Press, 31 August 1928, Page 6 The death is announced of Mrs Margaret Shields, Geraldine, at the age of 94 years. Deceased came of a family noted for longevity, a sister, Mrs Sinclair, having died in the early part of the present month within six weeks of her 100th birthday. Mrs Shields came to Canterbury with her sister in the ship Huntress in 1863. She spent the greater part of her life in the Rangiora district and was much esteemed by all who knew her for her kindly nature. Her husband predeceased her a few years ago at the age of 91 years, the funeral took place on Tuesday at Rangiora after a service at John Knox Church, of which she was a member of many years' standing. Papers Past has been updated. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast The Press is out there to 1928 Thanks. Olwyn http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/huntress.htm

The NZ Electoral Rolls 1919 : Rangiora - James Shields Margaret Shields A James Shields married a Margaret Blake in NZ - 1871/5970 Ray On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Olwyn Whitehouse <olwynbw@gmail.com> wrote: > Press, 31 August 1928, Page 6 > The death is announced of Mrs Margaret Shields, Geraldine, at the age of 94 > years. Deceased came of a family noted for longevity, a sister, Mrs > Sinclair, having died in the early part of the present month within six > weeks of her 100th birthday. Mrs Shields came to Canterbury with her sister > in the ship Huntress in 1863. She spent the greater part of her life in the > Rangiora district and was much esteemed by all who knew her for her kindly > nature. Her husband predeceased her a few years ago at the age of 91 years, > the funeral took place on Tuesday at Rangiora after a service at John Knox > Church, of which she was a member of many years' standing. > > Papers Past has been updated. > http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast > The Press is out there to 1928 > > Thanks. > > Olwyn > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/huntress.htm > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

There is also an Agnes BLAKE marrying John SINCLAIR in 1866 (Ref 1866/7711 - NZ BDM Historical Indexes online). Matching this back to the Huntress passenger list that you found there is both Margaret and Agnes BLAKE on board, along with further family members. Cheers Fiona On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Olwyn Whitehouse <olwynbw@gmail.com> wrote: > Press, 31 August 1928, Page 6 > The death is announced of Mrs Margaret Shields, Geraldine, at the age of 94 > years. Deceased came of a family noted for longevity, a sister, Mrs > Sinclair, having died in the early part of the present month within six > weeks of her 100th birthday. Mrs Shields came to Canterbury with her sister > in the ship Huntress in 1863. She spent the greater part of her life in the > Rangiora district and was much esteemed by all who knew her for her kindly > nature. Her husband predeceased her a few years ago at the age of 91 years, > the funeral took place on Tuesday at Rangiora after a service at John Knox > Church, of which she was a member of many years' standing. > > Papers Past has been updated. > http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast > The Press is out there to 1928 > > Thanks. > > Olwyn > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/huntress.htm > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This would appear to be Agnes death on NZ BDM Online: 1928/5976 Sinclair Agnes Orr Thompson 99Y To complete the picture, Margaret's death: 1928/5923 Shields Margaret 95Y Some good middle names to follow up. Fiona On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Olwyn Whitehouse <olwynbw@gmail.com> wrote: > Press, 31 August 1928, Page 6 > The death is announced of Mrs Margaret Shields, Geraldine, at the age of 94 > years. Deceased came of a family noted for longevity, a sister, Mrs > Sinclair, having died in the early part of the present month within six > weeks of her 100th birthday. Mrs Shields came to Canterbury with her sister > in the ship Huntress in 1863. She spent the greater part of her life in the > Rangiora district and was much esteemed by all who knew her for her kindly > nature. Her husband predeceased her a few years ago at the age of 91 years, > the funeral took place on Tuesday at Rangiora after a service at John Knox > Church, of which she was a member of many years' standing. > > Papers Past has been updated. > http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast > The Press is out there to 1928 > > Thanks. > > Olwyn > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/huntress.htm > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >