OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1977, 6 February 1914, Page 2

OBITUARY.

r OLD IDENTITY QF.AUCKLAND. Anckkiid has lost -one of its oldest identities in Muj person o£ Sirs, C. Shea, la'ti> of TaMpuna, who died fJi Saturday.; last at tho adrancml age -of 70 year-i., The deceased bad for years past icsid-ecl iit Mount Eden with lmr cousin, Mrs. Bryati't. She was a daughter, of thy lata Thomas Poynton, who?/! natßß figures st> frequently in the early records i.f the Catholic Church in New Zealand'. As far back as IS3-8 he wot a limber merchant at Tioluungn, haT- >!,;! se'.tkd there 011 his arrivajl froff Jrchnd about 1821). In.thoso d;(ys, when k-jouniey to Sydney Ineal.lt a miittnr Of -zeal for reiigio-ii war ■Sfi. g;reat that (his- c-!iild;ei>, prio:-' to tht-,-arfival of i B-isliop Pomti-aHier in 183-3.' were, taken to Sydiiey to. ho baptised Fiom the day of the Bh.iioii'is .arrival,. • tie was ode of the utaunokert ■ suppsirt- - ers of tho Ch.-iueh. -Not only did he i give up hit! residence' lor the use of the iSishop, and build with his own' liiinds the first R-oirt&u Catholic Chtirch in New Zealand, hut he was also instmmentnl.. in bringing to i.t.nifiny Catholics with their native wives asid .children, atwl for 30 yofirs ha and iiis fam!h- gave to tho Ohmc.h' their means, and their ,services, Mr, Poynton /ate bccanie -one of the firsfc residents </f Tnliapima, whore. Ajrs.. Shea- lived i-mti-1 a few .vears ago, when ill o.ccord'anco with the wishes of her pnjrents, she ceded by deed of : gift her rr.luaWe property to ; the Sisters of ..Mercy. ! MRS. JOSEPH CRAIG, AUCKLAND. The A<]e!:'kiiul cinttsrwßdetft of -I'tu; DoHixioK writes that siiutber liiih in tho chain which binds' the present gti'.era.,tion- to the vigorous da} a of Sw ZenIttnd histary. was broken rjien Mrs. ' Joseph Craig, of Kpsorn_, passed li'svay 011 Wednesday, at tho ripe ago of 7H years. Wio (tetresfeed My v.;:',s torn in -London, itsd with her parents arrived at Auckland iii 18-11, having previously spent a shoit tima in Adelaide. .With tlio exoeptiati of .a brief interval spent in Nelson, Mrs. Craig lived he:' life in Auckland. -It was in Nelson in 1830 that she was married to her husband, who died in 1885. The daughter etui w.ifii of pioneers, Mrs. Craig's expuriom es in tho early davs were fraught with the trials and hardships peculiar to the titiie. In common witli. t'iio juajarity- of the early Bottlers, her husband serve,d in the militia during the troublous days of the 'sixties, thereby demanding er.ttfagc and foi'titudo on ihe' part .-if his wife. Through it all'she bore herself bravely as « pioneer's .wife should. Sfee was <i' bs-iieivelent di!pesit.io.n, nhd threu.gii» out her long life, up to the time of her death, she was kaovi-t for .hrr thoughtful, arts of kindness to the needy. The late' Mrs. Craig was a. zealous church worker, and was one of tho active meiiilors of the'Pitt Street We»Vy»fi Cistireh until IS months ago, v.'hen the weakness of old- age p-rerv-ntecl Iser k-0111 oontiiui- ' ins. She leaves a family "f tix tons ; and two daugliters, all of whom are resident in Auckland.

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