Signed family name
Tretheway
Signed given name
Harriet
Given address
Waikaia
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Harriet Caroline Butt was born on 20 December 20 1863 at Wetherstones near Lawrence in Otago during the gold rush, her father was a gold miner. The family followed the gold to Waikaia in Southland where Harriet met her husband William Tretheway, a butcher. The couple married in the Waikaia Manse on 6 March 6 1886 and had a total of six sons, four by the time Harriet signed the petition.
Shortly after 1893 the family moved to Gore where William ran a butchers shop and, for a time, Harriet had a fruit shop.
Harriet died on 28 August 28 1932 and is buried in the Gore Cemetery.
Sources
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
