Alice Palmer1

#6518, (8 April 1884-10 December 1955)
Pedigree
ChartsThe Lanes from Chelsfield, Kent.
The Streatfields of Farningham, Kent.
Birth*8 APR 1884 Alice Palmer was born on 8 APR 1884 at Peterborough, Northamptonshire, EnglandG.2 
Residence*30 MAR 1901 She lived at 241 Eastfield Road, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, EnglandG.3 
Emigration*30 APR 1909 She emigrated on 30 APR 1909 from London, London, EnglandG, to Wellington, NZ.4 
Marriage*19 JUL 1910 She married James George Towersey, son of George Towersey and Elizabeth Lane, on 19 JUL 1910 at Featherston, Wellington, North Island, New ZealandG.5 
Residence*1911 Alice Palmer and James George Towersey lived at Pahiatua, Wellington, North Island, New ZealandG.6 
Death*10 DEC 1955 Alice Palmer died on 10 DEC 1955 at Greytown, Wellington, North Island, New ZealandG, aged 71.7 
Burial*12 DEC 1955 She was buried on 12 DEC 1955 at Greytown Cemetery, Greytown, Wellington, North Island, New ZealandG.8 
Note* She has DNA tests among her descendants that show her son James' father is not George Edward Towersey unlike the other three of Alice's children. The assumption among family researchers is that the father was James Henry Roberts, a close friend of Alice.9 

Family 1

James George Towersey b. 14 Jul 1883, d. 15 Aug 1967
Marriage*19 JUL 1910 She married James George Towersey, son of George Towersey and Elizabeth Lane, on 19 JUL 1910 at Featherston, Wellington, North IslandG.5 
Children

Family 2
Child
Last Edited19 Jun 2022

Citations

  1. [S120] New Zealand Registers, marriage; Jame George Towersey & Alice Palmer, NZ 1910, fn 4575.
  2. [S17] BMD indices, birth, Peterborough, Northants., Apr-Jun 1884, vol 3b 256.
  3. [S35] Extracted from the 1901 census, domestic servant in Gilmartin household.
  4. [S61] Passengers, on SS Ionic, London to Wellington. as domestic.
  5. [S120] New Zealand Registers, marriage; Jame George Towersey & Alice Palmer, NZ 1910/4438.
  6. [S120] New Zealand Registers, Manawatu-Wanganui Electoral Register, 1911, p 112.
  7. [S120] New Zealand Registers, death, NZ 1956, fn. 427.
  8. [S48] Parish Register, NZ Cemetery Records, Wairarapa, Greytown Cemetery, p 72, plot 42, Lawn 3.
  9. [S128] DNA Matches, document from Ron Stretton, May 2019.
  10. [S120] New Zealand Registers, birth, Wairarapa, NZ, Mar 1911.
  11. [S120] New Zealand Registers, birth, Featherston, Wellington, NZ, Jul-Sep 1914, fn 4150.
  12. [S29] Email from, from Ron Stretton of NZ, a descendant; 20/7/2010.
  13. [S54] Internet source/web sites inc. trees, findagrave.com, # 164963558.birth & burial. Clareville Cemetery, Carterton, NZ.