Helena Jessie Bonner
Helena Jessie Bonner
People Buried Here
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Ralph & Margaret married in 1866. They had 10 known children. . A very old resident of the Stratford district, in the person of Mrs M Bonner. passed away at her home, Skinner Road, yesterday morning, at the age of 70 years. Mrs Bonner had been in failing health for the last six months, and her end was not unexpected. Mrs Bonner was born in Westmorland, England, and at the age of 19 years came to New Zealand in the ship Bombay. After 16 years residence in the Bombay settlement, Auckland, she came to Taranaki and took up farming on the Skinner Road, where she has resided ever since. Mr Ralph Bonner predeceased his wife by 10 years. Mrs Bonner leaves a family of five girls and three boys, Mrs McQueen (Whangarei), Mrs Huckstep, Mrs Spray, Mrs Toms and Miss Bonner, and Messrs J. Bonner, W. Bonner, and E. Bonner.