Emma Allan^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1852 - 1894  (41 years)

• Name	Emma Allan
  Birth	20 Sep 1852	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
  Baptism	7 Apr 1867	England   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Jul 1894	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [5]
  Burial	Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand   [5]
  Person ID	I172019432332	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	James Hopehill Allan,   b. 21 Jan 1824, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 05 Jul 1891, East Tairei, Otago, New Zealand (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Jane Sutcliffe,   b. 7 October 1829, Stockport, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England d. 25 July 1923, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	1846	Nelson, New Zealand   [6]
  	"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-JWRP : 4 October 2016), James Allan and Jane Sutcliffe, 1846; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1846/2, Archives of New
  Family ID	F4589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Malcolm Thomson,   b. 1848, Calcutta d. Sep 1933, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1876	New Zealand   [3, 4]
  Children	1. James Allan Thomson,   b. 1881, Dunedin, New Zealand d. 6 May 1928, Karori, Wellington (Age 47 years)   2. George Stuart Thomson,   b. 1882, East Taieri, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 20 May 1964, Dunedin, New Zealand (Age 82 years)   3. Florence Jane Thomson,   b. Oct 1885, Dunedin d. Sep 1886, Dunedin, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 0 years)   4. Elizabeth Anna Thomson,   b. October 1887, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 26 October 1909, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 22 years)   5. John Henry Thomson,   b. July 1892, Dunedin, New Zealand d. 5 Apr 1918, Western Front, France (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F3212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Sep 1852 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Baptism - 7 Apr 1867 - England Marriage - 1876 - New Zealand Death - 22 Jul 1894 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Burial - - Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Clipped from: https://www.ancestry.com.au/mediaui-viewer/tree/6443230/person/-1289392997/media/de77a88d-7553-4cab-919b-922e048581ba?destTreeId=120819959&destPersonId=172019880250&_phsrc=VVZ9811&_phstart=default Emma Thomson (1852 - 1894)Posted 15 Sep 2009 by Connich Like 0 Comment 0 Share Emma was part of a large and successful farming family livingat "Hopehill" on the Taieri Plain. Her father was James Allan and shehad many brothers and sisters - Dick, Joe, Jim, Will, Alec, Harry, Agnes Jeanand Effie. She first met her future husband, George Malcolm Thomson, in 1871 inDunedin when she was nearly nineteen and a pupil at a girls school. They alsosaw each other at Knox church. They married at "Hopehill" on 26 December 1876. Through amarriage settlement arranged between the Allans and Thomsons a house wasprovided for them in Dunedin. Both Emma and George enjoyed music and played and sang together.Emma had also won a music prize at school. She went on botanical excursionswith George and helped him find new ferns for his collection. When George became master of the Otago Boys High School boardingestablishment, he and Emma moved in there in January 1878 to receive theboarders. Emma saw to the staff and attended to the list of washing, cleaningand mending for her own household and the round of calls expected of a lady inher social position. She attended meetings with George and joined a group of ladies whomet regularly for literary evenings where great books were discussed. In July 1878 their first child was born, William Malcolm, and thenin July 1881, James Allan, named after Emma's father. When George was accidently shot in the foot by a pupil whileteaching school cadets in September1882 he was unable to work for four months.Emma helped George in his study of crustaceans. During this time she had allthe burden of the boarding house and gave birth to another son, Stuart. Lateron she had daughter, Florence. Unfortunately this child died at 10 months in1886 when Emma had to leave her with a nurse for a few nights. Two morechildren were born also, Annie in 1887 and John in 1892. 1892 was a difficult year again as George's foot was troubling himagain and Emma once more looked after the boarding house for the months that hewas not at work. She became very unwell and was diagnosed as havingtuberculosis. After a long illness she finally died on 21 July 1894. Reference: Galbreath, Ross. “Scholars and Gentlemen Both, G M and Allan Thomsonin New Zealand Emma Thomson (1852 - 1894)

  
  

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