DEATH OF AN OLD SETTLER.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 March 1910, Page 2

DEATH OF AN OLD SETTLER.

MP.S KfLSBY, SENIOR

Mrs George -uisby, senior, of Oliariii Valley, mother of Mr G. ivilsby, of Koputaroa, died yesterday, in her 83rd year. She was ono o' the very early settlers of Wellington, to which' settlement .she came hi 1850, on the ship Oliver Lang. Ever since she has resided in (Jlinriu Valley or its vicinity. Her death was due to the iniirniilicfi ol age, and it is a remarkable coincidence that her lifelong friend and: neighbour, Mrs William Beech, lied vithin a ouarter of an hour :if her, from similar causes, iney ■anie ixi New Zealand in the same •■hip, ivod on the same section, were attended by the same doctor, and will rest, if not .side by side, with only the boundary space of a •emetery sectional division between tliwn.