OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1914, 24 November 1913, Page 2

OBITUARY.

MRS. SYMONS. The death took place on Friday at Foxtom of Mrs. Miriam Symons, relict of the late Mr. Charles Henry Symons, of Foxton, and ono of the early settlers of - tho Manawatu district. The late Mrs. Symons had reached the advanced

age of 79 years. She was born on jtuie 20, 1834, in ■ Kent, England. When a girl of qoven years of ago her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. James. Nash, left England for New Zealand by the ship Bolton. On arrival at Wellington the party settled there for nine years, and*then removed to the Mariatfatu and Paiaka districts. Mrs. Syfnons was then sixteen years of age. The passage to Paiaka was made in. the cutter Fly (Captain Oimino). At that time Fcrxton as a township was not in existence. The township was situated at Paiaka, on tho Manawatu River, near Koputaroa, and it was the custom then for sailing vessels trading to the Manaivat-u to sail right up to the Paiaka town-' ship. Four years later, oii May 17, 1854, at Paiaka, Mrs- Sym.ons was married to her late husband, Mt. Chas. Symons. At that time the Maoris svore in revolt against English rule, and the Natives in tho Manawatu were in an uneasy state of mind, some- very xtn* certain as to the side they would-take. However,' Mr. and Mrs. Sytnon-s lived in safety for thirty years at their home 011 tho Manawatu River—'"Huriangataitoka," two miles from Foxton. Later Mr., and Mrs. Symons moved ; to Hurston Farm, a short distance from Foxton, 011 the main road to Levin: In 1900 Mr. Symons died, and four years later Mrs. Symons removed to Foxton, where slio lived with her daughter, Miss L. E. Symons, until her death. There were eleven children of tile marriage, of whom ten are now surviving. These are: Mesdames Charles Collins (Hastings), F. W. Fraukland (Foxton), :W. Toogood and A, Toogood (Featlieri aton), G. Johnston (Kn;ikoura)( C, Robinson (Foxton), Miss Louisa Emily gy111011s (Foxton), and Messrs, Charles Henry (Foxton), Arthur.W. (Hastings), and Walter G. Symons (Foxton).

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