Nellie Stewart Aitken

1887 - 1942  (54 years)

• Name	Nellie Stewart Aitken
  Born	26 Nov 1887	Waikata Valley, Gore, New Zealand
  Gender	Female
  _UID	372EB02672474074A7028CADA966DE40B76A
  Died	12 Feb 1942  [1]
  	Cause: Suicide
  Person ID	I6851	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	James Allison Aitken,   b. 7 Sep 1856, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand ,   d. 18 Jul 1926, New Zealand  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Helen Stewart,   b. 15 Aug 1859, Kincardine, Fife, Scotland ,   d. Aug 1938, Gore, Southland, New Zealand  (Age 79 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1881	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [1]
  Family ID	F2228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Matheson France,   b. 2 Jan 1884, Gore, Southland, New Zealand ,   d. 23 Dec 1944, Levels, Timaru, New Zealand  (Age 60 years)
  Married	1914	Gore, Southland, New Zealand   [1]
  Children	1. Robert Stewart France,   b. 30 May 1918, Waikaka Valley, Gore, Southland. New Zealand ,   d. 10 Sep 1985, Timaru, South Island, New Zealand  (Age 67 years)   2. David Matheson France,   b. 2 Apr 1920, St Andrews, South Canterbury, New Zealand ,   d. 1968, Glenrock Station, Burkes Pass, New Zealand  (Age 47 years)   3. Living   4. Mavis Nellie France,   b. 30 Oct 1923, St Andrews, South Canterbury, New Zealand ,   d. 23 Aug 1956, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand  (Age 32 years)   5. Alexander William France,   b. 1925, South Canterbury, New Zealand ,   d. 1976  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F2720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  It was in Gore that their first child was born. "Dave then decided to move his family to South Canterbury. They first settled on a farm at St Andrews where the rest of their children were born. It was here that their eldest son Robert contracted polio. Unfortunately Dave had a fall off some sacks of potatoes and broke his neck, although there was no permanent damage he was never properly well again. The potato market was not doing well and they ended up losing the farm and having to move to Levels, an area just north of Timaru where they farmed on a property known as 'Gurteen'. Nellie apparantly didn't cope well with this and eventually took her own life on 12 Feb 1942. Dave lived only a further two years and died on 23 Dec 1944." Kate Patterson nee France

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).