Signed family name
Duke
Signed given name
Mrs P.
Given address
St Andrew Street
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Priscilla Prince was born about 1827 in Farnham, Surrey, England – the daughter of Daniel Prince, a gardener, & Elizabeth.
She married George Duke, a bricklayer, in Middlesex in 1849.
They had 10 children, two of who died in infancy.
The family emigrated to Otago in 1872 on the May Queen & settled in Dunedin.
George died in 1890 and Priscilla died at Invercargill on 18 November 1898.
They are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources:
DCC Cemetery Records: http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Free BDM: https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England: https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index: http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
PapersPast: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz