Forwarded, with thanks to Carole in NSW. ========= The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW : Monday 21 November 1864 p 9 WHITMEE-July 16th, at Leone, Tutuila, Samoa, after ten days' illness, of remittent fever, Mary Jane, the beloved wife of Rev. S. J. Whitmee, of the London Missionary Society. She left England, in company with her husband, in March, 1863, and sailed from Sydney in the John Williams on her last voyage. Her qualifications for the Missionary work were of no ordinary kind, and high hopes were entertained that a course of eminent usefulness was before her. But after only seven months labour, in her much loved work she was called to her rest. She died in the full assurance of faith, honoured by all who know her, and not least by her people at Leone. Also, on the 2nd February previously, at Leone, the infant son of the above. "It is the Lord : let Him do what seemeth Him good." ========= Samuel James WHITMEE married Mary Jane COUSINS in Abingdon in 1863. She was the sister of William Edward COUSINS. http://faces.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/William_Edward_COUSINS.html Judy London, UK

Hi Thank you, I enjoyed reading that and will be entering it in the strays spreadsheet. Jennifer On 9 May 2012 17:19, Judy Lester <jlester@btinternet.com> wrote: > Forwarded, with thanks to Carole in NSW. > > ========= > The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW : > Monday 21 November 1864 p 9 > WHITMEE-July 16th, at Leone, Tutuila, Samoa, after ten days' illness, of > remittent fever, Mary Jane, the beloved wife of Rev. S. J. Whitmee, of > the London Missionary Society. She left England, in company with her > husband, in March, 1863, and sailed from Sydney in the John Williams on > her last voyage. > Her qualifications for the Missionary work were of no ordinary kind, and > high hopes were entertained that a course of eminent usefulness was > before her. But after only seven months labour, in her much loved work > she was called to her rest. She died in the full assurance of faith, > honoured by all who know her, and not least by her people at Leone. > Also, on the 2nd February previously, at Leone, the infant son of the > above. "It is the Lord : let Him do what seemeth Him good." > ========= > > Samuel James WHITMEE married Mary Jane COUSINS in Abingdon in 1863. She > was the sister of William Edward COUSINS. > http://faces.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/William_Edward_COUSINS.html > > > Judy > London, UK > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >