Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ann Caplin Nash was born about 1832 in Otford, Kent – daughter of Staple Nash & Elizabeth Reed.
Ann married Samson/Samuel Summerell, a carpenter, in 1854 in Sussex. They had two children while living in Sussex and emigrated to Otago in the early 1860’s.
They had five more children in New Zealand. Samson died in 1892 at their home in Musselburgh, Dunedin.
Ann died in Melbourne, Australia in 1925, where her daughter was living. It is not known where she is buried.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
BDM Victoria https://online.justice.vic.gov.au
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
