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Mrs Burrows

Signed family name
Burrows
Signed given name
Mrs
Given address
Cashel St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
South Dunedin
City/Region
Dunedin
Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Lavinia Amelia Smith was born in New Zealand in 1865 – the daughter of Furneaux Smith, a gold miner, and Anna Maria Pratt.

In 1883 Lavinia married William Henry Burrows, a carter. They had eight children.

William died in Ravensbourne, Dunedin in 1925 and Lavinia died on 19 November 1943 in Christchurch.

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.