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About Elizabeth Broomfield
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Arrived in Auckland on board immigrant ship Westminster in 1843, with her family, father Richard Congdon-Stephens, mother Ann, and siblings John 5 and Ann 2. Surname on the manifest: STEPHEN.
Note: Two year old Ann is Mary Ann.
Marriage registration number 1857/1305
Elizabeth CONGDON William BROOMFIELD
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19250611.2.97?items...
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19250611.2.107?items...
Obituary: A Pioneer Settler, Mrs. E. Broomfield
One of the pioneers of Auckland, Mrs. Elizabeth Broomfield, died at Mangemangeroa Bay, near Howick, this week, aged 91 years. Born at Launceston, Cornwall, she came with her parents to Auckland in the ship Westminster in 1843, the voyage lasting six months. Mrs. Broomfield has, therefore, been in New Zealand 82 years. During her residence here, Mrs. Broomfield practically saw the whole growth of this city. For 61 years she lived on the farm where her death occurred. In her early days, what is now Queen Street was a swamp through which Ligar Canal found its way to the waterfront. Mr. Richard Congdon Stephens, father of the deceased, lived at first in a raupo whare at Mechanic's Bay. Later he had cows on a dairy farm where the Opera House stands in Wellesley Street. His daughter, Mrs. Broomfield, used to deliver milk at Government House to Sir George Grey. Mrs. Broomfield remembered the time when 250 Maoris landed in Mechanic's Bay with the intention of raiding Auckland. Sir George Grey had paraded all the available troops on the hill where the Supreme Court now stands. A gun boat was brought round to the bay and several buglers were placed at different points in the bush in the Domain. The invaders landed and gave a war dance, whereupon a bugle call was sounded, and this was taken up by the others in the Domain. The Governor, Sir George Grey, gave the Maoris so long to get away. They, thinking the troops had them surrounded, handed a valuable mere to his Excellency and, entering the canoes, paddled away home again. Mrs. Broomfield, then a girl of 17, was an interested witness of the whole affair. When 19 years of age she was married to Mr. William Broomfield, who owned the property at Mangemangeroa Bay. He was an ex-naval man. and ran a trading cutter. Her husband died in 1871. There were twelve children, of whom eight survive. She lived to see 55 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Three grandsons served in the late war, one, Lance Corporal William Broomfield, was killed at Passchendaele. Her surviving children are Messrs. William, Henry and James Broomfield, of Onehunga, Howick and Maraetai respectively, and Mesdames L. H. White, Howick; J. Williams, Onehunga; W. Wallen, Gisborne; J. Bartley, Whangarei; and R. Speer, Howick. A sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Curley, 88 years of age, lives at Silverdale. Auckland Star, 11 June 1925.
The Mangemangeroa Valley is one of East Auckland's hidden gems. The Mangemangeroa to Shelly Park Beach Path follows the Mangemangeroa Creek. It passes through a diverse landscape of farmland, native forest, and unique estuary and salt marsh habitat.
Elizabeth Stephens Broomfield BIRTH 1834 Launceston, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England DEATH 7 Jun 1925 (aged 90–91) New Zealand BURIAL All Saints Cemetery Howick, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand PLOT Plot 21&22 Block 2 Row AA
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Elizabeth Broomfield's Timeline
| 1834 |
April 3, 1834
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Launceston, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1854 |
May 25, 1854
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Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1857 |
July 24, 1857
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Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1858 |
September 27, 1858
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Maraetai, Auckland, New Zealand
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1859
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Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
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1860
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Mangemangeroa Bay, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1861 |
August 12, 1861
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Waikopua, Auckland, New Zealand
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June 18, 1863
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Turanga Creek, Whitford, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1864 |
December 25, 1864
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Turanga Creek, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
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