Catherine Fowen (dob 27/12/1833) married James Rapsey (dob 13/04/1830) and they emigrated to NZ.
Lived at Clifton Farm, Pareora, South Canterbury, both buried in Timaru cemetery along with their son James John and his wife Rose. A photo of the grave available on Timaru City Council website at
www.timaru@govt.nz
2 daughters, Amelia and Rose, married 2 Struthers brothers, Alexander and Henry respectively.
AMELIA
Amelia and Alexander lived in Dunedin and ran a grocery shop. They had 8 children, 6 daughters and 2 sons.
Sons were:-
Edward Hunter Struthers who died very young
Alexander Cameron Struthers who died of war wounds in 1918.
Of the 6 daughters, 3 never married, 2 of those unmarried were twins.
Daughters were:-
Agnes Fowen Struthers who married and lived in Dunedin
Frances Amelia Struthers who married and lived in Dunedin
Alice Rapsey Struthers – twin of Flora
Flora Stewart Struthers – twin of Alice
May Hart Struthers
Evelyn Anna Struthers who married and lived in Dunedin
The last of Agnes’s 3 children is 93 and recently moved to a Rest Home in Te Awamutu. Agnes’s great great grand daughter is also named Amelia
2 of Evelyn’s 3 children are alive, 1 in Dunedin and 1 in Toronto or Ottawa
Frances has a daughter alive and in Christchurch, don’t know about her son
ROSE
Rose and Henry had 6 sons and 1 daughter. Don’t know where they settled.
One of Rose’s grandsons farmed at Hawea Flat and died relatively recently
