Surname:
Mathie
Given names:
Sarah
Given address:
St Kilda
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Sarah Penn was born in about 1851.
She married Alexander Mathie, a blacksmith, in New Zealand in 1871. They had 12 children, four of whom died young.
The family were living in Richardson St, St Kilda when Sarah died on 3 December 1903. She is buried in the Southern Cemetery. Alexander died in 1928 in Auckland.
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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