Wohlers, Eliza (c. 1812–1891)
Wohlers, Eliza (c. 1812–1891)
New Zealand missionary, dressmaker, nurse, and teacher. Name variations: Eliza Hanham, Eliza Palmer. Born Eliza Hanham (baptized, Sept 6, 1812), at Bridport, Dorset, England; died Dec 14, 1891, at Thornbury, Southland, New Zealand; dau. of William (laborer) and Hannah (Hinde) Hanham; m. Richard Woodcock Palmer (carpenter), 1838); m. Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers (missionary), 1849 (died 1885).
Immigrated with 1st husband to New Zealand (1841); helped 2nd husband to sustain mission through her domestic and language skills; helped to administer government-funded native school on Ruapuke Island (1870–1884).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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