May Elizabeth Morton Searight

1870 - 1960  (89 years)

• Name	May Elizabeth Morton Searight
  Birth	7 Sep 1870	Brighton, Charleston, Nelson-Marlborough, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  	Mary Lizzie Morton SEARIGHT
  Gender	Female
  Electoral	1946	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [3]
  	CLARK May Elizabeth Morton, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Widow CLARK Fawcett Seddon, 17 Queen Street, Westport, clerk (same address details for 1949 ER)
  Electoral	1954	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [4]
  	CLARK May Elizabeth Morton, 17 Queen St, Westport, widow CLARK Eileen Mabel, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Spinster CLARK Fawcett Seddon, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Clerk
  Electoral	1957	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [5]
  	CLARK Mary Elizabeth Morton, 17 Queen St, Westport, widow CLARK Eileen Mabel, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Spinster CLARK Fawcett Seddon, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Carpenter
  Death	8 Mar 1960	Buller District Hospital, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [6, 7]
  	Cause: Bronchopneumonia - 1 week; Senility - years.
  	May Elizabeth Morton CLARK from 17 Queen Street, Westport Widow, Aged 89 Parents: Robert Seawright, Contractor, & Elizabeth Seawright MS Morton Born: Brighton, 89 yrs in NZ Married: to Frederick Clark, when aged 21 at Reefton. Living Children: M: 60, 49 F: 67, 65
  Burial	10 Mar 1960	Orowaiti Middle Cemetery, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [8]
  	In Loving Memory Of Mr F CLARK, May, Ethel, Beatrice. We Loved, Not Forgotten.
  AAA Last Date	8 Mar 2021
  Person ID	I168	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	Robert Searight,   b. Abt 1841, Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 13 Aug 1873, Grey Hospital, Greymouth, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 32 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Morton,   b. 15 Jun 1841, Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland d. 30 Jun 1899, Crushington, Buller, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick Clark,   b. 19 Feb 1869, Taiaroa Heads Lighthouse, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 13 May 1940, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1892	St Stephen's Parsonage, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand   [9, 10]
  	Frederick CLARK Aged 23, Bank Clerk, Bachelor Born: Melbourne Victoria (sic) Res: Present and Usual - Reefton Parents: James Clark, Master Mariner & Harriet Clark MS Jubber May Elizabeth Morton SEARIGHT Aged 21, Spinster Born: Brighton, Nelson Res: Present and Usual - Crushington Reefton Parents: Robert Searight, Miner & Elizabeth Mawhinney formerly Searight MS Morton Witnesses: Francis Hislop, Inspection Agent MLA of NZ, Christchurch & Thomas North, Solicitor, Reefton
  Number of Children	6 Children
  Children	+ 1. Olive Latonia De Courcy Clark,   b. 7 Nov 1892, Currie Street, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand d. 18 Jun 1972, Maitland Lodge, Featherston Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Eileen Mabel Clark,   b. 23 Feb 1894, Crushington, Buller, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 23 Feb 1972, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Ethel Elizabeth Clark,   b. 10 Jan 1897, Blacks Point, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 16 Jul 1931, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Morton Leslie James Clark,   b. 10 May 1899, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 27 Jan 1984, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Beatrice May Clark,   b. 27 Dec 1903, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 30 Nov 1950, Buller District Hospital, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Fawcett Seddon Clark,   b. 30 Aug 1905, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 17 Dec 1977, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1870 NZ Online Database: 1870/24607 1870 Folio No 716. [S1] Certificate held on file:, Supplied by Cameron Day. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1946 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller West Coast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1954 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller West Coast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1957 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller West Coast. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1960 NZ Online Database: 1960/22741 aged 89yrs 1960 Folio No 1254, aged 89. [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S3] NZSG, NZ Cemetery Records, (Name: NZSG, Auckland, New Zealand & Online Council Databases; Date: 1988;), NZSG No 121, Plot 1034, Block E, Row 1035. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1892 NZ Online Database: 1892/1319 1892 Folio No 1452 -. [S1] Certificate held on file:, Copy supplied by Cameron Day.