Surname:
Abelsted
Given names:
Marion
Given address:
Caversham
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Marion Abelsted was born in 1873 in Clyde, New Zealand – the daughter of Frederick Abelsted, a Norwegian miner, and Jane Weddell Thomson.
Marion lived, with her parents, in Bendigo until she married in 1897 to Jacob Featherston, a Methodist minister. They had one son.
They travelled around the country living at Waikouaiti, Timaru and Inglewood. Jacob died in Christchurch in 1951 and Marion died in 1962.
Sources
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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