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Family of Lawrence Akersten and Margaret Sarah Davis

Husband: Lawrence Akersten

  • Name:

  • Lawrence Akersten

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • Baptismal name in Sweden: Lars Åkersten

    With thanks and acknowledgements to Katarina Sohlborg for finding and supplying details of Lawrence Akersten's Swedish origins from the records of the Swedish parish church of Ulrika Eleonora in London.

  • Birth:

  • 15 Jun 1787

  • Stenshyttan, Sweden

  • Immigration:

  • 1804 (age 16-17)

  • to Arrived in England from Sweden

  • Occupation (1):

  • 25 Sep 1814 (age 27)

  • Mariner, 64 Ship's Walk, Shadwell (baptism of daughter Eliza)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 13 Oct 1822 (age 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)

  • 13 Wapping Dock St, Wapping, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 15 Jun 1843

  • St John, Wapping (aged 55)

  • Occupation (3):

  • 4 Apr 1846 (age 58)

  • Stevedore (on son William's marriage cert.)

  • Occupation (4):

  • 20 Jul 1850 (age 63)

  • Mariner (on son Francis's marriage cert.)

Wife: Margaret Sarah Davis

  • Name:

  • Margaret Sarah Davis

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1791

  •  

  • Residence:

  • 1833 (age 41-42)

  • 1 Catherine Street, Limehouse

  • Death:

  • 14 May 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

  • Shadwell, Middlesex

  • 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:

  • 12 May 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 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

Child 5: Charlotte Eliza Akersten

  • Name:

  • Charlotte Eliza Akersten

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • James Barrett (c. 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 (c. 1827-1878)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Jane Lake (c. 1845-1930)

  • Children:

  • Mary Lucy Akersten (1849-1930)

  •  

  • 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:

  • 8 May 1824

  • St George in the East, Stepney, Middlesex

  • Occupation (1):

  • 4 Apr 1846 (age 21)

  • Stevedore, Stepney (on marriage cert.)

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 26-27)

  • Stevedore, 4 Holmes Street, Stepney

  • Immigration (1):

  • 14 Jun 1854 (age 30)

  • to Port Phillip, Australia, on "Robert and Betsey"

  • Immigration (2):

  • 21 Jul 1855 (age 31)

  • to Nelson, New Zealand, from Melbourne on board "Maid of Alicante"

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1859 (age 34-35)

  • 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

Note on Husband: Lawrence Akersten

Baptismal name in Sweden: Lars Åkersten

With thanks and acknowledgements to Katarina Sohlborg for finding and supplying details of Lawrence Akersten's Swedish origins from the records of the Swedish parish church of Ulrika Eleonora in London.

Note on Child 6: William Akersten - shared note

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)