William and Hannah Milner owned a small farm in Belper, Derbyshire. They sold up and emigrated with their family to New Zealand in the 1850s. There were two sons, Thomas and William, and two daughters, Hannah and Emma. Both sons moved to Nelson in the late 1850s, where Thomas ran a drapery store. Emma Married Capt. Charles Stapp in 1859.

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Inscription

IN MEMORY OF

HANNAH

WIFE OF WILLIAM MILNER

LATE OF DERBYSHIRE ENGLAND

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

APRIL 23D 1861 IN THE 57TH YEAR OF HER AGE

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ALSO IN MEMORY OF

WILLIAM MILNER

WHO DIED JANUARY 7 1868

AGED 68 YEARS

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Not in our innocence we trust

We bow before the (sic) in the dust

And through our Saviours blood alone

We look for mercy at thy throne 

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