The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]
Old Colonists
Mrs. W. M. B. Esson was one of the first white women to permanently settle in Picton, and is now (1905) the oldest female resident of the town. She was born in May, 1843, in Upper Canada, where her father, formerly a storekeeper in Ireland, had taken up land. Her father died in the year 1845, and in 1855 she came to New Zealand with her mother, who in that year started a general store in Picton, then known as Waitohi, as the Government then began to make a road through the Waitohi Valley to Blenheim, known in those days as Beaver Town. Mrs Esson has resided all along in Picton, where she was married to Mr. W. M. B. Esson in January, 1869.
Old Colonists
Mrs. W. M. B. Esson was one of the first white women to permanently settle in Picton, and is now (1905) the oldest female resident of the town. She was born in May, 1843, in Upper Canada, where her father, formerly a storekeeper in Ireland, had taken up land. Her father died in the year 1845, and in 1855 she came to New Zealand with her mother, who in that year started a general store in Picton, then known as Waitohi, as the Government then began to make a road through the Waitohi Valley to Blenheim, known in those days as Beaver Town. Mrs Esson has resided all along in Picton, where she was married to Mr. W. M. B. Esson in January, 1869.
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]
Old Colonists
Mrs. W. M. B. Esson was one of the first white women to permanently settle in Picton, and is now (1905) the oldest female resident of the town. She was born in May, 1843, in Upper Canada, where her father, formerly a storekeeper in Ireland, had taken up land. Her father died in the year 1845, and in 1855 she came to New Zealand with her mother, who in that year started a general store in Picton, then known as Waitohi, as the Government then began to make a road through the Waitohi Valley to Blenheim, known in those days as Beaver Town. Mrs Esson has resided all along in Picton, where she was married to Mr. W. M. B. Esson in January, 1869.
Old Colonists
Mrs. W. M. B. Esson was one of the first white women to permanently settle in Picton, and is now (1905) the oldest female resident of the town. She was born in May, 1843, in Upper Canada, where her father, formerly a storekeeper in Ireland, had taken up land. Her father died in the year 1845, and in 1855 she came to New Zealand with her mother, who in that year started a general store in Picton, then known as Waitohi, as the Government then began to make a road through the Waitohi Valley to Blenheim, known in those days as Beaver Town. Mrs Esson has resided all along in Picton, where she was married to Mr. W. M. B. Esson in January, 1869.
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