Emilie Croxton (1854?-1928)

Emilie Croxton
Emilie Croxton [1906], Disc 20, IMG0063
Emilie Marriner was born in Mangawhare, northern Wairoa, in Auckland Province, as the fifth daughter of Matthew and Rebecca Marriner. In Auckland in 1879, she married Charles Henry Croxton (1855-1923), a manager of the South British Insurance Company. There were two daughters of the marriage, Mabel and Edith. The family settled in Christchurch in 1887 and lived in the Merivale area.

 

Mrs Croxton was active in the Girls’ Friendly Society, a Church of England organisation formed in 1882 for girls who worked in shops and factories. The Society provided recreational facilities, with games, music, a library, and lectures in cooking, needlework and first aid. She was honorary treasurer of the society for twenty years, and after her death a brass cross was dedicated to her memory in the private chapel of the Girls Friendly Society, which she had been instrumental in establishing.

Mrs Croxton was a member of the Home Industries Committee, one of the organising committees of the 1906 New Zealand International Exhibition and the only committee to include women.

Home Industries Committee.

During World War One, she was an indefatigable worker for the welfare of the troops overseas and at home,1and she was also an enthusiastic croquet player. At the time of her death, Mrs Croxton was the Girls’ Friendly Society vice-president.

 Footnotes

  1. ↑ ‘Obituary’, The Press, 13 April 1928, p 2

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