Elizabeth Torlesse

Elizabeth Henrietta Torlesse (1835 – 22 September 1922) was a New Zealand homemaker and community leader.

She was born in County Wicklow, Ireland in about 1835 as Elizabeth Henrietta Revell. The Revell family came to New Zealand on the Minerva in 1853.[1] She married Henry Torlesse, who was also a passenger on the Minerva.[2] Henry Torlesse farmed with his brother Charles Torlesse, who had first come to New Zealand in the early 1840s.[1] The Torlesse brothers were nephews of Edward Gibbon Wakefield.[3]

Her husband died in 1870.[3] She died on 22 September 1922 at her daughter's place in Christchurch.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Smith, Jo-Anne. "Elizabeth Henrietta Torlesse". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Torlesse, Henry (Rev), 1833–1870". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b "The late Mrs Henry Torlesse". The Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 17571. 28 September 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Deaths". The Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 17567. 23 September 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 29 March 2025.


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