Bessie Eunice Scarlett

1919 - 1990  (71 years)

• Name	Bessie Eunice Scarlett
  Born	09 Apr 1919	Auckland, New Zealand
  Gender	Female
  Died	01 Dec 1990	Auckland, New Zealand
  Buried	Mangere Lawn Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand
  Person ID	I19	Clist Connections
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	Albert Thomas Scarlett,   b. 19 Jul 1889, Arapito, Karamea, New Zealand ,   d. 27 Nov 1968  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Clara Homan Mason,   b. 18 Aug 1889, Auckland, New Zealand ,   d. 04 Nov 1993  (Age 104 years)
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eric Leonard George Clist,   b. 12 Jan 1914, Auckland, New Zealand ,   d. 29 Sep 1995, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 81 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1937	Auckland, New Zealand
  Children	1. Living   2. Roger Selwyn Clist,   b. 25 Apr 1946, Auckland, New Zealand   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2008
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Bessie Scarlett's Needle Pouch This hand-stitched leather pouch contains four cloth pages to hold needles, pins, safety pins, thread, and buttons. Decorated by pokerwork and marked "Greetings from Karamea NZ" this souvenir is from the tiny remote West Coast town in the South Island of New Zealand where our ancestor Daniel Scarlett settled with his family in 1874. Valerie Scarlett (age 15), his great-grandchild was brought up in Karamea, and she gave it to her cousin Bessie Scarlett (my mother, age 14) in Auckland. It is inscribed in ink "To dear Bessie with much love from Valerie 1933". In 1970 Bessie, my mother, gave it to me as a travel accessory prior to going to live in London in 1970. It is still in use, frequently for needles to remove splinters! (Notes by Roger Clist, Aug 2021)

  
  

  Histories		Grandpa James George Scarlett (b. 1862) as told by his granddaughter Bessie Clist Found among Bessie's handwritten memorabilia. Bessie's parents Albert Thomas Scarlett (1889-1968) m. Clara Homan Mason (1889-1993) and they lived in Auckland. Grandpa lived at Arapito, Karamea, in the South Island of New Zealand. He was aged 12 when his father Daniel Scarlett and family arrived in 1874, being one of the original settlors.
  		Grandma Mary Scarlett neé Mulvay (b. 1869) as told by her granddaughter Bessie Clist Found among Bessie's handwritten memorabilia. Bessie's Grandma Mary Scarlett was born in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. When married she lived at Arapito, Karamea, also in the South Island. She was a widow for many years and died in 1941. She is buried in Karamea Cemetery.

  
  

  Folios

  Bessie Scarlett's Anthology Book (1931) by Roger Clist My mother's school book containing 24 pages of handwritten classical poems. I judge that she would be aged 12 and attending Standard 6 (now Year 8) which was then the most advanced class at Maungawhau School, Wairiki Rd, Mt Eden. Us children also attended this school but by then Standards 5 and 6 had become Forms 1 and 2 at Balmoral Intermediate School in Brixton Rd. I love the neatness of her printing and the way she coped with correcting mistakes in plain view. The quaint advertisements on the covers would be sponsorships to reduce stationery costs. I remember my mother's delight in reading them to us, especially "Cargoes" (p4) and "Drake's Drum" (p10) both of which have attractive rhythm and emphasis.