Emma Francis-McDiarmid

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Emma Francis-McDiarmid (Benge)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Death: December 16, 1909 (73)
Kumara, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of David Benge and Matilda Philadelphia Sarah Benge
Wife of William Francis and John McDiarmid
Mother of Sarah Ann Allwright; William Edmund Francis; Mary Ann Judd; John Francis; Duncan (Alex) Alexander McDiarmid and 6 others
Sister of Elizabeth Gardner; John Benge, JP; David James Benge; Edward (Ned) Benge; Reuben Benge and 6 others

Managed by: Sheree Margaret Matthews
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About Emma Francis-McDiarmid

She left William and went to the West Coast taking her youngest son John with her and never had anything more to do with her older children. She did not remarry until after William had died. Family folklore says Wm divorced her and heartbroken she moved to Australia.

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Emma Francis-McDiarmid's Timeline

1836
September 1, 1836
Marden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1855
1855
Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
1856
August 11, 1856
Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
1860
1860
Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
1861
November 28, 1861
Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
1863
September 16, 1863
Nelson, Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand
1865
April 1, 1865
1867
November 2, 1867
Hokitika, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand
1870
May 16, 1870
Ross, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand