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Family of Lawrence Akersten and Margaret Sarah Davis
| Husband: | Lawrence Akersten (1787?-1843) | |
| Wife: | Margaret Sarah Davis (1791?-1833) | |
| Children: | Eliza Margaret Akersten (1814- ) | |
| Lawrence Henry Akersten (1816-1872) | ||
| Anna Akersten (1818- ) | ||
| Caroline Louisa Akersten (1820-1898) | ||
| Charlotte Eliza Akersten (1822-1891) | ||
| William Akersten (1825-1905) | ||
| John Blader Akersten (1826- ) | ||
| Francis Errick Akersten (1829-1876) | ||
| Marriage | 27 Aug 1809 | Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London |
| Witnesses | 27 Aug 1809 | William Mills, George Limming |
Husband: Lawrence Akersten
| Name: | Lawrence Akersten | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1787 (app) | "Foreign parts" |
| Occupation (1) | 25 Sep 1814 (age 26-27) | Mariner, 64 Ship's Walk, Shadwell (baptism of daughter Eliza) |
| Occupation (2) | 13 Oct 1822 (age 34-35) | Mariner, Albion Street |
| Census | 1841 (age 53-54) | Rigger, Wapping Dock, Tower Hamlets ("Akersteen") |
| Death fact | 1843 (age 55-56) | 1843 Jun Qtr, Stepney, 2/362 |
| Death | 9 Jun 1843 (age 55-56) | 13 Wapping Dock St, Wapping, Middlesex |
| Burial | 15 Jun 1843 | St John, Wapping (aged 55) |
| Occupation (3) | 4 Apr 1846 (age 58-59) | Stevedore (on son William's marriage cert.) |
| Occupation (4) | 20 Jul 1850 (age 62-63) | Mariner (on son Francis's marriage cert.) |
Wife: Margaret Sarah Davis
| Name: | Margaret Sarah Davis | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1791 (app) | |
| Residence | 1833 (age 41-42) | 1 Catherine Street, Limehouse |
| Death | 1833 (age 41-42) | Limehouse, Middlesex |
| Burial | 19 May 1833 | Limehouse (aged 42) |
Child 1: Eliza Margaret Akersten
| Name: | Eliza Margaret Akersten | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 22 May 1814 | St Paul Shadwell |
| Baptism | 25 Sep 1814 (age 0) | St Paul Shadwell |
Child 2: Lawrence Henry Akersten
| Name: | Lawrence Henry Akersten | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Sarah Collett Lewing (1803-1879) | |
| Children: | Sarah Chappell Akersten (1840-1849) | |
| Caroline Margaret Akersten (1841-1888) | ||
| Mary Jane Akersten (1845-1899) | ||
| Birth | 1816 | Drury Lane, Holborn, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 15 Sep 1816 (age 0) | St Andrew, Holborn, London |
| Census (1) | 1841 (age 24-25) | Stevedore, Old Road, Limehouse |
| Occupation | 1 Oct 1841 (age 24-25) | Stevedore, 4 Old Road, Limehouse (on daughter Caroline's birth cert.) |
| Census (2) | 1851 (age 34-35) | Stevedore, 30 Underwood Street, Stepney |
| Census (3) | 1861 (age 44-45) | Stevedore (empl. _ men + 1 boy, docks), Alma House, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex |
| Census (4) | 1871 (age 54-55) | Stevedore, 193 East India Road, Bromley, Middlesex |
| Death fact | 1872 (age 55-56) | 1872 Dec Qtr, Poplar, 1c/380 (aged 56) |
| Death | 1872 (age 55-56) | Poplar, Middlesex |
Child 3: Anna Akersten
| Name: | Anna Akersten | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 8 Jul 1818 | Holborn, London |
| Baptism | 2 Aug 1818 (age 0) | St Andrew, Holborn, London |
| Death fact | Probably died in infancy | |
Child 4: Caroline Louisa Akersten
| Name: | Caroline Louisa Akersten | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse 2: | William James Francis (1799?-1876) | |
| Children: | Eliza Caroline Akersten (1844- ) | |
| William Edwin Akersten (1846-1849) | ||
| Charlotte Sarah Francis (1859-1945) | ||
| Ellen Lucretia Francis (1862-1902) | ||
| Birth | 19 May 1820 | Long Acre, London |
| Baptism | 2 Jul 1820 (age 0) | St Andrew, Holborn, London |
| Census (1) | 1841 (age 20-21) | Living with parents |
| Census (2) | 1851 (age 30-31) | Milliner, living with brother Lawrence (unmarried) |
| Residence | 31 May 1858 (age 38) | 18 New Nelson St (widow, on marriage cert.) |
| Census (3) | 1891 (age 70-71) | Widow, living with sister Charlotte & James Barrett, Gorleston, Suffolk |
| Death fact | 1898 (age 77-78) | 1898 Dec Qtr, West Ham, 4a/164 (aged 78) |
| Death | 1898 (age 77-78) | West Ham, Essex |
Child 5: Charlotte Eliza Akersten
| Name: | Charlotte Eliza Akersten | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | James Barrett (1820?-1897) | |
| Birth | 17 Jul 1822 | St George in the East, Stepney, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 13 Oct 1822 (age 0) | Saint George In The East, Middlesex |
| Census | 1841 (age 18-19) | Living with parents |
| Death fact | 1891 (age 68-69) | 1891 Sep Qtr, Yarmouth, 4b/24 (aged 69) |
| Death | 1891 (age 68-69) | Yarmouth, Norfolk |
Child 6: William Akersten
| Name: | William Akersten | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Lucy Borg Macfarlane (1827?-1878) | |
| Spouse 2: | Jane Lake (1845?-1930) | |
| Children: | Mary Lucy Akersten (1849- ) | |
| William Henry Akersten (1850-1853) | ||
| Caroline Charlotte Akersten (1879-1880) | ||
| Note (shared): | In 1855, William Akersten came to Nelson on behalf of James Henty & Co,
Melbourne, to adjust the insurance on the damaged wool cargo of the `Aden'. As
owner of the `Maid of Alicante', he brought goods and passengers to Nelson. He
set up a ships chandlery and acted as stevedore and marine surveyor in a
business at the Port. With some training as a civil engineer he became the
Superintendent of Works for the province, designing and building wharves and
bridges. He proposed making the Cut through the Boulder Bank. He was a MPC in
the 1860s and Nelson Councilor. He arrested Bully Hayes at Crocxelles on behalf
of the owner of his sheep and brought him to Nelson. Offices Held: 1860-
Captain, Nelson Volunteer Naval Artillery Co, 1865-68 Member, Nelson Provincial
Council , 1869 Member, Board of Works, 1886-1903 Nelson City Councilor,
Superintendent of Public Works, Nelson Province, Member, Licensing Committee.
Source: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (with sincere thanks to Emma Dewson - Researcher-Editor) | |
| Birth | 11 Mar 1825 | St George in the East, Stepney, Middlesex |
| Occupation (1) | 4 Apr 1846 (age 21) | Stevedore, Stepney (on marriage cert.) |
| Census | 1851 (age 25-26) | Stevedore, 4 Holmes Street, Stepney |
| Immigration (1) | 14 Jun 1854 (age 29) | to Port Phillip, Australia, on "Robert and Betsey" |
| Immigration (2) | 21 Jul 1855 (age 30) | to Nelson, New Zealand, from Melbourne on board "Maid of Alicante" |
| Occupation (2) | 1859 (age 33-34) | Marine Surveyor - Custom-house Agent - Nelson Provincial Goverment - Surveyor of Vessels (Nelson Directory, 1859) |
| Death | 11 Mar 1905 (age 80) | Nelson, New Zealand |
| Burial | 13 Mar 1905 | Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, New Zealand |
Child 7: John Blader Akersten
| Name: | John Blader Akersten | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 22 Apr 1826 | Limehouse, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 15 Feb 1829 (age 2) | St Anne Limehouse, Middlesex |
Child 8: Francis Errick Akersten
| Name: | Francis Errick Akersten | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Martha Cawood (1831- ) | |
| Children: | Henry Francis Akersten (1851-1862) | |
| William John Cawood Akersten (1853-1855) | ||
| James Raglan Akersten (1855-1928) | ||
| Frank Lawrence Akersten (1857-1878) | ||
| Lawrence Norton Akersten (1860- ) | ||
| John Richard William Akersten (1862- ) | ||
| 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 |