley died in 1903 and Priscilla married a James Wilson in 1914. It must be assumed from her letter that she was living with James Wilson for sometime before marrying him, as in her 1899 letter she calls herself Priscilla Wilson and writes of marrying a nice man.
Her religion was of the Salvation Army. She died of Cardiac Disease.
It appears that Charles Richard Wiley used to drink fairly heavily and spent some time in a jail. He was considered the black sheep of the family. He also sold bales of hay which he were arranged over tree stumps, so that they would look fuller .He also had an illicit Still. It is thought that they were divorced, but no records of this can be found as yet.
Charles Richard Wiley married an Alice Lillian Morey in 1894, and fathered a further six children
Charles died from Asthma and Valvular Disease of the Heart on 24th Aug 1903 in Hawera, Taranaki and is buried at Hawera.
As a postscript to this story it had been thought that Charles had married Alice according to the birth certificate of the first child Lillian. On checking through Birth, Death and Marriage files of New Zealand for 1893-1905, no marriage entry can be found.
In one of the letters she wrote to her brother Joseph, she states she divorced, but no records have been found to clarify this. Charles Richard Wiley died in 1903 and Priscilla married a James Wilson in 1914. It must be assumed from her letter that she was living with James Wilson for sometime before marrying him, as in her 1899 letter she calls herself Priscilla Wilson and writes of marrying a nice man.
Her religion was of the Salvation Army. She died of Cardiac Disease.
It appears that Charles Richard Wiley used to drink fairly heavily and spent some time in a jail. He was considered the black sheep of the family. He also sold bales of hay which he were arranged over tree stumps, so that they would look fuller .He also had an illicit Still. It is thought that they were divorced, but no records of this can be found as yet.
Charles Richard Wiley married an Alice Lillian Morey in 1894, and fathered a further six children
Charles died from Asthma and Valvular Disease of the Heart on 24th Aug 1903 in Hawera, Taranaki and is buried at Hawera.
As a postscript to this story it had been thought that Charles had married Alice according to the birth certificate of the first child Lillian. On checking through Birth, Death and Marriage files of New Zealand for 1893-1905, no marriage entry can be found.
Events
| Birth | 3 Jun 1853 | Wellington, New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 21 Nov 1871 | Wellington, New Zealand - Charles Richard WILEY |  | ||
| Marriage | 1914 | Living | | ||
| Death | 19 Feb 1926 | Awapuni Home, Palmerston North, NZ | |||
| Burial | Foxton Public Cemetery, Foxton, NZ |
Families
| Spouse | Charles Richard WILEY (1847 - 1903) |
| Child | William Charles Hamilton WILEY (1872 - 1944) |
| Child | Charlotte Amelia Jane WILEY (1875 - 1918) |
| Child | David Robert WILEY (1884 - 1905) |
| Spouse | Living |
| Father | William FAWCETT (1816 - 1887) |
| Mother | Jane SMEDLEY (1816 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Clara FAWCETT (1856 - 1924) |
| Sibling | William fawcett (1843 - 1912) |
Notes
Marriage
Their marriage was very unhappy in the respect that Charles drank very heavily and knocked Priscilla about. He used to go to hotels and steal liquor and in the end he was jailed.In one of the letters she wrote to her brother Joseph, she states she divorced, but no records have been found to clarify this. Charles Richard Wiley died in 1903 and Priscilla married a James Wilson in 1914. It must be assumed from her letter that she was living with James Wilson for sometime before marrying him, as in her 1899 letter she calls herself Priscilla Wilson and writes of marrying a nice man.
Her religion was of the Salvation Army. She died of Cardiac Disease.