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CLOSE, CLOSS and variants
One-name study
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1851 - 1928 (77 years)
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Name |
Isabella CLOSE |
Born |
1851 |
Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Immigration |
20 Aug 1860 |
Auckland, New Zealand [2] |
Address: "Persia" |
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Died |
1928 |
Auckland, New Zealand [3, 4] |
Person ID |
I14091 |
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Last Modified |
3 Jan 2013 |
Father |
John CLOSE, b. 5 May 1811, Healaugh, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 13 May 1892, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 81 years) |
Mother |
Mary Ann ATKINSON, b. 1813, Fremington, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 24 Oct 1883, Ponsonby, New Zealand (Age 70 years) |
Married |
20 Mar 1834 |
Grinton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
Family ID |
F699 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Born - 1851 - Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Immigration - Address: "Persia" - 20 Aug 1860 - Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Died - 1928 - Auckland, New Zealand |
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Sources |
- [S136] _GRO, 1851 Q4 Richmond Yk 24 664.
Isabella CLOSE
- [S279] Auckland Star, 22 August 1930.
Auckland Star, 22 Aug 1930
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
ARRIVAL OF SHIP PERSIA
Reminiscences of an Auckland Lady
SHORTLAND STREET LANDING
Seventy years ago yesterday the ship Persia arrived at Auckland after a fairly uneventful run from England, and one of the passengers was Mrs William Parker, of 12 Inverness Avenue, Epsom.
Mrs.W.Parker
Her father was the late Mr John Close, who brought his wife and family of nine to New Zealand. Mrs Parker was the youngest child, and although but four years of age when the Persia dropped anchor she has a clear memory of landing in a boat near where the foot of Shortland Street is to-day. One little thing remains in her memory concerning that day. The Auckland postmaster gave her an orange, something that was both a novelty and a luxury after months spent on a ship at sea
Farm Live at Arai
Mr Close took up farming at Arai, in the Mangawai district. At that time the only communication was with utters by the sea route,and on one occasion the boat could not enter Mangawai harbour for a month. The nearest white neighbours were twelve miles off. A home was built of tea-tree,thatched with nikan, and a pioneering life was started. Pigeons and pigs were plentiful in the bush,and stores came at irregular times by cutters trading up the coast. There were no schooling facilities, so Mrs Parker was taught by her elder sisters. At the outbreak of the Maori War Mr Close was called up for service. At that time there was a fairly big tribe of Maoris living near the Close homestead, but they were friendly and gave no trouble.
After the war Mr Close took up farming near Razorback, south of Auckland. Later one of his sons, Mr James Close, afterwards in business in Auckland as a provision merchant, went farming at Pakaraka, in the Bay of Islands district, and he and his sons became exceptionally well known in North Auckland as stock breeders.
Changes in Auckland
After her marriage Mrs Parker went to live at Wellington, where her husband had a business as a chemist. A number of years later he husband commenced business in Auckland, and, as Mrs Parker says, although she is a native of Leeds, Yorkshire, she can claim to be an Aucklander.
Mrs Parker can speak interestingly of the many changes that Auckland has seen in the last 70 years. She can recall the foreshore where there are now modern buildings, and remembers seeing Maoris fishing in a creek which used to run past where now stand the Civic Buildings.
Mrs Parker has a daughter and a son. Miss Margaret A Parker, of Auckland and Mr William L Parker, BE. The latter was educated at Canterbury College, and is now in Mexico.
- [S249] NZ BDM Historical Records, 1928/3218.
Isabel CLOSE age 77
- [S279] Auckland Star, 12 Jul 1928.
OBITUARY
MISS ISOBEL CLOSE
Another of the early settlers in Auckland,Miss Isabel Close, died this week at her residence. She was born at Richmond,Yorkshire, 77 years ago, and arrived with her parents at Auckland by the ship Persie in August, 1860, after a voyage that lasted 112 days. Had Miss Close lived till next month she would have been in the Dominion 68 years. Many old residents will remember her brothers, the late Mr John Close,of Neal and Close, Napier, and the late Mr James and Mr Nathan Close, of the firm Close Brothers in this city. The only surviving member of the family is Mrs D Parker, of Epsom.
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