Avery, Mary

Bolton sailed from London 19 November 1839 and arrived 30 April 1840
Names as shown on passenger list
Thomas Avery, Aged: 37, Agricultural Labourer
Elizabeth Avery, Aged: 40
Harriet Avery, Aged: 18, Sempstress
George Avery, Aged: 16, Agricultural Labourer
Charles Avery, Aged: 14
Ann Avery, Aged: 11
Mary Avery, Aged: 9
Sarah Avery, Aged: 7
Ellen Avery, Aged: 5
Stephen Avery, Aged: 2

Fifeshire sailed from London on 17th September 1841 and arrived in Nelson on 1 February 1842
Name as on passenger list
Hill Isaac, Aged: 25, Machine Fitter

Colonist 7 September 1882
PORTRAITS IN OIL COLOURS .— An excellent opportunity is now afforded any person to secure their portrait painted in oil colours, by the payment of small weekly instalments. Persons, residing at a distance, desiring a portrait of themselves, or deceased friends, must send a photograph, and state colour of hair, eyes, etc. Further particulars can be obtained from Mr I. M. Hill, Waimea-street. — Advt.

Death Details
1885/3662, Isaac Maron (sic) Hill, Aged: 69Y - Date of Death 31/8/1885 from Death Registration

Nelson City Council Cemetery Records
Record No: WKBP01075
Family Name: HILL
Given Names: ISAAC MASON
Age: 70 years
Address:
Date Deceased: 1/09/1885
Interment Date: 3/09/1885
Gender: M
Area: BAPTIST
Cemetery: WAKAPUAKA
Plot 075
Block: 01
Grave/Ashes: Burial
Denomination: BAPTIST
Notes I M


Nelson Evening Mail 1 September 1885
HILL.- August 31st, at his residence, Waimea-street, Isaac Mason Hill, (late of Birmingham), in his 70th year. [Auckland and Wellington papers please copy.]
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OBITUARY.
ISAAC MASON HILL
Among the early settlers in the Nelson Province were many who have since come to the front in polities and literature included in the same list were also several who have earned for themselves a good name among their fellow colonists, and a place in the heart and memory of many poor sufferers by their philanthropy and true Christian charity. In the foremost rank of these stood good old Isaac Hill. Arriving here in the ship Fifeshire in the year 1842, he was one of the little band to whom the young men and maidens of Nelson in the days gone by owed so much for the services they rendered in the establishment of the Nelson School Society, an association to which many were indebted for all the education they ever received. And from 1842 to 1885 the old man who passed away last night has spent his time in doing good. There was no parade, no ostentation in his charity - it might truly be said of him that his right hand knew not what his left was doing - but wherever there was a kindness to be done or a mourner to be comforted by a display of genuine sympathy there was Isaac Hill to be found. One instance of this. The old man somehow or other discovered that in the Lunatic Asylum there were some who were able to appreciate and enjoy a Sunday service. Thenceforth with undeviating punctuality he was in attendance every Sunday morning conducting a service, accompanied by one of his daughters who played the harmonium and led the singing, which often brought a look of pleasure and relief over the countenances of the afflicted inmates of that institution. There was some difficulty in arranging for a regular Sunday service at Suburban North. Regularly every Sunday afternoon was Isaac Hill to be seen trudging out there, regardless alike of heat, cold, or rain, to conduct a service at which there were always many attendants. And the poor and the sick and the afflicted in the town always knew where to find a true and a warm hearted friend. He has gone to his rest full of years and honor, and leaving behind him a noble record. So good a Christian, so charitable and generous a man must have been a devoted husband and a kind father, and therefore, while we would not attempt to lift the veil of privacy which shrouds the mourning family, we can, speaking in the name of the public of Nelson, assure them that their sorrow is known and largely shared in by a host of hearty sympathisers. Quiet and uuobtrusive though he was, he will be missed by a very large number of his fellow colonists both in town and country, principally, perhaps, by those who can least afford to lose a real friend. He was an earnest and sincere Christian, and in the service of his Great Master there was not a more devoted self-denying laborer than Isaac Mason Hill.

Nelson Evening Mail 2 September 1885
We have been requested by Mr White, the Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, to state that in consequence of the death of Mr Hill, who was in the habit of holding service on Sunday mornings, and in respect to his memory the usual weekly entertainment will not take place this evening.

Nelson Evening Mail 3 September 1885
The mortal remains of the late Mr Isaac Hill were committed to the grave this afternoon. The universal respect in which he was held was testified to by the large number of residents both in town and country who attended the funeral, the procession consisting of 25 carriages, besides a number of horsemen and pedestrians.

Probate Isaac Mason Hill, Place: Nelson, Occ: Ironmonger, Date of Death: 31/8/1885, AAOO 17070 W5410 468, Filed: 30/9/1885, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
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Death Details
1912/8160, Mary Hill, Aged: 84Y - Date of Death 28/10/1912 from Death Registration

Nelson City Council Cemetery Records
Record No: WKBP01074
Family Name: HILL
Given Names: MARY
Age: 84 years
Date Deceased:
Interment Date: 31/10/1912
Address:
Gender: F
Area: BAPTIST
Cemetery: WAKAPUAKA
Plot 074
Block: 01
Grave/Ashes: Burial
Denomination: BAPTIST
Funeral Director: W E FLEMING
Notes M

Colonist 29 October 1912
HILL.- At her residence, 42, Waimea street, Nelson, Mary, relict of the late Isaac Mason Hill, in her 85th year.
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OBITUARY.
MRS HILL.
The death occurred last night of Mrs Mary Hill, relict of the late Mr I. M. Hill, at the advanced age of eighty five years. Mrs Hill, who was born at Maidstone, Kent, arrived in Wellington by the ship Bolton in 1840, and came to Nelson in 1842, where she had resided ever since. Her late husband predeceased her 27 years ago. Mrs Hill had always been of of a retiring disposition, but as a resident of the district of such long standing she was naturally widely known, and her kindliness won her many friends, who will deeply regret her death. Mrs Hill leaves a surviving family of five daughters and three sons, viz., Mrs D. Buick (Palmerston North), Mrs G. Macmahon (Tapawera), Mrs. A. Bosworth (Christchurch), Mrs G. W. Sare (Dunedin), Mrs Emerson (Nelson), and Messrs S. C. Hill (Christchurch), Fred Hill (Wellington), and M. Hill (Timaru).

There are 26 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Colonist 1 November 1912
The funeral of the late Mrs. I. M. Hill took place yesterday afternoon, the attendance thereat being evidence of the esteem in which the deceased lady was held. The chief mourners were Messrs. S., F., and M. Hill, sons, G. Macmahon. son-in-law, J. Emerson and. R. Macmahon, grandsons. The bearers were Messrs. F. and M. Hill, J. Emerson and R. Macmahon. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. W. S. Lucas. The Mayor of the city (Mr. T. A. H. Field) was among those who paid their tribute of respect. A large number of beautiful wreaths, etc., were forwarded by friends.

Probate Mary Hill, Place: Nelson, Occ: Widow, Date of Death: 28/10/1912, AAOO 17072 W5410 1232, Filed: 1/11/1912, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington