Mrs Colville was born Elizabeth Dunlop in Kilmarnock, and baptised on 25 Feb, 1840 at St. Quivox, Church of Scotland, Newton on Ayr. Her parents were Alexander and margaret (nee Howat) Dunlop. She lived in Kilmarnock until her marriage at age 18yrs (according to her marriage record) to William Hannah on 1 Mar 1859, in the same place. Which means that her reported age in the newspapers at the time of her death, made her out to be about 4 yrs older than she actually was.
On 22 Oct of the same year (1859), she gave birth to Isabella. Around 1860 or so, they boarded the sailing ship "William Moyle" and sailed for Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. Sadly, William died a few years after arriving in NZ and she later remarried (1868) to Mr John Colville and spent the last part of her life living in the Lawrence area. She was predeceased by John many years previous to her death and was survived by a daughter living in London, England. Another daughter had lived in Lyttelton, Canterbury, NZ and she had died several years before her mother. Elizabeth had been suffering from a long illness for what sounds like a number of years, before her death.
Mrs. Colville was remembered for her considerable skill as a poetess. A number of years before her death, her friends had helped her to publish a little book of her works. In 1913 it was still available for sale in the area, for three shillings and six pence a copy. She had sent poetry back to the Royal Family in London and received no less than four letters of thanks for her efforts. In 1910, after sending a poem in memory of King Edward to Queen Alexandra, she received back the following note:-
"Buckingham Palace, August 6th, 1910.
Dear Madam,
I am commanded by Queen Alexandra to thank you most sincerely for the beautiful verses you have been so kind as to send,
- I am, yours faithfully, Charlotte Knollys."
Elizabeth, of course, deeply treasured these thank you notes.
(Info taken from newspaper reports on the PapersPast website, namely - Tuapeka Times, 28 Sept, 1910, Pg 3 and 16 Oct 1912, Pg 3 and the Mt. Benger Mail, 5th mar 1913, Pg 2.)
On 22 Oct of the same year (1859), she gave birth to Isabella. Around 1860 or so, they boarded the sailing ship "William Moyle" and sailed for Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. Sadly, William died a few years after arriving in NZ and she later remarried (1868) to Mr John Colville and spent the last part of her life living in the Lawrence area. She was predeceased by John many years previous to her death and was survived by a daughter living in London, England. Another daughter had lived in Lyttelton, Canterbury, NZ and she had died several years before her mother. Elizabeth had been suffering from a long illness for what sounds like a number of years, before her death.
Mrs. Colville was remembered for her considerable skill as a poetess. A number of years before her death, her friends had helped her to publish a little book of her works. In 1913 it was still available for sale in the area, for three shillings and six pence a copy. She had sent poetry back to the Royal Family in London and received no less than four letters of thanks for her efforts. In 1910, after sending a poem in memory of King Edward to Queen Alexandra, she received back the following note:-
"Buckingham Palace, August 6th, 1910.
Dear Madam,
I am commanded by Queen Alexandra to thank you most sincerely for the beautiful verses you have been so kind as to send,
- I am, yours faithfully, Charlotte Knollys."
Elizabeth, of course, deeply treasured these thank you notes.
(Info taken from newspaper reports on the PapersPast website, namely - Tuapeka Times, 28 Sept, 1910, Pg 3 and 16 Oct 1912, Pg 3 and the Mt. Benger Mail, 5th mar 1913, Pg 2.)
Mrs Colville was born Elizabeth Dunlop in Kilmarnock, and baptised on 25 Feb, 1840 at St. Quivox, Church of Scotland, Newton on Ayr. Her parents were Alexander and margaret (nee Howat) Dunlop. She lived in Kilmarnock until her marriage at age 18yrs (according to her marriage record) to William Hannah on 1 Mar 1859, in the same place. Which means that her reported age in the newspapers at the time of her death, made her out to be about 4 yrs older than she actually was.
On 22 Oct of the same year (1859), she gave birth to Isabella. Around 1860 or so, they boarded the sailing ship "William Moyle" and sailed for Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. Sadly, William died a few years after arriving in NZ and she later remarried (1868) to Mr John Colville and spent the last part of her life living in the Lawrence area. She was predeceased by John many years previous to her death and was survived by a daughter living in London, England. Another daughter had lived in Lyttelton, Canterbury, NZ and she had died several years before her mother. Elizabeth had been suffering from a long illness for what sounds like a number of years, before her death.
Mrs. Colville was remembered for her considerable skill as a poetess. A number of years before her death, her friends had helped her to publish a little book of her works. In 1913 it was still available for sale in the area, for three shillings and six pence a copy. She had sent poetry back to the Royal Family in London and received no less than four letters of thanks for her efforts. In 1910, after sending a poem in memory of King Edward to Queen Alexandra, she received back the following note:-
"Buckingham Palace, August 6th, 1910.
Dear Madam,
I am commanded by Queen Alexandra to thank you most sincerely for the beautiful verses you have been so kind as to send,
- I am, yours faithfully, Charlotte Knollys."
Elizabeth, of course, deeply treasured these thank you notes.
(Info taken from newspaper reports on the PapersPast website, namely - Tuapeka Times, 28 Sept, 1910, Pg 3 and 16 Oct 1912, Pg 3 and the Mt. Benger Mail, 5th mar 1913, Pg 2.)
On 22 Oct of the same year (1859), she gave birth to Isabella. Around 1860 or so, they boarded the sailing ship "William Moyle" and sailed for Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand. Sadly, William died a few years after arriving in NZ and she later remarried (1868) to Mr John Colville and spent the last part of her life living in the Lawrence area. She was predeceased by John many years previous to her death and was survived by a daughter living in London, England. Another daughter had lived in Lyttelton, Canterbury, NZ and she had died several years before her mother. Elizabeth had been suffering from a long illness for what sounds like a number of years, before her death.
Mrs. Colville was remembered for her considerable skill as a poetess. A number of years before her death, her friends had helped her to publish a little book of her works. In 1913 it was still available for sale in the area, for three shillings and six pence a copy. She had sent poetry back to the Royal Family in London and received no less than four letters of thanks for her efforts. In 1910, after sending a poem in memory of King Edward to Queen Alexandra, she received back the following note:-
"Buckingham Palace, August 6th, 1910.
Dear Madam,
I am commanded by Queen Alexandra to thank you most sincerely for the beautiful verses you have been so kind as to send,
- I am, yours faithfully, Charlotte Knollys."
Elizabeth, of course, deeply treasured these thank you notes.
(Info taken from newspaper reports on the PapersPast website, namely - Tuapeka Times, 28 Sept, 1910, Pg 3 and 16 Oct 1912, Pg 3 and the Mt. Benger Mail, 5th mar 1913, Pg 2.)
Gravesite Details
76 yrs poetess
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
