My Scottish "Wilkie" Family
Elizabeth Speden Cockburn
Abt 1871 - 1942 (~ 71 years)-
Name Elizabeth Speden Cockburn Birth Abt 1871 Gender Female Death 6 Nov 1942 , , South Island, New Zealand Burial 9 Nov 1942 Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Canterbury, New Zealand Person ID I2285 wilkie Last Modified 12 Apr 2019
Family Andrew Wilkie, b. 1867, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland d. 1946, , , New Zealand (Age 79 years) Marriage 27 Dec 1890 , , New Zealand
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 d. 1967 (Age 74 years) 2. Robert Alexander Wilkie, b. 12 Mar 1894, Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand bur. 26 Jan 1965, Oamaru Lawn Cemetery, Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand (Age ~ 70 years) + 3. Sarah Muriel Wilkie, b. Abt 1896 d. 8 Oct 1961, , , New Zealand (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 (Age ~ 2 years) 6. Gordon Thomas George Wilkie, b. 18 Jan 1899, Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand d. 28 Nov 1956, , , Palmerston, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 57 years) 7. Grant Alen Wilkie, b. Abt 1900, Waimata, Canterbury, New Zealand d. Abt 1901, Ashburton, New Zealand (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
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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