Mary Elizabeth Gibbs | |
Birth Date: | 10 January 1836 |
Birth Place: | Aldsworth, Gloucestershire, England |
Death Place: | Nelson, New Zealand |
Mary Elizabeth Gibbs (née Waine; 10 January 1836 - 21 October 1920) was a New Zealand homemaker and community leader.
She was born in Aldsworth, Gloucestershire, England, on 10 January 1836.
Gibbs and her family were passengers on board the Queen Bee when it struck Farewell Spit on 6 August 1877 at about midnight.
She died in Nelson on 21 October 1920, and was buried in Wakapuaka Cemetery.[1]