Gregg, Christina (c. 1814–1882)
Gregg, Christina (c. 1814–1882)
New Zealand accused murderer and farmer. Name variations: Christina Ferguson, Christina Langstreth. Born Christina Ferguson, c. 1814/15, in Scotland; died Nov 17, 1882, at Riccarton, New Zealand; dau. of John Ferguson (carpenter) and Helen Ferguson; m. James Gregg (quarryman), 1842 (died 1859); children: 1.
Immigrated to New Zealand (1842); established farm with husband in Riccarton; found guilty by coroner's jury of wilful murder after husband's sudden death (Edmund Langstreth, whom she later married, was also detained but not charged); declared not guilty by Supreme Court (1859).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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