Biography contributed by Wendy Napier-Walker
E Fright was born Ellen Rosina Finn on 9 April 1841, Ramsgate, Kent, England to Francis Finn and his wife Sarah Foster.
Ellen married William Fright on 7 October 1863, Holy Trinity Church, Margate, Kent, England.
Ellen and William Fright along with her brother Walter Foster Finn, wife Susannah and their four children arrived in Lyttelton in January 1864 on the Tiptree.
Ellen and William had nine children.
The electoral rolls for 1893 and 1896 record Ellen and William Fright living in Hume street, Sydenham, Christchurch. From 1911 the address is given as 36 Hume street.
William died in Sydenham on 12 February 1915, age 74 years and is buried in the Sydenham cemetery, Block 13C, Plot 2.
Ellen died in Sydenham on 29 August 1923 age 82 years and is buried in the Sydenham cemetery, Block 13C, Plot 1. Also buried in the same Plot is Andrew Neil Norris, a stillborn infant who died on 26 February 1953.
Ellen Rosina Fright’s sister-in-law Mrs Finn also signed the Petition, Sheet 236.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Collection, Object, Passenger Contract Ticket for W F Finn and family and Ellen Rosina Fright and William Fright dated 8 October 1863
Ancestry – New Zealand Electoral Rolls
Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database
Sun (Christchurch) newspaper 13 February 1915, pg 1 – Deaths
NZ DIA Death Index 1915/1823 William Fright
NZ DIA Death Index 1923/9300 Ellen Rosina Fright
Press 30 August 1923, pg 1 - Deaths