Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Bertha Burrows was born in 1870 in New Zealand – the daughter of Henry Burrows and Elizabeth. Her sisters Ellen and Lizzie also signed the petition.
The Burrows family lived in Bannockburn and Arrowtown while Henry worked as a gold miner, before they came to Dunedin about 1885 where Henry worked as a shoemaker.
On 25 December 1901 Bertha married Stephen Vivian, a miner, at her parent’s house. They had five children.
Stephen died in 1931 and Bertha on 23 May 1948. They are buried together in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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