KAWAUW, Maria Rangitetaea

1820 - 1912  (92 years)

• Name	KAWAUW, Maria Rangitetaea  [1, 2]
  Born	1820	Orakau, New Zealand   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1912	New Zealand   [3]
  Person ID	I4640	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	HUATARE, Te Ngohi Tuaarau or Te,   b. 1795, Ngati Maniapoto,,Waikato,NZ
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	TE KORE, Paraheke,   b. of Ngati Maniapoto ,   d. killed by 'Waikato' at Paterangi, near Kihikihi.
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MERRETT, Joseph Jenner,   b. 18 Dec 1815, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 22 Dec 1854, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 39 years)
  Married	1842  [4]
  	Rangi Kawauw) of the Maori tribe, Ngatikoura
  Children	1. MERRITT, Annie 'Ani',   b. 1842, Te Awanutu, New Zealand ,   d. 2 Jul 1920, Kihikihi, Waipa, Waikato, New Zealand  (Age 78 years)  [natural]   2. MERRETT, Henry John Hughes,   b. 1843, Auckland, New Zealand ,   d. 24 Nov 1915, Palmerston North, New Zealand  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   3. MERRITT, Paul,   b. 1843  [natural]   4. MERRETT, Joseph Hohepa,   b. 1846, Waikato, New Zealand ,   d. 19 Aug 1912, Whakatane, New Zealand  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F5332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Maria Rangitetaea Koa Kawauw

  
  

• Notes

  Record from New Zealand National Library accompanying portrait. [Merrett, Joseph Jenner], 1815-1854 :[The Hobson album]. Rangi Kawauw [1842 or 1843] Date 1842 - 1843 By Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854 Ref A-275-005 Description Seated three-quarter length portrait of a young woman, Rangitetaea Koa, the wife of the artist. She has short curly hair and moko around her mouth and is wearing a white gown, gathered at the neck and wrists, and a korowai-ngore (pom pom cloak). She is holding a book or letter in her hands and has a sharkskin ear ornament There are two related pencil drawings held in the British Library, one, showing the same pose as the Turnbull's watercolour, the other a frontal seated portrait with her holding the couple's first child, Ani Gage, and wearing the same long gathered robe seen in the Turnbull's watercolour. The references are Add. MS 19953 f.65, pl. 185 and f. 69, pl. 197. There is also a a watercolour in the British Library, a standing portrait, with inscription 'Rangitetahi, a young woman of Ngati Koura' signed J. Merrett', 1845. The reverse has the title Rangi Kawauw and the first four verses of a poem to Rangi Koa by her husband, Merrett. The remaining three verses are on the back of Merrett's drawing of A hot lake at Rotomahana (A-275-003-1) Other Titles - Rangitetaea Koa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on cream wove paper, 171 x 129 mm Provenance: Part of Mrs Hobson's album. The album was passed by Eliza Hobson to her daughter, Eliza, Lady Rendel. Access restrictions Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original Format 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Pencil & watercolour on cream wove paper, 171 x 129 mm

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Joseph Jenner Merrett http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=7761 [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Joseph Jenner MERRETT http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=7761 [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;). Record for Maria Rangieitaea Koa http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=360050735101&indiv=try [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Joseph Jenner Merrett http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=103289043&pid=12163