Eliza Wohlers (6 September 1812 – 14 December 1891) was an English emigrant to New Zealand who married a German missionary and joined him in his mission work.
11-558: Wohlers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Eliza Wohlers (1812 – 1891), English missionary in New Zealand Florian Wohlers (born 1976), German canoeist Horst Wohlers (born 1949), German football player and manager Johan Wohlers (1811–1885), New Zealand missionary Jürgen Wohlers (born 1945), German basketball player Laurence D. Wohlers (born 1955), Deputy Special Representative for
22-791: A dressmaker and married Richard Palmer, a carpenter, in 1838. The couple emigrated to New Zealand in 1839. Little is known of their first years in the colony, other than that Palmer died sometime between 1839 and 1849. In 1849, Wohlers was living in Wellington when a Lutheran missionary from Germany, Johan Wohlers , began asking for recommendations for a suitable woman to marry. Eliza and Johan met in July 1849 and were married two months later. Johan had already spent five years on Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait , and he took Eliza there to work with him on his non-denominational mission work for
33-549: The North German Mission Society. A daughter, Gretchen, was born in 1853. Wohlers' work in the mission was wide-ranging. She visited the sick and provided basic nursing care, taught sewing, reading and skills such as butter-making at the mission house, and cared for orphans and needy children. She was considered "a tower of strength and character", and encouraged the local Maori population to adopt European ideas of hygiene, clothing and education. During
44-688: The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic Mark Wohlers (born 1970), American baseball player Paul D. Wohlers , American diplomat See also [ edit ] Wöhler [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Wohlers . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
55-482: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wohlers&oldid=1170542708 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Eliza Wohlers Wohlers was born in 1812 in Bridport , England, to Hannah and William Hanham. She became
66-562: The singing of English hymns. Wohlers died in Southland on 14 December 1891, six years after her husband. They are buried together at Ringaringa , Stewart Island , across the water from Ruapuke. A memorial to Johan and Eliza Wohlers was built above Ringaringa Beach looking out towards Ruapuke Island. The writer and naturalist Sheila Natusch was Wohlers's great-granddaughter. Sheila Natusch Sheila Ellen Natusch MNZM (née Traill , 14 February 1926 – 10 August 2017)
77-505: The years of the Wohlers's mission, the settlement grew to have wheatfields, a flour mill, cows and sheep, where previously there had been only the uncertain and dangerous income of whaling. Both Maori and Pakeha from around Ruapuke and other Foveaux Strait settlements attended church services at the mission. In 1868 a government-funded school opened on the island, and the family ran it from 1870 to 1884. Wohlers taught reading, spelling and
88-491: Was a New Zealand writer and freelance illustrator. Many of her books cover natural history and the history of southern New Zealand, particularly Stewart Island . Born Sheila Ellen Traill in Invercargill on 14 February 1926, Natusch was the daughter of Robert Henry "Roy" Traill , whose father had emigrated to New Zealand from Orkney , and Michigan -born Dorothea Ellen Traill (née Moseley). Through her father, Natusch
99-779: Was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as a writer and illustrator. A documentary about Natusch's life, No Ordinary Sheila, by her cousin New Zealand director Hugh Macdonald, featured in the 2017 New Zealand International Film Festival. Natusch died in Wellington on 10 August 2017. In 2017, Natusch was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words ", celebrating women's contributions to knowledge in New Zealand. Lake Sheila on Stewart Island
110-492: Was the first person to read Frame's manuscript for Owls Do Cry . Later she studied at the University of Otago , graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1948 and Master of Arts with second-class honours in 1949. In 1950, she married Gilbert Gardner Natusch, a hydro-engineer, and the couple lived in Wellington . Natusch wrote, illustrated or compiled over 77 books for adults and children. In the 2007 New Year Honours , Natusch
121-464: Was the great-granddaughter of Eliza Wohlers and her husband, German missionary Johan Wohlers . She grew up on Stewart Island, where her father was the wildlife ranger for 33 years, and received her secondary education at Southland Girls' High School . She then studied at Dunedin Teachers' Training College where she met and befriended Janet Frame . The two became lifelong friends; in fact Natusch
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