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Family of Francis Errick Akersten and Elizabeth Martha Cawood

Husband: Francis Errick Akersten

  • Name:

  • Francis Errick Akersten

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Lawrence Akersten (1787-1843)

  • Mother:

  • Margaret Sarah Davis (c. 1791-1833)

  • Birth:

  • 23 Oct 1829

  • Limehouse, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Oct 1829 (age 0)

  • St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 11-12)

  • Living with parents

  • Occupation (1):

  • 20 Jul 1850 (age 20)

  • Mariner, Great Cambridge Street (on marriage cert.)

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 21-22)

  • Stevedore, 32 Underwood Street, Stepney

  • Occupation (2):

  • 17 Aug 1853 (age 23)

  • Stevedore, 1 New Suffolk Street, Stepney (on son William's birth cert.)

  • Occupation (3):

  • btw 1853 and 1854 (age 23-25)

  • Crew member "Robert and Betsey", London to Melbourne

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 31-32)

  • Stevedore, 1 Mary Ann Place, Back Road, St George East, Middlesex

  • Occupation (4):

  • 4 Nov 1862 (age 33)

  • Foreman stevedore, 25 Woolmore St, Poplar (on son John's birth cert.)

  • Death:

  • 19 Nov 1876 (age 47)

  • Nelson Hospital, Nelson, New Zealand

  • Burial:

  • 21 Nov 1876

  • Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, New Zealand

Wife: Elizabeth Martha Cawood

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Martha Cawood

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Cawood (1802-1864)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Attfield (1799-1846)

  • Birth:

  • 1 Aug 1831

  • Haggerston, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Aug 1831 (age 0)

  • Saint Mary, Haggerston

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 9-10)

  • Living with parents (Martha, aged 10)

  • Fact1:

  • 26 Jan 1864 (age 32)

  • Mentioned in father's will

Child 1: Henry Francis Akersten

  • Name:

  • Henry Francis Akersten

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1851

  • Mile End, Stepney, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1851 (age 0)

  • 1851 Sep Qtr, Whitechapel, 2/628

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 9-10)

  • Living with parents

  • Death fact:

  • 1862 (age 10-11)

  • 1862 Sep Qtr, Poplar, 1c/453

  • Death:

  • 1862 (age 10-11)

  • Poplar, Middlesex

Child 2: William John Cawood Akersten

  • Name:

  • William John Cawood Akersten

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 17 Aug 1853

  • 1 New Suffolk St, Stepney

  • Birth fact:

  • 1853 (age 0)

  • 1853 Sep Qtr, Stepney, 1c/464 (Ackersten)

  • Death fact:

  • 1855 (age 1-2)

  • 1855 Dec Qtr, Whitechapel, 1c/236

  • Death:

  • 1855 (age 1-2)

  • Whitechapel, Middlesex

Child 3: James Raglan Akersten

  • Name:

  • James Raglan Akersten

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Catherine Marie Mercer ( - )

  • Children:

  • Ivy Charlotte Akersten (1880- )

  •  

  • Leo Hilton Akersten (1882-1956)

  •  

  • Herbert Sefton Akersten (1884-1917)

  •  

  • Eric Francis Akersten (1889-1964)

  • Note (shared):

  • James Raglan Akersten moved to New Zealand, married a woman named Caroline and settled down as a photographer in Wanganui. Several of his photographs are held in the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

    (Information from Harry Dutton and from John Sullivan, Curator, Photographic Archive, A: Turnbull Library)

  • Birth:

  • 8 Aug 1855

  • 33 Underwood St, Mile End, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 2 Sep 1855 (age 0)

  • Saint Mary, Haggerston

  • Birth fact:

  • 1855 (age 0)

  • 1855 Sep Qtr, Whitechapel, 1c/323

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Death:

  • 1928 (age 72-73)

  • New Zealand

Child 4: Frank Lawrence Akersten

  • Name:

  • Frank Lawrence Akersten

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note (shared):

  • The police have received a telegram from Motueka stating that Frank Akersten, nephew of Mr. W. Akersten, is supposed to have been drowned on Tuesday evening. He was employed in the ketch Phoenix, which was loading in the Moutere river with ballast, and went out in the dinghy to put down a kedge as the vessel was dragging, and it is supposed that the boat must have capsized.

    Nelson Evening Mail, Thurs Sept 26, 1878

  • Birth:

  • 19 Aug 1857

  • 2 Princes St, St George East, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Sep 1857 (age 0)

  • Saint Mary, Haggerston

  • Birth fact:

  • 1857 (age 0)

  • 1857 Sep Qtr, St George East, 1c/387

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 3-4)

  • Living with parents

  • Residence:

  • c. 1878 (age 20-21)

  • Yarmouth, England

  • Death:

  • 24 Sep 1878 (age 21)

  • Moutere River, New Zealand

  • Cause of death (Facts Pg):

  • 24 Sep 1878 (age 21)

  • Drowned in a shipping accident

  • Burial:

  • 29 Sep 1878

  • Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, New Zealand

Child 5: Lawrence Norton Akersten

Child 6: John Richard William Akersten

  • Name:

  • John Richard William Akersten

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 4 Nov 1862

  • 25 Woolmore Street, Poplar

Note on Child 3: James Raglan Akersten - shared note

James Raglan Akersten moved to New Zealand, married a woman named Caroline and settled down as a photographer in Wanganui. Several of his photographs are held in the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

(Information from Harry Dutton and from John Sullivan, Curator, Photographic Archive, A: Turnbull Library)

Note on Child 4: Frank Lawrence Akersten - shared note

The police have received a telegram from Motueka stating that Frank Akersten, nephew of Mr. W. Akersten, is supposed to have been drowned on Tuesday evening. He was employed in the ketch Phoenix, which was loading in the Moutere river with ballast, and went out in the dinghy to put down a kedge as the vessel was dragging, and it is supposed that the boat must have capsized.

Nelson Evening Mail, Thurs Sept 26, 1878