Sylvia Victoria Hartnell Nelson

Abt 1898 - 1979  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Sylvia Victoria Hartnell Nelson
  Nickname	Nanna Fitz
  Birth	Abt 1898	Tangarakau, Stratford, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  	Birth registered in Auckland by adopted parents (Nelson).
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1938	19A Nairn Street, Wellington
  	Electoral Roll
  Death	21 Aug 1979	6 Hunter Street, Taita, Lower Hutt
  Burial	23 Aug 1979	Taita Lawn Cemetery, Lower Hutt
  	Last name FITZGERALD First name Sylvia Victoria Age 80 Cemetery Taita Lawn Cemetery Date of death 21 Aug 1979 Date of service 23 Aug 1979 Date of birth Not recorded Gender Female Service provided Ash Burial Location description Block 3 Row V Plot 31
  Person ID	I00277	Vine of New Zealand
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Unknown
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Charlotte Victoria Hartnell,   b. Jan 1875, Mangapai, Northland, New Zealand d. 1 May 1962, Auckland, New Zealand (Age ~ 87 years)
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Alexander Nelson,   b. Abt 1870   d. 29 Jun 1944 (Age ~ 74 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Mother	Bertha May Allen,   b. Abt 1878, Oamaru, New Zealand d. 21 Jun 1946 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William James Rainham,   b. 01 Oct 1897, Clyde, Otago, New Zealand d. 26 Mar 1973, Napier, New Zealand (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1918	Wanganui, New Zealand
  Children	+ 1. Sylvia May Rainham,   b. 26 Feb 1920, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 4 Apr 2006, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (Age 86 years)   2. William Alexander Rainham,   b. 05 Jun 1918, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 07 Feb 1925, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F00094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Patrick (Paddy) Fitzgerald,   b. 1899, Waterville, Limerick, Ireland d. 19 May 1956, 12 Rolleston Street, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F00096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1898 - Tangarakau, Stratford, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Marriage William James Rainham to Sylvia Victoria Nelson Record
  		Frank Taylor's Eulogy Nana Fitz's Funeral

  
  

  Photos » Slide Show		4 Grandmothers Bob & Judy's Grandmothers, photographed at their Wedding, 18 March 1961. From the left: Vivienne Julia Chalmers, Georgina Taylor, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Nanna Fitz and formerly Rainham) and Winifride Annie Kruse (formerly Vine).
  		Wedding: William James Rainham, Sylvia Victoria Nelson
  		Nanna Fitz and Husband Paddy Fitzgerald

  
  

• Sources

  [S00038] NZSG Pedigrees Collection Ref PED674857. [S264] New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, 1943/55883 (Reliability: 3). [S29] New Zealand BDM, 98/13758 (Reliability: 3).