Originally transcribed as W Graham
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Martha Rose Graham was born in 1872 in New Zealand – the daughter of John Graham and Grace Black King.
She married Francis John O’Meara, a clerk, on 23 November 1898 at St Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin.
'After the ceremony a few of the immediate friends and relatives of the happy couple adjourned to the residence of the bride’s mother in Stafford street, where a wedding breakfast was partaken of. Mr and Mrs O’Meara left by this afternoon’s train for Christchurch en route for Auckland, where they will reside.'
They had a son in 1902 – Martha died at her home in Auckland on 15 January 1935, she is buried in the Hillsborough Cemetery.
Francis re-married the following year to Martha’s sister (See 90 A Graham). He died in 1954 and is buried in the Waikumete Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
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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