Edna Kiziah Townsend

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Edna Kiziah Townsend (Hainsworth)

Also Known As: "Nana Townsend"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ranui Hospital, Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Death: July 02, 2022 (96)
New Zealand
Place of Burial: Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Hainsworth and Marion Jane Aiken
Wife of Roy Townsend
Mother of Private; Private; Private; Private User; Peter Richard Townsend and 1 other
Sister of Noel William Hainsworth; Walter Henry John Hainsworth; Lewis Thomas Hainsworth; Marion Charlotte Housiaux and Audrey Edith Russell

Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
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Immediate Family

About Edna Kiziah Townsend

Edna Kiziah Hainsworth was born in Marton, New Zealand, the daughter of John and Marion Hainsworth. Her father a paper hanger who developed lead posioning from the paint and became an invalid leaving the family to survive on £4 a week. he worked on the railways for many years.

she finished school when she was 13.

she saw Roy Townsend returning from war the on train in uniform. and didnt talk to him for a while afterwards.

They married and had 6 children, one of whom died in infancy.

Moved from Naike to Huntley.

Her husband Roy died in 1989

Lived alone in Huntley for 33 years until her passing

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Edna Kiziah Townsend's Timeline

1926
January 23, 1926
Ranui Hospital, Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
1958
May 28, 1958
Marton, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
2022
July 2, 2022
Age 96
New Zealand
2023
January 21, 2023
Age 96
Ash Burial, Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand