Emma Askin and her family came from Ballyboy House, near Belfast, Northern Ireland; father a surveyor; family emigrated to New Zealand and arrived at Lyttelton, prior to 1860. Wife of Henry John Sealy (1838-1922), whom she married in Jul 1873. They had four children.
Sealy, Emma Booker, 1852-1939
Hewitt, Helen Verity, fl 1998 : Henry John Sealy and Emma Booker Askin; A Family History
Date: 1998
By: Hewitt, Helen Verity, active 1998
Reference: MSX-4762
Description: Family history based on the diaries written by Henry John Sealy between 1858 and 1878. Relationship complexity - A copy of John Sealy's dairy located at MS-Copy-Micro-0046 Sealy emigrated to New Zealand in 1858 with his younger brother Edward Percy (b.1839). He worked as a land surveyer in both the Hawkes Bay and Canterbury Regions. He retired and died in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Helen Hewitt, Australia, 1998
Sealy, Henry John 1838-1922 : Papers
Date: 1838-1922, 1971
By: Sealy, Henry John, 1838-1922
Reference: MS-Papers-0591
Description: Biographical notes on H J Sealy compiled by M Williams and H V Fitzhardinge. Also photographs of H J Sealy and his wife Emma Booker Sealy Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript
Seager - Sealy
Date: 1869-1879, 1884-1886
From: Haast family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-0037-135
Description: Samuel Hurst Seager letters, 1883-1886. Emma Booker Sealey letter, ca 188-. Edward Percy Sealy letters, 1869-1879 and undated. Henry John Sealy letters, 1884-1885. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Diaries
Date: 1871-1878
From: Sealy, Henry John, 1838-1922 : Diaries
Reference: MS-1864-1866