OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1904, 12 November 1913, Page 6

OBITUARY.

MRS. T. J, THOMPSON. Mrs. T. J. Thompson, who died afr Richmond last Thursday, wan one of a J:ii.st-diiiiiliisliiti g band of settlers wiia did such splendid Work in tho early days of New Zealand. Tho Itvto Mis. Thompson ivas of mingled Yorkshire and Welsh, descent, being tire oldest daughter of the late Air, Joscp'hu.B Hargreaves._ As a girl of 13 she emigrated along with her parents and a intuierous family of brothers and sisters ffojii her native town, of Leeds, arriving in Nelson by. this ship Lord Auckland towards the end of iobruarv,- 3842, in tho days when Trafalgar Street was but a fiWvcy line cut through tile fern. After passing through the stirring days of tho_ Waimi massacre, and tlio stressful period that followed, silo married in IS4G, and settled with her htisbinvl, the. late Mr. T. J. Thompson, at their farm of\ "Headiiigloy," Richmond, which had been her homo over .since* Of her largo family, four died in girlhood, and one, the late Mr. R, ,T. Thompson, formerly assistant- waster at 13ridge Street School, died at- survey work in Ainuri. Th.o surviving sons are:—Mr. H. P. Thompson, farmer, of Moutero; Mr. P. A, Thompson., Commissioner of Crown Lands at- Nelson; Mr. T. Iv. Thompson, land trans* for draughtsman at Auckland; Mr. E. D. Thompson, postmaster at Ponsonby, Auckland ; Mr. V. F. Thompson, fanner* of Mangonui; iiwt_ Mr. P, M. 'J'hompsoii, farmer, «f Richmond. Tho surviving daughters aro Mrs. -James (l Dwycr. of Blenheim; Mrs, Alfred Sheat, of Richmond; ajid Mrs. Little proud, of Mangonui. MRS. K. HVICK. The death occurred on Friday at tho. residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. 'S Newport, of Nelson, of a highlyesteenied respooted. pioneer settler in Mrs. Eliza Livick, of Milton Street, the and relict of the late Jonathan Livid;, wharfinger., of Nelson, who predeceased her by 33 years. Tho deceased lady Was bom in Hampshire, Liigland. in tho year. .1831, and arrived With her parents in New Zealand in the W* 1843 in th.o ship .Lord Auckland. Slio lias resided in Nelson over since. Of late years she lias been in failing health, and passed peacefully away at the age of &2 years. She leaves three Sons and four daughter?— Messrs. H. . wviok. Levin and Cd.Ji Limk, Anchor Foundry; 11. 0. Livick, Telegraph Office, alt of Nelson, Mrs. Henderson, Williamstown, Melbourne; Mrs. J. S'. Newport, Nelson ■ Mrs. Robinson, Man. ngatanero, Auckland; Mrs. R. Trewavas f Riwaka; aiid 23 grandchildren W seven great-grandchildren. ■