Marianne WILLIAMS

1843 - 1932  (89 years)

• Name	Marianne WILLIAMS
  Birth	22 Aug 1843	Kaupapa, Turanga, New Zealand
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Sep 1932	Hukarere, Napier, New Zealand
  Person ID	I40	Blyth Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Bishop William WILLIAMS,   b. 18 Jul 1800, Nottingham, England d. 9 Feb 1878, Napier, New Zealand (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mrs Jane NELSON,   b. 8 Apr 1801, Newark Upon Trent, Nottingham, England d. 6 Oct 1896, Napier, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Jul 1825	Sheffield, England   [1]
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  == Biography == OBITUARY '''MISS MARIANNE WILLIAMS DAUGHTER OF NOTED BISHOP''' '''EARLY LIFE AMONG MAORIS''' The death has occurred of Miss Marianne Williams, aged 89. the last surviving child of the first Bishop of Waiapu. Miss Williams was born on August 22, 1843, at Kaupapa. near Manutuke, Poverty Bay, where her father had the first mission station in the district. At that time the population of the eastern part of the island was almost entirely Maori, and when the diocese of Waiapu was formed in 1858 it consisted of the portion of the Auckland province to the east of the 176th meridian, the synod of the diocese was a Maori one, the only Europeans sitting in it being Bishop Williams, his son, who subsequently became a bishop, and the Rev. E. B. Clarke. Miss Williams then was thoroughly familiar with the Maoris in their uncivilized state and witnessed stirring scenes of the Hauhau movement in 1865 which broke up the mission and compelled the bishop to leave Poverty Bay. In 1868 the province of Hawke's Bay was added to the diocese of Waiapu, and Bishop Williams took up his residence in Napier, building his home, Hukarere, on the hill looking eastward over the sea. There Miss Williams had her home ever since. She saw Napier grow from infancy. Miss Williams was of a retiring disposition, but always with her sisters took a keen interest in the development of the Hukarere Maori Girls' School, founded by her father, and other Church activities. She served for many years on the committee of the Hawke's Bay Children's Home. ''Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1932'' ''New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21278, 3 September 1932'' NOTE: In every newspaper except the Horowhenua Chronicle, Marianne's name is given as Maria Ruby Williams! The death Register online of Marianne, reference No. 1932/9829, gives her in error as being 19 and not 89 years old at death! == Sources == * 'Faith and Farming, the legacy of Henry Williams and William Williams' (a 720p family record), copyright Rex Evans, Evagean Publishing 1998. ISBN-1-877194-53-0

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] Lionel Klee, Klee Family Genealogy, Klee And Block Family Genalogy (http://genealogy.eproject.co.nz/).