Mary Snowden Prouse

She was born in Devon in 1787 to Thomas King and Mary Snowden.

Christening in Devon in August 1787. [1]

Name: Mary Snowdon King Gender: Female Christening Date: 19 Aug 1787 Christening Place: Kingston near Ivybridge, Devon, England Father's Name: Thos King Mother's Name: Eliz Immigration Arrived on the "Duke of Roxburgh" 7 February 1840 in Wellington having departed from Plymouth, England on 3 October 1839.

Passenger List, Prouse family [2]

Name Age Occupation Richard 42 Labourer & Lime Burner Mary 44 Mary 20 Servant Sarah 18 Servant William 15 Richard 10 Susan Osborne 9 Thomas 6 The ages listed here for Richard and Mary are not consistent with the ages given in the NZ registry of deaths. Here her birth date would be about 1795. On 18 December 1870 Mary Prouse passed away, aged 86. [3]. This implies a birth date of 1784.

Sources: ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY2G-ZJL : 11 February 2018, Mary Snowdon King, 19 Aug 1787); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 496,749. ↑ Passenger List ↑ NZBDM deaths 18/12/1870 1870/2721 Prouse, Mary, 86Y