Williams, Jane (c. 1801–1896)
Williams, Jane (c. 1801–1896)
New Zealand missionary. Name variations: Jane Nelson. Born Jane Nelson (baptized, April 29, 1801, in Nottingham, England); died Oct 6, 1896, at Napier, Bay of Islands, New Zealand; dau. of James and Anna Maria (Dale) Nelson; m. William Williams, 1825 (died 1878); children: 6 daughters, 3 sons.
Immigrated to New Zealand with husband (1826); established mission station at Turanga, Poverty Bay (1840); with sister-in-law, Marianne Williams, helped to establish boarding school for young Maori women and the 1st English girls' school for daughters of other missionaries; was one of last survivors of the missionary groups of 1820s.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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