Signed family name
Pashby
Signed given name
Fanny
Given address
Kaiapoi
Notes
Biography contributed by Ruth Ell (great-neice)
Fanny Pashby was born 11 April 1870, at Kaiapoi. The house where she and her twin brother Robert were born still stands today, largely in its original condition. The house known as ‘The Cream House’ was built around 1870 by her father Thomas Pashby, an early and prominent pioneer in the Kaiapoi district. He arrived in New Zealand in 1853 with his wife Caroline from Yorkshire England.
Fanny never married, and looked after her parents. She is described as living a ‘self-effacing life of service ‘ to quote a family history. Later she became a companion to a lady and her daughter in Christchurch.
She died on 16 October 1951.
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Fanny Pashby (Ruth Ell)