The Early Settlers

The following deaths were recorded:-Mrs Douglas Ayson (94), Warepa, Royal Albert, 1853; Mrs Catherine Biggar (70), Kaikorai, Melbourne, 1861; Mrs John Little (78), Dunedin, Storm Cloud, 1860; Mrs Mary Ann Bates (Mosely), Clutha, John Wickliffe, 1848; John Somerville (71), Dunedin, Robert Henderson, 1858; Menry McCulloch (85), Invercargil, overland from Canterbury, 1855; Mrs James McIndor (Gillies, 76), Forbury, Alphine, 1859; James Cullen (87), Outram, Wellington, 1840, Otago, 1845, first settler at Owhiro; Miss Isabella Matthews, Mornington, Lady Nugent, 1850; Mrs Rylev, Palmerston South, Resolute, 1854; Mrs John Moxhay (Mary Ormsby, 68) Balclutha, Silistria, 1862; Mrs John Anderson (Isabella Allan, 79), Waiwera South, Nelson, 1842, Otago 30th December 1844, family after whom Anderson Bay was named.