Lydia Harris

Research findings

1. Arrival: John Bevan Hoskins

   CLASSIFICATION CHANGE: previously a Wellington-arrival candidate; actually a Nelson arrival who moved to Wellington in 1851. Pattern worth watching for other 'Wellington' candidates.

   • [S1]primary(primary)
   • [S2]Poictiers 1850 — Geni project(web)
   • [S3]Poictiers 24 Feb 1850 — WikiTree category(web)
   • [S4]Migrant ships arriving in NZ 1839–1860(web)
   • [S5]Nelson ship arrivals 1842–1883(web)
   • [S8]Passenger lists to Nelson 1841–1850 — Nelson Provincial Museum(web)
   • [S6]derived(derived)
   Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30
2. Arrival: Lydia Harris

   Birth town on form hard to read (possibly 'Chilton' or 'Charlton' Q...-on-...); GEDCOM has Cheltenham, Gloucestershire — consistent with handwriting but not confirmed against form. DOB 1815. Outlived husband by 19 years.

   • [S1]primary(primary)
   • [S2]Poictiers 1850 — Geni project(web)
   • [S6]derived(derived)
   Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30
3. Death: Lydia Harris

   GEDCOM had d.1900 Blenheim (year only) — museum form refines to exact date + cemetery.

   • [S1]primary(primary)
   • [S6]derived(derived)
   Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30
4. Marriage: John Bevan Hoskins + Lydia Harris

   CORRECTION: earlier draft of this record had marriage year 1836; on higher-resolution scan the form clearly reads 31/8/1834 with margin note 'aged 18/19' confirming the earlier date.

   • [S1]primary(primary)
   Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30
5. Identity: Amos Burr + Lydia Harris Hoskins (daughter of John Bevan Hoskins)

   Promoted from candidate hoskins-daughter-burr-missing. The Petone record [399] also tells us Amos Burr's birth/death (1822-1906) — entirely new data.

   • [S15]Petone Settlers Museum Passenger Database — Pioneer Family Register, Burr, record [399](web)
   • [S1]primary(primary)
   • [S6]derived(derived)
   Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30
6. Birth: Lydia Harris Hoskins — daughter of John Bevan Hoskins + Lydia Harris (the missing INDI)

   This is the daughter previously flagged as missing from the GEDCOM (candidate hoskins-daughter-burr-missing → finding burr-amos-and-lydia-harris-hoskins-petone-record). Now fully fleshed out from primary sources.

   • [S19]primary(primary)
   • [S20]primary(primary)
   • [S21]primary(primary)
   • [S22]primary(primary)
   • [S23]primary(primary)
   • [S1]primary(primary)
   Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30