Christina Russell

Signed family name

Russell

Signed given name

Christina

Given address

Mahurangi

Sheet number

378

Town/Suburb

Mahurangi

City/Region

Auckland region

Notes

Biography contributed by Bernadette Siebert

Christina Ross born 1860 in Kaiwaka, was the fourth daughter of Scottish settlers, Robert Sinclair Ross and Christina nee Munro. They had arrived the year before, 1859 on board the Maori and settled in Kaiwaka, Northland.

In 1888 Patrick Forbes Russell of Warkworth, married Christina, fourth daughter of R. S. Ross, Kaiwaka. Patrick was born in 1861 at Mahurangi one of eight children of Scottish settlers Patrick Forbes snr and Mary nee Walker.

Christina and Patrick had six sons and one daughter:

William Bellford (1891–1972)
Hugh Forbes Scott (1892–1953)
Robert Charles Gordon (1895–1953)
Roy Walker Munro (1898–1916)
Selwyn Douglas (1900–1965)
Christian James Joseph (1903–1974)
Pearl (1907–1953)

Patrick and Christina farmed and lived in the Warkworth area for many years. Patrick was on the Huhue school committee and the Warkworth Road Board. In 1914 auctioneers in Warkworth, on behalf of PF Russell, were selling off farm implements, plough and chaffcutter, horse wagon and buggy and other farming sundries. Patrick and Christina then retired to Mt Eden, Auckland. Son, Hugh, joined the Army and was posted overseas in WW1, and eldest son William was in the Army Reserves. Another son, Roy, died at aged 18 in 1916 and was buried the Hamilton East Cemetery. His spinster sister Pearl was buried with him many years later.

Patrick died in 1919 aged 58 years. In his will, he left everything, 'all absolutely to wife Christina'. The estate was valued at 3000 pounds. Christina lived on in Mt Eden, latterly living with her youngest son James Joseph. She died in 1952, aged 87. She was buried in the Waikumete Cemetery with her husband.

Christina is the daughter-in-law of 378 Mary RUSSELL