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| Caroline Armstrong Orsmond, born 1836 in Tahiti, daughter of missionary Rev. John Muggeridge |
| Orsmond and Mary Isabella Nelson. In 1843 at age 7 Caroline was sent to England to be educated |
| where she was taken charge of by a Mrs Cooper, the wife of a Quaker. While in England both her |
| father and mother died - her mother in Tahiti in 1856 & her father on voyage from Tahiti to |
| Sydney in 1857. In 1858, Caroline was invited to stay with her aunt and uncle (Mr and Mrs |
| Shepherd) at Whangaroa near the Bay of Islands. In 1859 Caroline went to Auckland and while |
| there met Edward Jollie. They married 14/5/1861 at St. Pauls church Parnell, Auckland by Dr |
| Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand. They spent three weeks honeymoon at Howick, then shifted to |
| Christchurch where they bought 1200 acres calling it 'Beachcroft' estate. In Dec 1861 Edward |
| and Caroline sailed to England for 1 years visit to meet Edward's family in Gateshead. Their |
| first child, Margaret, was born in London on 11/5/1862. On leaving England they returned to Beachcroft |
| where they raised the remainder of their family. |
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| In 1877 Caroline, Edward, their eight chidren and a maid left for England and Europe on a trip that was to last |
| nine years. When the family returned to NZ they moved to the North Island. Their new home was called Waireka located near Patea, |
| Taranaki. |
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1836 - (190 years)