The Late Mrs Kebblewhite.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3007, 19 September 1888, Page 2

The Late Mrs Kebblewhite.

On Saturday afternoon, at her resi-V , ■ ; donee, Church-street, Pakeraton North ] there passed peacefully away to th'o ... silent land, one who might truthfully termed one of the genuine old identities'.' .T "'•. We refer to the late Mrs Kohblewhite, who, after a short illness, died at' the advanced age of 741 The deceased lady was one of the original Bottlers of Now Zealand,having landed in Wellington in 1841, or but three years short of half aV.-' century ago,: She resided in WeUingttW" .'■'. * for a few years, having braved in thar period all the vioißsMudes incidental to an early colonist's career- in tho shape of. Nativo troubles, earthquakes &c, The'.■' family then removed to tho Hutt, where •■..■ they, raided a few years, filially; taking • up their residence in Mssterton; The Kcbblowhite's. were among; the promotors of the original Masterton Special' Settlement, one of the successful institutions of the olden timcs.and were among . tho first families who took up land under that association. For upwards of twenty years they resided in Masterton, having \ undergone and successfully' overcome. '■ all tho difficulties and hardships atten- ■ dant upon-pioneer settlement of the olden days. About nine years ago the aged couple removed to Palmerston, whore they have resided ever since. To * mourn tho departure of hor who has gonb beforo, is left hor partner for long years of life together, now very feeble, but tlireo years her senior, who, although ho docs not suffer pain, novertheloss ia,\ daily expecting the summons to iepimfk from earthly troubles. The family coiF -') sist of six sons and three surviving, daughters, all settled in this countrw Tho latter aro Mrs James Linton, Chamberlain, senr of Feildine, and Mrs' Walton of Wairarapa, tho late Mrs T, L. Walton having been also ft daughter of Mrs Kebblowhite, Of tho six sons three reside 'in Masterton and -three'.'""", in this district. Tho grandchildren number upwards of .fifty. The lato Mrs Kibblewhito was an" intelligent {persevering woman, one ofjthe' gennino stamp cf pioneers, full of energy, 7 industry, Belt-reliance and hope," and a . dovout Chrlstain with all.; With her . ' husband and family she battled successfully with life, havin? encoimtorod Nativo hostility, earthquakes, hard times, - and other troubles with'a fixed determination to conquer, and displaying charactoristio fortitudo and indominitable perserverance under nil vicissitudes and difficulties. Sho was tho truo type, of thegenuino colonist's wife, courage-, ous, faithful, industrious and sympathetic After, years of toil she and her liasband succeeded in making fair provision for.old age, and leaving ' behind.' Her name will long bo held iilM affcotionate remomboranco as that of ajf faithful and devoted wifo and whoso chief aim and object in lifo was ■ her maternal solicitude for her family, aud whose sympathies extended to tho well-being of the community in which sho resido'd, and of which sho was always an honoured and esteemed member, After along, arduous and eventful life, . sho has now laid her down to rest for evermore.—Manawatu Standard.