Mary Halcione Poynter

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Mary Halcione Poynter (Forsythe)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: At sea on board 'Halcione'
Death: May 15, 1954 (75)
Point Howard, Wellington, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Gisborne, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Forsythe and Charlotte Forsythe
Wife of James Benjamin Morton Poynter
Mother of Rupert Poynter; Norma Marion Rebecca Poynter; Gylda; Patsy Poynter and Margaret Jacqueline Hessey (Jac)
Sister of Charlotte Isabell Clarke; William George Forsythe; Thomas Joseph Forsythe; Alexander Joshua Forsythe and Alice Margaret Tirid Forsythe

Settler Ship: Halcione 1878
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About Mary Halcione Poynter

Arrival of the Halcione from London
Auckland Star, 10 September 1878
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18780910.2.3.6?end_d...
"There were no deaths on the voyage, but Mrs Forsyth was safely delivered of a son" - (as reported, but it was a daughter, named Mary Halcione Forsythe).
Second cabin passengers were Sergeant W Forsythe, his wife Charlotte and son William.

Inscription:
In memory of JAS.B.POYNTER, beloved husband of Mary H.POYNTER, 4 February 1937,
South African & Great War Veteran.
In memory of MARY H.POYNTER, beloved wife of Jas.B.POYNTER, 15 May 1954.
Also PATSY, their infant daughter, 16 July 1914

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Mary Halcione Poynter's Timeline

1878
August 18, 1878
At sea on board 'Halcione'
1903
January 17, 1903
Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
1904
August 30, 1904
Wanganui -Putiki, New Zealand
1906
May 21, 1906
Gisborne, New Zealand
1912
October 11, 1912
Te Karaka, Poverty Bay, New Zealand
1914
March 9, 1914
Gisborne
1954
May 15, 1954
Age 75
Point Howard, Wellington, New Zealand
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Ormond Cemetery, Gisborne, New Zealand