Individual Details

Annie CARGILL

(15 May 1847 - 11 Feb 1916)

Annie Gargill was born at Nelson, New Zealand, on Saturday 15th May 1847. Very little is known of Annie's childhood, or what sort of education she received. She may have gone to school at Renwick where her younger sister Mary is known to have received some schooling.

Early in 1862 Annie entered into a de-facto marriage with Joseph Law. The reason for this marriage not being legalised was that to do so would be bigamy, as Joseph already had a wife, still alive in England and was not legally divorced from her. On 22nd September 1862 Annie gave birth to a son, William, she then being 15 years and 4 months old. Joseph Law was born on 30th July 1823, at Thenford, Northamptonshire, England the son of Joseph Law and Mary nee Newitt.

Joseph and Annie took up farming in the Tua Marina district and acquired a lot of land there over the years in various parts of the district.

Joseph and Annie had a further ten children over the following 21 years, the youngest being born 1883, two years before Joseph's death. Joseph Law died on 10th March 1885 at Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, where he had gone for a visit, for health reasons.

Being widowed and left with a large family, the youngest of whom was only one year old when her father died, Annie married three years later in 1888 to a man 19 years younger than herself. He was John Turner Wilson. John Wilson was a cabinetmaker and he and Annie lived in Spring Creek for 14 years. They then went to live in Blenheim for 6 years, before moving to Hamilton in the North Island. They had one child, a daughter named Marion Kate, born 13th July 1889.

Annie Died at Hamilton on 11th February 1916 aged 68 years. John Wilson later remarried, survived his second wife, and eventually died on 31st May 1952 aged 86

Events

Birth15 May 1847Nelson, New Zealand
Marriage1861Tua Marina, New Zealand - Joseph John Turner "Jack" LAW
Marriage2 Jan 1888Wairau, New Zealand - John Turner "Jack" WILSON
Death11 Feb 1916Hamilton, New Zealand
Burial14 Feb 1916Hamilton West, New Zealand

Families

SpouseJohn Turner "Jack" WILSON (1866 - 1952)
ChildMarion Kate WILSON (1889 - 1987)
SpouseJoseph John Turner "Jack" LAW (1823 - 1885)
ChildWilliam LAW-CARGILL (1862 - 1874)
ChildEdward LAW-CARGILL (1864 - 1939)
ChildJames LAW-CARGILL (1865 - 1956)
ChildJoseph LAW-CARGILL (1868 - 1952)
ChildMary Ann LAW-CARGILL (1870 - 1910)
ChildAlice LAW-CARGILL (1872 - 1956)
ChildGeorge William LAW-CARGILL (1874 - )
ChildElizabeth LAW-CARGILL (1876 - 1945)
ChildPhoebe Annie LAW-CARGILL (1878 - 1954)
ChildJane LAW-CARGILL (1881 - 1963)
ChildCaroline Ellen LAW-CARGILL (1883 - 1951)
FatherJohn CARGILL (1818 - 1890)
MotherMary Ann MEREDITH (1825 - 1909)
SiblingEllen CARGILL (1843 - 1919)
SiblingRobert William CARGILL (1845 - 1924)
SiblingMary CARGILL (Polly) (1850 - 1931)
SiblingMeredith MUDFORD (1855 - )