{"id":1373,"date":"2022-02-15T18:32:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T18:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=1373"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T02:28:18","slug":"elizabeth-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/hamilton\/elizabeth-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Great Great Aunt Elizabeth Florance with her grandchildren – Ada Bellwood’s children.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of Martha and David Hamilton, baptised in Ashford on the Water, Derbyshire on the 7 Aug 1848. She also appears in the 1851 census and would have been 8 years old when her family moved to New Zealand in 1856.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth fell pregnant and in Oct 1867 gave birth to daughter Ada ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She married August Florance on the 13 Oct 1872 at St Luke’s Church, Christchurch and from that union would stem an additional 4 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name<\/strong><\/td>Born<\/strong><\/td>Married<\/strong><\/td>Children<\/strong><\/td>Died<\/strong><\/td>Notes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Ada<\/a><\/td>7 Oct 1867<\/td>1895<\/td>5<\/td>12 Aug 1945<\/td>Crabtree<\/td><\/tr>
Elizabeth<\/a><\/td>20 Dec 1874<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>10 Apr 1950<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Augustus<\/a><\/td>20 Mar 1878<\/td>26 Dec 1907 <\/td>8<\/td>22 Jun 1957<\/td>Ireland<\/td><\/tr>
Robert Handley<\/a><\/td>2 Aug 1881<\/td>29 Aug 1908<\/td>9<\/td>17 Dec 1966<\/td>Mitchell<\/td><\/tr>
David Charles Hamilton<\/td>21 Jul 1884<\/td>27 Nov 1923<\/td>2<\/td>27 Aug 1975<\/td>Robson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Augustus was a newspaper typesetter.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Elizabeth’s children from left to right: Augustus “Gus”, Elizabeth, David and Robert<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Ada Hamilton, daughter of Elizabeth.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

St Albans connection – 50 acre section<\/p>\n\n\n

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Elizabeth Florance – (poor resolution). Familysearch.org<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Bequeathed land to Christchurch<\/p>\n\n\n

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Final resting place for Elizabeth and Augustus at Linwood Cemetery. It is in a slight stage of disarray, but still legible.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17567, 18 June 1925, Page 12<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of Martha and David Hamilton, baptised in Ashford on the Water, Derbyshire on the 7 Aug 1848. She also appears in the 1851 census and would have been 8 years old when her family moved to New Zealand in 1856. Elizabeth fell pregnant and in Oct 1867 gave birth to … <\/p>\n

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