{"id":895,"date":"2021-10-21T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=895"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:44:46","slug":"elizabeth-steel-stark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/stark\/elizabeth-steel-stark\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Steel Stark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elizabeth Stark was born at Mataura on the 12 February 1876 – the first “Kiwi” child born in New Zealand to James and Rosina. Elizabeth was said to have been a very placid and hard-working girl who worked for several years at the Mataura Paper Mill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She married John McKinnel at Dunedin 5th<\/sup> December 1895 who at that time was working on Wantwood Station under the management of a Mr Bell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following her marriage to John McKinnel, they first lived in a wee cottage at Waitane for about 3 years where her husband was shepherding under a Mr Donald McDonald at Edendale and then 23 years for the Friedlander Brothers who built a 4 roomed house for them and their rapidly growing family at Waimumu. Following this period, they moved to a farm at Croydon Siding for 14 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The large family lived in very small houses and in very cramped conditions and it is a marvel how Elizabeth coped. It must be a tribute to her hard-working abilities and placid nature to have accepted such adversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They moved to Mataura about 1938 for 2 or 3 years before retiring to Gore. John died 21st<\/sup> June 1951 and Elizabeth moved to Dunedin to live with her eldest daughter Rosina (Rosie), Mrs Leathley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth celebrated her 90th birthday in 1966 and at that time 14 of her 17 children were still alive and at that time had 51 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. In 1965 she had attended both the McKinnel Family reunion at Waikaia and the Mataura school jubilee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth died in Dunedin at her daughter\u2019s residence 23 July 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name<\/strong><\/td>Year<\/strong><\/td>Born <\/strong><\/td>Died<\/strong><\/td>Where<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Arthur Stark<\/a><\/td>1894<\/td>Gore<\/td>1904<\/td>Gore<\/td><\/tr>
Roscena Steele<\/a><\/td>1896<\/td>Gore<\/td>1980<\/td>Dunedin<\/td><\/tr>
Violet Mary<\/a><\/td>1898<\/td>Gore<\/td>1998<\/td>Invercargill<\/td><\/tr>
John<\/a><\/td>1899<\/td>Hedgehope<\/td>1900<\/td>Gore<\/td><\/tr>
James <\/a><\/td>1900<\/td>Hedgehoope<\/td>1978<\/td>Gore<\/td><\/tr>
Robert Wilson<\/a><\/td>1901<\/td>Hedgehope<\/td>1997<\/td>Gore<\/td><\/tr>
Elizabeth Wilson<\/a><\/td>1904<\/td>Mataura<\/td>1961<\/td>Christchurch<\/td><\/tr>
Agnes<\/a><\/td>1906<\/td>Matuara<\/td>1991<\/td>Gore<\/td><\/tr>
Mary Jane<\/a><\/td>1909<\/td>Mataura<\/td>1994<\/td>Ashburton<\/td><\/tr>
Grace<\/a><\/td>1910<\/td>Mataura<\/td>1992<\/td>Gore<\/td><\/tr>
Ethel<\/a><\/td>1912<\/td>Mataura<\/td>2001<\/td>Gore<\/td><\/tr>
May Georgina<\/a><\/td>1913<\/td>Mataura<\/td>2008<\/td>Gore<\/td><\/tr>
Ivy Lorraine<\/a><\/td>1915<\/td>Gore<\/td>2006<\/td>Christchurch<\/td><\/tr>
Eva Alsace<\/a><\/td>1915<\/td>Gore<\/td>2006<\/td>Invercargill<\/td><\/tr>
Albert George Murdoch<\/a><\/td>1916<\/td>Gore<\/td>2005<\/td>Invercargill<\/td><\/tr>
Janet Jessie<\/a><\/td>1917<\/td>Mataura<\/td>2005<\/td>Timaru<\/td><\/tr>
Margaret Mavis<\/a><\/td>1919<\/td>Gore<\/td>2003<\/td>Christchurch<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Arthur Stark’s father is unknown, but he was not the son of John McKinnell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Her husband pre-deceased her in 1951.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Elizabeth Stark was born at Mataura on the 12 February 1876 – the first “Kiwi” child born in New Zealand to James and Rosina. Elizabeth was said to have been a very placid and hard-working girl who worked for several years at the Mataura Paper Mill. She married John McKinnel at Dunedin 5th December 1895 … <\/p>\n

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