suffrage_petition
Surname: 
Barr
Given names: 
J.
Given address: 
Jones St
Sheet No: 42
Town/Suburb: 
Central Dunedin
City/Region: 
Dunedin
Notes: 

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Martha Uren was born in Tavistock, Devon in 1856. She was the daughter of Edward Wills Uren, the superintendent of a granite works and Mary Frantom Lawer.

In about 1874 the family arrived in New Zealand and in 1879 Martha married James Barr, a blacksmith.

They had two children and lived in Jones St, Dunedin. James died in 1929 and Martha on 7 February 1939.

They are buried in the Southern Cemetery beside their daughter and some of Martha’s siblings.

Sources

Otago Nominal Index  http://marvin.otago.ac.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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