She died of bronchitis and heart failure, apparently. The death certificate says (i) she married Thomas in Wales when she was 24 (i.e., in 1869), and that, in 1913, she had been in NZ for 47 years. But 1913 - 47 years = 1866. There is no way she came to NZ, then went back to Wales to get married, then came back again. Ha ha ha. Not bloody likely. So the death certificate has to be wrong somewhere. Mostly likely in the number of years lived in NZ, as the shipping lists say that she came in on as the same boat as husband Thomas, which would seem the most likely.

1851 census. This we think is the Thomas Sneyd that came out to New Zealand with his nephew, Alfred, to settle in Mangonui. He married Martha Robins in 1869 in Swansea. His occupation was listed as engineer on his death certificate, which says he died of heart disease.

However, he is not certainly identified as the son of Benjamin and Anne Bourne. On his death certificate his parents were listed as Benjamin Sneyd and Ann Grey. On the other hand, his death certificate says he was 66 at the time of death, and that he was born in Staffordshire, and that he had been in NZ for 31 years. So, he was born between 9 Feb, 1849 and 9 Feb, 1850. This birth date agrees exactly with the census.

In addition, he must have come to NZ in 1885, which agree with the date of arrival of the Lady Jocelyn, with Alfred Trevalian (arrival date of Feb 20th, 1886, which makes it almost exactly 31 years before his death. Close enough for a death certificate.) He and Martha (with names spelled as Smeyd) are listed in the shipping list for that trip of the Lady Jocelyn.