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Mary Elizabeth Gibbs
Mary Elizabeth
Gibbs
was a
New Zealand
homemaker and
community leader
. She was
born
in
Aldsworth
,
Gloucestershire, England
on
10 January
1836.
Gibbs and her family were passengers
on board
the
Queen
Bee
when it
struck
Farewell Spit
on
6 August
1877
at about
midnight
.
She died in
Nelson
in
1920
and was
buried
in
Wakapuaka Cemetery
.