There are several references in various newspapers to Maren LARSEN being interviewed through an interpreter, suggesting that she never learned to speak english fluently.
Listed in Alien records of 1917. (SOURCE: Personal Correspondence: Gloy DEADMAN (New Zealand), letter, 16 Oct 2006.)
Widowed 26 May 1890 with 7 children aged about 3 to 20 years. The family had only recently moved to Norsewood from Makaretu.
Maren had an illegitimate son, Alexander LARSEN, born more than 3 years after the death of her husband.
Maren's grandaughter, Ethel THORNE (nee DUNNAGE), remembered her as having "lovely eyes."
Of Ngamoko, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
Illegitimate son of Maren LARSEN. Maren's granddaughter, Ethel THORNE (nee DUNNAGE), knew Maren had had a child born outside marriage, so not a family secret.
Norsewood School 05 Mar 1900 to 20 Dec 1905. Left for Ngamoko. (SOURCE: Personal Correspondence: Gloy DEADMAN (New Zealand), letter, 16 Oct 2006.)
