Minnie Fenton Prain arrival in New Zealand

[jericho]

Can anyone help I am looking for the arrival of Minnie Prain to New Zealand. It was initally thought that she may have arrived with her uncle but that has proved not to be the case. Her real name was Wilhelmina Fenton Prain but according to her marriage certificate she also used the name Minnie. She was born in 1862 in Longforgan Scotland  and married  Alexander Neil in Otago on the 17 Mar 1888.  It is possible that having married in the Otago area that she possibly arrived in Port Chalmers.



jericho

[liverpool annie]

Jericho ! .... this was on IGI ....... but submitted in 1991 .........  how many women would have a name like that .... it's not a common name   

Husband - James Fleming   
Marriage:    11 OCT 1901    Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand       
Wife - Wilhelmina Prain   
Marriage:    11 OCT 1901    Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand

Also here

http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/marriageregisters/mosgielmarriages2.htm

Annie 
    
   

[jericho]

Hi Annie


Would you believe according to my information there are possibly  two of them,after the death of my Wilhelmenia Prain husband Alce Neil,  she did not remarried. May have to invest in a marriage cert I think to find out for sure. Or if I could find out who submitted the entry will try to check that out. Thanks



jericho

[liverpool annie]

Could these two girls have been related maybe !!

PRAIN Elizabeth Kirkcaldy 37y   LOGAN   28 Apr   1903 19/23/2
PRAIN Wilhelmina 27y                 FLEMING   11 Oct   1901 19/23/2

I'm tryin'...... I'm tryin' 

[jericho]

I know you are Annie and believe me it is appreciated, her sister Elizabeth had the second name Walker, so its possibly not the same family, thanks


will still check it out though as Prain is not that common a name

 

[Infobunny]

Hi Jericho,

Now that you are completely confused maybe the Alexander Neil in Green Island Cemetery is the right one and they did get divorced prior to 1901.

Do you have any idea what date Minnie died in 1963 or what surname she died under?

Cheers

Bunny