My Scottish "Wilkie" Family

Elizabeth Speden Cockburn

Female Abt 1871 - 1942  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Speden Cockburn 
    Birth Abt 1871 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Nov 1942  , , South Island, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 9 Nov 1942  Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2285  wilkie
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2019 

    Family Andrew Wilkie,   b. 1867, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1946, , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1890  , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 

    • One newspaper article notes marriage on 25 Dec 1890 Oamaru by Rev. A. Todd of Andrew Wilkie of the Taieri to Elizabeth Speden Cockburn
      Celebrating 50th Anniversary 24 Dec 1940

      Another newspaper article states marriage was 27 Dec 1890
    Children 
    +1. Andrew Douglas Wilkie,   b. 21 Dec 1892, Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1967 (Age 74 years)
     2. Robert Alexander Wilkie,   b. 12 Mar 1894, Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 26 Jan 1965, Oamaru Lawn Cemetery, Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
    +3. Sarah Muriel Wilkie,   b. Abt 1896   d. 8 Oct 1961, , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years)
     4. Beatrice Elizabeth Wilkie,   b. Abt 1897   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. William James Mitchell Wilkie,   b. Abt 1897   d. 30 Jan 1899, Reed Street, Oamaru, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 2 years)
     6. Gordon Thomas George Wilkie,   b. 18 Jan 1899, Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1956, , , Palmerston, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     7. Grant Alen Wilkie,   b. Abt 1900, Waimata, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1901, Ashburton, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
     8. Dorothy Pearl Wilkie,   b. Abt 1903   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2019 

  • Notes 

    • This lady's surname has been spelled a variety of ways -
      Some cemetery records state Speydon
      others: Spedon, Spedin,

      New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1896 Otago Oamaru
      #4088 Wilkie, Andrew Oamaru Butcher Residential
      #4090 Wilkie, Eliza Speden Oamaru, Wife, Residential

      New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1911 Canterbury Ashburton
      #6472 Wilkie, Andrew Nelson Street Hampstead Butcher
      #6473 Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden Nelson Street Hampstead, Married


      New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1928 Canterbury, Mid-Canterbury
      #9870 Wilkie, Andrew, 77 Aitken Street, Ashburton, Butcher
      #9072 Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden 77 Aitken Street Ashburton, Married
      #9075 Wilkie, Lilian Mary 77 Aitken Street, Ashburton Married

      New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1935 West Coast Buller
      #8803 Wilkie, Andrew, 32 Queen Street, Westport, Bacon Curer
      #8804 Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden 32 Queen St Westport Married


      Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database:
      Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden
      Date of Death: 06 Nov 1942
      Burial: Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Monday 09 Nov 1942
      Married
      Age 71 yrs
      Years in New Zealand: Life

      Other Cockburn residents buried in Rutherford Cemetery - possible relations to Elizabeth



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