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Clara <I>Meager</I> Anstis

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Clara Meager Anstis

Birth
Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Death
10 Feb 1929 (aged 59)
Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand
Burial
Taita, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand GPS-Latitude: -41.182175, Longitude: 174.9597167
Plot
254
Memorial ID
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Clara was a daughter of Henry Meager (1831-1916) & Elizabeth Eliza Welch (1834-1903)
She had at least 6 siblings

Evening Post, 29 Aug 1888
Education Board
. The case of Miss Clara Meager, a pupil teacher in the Thorndon Infants'' School, who is unable to attend classes on account of the fact that she lives at the Taita, was considered. It was stated that although she could not attend class, she could obtain instruction from Mr. Lewis, of Thorndon School, for 4s per week. The Board decided not to pay for private instruction.

Evening Post, 20 Sep 1897
Resignations of school teachers were accepted by the Education Board yesterday as follows:- Miss C. Meager, assistant, Hutt

She was the second wife of Alfred Freeman Anstis (1868-1937), marrying him on 30 Oct 1923. Alfred first married Alice Mary Harris (1875-1923) in Christchurch 7 April 1893, daughter of James Harris of Timaru. He was a Gardener of 1 Myrtle Crescent., Lower Hutt in 1925. They divorced in 1906.

Alice died 22 June 1923 & Alfred & Clara married 30 Oct 1923

Evening Post, 26 Dec 1923
Hutt High School
A very enjoyable ceremony took place in the Hutt District High School grounds on Thursday afternoon, the occasion being the breaking-up for the holidays.
During the evening the chairman of the school committee took the opportunity of presenting Mrs Anstis (nee Miss Meagre) with a salad bowl and Miss Sinclair with a rose bowl (both teachers had retired from the school, and, in doing so, spoke in high terms of the services rendered by them in service to the school.

Evening Post, 11 Feb 1929
ANSTIS
On the 10th February, 1929, at No. 1 Myrtle street, Lower Hutt, Clara, dearly beloved wife of Alfred Freeman Anstis and fifth daughter of the late Henry Meager(sic) (late of Taita); aged 59 years
The Friends of Mr. Alfred Anstis are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his late beloved wife, Clara, which will leave No. 1, Myrtle street, Lower Hutt, To-morrow (Tuesday), 12th February, 1929, at 2.30 p.m., for the Taita Churchyard.

Evening Post, 14 Feb 1929
THANKS
Mr Alfred Anstis and the Misses Meaghers(sic), of Myrtle street, Lower Hutt, desire to thank those friends who so kindly forwarded floral tributes, letters, and telegrams, expressing their sympathy in the loss of a dear wife and sister. Special thanks to Dr. Parr and Nurse Smith.

Evening Post, 5 Oct 1937
ANSTIS
- On October 4, 1937, at Nelson, Alfred Freeman Anstis, late of Lower Hutt.

The Friends of the late Alfred Freeman Anstis are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave the Chapel of J. R. Croft, Ltd., King''s Crescent, Lower Hutt, Tomorrow (Wednesday), October 6, 1937, at 2 p.m. for the Taita Churchyard Cemetery.
Clara was a daughter of Henry Meager (1831-1916) & Elizabeth Eliza Welch (1834-1903)
She had at least 6 siblings

Evening Post, 29 Aug 1888
Education Board
. The case of Miss Clara Meager, a pupil teacher in the Thorndon Infants'' School, who is unable to attend classes on account of the fact that she lives at the Taita, was considered. It was stated that although she could not attend class, she could obtain instruction from Mr. Lewis, of Thorndon School, for 4s per week. The Board decided not to pay for private instruction.

Evening Post, 20 Sep 1897
Resignations of school teachers were accepted by the Education Board yesterday as follows:- Miss C. Meager, assistant, Hutt

She was the second wife of Alfred Freeman Anstis (1868-1937), marrying him on 30 Oct 1923. Alfred first married Alice Mary Harris (1875-1923) in Christchurch 7 April 1893, daughter of James Harris of Timaru. He was a Gardener of 1 Myrtle Crescent., Lower Hutt in 1925. They divorced in 1906.

Alice died 22 June 1923 & Alfred & Clara married 30 Oct 1923

Evening Post, 26 Dec 1923
Hutt High School
A very enjoyable ceremony took place in the Hutt District High School grounds on Thursday afternoon, the occasion being the breaking-up for the holidays.
During the evening the chairman of the school committee took the opportunity of presenting Mrs Anstis (nee Miss Meagre) with a salad bowl and Miss Sinclair with a rose bowl (both teachers had retired from the school, and, in doing so, spoke in high terms of the services rendered by them in service to the school.

Evening Post, 11 Feb 1929
ANSTIS
On the 10th February, 1929, at No. 1 Myrtle street, Lower Hutt, Clara, dearly beloved wife of Alfred Freeman Anstis and fifth daughter of the late Henry Meager(sic) (late of Taita); aged 59 years
The Friends of Mr. Alfred Anstis are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his late beloved wife, Clara, which will leave No. 1, Myrtle street, Lower Hutt, To-morrow (Tuesday), 12th February, 1929, at 2.30 p.m., for the Taita Churchyard.

Evening Post, 14 Feb 1929
THANKS
Mr Alfred Anstis and the Misses Meaghers(sic), of Myrtle street, Lower Hutt, desire to thank those friends who so kindly forwarded floral tributes, letters, and telegrams, expressing their sympathy in the loss of a dear wife and sister. Special thanks to Dr. Parr and Nurse Smith.

Evening Post, 5 Oct 1937
ANSTIS
- On October 4, 1937, at Nelson, Alfred Freeman Anstis, late of Lower Hutt.

The Friends of the late Alfred Freeman Anstis are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave the Chapel of J. R. Croft, Ltd., King''s Crescent, Lower Hutt, Tomorrow (Wednesday), October 6, 1937, at 2 p.m. for the Taita Churchyard Cemetery.

Inscription

In loving memory
CLARA
1869 - 1920



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24980397/clara-anstis: accessed ), memorial page for Clara Meager Anstis (5 Dec 1869–10 Feb 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24980397, citing Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Taita, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand; Maintained by pkg (contributor 46968786).