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1101	Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.	Source (S459529716)
1102	Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.	Source (S459529854)
1103	Winnifred Betts, a brilliant student of Botany who became the first female lecturer appointed to the University of Otago. Winifred Betts – botany pioneerPosted on 08/09/2014 by Anna Blackman Post prepared by Dr Ali Clarke, Library Assistant (Reference) This year the University of Otago Department of Botany is celebrating its 90th anniversary. In honour of the occasion, I’ve been looking back at the beginnings of botany, as revealed in the university’s archives here at the Hocken. Although the “department” is generally dated from 1924, when John Holloway began as lecturer, botany was taught as early as the 1870s. In the university’s early decades, when student numbers were small, there were very few teaching staff and they had a wide brief. The first professor of “natural science” – F.W. Hutton – taught geology as well as biology. The 1877 University Calendar offered a general introductory course called “Principles of Biology,” as well as papers in zoology and botany. This pattern was to continue for several decades. The 1877 botany course covered “the structure, functions, and distributions of the orders of cryptograms, and the principal orders of phanerogams,” as well as “the use of the microscope.” Geology and biology were separated into two positions after Hutton left in 1880. Thomas Parker held the chair in biology from 1880 to 1897 and William Benham from 1898 to 1937. Both were brilliant scientists, but their chief research interests were in zoology rather than botany. As the university grew, the workload of teaching all aspects of biology to science, medical, dental and home science students became increasingly burdensome. Professor Benham managed to get an assistant – Winifred Farnie – to help with biology teaching from 1916 to 1918. In 1918 he suggested that it was time for the university to appoint a lecturer in botany, but the Council decided to delay for a year. The 1919 calendar notes that instruction in botany “is not provided at present” – presumably Benham had decided he was over-stretched and could no longer offer the course. He repeated his request for a botany lecturer to the council that year, and this time approval was granted. Benham already had somebody in mind for the post – his former student Winifred Betts. Otago University Graduates of 1917, including Winifred Betts and Winifred Farnie Rather than simply appointing Betts, the council decided to advertise the post of botany lecturer. Were they, perhaps, reluctant to appoint a woman? As it turned out, they received three applications, all from women, and selected Betts as Otago’s first botany lecturer. For Benham, this was a long overdue development. In 1919, writing in honour of the university’s jubilee, he commented: “It is a curious fact that in each of the four colleges in New Zealand it has been expected that one man shall undertake to teach efficiently those two subjects [zoology and botany], which in England, even in fourth-rate educational institutions, have for many years been entrusted to two distinct individuals.” He was happy to report that Otago had now “set the example to the other University Colleges by appointing a lecturer in botany”. Winnie Betts was just 25 years old when she commenced her new position at the beginning of 1920. Born in Moteuka, she was educated at Nelson College for Girls, receiving a University National Scholarship in 1911. She then came to Otago, graduating BSc in 1916 and MSc in 1917. She was clearly one of the more capable students of her era, and by 1915 Benham had selected her as a demonstrator in biology. On completing her MSc she received a National Research Scholarship – one was awarded at each university each year. This provided her with an income of £100 a year along with lab expenses so she could carry out independent research. In 1919, at a lecture to an admittedly partisan audience in Nelson, distinguished botanist Leonard Cockayne described Betts as “the most brilliant woman scientist in New Zealand.” In December 1920 Winnie Betts married another brilliant Otago graduate, the mathematician Alexander Aitken. Aitken, whose studies were interrupted by war service (he was badly wounded at the Somme), was by then teaching at Otago Boys’ High School. This was an era when most women left paid employment when they married, so it is intriguing that Winnie Aitken continued working as botany lecturer for some years. She joined a handful of women on Otago’s academic staff. As well as the women of the School of Home Science, there were Isabel Turnbull in Latin, Gladys Cameron in Bacteriology and Public Health and Bertha Clement in English; others came and went during Winnie’s years at Otago. Winnie Aitken’s career as botany lecturer came to an end in December 1923. Her husband had been awarded a scholarship for postgraduate study and they moved to Edinburgh, where he had a long and distinguished academic career as a mathematician. Alexander died in 1967 and Winnie in 1971; they had two children. Various women have since taught botany at the University of Otago; indeed, it has been one of the more gender-balanced of the academic departments. As the department celebrates its 90th anniversary with Prof Kath Dickinson at its head, it seems an appropriate moment to remember the woman who pioneered it all! This entry was posted in Botany, Historical photographs, University of Otago, Women by Anna Blackman. Bookmark the permalink.	Betts, Mary Winifred (I172033368635)
1104	Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Madison, Wisconsin.	Source (S467835679)
1105	Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Madison, Wisconsin.	Source (S468381579)
1106	With Fever of three weeks. Spirit Merchant. At Cowgate, Thurso. Son, George present. (From ScotlandsPeople)	Swanson, William (I172051769084)
1107	World War I Civilian Draft Registrations	Source (S378483239)
1108	World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918	Source (S375823090)
1109	World War One Pension Records, The Western Front Association, England.	Source (S412270058)
1110	Y;Influenza and "sudden syncope"	Graham, Elizabeth "Lizzie" or "Liza" (I172026666893)
1111	Yorkshire	Hotham, John (I172131340566)
1112	Yorkshire Parish Records	Source (S376483167)
1113	Yorkshire Parish Records	Source (S376578366)
1114	Yorkshire Parish Records	Source (S384632308)
1115	Zivilstandsregister, 1798-1875. Stadtarchiv Speyer, Speyer, Deutschland.	Source (S438637409)
1116	[family source]	Pitfield, Alfred Albert (I172137883987)
1117	· · People are more than welcome to make use of this information, remembering that the following is a work in progress:). Mary, Thomas, Agnes and Jane Crawford, left Glasgow 25 October 1862on the Ben Lomond arriving 19 January 1863 Dunedin. A distant cousin to me, related through the Finnie family ofCumbrae, has in her possession a letter by Thomas Crawford.Sent fromInvercargill to her ancestors, telling them to join them in Otago NewZealand. A transcription emailed to me makes for a very interesting storyand is of historical value in that it recounts the voyage and early part ofThomas and his sisters life in Otago. Many thanks to this lady who lives inScotland. Shipping Intelligence Otago Daily Times , Issue 337, 19 January 1863, Page4. Reported the Ben Lomond at The Heads Archibald, his son James and wife Marion Peebles with their family,James Finnie Crawford, Agnes Finnie Crawford and Marion Peebles Crawford, leftGlasgow 9 December 1864 on the St Vincent arriving 23 March 1865 at PortChalmers. Otago Daily Times 24 March 1865: The ship St Vincent already reported having arrived at the heads,reached port in the morning, and on Friday, all those of her passengers whohave not already landed, will be conveyed ashore, their detention for a day,having been due to the circumstances of Thursday being observed as a holiday atthe Custom House. The passengers arrived in good health and spirits, with only onedeath, that of a child, during the passage, and with the addition of two to thenumber shipped. On arrival they presented the Captain, Morrison, and to DrMcKellar, highly complimentary addresses, in which the report very favourablyas to their treatment during passage. Captain Morrison is the gentleman whosucceeded Captain Orkney in command of the ship Cheviot, and the Surgeon of thevessel was on her last trip surgeon to the Robert Henderson, now in port. The child who died was John Binney, aged two years, convulsing beingthe cause of death. The births were Mrs Hay of a daughter, and Mrs Fairburn adaughter. The St Vincent which is large of the superior class usuallydispatched to this Colony by Potter, Wilson and Company, left (Port Glasgowpassing through The Firth of Clyde and out through Lamlash Bay (Isle ofArran)) 10 December 1864. Two sons of Agnes Finnie and Archibald Crawford did not travel outto New Zealand. John Crawford (1827-1877, I have the Statutory Records forthese from ScotlandsPeople) remained in the Dumbarton area of Glasgow andmarried Isabella Patterson. Archibald Crawford married Margaret Ramsay and all of their familywere born in Glasgow between 1856 & 1874. Archibald Finnie Crawford was notmentioned in the 1881 Census, at 98 Green Street, as he had been in the 1861& 1871 Census, being listed as a saddler. Helen (Ellen) married JamesMiller Malone and remained in Glasgow So, either Archibald was elsewhere in Glasgow on the night of the1881 census or he had already sailed to South Africa prior to 1884 (the yearMargaret Ramsay Crawford died). It has been said Archibald remarried aSouth African woman, (Alice Levinia Wiggel maybe, 1887) and it has been passeddown through family that they went to Lesotho. At this point the New ZealandCrawfords lost contact. What I have managed to work out is that, some ofthe Crawford children returned to Glasgow and later went to Canada. One of thegrandchidren of Arcibald and Margaret Crawford married and went to Australia. This is an evolving story.	Stewart, Elizabeth (I172028115101)
1118	“Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Deaths in Ireland with Index to Deaths.".	Source (S417662203)
1119	“Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Marriages in Ireland with Index to Marriages.".	Source (S412270120)

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1101

Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

Source (S459529716)

1102

Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

Source (S459529854)

1103

Winnifred Betts, a brilliant student of Botany who became the first female lecturer appointed to the University of Otago.
Winifred Betts – botany pioneerPosted on 08/09/2014 by Anna Blackman
Post prepared by Dr Ali Clarke, Library Assistant (Reference)
This year the University of Otago Department of Botany is celebrating its 90th anniversary. In honour of the occasion, I’ve been looking back at the beginnings of botany, as revealed in the university’s archives here at the Hocken. Although the “department” is generally dated from 1924, when John Holloway began as lecturer, botany was taught as early as the 1870s. In the university’s early decades, when student numbers were small, there were very few teaching staff and they had a wide brief. The first professor of “natural science” – F.W. Hutton – taught geology as well as biology. The 1877 University Calendar offered a general introductory course called “Principles of Biology,” as well as papers in zoology and botany. This pattern was to continue for several decades. The 1877 botany course covered “the structure, functions, and distributions of the orders of cryptograms, and the principal orders of phanerogams,” as well as “the use of the microscope.”
Geology and biology were separated into two positions after Hutton left in 1880. Thomas Parker held the chair in biology from 1880 to 1897 and William Benham from 1898 to 1937. Both were brilliant scientists, but their chief research interests were in zoology rather than botany. As the university grew, the workload of teaching all aspects of biology to science, medical, dental and home science students became increasingly burdensome. Professor Benham managed to get an assistant – Winifred Farnie – to help with biology teaching from 1916 to 1918. In 1918 he suggested that it was time for the university to appoint a lecturer in botany, but the Council decided to delay for a year. The 1919 calendar notes that instruction in botany “is not provided at present” – presumably Benham had decided he was over-stretched and could no longer offer the course. He repeated his request for a botany lecturer to the council that year, and this time approval was granted. Benham already had somebody in mind for the post – his former student Winifred Betts.
Otago University Graduates of 1917, including Winifred Betts and Winifred Farnie
Rather than simply appointing Betts, the council decided to advertise the post of botany lecturer. Were they, perhaps, reluctant to appoint a woman? As it turned out, they received three applications, all from women, and selected Betts as Otago’s first botany lecturer. For Benham, this was a long overdue development. In 1919, writing in honour of the university’s jubilee, he commented: “It is a curious fact that in each of the four colleges in New Zealand it has been expected that one man shall undertake to teach efficiently those two subjects [zoology and botany], which in England, even in fourth-rate educational institutions, have for many years been entrusted to two distinct individuals.” He was happy to report that Otago had now “set the example to the other University Colleges by appointing a lecturer in botany”.
Winnie Betts was just 25 years old when she commenced her new position at the beginning of 1920. Born in Moteuka, she was educated at Nelson College for Girls, receiving a University National Scholarship in 1911. She then came to Otago, graduating BSc in 1916 and MSc in 1917. She was clearly one of the more capable students of her era, and by 1915 Benham had selected her as a demonstrator in biology. On completing her MSc she received a National Research Scholarship – one was awarded at each university each year. This provided her with an income of £100 a year along with lab expenses so she could carry out independent research. In 1919, at a lecture to an admittedly partisan audience in Nelson, distinguished botanist Leonard Cockayne described Betts as “the most brilliant woman scientist in New Zealand.”
In December 1920 Winnie Betts married another brilliant Otago graduate, the mathematician Alexander Aitken. Aitken, whose studies were interrupted by war service (he was badly wounded at the Somme), was by then teaching at Otago Boys’ High School. This was an era when most women left paid employment when they married, so it is intriguing that Winnie Aitken continued working as botany lecturer for some years. She joined a handful of women on Otago’s academic staff. As well as the women of the School of Home Science, there were Isabel Turnbull in Latin, Gladys Cameron in Bacteriology and Public Health and Bertha Clement in English; others came and went during Winnie’s years at Otago.
Winnie Aitken’s career as botany lecturer came to an end in December 1923. Her husband had been awarded a scholarship for postgraduate study and they moved to Edinburgh, where he had a long and distinguished academic career as a mathematician. Alexander died in 1967 and Winnie in 1971; they had two children. Various women have since taught botany at the University of Otago; indeed, it has been one of the more gender-balanced of the academic departments. As the department celebrates its 90th anniversary with Prof Kath Dickinson at its head, it seems an appropriate moment to remember the woman who pioneered it all!
This entry was posted in Botany, Historical photographs, University of Otago, Women by Anna Blackman. Bookmark the permalink.

Betts, Mary Winifred (I172033368635)

1104

Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Madison, Wisconsin.

Source (S467835679)

1105

Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Madison, Wisconsin.

Source (S468381579)

1106

With Fever of three weeks. Spirit Merchant. At Cowgate, Thurso. Son, George present. (From ScotlandsPeople)

Swanson, William (I172051769084)

1107

World War I Civilian Draft Registrations

Source (S378483239)

1108

World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Source (S375823090)

1109

World War One Pension Records, The Western Front Association, England.

Source (S412270058)

1110

Y;Influenza and "sudden syncope"

Graham, Elizabeth "Lizzie" or "Liza" (I172026666893)

1111

Yorkshire

Hotham, John (I172131340566)

1112

Yorkshire Parish Records

Source (S376483167)

1113

Yorkshire Parish Records

Source (S376578366)

1114

Yorkshire Parish Records

Source (S384632308)

1115

Zivilstandsregister, 1798-1875. Stadtarchiv Speyer, Speyer, Deutschland.

Source (S438637409)

1116

[family source]

Pitfield, Alfred Albert (I172137883987)

1117

·

· People are more than welcome to make use of this information, remembering that the following is a work in progress:).
Mary, Thomas, Agnes and Jane Crawford, left Glasgow 25 October 1862on the Ben Lomond arriving 19 January 1863 Dunedin.
A distant cousin to me, related through the Finnie family ofCumbrae, has in her possession a letter by Thomas Crawford.Sent fromInvercargill to her ancestors, telling them to join them in Otago NewZealand. A transcription emailed to me makes for a very interesting storyand is of historical value in that it recounts the voyage and early part ofThomas and his sisters life in Otago. Many thanks to this lady who lives inScotland.

Shipping Intelligence
Otago Daily Times , Issue 337, 19 January 1863, Page4. Reported the Ben Lomond at The Heads

Archibald, his son James and wife Marion Peebles with their family,James Finnie Crawford, Agnes Finnie Crawford and Marion Peebles Crawford, leftGlasgow 9 December 1864 on the St Vincent arriving 23 March 1865 at PortChalmers.

Otago Daily Times 24 March 1865:
The ship St Vincent already reported having arrived at the heads,reached port in the morning, and on Friday, all those of her passengers whohave not already landed, will be conveyed ashore, their detention for a day,having been due to the circumstances of Thursday being observed as a holiday atthe Custom House.
The passengers arrived in good health and spirits, with only onedeath, that of a child, during the passage, and with the addition of two to thenumber shipped. On arrival they presented the Captain, Morrison, and to DrMcKellar, highly complimentary addresses, in which the report very favourablyas to their treatment during passage. Captain Morrison is the gentleman whosucceeded Captain Orkney in command of the ship Cheviot, and the Surgeon of thevessel was on her last trip surgeon to the Robert Henderson, now in port.
The child who died was John Binney, aged two years, convulsing beingthe cause of death. The births were Mrs Hay of a daughter, and Mrs Fairburn adaughter. The St Vincent which is large of the superior class usuallydispatched to this Colony by Potter, Wilson and Company, left (Port Glasgowpassing through The Firth of Clyde and out through Lamlash Bay (Isle ofArran)) 10 December 1864.

Two sons of Agnes Finnie and Archibald Crawford did not travel outto New Zealand.
John Crawford (1827-1877, I have the Statutory Records forthese from ScotlandsPeople) remained in the Dumbarton area of Glasgow andmarried Isabella Patterson.
Archibald Crawford married Margaret Ramsay and all of their familywere born in Glasgow between 1856 & 1874. Archibald Finnie Crawford was notmentioned in the 1881 Census, at 98 Green Street, as he had been in the 1861& 1871 Census, being listed as a saddler. Helen (Ellen) married JamesMiller Malone and remained in Glasgow

So, either Archibald was elsewhere in Glasgow on the night of the1881 census or he had already sailed to South Africa prior to 1884 (the yearMargaret Ramsay Crawford died). It has been said Archibald remarried aSouth African woman, (Alice Levinia Wiggel maybe, 1887) and it has been passeddown through family that they went to Lesotho. At this point the New ZealandCrawfords lost contact. What I have managed to work out is that, some ofthe Crawford children returned to Glasgow and later went to Canada. One of thegrandchidren of Arcibald and Margaret Crawford married and went to Australia.
This is an evolving story.

Stewart, Elizabeth (I172028115101)

1118

“Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Deaths in Ireland with Index to Deaths.".

Source (S417662203)

1119

“Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Marriages in Ireland with Index to Marriages.".

Source (S412270120)

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