Eliza’s father, Edward Taylor Lockett (1785-1844), was born in 1785 and baptised at St Ann’s on 21 November 1785 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. Edward’s father was John Lockett and his mother, Sharlott.
Edward Taylor Lockett’s profession was listed in the Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 as hatter.
Edward married Sarah Hughes (188-1871) on 2 June 1805 in the parish of Eccles, Lancashire (Bishop’s Transcript, Lancashire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936). He died on 27 December 1844 in Isabela, Philippines, at the age of 59.
Eliza Lockett was born in 1824 in Lambeth, county of Surrey. She was baptized on 20 March 1825 in the Parish of St Mary’s. Eliza’s daughter Sarah had a Journal of Birthdays in which her mother’s birthday is entered as 27 February.
The birth dates of Eliza and her siblings were:
- John (1806-1872) born 6 April 1806 in Manchester
- Ann (1808-1871) born 23 March 1808 in Manchester
- James (1809-1886) born on 27 December 1809 In Manchester
- Thomas (1812-1874) born 11 August 1812 in Manchester
- Sarah (1815-1883) born in Lancashire
- Jonas (1816-1879) born on 15 September 1816 in Manchester
- Edward (1820-) 25 December 1820 in Lambeth, London
- Elizabeth (1820-1822) in Lambeth, London
- William Major (1823-) born 30 March 1823 in Lambeth, London
- Eliza (1824-1918) in Lambeth, London
- Charles (1827-58) born on 24 June 1827 in Lambeth, London
- George (1829-81) born on 13 September 1829 in Lambeth, London.
Immigration to New Zealand with brother Jonas
Of her 11 siblings, Jonas was important in Eliza’s life because they migrated to New Zealand together when she was 17 years old.
Jonas Lockett was born on 15 September 1816 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. He was baptized on 16 February 1817 at Chorlton-upon-Medlock.
Jonas married Agnes Williams (1816-1848) on 27 October 1836 in the parish of St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London.
On 18 September 1840, aged 17, Eliza, her brother Jonas and sister-in-law, Agnes, sailed on the ship Slains Castle from Deal, England, arriving in Port Nicholson on 25 January 1941. Eliza was listed in the ship records as a seamstress. Jonas Lockett was listed as a boot and shoemaker, his wife Ann (Agnes) and their infant daughter who died off the coast of Gravesend at sea.
Jonas and Ann Lockett settled in Wanganui, living in Victoria Avenue. On 1 August 1842, Jonas advertised the opening of Victoria Inn, in Wanganui. His occupation was variously described as tidewaiter and sawyer. Between 1859 and 1874, Jonas was employed as a Locker, in HMS Customs, Wanganui, Wellington.
Agnes Lockett died in 1848. In 1861, Jonas married Catherine Mary Adam in Wanganui, when he was 45 years old. Jonas died in October 1879 when he was 63 years old.
