Information supplied by the Methodist Church of New Zealand archives team:
Sarah Elizabeth Murray (1854-1939). Wife of Wesleyan minister Rev Daniel James Murray (1851-1928) who was stationed at Waimate Wesleyan Church in 1893.
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
S.E. MURRAY is Sarah Elizabeth MURRAY nee HOLDER "Lizzie" b. 20 May 1854 (?)Tong, Shropshire d. 5 Sep 1939. She and 3 sisters came to NZ on the Opawa in 1880. Their parents were Charles HOLDER 1821-1895 and Fanny nee BUTTERY (pron. 'Beautrais': of Huguenot origin) 1822-1883. Both were ardent ChCh preachers and Methodist activists. Lizzie m. 1883 Rev. Daniel James MURRAY 1851-1928; also ardent. They lived in many places in NZ, ending in Auckland. The couple had 3 children: Charles Holder 1884-1885; Irene Jane 6 Nov 1886-27 May 1963 m. Herbert PRICHARD 4 ch; Clarence Rainton 22 Feb 1892-10 Dec 1953 m. Romola TAYLOR 3 ch.
Lizzie also adopted Waimate waif Dora BURRELL / MURRAY / LOPER / AUGUST b. 1894 d. Masterton 29 Nov 1939 (birth parents prob. Margaret and Edwin). Dora became estranged from her adoptive family upon learning of her adoption. She was in a series of relationship until her death in 1939. Later m. Thomas George LOPER, then partner of Cyril Harold AUGUST. 2 ch.
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